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Grace Hammond lost the most important person in her life, her grandmother, Juliet. Left with little beyond a failing farm and not much clue how to run it, she's trapped-- either she gives up three generations of roots and leaves, or she finds some help and makes it work. When a mysterious letter from Juliet drops a much needed windfall in her lap, Grace knows she has one chance to save the only place she's ever called home and posts a want-ad.The knight that rides to her rescue is Robert Zhao, an Army veteran and struggling college student. A first generation Korean American, Rob is trying desperately to establish some roots, not just for himself, but for the parents he's trying to get through the immigration process, a secret he's keeping even from his best friends. Grace's posting for a local handyman, offering room and board in exchange for work he already loves doing, is exactly the situation he needs to put that process on track.Neither is prepared for the instant chemistry, the wild sweet desire that flares between them. But life in a small town isn't easy. At worst, strangers are regarded suspiciously, and at best, as profoundly flawed-- and the Hammond women have a habit of collecting obscure and ruthless enemies. Can their budding love take root in subtly hostile soil and weather the weeds seeking to choke them out?

From the time she was a little girl, Lunus Reens knew what she wanted - to hunt werewolves. But when her first night as a Hunter brings her face to face with a wounded Alpha, she begins to see the human side of these murderous beasts. Confronted with the reality of a werewolf's humanity, Lunus is forced to make a choice. Will she continue in her quest to rid the world of these shape shifting menaces, or will she join Evan Marshal in his quest to find a cure and break the ancient curse which binds The Wolves of Banglador? *Mild language, Adult themes*

Simple, beautiful, kind-hearted, and goal-oriented type of woman—those are the words that could perfectly describe the twenty-one-year-old Dayanara Clariz Rivera, or simply Diane. At a very young age, her life had been tested with a series of negative events and one of them was mysteriously dark. There was a huge part of her life that she had completely forgotten, making her instinctively trapped from the past. Diane thought she was living a normal life despite being troubled by her strange nightmares. In addition to that, she found herself stuck in a love triangle between two strikingly business magnates. How could she face the truth when choosing her love interest would bring her much excruciating pain? How could she live her life again once she figured out everything that happened?

For thousands of years, the tale of the Lycan beast who lurked the forbidden forest had been told. Every five hundred years, six females were allegedly sacrificed from the wolf village to the beast and it was rumoured that their bodies were left to rot at the entrance of the forest for all to see. Many times, this tale was retold to scare the young wolves from venturing into the forest and keep them in check, because no one wanted to be a scapegoat in the hands of the unforgiving and murderous beast. Nola Reynolds has always been a headstrong fiery pure blood who has always believed there was no Lycan beast and all the tales about him were just made up myths and fairy tales, aimed at scaring the younger ones. Little does she know that one night was all it was going to take to change her life forever. Things take an unsettling turn for Nola when she, alongside five other girls, are chosen on the night of the full moon. She is faced with the most shocking revelation of her life standing before her, in flesh and blood— The Lycan Beast. Is it her fate to run away and free herself from the hands of the predator, or does she have to give in to her sweet, twisted story of beauty and the beast?

Fiona McGuire and Justin Carter was forced to marry each other due to unavoidable circumstances. Fiona is a simple, independent woman who works in the Carters Group of Industries where Justin is the CEO. Whereas as Justin is a hard headed workaholic but has a good heart. Initially few misunderstandings makes Justin treat Fiona as a gold digger but soon enough, Fiona’s pure soul wins his heart and makes him want to start fresh with her as he haven’t seen any other person like her. Fiona’s and Justin journey is spiced up because of their best friends Emily and James. Emily is over protective of Fiona as she doesn’t want anyone to hurt her like Fiona’s ex did whereas James is a goof ball who loves to annoy Emily. In between their Journey, Fiona & Emily’s ex-best friend tries to create rift between Justin and her because of her own insecurity, however Justin trust towards Fiona wins. But what is a story without a tragic incident and true test of any relationship is taken through tough times. Due to confrontation of Fiona with her ex-best friend, she gets into an accident. This hits Justin hard where he was able to realize true place of Fiona in his life. He diligently helps Fiona in her recovery and this brings them closer than ever. Finally, love is confessed, heart is bought together and towards the end, new beginning began.

Omotayo never expected her world to come crashing down unexpectedly by the sight of her best friend and her boyfriend in bed.Heartbroken and disheartened, she swore to never open her heart to anyone, living vicariously. She rejects every man that woos her and is tagged as 'a scornful woman' whose heart was as dark as the words that came out of her mouth. That was until she met him, the one who was ready and willing to pull down her walls, bring her out of her misery, help her grow and show her the beauty of love.

Candace and Daniel have a loveless romance... she had sacrificed her dreams to be a devoted wife, but Daniel kept ignoring her and loving another woman. After the divorce, Camille returned. After two years without hearing from her, Daniel was astonished by her beauty and great talent. From there, a story of remorse and desire begins.

The love between a Vampire and an Humanoid Dragon? Imagine several types of world with different races. The world of wolves, world of Vampires, world of Dragons, world of humans. World of dwarfs, world of beasts. Although they are different worlds, in different locations, still there will be some that will love to see how pretty the other worlds are. There would be some that would go for love. Some will break rules just to share his knowledge in places where it will be worthy. Some to own those very worlds. While some, to destroy other worlds. Here is a boy, who happened to wake up some day and found out that he got powers. But ever since he's gotten those powers, every thing just seemed to be bad luck for him. His parents who he always look up to said they weren't his parents, and they left him all alone to cope in a world of army. He was admitted to the army school, but Fate didn't want him to go. Several problems aroused and later on, Fate got him back to where he was meant to be. A place where part of his powers were originated from. Although he has the aim to have his revenge on the parents who had forsaken him, but he needs to get stronger and know more about his powers. Journey on with Vic as he discovered that he was a child from two different races. An hour for Vic to move out to his new school in the states, he was obtaining his ticket until his fancy wristwatch dinged. And as he checked the message, it says; "You have Leveled up, Evolution will now begin." ***** But something strange happened, the great Vampdragon woke up. "Was it all a dream?"

After being abandoned by her fiancé the day before the wedding, Christie Swan develops aversion toward men, qualifying them all as louts and liars. But all that hatred will last until a European businessman named Stefano Graziani comes into her life, manages to get into her bed, and makes her change her mind. He is a forbidden man for her, but they say what is forbidden is delicious.

Gumuho ang pangarap ni Atasha nang makipaghiwalay sa kan'ya ang kan'yang nobyo at tanggapin nito ang isang arranged marriage. Dahil sa sobrang sama ng loob at kagustuhang makalimot ay sinunod niya ang payo ng kaibigan na makipag rebound-sex. Dala ng sobrang kalasingan hindi niya inaasahan na ang taong naka-rebound sex niya ay ang may-ari ng kumpanyang kan'yang pinagtatrabahuhan, and bilyonaryong si Colton Mijares. Colton Mijares have ever since set his eyes on that one girl, Atasha Andres. But things didn't go as planned, dahil nobya siya ng kan'yang step-brother. His power and wealth is nothing, dahil hindi maging kan'ya ang babaeng nagpapatibok ng puso niya. Ngunit sa hindi inaasahang pagkakataon tinulungan siya ng tadhana na makuha si Atasha. Pero laking pagkadismaya niya nang sabihin nitong isa lamang siyang "rebound sex”dahil sa nangyari sa relasyon nito at ng nobyo. Ang isang gabi ng rebound sex ay mag-uugnay sa kanila sa mas malalim na paraan. Ito kaya ang maging daan upang mahanap nila ang pag-ibig o paglayuin lamang sila nito.