the monkey's paw plot diagram

“You are mine! Mine alone” He Kissed her neck, pulling her closer to her and a soft moan escaped her lips. “No. This is wrong. Can’t be yours. Kaleb will never…” She couldn’t finish her sentence and he crushed his lips against hers. “Please stop,” she implored him to stop, even though she said that to him. Her body craved his touch, the warmth it brought to her. She wanted to feel his muscular hands on her. “You are mine, Allie!” He whispered, pushing himself against her. They knew it was wrong, but it felt right. She was engaged to another, and he was her pack’s enemy, but fate brought them together.

Humiliated by her lying fiancé and seeing that all those people believed that litany is like having your life exposed. Marriage would save her family from chaos, that is the definition. Linna needed to marry Robert to get dowries and the compensation to save her family's business. However, everything that was going well just fell apart. Robert didn't show up at the wedding, I mean, he showed up when his bride was already at the altar. And he said everything he wanted to say and then some. Stepping out of reality. Ten years later they meet again, now Robert needs help. His company is about to go bankrupt due to misconduct and the checks he owes to his clients. He is left with no other option but to propose being a partner in a growing San Francisco middleman firm. Robert knows that what he needs is a marriage, but well, a woman who has already been left at the altar never thinks about getting married again.

Mabella Thorne is not your typical Luna material. is loud, mouthy, and disrespectful. She doesn't want to be the Luna, and she doesn't want to be with her mate, Alpha Ethan Levi. But when the pack is threatened by a rival pack, Mabella is forced to step up and take charge. She must learn to control her powers, lead the pack, and protect her people. Along the way, she will have to deal with her feelings for Seth, the challenges of being a young Luna, and the dangers of the werewolf world.

A young witch obsessed with power, an Alpha bound by responsibilities, and a young woman with a mysterious background, their lives intertwined in a web of deceit, lies, and pretense. When the desire to obtain power overrules all logical thought, Nari Montgomery would do anything in order to achieve her dream, even if it means sacrificing what she holds dear. Alpha Romeo Price was deceived by love and cursed by a witch only to be saved by a stranger whose identity may be the cause of his downfall. Annabelle Aoki arrives in a small town and rescues an animal only to be coerced into saving a man who changes her perspective and pushes her to accept who she was meant to be. A prophecy foretold their destiny but that doesn't mean they will end up together. In this story, things are never what they appear.

Everything is perfect in her life. Being the President's daughter, Amara Ildefonso is in the center of the spotlight. The social butterfly and the nation's daughter. Because of this, she chose to be a rebel and live a wild girl life causing the media to feast on her scandals. One day, her father reached his limit and hired her a personal bodyguard. He's rugged, stern, and mature but more than that he's hot. A retired navy soldier. It's all going well until one night, she just finds herself in the dark alley. Kissing her bodyguard and being entangled in a dangerous desire.

Are you in for some mind-boggling story that will poke your curiosity? The story will allow you to feel a strong emotion reflecting an intense desire or boundless enthusiasm and willingness to suffer for what your heart desires and what you truly love. This story will change your perception of the real meaning of love. Dylan and Aria will teach us the valuable lesson that sometimes the sacrifice of love costs too much to bear by yourself.

Edwina has made it her mission to improve the lives of all commoners through her position as Royal Historian. She has worked tirelessly toward this goal, but a group of powerful nobles called the Grand Peerage stands in her way, blocking her at every turn. Alexander Claiborne, the Duke of Ice, one of the most powerful aristocrats in society proposes a deal. He'll give Edwina all she needs to take down the Grand Peerage, in exchange all he wants is her hand in marriage!?

My childhood sweetheart and younger brother both fell in love with the underprivileged student who moved into our home. After she took my family and fiancé away from me, I chose to disappear from their lives forever. But after I left, the fiancé who once told me he wished I were dead went mad trying to find me.

Cesari Islan Sandoval is a drop dead gorgeous multi billionaire playboy who can get any lady he wants at the snap of his fingers but doesn't do relationships until he meets Elyon Devane a single mom who is in need of a job. He feels drawn to her which is something that has never happened to him before so without thinking he gives her the job as his personal assistant thinking he could seduce her into sleeping with him but she turns out to be a hard nut to crack. He falls in love with her five years old daughter and though he doesn't consider himself a daddy material,he finds himself wishing he is her daughter's father. Funny enough he finds out that he is indeed her daughter's father which causes him to have a rethink much to the chagrin of his lover Antoinette Montalvo.

Synopsis.  "Sleep with me, convince Mr. Christian or get fired" Mr. Frederick Harrison, gave Lucy a menacing smile, taking slow steps towards her. Mr. Christian Seth Caspian is the owner of the biggest energy company in Chester known as Caspian Power.  He is rich, powerful, and a famous man that you wouldn't want to cross paths with unless you want your world to be in darkness.  Lucy Raine Eliot, is your typical normal girl, working at a famous news company.  She'd do anything to keep her family safe. She knows of Mr. Christian and how powerful and arrogant the man is and the last thing she ever wishes is to cross paths with him. However, her Boss Mr. Frederick Harrison  had given her three options after she willfully denied going to Mr. Christian.  Not wanting to sleep with her Boss, nor getting fired, She decided to convince Mr. Christian even though knew that she  was no one to talk to him, not to talk of convincing him. Yet, what she didn't envision came knocking at her door as Mr. Christian proudly asked her to be his cleaner. A journey of love, betrayal, hate, obsession and  revenge.