Smolder Laurell K Hamilton

Aku adalah seorang anak yang berasal dari kampung kumuh yang jatuh cinta pada Damon Vindaya, bos mafia yang paling ditakuti di Kota Yana. Selama lima tahun, aku adalah miliknya. Aku menahan sembilan peluru demi dia. Dia akan mencium bekas lukaku saat aku berdarah dan hampir mati untuknya, memelukku erat, dan mengalungkan kalung ratu di leherku. Kemudian, begitu aku pulih, dia akan meniduriku sampai aku kehilangan kesadaran, dengan gairah yang terasa seolah-olah tak akan pernah berakhir. Aku pikir kami akan menghabiskan hidup bersama. Aku pikir dia akan menikahiku. Namun, pada malam kebersamaan kami yang ke-999, dia mengatakan bahwa dia telah bertunangan dengan Bianca, seorang putri mafia dari keluarga rival. Aku menahan air mataku. Dia hanya mencengkeram daguku, mengembuskan asap rokok ke wajahku, lalu tertawa. "Kamu nggak benar-benar berpikir bisa menikah denganku, 'kan, Nora? Mari kita luruskan saja. Kamu itu cuma kuanggap sebagai alat pemuas nafsuku saja, bukan pasangan. Kamu adalah karya seni yang aku koleksi, hewan peliharaan yang aku miliki." Hewan peliharaan. Itu saja yang pernah dia inginkan dariku. Sebagai gantinya, aku pun mengambil ponsel sekali pakai dan mengirim pesan. [ Aku terima tawaranmu. Tiga hari. Keluarkan aku dari Kota Yana. ]

"My engagement party is tomorrow," Cecilia said calmly. "But I'm missing one thing." "What?" he asked. She smiled. "A fiancé." "My pleasure," he said, voice low and steady. "Miss Fiancée." *** The night before her engagement party, Cecilia is betrayed by her ex and her own cousin. But humiliation won't be her ending. In a bold move, she picks a devastatingly handsome stranger to play the role of her fiancé. What she doesn't know is--Liam Sinclair isn't someone you simply "choose." He's dangerous, powerful, and far from ordinary. By the time Cecilia realizes who he really is, it's already too late. Because Liam never lets go of what's his.

“I have an offer for you-” He paused,as he gazed straight into my eye “Marry me and I will pay you. A contract marriage. ” He finally dropped the bomb, causing my eyes to widen in surprise. Marry him? How? Why? I have only known him for about two to three months. What is he referring to? ***************************** Derrik King is a multi-billionaire who owns numerous businesses. He is well known as the CEO of the King’s Empire. When Derrik's father plans to get him married to Isabella Scott - a tycoon's daughter, he had no choice but to get into a contract marriage as suggested by his friend. Andrea Price searched earnestly for a job to support her family. Finally, she was given a job as a personal assistant in the Kings Empire. Few months working as a PA for Derrik King, an offer was made. She could earn 5 million dollars, if she agrees to be Derrik King's contract bride. Staying with Derrik for just three months was enough to battle with her sanity and now a contract marriage? But sometimes, we are not in control of things that happen to us. Andrea is now faced with choosing her sanity or accepting the money that comes with the contract to save a family member.

“I prefer to be in the arms of other men who would treat me right than be with you anymore” she breathed out. “How dare you” he yelled at her face while she stood her ground to him. “What are you...” Before she could finish her sentence, he pinned her to the wall and kissed her fiercely. He wrapped her legs around his waist leaving her back pinned to the wall as he deepened the kiss. He pulled away from the kiss slowly kissing her neck in turn as his hand slid into her panties. His fingers fondled with her wet folds giving her shimmers of pleasure she had never felt. *** Elaine, a beautiful young lady who had everything just found out that she had cancer and had about a year to live. Shattered by the news, she hid it from her family that maltreated her only for them to realize the truth and cuss her out breaking her heart.In a bid to enjoy her life to the fullest, she had a one night stand with a man but to her greatest surprise, it turned out to be her husband.

Fui la Beta principal del Alfa Damon. Durante seis años, fui su mano derecha y su compañera en la cama. Cuando anunció nuestro ritual de unión, la manada entera lo celebró. Mi sueño estaba a punto de cumplirse. Pero entonces, afuera de su salón de trofeos privado, lo escuché presumir sobre sus Pruebas de la Luna. Y en ese momento, supe la verdad. No era la única para él, sino una de treinta candidatas. Había pasado un mes con cada una de nosotras, calificando nuestros cuerpos, nuestra sumisión y nuestro desempeño. Mi calificación fue más baja que la de una Omega. Más baja que la de Lydia. —Lydia fue increíble. Apenas y podía separarme de ella. Y luego veo a Elysia… tan tiesa, siempre tan controlada… y la verdad es que… me aburre. La conmoción me paralizó. Dejé de sentir el cuerpo. Seis años de lealtad. Incontables noches entre sus brazos. Al final, todo significó menos que un capricho momentáneo y una loba que sabía arrodillarse. Mi dolor se convirtió en una resolución inquebrantable. Le envié un mensaje a un Alfa que me había pretendido tiempo atrás. “Adrian, dijiste que tu oferta de ser mi compañero seguía en pie. ¿Estás seguro? Ya terminé con Damon.”

Mi familia es humana. Sin embargo, se nos concedió una larga vida por el clan Thorne, algo cercano a la inmortalidad. Durante generaciones, hemos sido sus guardianes más leales. Y yo me enamoré de Cedric, el Lord vampiro al que juré proteger. Durante cien años, fui su secreto. Su pecado. Su única compañera de lecho. Fui su escudo contra la magia oscura. La protectora jurada de su vasto clan. Pensé que me ganaría la marca de un vínculo eterno. Incluso estaba lista para que me transformara. Después de todo, en cada luna de sangre, él reclamaba mi cuerpo. Y en el punto álgido de un placer agonizante, hundía sus colmillos en mi cuello y bebía mi sangre. Luego presionaba sus fríos labios contra mi piel y susurraba que yo era su única y verdadera. Que ninguna otra sangre, ningún otro cuerpo, podía hacerle perder el control de la forma en que yo lo hacía. Pero esta vez, en el momento en que terminó conmigo, anunció su vínculo eterno con Elsie, la princesa de sangre pura del clan Valerius. Por si fuera poco, sonrió con suficiencia ante el shock en mi rostro. —Tú eres solo una humana, bendecida con una larga vida por mis ancestros. Mi calentadora de cama. No creíste de verdad que podrías ser mi compañera, ¿verdad? En ese momento, lo entendí. Yo solo era una bolsa de sangre renovable. Una herramienta con un propósito. Por una alianza, por ella, me sacrificó. Me arrojó al abismo y dejó que la oscuridad me devorara por completo. Pensó que el Pacto del Guardián me encadenaría a él por la eternidad. Pero olvidó algo. Todo pacto tiene una brecha. Así que destruí todo lo que alguna vez me dio. Y luego, con la ayuda de mi familia, desaparecí. Pero cuando el Lord de la Noche Eterna no pudo encontrar a su juguete favorito… enloqueció.

As they lay there, Alberto silently prayed that Sonia's love would eventually lead her to forgive him. Breaking the silence, he posed a question that weighed heavily on his heart, "If that person were still alive, would you have forgiven him?" Sonia understood the question and shook her head, her deep-rooted hatred for the man was intense making forgiveness seem impossible. Alberto nodded, his gaze filled with understanding, and pulled her even closer, cherishing every moment they shared. He realized that, for now, he wanted to create lasting memories with her before the truth came to light. (Blurb) Sonia witnessed the death of her parents at a young age and it devastated her. She grew up seeking revenge and in a bid to gather up more resources for herself, she got a job at a company. Working as a secretary, Sonia started a new life determined to concentrate on her mission but ends up seeing herself grow feelings for her boss. Deliberating on the Conflict of her feelings, would she be able to let go of her revenge and enjoy her new love life and what happens when she realizes that her boss has something to do with her past?.

In a world where magical beings are hunted to extinction, Ember is the last known Phoenix gifted with the power of rebirth and fire, she’s a force of legend feared by many and coveted by those in power. After her latest rebirth, she wakes disoriented, with no memory of her past life’s, in the ruins of a burned out city. Hail, a dangerous bounty hunter bound by a cursed contract finds her. He’s been tasked with delivering her to a shadowy organization that tends to use her powers or destroy her. But as they journey together, he begins to question his mission. Drawn to her fiery spirit even as he battles his own demons.

Baxter Hamilton was born unique, yet he was a neglected child. As he ventured into his teenage life, he crossed paths with a group of teenagers. He thought they shared the same challenges in life as he did. However, what he didn't realize was that befriending this group of boys would take his life down a much worse path. As for the butterfly effect, once it begins, when does it stop?

Diana was murdered on the day of her Engagement anniversary by her fiance Gaston and her best friend Rebecca. They laughed as her car caught up in flames and she almost died. Luckily for her, she ended up in the hospital where she had plastic surgery, after fully recovering, she realized that Gaston and Rebecca had gotten married and were living her life. She swore to ruin their lives, exacting her revenge by working as a secretary for her Ex-fiancée Gaston, making him fall helplessly in love with her. But things take an unexpected turn when she has a one night-stand with a childhood crush who chases her to the ends of the earth to make her his.