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Life is What You Make It: A Story of Love, Hope and How Determination Can Overcome Even Destiny
Preeti Shenoy - 2011
Pretty and intelligent, Ankita has everything she wants: friends, boys in hot pursuit, and admission into a premier management school for her MBA. But six months later, she finds herself a patient in a mental health hospital. How did she get here and will she ever get back her life again? Somehow, everything that made up her world has been taken away - and now she must fight like she has never had to, to recover her rightful lot. A gripping story of the pains of growing up, the strength afforded by faith and the indestructibility of the spirit, here is an inspiring story for modern readers.
Mail Order Mistake
Ginny Sterling - 2021
Helpless, he witnessed firsthand as the disease wiped out both friend and foe, leaving him alone, bitter, and hostile, on the outskirts of this cursed town. When a secret matchmaker sends out a plea for help to bring hope and a fresh start to Lore Valley, Russell finds himself face to face with a bride he never expected and can’t find the strength to turn away.For Rose Bonnett, this was just another mistake in a long line of screw-ups in her life. Cursing her stubbornness, she refused to ask for help because it always seemed to backfire right in her face. Answering the tempting ad in the paper, she was whisked to the middle of a small town that was left reeling from the onslaught of unexpected brides arriving suddenly.Was Lore Valley ready for this plethora of eligible young women? Why was the town amused that Rose was matched with Russell? Could this ‘curse’ truly be a ‘blessing in disguise’ after all?***A sweet and clean romance Mail-Order Bride series that can be read together or individually with a Happily Ever After that is legendary…
I Too Had a Love Story
Ravinder Singh - 2007
Will you still call this a love marriage? And what if on the engagement day while you pull the ring out from your pocket, you realize what you planned was just a dream which never comes true…? How would you react when a beautiful person comes into your life, becomes your most precious possession and then one day goes away from you…forever? Not all love stories are meant to have a perfect ending. Some stay incomplete. Yet they are beautiful in their own way. Ravin’s love story is one such innocent and beautiful story. He believes love stories seldom die. They are meant to stay for the generations yet to come and read them. And given that one chance to narrate his love story, this is how he began…
Beautiful Belle and Alpha Grayson
Art3mis18
Most of it she spent taking care of her sick father while her mother ran off to sleep with other men. So you can imagine her frustration when, only a few months after the death of her father, her mother forces her to come spend the holidays with her and her new family. But what happens when she meets a certain alpha on the plan who claims that she belongs to him?
One Night Stand with a Billionaire
Ayla D. Viktoreva - 2017
With his unstoppable assaults on my lips as I moaned, shame was long forgotten. Pure need crawled up my skin. Orphan Kaley Evansville has been working all her life since her parents died in an accident. She doesn’t have time for herself, and more so for going out with any man. But when the most important person in her life, her little brother, is diagnosed with life-threatening leukemia, she is forced to spend the night with a billionaire who will sleep with her in exchange for money. On their first meeting, billionaire Blake Blackburn thinks Kaley is just like any other gold-digger. But after their one night stand, through a series of serendipitous connections and events, Blake gets to see Kaley for who she really is—a tough and hard-working girl who has gone through so much tragedy in her life. She only accepted his deal because of her selfless love for her brother, and she never wanted to use her body for selfish monetary gain. Intrigued and compelled by Kaley and her life story, Blake decides to help her. What begins as a one night stand may turn out to be a lifelong affair. Will cautious Kaley finally accept Blake into her life? Will Blake risk the wrath and judgment of his aristocratic family by going out with a woman below his class? This is not your ordinary Cinderella story. Grab your copy now!
Making Khushi Mine
Anamika G.K. - 2014
Add to it a close set of friends and love for arts and her life was complete. She was beautiful inside out, with her doe-like olive green eyes mature beyond their years. Her life was not perfect but she was not the one to complain for she lived it to the fullest. She made the best out of the situations and believed in moving on. Her smiles and chitter-chatter were the life of Raizada Mansion. Everyone loved her dearly.Everyone, but Avish Singh Raizada. He arrived in her world claiming his stake on two things that Khushi held very dear to her heart. Her home and her bade papa's love. Sharing was an alien concept to that cynical arrogant man, who was unhappy with pretty much everything around him. And unfortunately Khushi became one more reason of his displeasure. Forgetting her own sadness, she tried to be reasonable and friendly towards him but he refused to warm up to her. So like any other intelligent being she decided to pretend that he does not exist and went on with her life.It worked, but not for long. The people and the ties binding them were very important, very strong, whether they liked it or not. Their lives touched each other's on daily basis. So overtime, living under the same roof, sharing the same family forced them into an understanding, a friendship of the sorts.But like it happened with other people, Avish too found his life revolving around Khushi one fine day. She was not someone you can resent for long and he had understood that slowly. They way she saw his pain through the facade of anger broke his resolve to stay away from her. Her heart warming smiles that he had started discreetly capturing in his camera, thawed his frozen heart bit by bit. But his silent admiration and complex nature did not help the matter. To add to his woes, Khushi was obliviously happy in her own world, where Avish was her friend, just a friend. She sincerely believed in love, but for others not herself. He had always mocked the idea of love, but it was his only salvation now.Second chances are rare in life but he got one, and thus began his quest to bridge the distances between himself and her, distances created by the society, distances created by the age difference, but most importantly distances created by themselves. To make her his for eternity, only his.
I Am Heartless: A Real Confession
Vinit K. Bansal - 2012
It is the story of his life which encompasses love, dedication, eccentricity, friendship and overall his discovery of his true love and also the anguish of losing it due to his obstinacy and self-centeredness. It is a repertoire of moments coated with velvetiness of love and bruised by the thorns of betrayal. It highlights the situations which ultimately turns him into a devil, who wants to annihilate the whole world with his impiety, consequences being the least he cares about; and eventually loses his happiness, identity and even himself in this process.I could neither speak in words, nor could ever write it downThe loneliness, the emptiness your absence left behind....Those moments spent in the warmth of your cuddleStill linger in a cruel heart...... in a guilty mind!!!Whenever I dream, I see you so tranquilCan I trace the reason of my going away and getting back never?If by closing my eyes I see you happy sweetheart,I promise I shall close my eyes FOREVER!
The Leaving of Liverpool
Lyn Andrews - 1992
As a maid in 1919 Liverpool, she dreamt of a much grander future, but found all her dreams were threatened by the notoriously drunken Jake Malone.
CHASE
Violet Walker - 2015
Chase, Ethan & Jackson Silver The heirs to the billion dollar empire Silver Enterprises are single playboys who work as hard as they play. But when their father gives them each an ultimatum—settle down or lose your inheritance—they each must decide if the family business is worth giving up the single life, while figuring out who is stalking them. Reluctant to Love… Chase is reluctant to settle down, especially at his father’s insistence. But a weekend with his sexy assistant may turn out to be just the thing he needs. Jackson, the middle brother and peacemaker is too young for a wife and kids. But that doesn’t stop him from lusting after the pretty blond cook working for his father. Ethan doesn’t trust women and he doesn’t trust love. He might have to give up his role as CEO of Silver Enterprises if he can’t get past his dark past. This is the story of three handsome billionaire brothers and the women special enough to capture their reluctant hearts.
Dangerous Temptation
Scarlet West - 2019
Raise my son. Keep moving to stay ahead of my abusive ex. Last thing I need is some arrogant jerk making my day worse. Reid is so hot. Big, muscular, built like the soldier he was until an ambush claimed the rest of his unit leaving him to live with the guilt. Maybe that’s why he has such a short fuse. That doesn’t explain why I can’t tell him no. Why I keep letting him peel off my clothes and make me scream. I can’t resist him, until he has a PTSD nightmare and frightens me. I’ve never felt this way. But it’s hard to trust after what my ex did to me. Now my ex is back, stalking us, threatening us. He’ll take my son. I might never see my little boy again. Reid is the only one I can turn to. He can keep us safe. I need him now like I’ve never needed anyone before. Can I trust him with our lives? With my heart?
Romancing Rachel
Cindy Kirk - 2019
Returning home to small town Iowa, she built a satisfying life for herself. Jay Nordstrom couldn’t wait to leave Millville for bigger and better. He worked hard and his network anchor star was shining brightly until an accident left him scarred and broken.Forced to recuperate at his parents’ farm, Jay finds himself enchanted by “nurse” Rachel. It isn’t long before he’s fallen hard. Jay can’t imagine his life without her in it. And Rachel has found the love she’s been waiting for…When the time comes for Jay to return to Los Angeles, he and Rachel must look at what sacrifices they’re willing to make for love. Will they find a way to meet in the middle? Or will this sweet interlude simply be another summer romance that ended far too soon?
A Prince's Ransom
Ella Slade - 2016
Now I’m taking Princess Lessons.” Katherine Saunders had every intention of enjoying her two-week study abroad trip to the tiny European country of Montavian. With nothing more on her agenda than having a good time, she envisioned sleeping til noon on downy featherbeds every day, and hitting hottest clubs by night. But a chance encounter with the world’s most cocky Crown Prince has derailed those plans, leaving her not only breathless, but wanting far more. Eric Jean-Francois Devillers III has more important things to think about than a flighty American student intent on seeing the sights, but there’s something about Kat that he can’t get out of his head. No matter how many times he cuts her down with a biting remark—more intent on convincing himself that she’s no Queen than trying to convince her—he can’t stop thinking about the petite spitfire from across the pond. But there’s more to being the future queen than just a pretty face and a sharp wit. Katherine has generations of royals to convince that she’s suitable for the role…and even has to convince herself. *BONUS BOOK*: One Night with a Bad Boy: (A Redemption Story), a full-length novel from Ella Slade, is included at the end of this book, completely FREE!
Once A Princess
Angel Bautista - 2012
You are the only puzzle I can’t seem to solve. But I love you. That’s why I won’t mind spending my entire life trying to understand you.”Once upon a time, there was a princess who could not live happily ever after…May hindi magandang ginawa si Erin Almeda, ang isa sa mga prinsesa ng Gibbons International School kung saan ang clique na kinabibilangan niya ay ang pinakapopular at pinakatinitingala. She played with the innocent heart of their class geek, Leonard Jamieson.Seven years later, nagtagpo uli ang mga landas nila ni Leonard. It seemed their roles had been reversed. Sa fairy tale man o sa real life, palaging may kapalit na curse ang paggawa ng masama.And so Erin needed to find the magic that will lift that curse. Or she will die of heartache soon…