The New China Playbook Beyond Socialism And Capitalism

| Eternal Devotion Series • Completed | Elise Dorne is one of the finest hunters of the Elysium order-cold, precise, and relentless. When she's assigned to track down Vael Laurent D'Rath, a notorious mafia lord who thrives in the shadows, she expects just another mission. But as their deadly game of cat and mouse unfolds, Elise and Vael begin to uncover fragments of a past-memories of another life, another time, where their fates were intertwined in ways far more dangerous than they ever imagined. With every step closer to the truth, the lines between hunter and prey blur, and Elise is forced to question everything she knows. Is Vael truly her enemy, or has destiny bound them together for something far greater than revenge?

Close your eyes and embrace the hopes beyond the clouds. Let's discover on how a future optimistic neurosurgeon and a solid amiable Rizalista will find their way towards each other despite of so many uncertainties.

Liana is tired of her mother’s constant marriages and moving out , her mother is getting married to an Alpha and she has no choice but to join her to the pack. Liana ends up crossing paths with her mate who thinks she’s a thief, it’s more shocking when she realizes they are step siblings. Jace can’t stay away from Liana even when he thinks he should due to the fact that they are step siblings. Liana and Jace end up playing with fire, will they overcome the obstacles that will come their way?

(Trios Legacies, Book 5) The battle may have been won, but the war is far from over. In Make Believe, the fifth explosive installment of the Trios Legacies series, the next generation of wolves, witches, gods, and hybrids must face the fallout of a broken magical world—and a rising evil that refuses to stay buried. When Josefina delivers a dire prophecy in the midst of childbirth—Lucifer is back—it sets off a chain reaction across realms. Three elite teams are dispatched to the fae courts to secure alliances before it's too late: Sebastián and his sharp-tongued witch partner Phoenix navigate Seelie politics and discover Sebastián’s mate is the king’s outcast granddaughter; Jai and the fiery Violet are ambushed en route to the Unseelie Court, only to discover Jai's fated mate is a guarded selkie with secrets of her own; and Aubrey, dropped into the Shadow Court with a witch she can't stand, ends up hunted by the Wild Hunt and entangled with its dangerously magnetic leader. As magic warps reality and the gods remain trapped in their realms, old enemies and unhealed wounds surface. Portals are failing. Alliances are fraying. The Wild Hunt wants blood. And Lucifer is building an army. With mates to protect, realms to defend, and fate itself unraveling, the heirs of Arcadia must fight like never before—not just to save the world, but to find where they belong in it. Because some wars are fought with weapons. Others, with love. And the hardest ones? Those are fought with truth.

Seven years of love, shattered by seven months of betrayal. Some promises are easier to break than to keep. Kyros Arnaud Ferrero was supposed to be my forever—the man I gave my heart to at seventeen. But love isn’t always a fairytale. I never imagined that his devotion would come with deception, that the man I trusted most could betray me with the very friend I held dear. He lied. He cheated. And he did it all without remorse. So, I did the one thing he never saw coming. To get back at him, I married the one person he despises most—his brother, the powerful president of his company. *** For five years, I did everything to avoid Maximus Ferrero. A relentless control freak, a man who sent letters that made my skin crawl. The last time I saw him, he leaned in and whispered, “When you eventually decide to leave Kyros, inform me immediately. I’ll arrange our marriage without delay.” I swore he would never be an option. Until he was... *** Trigger Warning: Some chapters in this novel contain dark themes that may be distressing to some readers. Please proceed with discretion

Over 700 years after the death of King Elijah and Queen Celeste, their son Micah ruled over the world. After searching endlessly for his mate, he gave up hope thinking he would rule the world alone for he was the only one to have ever lived for such a long time. When words got to the king that the omegas (humans) have been escaping 'his world' to live in the ruin for almost two decades he became livid going to the ruins to kill them all and teach others never to cross him. What Micah never expected was for his mate to be lurking in the ruined palace hiding from the harsh and brutal world he created and he never expected his mate to be human. "I found you.. Mate" He breathes bringing his hand to cup my cheeks but i snapped my head backwards. "I would never be yours" I said breathing harshly while glaring at him.

Labag sa kalooban ni Jeush ang makasal sa isang babaeng ni minsan ay hindi pa niya nakilala sa personal. Ngunit dahil sa takot na mawalan ng kompanya ay pilit niyang tinanggap ang pinagkasundong kasal ng kanyang mga magulang. Sa unang araw ng kanilang pagsasama ay naging malupit ito sa dalaga. Nagtalaga pa siya ng kasunduan dito. Hindi naman naging mahirap kay Jireah ang sundin ito. Sa mga panahong nakasama niya ang binata sa iisang bubong ay mas lalong nahuhulog ang loob niya dito. Ngunit suntok sa buwan kung magustuhan rin siya nito gayong may babaeng minamahal na ito. " Don't ever dare to love me because I will never be able to love you back."

Valarie Blackrose, the heiress of Blackrose Empire, had it all' she was beautiful, rich, courageous and had loving parents who pampered her endlessly. But because of her disability, she became cold by nature and chased away any man who dared come close to her Her parents, desperate to see her happy, secretly offered a business marriage contract to any man from a respected family who could win her heart. ~~~ Scott Foster I had a plan, After cutting ties with my asshole of a father I was going to start a company of my own and prove to him that I wasn’t worthless. But what if things aren’t going as planned, worse of all I find myself in deep debt, I’m desperate and Valarie Blackrose might be my only way out Never in my life did I think I’d stoop so low as to deceive someone like Valarie, but desperation changes everything All morality flies out the window when a desperate father offers me a contract that could be the solution to all my problems, But there’s just one catch though, I have to marry his disabled daughter, keep her happy, and make sure she never finds out about the contract Make her fall in love with me, marry her then divorce her with an excuse It was supposed to be as simple as that" But never had I expected I would end up falling in love with her, I got too greedy not for her wealth but for her love, now dark forces threaten to expose the very truth that could lead me to lose her Will I be able to fight them all and get our happy ending or will our love end in tears and hatred

Casper and Thaliana will be in a relationship. They live in the same roof and making a happy memories. But, suddenly a happiness change into sadness. Because Casper got her pregnant and they didn't hold her accountable. Casper want's to abort the child, but Thaliana don't and Casper leave her alone. Thaliana's parents also abandoned her. But her friend Roselyn not. She and her friend raised her daughter. They live happily, because they have a little cutie baby. What if Casper back? Will Thaliana accept him again?

Fred originally came to America just to start a new life. But the shadow of the past will continue to haunt him and pursue him to the end of the world. Being a CEO does not make his life peaceful. Until one day a young woman came to his office to become his new secretary. Without Fred realising it, the woman was stealing his attention more and more. But of course their story will never run smoothly. Conflicts will keep coming. People from the past are always watching from the darkness, shaking Fred's faith to the core. Can Fred find true love? Or will his life end miserably?