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"From now on, you're my fiancée, and my fiancée should live with me. Don't talk, don't ask questions. Just obey," he spoke. "When you come to the mansion tomorrow, I expect to see you in your casual clothes and with your suitcases." - When Jimena, a young single mother with a dark past and a violent ex she's desperate to forget, crosses paths with Alessio Fanucci, a dangerous mafia heir, her world is turned upside down. All she wanted was to get by working as a maid at the Fanucci mansion and to keep her distance from the three infamous Fanucci brothers as much as possible. Things take a turn when the oldest brother and heir, Alessio, breaks off his arranged engagement with his ex and urgently needs a new one. Alessio, cold, ruthless, dominant, and not someone anyone talks back to, sees the quiet Jimena as nothing more than his pawn. Meanwhile, she sees Alessio as nothing more than another monster she needs to escape. As they spend more time together, the lines between fake and reality begin to blur, and they discover they have more in common than they initially thought. Tensions rise when Jimena's ex returns, threatening her new comfortable life and the secrets she’s been withholding. He is out for revenge and is determined to go to any length for it, even if that means allying with the Fanuccis' enemy, who happens to be the family of Alessio’s ex. With a war, untold truths, and feelings at stake, will Jimena’s newly formed bonds keep standing, or will everything around her crumble?

“How long have we been mates?” Aidan barked. “Four weeks,” I cried, tears rolling down my face and neck. “And how many times were we intimate, Tara?” My lungs tightened in my chest as I whispered. “Once.” “And we were being safe, so why do you think this lie would stick?” Venom dripped from his next words. “Get out of my life because the next time you show up, I will kill you.” ***** It wasn’t exactly a one-night stand, but the possibility of a pregnancy was almost non-existent even though he was my mate. When I mustered the courage to break the news to Aidan Graham, the father, he denied me. He severed our bond and plotted my death, and my only option was to run. Nine years later, my daughter walks into my office with a man, and the scent I recognize all too well fills my lungs. She says. “Mommy! I found you this handsome man!” The match my baby girl just made for me…is to my ex Alpha mate. I have been broken in the past, so how do I make this work for my daughter? Can I still try even when Aidan ropes us into a web of secrets, deceit, and brings me to a past I wished to bury forever? The plot twists are bound to make you ask… “Wait…What. The. Heck??” So, read on!!

« Es-tu vraiment venu ici pour me dire que tu étais avec une autre femme avec laquelle tu as couché et que tu as mise enceinte ? » « Quoi ? » C’est Timothée qui parle, sa voix laisse transparaître son choc alors que son regard passe de moi à Kaïs. Le regard habituellement impassible de Kaïs reste le même, comme s’il n’était pas affecté par mes paroles et la douleur qu’il m’a causée. « Ne faisons pas ça ici, Lucie. Tu sais que je ne peux pas simplement la laisser. » Je ricane. « Je ne t’en ai jamais empêché. Tu sais quoi ? Tu n’aurais jamais dû venir ici. Tu aurais dû rester avec elle puisque c’est là où se trouve ta loyauté maintenant et que je ne suis plus dans le jeu. » Kaïs fronce les sourcils, s’approche et m’intimide un peu avec sa taille et son imposante carrure : « Qu’est-ce que cela veut dire ? Tu es ma femme. » « Ex-femme, » je dis ces mots sans même y réfléchir. Je n’ai pas pensé à tout ça mais je m’en moque car tout mon être semble être d’accord sur le fait que c’est le mieux pour moi. « Je veux un divorce, Kaïs. » Ses yeux s’écarquillent, incapables de contenir le choc face à mes paroles, et je suis fière de moi, d’avoir finalement obtenu une réaction qui n’est ni de la colère ni de la froideur. « Les papiers de divorce et ma démission te parviendront bientôt. » J’ajoute avant qu’il ne puisse se remettre de son choc, et je n’attends pas qu’il réponde tandis que je me tourne vers Timothée, qui est tout aussi stupéfait. « Ramène-moi chez moi, Timothée. »

Cathrine (Cat) Wolfe, a single mother of twins, runs a cattle ranch in Montana that's in need of help. On her search for two ranch hands, she meets and hires Owen West and Preston Anderson, who honestly know very little to nothing about ranching. Cat takes an interest in Owen that she can't quite understand. It's more than the simple desire she had for her ex, Danny King. It’s a pull to be near him at all times, to know him and to possibly love him. Owen West and Preston Anderson are werewolves from the pack just north of Cat’s ranch called the Medicine Rock Pack. When Owen meets Cat, he is caught off guard that the possible enemy he is after for killing their patrol guards is his mate. Owen assumes that Cat doesn’t know about werewolves at all when they meet, thinking a rejection will be easy until he meets her half-wolf kids. How can Alpha Owen bring Cat into his world as his Luna if she’s not the one killing his people? Who is killing his people?

He is arrogant.He is powerful.People around me call him Alpha. And he has a secret. ---------- Broken and betrayed, Ella Merlyn Scott moved to a small town with her mother to forget her past and move on. She transferred to the town's university, wherein she met him. Blaze Matthew Reese, a soon to be Alpha of the Blue Moon Pack an arrogant, conceited jerkface whom Ella hate. But everything changed when she discovered his secret.

Blair is a vampire who just moved from Transylvania to experience human life with her foster mother in America. She met a human girl named Pryce, who hates her so much, or that's what she just thought because of their rough first encounter. Then Blair's life turned into something she never expected as the time came that she fell in love with Pryce, who turned out to be a werewolf that is about to awaken. And none of them knew that Pryce wasn't just an ordinary werewolf but the destined queen. AUTHOR'S NOTE: The sequel is named "Price Of Pryce". Also, there is a Filipino edition of this book, named "Ang Reyna At Ang Abnoy".

Fiona, une Luna parfaite, est dévastée lorsqu'elle découvre que son fiancé l'a trompée. Dans un acte impulsif de vengeance, elle engage un gigolo pour une nuit de passion sauvage. Au lever du soleil le lendemain matin, elle laisse de l'argent derrière elle et s'enfuit, croyant avoir eu sa douce revanche. Peu sait Fiona que sa vie est sur le point de prendre un tournant renversant lorsqu'elle se retrouve enceinte après la nuit passionnée avec le gigolo. Au milieu des tourments et de la crise de sa grossesse imprévue, elle croise accidentellement le chemin de l'homme de cette nuit fatidique. Cependant, l'homme qui se tient devant elle n'est pas juste un gigolo, mais le futur Roi Alpha - le patron de son fiancé. Son cœur bat la chamade alors qu'elle contemple la silhouette imposante devant elle. Le Roi Alpha sourit en la coinçant avec une aura de domination et de désir. Haussant un sourcil, il nargue Fiona avec une question qui lui donne des frissons dans le dos : "Un gigolo, hein ?"

Après la faillite de la famille Blanc, Sylvie Blanc comptait se marier avec un légume afin de récupérer la relique de sa mère et de revitaliser sa famille. Tout le monde se moquait d’elle parce qu’elle avait fait n’importe quoi pour obtenir de l’argent, mais découvrant qu’elle était beaucoup gâtée par une belle-famille riche et influente. Lorsqu’elle était malmenée, sa belle-mère lui rendrait la justice tandis que son grand-père était prêt à l’aider financièrement à tout moment. Quant à son mari, qui était dans un état végétatif, s’est aussi réveillé. Léo Raimond, le roi du monde des affaires, calme et résolu. Comment pourrait-il s’intéresser à une orpheline dont la famille était en faillite ? Mais ce qu’avait fait Léo a étonné tout le monde, car il était profondément tombé amoureux de l’orpheline. « Ma chère, tu gères le Groupe Raimond, et je m’occuperai de notre bébé ! » Léo Raimond, un homme aussi distingué et dominateur, devenait fan de sa femme ! Il la gâtait trop...

“You want me to pretend to be your fiancée?” Paige’s voice trembled quietly. Leonardo D’Angelo, her boss, the man she’d spent way too many nights secretly pining over, was holding her by the shoulders. His eyes beseeching. Paige, I know this might come as a surprise to you,” Leonardo’s voice was softer, almost hesitant. “But I need you to be my fake fiancée.” Her heart slammed against her ribs. This had to be a joke. “I—what?” she stammered, staring at him like he’d grown another head. “It’s only for three to four weeks,” he pressed, his grip tightening slightly on her shoulders. “I’ll pay you double, or a vacation, whatever you want. Just say yes.” Paige opened her mouth to refuse, because this was insane, but the look in his eyes stopped her. For once, the arrogant, self-assured Leonardo D’Angelo looked… vulnerable. “Please,” he added, his voice barely above a whisper. She should have said no. She should have walked away. Instead, the word slipped from her lips before she could stop it. “Yes.” The relief on his face was immediate, but Paige’s stomach twisted with nerves. What had she just agreed to? And yet, somewhere beneath the chaos, was the dangerous thrill of being the woman by his side.

Shen Xinyi a girl who lived for two lives and died two times once again come back to her previous first life where she was once humiliated even as An Empress her children dead and her sacrifices were given a tribute of a white linen cloth at the end of her life Now that she is back with her modern life memories what will she do to pay back ?