The Scarlet Letter Chapter 1 Summary

CASTELLO DI CARTE MAFIA CHRONICLES, BOOK 1 [Also known as PRECARIOUS: THE GAME OF HEARTS] 𝐁𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐀 When my mother's declining health forced me to reconsider my career options, my boss steered me in an unexpected direction. The was simple: get in, get the information, and get the out. Except, it wasn't that easy. Especially when my target was the most nefarious man alive in New York. The closer I got to him, the more I saw sides of him I never expected. He burned me with his scorching touch, demanding and eager gazes. He was determined to have me at all costs. One might think he would stop at that, but—devil, help me—he needed more. More than I was ready to give. There was a reason I never wanted to the Underworld. When my past came crashing onto my doorstep, every lie unravelled, but nothing prepared me for the worst. The truth about the connection between the man I desired and my dead sister. 𝐀𝐃𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐒 We all know what they say about sweet things: when consumed excessively, they turn from savoury to bitter. That was what she was. A poor excuse for a sweet I wanted to devour. I wanted to make her suffer with the same intensity. She deserved it. And so did her scheming sister. Only, I didn’t know the latter was dead, and I might be the one at fault. But did that stop me from craving her? , no. My desire to have her magnified. She became mine the moment she walked into my life with those hauntingly blue eyes. She could give me the one thing I never had in life: happiness. But being the master at ruining everything, how could I ever be the man she wanted me to be?

"This is your new sister," they said. "Protect her," they said. Not love her. Not obsess over. Not need the lost and abandoned orphan with no where else to go with every fiber of my being. Just protect the new messenger of the old gods, with all that I am..... Forbidden love in a lost world of fairies, shifters, and Shin.

Layla Miles lives in a posh upper middle-class neighborhood, married to a neurosurgeon, and has a beautiful three-year-old daughter. The only thing missing is Layla’s past memories. When Layla and Damien decide to host a charity event to raise their profiles in Tampa’s high society, two men from her past pop up out of nowhere. With no memory of her former life - or them, she sets out on a mission to finally discover who she is and what had happened on that fate changing night in New York City four years prior. One woman. Three men. What will be the outcome? Warning: This work of fiction contains sexual scenes and graphic language.

Kim Liu harus mengubur dalam-dalam keinginannya untuk melajang sampai mati. Ibunya yang tengah sakit keras memutuskan untuk menikahkannya dengan anak dari seorang sahabat di masa lalu. Perjodohan tak terbantahkan itu membuatnya masuk ke dalam dunia seorang CEO dingin dan misterius bernama Jung Jisung. Lelaki itu lebih dikenal dengan julukan sebagai CEO 1 Miliar Won karena masa lalu kelamnya. Jung Jisung tak pernah mengerti cinta, ia tak pernah tahu bagaimana konsep bahagia. Pelan tapi pasti, kehadiran Kim Liu perlahan mengubah hidup pelik seorang Jung Jisung. Lengkap dengan terkuaknya kenyataan-kenyataan masa lalu yang terkubur bersama kebahagiaannya. Mampukah mereka menghadapi kejutan satu persatu rahasia masa lalu yang menyengsarakan mereka?

Если бы Рыжая знала, чем закончится её прогулка в лес, она никогда...Стоп, стоп, стоп! Вы просто ещё не знаете Настю Романову! Она бы всё равно туда пошла. Пропустить такое?! Ни за что!А теперь, раз уж судьба так подшутила, надо принимать подарок с благодарностью. Тем более, водоворот событий затягивает неумолимо, а дорога снова зовёт вперёд, навстречу невероятным приключениям. Спасение мира, нечисть всех калибров, настоящий бал и любовь...Ты ведь об этом и мечтала, Рыжая!

ชะตาพลิกผันให้เจ๊ใหญ่หงทายาทมาเฟียยุค2000 ต้องไปเกิดใหม่ที่มิติใกล้ล่มสลาย ซึ่งทุกอย่างถูกวัดด้วยความแข็งแกร่ง ทั้งพลังปราณ พลังธาตุ ทั้งนางยังมีภารกิจสำคัญที่ต้องรับผิดชอบ ทว่าเมื่อลืมตาตื่นความทรงจำกลับเลือนราง นางกลายเป็นก้อนแป้งน้อยโดยสมบูรณ์! ผักก็ต้องปลูก มารก็ต้องกำจัด ความทรงจำยังเลือนรางอีก สวรรค์ท่านกลั่นแกล้งข้าหรือไร? ดีที่ทุกครั้งเมื่อนางเลื่อนระดับพลัง ความทรงจำที่เคยเลือนรางจะค่อย ๆ แจ่มชัดขึ้นมา ยิ่งเมื่อระดับพลังสูงขึ้นนางจึงได้รู้ว่า แท้จริงแล้วในอดีตนางไม่ได้เป็นเพียงเจ๊ใหญ่หงเท่านั้น แต่กลับมีอีกตัวตนหนึ่งที่ยิ่งใหญ่และสูงส่งมากกว่า!

Jeopardy, until now, was very scared of what happened to his past when his parents were killed by an unknown killer. He didn't know who that killer was and what the purpose was for killing both of his parents. Is there still a chance for him to find out and discover who is behind the murder of his parents? What if someone wanted to help him find the killer? Will he accept the help it offers despite his doubts about the woman who called him?  Can he trust it? Despite the skepticism he feels Or, will he gamble his trust to just find the killer who killed his parents? Will he be able to find the killer with the help of the woman? Or, might he first find himself falling for the mysterious woman who doesn't even introduce himself?

What will you do if the heaven you're dreaming of was actually a hell in disguise? Selene is ready to throw everything just to forget the betrayal of the man she planned to spend her life with. Little did she know she would get entangle herself with a beast that she can never run away from. This book is written in English and Filipino. This is a R-18+ story. Please be advised.

Je me suis toujours demandée comment les choses allaient se terminer pour moi... Après avoir perdu mes parents de façon étrange, ma vie n'a plus de sens et mes envies perdent de leur couleur. Mais il a fallut d'un seul renvoi de mon lycée à Wilmington, en Caroline du Nord, pour changer tout ça. Je devais à tout prix m'éloigner de cette ombre qui me hantait, et volait mes sommeils. Mon petit-ami, Jack, s'inquiétait beaucoup pour moi... donc le mieux était de prendre du recul, et aller à Boston, avec la soeur de ma mère. J'ai été sauvée lors d'une balade en moto par un membre de la famille Williams, et cet homme a changé mon existence... mais mon addiction a vite grandit. Sean Williams est devenu ma raison de vivre, mais j'étais pour lui sa raison de tuer. // Date de publication 14 mai 2021 // Couverture : l'auteur

Что делать той, кого отец проиграл в карты? Да не кому-нибудь, а Асмодею – одному из самых страшных демонов подземного царства, повелителю азартных игр. Как выжить там, где тебя окружают чудовища, где на каждом шагу подстерегает опасность? И можно ли избежать любви в этом богом забытом месте?