Beauty

"Brad... oh..." Ada's shrill voice begged between breathy moans. The banging of the headboard against the wall intensified as Ann froze. No... it couldn't be! She took a deep breath and nudged the door a little more. Her chest felt like it would explode as she held her breath whilst the crack widened. When it revealed her sister lying underneath Ann's husband-to-be, her hands flew to her mouth to stifle the gasp of horror as her heart shattered instantly. As Brad roared his release inside her sister, Ada turned her head towards the door with a smirk. An icy chill descended over Ann as if a bucket of ice water had been thrown over her and she stood and stared, her eyes wide and mouth slightly open in disbelief. Ada lifted her hand and waved in Ada's direction with a smug smile plastered on her face as Brad collapsed on top of her, kissing her neck tenderly. Is there anything you can do if your mate cheats on you with your sister?

After spending a night with a strange man on the day before her wedding, Arianna left the country to start her life afresh. The 22-year-old Arianna Jason lived her life pleasing those she loved the most, without knowing that she was simply a prey being nurtured for the day of her ruin. Her life has tasted the butter pill of betrayal. She wants to give back to the world what she's got but how can she change her good, innocent personality to fit into a cruel society and world? Can her sweet nature be contaminated, or will she make it through, paddling on the right path?

“I hate you!” I hiss, throwing punch after punch at his chest while we both move backward. My legs hit the bed and I realize that I have nowhere else to go. “I’m done with this pretend nonsense, do you hear me!?” Those azure eyes filled with lust, longing, and so much hatred never leave my face. He raises his hand and grabs me by the back of my neck. In one swift move, he pulls me toward his hard body and his lips brush against mine. “We’re done when I say we’re done, brat. And when are you gonna stop pretending that you’re not as involved in this like I am?” “What’re you talking about? I hate you, remember?” “Sure you do,” he whispers. His fingers trail down my neck and I shudder. “You hate me so much that your body responds to me whenever we’re close. Just like this. You hate me but you want me.” “No, I don’t.” To prove his point, he presses his lips against mine and I lose the fight. I always do. *** For Isadora Halvick, life has never been easy, as she’s been marked by scandal since birth for being the illegitimate daughter of a billionaire. Her half-brother, Justin, makes her life worse at every possible opportunity, and things become even more complicated now that they’re enrolled in the same university. But when Justin’s biggest rival on the ice, Knox Mohrelian, the captain of the Black Reapers of Hartwell U, suggests they “fake date” to get back at Justin, Isadora jumps at the offer, not knowing that their “relationship” will lead to a disastrous series of events that cause her first year to go awfully, and that she’ll lose so many parts of herself along the way that she’ll end up dropping out. A year later, she’s back, completely different from the rebellious girl she was in her first year, but one thing about Hartwell U? It never forgets. And so, Isadora is plunged right back into the world of scandals, secrets as black as sin, and a complicated relationship that traps her in the cycle of being unraveled and stitched together by the same twisted love. This time, the question is simple: How will it end? And if so, will she survive until then?

Claire Bennett has spent two years designing a housing project on the only piece of land her late mother ever loved. She has spent her whole life underestimated by people with more money than her. She has never once expected to be handed, without warning, to a billionaire stranger to pay off a debt she did not even know existed. Nathaniel Kane has spent six years rebuilding an empire his father nearly destroyed, and he has learned not to trust anything that comes easily, least of all a marriage his dying grandfather arranged in thirty days flat. He does not want a wife. He wants control of the one thing he has left to protect. Neither of them wanted this. Neither of them can walk away from it. But somewhere between a contract neither of them wrote and a secret neither of them remembers sharing, Claire and Nathaniel start to suspect they may have met before, once, anonymously, on a night that has haunted them both for three years without a name attached to it. A marriage of convenience is easy to survive. It is much harder to survive falling in love with the stranger you were forced to marry, especially when someone is determined to make sure you never find out why.

She did not choose the contract. She did not choose the marriage. She did not choose him. When Nora Vance discovers a forty year old legal clause buried in her grandfather’s estate, she has two options. Marry Cole Mercer, the coldest most calculating billionaire she has ever stood across a room from. Or watch everything her family built collapse into nothing. She picks the lesser of two disasters. Cole Mercer has his own reasons for saying yes. Reasons that have nothing to do with the clause and everything to do with a debt Nora’s father does not know is being collected. He is not interested in love. He is not interested in warmth. He is interested in what this marriage gives him access to. What neither of them planned for is three hundred and sixty five days of living in the same space, fighting the same fights, and slowly, reluctantly, furiously learning that the person you did not choose can become the person you cannot imagine not having. 365 Days I Didn’t Choose — because sometimes the life you never agreed to becomes the one you can’t escape.

"I want you to love me, Layla Kavros. I want you to be mine. I want YOU and ONLY YOU." Layla Kavros knows one truth: ‎Home isn't a place—it's a distant memory buried under scars, shackles, and a frozen heart that is afraid to trust or love again. ‎After escaping a living hell, Layla wakes up in the last place a fugitive rogue should ever be—the dungeon of the BloodHounds Pack. There, she expects torture and death, but her captor is no ordinary wolf. He is Alpha Raelin Michaelson. Lethal. Possessive. And her fated mate. ‎Raelin has spent years waiting for his mate, but now he is faced with the one bond he cannot deny. He wants to hate the stubborn rogue before him, but the hunger to claim her is irresistible. Trapped between a mate she doesn't want and a hell she can't afford to go back to, Layla has no choice but to strike a dangerous deal: she will live under his roof in exchange for his protection. However, peace is an illusion for a rogue living in the BloodHounds Pack, especially a rogue who is the Alpha's mate. Caught in the jealousy of a rival and a dark enemy from her past that could shatter everything, Layla is forced into a cruel dilemma—‎choose the Alpha who is slowly melting her frozen heart, or save the family she thought she lost forever. In the end, can two souls survive for a love worth dying for? Or will they be torn apart by secrets and those who would love to see them destroyed?

When spoiled influencer Riley Hart gets cut off by her billionaire father after one scandal too many, she’s forced to take the last job she ever expected: nannying her Formula One stepbrother’s three children. Luca Rossi wants a responsible nanny. Instead, he gets Riley. She knows nothing about children. The children adore her. And somehow, the woman who drives him crazy begins to feel like the missing piece of his family. The longer she stays, the harder it becomes to remember they’re supposed to be step-siblings.

"I limit our relationship to one-night passion. I have no need to bring you into my life." --- In an attempt to forget her lost love, Serena makes a passionate one-night stand with a stranger in Monaco. One night, one decision, one agreement, and one haunting memory. But as fate would have it, destiny has its own plans. The man who shared that passionate night turns out to be the CEO of her new workplace. Can Serena resist when passion and love conspire? Wait until she gets caught up in this unexpected tale of passion and intrigue. Serena and the CEO's lives will never be the same.

Delancey Cruz had one rule: Survive senior year unnoticed. Unfortunately, that plan dies the moment Zayden Cole — West Ridge High’s golden boy, basketball captain, and certified academic disaster — is forced into tutoring sessions with her. Now suddenly everyone knows her name. One rumor turns into a hundred. People who ignored her now stare in hallways. Girls hate her. Guys notice her. And Zayden keeps showing up everywhere with that stupid grin and dangerous charm. What starts as forced tutoring slowly turns into late-night study sessions, fake flirting, whispered secrets, jealous fights, and a popularity she never asked for. But the more the school becomes obsessed with them, the harder it is to tell what’s fake… and what’s becoming painfully real. Because falling for the most popular boy in school? That was never part of the plan.

All I want for Christmas is to be ravished by these 10 hot men I am struck with! This should be wrong, but it feels so right. How can I desire ten men at once? It's absolutely crazy, but what's even crazier is that the ten brothers tell me they would share everything. I mean everything! Including their woman. Which makes me think this might be the Christmas where Santa finally grants me a Christmas wish. … After Jasmine tried to kill herself after her boyfriend rejected her proposal, the doctor suggested that she take a break from the city. Jasmine decided to spend the Christmas holiday in a cabin on the mountain. What she didn't expect was to be trapped with the ten hot brothers who own the resort. Warning! This is a naughty holiday romance