in darkness and despair

A contemporary mash-up retelling of Cinderella and Romeo and Juliet.Ella Sinders is content to toil away as a graphic designer for the company owned by her absent father. She spends all her time in the attic of his large home, taking orders from her stepmother, fear of what lies outside of her own front door keeping her from wondering afar—until an accidental phone call opens her eyes to the lies she’s been told. Now, she’s desperate to reach the man on the other end of the line to see if they can build a life together. However, the discovery that the one she’s falling for is the son of her father’s sworn enemy complicates the situation even more so than her stepmother’s deception.Rome Verona wants nothing more than to make a name for himself amidst the glitter and gold of LA’s elite. His father might be a big name movie producer, but Rome wants to build his own legacy. When an accidental phone call leads him to the daughter of his father’s nemesis, Rome will do whatever it takes to find Ella and set her free, even if it means giving up everything he’s worked so hard for.Can these star-crossed lovers overcome the obstacles and find the happily-ever-after they deserve?If you like high-drama romances with lots of twists and turns and plenty of opportunities to suspend reality, then you’ll love Ashes and Rose Petals.

Sebuah hubungan itu perlu adanya saling percaya, tapi ya jangan sampai dibodohi juga oleh perasaan. Tidak semua yang sudah lebih dulu dekat denganmu adalah yang terbaik, terkadang yang baru saja bertemu, bisa jadi adalah jalan untuk kebahagian yang sebenarnya.Jangan terlalu mencintai sesuatu, juga jangan sampai kelewat membenci. Apalagi kalau sudah menyangkut masalalu. Ugh, mantan, misalnya? Bagaimana jadinya kalau diberi pilihan kembali dengan mantan, atau menerima perjodohan?

Amy writes on her blog about her dates with men. Her readers challenge her to date certain people and pay when she has completed the challenge. She doesn't believe in love until the rich and cocky Jason Carson comes on her path. To be with him is forbidden, but he is as tempting as he is annoying, while pursuing her. Their desire is more than they can handle. The more they learn about each other, the deeper their struggle becomes.

"There should be rules if we are even going to do this," he said without looking at me. "I have always lived by the rules." He slid a file towards me. "This is the contract. The rules are stated there." I opened the file and glanced through it. "You can take it home and study them; give me feedback tomorrow evening. But I will read out the rules for you now because they start now, and in case your brain can't comprehend them, then I can explain." Anger seethed through me, and I almost threw the file back at him, but when I thought about the money involved and how it would benefit little Sophie, I bit my lower lip to push back the anger. He continued. "Rule number one; don't you fall in love with me." His eyes flipped up to me. "Crystal clear," I said. "That would never happen." Ellen never had fun in college. One night she decided to have fun with her friends and slept with a handsome stranger who disappeared before she woke up. A month later, she found out she was pregnant and searched everywhere for him, but to no avail. Five years later, she moved to a new city and met the same man she never thought she would ever see again. He didn't remember anything about her, and he was now a cold, arrogant man who needed a wife, and she needed money. They agreed to contract marriage with strict rules, one of them being never to fall in love with each other. They were sure they wouldn't break the rule, but as sparks grew between them and became too much, they found themselves trying hard to keep to the rules. Who will break rule number one between them?

It's more like a war a woman finding out her husband is getting married in less than twenty one days. She's ruined her marriage by ignoring her husband for so many months and he took drastic decisions of adding another wife. That is tragic because he is deeply in love with his first wife. He got married to the President's daughter and she is hellbent on ruining his perfect home alongside their daughter. She is the real definition of cunning, manipulative and nefarious human. Her love merged to the world of obsession, she is taking over her own life. Things happened, life got ruined in less than twenty one days. It is up for both women to find their destiny and what karma has in store for them.

I’m going to ruin them all.” Maliah whispered with so much venom in her voice “Those people who took everything from me, I’ll make them pay for hurting me like this. They shouldn’t have done this to me” Five years ago, the world Maliah knew was turned upside down and everything she cared about was ripped from her in the most painful way imaginable. Now she is back and she wants revenge. Maliah doesn’t care about what she needs to do to get her revenge even if it involves getting married to a man everyone steers clear from. Maliah thought it would be a simple marriage which would help her get the revenge she craved. Everyone warned her of Davian but no one told her that with Davian, even your heart was on the line.

My brother hated me and wanted me dead.I cried and asked him, "Am I your sister or what?""I don't have a sister," he scoffed.That night, a car suddenly hit me and killed me.He went insane.

Warning: This story contains scenes of triggers. Contains scenes of rape and sexual abuse. Reader discretion is advised. The author also does not condone nor glorify any of the scenes listed. Proceed with caution. *** Alana's world comes crashing down when her pack is attacked and her father, the Alpha is killed, and her mother gets abducted by another who happens to be her true mate. Her life drastically changes from being the daughter of an Alpha to being the slave of the triplet Alphas of the Blood Rose Pack. She lives a life of torment and sexual torture until the night she became eighteen. Alana believes her redemption will come when her wolf finally awakens. And when the time comes, in all happiness, Alana decides to escape in the middle of the night and never to return to the pack. But when she opens the door to her room, she's met by the triplets, who, unfortunately, her wolf calls out to as her mate. “No! It can't be, it just cannot be!” “What cannot be? It is what it is!” “No! I, Alana Reeva, reject you, Aiden, Caden and Jayden as my mate!" This is shocking, as none of the triplets expected Alana to be that bold to reject them. What will it be? Do you think the Triplets will accept her rejection and let her go? Let's find out.

Alia didn't see herself getting engaged at 15 years to the chairman's son. The age where she was yet to enjoy her teen years. Never want to embrass her parents, Alia maintained her purity for a complete six years. Only to be rejected by Mozey her soon to be husband for his classmate. Linda. But fate was on her side when she run from the humiliation and bumped into Shadrack Lule's car. And then there love story begun making Mozey regret rejecting her. Note;l dont own the book cover

I've been married to Shawn Ford for three years, and he's humiliated and insulted me throughout. When he's with his friend, he brags, "The woman my Uncle Cameron can't have is licking my boots. I want to laugh whenever I see her sucking up to me." It wouldn't ever occur to him that I'm frequently in his uncle's bed, covered in hickeys and love bites he leaves on my body.