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Noel Ashford is the only child of Scott Ashford, famed law attorney of the small town of Bisbee, Arizona. Life for the two is rather simple. Until the day her father brings home a stray criminal in the form of a 6-foot devil, by the name of Harken Lewis - who makes it his everyday mission to uproot Noel's simple life and welcome her to the dangers of his. At the loss of her mother at the age of 10, Noel has depended on herself in the absence of her father, counting down the days until she can leave her small town and finally start living her life outside of her shut-in home. Harken Lewis has lived his 18 years in and out of juvie and foster homes, never knowing the meaning of a home, never allowing himself to be tied down. Shacking up with his lawyer and her daughter is meant to be a means to an end, a pit stop on his journey to greener pastures. He doesn't expect to find the one thing to shake his resolve and shatter everything he thought he knew about himself. Stick a shut-in hermit and an adrenaline junkie delinquent under the same roof, what do you get? Disaster.

This was such a cruel, cruel world! Cheng Xiaoxiao ironically perished from choking on a piece of a snack just as she was about to win her third competitive eating championship. Then she transmigrated to the land of Chu as the stunning Prince Jing’s furry feline. Although Prince Jing found her dubious at first, he saved her and took her in out of curiosity. He then embarked on a life with a remarkably intelligent and intriguing lion cat. How did things go this way? It turned out that Netherworld messed up and lost her reincarnation quota to this cat! To make up for the embarrassing clerical error, they guaranteed her a blessed next life, and all they needed was some time! Will Cheng Xiaoxiao prevail in struggling to stay alive while she waited for her turn? What fantastic and romantic story will be unfolded between this little kitten and the charming prince? With curiosity and joy, let’s search the answer in this marvelous book!

Four years ago, she meet a man in a place where high illegal people exist. A place where she saw those beautiful dark eyes that make her gape and awe at the same time. She was so enthralled with the man's aura na hindi niya na alam kong anong ipapangalan sa nararamdaman niya. And then unexpected things happened that made her choose to stayed with a guy who is a stranger to her yet give her an extraordinary feeling. The guy is really are an eye capture. And no matter how confuse she is of what she feels towards him. Still the fact remain that he can make her happy by just only his presence. And just when she thought that everything was perfect. Things happened so fast. He left and gone with no trace and even a hint where to find him. He left her hanging with her feelings that she didn't know what to name for. Left only nothing but the necklace and the unexplainable feeling he gave her. Until she lost track with him. Four years had passed still the unexplainable feelings remained. And when faith help her, she was beyond happy. But now, while watching the man who's kissing another girl. She cannot stop her heart by breaking into pieces. All the questions has now been answered. She's in love, yet it broke her heart knowing that the man she loved can't love her back. She saw how his eyes glow in happiness, and the reason behind that is not her. And no matter how it kills her she accepted defeat for the first time. Her name is Lorraine, a name that is too innocent yet hide a personality that anyone should fear of. She's lethal. A fighter. No one can defeat her. But LOVE does.

"Mariana, Can we please not argue? Can't we just have a normal conversation?" I combed my fingers through my hair trying to calm myself down. I didn't want to shout at her cause if I did it would end the same way it did the last time. "Okay then, Okay the great Lorenzo McLaren. Let's have a fucking conversation." She said and raised her hand dramatically. "Mariana please." I sighed "I mean it's not every day you sit down and have a chit-chat with your captor." She said with a sarcastic tone. "I need you to listen to me," I said with an exasperated sigh. " No, you fucking listen, Lorenzo!" She yelled and poked her finger at my chest "I am fucking tired. I had a life before this, a fucking content life until this hellhole. I am overworked, I can't sleep, and I have nightmares that haunt me even during the day. I am being treated like some slave. Hell, I am fucking tired Lorenzo. And you, you don't even notice, you don't even care!" She was breathing aggressively now, tears streaming down her cheeks. Lorenzo McLaren is an underground Mafia Lord who controls New York City. He does whatever he wants and gets away with it Mariana Martinez is a college student whose life is turned upside down when she is kidnapped and sold into a Mafia ring. She refuses to give up and accepts the life before her, fighting and looking for ways to escape. But her defiance is cut short when it grabs the attention of Lorenzo. Mariana falls first but Lorenzo falls harder. Will Mariana be able to ignore her morals and love Lorenzo even with his dark side? And will Lorenzo have to sacrifice his empire for the woman he loves?

Ever since she was young, she has been loving Cedric Miguel Villacencio but unfortunately, he happens to love her stepsister Leanna. Having an evil stepmother and a stepsister, her life couldn't be more lucky when they slandered her to her father and the latter chose to believe them over her. She may have a Cinderella life but not a Cinderella story. Cinderella was loved by the prince but unfortunately, she was hated by the prince. As growing up, she never cared about what other people thought of her. She was often being misunderstood and regarded as the troublemaker but what hurt her the most is when Cedric Miguel chose to believe the lies of Leanna over her. Running away from home, she decided to stay and live  with her mother's best friend in Calor Del Cielo to move on and have a peaceful life. Years had passed and their paths crossed again in unexpected ways. Cedric Miguel apologized for misjudging her years ago and started to get closer again with her. But what surprised her is when he suddenly confessed that he like her and wanted to formally court her. Guarding her heart from another heartbreak, she tried to avoid and reject him. Unfortunately, no matter how she tried hard to hate him, the more she was falling hard for him. So to get rid of him, she accepted Inigo as her boyfriend and frankly told him that she will never like him. Will she can stand her decision of learning to love Inigo or be betrayed by her own feelings just to follow what her heart wants?  

Luca Vitiello is cold, aloof and the Mafia boss of the New York underworld. But he seized so many other outfits into his control, making him the Ultimate boss of half of the US. He was seen less, and talks even less. He is ruthless and emotionless. People will either freeze or shiver when they see him.He is colder than the Arctic. What happens if he was forced to protect a warm-hearted and innocent girl, who starts to melt the ice around his heart since the moment she met him?Emma Costello is the unwanted daughter of Frank Costello. He treats her like a maid and a commodity. What happens, when she was taken away from her sad life into a life of luxury. What happens when her savior starts to fall for her.He is 10 years older than her.Will she love him back?Will he be able to protect her when her father comes back for her?What will Luca do, when he finds out that her father sold Emma to a highest bidder?

She was the Spirit Master of the Tea Hill. He was the Head of the Kunlun. They met each other by chance in Jiangnan. With many twists and turns, they got married. Unexpectedly, there were plots in store for them. After the resurrection, he forgot her… But she had his child… To meet him again, she endured the torture of the naga poison; for the people of the Tea Hill, she chose to be a devil… But fate still pushed her to a path without a turning back… She killed demons and devils but was used by others… Finally, she had to stand opposite to him… For the happiness and benefits of the three realms, she was incarnated as the Creation Goddess… She was the Spirit Master of the Tea Hill, Jiang Wuyou…

Angel Reeves might be a bisexual omega by birth but nobody looked down on him since he was perfectly good at everything when he set his mind on. Promising. Yet, a rejection hits him. Negativities and insecurities started kicking in which forced him to flee and turned himself into a rogue. But fate brought new life to him in the human population where he grew strong and alpha in his small rogue pack. Yet, the moon didn't let him stay mateless when they stumbled on Mira La Croix, the only vampire who accepted them as they are and let them stay in her land that they started calling home. Yet would Angel let his painful past and insecurities affect the new bond with her second mate, Mira? Would Mira be able to control herself from making Angel hers when they started living under one roof? Read and find out how love can unfold things in two different creatures. *All rights reserved*

Will a rich New Yorker tame the wild heart of a young, beautiful lady? Will Jake can tame Kate’s wild heart and have a happy ending?

Selena's life changed for the worse when her boyfriend, aunt, and cousin joined together to damage her position among the elite and take away her chance to become the CEO of her father's company. When they succeeded in ripping her world apart, Selena vowed to have her revenge one way or the other.Then she meets an alpha as stubborn as she is and accidentally becomes his mate.Is he the help she needs to get her payback or will he become another pain in her neck?"So what do you plan to do with them?" Gabriel asked."I want them all to pay with their wealth, happiness, and bodies!" Selena answered in tears, but Gabriel understood the hate in her words, and he loved it. Gabriel was a bit worried that the things he had planned for the Adler family may affect Selena's emotions negatively. But since he knew that they were now on the same page, he did not intend to hold back on the punishment that he originally planned for each of them. "Thank you for trusting and telling me. Since you are now my omega, your wish is my command.""Wait, what do you mean?" Gabriel did not answer. He stood up from his seat, approached Selena, and gently kissed her on her forehead before leaving the room.