strange flesh meaning

Stanley Chatwin finally knew the meaning of true love when he fell deeply for Lauren, his secretary. But how was he going to get rid of his legally wedded wife Rita?

The moon goddess hates Aida, or, so Aida believes. She is punishing her for still being alive. Aida admittedly is lost! Life hasn’t had any meaning since the tragedy of her beloved mother’s death when she was only twelve years of age. With her teenage years becoming rebellious, they resulted in her remaining family and pack, all but a few, rejecting her. After regrettably attacking her Luna, she is punished to enlist in the formidable and intensive training programme at the Royal Lycan Santos pack. Here, she soon realises that family doesn’t mean blood and she carves out a name for herself as a fast acting and determined fighter. But they don’t know her secret. She’s doesn’t care if she lives or dies. To her one thing is very clear, complete the training and then abandon her pack! Adjusting to Lycan life, she soon makes friends that become her world. Including Lance, a head trainer, who challenges yet protects Aida at every hurdle. But Lance has a secret of his own. Having spent so long losing her inner strength, finally Aida has something worth fighting for!

"Are you afraid of me, Celina?" The Prince asked huskily, and she shivered at the intense look in his eyes. She didn't answer, making him take a step forward in her direction.He reached over and ran his thumb across her cheekbones, watching her breathing pause as she dared not move beneath the touch of this strange, imposing man. "Well, you should be." *** Celina Roman is a wallflower, shy, reserved but loved by people around her. She cares for her parents and two sisters above all, a fact that's led the eighteen-year-old to do anything for them. What she wasn't expecting was for her family to sell her to the Prince so that they could have money. Prince Javier DeRose is a name better suited for a myth than a man. Like that of the devil, people either whisper it in fear or worship the ground he walks. He is rich, cold, demanding and likes to be all alone in a Dark Palace, protecting his secret. When Celina steps on his doorstep his life changes forever. Filled with secrets and scars, these two individuals are thrown together to live under the same roof. Will they find a way together or forever stay apart? ***

"Jiang Zhimiao initially thought her relationship with Shen Zhuowen began with a one-night stand and would end at his engagement party. She planned to maintain the last bit of adult dignity and part ways amicably. However, at the scene of a car accident, she saw him abandon her without hesitation, rushing towards another woman. Jiang Zhimiao knew that maintaining dignity was no longer possible. After she left, the man went mad trying to find her, like a dog that had been abandoned. Unfortunately, she no longer wanted his sincerity. At her wedding with another man, Shen Zhuowen knelt on one knee, holding up a ring, his eyes burning with intensity. Jiang Zhimiao merely smiled and said, ""Did you forget? You said we were 'unfamiliar'."" So what if the spring breeze is tender? We are just 'unfamiliar' lovers.江

Normal. What is normal? Ember is a human on the run from her abusive ex, Ryder, who she believed murdered her mother. She ends up crossing into Miami and find employment with Miami's hottest bachelor's, Seth Lightwood and Carter Moonstone. They are co alpha werewolves of the entire Miami territory. They recognize her as their mate immediately, but she has no idea of the supernatural world. Working for them, she becomes entangled with the best friends and is introduced into the supernatural world, learning that her ex, Ryder, is the alpha of their enemy pack. While dealing with the complicated Seth and the lovestruck Carter, life throws an even bigger curveball her way when she learns she is also mated to their brothers, Damien and Jordan, who are Red moon alpha hybrids. Just when she thought things could not get any crazier, she finds out there is a huge war happening in Olympus, the kingdom of the God's, and her blood is the key to the ending of the war. A dark prophecy surrounds her. Not to mention she has begun exhibiting strange powers. What is happening to Ember? Why is her blood so special? How can she deal with four mates when two of them hate her just for simply being what she is. Human. Read on and find out.

Terah's biggest mistake was helping Chet, a dreambender. That simple act of kindness led her to being killed thus making her a Forgotten, a wandering soul in the spiritual world. Sidapa, the god of Death, himself made a proposition. She will become his assassin and he will free her spirit from Dremlan, where her spirit was imprisoned. Not only that, he gave her another body to use so that she will be able to go back to the physical world.. Another problem came when her body nearly expired and she needed another body to use. She found out that her body was still okay and was just waiting for her spirit to return. Before that will happen, she will need to get back her essence that she gave to Chet by kissing him. Simple, right? But not for her. How could she kiss a man who betrayed her? Above all else, Zachary the vampire is also possessive of her.

"Marry me and I'll give you a million dollars." "What?! But you're so...so..." "Devastatingly handsome? Smoulderingly sexy?" "NO! Obscenely obnoxious!" *** This was how Daniel Winters, the CEO of Winters Architecture proposed to Jane McKay, a down on her luck single mother. She desperately needed money to gain custody of her child and he was in frantic search for a wife and a baby to retain his inheritance. And so, these two unlikely souls struck up an agreement - a one year contract marriage that would supposedly benefit them both. But one year is a long time, and according to Murphy's law 'anything that can happen will happen.' So the question is, will Daniel and Jane be able to stand each other for 365 days without going for each other’s throat? Will Daniel's family find out about his greatest lie? Will the baby of Jane's father come back for his flesh and blood? And most importantly, will this unlikely marriage blossom into something more?

"You will stay in a room and wait to see who has purchased your precious cherry. No niceness, no pleasantries, just a night of f**k, A business contract, signed, dealed and finished with a d**k." Those words sent chills to her spine as she read the content of the contract before signing nervously. Isabella's life was a rollercoaster of hardship and tough choices. With her father's life hanging by a thread, she found herself in a heart-wrenching dilemma – watch her father die in the cold hands of death or sell her virginity to a total stranger, a man, Ricco, who felt a connection since the day they shared an intimate and passionate encounter. He vows to find her as they embark on separate journeys. Fate intervened when Isabella became a maid in his mansion by luck but danger loomed in the form of Roberto, his sinister elder brother, who relentlessly pursued her coupled with the cruelty she had to endure from Ricco's girlfriend and aunt. Ricco , deeply in love, couldn't bear to see Isabella in peril. He made a tough call to protect her, providing the means for her independence and preventing her marriage to her father's ruthless creditor. But destiny had crueler plans in store. Kidnapped by her father's enemies, Isabella was thrust into a harrowing life as a forced prostitute, trapped by her father's debts. Will she summon the strength to break free from this nightmarish ordeal? What happens when she finds out she was pregnant with Ricco's child while captured to work as a prostitute. Dive into a gripping tale of love, sacrifice, and Isabella's unyielding resilience as she battles to rewrite her destiny.

Upset about the sudden marriage arrangement, Via ran away from home to come back with shocking news: she was pregnant and did not even know who the father was. Due to disappointment, her father sent her away. But after a few years, she was asked to return with her adorable twins. Little did she know that as soon as she stepped foot in her home country, she would once again encounter the stranger who gifted her two adorable children, and her life would be turned upside down when the man started pursuing her. “We already had children together. Aren't we a little more than strangers?”

She got married for love to her college sweetheart but ended up bruised, betrayed, divorced, and jobless. To save her dying father, she is forced into an arranged marriage to an arrogant self-absorbed man who only has eyes for his supermodel girlfriend. Can she handle a second rejection or will she give up on love? He is set to marry his model girlfriend but his father is against the marriage to the "gold digger". Forced into an arranged marriage to a divorced single mother, will he realize the truth of his feelings before it's too late? A soft but broken heart merges with an arrogant heir to create an explosive love that will heal wounds and each the true meaning of the sacrifice of love.