Rigid Fork

She's wild, I loathed it. She's well-heeled and famous. I can't get hold of it. She wants me, I'm getting used to it. Until she stopped wanting me. It terrified me. This story talks about how love melts a man's ego. Loving a man who thoroughly closes his heart for his dark past would need a rigid embrace from a woman's arm. Can love be enough weapon to break that wall?

On a far away and isolated island, young Ellie has lived her life in the peaceful but rigid town of Bluebay, with one very strict rule... Abide by the peace treaty, never to cross the border into the forbidden forest where the savage and evil 'cold ones' live. But when Ellie secretly steps into their territory, she unintentionally brings their two worlds of humans and vampires together. Ellie is all too soon at the center of betrayal, tragedy, forbidden love and a secret plot to destroy everyone and everything on the island.

When life shows you a fork in the road to test your fatherly instincts and medical knowledge, will you surrender or dare to operate on your pregnant beloved and run away with your secret baby? Will he regret the chosen path? Join the amazing emotional roller coaster story of Doctor Dmitri where things go awry and separate the love birds.  The pangs of separation tear them apart, but they stay firm in keeping love inflamed in their hearts.  Audrey, a world-famous supermodel, reels under a heartbreaking, painful loss. Nothing seems to matter anymore until her baby unexpectedly ends up in her arms! Rachel, a valedictorian never expected to meet billionaire Leonardo Emerson in a charity event. A heady phase of passion consumes the lovers until reality hits them in the face. She delivers a baby out of wedlock and rises from the ashes like a Phoenix to reach the epitome of her career and survive the ruthless machinations of fate. How will Leonardo react when he finds out who controls the fate of his company? Will he find out about his secret baby? And, finally how do the lives of these four characters entwine in this complicated web of love?

My husband was ruled by his obsessive-compulsive disorder, enforcing rigid schedules that governed our household. On our daughter's birthday, he and his assistant showed up late. The girl, who mirrored her father's need for order, wasn't upset. She just smiled and invited them to cut her cake. My heart shattered as I watched their cream-covered faces and joyful photos. The next day, I handed him the divorce agreement, confusing him. "Just because Edith didn't cut the cake with you?" "Yes."

Zoey is hardly what you’d consider princess material. Born in flyover country, she never learned how to curtsy, let alone walk in high heels. And when she literally trips into the arms of a handsome stranger at her friend’s wedding, she thinks she’s finally found love. Freddie Prescott is a charming prankster. Despite his carefree attitude, he pursues Zoey with an intensity that shows he can be serious when he needs to be. And with those rock hard abs and rippling biceps, his pursuit of Zoey is a satisfying one. Without realizing it, Zoey finds herself falling in love. There’s only one problem: Freddie is a prince. Spending a week without Internet access or phone reception has left Zoey in a weird predicament. He certainly left enough hints that he was rich and famous, but he never outright said it. And when the time comes for him to leave their vacation getaway, he asks her to come with him to the kingdom of Paradisa. But Zoey can’t use the right fork, put her pinkie up for tea, or any of the things expected of a princess. Plus, there are those in the kingdom who don’t want an American close to the throne. How can she hope to keep Freddie’s love if she’s a stranger to his royal world? NYT Bestseller Krista Lakes brings you this brand new sweet-and-sexy royal romance. This standalone novel will have you cheering for an American princess’s happily ever after.

What happens if an heir who has a cold and rigid attitude falls in love with an innocent girl who is only 19 years old? Gabrielle Shaquille Ma, the older brother or more accurately the twin brother of Grizelle Shaenette Ma, has a crush on a little girl who works in one of her restaurants. The heart that had never been moved by any woman suddenly rattled strangely when Gabrielle saw a little girl being publicly humiliated. his eyes seemed to be bewitched when the girl accidentally met his. Making him instantly set a choice if the girl had to be immediately no matter what. What will the heir's love journey be like in winning the heart of his little wife?

Alpha Feathers enslaved her because her father killed his mate, his father and enslaved all his people. He treated her cruelly and made her go through series of pain. But she fought her way to become his Luna despite hatred from Feathers and from the Beta's family who wanted their only daughter for Feathers. She tried everything in her capacity to make him see that she was innocent and was the entire opposite of her father, she even fell in love with him and keep trying so hard to make him love her back but Feather's heart remained as rigid as a stone. She found out she was pregnant for him and went to his room to tell him only to see him half naked with the Beta's daughter. She was heartbroken and gave up, she didn't even tell him about the pregnancy, so she left the pack. They met again two years later at the Alpha's annual ball. She had come as a Luna of Alpha Sam, one of the most powerful Alpha in the world. But she was with a two years old baby. When Feathers sighted her, he immediately wanted to claim her and the baby as he had realized that she was his second chance mate. He loved her now and was ready to do anything to have her back. But this time, it was HER who has a heart as rigid as a stone. Can she resist the ultimate temptation of the mate bond between her and Feathers? Can she forgive him and get back together with the father of her child? Will she be able to let go of Alpha Sam who loved her with passion and even killed his Beta for her sake?

A modern-day fujoshi (a woman who’s obsessed with pairing men together in fictional or real scenarios) dies in an accident — only to wake up in the body of Lady Seraphina Edevane, a noblewoman in a world of arranged marriages and rigid social rules. Seraphina is married to Lord Adrian Vale, a stoic duke rumored to have a scandalous past. The twist? Whenever Adrian gets within a certain distance of her, he starts hearing the original woman’s unfiltered inner voice — full of snark, romantic theories, and wild speculations about pairing him with other men. As the woman begins to warm up to him, the “voice distance” increases, forcing them to stay apart or risk exposure… until they realize the connection might hold the key to unraveling a curse tied to both their fates.

SLOANE HOLBROOK is a thirty-five-year-old copywriter whose only commitment is to sarcasm, but every major holiday turns her into a single, pitiful spectacle for her judgmental family. Her solution? JACKSON, a charming, commitment-phobic Australian golf coach who needs a distraction just as badly as she does. They forge the "Holidate Pact" a year-long contract to be each other’s flawless, platonic plus-ones for every major event, with one rigid rule: zero feelings. But when a New Year's Eve kiss designed for public consumption feels startlingly real, Sloane and Jackson realize surviving the holiday calendar is easy; surviving the relentless, rule-breaking, undeniable attraction might be impossible. They signed up for a cynical transaction, but what happens when their fake relationship becomes the most honest thing in their lives?

Having an Awakenist as my wife meant enduring her monkish attitude toward sex. We could only be intimate on the sixteenth of every month. Every detail—my position, rhythm, even my expression—had to follow her rigid rules. If I showed too much pleasure, she would immediately rise and leave. We had been married for five years. Was I ever tired of this? Yes. Still, I always gave in. I accepted these limitations because I loved her. "The Saintess loves me too," I told myself. That faith shattered the day I was sent to extinguish a hotel fire. Amid the flames, I found my wife pressed close to a man in disheveled clothes. Between their arms was a young boy.