Rick Warren Daily Devotional

Carissa s'était occupée de ses beaux-parents, utilisant sa dot pour améliorer le quotidien du foyer du général. Mais en retour, son mari avait cherché à se marier avec une autre générale, car selon lui, seuls ses mérites, ses exploits militaires et ses rêves pouvaient être compris par cette autre générale. Cet homme, Amance Warren, à qui elle avait consacré presque toute sa vie ainsi qu'à sa famille, la raillait : « Carissa, c'est grâce à Aurora et moi, grâce à notre bravoure face à de féroces ennemis, que tu as un train de vie aussi extravagant. Tu le réalises, ça ? Tu ne seras jamais aussi noble et admirable qu'Aurora. Tu ne fais que jouer des tours mesquins : des insinuations perfides, des calomnies doucereuses, des médisances déguisées en éloges et des dissimulations naïves, passant toute la journée à bavarder avec une bande de commères. » Carissa Sinclair, silencieuse face aux paroles déchirantes de cet homme, a quitté la maison. Le champ de bataille … Il avait raison. Elle avait presque oublié sa vie militaire, submergée par les bagatelles domestiques, se perdant elle-même. Après tout, elle venait d'une famille militaire. Elle était aussi une générale. Le fait qu'elle préparait les repas et faisait le ménage pour son mari ne signifiait pas qu'elle avait perdu son talent pour manier une lance !

(21+) Elline memercayakan segalanya pada Melvin, pria yang telah menjadi tetangga sekaligus teman dekatnya sejak ia kecil. Suatu hari, ia tidak sengaja bercinta dengan Melvin saat dalam kondisi mabuk. Dan setelah kejadian tersebut, akhirnya ia memutuskan untuk setuju menjalin hubungan asmara dengan sahabatnya itu. Namun, setelah setahun berpacaran, Melvin melakukan hal yang tak pernah ia duga akan Melvin lakukan padanya. Ia memeregoki pria itu selingkuh dengan seorang wanita yang merupakan temannya di kampus. Elline hancur. Satu-satunya pria yang ia percaya telah menyakitinya. Melvin adalah teman, sahabat, sekaligus pria yang paling ia kasihi. Selama ini ia pikir hidupnya yang berantakan karena dirundung trauma masa lalu akan berubah jauh lebih baik setelah ia jatuh cinta pada Melvin. Rupanya ia salah besar! Hingga suatu hari, Elline tidak sengaja berinteraksi dalam konteks yang tak terduga dengan Luke Warren, pria yang dianggap paling berpengaruh bagi hati para wanita di seluruh penjuru New York. Dari interaksi tersebut, tanpa sadar justru mereka bergerak semakin dekat. Tidak ada yang menyangka, bahwa kedekatan itu membuat sebuah fakta mengejutkan terkuak melalui Luke. Fakta tersebut berhasil mengoyak-ngoyak luka basah dari masa lalu dalam diri Elline, sehingga luka itu makin menganga lebar ketika turut melibatkan peran Melvin. Jatuh cinta, kasih sayang, tawa, rasa kecewa, tangis, pengkhianatan, perpisahan, dan segala lika-liku manis-pahit yang tak ada habisnya, terus muncul dari sekitar. Setelah semua pengaruh yang membawa perasaannya terombang-ambing, akan seperti apa nasib Elline dengan orang-orang terdekatnya?

Lord Xander was the ruler of the popular Xander community. He was fierce, cold evil and heartless - so many people believed. He was one of the most skillful in sword fights and Xander could fight a hundred men alone and come out victorious - that was just how powerful he was. If Xander wasn't in a battle field, he was in the training ground. If Xander wasn't killing someone, he was definitely watching a person get punished. That was his daily routine. That was the only pleasure he enjoyed. People feared and respected him so much. They worshipped the ground he stepped on. Even when he was wrong, nobody dared to correct him or say a word to him. Though, he wasn't a King but just a Master of a community, people felt he was more powerful than 10 Kings put together. He's been married to two ladies previously, but they all ended up dead - due to Unknown reasons. The community needed an heir and so, Xander had to get married to another wife - a third wife. And unfortunately, it turned out to be a stubborn princess who swore to do everything in her power to make sure he divorces her.

Three years married to Victor, the Don, and as far as New York was concerned, we were untouchable. Until my own car was in the shop, so I took his daily driver from the garage. On the way, I activated the car's smart system and said, "Navigate home." But the screen pinpointed a place I had never seen before — a villa in the suburbs. Then, a sugary-sweet voice floated from the speakers: "Okay! Setting course for Victor and Mia's secret castle." My stomach dropped. Who was Mia? And what secret castle? Without a second thought, I dialed his number. "The home address is set to some strange place." He just laughed it off. "Oh, that. One of my guys' car broke down the other day. I let him use mine to drop someone off." "Okay, no problem," I said, smiling into the phone. I ended the call and pulled up the navigation history. That villa address was listed seventeen times, every single one on a day Victor was supposedly "out of town on business." I fired up the engine and drove.

Joseph is an angel. He is the prince of the realm of angels. While completing his missions, he accidentally meets the prince of the demon realm, Theodore. The unexpected meeting turns them into best friends. Every day they'd meet up and share their daily adventures. But the unexpected turn of events makes them fall apart. To fulfill their duty in the human realm, they have to separate before confessing their feelings for each other. In the human realm, they go there to help the human world balance with their assigned missions. Joseph and Theodore have already met in the human realm, but they are unaware of each other's true identity. Even though they are unknown about each other's real identity, they still get attracted to each other. While on a mission, Joseph finds out that the guy to whom he is attracted is actually Theodore. After knowing the truth, both of them realize and express their feelings to each other. The kings of the two realms find out about their relationship and have gotten mad about it. And now, they need to decide whether to fight for their love against the two realms, sacrifice themselves, or sacrifice the world.

In a world where soulmates exist, finding your other half is a phenomenal occurrence in their daily lives. Each of them has a significant other to spend their entire lives with. Each will have a mark decorating their skins as a sign that their soulmate will soon enter their lives. The moment Asher Myein discovered his secondary gender as an Alpha, a beautiful mark has appeared on his chest. This mark announces to the world that he too has a soulmate. Asher thinks his life will go smoothly and all he needs to do is continue living his perfect life and waiting for his soulmate's arrival. But his plans were disturbed when Seraphine Parr entered his life. She's a woman whose presence attracts the crowd around her. She is an enigma that pokes the curiosity of everyone and Asher is not an exception. Seraphine is one of the people who brings comfort in his life and she's the woman he wishes to spend his entire life with. Except, Seraphine Parr doesn't have the same mark as him and she is an Alpha like him.

My wife, Sandra Wren, had suggested taking our daughter, Annie, to a childcare center, saying that it would be better for our daughter. I didn't think much of it and handed her a card. I went on a business trip for half a month. Watching the daily charges on my card, I felt nothing but satisfaction. Until my best friend suddenly sent me a video. The location tag was at the childcare center. "Dude. Why is your wife staying after class for 'extra lessons'? Is it more exciting in the classroom?" In the video, Sandra's lace underwear hung around her ankles. The floor was littered with used condoms. The tables in the childcare classroom creaked noisily. I immediately called her. On the phone, I could faintly hear her suppressed yet excited breathing. She said, slightly panting, "Honey, I'm flying a kite with Annie. Did you miss us?" I let out a cold laugh. "Yes. I missed you so much, I came back overnight. Which classroom are you in? I'll bring you condoms."

Valerie is a Beta wolf who had everything going on well for her until she came home one night to find her parents brutally murdered. Her world turned upside down from that night. Her mate rejects her, and she is accused by the Pack's council of being responsible for the death of her parents. Because of that, she is demoted to the rank of an omega and subjected to daily torture. Two days to her 18th birthday, she is sold off to a vicious alpha Victor to be his breeder. There at Alpha Victor's Pack, her fate didn't become much better in any way as he derives pleasure from seeing Valerie in pain. But then, as tough as alpha Victor may be, the disruptive feeling of tenderness towards Valerie crept up on him and he finds himself falling for the demoted omega he so much despised. What happens when Valerie finds out that alpha Victor might have a hand in the death of her parents? Why did alpha Victor despise Valerie so much to the point of wanting her dead? How does she navigate the much planned route of revenge for the death of her parents?

An ambitious administrative assistant...a perfectionist and hunk executive...a dark secret...and a whole lot name calling. Deborah Green is brilliant, diligent, and on track to earn her MBA; the only stumbling block in her path is her boss, Sebastian Alvarado. He is demanding, frank, inconsiderate, and totally enticing. A Handsome Beast, at least for Deb. After spending time in France, Sebastian has moved back to Chicago to play an integral role in his family's massive media empire. He had no idea that the foreign assistant helping him out was the stunning, naive and provocative, yet completely irritating creature he now has to deal with on a daily basis. He's never been into office romance, despite the rumors. But Deb is so alluring that he is prepared to break the rules, if necessary. Everywhere in the workplace. Sebastian and Deborah's hunger for one another has reached a boiling point, and they must now decide how much they are willing to sacrifice for satisfaction. But what if she becomes entangled with the need to conceal one terrible secret —- a secret that could alter the course of her entire life? Given the stakes, she must keep it a secret or she's totally done.

"You were sold to me right after your mother used you as a collateral, You're mine, you're my property, only i have the right to decide if you live or die. You're here to serve as a my personal sex slave until your mother pays back every dime she borrowed from me" the alpha said as he grasped her neck really hard, making Gina choke. After a while, he released her and let her fall roughly to the ground while Gina gasped for air. The novel tells the story of Regina, a 21 years old beautiful lady who was used as a collateral without her knowledge. She was kidnapped by an alpha king and taken to a strange planet called "Atlanta", which was far away from earth, and was forced to serve him in bed as a way of paying for her mother's debt. While in Atlanta, she met so many girls from earth, who were tortured and being killed on daily basis. What happens when a slave eventually gets pregnant for a ruthless alpha who is desperately in need of a male heir to the throne