Terrible Inventions

GENRE: War/Military/Historical Fiction SETTINGS: Alternate world THEME: Ancient China SAMANTHA Corey died from explosion together with her younger sister Shereen, and beloved Marco. Her death, as she found out before dying, was orchestrated by her bestfriend, Diana, who had long been eyeing the highest seat in their secret organization, the Black Council. Out of Samantha's expectation though, she had woken up in the body of Emerald Hans from Royal City which miles away from Grey City. This Emerald Hans had a very awful life experiences, even more terrible than her own. Just months ago, the lady became an orphan after her father died due to an accident. And as if her life wasn't miserable enough yet, she was pushed from a wild torrential river by her step-siblings. Obviously, the original Emerald Hans had already died so Samantha decided to take over her life and body and go back to Grey City. There she lived together with the family of General Francis Hans, Emerald's paternal uncle. She became their precious niece and she warmed up to them like her own family. Behind the scene though, Samantha had been slowly getting her chess pieces back in the game. Soon, she had delved into the real life chess game against her ex-bestfriend Diana. Read on and see how Samantha played real life chess games against her enemies at the same time, finding a new family, new friends and maybe... a new lover too. ***

Dans les cercles huppés de la société mondaine, Marco règne en maître. Son charme et sa réussite professionnelle lui ont valu une réputation de séducteur invétéré. Mais lorsqu'il rencontre Nahema, une jeune femme pauvre et désoeuvrée, issue d'un univers différent, tout bascule. Malgré son complexe de supériorité, Marco se retrouve irrésistiblement attiré par Nahema et tombe éperdument amoureux d'elle. Cependant, leur relation est mise à l'épreuve lorsqu'un secret jalousement gardé menace de tout détruire. Marco devra faire face à ses propres démons et accepter cette terrible vérité qui l'enfonce dans un désespoir sans fin . "Le piège du cœur" est un roman qui explore les thèmes de l'amour, de l'identité et de la rédemption. À travers les personnages de Marco et Nahema, l'auteur nous plonge dans un monde de luxe et de superficialité, où le cœur est piégé dans des sentiments puissants, où les apparences peuvent être trompeuses et où l'amour véritable peut être le seul moyen de briser les chaînes du passé.

"I did everything for you! I followed every order you gave me, even when it tore me apart. But what have you done for me, Orion?" Athena shouted, frustration and hurt evident in her voice. "Shut up! I don't want to hear your complaints. Your words are like nails on a chalkboard, it's irritating my ears. Why don't you go see a psychiatrist? Maybe then you'll understand just how terrible of a wife you are." Orion responds, pointing his finger accusingly at Athena, causing her to step back against the wall. "It was your mother who set me up! She tried to destroy our relationship. I didn't steal anything from your father... Why won't you listen to me? Am I just a joke to you? Is this marriage nothing but a joke?" Athena cried, her voice filled with anguish. The first year of Athena's marriage to Orion had been challenging, with her mother-in,-law's lack of support casting a shadow over their relationship from the very beginning. In the second year of their relationship, the situation gets worse, forcing her to save herself from a miserable life. But when she is drowned by her emotions, an accident occurs that offers her a chance at a new life. After several months, She thought she could finally live a peaceful life, but it also leads to a den of challenges. Will she survive by facing them, or will she continue to run away from her fate?

Calla Sherman sleeps with a random guy from a bar after her boyfriend cheats on her. The following morning, she wakes up and realizes he's a drop-dead gorgeous man who looks good enough to make any woman swoon.She's so flustered that she mocks him for having terrible skills. She even leaves behind 150 dollars as a fee for his services before fleeing. The next day, Calla finds that her new boss, Mercer Garland, looks oddly familiar. Oh, God. She wants nothing more than to die when she realizes she's mistaken Mercer for a gigolo. He's the exact person who can ruin her career! What's worse, she's already pissed him off royally. One fine day, Calla backs away as Mercer stalks toward her. "Didn't you say you weren't interested in women like me who don't have curves anywhere?" He looks her over and smirks. "You're different from them. I know what you're like on the inside." Flustered, she tries to talk sense into him. "I'm sure a busty woman would be more up your alley. I'm not your type at all!" Mercer sighs softly. "I'm devastated that you've kicked me to the curb after using me, Calla. I'm not even in the mood to sign all those documents on my desk anymore."

The mafia king won't kill his nineteen-year-old son Leo when he finds out he’s weak and likes males. Instead, he sends him to hell. The Forge, a secretive prison camp hidden within the forest, is where affluent families send their "weak" sons, hoping to mold them into strong men. Leo was stripped of his clothing, shaved, and assigned the number 402; he was dug into freezing mud, subjected to beatings, and then left in complete darkness. Viktor, the strong, hardened guard, has been observing Leo with a wary gaze for years, acting as his personal handler. Viktor is meant to kill him. Instead, as the cameras stop rolling, Viktor lowers the whip, pushes Leo against the wall, and kisses him like a man who has been waiting too long. He moans into Leo's mouth, "I'm paid to break you, but I'd rather keep you." Every harsh day in the pit and every covert touch at night drives them deeper into the fire of forbidden love. But Leo's own father told Viktor to kill Leo and submit proof if he doesn't turn hard in thirty days. A jealous ex wants Leo to die. A shattered youngster from Leo's past is hiding a terrible rebellion. And the man Leo is falling for is the same one who was told to kill him. In a city made to break hearts, one wrong kiss may save them or set everything on fire. The Forge is a raw MM mafia romance that is dark, twisted, and dangerously addicting. Love is the most violent weapon of all.

He calls it madness, but she calls it love. When intense attraction struck them both in the dark after being trapped in a small cave during a raging tropical storm, he pursued her without inhibitions, turning their whirlwind romance into a tragic mistake in the end. He is the educated businessman and the hunk, while Maria, the illiterate, fat-ugly maiden, is his total opposite. A terrible choice that resulted in a forced marriage was made between them when everyone thought she was his victim. Makakawala pa ba siya sa isang kasalang pwersahan kung sa pagsapit ng liwanag, kapangitan, at katabaan ng babae ang lumantad sa kanyang mga mata? Nagkamali siya ng desisyong maging katipan ito nang ura-urada nang masilayan ang tunay nitong anyo. Hindi ito ang ideal wife niya. "Woman, if it means saving my life, I'll wholeheartedly marry you!" He snorted when he realized he couldn't blame her for it. "You have no idea how much I hated this forced marriage kahit walang namagitan sa'tin kagabi." "Pero Benjamin—" Naiiyak man, abot hanggang langit naman ang pasasalamat ng dalaga sa pagpayag niyang maikasal sila. "Papakasalan kita dahil ikaw ang katuparan ng pangarap ko. Hulog ka ng langit kagabi. Hindi ka na makakawala kahit ano pang sabihin mo dahil ikaw—ikaw ang itinadhana para sa'kin."

Many centuries ago, the humans and the wolf packs lived together and were in peace. Daciana, princess of the Justificative Commands, lives in the Kingdom of Peace. She is fearless, breaks the rule, and wants to be free from her responsibility. On the other hand, Adolf is the son of the known strongest and legendary Alpha Werewolf, Wolfrith. Because of the pressure from his father, Adolf is known to be bashful, isolated, and cold from the pack. However, when an invader, Azariel, steps into their land and challenges the Alpha, Wolfrith, to overthrow his pack and take over. Due to the sudden events, Wolfrith was killed, and Azariel took over everything in the land of Dawn. This shook the packs and the tribe's lives, leaving them dumbfounded. Azariel then swears to kill all the remaining humans and let the Skulks take control. Fear for their lives, the wolves and the tribe fought back but were lost in remorse. Years later, Daciana, who survived the madness in the Land of Dawn, decided to seek revenge for her father and take back what was rightfully theirs. However, after years of separation, Daciana met Adolf, who now looks like his legendary father, the late Alpha Wolfrith, during her journey to save her Kingdom. The two decided to team up to save the Kingdom of Peace while developing feelings for each other. However, a terrible confession shook Daciana's world when she found out who was the reason behind Wolfrith's death and how her Kingdom fell to pieces. Will the two end up together after knowing what Adolf did? Will Daciana still look at Adolf the way he is? Or will she turn around and fight the last standing Alpha in their land?

Blurb:18 year old Amber Williams experiences a sudden disruption in her once peaceful life that goes suddenly from good to terrible in a night.At first it was her mate, Caleb, Alpha of crescent stone pack who rejects her because she is an omega, then her woes are followed by the news of her parents’ sudden demise.Her parents, who were the Beta and Pack warrior of their pack, meet with mayhem on their way back from a long trip. They are announced dead at the spot leaving the young Amber to have to fend for herself as well as for her younger sister.Her mate, Caleb, who happens not to like her one bit and isn’t ready to take up her responsibilities then decides to give her out as a form of truce to the Alpha of one of their dreadful neighboring packs who at the time demanded for some girl slaves. She’s sold successfully to the dreary Alpha, as well as her sister, and alongside a lot of other poor orphan girls of their pack.But along the line, Amber starts a fire which enables a lot of other girls to escape, even her sister, leaving her and a few others behind. What then happens to Amber when she gets taken to the Alpha to be punished for starting the fire which led to a breach in their respective packs’ truce only to find out that the scary monster she had always heard of is her mate?And to top matters, what would she do when she discovers that a boy she had helped a long time ago was his friend and Beta who she happens to share some sort of chemistry with? …even after all of this confusion, she’s faced with a bigger challenge ........

Leonard Burton and I are childhood sweethearts, bound by a family-arranged marriage. After we marry, we live a loving, harmonious life. In a terrible accident, he even gives up his only chance at survival to save me. After Leonard's death, we find a journal among his belongings. In it, he records the three years he was missing after falling off a cliff—years spent with another woman he deeply loved. But his parents had forcibly separated them and arranged our marriage instead. Unbeknownst to anyone, he had continued to protect that woman from afar, silently and faithfully. At the funeral, Leonard's mother, Charlotte Newman, is inconsolable. "Leonard, it's all my fault. Would you still be alive if I'd let you marry Yelena back then?" His father, Samuel Burton, glares at me with hatred. "He fell off that cliff saving you. He died in that crash shielding you. Why do you bring him nothing but harm? Why aren't you the one who's dead?" Yes, why is it not me who's dead? I look at Leonard's familiar, smiling face on his gravestone before running at it and smashing my head on it. When I open my eyes again, I'm taken back to when he just returned from that small fishing village. This time, I choose to let him go and give him what he wants. Finally, I see Leonard again.

“Be my wife.” Lucia looked at him, questioning his sanity. “You're out of your mind.I don't even know you ”. Lucas Mariano's voice was icy, his gaze unreadable. “You need help.Your sister requires care.I can help you both.You have quite the image so I'm sure you'll need it. It's transactional-nothing more.”He finished. Once the rising star in the ballet world, Lucia Moretti's life is shaken after a brutal divorce and a terrible fire that leaves her and her sister homeless. Now, with her dreams buried,her heart is guarded and her main focus is keeping both herself and her sister alive. Enter Lucas-Merciless, cold and sinfully compelling.He offers a contract marriage which comes with everything Lucia needs but at a cost she doesn't understand…yet. What started as a formality quickly grows into something far more twisted when her ex-husband,Matt-lucas’s best friend-returns, determined to have her again. “You got married to Lucas?” Matt snarled,fury dripping from his voice. “Is this your revenge?” He continued icily. No, Lucia said without emotion. “This is survival.” As sparks fly and secrets come to light, Lucia Finds herself torn between a past that nearly broke her and a man who might shatter her in a brand new way. In a world of socialites, betrayal and fake love, Lucia must ask herself: Is she the puppet or the one holding the strings?