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Blaine proposed a contract marriage to Camilla, which was going to hold validity until his real fiancee opened her eyes, and they all could go back to their various lives. 'Party A shouldn't fall in love with party B, and if any of the parties break this clause, they are going to face a huge penalty'. They both knew that wasn't going to happen, or they thought so.
"Why are you messing around with me? Your job is just look pretty, and be my wife!" the cold man rumbled while glaring at Camilla, ...

Lavelle Wynstella, used to believe that life is a curse of dying art. Being a victim of domestic violence, being a troll of her classmates, dealing with the biggest effects of major depression that getting worse day by day. Everything burdens her so much that she wants to go away as soon as possible. She hates everything in her life, even though she had Mark and Daniela as best sidekick that known about her mental illness.
Someday Lavelle jumped into the rivers, and she's been comatose for a we...

Violet, a rich blind girl, gets married to the man she falls in love with, everything changes when she finds out her husband was having an affair with his lover disguise as a maid in the house, using her disability to his advantage. Violet learns about her husband plans and flees back to her fathers house, but then Violet is put in a bigger situation that cost her everything. To get her revenge, Violet teams up with Luther her ex-bodyguard, they fake a relationship and make a come back into her ...

A pair of shooting stars fall from the Universe in order to meet again throughout their lives. Two Venezuelan immigrants, who are reincarnated shooting stars, arrive in Spain in Barcelona and settle in a new country. Suddenly Paola Ferrer receives a job offer at the Royal Symphony Orchestra of Seville and moves ending his relationship with the love of his life Anastasia Lemonelli. Anastasia meets an attractive doctor during a college party and after a brief romance the two begin a romance. Bot...

[Warning: R18+] What will happen when a complete stranger got all of your firsts? First touch, first kiss, first hug, and-first sex?! Astraea Lumiere Laxamana is an innocent, full of decency, and kind woman. She's a breadwinner of her family and will do everything she can just to provide for their needs; her brother's financial education and her mother's medication. Everything was going well with her life until the one-week free vacation trip to an island happened. A complete stranger knocked on...

"Carolina Lane has lived a completely normal life until recently, but things change when she moves to a new city with her mother. Having Kayler Brown, the sexiest and most respected guy at school, as her neighbor is not amusing to her. However, as she gets to know him better, she gradually realizes that he is not like everyone else. He has something strange and hidden, and it never crossed her mind that he could be a werewolf."

Emma thought she had escaped her past, but when billionaire Jake Miller reappears, her carefully built life begins to unravel. With secrets too dangerous to reveal and a love she can’t forget, she must choose—keep running or face the man whose betrayal still haunts her… and the truth he must never know.

'Our mate is near,' she said. I froze.
'Would he love us?' I asked her. 'Of course he will. We're a package deal,'
Before I can answer her, I was slammed against the wall with warm lips attacking mine. I gasped.
The feel of his hand on my bare skin felt like burning fire.
"Mine." I heard him growled out before his sharp canines bit into the crook of my neck....
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For Emma, the decision of staying with her childhood sweetheart or to search for her chosen is the only thing on her mi...

A cocky Scot, an innocent pole dancer and a penthouse apartment with a view.
What could go wrong?
To escape her difficult past Sasha jumps into an opportunity of managing the sale of the stylish,up market apartment.
All of this sounds like a dream, but no one has ever mentioned the arrogant, mouthy Scottish god that lives next door.
The problem is that Dexter isn’t just good looking, he is also a fist-clenching, heart-pounding, fervent hot man, who makes her heart flutter uncontrollably.
...

Rejection, Moon Goddess, Omega, Alpha King, Alpha Queen, Soulless, Runt.
When Amberle Crest's mate rejects her on her eighteenth birthday, She realizes that living in a pack where the majority would rather use her as a slave than treat her as an equal is not worth the pain. She becomes the notorious wolf, Fire Foot, vowing that everyone would regret how they treated her, as she leaves her pack in the past.
Now a ghost forgotten by those that tormented her, Amberle does whatever it takes to surv...

Is it a sin to love? If secret love is a sin I am willing to accept whatever is at stake.
I'm Marina Daughn Welch, who will pretend to be the wife of my twin's fiancé.

Kage enters the foster system in New York at the age of five. The reality of his life seems bleaker each day as his circumstances worsen, and he becomes closed-off, cold and distrusting of others. When he gets adopted at the age of sixteen, his belief in humanity has withered. Kage doesn't live, he exists, day by day. He has lost all hope, and he doesn't dare to dream of something better. Alexander Hawthorne gives him a new lease on life, a family and most importantly, hope. Kage has his own pas...

In "The Obssesion of an Allien" love and intrigue intertwine as Patricia, a spirited student of ancient history, navigates her vibrant life in Valencia. With a passion for the past and an affinity for music, she revels in the rainy nights that remind her of her Venezuelan roots. Little does she know that her life is about to intertwine with Gerard, an enigmatic stranger drawn to a mysterious mirror that reflects not just appearances, but hidden desires—an ancient artifact intertwined with advanc...

A fake relationship full of forbidden heat . . .
Emilia Torres has everything she's ever wanted. After years of struggling to become an actress, she's finally caught her big break - a part opposite the hottest star in Hollywood, the gorgeous and charming Luca Fontaine.
But her biggest role might be the one she plays off-screen, where she and Luca pretend to be in love.
The rules for their relationship are simple: in front of the paparazzi, they play the perfect Hollywood couple. In priv...

From Book 1: EMMA ANDERSON has everything in her life worked out. She has a perfect job in a Manhattan empire, allowing her to live a quiet, organised and safe existence. A necessity after a childhood filled with abuse, bad memories, and a mother who was less than useless.She’s worked hard to get where she is - and she has just landed an amazing promotion. But it comes with a problem - and one that could derail everything she thought she needed in her life.Emma’s new role is as the right-hand ma...

Life changed for him at seventeen. Filled with fear and loss he took a vow of silence to shut everyone out. After years of being told to move on, he decided that it's best that he did. What happened all those years ago would never change.
Taking things slow was his mantra until she came into his life like a whirlwind. A mate is said to help you but the young prince learned it was him who had to help her.
With the past being brought into his future, Angelo has to find a way to give his mate th...

Molly Harper has always been considered a wild child. Not that she was ever really crazy. But she could be called rash at times. This was a quality that has gotten her into a few scrapes. Thankfully, she has always had someone she could rely on to help her out. Even if he does grumble about her irresponsibility. But during her summer vacation from college, she has finally gotten the chance to get out from underneath the watchful eye of her unwarranted protector, Scott Monroe. In the romantic, be...

Like a ticking time bomb, finding his mate has never been so crucial. He had to take the throne soon even with his indecisiveness of being the next king. The beast inside of him craves power in each kill he makes in order to protect his kingdom. He can't give in.
He needs her. He has to find the woman who will calm his beast and love them forever.
With the darkness that keeps growing inside of him along with his fear, Caiden finally finds her but what would happen when she doesn't e...

“You seem to have forgotten that you’re not marrying a commoner, Alina. You’re marrying the prince of all vampires, so look alive and get me some coffee.”
Alina Deluca lives a normal life up in the Californian north. At least that’s what she makes the world believe. Locked within her hypnotizing emerald eyes are horrors she could never speak of, even if it killed her.
Erick Stayton, the vampire prince, is her nightmare. To her, he was no more than a cold, savage predator that lusted for her bloo...

When Edie Marshall meets a mysterious - and drop-dead gorgeous - man in the woods just outside her small town, she has no idea who he is or where he’s come from.
She has no idea why she has such an instant, intense connection with this dangerous-looking man, with his arms full of tattoos and his deep, velvety voice.
She has no idea why she trusts him enough to tell him things she’s never told anyone else.
And she definitely has no idea that their brief, passionate encounter will lead to...

Maggie Blankenship is a hot mess - broke, unemployed, and down on her luck.
So when she’s offered the chance to be in a movie, she wonders if her luck is changing. At the very least, she sees it as an opportunity to inject some excitement into her oh-so-dull life, if only for a day.
She has no idea how much her life is about to change.
It turns out that the movie is being directed by Orlando Fontaine - the intense and mysterious youngest brother of the famous Fontaine family. Sparks (a...

I'm screwed.
If I want to keep my dream job, my new (and way-too-attractive-for-his-own-good) boss says I have to score an interview with one of the legendary Fontaine brothers of Hollywood.
I know three things about the Fontaine brothers:
1) that they're Hollywood royalty,
2) that all four of them are ridiculously, mind-numbingly sexy,
and
3) that they never, ever give interviews.
My only chance is to seduce one of them. The only problem? Historically speaking, I'm way more likely ...

"My gosh, what an ass you have there," he remarked, and then he dragged my pants down. I just hid my face in embarrassment.
I could feel his palms roaming over my ass, and suddenly he tightly spread them open.
"Hmmm! Virgin?" he asked. I nodded.
I heard him scoff. "Don't worry, I'll make your first experience memorable." I gulped as my body flinched from his touch.
Ethan Pierce is a world-class boxing champion, nicknamed "The King." the world revolves around him, but he has been diagn...

Agatha Gonzales grew up seeking the love and care of a father because even though she had never experienced that with her father, the only thing she always saw was her mother’s suffering at its hands.
Ethan Hernandez comes from a wealthy family and he is an heir. He lives like a prince and is full of his father's love but is no longer with his mother because she has died. He gets everything in life.
In an unexpected turn of events, the paths of the two meet.
Is there hope for the two of them?
...

"you know, most girls beg for this" he yanks me by the waist to meet his excited member.
"and here I am giving you for free" he unbuckles his belt then goes for my underwear, ripping it at his grasp.
"Hunter p-please" please. someone, something... just... please.
He gave a breathy laugh that sounded like I just cracked the world's lamest joke.
"haven't you learnt that begging gets you no where?" he growled and the intensity made me shrivel.
Satisfied with the reaction gotten from me, he smi...

A sizzling, modern reimagining of Beauty and the Beast – with a billionaire twist!
Lily Frazer would do anything to save her father’s struggling arts center - even take on the infamous billionaire Calder Cunningham.
When Lily breaks onto the Cunningham estate, she only wants to find and reason with the arrogant, brooding Calder. Then the worst happens, and she finds herself trapped with him, stranded at his palatial mansion during a terrible storm.
As it turns out, Calder is willing to ...

Charlotte “Charlie” Carver knows she’s in trouble when Jackson North shows up at her door in the middle of the night, nearly a year after he unceremoniously broke her heart.
She’s always suspected her ex had secrets, but she never thought those secrets would put her in danger - until violent men show up on Jackson’s tail, and suddenly Charlie is caught up in a thrilling international adventure unlike any she ever imagined . . .
Jackson is a professional treasure hunter. And this time, Char...

One night can change a life forever...
As a respected elementary school teacher, Isabella Givens is not the kind of woman to visit bars, drink all night or take a stranger home… until she meets him. Tall, handsome and full of trouble, Kohl is a bad decision waiting to happen. Suddenly, Isabelle is two shots and one dance away from changing her life.
Prince Kohl has returned to Earth injured and in need of a way to turn the tide of a war that has raged on his world for years. When he learns tha...

A place of superstitions.
A place of curses.
A girl who was forced to sacrifice her life for the welfare of the village, and became a widow against her will.
Widowed? Or Married?
Ella Rosemane was satisfied with what little she and her family had. But one incongruous incident shatters everything she had and kills the spirit in her.
Stuck between being widowed and married, Ella found the curse around her was embraced by a stranger who was anything but a stranger to her.

When Carissa Jordan met Danny Greene during her freshman year of college, she thought she'd found the one. But after suffering a shared loss, Danny finds comfort in other women while becoming emotionally abusive toward Carissa. She buries herself in college classes and pledging a sorority, where she meets the sexy and charming Bradley Moore. He's everything Carissa didn't know she deserved - and Bradley has his sights set on winning Carissa's heart. Too bad for her, Danny isn't willing to let he...

When Lust Meets Fate, The 7 Deadly Sins Await. Join the journey of seven couples as they overcome envy, gluttony, greed, lust, sloth, pride and wrath to find their happily ever after. From teachers to rock stars, from homemakers to millionaires, everyone sins as they strive for happiness.
7 Deadly Sins Series is created by Haley Rhoades, an eGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.

Ten years ago, Kent Oliver Stone broke Lucy Mason's heart until he came back to her life. They both reunited in a bar and hooked up. She thought her night and shining armor came to rescue her from being broken but it was not what she expected. He's back to ruin her life again. She loves him and decided to become his mistress but what if that one-night stand made her pregnant? Is she going to fight it or let Kent ruin her life over and over again?
Series#1 Broken and Pregnant
2 Beautiful and Hea...

Secrets, Magic, and Betrayal…all in the first semester!
Zoey is a witch, but she's not very good at it. That is until she's taken to a secret school of mages. There, she discovers a whole new world of a different kind of magic, one that she seems to excel in. She and three fantastically hot boys who are "keeping her safe" are trying to figure out how she escaped their world in the first place and why her parents hid her. And they'd better hurry because something is trying to kill her.
Magic ...

Erina's family sells her to a pack of wolves, she knows she's there for their pleasure to be used and then killed, at least that's their intention.
But what they don't know is that Erina isn't willing to accept that fate. She's determined to do whatever is needed to stay alive. The pack thinks they can just use her and throw her away, but when she's done with them they won't be able to survive without just another moment with her.
Because Erina doesn't want to be their broken doll, she just need...

In Xerlon Prison, there are no good guys…and certainly no angels
Aliens exist and humans are on the endangered species list. So when I save the life of a kid, the last thing I expect is to be thrown into an alien jail on a planet where the jailers are at war with the inhabitants. All I have to do is figure a way out of this hellhole.
There is one being who may help me.
He’s one of the most dangerous prisoners here even though he looks like a sexy angel. But he’s not like anyone I’ve eve...

Ever since she met him, she found me entranced and captivated. She did everything she could to chase him, even going as far as stalking him.
Until one day she realized that it was all a mistake.
Because chasing him was her greatest downfall.
‎It's a mistake to love him. It's a mistake to love someone who can't love your back.

Nathalia Grace De Vera likes history and books. She's stiff and cold. She likes being alone. She hates loud people. She will rather read books the whole day than bitching around.
Sebastian Montemayor is the Owner of the Montemayor University. He's always intimidating and cold as ice. He's one of a hell-hot bachelor.
Nathalia met Sebastian. She felt something building in her insides. Something melted her cold heart.
The man burns the ice. She fell in love. What if the man were meant...

“Put them on.” I took the dress and the underwear, then I wanted to go back to the bathroom, but she stopped me. It felt like my heart stopped for a second when I heard her order. “Get dressed here. Let me see you.” I didn't get what she meant at first, but when she stared at me with impatience, I knew I must do what she said. I opened my robe and put it on the white sofa next to me. Holding the dress, I wanted to put it on when I heard her again. “Stop.” My heart nearly jumped out of my chest. ...

When her cheating husband accuses Liza of being a cheater, Liza looses it all. All while knowing her husband's infidelity, the only hope she held onto was that he would come back to her leaving his cheating ways. When he demands for a divorce, she gives in.
Distraught by his accusations, she leaves the very home she had spent numerous nights waiting for him to come home. But an unfortunate accident lands her in the hospital.
And the only way he would ever know her truth is the box Liza cherish...

After Becoming an AV Actress

Elea Jemima is a young girl who likes music. Even though she has a hoarse voice she is very confident in singing, especially her favorite song which she covers by a solo idol named Drex Ethan, or D.E. Lea is a history major college student, who prefers likes skipping classes. But even so, she always gets an A on every test because she is very good at memorizing whatever book she reads. Elea, who is crazy about Drex, even skips school to watch a concert. Lea can even track where her idol is stayi...

I couldn't remember how I got to this forest. Why am I here? What did I do?
A child alone in the middle of the woods, unaware of what's happened.
"Where am I?" the she asks herself.
Looking around and there's a beautiful waterfall not far from where the girl was sitting, but there in the treeline large wolves run up to her and circle her. At first they don't know what to make of the girl, especially a random one in the middle of the woods. She remained sitting there looking at them while they...

Three years after her wedding day, Vanessa remains a virgin. Her sickly, cruel husband, the Duke of Tarrick demands she produces an heir with a man of his choosing.
Vanessa’s choices are narrowing every day. To refuse leaves her penniless and alone for when the cruel Duke dies his estate passes elsewhere.
To submit would see her honor surrendered to the new stablehand Fitz. His sparkling green eyes might match her husband, but his cocky, arrogant attitude riles her. He sees no value in her titl...

Within the luxurious embrace of The Grand Palazzo, Sarah discovers a love she never expected—with her magnetic boss, William. Their connection is a hidden flame, burning brightly away from prying eyes. But the entrance of the enigmatic Berky casts shadows over their affection, challenging Sarah's grasp on the love she's grown to cherish. In the midst of this turmoil, a devastating health revelation alters Sarah's perspective. She embarks on a journey to rewrite her story, leading her to an unexp...