The Bloody Chamber And Other Stories Pdf

I never expected my life to change the day my mother remarried. Suddenly, the boy I once knew the boy I swore to marry when we were children became my stepbrother. But Roman isn’t the boy I remember. He’s colder now, distant, with eyes that hold secrets I can’t begin to unravel. Our worlds collide under the same roof, separated by just a thin wall and the tension neither of us wants to admit. Forbidden desire simmers beneath every glance, every touch. He keeps me at arm’s length, yet I can’t stop craving the dangerous pull between us. As the lines blur between hate and passion, I’m forced to confront the past I don’t remember and the truth Roman is desperate to hide. How far will we go before we step too close?

My husband, James Zeller, and I have established a common-law marriage. We did not have a formal wedding ceremony, nor do we have a marriage license. We also live separately, our lives barely intertwining, because he has a special profession. Therefore, despite being married to him for seven years, we've never met each other's friends and relatives. As his wife, I'm proud of being married to him despite how it pains me. I'm willing to give up the opportunity to study at the National Academy of Sciences to take care of things at home while he works. One day, my son, Jasper Chalder, comes home from elementary school crying. He sobs about not being a bastard child and requests to see James. Greatly distressed, I decide to take him to visit the military base over the new year for a family reunion. However, I don't expect this trip to turn my life completely upside down.

Terlahir menjadi tiga bersaudara kembar. Satu putra, dan dua orang putri. Mereka harus terpisah karena sebuah penculikan yang dilakukan oleh orang yang ada di masa lalu kedua orang tuanya. Seorang putra diasuh dengan baik oleh keluarga Mafia yang menjadikannya seorang Mafia di usianya yang masih muda. Lalu, kedua saudarinya hidup bersama dengan keluarga kandungnya. Bagaimana cara kedua saudari ini menemukan Kakak saudaranya? Mampukah ketiga bersaudara ini menyelesaikan misi terakhirnya untuk bersatu membentuk keluarga yang sempurna? Lalu, mampukah ketiga saudara ini memberikan ganjaran yang setimpal untuk sang penculik? Simak kisahnya!

Mahirap ang buhay para sa labing-anim na taon gulang si Cassandra Vidal. Napilitan siyang magtrabaho sa club upang ipagamot ang inang may malubhang karamdaman. Akala niya'y hanggang doon na lamang ang kan'yang kapalaran, ngunit hindi nang makilala niya si Arman Solis, ang lalaking labing-walong taon gulang ang tanda sa kan'ya. Nagkaroon sila ng relasyon. Hindi naglaon ay namatay sa isang aksidente ang lalaki at iniwan sa kan'ya ang lahat ng ari-arian nito kabilang na ang Hacienda Miraflor. Lumipas ang limang taon, isang bagong pag-ibig ang dumating sa ngalan ni Mateo Bermudez. Mabilis silang nagkapalagayan ng loob. Subalit isang linggo bago ang kanilang kasal ay bigla itong naglaho sa hindi malamang dahilan. Labis na nasaktan si Cassandra, hanggang sa bumalik ang binata, hindi para sa kan'ya kun'di para sa hacienda. Sa kanilang muling pagsasama, paano niya lalabanan ang pag-ibig na muling sumisibol? Paano kung isa pala si Mateo sa mga taong nais magpabagsak sa kan'ya?

Si Ashley, nagising na lang isang araw na mahal na niya ang kanyang brother in-law. Asawa ng kanyang kapatid, hindi lang basta kapatid, kung hindi sarili niyang kakambal. Guilty and at the same time ay nasasaktan sa tuwing sweet ang mag-asawa ngunit wala siyang magawa dahil wala siyang karapatan. Alam niyang hindi niya pag-aari ang kanyang bayaw kaya naman nakukuntento na lang siya sa nakaw na sandaling pinagsasaluhan nila. Hanggang saan aabot ang kataksilan nila? Ano ang gagawin niya kung malaman niya na hindi pala totoo ang lahat ng pinaniniwalaan niya?

She found her true mate… but he belongs to another. Dana never expected to find her fated mate in the heart of the city — especially not in her cold, brilliant, and heartbreakingly human boss. Kos is a billionaire inventor, engaged to a woman the world sees as perfect. And worst of all… he doesn’t feel the bond. To reveal the truth would make her look desperate, maybe even insane. Who would believe that a shy assistant is his destined mate — and not just after his name or fortune? But the bond is real. The ache is real. And when fate forces them together, nothing will ever be the same. Can a heart blinded by reason learn to feel what only instincts can see? Or will Dana lose him — before he even realizes she was his all along?

"You'll be a good girl for me, won't you? "he adds, his eyes darting across my face as he pushes himself further into me. All the will I had to question what had suddenly changed has left me. He was all that mattered.  Something deep in my soul told me that tonight wasn't our typical adventure.  He was aware that our days were numbered, even if I had no intentions of stopping our secret affair. This sent flutters through my stomach as he pulled out and slammed back into me. I would be married to another in just a few short months, but tonight would be burned into my brain forever. Annora is the heir to the Fae Throne. Her mother died at birth, and her father became ill when she was a teenager. As a result, her father has created a tournament in which Fae leaders he deems worthy must undergo challenges to win his daughter's heart and the throne alongside her. The problem is that Annora has already fallen in love with another—a forbidden love with a man who eventually becomes her stepbrother, making things all the more complicated in a world that she is already lost in. As the kingdom begins to crumple and hearts tangle, can Annora find the strength to be true to herself, her heritage, and her fated mate?

"Who are you?" I ask, gawking at this ugly man who looks like the devil himself. "Your savior." savior? I may not remember anything from my past, but one thing is for sure, according to my judgment: this monster-lookalike can't be a savior. And from whom did he supposedly save me? "And if you are done ogling me, now, on your knees. Time to serve the purpose for which I saved you." I am snapped out of my thoughts by him tearing his shirt and walking closer in a pretty unnerving way. "Whi...ch is?" I whimper, trying to stand up from the bed and perhaps run for my dear life. Unfortunately, he grabs me viciously before I can take a step. A loud growl slips from my lips as he slams me back on the bed and hovers atop me. "To please me, little dove." He hoarses, embarking on his evil, dirty mission.

Scarlett Whitmore was excited to discover she was pregnant when her perfect life was shattered as she found her mate in bed with her cousin. She threatens to reveal their secret affair but her mate stops her, ripping her child out of her and at the brink of death.Scarlett loses her life but three sister witches from the feared Black Blood Pack find her just in time and revive her with a new face and identity, giving her the chance to seek revenge on those who destroyed her life and unborn pup.Alpha Zane, the cold and cursed leader of the Black Blood Pack, is on a quest to find the one destined to break his pack's curse—a mate with the mark of the goddess. When Scarlett comes into his life, reborn with the mark of the goddess everything changes. Would Scarlett be able to break the curse and get her revenge and can Zane find redemption for himself and his pack before it's too late

Marcus and his two brothers, Jackson and Lucien have been living a normal life for the past ten years since they lost their family and pack members to an old enemy. They have always made it a point to keep to themselves and stay within the boundary and rules they have set as a three men pack, and that include not wanting mate or anything else that would call attention to their little secret and put them in danger, especially with report of an old enemy returning to town. Everything was going fine until an old friend came requesting for an unusual help. Little did they know it was the beginning of what would change their lives as well as everything they stood for, starting with Marcus, the eldest of the three brothers who is soon to find out the biggest surprise of his life when he and his brothers went running to the rescue without a second thought.