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« Moi, Derrick Brown, je n'accepterai jamais une personne aussi méprisable alors que j'ai à mes côtés une femme aussi belle et élégante que celle-ci. » dit-il en s'approchant lentement, son regard perçant me transperçant le cœur. « Pandora Miller, je te refuse comme compagne. » conclut-il, provoquant un éclat de rire général. Après avoir été rejetée et ridiculisée par son âme sœur, Pandora reçoit la bénédiction de la déesse de la Lune qui lui offre un second compagnon. Que se passera-t-il lorsque Derrick, son premier compagnon, refusera de la laisser partir ? Que se passera-t-il lorsque des forces s'allieront pour lui ravir sa seconde chance de connaître le véritable amour et un dénouement heureux ?

The school boxing match. My son Leo’s gloves were lined with broken glass. I carried him from the ring. Blood was everywhere, staining the canvas crimson. And Isabella, the monster behind it all, just stood there smirking. A snake's smile. She dragged her son over, then slapped me. Hard. Again and again. She tried to force me to my knees. "Some gutter trash like you… thinks he can challenge the Falcone heir? This is what happens. Believe me, I say the word, and you disappear. Poof." I just raised an eyebrow. The Falcone family has one heir this generation. My son, Leo. So when did a Falcone become gutter trash? I wiped the blood from my lip. I called the Don—the man my father made. "I hear the Falcone family has a new heir." Let's see who has the nerve to touch the old Don's grandson.

Je me croyais chanceuse d'avoir Jake. Même quand il se moquait de mon corps. Même quand il me rabaissait. Même quand l'aimer semblait s'éteindre peu à peu. Parce que les filles comme moi ne s'améliorent pas. C'est ce que je croyais. Jusqu'à ce que je le rencontre. Harlan Bennett, le beau-père de mon petit ami. Plus âgé. Inaccessible. Dangereux d'une manière qui n'avait rien à voir avec la colère… et tout à voir avec le contrôle. Là où Jake m'a brisée, Harlan m'a vue. Là où Jake m'a humiliée, Harlan m'a protégée. Et le pire ? J'ai commencé à désirer le mauvais homme. Ce qui avait commencé par des regards volés s'est transformé en quelque chose de plus profond… quelque chose que je ne pouvais pas contrôler. Quelque chose que je ne devrais pas ressentir. Mais Jake n'est pas du genre à lâcher prise. Et quand il réalise que je lui échappe, il n'essaie pas de me reconquérir… Il essaie de me posséder. Me voilà prise au piège entre l'obsession et la protection… entre l'homme qui m'a détruite et celui qui pourrait me détruire d'une autre manière. Car aimer Harlan Bennett n'a jamais été censé me sauver. Cela était censé me perdre.

“Grandfather, please don't marry me off to this waste of space. He is just a lowlife that is sick, carrying diseases around, and being gross!” Ava said, getting more and more enraged with each word coming from her mouth. “That's enough! Ava, stop that right now!” Mrs. Taylor said. “Don’t order your grandfather!” “If you insist on giving Ava to me, I would walk out of here now and never look back. A woman like her is not something that interests me.” Zane said, his voice steady as he met the old man's eyes, his words pissing Ava and her parents off.

It was the night of my husband's and my third anniversary, and I had gotten home early. I caught him in bed with another woman—for the tenth time. But unlike the previous times, I did not throw a tantrum. I even closed the door to the master bedroom quietly, not wanting to interrupt. In Scott Jameson's eyes, I had no choice but to tolerate his cheating because I became Mrs. Jameson by getting pregnant with his child. Three months later, he flung divorce papers at me. "My young lover wants me to give her a home and to bear my son. Sign the papers." I looked into his cold, distant eyes and said with conviction, "All right. All I want is custody of our son. I don't want a cent of the Jamesons' money." The court proceedings were difficult, and I was accused of being mentally unstable. Many people made fun of me for not knowing my place. All of Cloverton was waiting for me to humiliate myself, counting the seconds until a nobody like me succumbed to desperation. However, I fought the case with everything I had. Eventually, I was finally able to leave with my son. No one knew that Scott suffered from a serious case of asthenozoospermia. His sperm were completely useless. No other woman could have Scott's baby except me, as I happened to be unusually fertile. My son would be the only heir to the Jameson family legacy.

In my previous life, my sister thought that since my husband and I had high-paying jobs, she could swap her son with my child without anyone noticing. But twenty-five years later, the tables turned. My son had grown into a street thug, while her son—raised under my care—rose smoothly through life. Young as he was, he had already become a CEO. He was dutiful, bought me a villa, and even sent me traveling around the world. My sister barged into his company, waving a DNA test report, kicking up a scene, only to be thrown out by security. "Mr. Kieran said that even if you are his biological mother, you never gave him a single day of care," they told her. "So he refuses to acknowledge you." Breaking down completely, she drove her car into me and ended my life. When I opened my eyes again, we had returned to the very day she switched our babies. This time, my sister clutched her own child tightly, a wild, triumphant grin on her face. "From now on, you can be the mother of a street thug," she sneered. "The villa and all those riches—they're mine!"

On Christmas Eve, my six-year-old, Yule, was dying from cancer, and all he wanted was a gift from his dad dressed as Santa. I called Peter, my husband, begging him to come. His reply? "Can you stop blowing up my phone? I don't have time for this! I'm helping Tracey find Puffy. Do you know how upset she is?" Oh, Tracey. His first love. And Puffy? Her dog. I told him Yule might not make it through the night. His response? A straight-up dagger: "Don't act like this isn't your fault, Freya. If Yule hadn't kicked Puffy, none of this would've happened. Tomorrow, make sure he apologizes to Tracey." Then he hung up. That night, I sat with Yule, crying as I helped him celebrate his last Christmas. By morning, Peter's social medias were still full of posts about that freaking dog. Mine? Yule's obituary. Ten years of marriage, gone.

WARNING: This book contains mature content, explicit scenes, and dark themes. Reader discretion is advised. “Maybe… maybe I don’t ever want to be anyone’s wife again.” Betrayed. Banished. Broken. For eight years, Selena was the devoted Luna of the Knightstorm Pack, until her alpha husband branded her a whore, stripped her of their children, and cast her out. Years later, she’s risen from the ashes as a renowned artist, fiercely independent and done with men forever. But when her ex-husband discovers the devastating truth, that a cruel scheme made him punish the wrong woman, he will stop at nothing to win her back. His reckless, alcoholic brother has always wanted her too. And then there’s the powerful alpha trapped in a loveless open marriage, willing to burn down his twenty-year union the moment he scents his second-chance mate in Selena. Three alphas. One woman who swore she would never belong to anyone again. As old wounds resurface and new desires ignite, Selena must fight not only for her stolen children, but for the heart she thought was dead. Who will claim the broken Luna… and will she ever let any of them in?

Éléonore Dubois, 23 ans, mannequin célèbre, héritière d'une immense fortune et fille unique d'un couple de célébrités absents, découvre qu'elle est enceinte suite à une nuit passionnée avec un inconnu nommé Julien. Isolée affectivement, élevée par son majordome et confident Théo, elle a construit une carapace d'arrogance et de matérialisme pour masquer sa profonde solitude.

Après ma renaissance, c'est moi qui ai changé le nom inscrit sur mon lien de sang avec le prince Mortlock. J'y ai écrit « Isabella » : l'autre vampire qu'il avait toujours chérie, toujours protégée. Quand Isabella a voulu le collier de rubis, celui qui marquait la compagne du prince, je le lui ai laissé. La robe de mariée que Mortlock avait préparée pour moi ? Je la lui ai laissée, elle aussi. J'ai fait tout cela parce que, dans ma vie passée, j'avais fini par obtenir ce que je désirais. Je suis devenue la compagne de Mortlock, mais j'ai vécu chaque instant dans l'ombre d'Isabella. À la fin, lors d'un affrontement contre des chasseurs de vampires, Mortlock a couru d'abord vers Isabella, blessée. Et c'est moi qu'on a laissée recevoir un pieu d'argent en plein cœur. Alors cette fois, j'ai décidé de les laisser l'un à l'autre. De rester aussi loin que possible de Mortlock. Mais cette fois, le prince froid et distant a pleuré et m'a suppliée de redevenir sa compagne.