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"You bastard, you rotten bastard. . . I will make you pay for this.”Lucianda threatened in a provoked voice but Prince Hakeem only laughed outrageously as he glinted down at her exposed breasts. "You and who will do that?" He made a mocking sound. "My dear Lucianda, the only reason you escaped from my wrath was because my findings indicated you are a decent woman, but don't try to take advantage, you will pay dearly for it." He warned coldly and Lucianda shivered physically. Laughing devilishly at her fear, Prince Hakeem kept his eyes on her pouty breasts and just when Lucianda felt she would die from the embarrassment and the unwanted passion washing over her body, he gave an insulting snort as he got up from the bed, and before she could do anything, with a blank expression, he covered her body with a wrap. “Try to know your place.” He said before striding out of the room. Only then did Lucianda give way to tears. What was her offence? She was just a disillusioned widow trying to get over all that had happened in her life and here is another cruel soul, trying to create more problems for her. ***** Lucianda Castos, the widow of the late powerful Alex Castos, refused to mourn the death of her husband. All she wanted was to start the process of healing. Prince Hakeem, her husband's equally powerful but ten times deadlier rival, would not permit her to do that. He had another thing planned and Lucianda did not know what that meant for her. She hated her husband and everything that had to do with him. And she would avenge the pain they made her go through. She has only two missions; to protect her son and to hurt those who hurt her.

Cassie is cheated on by her fiance with her sister. Not only are they not remorseful but this act of betrayal causes Cassie to lose her father's favor and puts her on the brink of losing a project she worked so hard for to her sister. Desperate to gain back her father's favor and keep her project, Cassie agrees to undertake a huge deal while consciously making sure this deal doesn't fall into the hands of their biggest competitor. But what happens when Cassie finds out that her father's rival is the same man she had a one night stand with two nights back? What happens when sparks begin to fly in what should otherwise be a professional rivalry?

Framed by her husband's mistress and abandoned in a prison cell, Bella is left to die—stabbed in the dark, betrayed by everyone she once loved. But a mysterious man saves her, pulling her from the brink of death. Three years later, she returns as a cold, calculative woman, determined to destroy the man who cast her aside. But when he traps her against the wall, his breath hot against her skin, her carefully built walls begin to crack. "I will never let you go again. You’ll forever be mine, Bella."

—Te amo —me dice Kael, y yo le creo.Incluso en medio de la guerra y el caos, tratando de escapar y escondiéndonos de nuestros enemigos, sé que él es el único para mí.Siento que el lazo entre nuestros corazones se tensa, y lo único que puedo decir en respuesta es: —Hazme tuya. Gemma. Lo único que quería era aventura. Cuando se escabulló para ocupar el lugar de su primo como criadora de un alfa lejano, no tenía ni idea del peligro y la confusión a los que se enfrentaría. Pero entonces conoció a Kael, un Alfa capturado, y todo cambió.Kael. Llevaba años escondiendo de sus enemigos lo que quedaba de su manada destruida. Pero ahora que tenía a Gemma, tenía algo por lo que valía la pena luchar.¿Podrán los dos vencer a sus enemigos y encontrar paz para la manada Moonwake, para que por fin puedan estar juntos en paz, o ganará el Alfa rival?"Secuestrada por el Alfa Rival" es una obra de Claire Wilkins, autora de eGlobal Creative Publishing.

Marianna Del Vecchio, a student entangled in a covert affair with her professor, faces a love crisis when her father, Santo Del Vecchio, the leader of the Italian mafia, reveals an arranged marriage to Javier Bezzio to strengthen ties against the Russian mafia. Unveiling the shocking truth that her lover, Alceo, is the son of the ruthless Russian mafia, Isiak Romanov, Marianna grapples with betrayal and heartbreak as her father holds Alceo captive. A fierce clash ensues, claiming the lives of both mafia rivals in a dramatic gunfight. In this gripping mafia saga, destiny weaves the threads of true love. Can Marianna and Alceo boldly defy the odds to salvage their love, or will they be swallowed by the abyss amid family rivalries and relentless enemies?

She never expected to fall for him. Jack Smith, the city's most notorious playboy, was everything she thought she should avoid. She was just a nobody-or so she believed. But when her fiancé cruelly discards her for a business deal with a billionaire heiress and frames her brother for a crime he didn't commit, she's left broken and desperate. With no one else to turn to, she seeks help from the one man she swore she'd never rely on-Jack Smith, the billionaire who had always seemed out of reach. But as secrets unfold, she discovers she's not the nobody she thought she was. She's an heiress in her own right, with more power than she ever imagined. Now, her ex-fiancé wants her back, realizing too late what he lost. But has she already fallen for Jack, the man who's shown her a world of wealth, power, and a love she never thought possible? In a battle of hearts and fortunes, she must decide: reclaim her past or embrace the future with the man who stole her heart?

Her parents were murdered and she had to take over the pack at a very tender age. Broken and ridden at the way they were brutally killed, she became the cruel Alpha that everyone knew. But then, she found her mate, the cruel Alpha of a rival pack and she vows. But she wasn't certainly going to give up her pack for love until she discovered that her rival mate had killed and poisoned her father and she vows to take her Revenge. She decided to accept him but only for her Revenge. But what happens when she began to fall for him gradually?

Twenty one year old orphan Hannah Welsh is stuck between a rock and a hard place when she is thrust into a world of lies and betrayal by none other than those she holds dear. She is broken time and again as her mate Eamon, a man she had prayed and wished for with all her heart, rejects their mate bond and loves another. In her bid to escape her cruel fate of death after being tricked into poisoning her mate’s lover she loses the last person that still teethers her to the world her best friend Left alone by everyone who was ever important to her, Hannah is filled with a righteous fury for vengeance and the truth. Follow Hannah on this magical and tedious quest of survival as she unravels the secret behind her parents death and just why she is unlucky. Will Hannah be blessed with a second chance mate? Will she ever feel like a blessing rather than a curse?

Right after Suzanne's husband runs away with his mistress, she not only loses her job, but the doctor diagnoses her son with a liver infection. Then her friend Stella linked her up to “Dominic Khan.” Dominic Khan, who is a forty-three-year-old billionaire with no wife or children, requires a decent lady to marry him to bear him an heir and be a stay-at-home wife during the contract marriage. When introduced to Dominic Khan, Suzanne is stunned by all his impediments and erotic expectations but she accepts them. *** But will Dominic accept to take care of Suzanne's dying son? Would he make a single mother with no decent background his wife? What if Suzanne's husband returns? Read on to unravel this rivalry of love, romance, and seduction!

I warned you, Sienna," Nathaniel murmured, his voice a dangerous whisper. "Once you step into my world, there’s no going back." Her chin lifted defiantly. "Then maybe it’s time you realized I’m not afraid of the dark anymore.” Sienna Royce thought she could leave her mistakes in the past—until her wedding day revealed the truth. The man she was bound to marry was one of the three strangers she had shared a fleeting, reckless night with. Julian Castellanos, a charming billionaire with secrets of his own, has no intention of loving his bride. Bound by an arrangement to strengthen their families’ empires, Julian hides a scandalous affair with someone Sienna would least expect. But the wedding vows are only the beginning. Nathaniel DeLuca, Julian’s rival in the business world and a powerful Mafia Don, steps out of the shadows. He’s not just one of the men from Sienna’s past. Caught in a web of betrayal, forbidden desires, and dangerous power plays, Sienna must navigate a world where every secret has a price. As Julian fights to win her back Julian’s brother, Dominic uses her past to his advantage, Sienna must decide: can she trust the man who holds her heart, or will the truth shatter them all?