Summary Of The Crucible Act 1 Novels & Stories

I was sold to a monster, who loved slim thin girls.My chubby body automatically made me the prey. Elena Sterling is a brilliant botanist but to the Silverton Empire, she is just collateral. She is forced into a brutal marriage contract with Julian Silverton, a Billionaire who doesn’t want her heart and treats her like a piece of trash lying waste and occupying space. When her fathers and Julian’s grandfather's work is reduced to ash, Julian grew unexplainable love for her not because she lost weight but because she holds the cure to the dark secret the Silvertons empire had ever held. How long does this love last? How long will this secret be kept covered? Would Elena find out? And would she stay after finding out?

Violet Harlow is out of options when she signs a one-year contract to work inside Cain House, the private estate of billionaire CEO and widower Theodore Cain. The offer sounds like survival: high pay, housing, protection, and a chance to finally breathe. But Cain House is no ordinary mansion, and Theodore is no ordinary man. Cold, dominant, and dangerously controlled, he gives Violet rules she is expected to obey. But Violet is independent, stubborn, and terrible at surviving quietly. What she does not know is that the contract was written by Theodore’s dead wife, Eleanor Cain. Hidden inside it is a clause that could make Violet trustee of the Widow’s Fund, a billion-dollar foundation holding the Cain family’s darkest secrets. If Violet lasts one year, she gains control of the one thing the family would kill to protect. Everyone wants Violet gone. Theodore needs her to stay. But he cannot tell her why. In this dark romance filled with mystery, steamy forbidden love, betrayal, and shocking twists, Violet realizes Theodore may not be the monster in the story. He may be the prisoner. And saving him could destroy them both. #DarkRomance #Steamy #Mystery #CEO #Dominant #Independent #ContractMarriage #ForbiddenLove #Twist #Billionaire #Widower #Betrayal #FamilySecrets #Possessive #GothicRomance

She accidentally summoned the great Demon King but all she ever wanted was to get rid of her ghosts. “Can I take it back?” She asked, blinking innocently with her soft long eyelashes. “You’ve sealed the contract with the kiss. There’s no going back now.” A smirk played at his plump red lips.

I never thought my last name would cost me my freedom. One scandal. One signature. And now I’m married to a man colder than the vows we exchanged. Koven Elrik Mavros doesn’t believe in love. He believes in control, contracts, and consequences. And I just happened to be the loophole he needed. But I’m not the kind of woman who bows. I bite back even when it hurts. Now, we’re trapped in a marriage meant to break us. But the more he pushes, the more I see the cracks in his armor. This was supposed to end in divorce. So why does it feel like everything's just beginning?

She rubbed her forehead profusely, "You do, you could walk away and save yourself now and I will be fine and I will understand." He glanced at her and his gaze locked and there was a level of sincerity in them, "If I save myself, who's going to save you?" ***** Jasmin Whyte was a twenty-six-year-old thief who ran away from her boyfriend after she caught him cheating, an excuse to finally leave her old life behind and start over, but when she discovered that she was two weeks pregnant for her him, she began back to her old ways. It wasn't long before she fell into trouble which was how she ran into billionaire Cainan Inferno and her life took an unexpected turn. Cainan Inferno was a thirty-three-year-old Billionaire and the CEO of The Inferno group which was the largest company in the country. He once had it all with money and looks, but his life took a sour turn after he lost his wife Neriah Gomez to cancer. Meeting Jasmin Whyte sparked the feeling he thought was long dead and he knew the only one capable of helping him move on from his late wife was her. He tracked her down and made her an offer she couldn't refuse while ignoring all the threats her past posed to his name, reputation and social status. All he asks in return was for her to steal his heart. Will she be able to do the one thing he asks or will she lose her heart in the process?

“Sign the contract and your heart, body and soul will forever be mine,” Adonis said, a wicked glint in his eyes. *** I saw the signs coming, but I was blinded by love, and the desire to believe that my marriage was as perfect as it seemed. That all came crashing down when I found my husband in bed with my cousin. The man I thought I knew was a monster. He shattered my heart, my dreams and my life. But I wasn't going to let him get away with it. I was going to make him pay. He had taken everything away from me, and now was my turn to return the favor. That was when I devised a plan to bring his empire crashing down around him. I would get close to his half-brother, Adonis Sandoval, a man as cold and ruthless as the devil himself. They say keep your friends close and your enemies closer. My ex-husband would pay for what he’d done to me, and Adonis Sandoval would be the instrument of his downfall. But it wasn't going to be that easy. Adonis was no fool; he was as dangerous and cunning as they say. But he stirred a desire in me I thought I’d buried, igniting my passion. As we grew closer, my plan for revenge blurred, but I couldn’t forget why I was here. I had already handed my soul to the devil on a contract, and the path I’d chosen was a dark one, but I was no longer afraid of the shadows. I would get my revenge. But at what cost?

​"Love is a hindrance to success—until you meet the one who forces you to risk it all." ​Fiercely independent and wildly successful, top model Xielle Khione rules the industry with an iron will and zero room for romance. She doesn’t believe in love, convinced it is nothing but a distraction from her ultimate goals. But everything shifts when she visits her best friend's workplace and crosses paths with Zeke Yuan Zhao, the cold, elusive CEO of Luxury Fragrance—the one elite brand every celebrity is dying to represent. ​Accustomed to having the world bow to her beauty, Xielle is deeply unnerved and instantly captivated when Zeke completely ignores her famous allure. Fueled by the thrill of the challenge and reckless confidence, she boldly offers him a casual, no-strings-attached contract, certain she can control the game without facing any consequences. ​She thinks it's just a passionate, temporary arrangement. But Xielle has no idea that beneath the contract lies a labyrinth of buried secrets, hidden protection, and a shocking revelation about her true identity. As the terms of their deal begin to unravel, Xielle is forced to learn that love isn't a weakness that destroys your independence—it is the ultimate peace when found in the arms of the right person.

Sylvie Wilfred, a 23-year-old rebellious heiress, suddenly finds her freedom stripped away when her strict billionaire father hires Ryan, an infuriatingly disciplined bodyguard she clashes with from the moment they meet. Neither of them is prepared for what grows in the silence between them. When the Wilfred empire suffers a sabotage, Sylvie is forced into an impossible choice: To save the empire, she has to marry Zade, a young mafia boss with his own dangerous agenda.

Every story, every experience... Have you ever wanted to be the character in that story? Cadell Marcus, with the system in hand, turns into the main character in each different story, tasting each different flavor. This is a great story about the main character, no, still a super main character. "System, suddenly I don't want to be the main character, can you send me back to Earth?"

Claire got pregnant by a stranger she had a one night stand with. Being born from a political and business clan, she knew her family would disown her once they found out her situation. So she tries to find the man who impregnated her and offered him a proposition—to be her contract husband.