Someone Else's Shoes: A Novel

Anthony Lake, my wealthy fiance, falls in love with Lila Hart, a blind professional dancer, and insists on breaking off our engagement, even though I am the heiress of a powerful family in the region. To preserve the alliance between our families, I seek out renowned doctors to treat Lila and set the stage to support her comeback. However, she accuses me of humiliating her and insists on jumping into a river to prove her resolve. Ten years later, my former fiance has taken control of the region. He swallows up my family's assets and drives us to the brink of suicide. "This is the price you pay for killing her!" Then, I open my eyes, and I'm back in the moment where Anthony publicly confesses his love to Lila. This time, I walk straight toward Shane York, the silent mining tycoon from the northwest, who is quietly sitting in the corner. I wrap my arm around his neck, place his hand on my waist, and command him to kiss me.

My name is Chase Murphy. I've been married to Jessica Stanton for three years. After she tells me that she's infertile, she brings home two children from an orphanage. I raise them as my own, investing everything I have into their lives. But in return, they push me down the stairs without a second thought. "Now our real dad can finally be with Mom." In that split second, the truth crashes down on me. These aren't just any children—they belong to Jessica and her first love, Troy McPoland. When I open my eyes again, I find myself transported back to the day Jessica first introduces the children into our lives. This time, I'm done being the fool raising someone else's family.

A story about a young woman with a troubled background who is kidnapped by two men who don't know the concept of consent. Fleur is taken off the street to be forced to live like a baby for two grown men.

When I discover that Shawn Felton has kept a mistress for the past three years and even intends to throw her a wedding, I decide to leave him. I'm going home to marry the man my family has picked for me. On the first day, I give the ring Shawn got me to his mistress. On the second day, I throw away everything and anything that has to do with me. On the third day, I put on a wedding dress and marry Shawn's nemesis. From now on, Shawn and I will have nothing to do with each other. Shawn is unfazed originally. He thinks I'm just throwing a tantrum. He only panics when he sees the news of me marrying someone else.

My boyfriend and I had been together for eight years. We were already discussing marriage when Robbie suddenly asked me to wait a little longer. He said he needed to hold a grand wedding with his first love before he could marry me. Because, as he explained, for his first love—who struggled with anxiety—marriage was her greatest wish in life. He couldn't bear to see her spiral into self-harm under the weight of her illness, so with tears in his eyes, he promised to give her a home. Stunned, I asked what would happen to me. Instead of answering, he snapped impatiently, "Can't you show some empathy? It's just a year or two more. Are you really that desperate to get married? "And another thing… lend me your ring. Let Lucy wear it for now. You won't be needing it anytime soon." I stared at the man before me, someone both familiar and suddenly a stranger, and felt only a cold, hollow ache in my chest. But at last, I saw his true face behind the mask. Later, I chose to attend their wedding. I brought with me a very special blessing.

On the day of the SAT exam, my girlfriend’s childhood friend, Benedict Casper, forgot his admission ticket at home. She insisted on retrieving it for him, but I begged her not to go. In the end, Benedict missed his final chance for taking the exam and, overwhelmed by despair, he jumped to his death. Years later, my girlfriend, Ella Simpson, and I graduated from Whitmore Institute of Technology, landed high-paying jobs, and built a picture-perfect marriage. But on the anniversary of Benedict’s death, she stabbed me repeatedly, her voice trembling with rage, “You killed him. If I’d gotten his admission ticket, he would’ve never jumped.” When I opened my eyes again, I was back on the day of the exams. Ella’s frantic voice rang in my ears, “I have to go back, Dominic. I need to get Benedict’s ticket!” This time, I smiled and said, “Go ahead. Be careful on the way.”

I'm Tristan Scott's driver's daughter. Ten years ago, my father died at the hands of Tristan's abductors as he tried to save Tristan. Tristan had held me close and told me, "I'll care for you for the rest of your life on your father's behalf." Later, my mother's cancer relapsed due to her sorrow after losing my father. Before her death, she hoped to see Tristan and me marry. But on the wedding day, Tristan leaves me at the altar. I weep and try to keep him around, but he sneers and says, "You should know where to draw the line—your father gave his life in exchange for the cushy life you now have. That should be enough for you! You're dreaming if you think you can marry me!" In the end, my mother dies without seeing Tristan put a ring on me. That night, his assistant shares an Instagram story. The photo is of her and Tristan's faces plastered to each other as she shows off the ring on her finger. It's captioned, "My answer is yes."

Kota Manhattan gempar. Di musim semi yang cerah, mayat seorang gadis ditemukan dalam kondisi mengenaskan. Tangan dan kakinya terikat, sepasang kakinya yang dibungkus sepatu berwarna merah hancur tak berbentuk menyisakan tulang kaki yang remuk. Tak terbayangkan betapa besar rasa dendam yang dimiliki pelaku terhadap korban hingga ia berbuat sebrutal itu. Sebuah misteri terpahat di tungkai yang tersisa, berupa angka tiga yang dibuat dari darah. Tidak ada yang bisa mengerti makna angka yang tertulis itu. Apakah korban ke-3? Atau ... tanggal pelaku membunuh korban? Atau ... sebuah isyarat akan ada korban berikutnya dalam waktu tiga hari? Kent Bigael, detektif dari unit pembunuhan langsung turun ke TKP. Pria yang terkenal temperamental itu tidak bisa menyembunyikan rasa kagetnya. Dalam 20 tahun karirnya sebagai polisi, baru kali ini ia melihat korban dengan kondisi begitu. Korban yang dibakar ada, yang tusuk dan dimutilasi pun banyak. Namun, korban dengan kaki remuk baru kali ini ia temukan. Bersama partnernya, detektif Joey, Kent berusaha menemukan pelaku. Ia mengumpulkan bukti-bukti lalu menyusuri satu persatu jejak yang ditinggalkan korban. Namun, baru saja memasuki hari ke tiga, korban yang lain kembali ditemukan. Ciri-cirinya persis sama. Kent terdiam, udara di sekitarnya terasa membeku. Ia sadar saat ini sedang berhadapan dengan seorang psycho, pembunuh berantai yang saat ini sedang melakukan permainan yang menantang penegak hukum kota Manhattan bermain adu tangkas. Lewat sikap brutal yang ia tujukan pada pemakai sepatu merah, ia ingin menunjukkan bahwa gaya hidupmu bisa membawamu pada kematian. Lewat angka-angka yang terukir ia berkata, jika kalian pintar temukanlah aku dalam waktu yang kutuliskan. Ada apa dengan sepatu merah? Mengapa pelaku hanya mengincar korban yang memakai sepatu merah?

Lara Smith is a 30-year-old woman who has been living a dull and lonely life. She doesn't have a family of her own, she doesn't have her own savings, and she is working hard like a dog, just to make ends meet. She wished to be like Amanda Montserrat, a beautiful, rich and a powerful woman who owns Etoile Cosmetics company. The world is her oyster, and she lives a perfect live. She's a trillionaire, she's a genius woman running a cosmetic empire on her own and she is engaged to be married to Emmett Albreicht, who is an extremely famous hotel magnate. While on a company field trip, Lara was involved in a tragic accident, and she was in a comatose state for a year. As she wakes up from her slumber, she realized in horror that she is she's been trapped into a different body! She is now living the life of Amanda Montserrat and she doesn't have any choice but to live a different life while thinking on how to get back to her original body!

What's worst than getting kicked out of your home? Being kicked out of your home because some lies were far easy to handle than truth. Lily Hayden struggled to feed her child and herself- a child her husband never knew about. Two years later, the twenty-three years old landed a job in one of the strongest, richest companies around where she met someone new. Xavier. It was an unplanned meeting. And so was falling for each other. Everything started to look brighter and clearer with her life starting to stir in the right direction but what happens when an old lover comes knocking on her door? Will love set her free or cage her in? Read to find out.