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All This Time by setphaserstostunning
All This Time
setphaserstostunning
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  • Parts 53
Christmas Break spent in the Netherlands sounds like the perfect way for Charlotte Wright to relax with her best friend - until she sees the family that they'll be spending Christmas with! Wolfram van der Waals makes no secret of the fact he isn't Charlotte's biggest fan, even though he's never met her before. A quitter may have given up on getting Wolf to like her, but Charlotte is determined to make it a very merry Christmas - and that includes getting Scrooge to crack a smile! Her efforts blow up in her face and with Christmas soured, she has no reason to think of Wolf in the ensuing five years that she's spent establishing her matchmaking business in New York City. Until one day he makes her an offer too good to refuse...
Beloved Beast by inkzerospace
Beloved Beast
inkzerospace
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  • Parts 90
This novel is an adaptation of Beauty and the Beast. Blind since birth, Elle Duncan has only ever known darkness, but lack of sight has never hindered her ability to perceive the beauty of the world. Her kind and gentle soul is put to the test when her father sustains an injury that threatens their livelihood, and in desperation, he turns to the most unlikely of saviors-the Rossetti Beast. Don Rossetti is bound for an unchanging fate. He is bad-tempered, with an equally dark and scarred countenance to match. With a heart forged of ice and a soul confined to darkness, he has surrendered to a forlorn existence. But when a peasant man arrives from the village begging for a favor, he is compelled to aid the farmer in exchange for a price-a price that Elle will be forced to pay. Cover Photo © RJ Creatives Cover Art © 2023 by RJ Creatives
Sleepwalker by humored
Sleepwalker
humored
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  • Parts 26
When the quiet girl in Clayton Hugh's chemistry class comes knocking on his door at five in the morning barely covered up in her little pajamas, inattentive, and drooling like crazy, he has no choice but to take her inside. But once Lucy Walker wakes up inside a room she has never seen before wearing an over-sized t-shirt and gym shorts, you can imagine the pure panic setting in her. The subtle addition of Clayton entering the room shirtless doesn't help much either. After three years of fawning over him, leave it up to her sleepwalking to finally get Clayton Hugh to notice her.
Vacant Heart by AliciaMarino
Vacant Heart
AliciaMarino
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  • Parts 47
The human heart is an abyss. Through tunnels, and chambers, the organ beats and the world, in each persons life, continues to churn. With that heart, life is a reality. But, every so often, exceptions have to be made. Every so often a heart breaks, truly breaks, and all the pieces of life and reality become a haze. That heart is beating, but only sustaining. There is only one cure, one remedy- one antidote. That is love. ... There is nothing like the search for the perfect story. For Josephine Taylor, head journalist in a bustling Seattle magazine, where jobs are fought, not won, Aidan Hughes is that story...the story that will combine both truth and intrigue. Plagued by tragedy, the handsome photographer has secluded himself to a remote town, denying anyone who seeks to exploit him. For Josephine, Aidan Hughes is a jackpot of mystery, the perfect subject to propel her career into it's highest form. Like all the others, he intends to send her away. But, when a storm blows in, trapping them in his family estate, concessions will be made... Deep, dark secrets will be revealed... And unwilling hearts will be touched.
Exposed by AliciaMarino
Exposed
AliciaMarino
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  • Parts 43
This is a sequel to Hidden. Please read that before this one or you will be lost! Matteo and Emma's story continues...
Hidden by AliciaMarino
Hidden
AliciaMarino
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  • Parts 35
Emma Simone, walks into a New York theatre, tasked with the importance of acquiring an interview with a conductor, the Maestro of the evening. He's known for his adoration of dark, haunting compositions... and yet, other than that, there is not a single piece of information that can help her get a glimpse into who he really is. What she comes to find out is this man, this gorgeous, cold, mysterious man, is hiding something. Something that has transformed his entire life into one of solitude. He's harsh, brazen, sensual yet somehow completely unfeeling. And as Emma's feelings toward him begin to develop stronger than she could have ever imagined, she realizes the only way to get into his damaged heart is to peel back the layers, slowly. But how can you help a person who doesn't want to be saved? How can you stay with a person who does not want to be loved?
Mafia Wars by BonitaPeche
Mafia Wars
BonitaPeche
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  • Parts 38
Mafia Wars is a Love action story... When Miss Scarlet Santoro gets mixed up in the wrong business and finds herself in between the dangers of the Mafia she has no way out accept to find the answers she is looking for. When a group of mysterious men save her one night she finds herself in lives dangers as the leader of the Mafia Angelo don De Luca is the only one to help her with her lives desires. Angelo is a mean, arrogant self centred Mafia Boss who can't stand the sight of Scarlet and does everything in his power to make her life miserable but all that changes after the night she finally meets her father. All the dangerous and secrets of the Mafia leader that leads to hope, heartbreak, action and thrilling romance. Will they survive the hatred between them or will they overcome the danger which lies in the Mafia Wars?
Beautiful Catastrophe✔️ by ASummers1
Beautiful Catastrophe✔️
ASummers1
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  • Parts 30
"When love got in the way..." Catastrophe: an event causing great and usually sudden damage or suffering; a disaster. It seemed as though my life brought nothing but disasters, one after the other, never giving me a break. But this catastrophe was something more than I was expecting. It was Nathan, and all of the events that followed after him. Hideous and terrible but yet beautiful, so beautiful. ***** Kim was done with her family and men, they were two things that could only bring heartache and she was sick of it. But after five years of running, she discovers her past is not something she can leave behind. Nathan, a CIA Agent comes looking for answers and forces Kim to embark on a trip full of disasters, lies, tears, attraction and maybe... love?
Menacingly✔️ by ASummers1
Menacingly✔️
ASummers1
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  • Parts 50
"Your problem is that your heart is too big, it leaves you vulnerable and makes you weak." He spoke in such certainty that it brought tears to my eyes, because it was the truth. I was vulnerable and delicate, I was weak and let my guard down too much. "You put your heart on your sleeve. You are oblivious to evil and peoples capabilities because you cannot imagine a person like that, you are blinded by your good nature." "What about yours?" I asked hesitantly, trying to keep the shake out of my voice. He looked at me with confusion for a second so I continued, "What about your heart?" I questioned. He looked at me with his dark eyes, his stare like stone. "I haven't got one." ******* Angela and Adriano are like fire and ice, they are complete opposites. But what happens when Angela gets thrown into Adriano's dangerous lifestyle? Can Adriano protect her from the evils he faces every day? Or does it become too much for the innocent Angela to cope with? *Warning: There maybe be strong language in some of the chapters.* #26 in Romance 10/04 #4 in Romance 19/06 #2 in Romance 28/07 #1 in Romance 03/09
A Cartel Affair (First Original Draft) by LindaCCherry
A Cartel Affair (First Original Draft)
LindaCCherry
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  • Parts 34
** Special Note ** This story will be edited at a later date to fit my current writing style, however, I am leaving this first very rough draft up until then. Highest Ranking -- # 1 in General Fiction - Feb 2015 to April 2015 Twenty-two year old Lea Mason didn't mind living a boring life far from the limelight that her parents enjoyed. In fact, she thrived in the solitude and mundane routines that she surrounded herself with. Carter Stephens, crime boss extraordinaire, enjoyed dishing out pain and punishment to those that dared to cross him. His only rules for life were simple: keep your friends close, but your enemies closer, know their every weakness and use that weakness to destroy them, never leave a witness alive, and never, under absolutely no circumstance, feel. **All rights reserved. No part of 'A Cartel Affair' may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher.** **Please note - All Photos and Media content are owned by their respective photographers and/or artist.