Study Guide For English Novels & Stories

"I've got a proposal for you," he responds. "What proposal?" I ask, raising an eyebrow. He gazes at me silently, as if weighing his words. Then, with confidence, he closes the distance between us and says, "Marry me." Sarah was faced with the opportunity of finally saving her mother's life from the shackles of death, but it came at the cost of marrying a man she was not in love with. She had to believe that John had good intentions. But as she spent time with John, she found out that he was a ruthless and arrogant man, a sadist as well. But Sarah could not go back from her decision. It was too late.

"A man from my past shattered my heart into a thousand pieces. I decided from that day on I would never give my heart to a man to be broken again. I know it sounds foolish because I was so young. However, that heartache has affected how I am with men. I am terrified to give my heart away like that again only to have it shattered." Natalia still felt the hurt and betrayal like it was yesterday. "I promise to never break your heart. Give me a chance to prove that I won't hurt you. I've never felt like this for anyone before I met you. I know it's only been two days, but you're all I've thought about since seeing you that first time. Let me erase the pain that's in your heart." Hayden took both her hands in his. --------------------- Natalia Crawford is the top female CEO in the city. She has worked tooth and nail to climb to the top without compromising her morals. She's beautiful with long blonde hair and green eyes. Men want her for her beauty, brains, and money. When she met Hayden Sumner, he was determined to make her his. She agreed he was easy on the eyes, tall with thick black hair and blue eyes, but she had no desire to be in a relationship. After a chance encounter, she ended up opening her heart for a chance at love. People all around them want to see them fail in both love and business. Even as one of them is fighting for their life, it doesn't stop others from trying to bring them down. Will love conquer all, or will everyone who wants to hurt them be successful in tearing them apart?

Felix, the youngest son of a billionaire, conducted a secret audition, not to look for talents, but to look for a woman who he can marry on paper. His family pressure him that he should get married in order for him to get what he wants. Meanwhile, Marianne needed a huge amount of money for her mother’s hospital bill. After she heard about the auditioned, she didn’t hesitate to apply without knowing it’s true purpose. Will Marianne’s decision change her life forever as she becomes the “Bride for Rent”?

Abby, a 21-year-old orphan, starts working as a housekeeper for Mr. Edward, a wealthy man who’s 45 and very reserved. Abby is nervous but determined to do her best. As time goes on, she gets to know him better and sees a kind side hidden behind his serious face. Slowly, feelings grow between them, but their age gap and pasts make things harder. But can they overcome their differences and find happiness together? Falling for Edward is a heartfelt story of love, trust, and second chances.

Zekailah Anderson caught her Fiance cheating with her sister, hiding inside the closet while recording the video, glaring at them with bloodshot eyes. Eaten by her anger, Zekailah came up with the plan to ruin her own wedding the next day. She played the video during the ceremony, thinking that it will embarrassed her family. But what she was expecting didn't go well according to the plan. Her parents still pushed the wedding and made her sister married her fiancee. Zekailah was furious and devastated. She ran away and met Zachary Vergara, her new boytoy that she will use to start her revenge. Few days later, she married Zachary and helped her with her vengeance.

When it was time for Amelia Stone to begin her own family, the worst happened and she lost everything she owned. She finds life useless and meaningless. Her beloved parents rejected and turned their back on her and she felt cheated out of life. On the verge of ending her life, distraught and depressed, a beautiful stranger, Ethan Blackwood stopped her before she could kill herself and promised to hand her everything she lost back with a side of revenge on a very tricky condition. A contract marriage. A revenge plan and a partnership is born. Will this blossom into love? Will she continue on her quest for revenge or will she forgive her sister and parents?

Kairi was once a good girl, but after she met her fiancé everything changed. After three years they split up and she's stuck with a desire is hard to satisfy. Until she meets the Russian god that is Dominik and forms a relationship with him. Rhys finally comes back into her life after two years of being apart ready to win her back. Will he win back her love or will he lose her forever to Dominik. Will his decision in the past destroy any chances of them getting back together? With Sex, Lusts, and Secrets is it possible that Rhys and Kairi never really stood a chance in the first place? And her true rightful place was with Dominik? With all these secrets does that mean Kairi has a few too?

Emily’s life was on track: a dream wedding just months away, a fiancé she thought she knew inside out. Until the day she walked into Ryan’s office and found him with his jeans around his ankles and his assistant bent over the desk. The betrayal shattered her. She threw the ring. Her heart broke. Her future was derailed. Enter Sophia, Emily’s fiercely loyal best friend, armed with tequila and a no-nonsense plan to drown out Ryan’s audacity in a gritty biker bar. That’s where Emily meets Lucas, older, confident, and exactly the distraction she needs. What starts as a one-night stand turns into something deeper than Emily ever anticipated. Lucas is everything Ryan wasn’t... thoughtful, passionate, and oh, the amazing, kinky sex doesn’t hurt either. But Lucas comes with a past of his own. A lost son he hasn’t seen in years. A son whose identity shatters Emily’s new world all over again, because Lucas’ son turns out to be Ryan. The man who broke her heart. Now Emily faces the ultimate test: Can she love the man who healed her, knowing his blood ties her back to the one who hurt her? Or will this twisted fate tear her second chance at happiness apart? For Emily, the million-pound question is whether love can truly overcome the past.

Olivia Ricci is the daughter of a wealthy business man who imports exotic flowers or at least that’s what she has been led to believe.Her parents are too strict with her and have forbidden her to date anyone. That’s until Stefan Corvino comes along, an arrogant and mysterious man who sweeps her off her feet. For some reason Olivia ignores, her parents do everything Stefan says; they even let him date their daughter.Olivia has no idea who this man is or why does he has such power over her family. All she knows is how attracted she feels to him, but she is going to find out the truth and what’s Stefan connection to her family’s obscure business to decide if she can love him or not.

Genesis Walker is a ghost wearing a perfect smile. Years ago, her world burned her pack slaughtered, her family torn from her, and her name erased from existence. From the ashes, she rebuilt herself into something far more dangerous than the girl she used to be. Now, she’s back. Cold. Calculated. Untouchable. And standing at the center of her revenge is one man Alpha Lucien Varkas. Feared by all. Ruled by none. A monster in power and silence. Infiltrating his world was supposed to be simple. Earn his trust. Get close. Destroy him from within. But nothing could have prepared her for the moment their eyes meet… Because the man she came to ruin is the one fate has bound her to. Her mate. Refusing the bond, Genesis plays a deadly game one where desire and deception blur, and every step closer to Lucien threatens to unravel everything she’s built. But Lucien is not a man easily deceived. Behind his cold, emotionless exterior lies a past as dark as her own and a growing obsession that refuses to let her go. As buried truths rise and enemies close in, Genesis must decide: Will she complete her vengeance… Or will she fall for the Alpha she was never meant to love?