Requiem City By C Swallow

Selena Dacosta had never experienced love throughout her whole life, not even from her own parents. To shield themselves from the potential shame of her kleptomania, She was forced to live with her poor aunt in Italy. Years later, Selena's past mistake resurfaces, forcing her into a contract marriage with the most unexpected person: Jake Marino, a handsome CEO and her best friend's fiancé. Despite Jake's initial resentment, he proposes the marriage to hide a secret of his own, his face blindness and protect Rose, the love of his life. But Selena's newfound love is tested when a shocking kidnapping and a life-altering night throw their world into chaos. When she discovers she's pregnant with twins, she decides to keep it a secret and elope to New York, where she transforms into a powerful CEO. Can their story of hate turning into love survive the challenges thrown their way? Dive into this heartwarming tale of family, forgiveness, and a possibility of a second chance at love as you flip until the last page of this book.

By day, he's Chicago's most powerful billionaire. By night, he's the city's most dangerous protector. Elena Moretti has spent years fighting for the forgotten—rescuing at-risk youth from the violence that claimed her brother's life. She doesn't trust wealth, power, or the men who wield them. So when enigmatic billionaire Dante Salvatore walks into her struggling community center with a check that could change everything, she knows there's a catch. Men like him don't save neighborhoods out of the goodness of their hearts. But Elena doesn't know Dante's secret: by night, he becomes The Sentinel, a masked vigilante dismantling the criminal empire that murdered his sister. As their worlds collide and attraction ignites between them, Elena begins investigating the vigilante whose methods both terrify and fascinate her—never suspecting the man she's falling for and the man she's hunting are one and the same. When a ruthless crime syndicate discovers The Sentinel's identity, Elena becomes the bait in a deadly trap. Dante must risk everything to save her, but when Elena uncovers the truth about the man behind the mask, she's forced to decide: Can she love someone who lives in shadows? And can a man who's spent years seeking vengeance ever truly step into the light? In a pulse-pounding tale of passion, danger, and redemption, two wounded souls discover that the most dangerous risk isn't fighting for justice—it's fighting for love.

Allison, daughter of Fox City's most powerful gang family, a medical doctor, a passion and dream contrast to her family's life back at home. Her past, a ghost she thought she'd buried, was about to return with a vengeance –colliding with the present life she had built. On her birthday, a letter arrives from her father, Gerald Wenston —a man who has ignored her for years. His words, cloaked in a sweet tone, are not a request, but a command: return home and marry the heir of a rival gang —Michael Shelby, to secure an ancestral peace and rule treaty. But peace is the last thing Allison finds on her return, a single, forbidden night with a stranger —Luke Reynolds, her father’s right-hand man, ignites a dangerous passion that threatens to shatter the fragile truce. Caught between the duty to her family and a love that could ignite a gang war, Allison must navigate a web of family secrets and deadly betrayals. For in the shadows, a rival —her half sister Hayley also vying for Michael's affection, is waiting to claim everything she holds dear, even if it means destroying her and the city she's meant to save. Allison's choices could either save her family or condemn them all to a bloody war.

Pour tester la loyauté de Raoul Leroy, ma demi-sœur l'a drogué. Puis elle m'a poussée dans sa chambre. Incapable de supporter de voir Raoul souffrir, j'ai accepté de devenir son antidote. Ma demi-sœur s'est enfuie, furieuse, et a épousé le brutal parrain mafieux. Lorsque je suis tombée enceinte, Raoul a été obligé de m'épouser, mais il a aussi commencé à me haïr. Pendant nos dix longues années de mariage, il a toujours été froid avec moi et mon fils. Mais le jour de l'inondation dans un pays étranger, il a fait de son mieux pour nous hisser, mon fils et moi, sur le rivage. Je n'ai pas pu tenir sa main, et avant de sombrer, il m'a regardée profondément une dernière fois : « Si tout peut être recommencé, ne sois pas mon antidote. » Mon cœur s'est brisé en mille morceaux et je me suis complètement évanouie. En rouvrant les yeux, je suis revenue au jour où ma demi-sœur a donné à Raoul un puissant aphrodisiaque et nous a enfermés dans une chambre.

[ ғʀɪᴇɴᴅs ᴛᴏ ʟᴏᴠᴇʀs - ᴄᴏᴍᴘʟᴇᴛᴇᴅ ] Emily Willows longs for passion, but only with the man of her dreams: the brilliant, warm and dashing Edward Jones. If only her oblivious, dreaming neighbour can stop with all his gentlemanly-ness and just pin her into the nearest solid obstacle available. And then, perhaps encircle her whimpering body into the solid rippling confines of his warmth- But no, he would not. He could not. As they’ve been best friends for, well, ever. And that's why it becomes extremely challenging for her when he asks her the biggest favour he could ever ask. The one favour she was sure no friend would ever ask their own. The one she was sure to lose herself to. The one she knew she shouldn’t say yes to. But it would indeed be the one to make her crazy all the same. Oh, dammit, all to hell. ~ritikablush.Copyright StarryRitika 2020

Six years later, Solomon McConnell became the world's greatest M.M.A. fighter in the country. One drunken night, he signed up for a competition that he shouldn't have, 'The King's Game.' Returning to Rayfield City brought a series of rounds, deception, and plot of his death to his doorstep. To protect his family, friendship, and beau, he must fight to the death, save the city and family he once hated, and end the evil Salazar Martin. How can Sol rediscover love? Will he save the people that matter? Will Sol go back to the mafia and beg for help? Is he going to risk it all just for a woman? Discovery how Sol overcame the challenges, accepted the truth, and rediscovered himself to the city he had once forsaken. "The Runaway Prince" is the 1st five books from the series C.H.A.O.S. Let's discover Sol's world of rounds and love.

In the high-stakes world of politics and royalty, two young men from opposite worlds find themselves drawn together by fate. Alexander "Alex" Morgan, the golden boy of American politics, struggles under the weight of his father’s expectations and his own repressed desires. Meanwhile, Prince Liam of Norway, the rebellious crown prince, battles the constraints of royal duty and his playboy reputation. When a chance encounter at a gay-friendly bar leads to a passionate night, neither man is prepared for the fallout when their identities are revealed. As jealousy and ambition threaten to tear them apart, they must confront their families, their secrets, and their feelings. Will they choose love over duty, or will societal expectations keep them apart?

Elara Whitmore was drugged, framed and left in a stranger's bed by the ones she trusted. She wakes up naked the next morning to a scandal with a man she had never met. Now, the whole city believes she is the mysterious billionaire’s lover. The ones behind the scandal are people she once called family who are determined to steal her father’s company and destroy her. Alexander Knight, a cold and powerful billionaire, wants only one thing, to protect his name. So he offers her a deal; A two-year contract marriage. No love, no feelings and no interference in each other’s lives. They say revenge is easy when you marry the most powerful man in the country and love is dangerous when you marry a man who swore he would never love you. What happens when a marriage that started as a scandal… becomes what neither of them planned?

À l'occasion de leur troisième anniversaire de mariage, Clark Summer a offert à sa femme un collier de diamants nommé « J'aime Nyla », proclamant ainsi sa dévotion au monde entier. Mais tandis que le public s'extasiait, Nyla était assise seule dans leur maison vide, les yeux fixés sur une photo envoyée par un inconnu : la nouvelle secrétaire de son mari, Jordyn, portait ce même collier, enlacée dans les bras de Clark. Pendant trois ans, Nyla avait été l'épouse parfaite, soumise et docile. En retour, elle n'avait reçu que la trahison, les humiliations de sa belle-mère et la justification écœurante de Clark, selon laquelle sa liaison n'était qu'une « nécessité physique », alors même qu'il l'aimait encore. Il croyait Nyla piégée, attachée à lui par les frais médicaux astronomiques de son père. Il pensait qu'elle ravalerait les insultes et élèverait l'enfant de sa maîtresse. Il s'est trompé. Après avoir vendu leur manoir, rassemblé des éléments et présenté des preuves irréfutables de l'infidélité de Clark… Nyla s'est retournée et est partie, troquant son tablier contre une blouse blanche, se transformant du jour au lendemain en une chercheuse pharmaceutique de tout premier plan qui a stupéfié l'industrie. Lorsque Clark, pris d'un repentir tardif et les yeux rougis à force de la supplier de revenir, a vu son ex-femme, glaciale, doucement serrée dans les bras de son oncle Damon, il s'est retrouvé face à cet homme distant. L'homme, supérieur et hautain, a jeté un regard froid à son neveu, la voix basse et dangereuse : « Pour qui te prends-tu ? Nyla est ma femme maintenant. »

Meet Safiya, Princess of Herakleopolis city in northern Egypt. People call her gem of Herak. Kings and Princes travel from far to behold her beauty, queens and princesses are jealous of beauty, her elegance. Princess Safiya isn't just a princess, she has other attributes aside from her beauty. She's a deadly weapon, an assassin. Her father, king Nitokris, uses her to take out anyone that stands as a treat to his throne, to take the person out of existence but who would ever suspect a gorgeous princess like Safiya? As the king's belove daughter, she would do anything to please her dad, she doesn't hesitate to do her Father's bidding. But then a day came, king Nitokris sent her to Aris Micah, a very wealthy CEO..... What happens when her heart beats for the one man she's supposed to take out of existence? What happens when she falls in love with the man she's to ? Aris Micah being a very famous business man, is really feared by his enemies and his business rivals. He is also respected in the business world. He's handsome, grumpy and of course, a flirt. What happens when his parents calls him to come back home so he could find a wife, In order to inherit his father wealth. What happens when he brings the princess back home as his bride...