Traição

Renasci no dia em que minha irmã e eu tínhamos que escolher nossos futuros maridos, e foi aí que descobri que eu conseguia ouvir os pensamentos das pessoas. Ouvi minha irmã pensando: "Dessa vez, eu preciso garantir um bom marido antes dela." Logo em seguida, ela me puxou às pressas e levou embora o homem gentil que tinha sido meu marido na vida passada. E o homem que costumava bater nela todos os dias, o marido violento, sobrou pra mim. Eu apenas sorri. Ela realmente achava que o homem com quem eu me casei da outra vez era tão bom assim?

Lívia Lins e Ian Santiago estavam casados há três anos, mas, enquanto planejavam o aniversário de casamento de três anos, ela descobriu que a certidão de casamento era falsa... A verdadeira Sra. Santiago, na verdade, era sua melhor amiga! Por três anos, Ian, Viviane e toda a família Santiago a enganaram como se ela fosse uma tola. E a razão para tudo isso era ela ter sofrido um acidente de carro que danificou seu útero, impossibilitando-a de ter filhos. Mas, na época, o motivo pelo qual ela se feriu tão gravemente foi por salvar Ian! Ian: [Eu te amo, eu só quero ter um filho!] Viviane: [Eu não quero atrapalhar o relacionamento de vocês, só quero fazer parte!] Lívia: [Você está maluca?!] Já que eles acham tudo isso muito divertido, então ela vai entrar na brincadeira também. Querem tirar dela o projeto que é seu? Que seja, ela se casa com o herdeiro de uma família rica e, num piscar de olhos, se torna a cliente mais importante do próprio projeto. Não querem dar a ela um casamento digno? Ora, cem bilhões de reais de dote resolvem isso, e a cerimônia se transforma no evento mais comentado da cidade inteira. Duvidam que ela possa ter filhos? Ela dá à luz gêmeos perfeitos, sorrindo de leve enquanto eles ficam verdes de inveja, impotentes diante de sua felicidade. A notícia do casamento do herdeiro da família rica se espalhou rapidamente, e todos lamentavam pela suposta sorte da sua nova esposa. Todos sabiam que o herdeiro ainda amava sua primeira paixão, a sua musa intocável. Embora ela já fosse casada, ele nunca a esqueceu. Dizem que, no dia do casamento da sua musa intocável, ele ficou inconsolável e chegou a tentar se suicidar. E houve até quem o visse assistindo repetidamente aos filmes estrelados por ela, chorando sem conseguir se controlar. Quando Lívia dá à luz, pensando que é hora de deixar o herdeiro e a sua musa ficarem juntos, ele a segura nos braços e grita desesperado: — Quem espalhou esses boatos sobre mim?! Querida, você precisa acreditar em mim!

Depois que minha irmã mais nova foi para o exterior, me casei com o chefão da máfia no lugar dela. Cinco anos depois do nosso casamento, nos tornamos os maiores inimigos um do outro. Ele me odiava por ter afastado minha irmã e por ter tramado para me tornar sua esposa. Eu o odiava por sempre me tratar como uma substituta, sem nunca me reconhecer diante do mundo. Minha falta de status trouxe humilhação aos meus pais vaidosos, e a partir daquele momento, o amor deles por mim se transformou em ódio. No fim, ele e meus pais me abandonaram em uma montanha nevada enquanto celebravam o Natal com minha irmã. No frio intenso, morri junto com o filho que nunca cheguei a conhecer. Enquanto isso, minha irmã desfrutava do amor de todos e teve o Natal mais feliz de sua vida. Quando abri os olhos novamente, havia voltado ao dia em que minha irmã retornou do exterior. Desta vez, eu não imploraria mais pelo amor de Gideon ou dos meus pais.

Pela centésima vez, meu companheiro Alfa, Ryker, usou sua autoridade contra mim, ameaçando rejeitar nosso vínculo se eu não me sacrificasse pela minha irmã gêmea, Ivy. Não chorei nem protestei. Apenas assinei os papéis que acabariam com nosso vínculo de companheiros. Me rendi, entreguei o Alfa que amei por dez anos à minha irmã. Alguns dias depois, Ivy causou uma cena no Banquete da Aliança da Alcateia, humilhando a filha do Alfa de Silvermoon. Mais uma vez, dei um passo à frente para tomar o lugar dela, suportando a dor de uma marca de prata desfigurante. Mais tarde, quando exigiram que eu testasse a segurança do Ritual de Regeneração do Espírito do Lobo com o meu próprio corpo para minha irmã, aceitei com um sorriso. Meus pais, Betas da alcateia, com os olhos vermelhos de tanto chorar, disseram que eu finalmente estava sendo a irmã mais velha que deveria ser. Até mesmo Ryker, que sempre foi tão distante comigo, ficou diante da adega. Ele acariciou suavemente minha bochecha pela primeira vez em muito tempo e disse em voz baixa: — Harper, não tenha medo. Assim que o teste terminar, vou te levar para ver as auroras no Lago da Deusa da Lua. Mas ele não sabia que, independentemente do resultado do teste, nunca mais me veria. Meu espírito de lobo já estava se apagando. Nada poderia me salvar. Desta vez, quando eu fechasse os olhos, seria para sempre.

We all know a Viola, we've all met a Viola, we might even be one. Viola is a woman in her early twenties with absolutely no reason to keep living. She wants to die, so she tries to, sadly for her, she doesn't. Now, she is standing in the ashes of who she used to be with no idea who she should be. Viola will break your heart, but only the best stories do. She is consumed by a loss that is as deep as the ocean, pain that knows no bound, extreme anxiety and chronic paranoia, trauma that is skin deep, sadness that always return, depression that never leaves and how agonizing a friendship-breakup can be. This is a book about Love, the love that lives between you, love that is hard to find, harder to understand, the love we were born with, waiting patiently between our ribcages, waiting to be recognized, to be seen, the love we should have for ourselves, the love that does not fade.

“Oh my darling Uncle”. I said while hugging him as he was backing me. “Uncle?”. A different voice asked and it seems to come from the person I'm hugging. He turned around with me in his arms and I stared into his eyes. Dark eyes. Uncle Max's eyes are blue, like mine. I let go of him immediately like I had been burned and blushed furiously. “Uhm, sorry. I thought you… were my uncle”. I told him. A chuckle brought my attention back to his handsome face. “Hello cutie, why do you think your uncle is here?” He said, his voice sending shivers down my body. *** Happiness Matthews, a 19-year-old college freshman, thought she had everything figured out when she left her small Texas town for the bright lights of California. But after a dangerous security guard targets her in her new apartment, she has to move in with Mason, her uncle's friend, who she met two years ago at his wedding. Mason, a man in his thirties still haunted by the woman who left him at the altar two years ago, never expected to share his home with his best friend’s niece. At first, their living arrangement seems like a temporary inconvenience—but the longer they stay under the same roof, the harder it becomes to ignore the magnetic tension building between them. As the lines between family and desire blur, Happiness finds herself drawn to the man who carries both charm and a painful past. But with every passing day, the unspoken rules become more difficult to follow, and a dangerous truth about Mason’s past threatens to tear them both apart. In a story where forbidden attraction and unresolved heartbreak collide, Happy must choose between loyalty, family, love, and her own future—before the stakes get even higher

In a world of covens and vampires, plus-size witch Evelyn is trapped in a loveless engagement with unfaithful Calous for political reasons. Her only comfort is her best friend Jules. Everything changes when she meets Damien, a vampire tasked with connecting their worlds. Despite the historical hatred between their kinds, Evelyn and Damien fall into a forbidden romance. Evelyn faces the threat of a blood contract binding her to Calous, which could have dire consequences if broken. Amid political turmoil, Damien offers her a glimpse of love and freedom. Together, they seek to nullify the contract and forge a new path. As alliances waver and betrayal looms, Evelyn and Damien must decide if their love is worth the risk. Their journey of self-discovery and empowerment challenges the fabric of their societies as they race against time to secure their future. "The Forbidden Shadows of Love" is a tale of forbidden romance and the power of love in a world that seeks to keep them apart.

🔔 Fair warning: This book contains steamy scenes, forbidden desires and language. Two weeks after her father’s burial, Scarlett’s mother brings home a tattooed, irresistible lover. Scarlett swears she won’t want him—but forbidden desire doesn’t play fair. Scarlett knows he’s off-limits. He’s her mother’s lover. But every stolen glance, every brush of his hand, drags her deeper into obsession. Soon, secrets become touches. Touches become nights of forbidden ecstasy. And Scarlett discovers that once you taste sin, you can never spit it back out.

lunch went by pretty quickly, and we were back to classes soon enough. I'd like to forget to get a book out of my locker, so I went to go quickly and went to get it. I was leaning against the locker next to mine as I quickly scanned my schedule on my locker door. When warm air fanned the side of my face. "Move" being the excellent human being I am, I jumped out of fright, flinging the heavy calculus textbook in my hands backward. I hear a grunt and turn to find the person hunched over as they hold part of their face "Oh God! I'm so sorry!" I panicked. and then he looked up. the first thing I noticed was his short, dark hair. it looked so smooth, and 1 almost reached out to play with it. My eyes trailed down to his strong jaw line, down to his broad shoulders. I didn't even realize that I was biting my lip as I further inspected the Adonis before me. His arm flexed, bringing my attention to the amber eye he was now covering It was him. Six. He is the most popular and dangerous guy in school. And I'd managed to injure him with my calculus textbook.

Dmitri Volkov is the heir to one of New York’s most ruthless Russian mafia families—cold, controlled, and carrying scars no one is allowed to see. He has spent his life obeying blood oaths and burying every part of himself that doesn’t serve the syndicate. Love, especially love for a man, is a weakness he cannot afford. Ethan Moreau is a twenty-two-year-old French art student on scholarship at NYU—soft-spoken, openly gay, and painfully trusting. He came to New York to chase beauty in a city full of sharp edges, never expecting one of those edges to look back at him with ice-blue eyes. Their worlds collide by chance in Central Park. A fleeting encounter becomes stolen nights, desperate kisses in shadowed alleys, and whispered promises neither of them can keep. For Ethan, Dmitri is intensity and danger wrapped in tenderness he’s never known. For Dmitri, Ethan is the first crack of light in a life built on darkness—and the one thing that could destroy everything he’s been raised to protect. But secrets have weight. Dmitri’s family is closing in, a rival syndicate is circling, and every touch between them pulls the noose tighter. Misunderstandings fester into silence, jealousy into rage, and love into something that hurts to hold. When blood finally stains the canvas of their fragile world, Ethan will have to decide if he can love a man who was born to break hearts—and Dmitri will have to choose between the family that raised him and the only person who ever made him want to be free. In a city that devours the innocent, their story is a slow bleed of devotion, betrayal, and the kind of love that can ruin you completely.