broken things jodi picoult

“You will never be loved, never be good enough for anyone! I loathe you, Annabel, and I will kill you just to prove my point. You are mine, and no one will ever touch what is mine.” I only whimper from the pain. “You will never be free. Never! Do you hear me?” His face is so close I can feel the breath on my face. He grabs my hair, yanking me back, so I have to look at him. “You are my wife, and I will never let you go!” Annabel needs to save her own life, but the only way she can do that is to flee her hopeless situation. After a frightfull incident where her heart stops, she finally finds the strength to do what she hasn't been able to do ever since she was sold to her husband Bane. She runs away. What happens when Annabel disappears for good, and instead becomes Allison in an attempt to hide from her abusive husband? Is it fate leading her to her family's old town of Marigold? Can she face her demons when her old life catches up to her? And how about when she discovers the world is not as ordinary as she thinks? The werewolf world may seem frightening, but something shifts when Allison meets her new Alpha, Blake. Can he keep her safe or will Bane drag her back to her miserable prison as he promised?

"Honey, it's time to make a baby~" "You're crazy, Adira. Get lost!" **** Dalawang CEO ang pumasok sa isang kasunduan ng kasal para makukuhang pakinabang sa kanilang kani-kaniyang negosyo. Adira is a strong woman who doesn’t believe in love. Chadwick is a cold guy who’s still in love with his childhood sweetheart. Isa lamang ang pakay ni Adira mula sa asawa. Ito ay ang bigyan siya ng anak. Ngunit sa kabila ng kaniyang pag-aakit sa asawa ay hindi siya pinalad na matulog kasama nito sa iisang higaan. May pagkakataon bang umusbong ang pag-ibig sa pagitan ng tukso at pagtataksil?

Extract from the book,!!! I was pregnant after so many years and I could not wait to inform my mate but when I got to his doorstep, something really strange happened. I heard his moans rising From the room and fresh tears poured down from my eyes. "No, it can't be true. Not my mate. Not my Gerald." I sobbed in my head and I could already feel the bond shattering in the inside of me •••••••• Willow, the Luna of the crescent pack finally got pregnant after searching for a child for a long time. But on the eve that she was supposed to announce to him that she was pregnant, she is tricked into believing that he was cheating on her With her step-sister. She felt so heartbroken and she ended up in the human city after she got hit by a car she vowed only to return after she had gotten enough power to make sure that he paid for what he did to her. But what happened when they crossed paths once again and this time, he is not only her mate, he is also her boss. But after the plastic surgery that she had to undergo and the fact that he thought that she was already dead a long time ago, he could not recognize her. But her kids have vowed that they will bring Their parents together, no matter what it was going to cost them. Will they succeed and will the truth about what happened that night finally be revealed? Find out

Olivia Chris was teenage Luna who fell in love with her highschool crush and bully's boyfriend. She later got married to him and found her self living her dream life and fantasy. Only for an incident to occur and he reveals his true intentions by making thorough use of her and divorcing her. The betrayal led to the loss of her pack and everything she called family. Moving to a new town, she starts afresh and with the help of an old savior, she starts a new life of revenge and personal vendetta against all those who used her. But then she suddenly finds herself falling for her hot savior. Will she focus on getting her revenge or fall more for the hot Alpha who was always by her side???

Two people from different regions. One was the betrayed, rejected and dethroned female Alpha. The other was the powerful Alpha of the Northern region who was without a mate. Fate led him to save her at the jaw of death and he discovered that she was his mate. Strangely, she didn't recognize the bond. It was unexpected that she was his mate... Damn, fate! She didn't want another mate. All she wants is REVENGE! And revenge she would get at any cost. Even if she had to use the second chance mate she didn't want to commit to. Thanks to fate! He finally found his mate. If she thinks he would just let her use him and then escape, she is wrong. Very wrong. No matter how much or how long she resists, he must make her accept the bond. Only she can be his Luna. Only she can stand by his side and bear his pups! Would he be able to change her mind? Would she ever recognize the bond? How did it all start? Why was she resisting him and their bond? Would she get the revenge she yearned for?

"You shouldn't be wearing your sister's clothes. You look like her now, but you're not her." His cold fingers lifted my chin, forcing my eyes to meet his. "You know, I promised your sister I would never love another woman." "I always know that," I whispered, trying to keep my voice steady despite the tears threatening to spill over. "I don't want to come between you and her memory." "Then tell me why you're trying to pretend to be your sister by wearing your sister’s clothes." "I'm sorry, I didn't want to do it, my mom forced me to wear this dress." I tried to explain, "Please believe me." "How could you expect me to believe someone who tried to seduce me at your sister's funeral." The pressure from Alexander made me breathless. "No. No. I never thought of doing this. It was a misunderstanding." I shook my head desperately and argued for myself. "You're not worthy of wearing this dress." Alexander turned to leave. His words stung my heart so hard that I felt tons of pain crushing me. ---------------- Olivia was disliked by her family for unknown reasons, she was forced to marry her brother-in-law Alexander who is also the Alpha King of the country after her sister died at childbirth. Her cruel Alpha husband never treated her well and she ran away while pregnant. Later she finds that she is the princess of the neighbouring kingdom and when they meet again, can Alexander recognize the woman with a mask in front of him and get her rid of another man’s arms who is the husband of Olivia now.

"Don't dream of belonging to anyone else. Your breath, your heartbeat, your body - they are mine, and I will take you by force, no matter what. I am Asher Martin, and I will make you my Luna." Tears streamed down Sage Holton's face as her life and circumstances changed in an instant, turning to ashes as Asher came to claim her by force and make her his forever. --- There was a beautiful scent clinging to me, like marmalade, roses, and honeyed strawberries. I didn’t know why, but suddenly my wolf spoke, saying, "Mate." I responded in shock, "Mate!" Of course, I nearly went mad. I am an Alpha Gamma with hybrid blood, and that little girl is of pure lineage. Even though I don't accept the laws of the Moon Goddess, I know that one of her laws is that mates must be of the same pure lineage, though it is possible to marry and love someone from another lineage. I kept pacing around, and then I remembered—I had thrown her out, naked! I looked out the window at the sky; it was raining heavily, it was late, and I had cast her out. I shouldn't have gone near her, but what happened, happened.

“I can't be with you. We aren't made to be. I'm broken and you ruin everything in your path” I murmur against his lips in a daze. Kian’s hands around my waist tightens “That's why we are made for each other, dimples. You are already broken so I can't ruin you. We can only heal each other from this point on “I can't” But I can’t move away. His touch lights up a trail of fire as his fingers travels down my spine. “You don't have a choice, dimples. You are mine and I'm never letting you go” Alora has demons who whisper to her every day. After being bullied brutally in high school for being fat, she decides to lose weight to regain confidence but that also came with its own baggage. Kian is the heir to the Baston Hotel chain. He loves control and is addicted to it. He is as devastatingly handsome just as he is cruel. Kian hates the fake person Alora has become. He despises the mask on her face and wants to rip it off to shreds. He wants to mess her up and make her his. Alora can never hide from Kian. She wants to fight the pull to him but it's impossible when he breathes under her skin. Kian is the only one who can teach Alora what true love is and Alora is the only one who can calm the storm in Kian.

A marriage arranged between two broken souls is never meant to work. Ezabella Viper didn't get to heal from the trauma inflicted on her before she was thurst into marriage with a scarred man she didn't know. Jacopo Nicolo barely got over his last marriage before he had to take another wife for the good of the web. Both of their past are scarred, but they are like night and day. Two people that should have never met, two people that should have never been tied in a marriage, two people from two different parts of the world... Will their marriage survive, or will they end up destroying each other. PS. To enjoy this book more, it is recommended that you read the book prior to this one titled "A Monster's Mute Bride."

“That’s not my baby.” His voice echoed through the room, sharp and cold, slicing through the warm, celebratory atmosphere we’d carefully set up. Everyone went still, and I felt my heart lurch, every beat heavy with disbelief. I stared at him with wide eyes, hoping I’d misheard. “What?” The word barely escaped my lips, a fragile whisper. He didn’t even flinch. “That is not my baby,” he repeated, louder, as if to make sure everyone—his family, all gathered here—would hear. *** Darla was rejected by her fiance three months before her wedding claiming that she was sleeping with other men. She was humiliated and kicked out by his family despite her pregnancy, returning home, she was met with the tragic accident of her whole family. Not only did she lose her family and fiance in one night but she was also found out that her fiance was getting married to his claimed cousin. She vowed to take revenge on them and win back everything that belongs to her.