spirit pact

(Rewritten version of 'Playboy Rehab' - Wattys 2014 Winner) Leslie King is a publicist nestled in the heart of Los Angeles representing Garrett Harrison, president of Harrison Incorporated - one of the world's leading real estate and brokerage empires. Having had Garrett Harrison as her client for years, she has grown used to the uniformity in her job - not to mention the uniformity in her personal life. However, when Garrett Harrison shares the news of his retirement, Leslie's professional and personal life becomes anything but the harmonious routine she has grown used to. Sebastian Harrison - handsome Hollywood playboy and the youngest son of Garrett Harrison - enters Leslie's life in the most unusual of ways as she is asked to turn the King of Debauchery into a man fit and trusted enough to become the CEO of Harrison Incorporated. Even though Leslie vows to fulfill the expectations of the task handed to her, she soon discovers that Sebastian Harrison's past is darker and more complicated than what she has read and researched about him. Now, Leslie is caught between satisfying the expectations of her job description and helping the mysterious and twisted spirit that Sebastian Harrison possesses. Regardless of what choice she makes, Leslie knows that there is more to Sebastian Harrison than she could have ever prepared herself for.

About a pact that the boy said to the little girl who had naturally red cheeks led them to the true reality. Without realizing it, their respective families are already planning something for their future. An event that caused them to separate for years made the former covenant lost in time. When they meet again in a very changed situation because the little girl who has grown up has lost half of her memory. The boy who previously gave the agreement is now an adult when he finds out that his girl has lost her memory. He promised himself that he would never let go of his little girl again. The hot story created by the man to ensnare his little girl and enter his unusual life. Will the little girl recall the events of the past? How would he react if he had remembered? Will she go away from him or stick with a man who doesn't know she has fallen in love with him?

She is a free spirit, trapped in a bird cage of death, danger and despair. Little Alessa has always known one thing above all- she was born to be the perfect Principessa of the Cosa Nostra, the Italian Mafia. She was urged to smile when asked to, laugh even when the jokes were anything but funny, charming to all who were allies. She was perfection incarnate...well, that's what they think. They know nothing of her wild abandon, of her plans to be anything but the perfect princess, royalty of a world dredged so deep in blood, she choked on it. Her plans to run were absolute...well, until HE came along. The mysterious Pakan-a Don like her father- shielded by the shadows that he ruled from. He was the anomaly that she least expected. He destroyed her plans and she hated him for it. So why then does her heart beat so fast when he is near? Why is he the one she thinks about before she sleeps? Why does she so long to see him when she's sad? She wanted the freedom, the life beyond the shadows and explore the world. But Emerald colored eyes, cocky smirks, rough hands, cigarettes and darkness were starting to look a little more appealing...

"Alpha Mike, You shattered my heart on what was supposed to be the happiest day of my life, leaving me with nothing but a broken spirit and shattered dreams. I will make you pay three times over for every ounce of pain you inflicted upon me. I will not rest until I've drained you of every last penny, every last shred of dignity and pride until you become nothing but a mockery. And I will expose your darkest secrets to the world!" Tears streamed down her face as she relived the betrayal of her to-be husband and her best friend on her wedding day. She had been carrying his child, but she lost it due to the stress and trauma of that day, Disowned and banned from the pack by her father. After two years of being in coma she woke up and had been consumed by nothing but one emotion: revenge. But fate had other plans for her, as she stumbled upon Alpha Brendon her true mate, a fierce and powerful mafia boss who offered to help her exact her revenge with a condition. Despite her initial hesitation, she found herself drawn to him. A true partner in crime and a confidant who understood her pain. Would she let herself fall in love again, or would the desire for revenge consume her completely? But one thing was for sure - Alpha Mike would regret the day he ever crossed her!

Nisha is a normal nineteen-year-old college girl and lives ordinary. But things started to take a turn for the worse when her classmate, Max Stuart, suicide in a gloomy room Everything shows that he killed himself but she knew is impossible. Most surprising, Max showed up in Nisha’s room as a spirit and she’s the only one who can see him and hear from him. Nisha has no choice but to help him. However, in the process of searching for the truth, their feelings gradually warm up, but the closer to the truth is more close to parting, where will they go eventually?

Everyone had heard of the Underworld and its dealings in illegal acts, black-money, bloodsheds, drugs, sex, violence and guns. Where all the wrongful deeds can be farmed as the dealing of the underworld aka The Mafia World. However, what if someone saw the misfortune and destruction it brought? And decided Enough is Enough!! Three friends, one pact, one love, one betrayed- two move on. What would be the outcome of the generations to come? A new ruler was born, and the Devil Incarnate was his other name. Born to claim the Mafia World and to start a new era of ruling the underworld. He was just like how a mafia king should be, heartless void of feeling any emotion and the BEAST whom no-one could tamed. She grew up in an orphanage. After the tragic Car accident led by the Red Mafias whereupon she lost her parents she had no-one to lean on growing up. She learned the life lessons the hard way. Yet in all this midst of life challenging path she grew stronger with light and gentleness inside her. She was the definition of Happiness. She was Stacey to the world but to the ones who have known her she was an ANGEL. Yet the only thing that despised her was the Mafia's, she hated violence and blood and the fear that they scattered around. She was the tamer to his beastly Heart. Polar opposite, one full of life one full of anger, can they survive the test of Love? Will two different worlds learn to adopt and love each other?? Read to find out how Austin and Stacey's life changed as they are tangled into each other's life!!

Beatrice is back to face her greatest threat since. . .well, the last time! In Cooper’s Cove a hapless team of archaeologists unleash the vengeful spirit of a 16th Century witch on the sleepy seaside town of Dorsal Finn. Hexes and curses fly as Beatrice and her friends must find out what links the appearance of this incredible foe and The Spirit of the Ocean, a super-yacht hosting the biggest celebrity charity event the town has ever seen. As the population of Dorsal Finn succumbs to witchcraft, so Beatrice must gate-crash the party with her motley-crew of friends and allies in the hope of stopping the witch's sinister plan, and save everyone from endless oblivion. . . Again. ©️ Crystal Lake Publishing

Terah's biggest mistake was helping Chet, a dreambender. That simple act of kindness led her to being killed thus making her a Forgotten, a wandering soul in the spiritual world. Sidapa, the god of Death, himself made a proposition. She will become his assassin and he will free her spirit from Dremlan, where her spirit was imprisoned. Not only that, he gave her another body to use so that she will be able to go back to the physical world.. Another problem came when her body nearly expired and she needed another body to use. She found out that her body was still okay and was just waiting for her spirit to return. Before that will happen, she will need to get back her essence that she gave to Chet by kissing him. Simple, right? But not for her. How could she kiss a man who betrayed her? Above all else, Zachary the vampire is also possessive of her.

The day Ruben Luisetti (Overlord Vampire of New York City and heir apparent to the Vampire King throne) first saw the feisty, golden haired beauty with the large luminous emerald green eyes, he had a ‘feeling’ He was shocked, he hadn't had one of those for many years and this one was strong attraction. He became intrigued, when during his investigations into some underworld murders, he kept bumping into her. This 'feeling' should have worn off, it didn't. In fact it just got even stronger, as a deep desire to possess this creature crept up on him. When he saw that she was clearly being enslaved and controlled, he felt obliged to save her and free her from her bonds. And able to be with him! But what is she? He thought she was perhaps Fae…boy, was he wrong and shocked to discover she was a Demon! . Katarina is a soldier demon, owned by Demon Lord Basille. Lent out to the human Scott McGowen as part of a blood pact contract to make him more powerful and rich while at the same time collect the souls of two hundred mortals for her Master to bolster his ranks in the Demon Realm. Until Ruben Luisetti steps into her life and shows her that what she thinks is her 'normal' in life, doesn't have to be… Well used to being merely a tool Katarina finds herself strangely entranced by the delectably handsome and powerful Vampire Lord and finds herself enthralled by Ruben's dominant, possessive yet gentle and caring nature for her, showing her a new way of being treated by someone…being treated with respect, care and…. Love?? . Can Ruben free his beloved from the Demon Contract? Can he free his beloved from Demon Lord Basille? To become entwined by Fate?

The story revolves around two entities: a vicious and domineering human girl who hunts down dragons to extinction, and a long-lived dragon sage, who aims to reclaim what was rightfully his. Due to an unforeseen event, they accidentally created a pact that ceased them from exterminating each other, that they ended up using one another for their own benefits instead. ---And the one whose heart falters first is ought to die. One world, two races. Their distinct beliefs set a feud that caused a centuries-year-old war to begin with. Which race will play the role of the meek sheep and who will be the cunning fox? Who will be the predator and who will be the prey? -2021 by _iLied-