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Runaway fiancee


sweetdreamer33
    A smokin' hot bikini model with a sexy Colombian accent. Lily is engaged to a famous Telenovela actor, Dylan Cooper. But how come another man, Xander Valiente claims as her fiancé too?Meet Xander.The gorgeous Italian billionaire claims Lily as his missing fiancé. He believes that Lily is Mia Stewart - his very demure, conservative, and innocent long-lost love. Xander is a desperate man. He won't give up until Lily admits that she is Mia. He is willing to do anything and give everything just to have her back in his arms. How sure is he that Lily Rojas and Mia Stewart are the same people? Both women speak in a different accents. Lily is liberated while Mia is conservative. And most of all, Lily doesn't recognize Xander. She claims that it's the first time she set eyes on him. Is she lying or not?

Beauty and the Beast


Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont - 1756
    This is the best known version of the original story that inspired Walt Disney’s classic and has been retold countless times and adapted for screen, stage, prose, and television.

First You Plz


Nisha B. Thakur - 2012
    It is a story of her struggle as she deals with worries of first love. Her journey from realization of the sweet feeling she experiences these days is called Love- her First Love. It is a tale of her secretly nurtured dream and her silent prayer that he will propose her in a very romantic way. It is a tale of her desire that she wants him to say those three magical words to her first.Although he hasn't shown much interest in her.Still in her heart she keeps on praying, first you plz… It is Avanti’s journey of ups and downs of her first love and how she exhibits immaturity as she deals with anxieties of her first love.

Nobody's Children


Judith Saxton - 1991
    So when fate brings them together she sees no reason why she should not have everything Megan has - even Danny.Nobody's Children is the saga of twins, separated at birth but drawn together by an intangible bond... and of their mother, the beautiful, unhappy child bride, forever searching, forever unsatisfied.

A Week and Some Change


Justin Mermelstein - 2013
    After learning that Tracy has died in a terrible car accident, he is devastated. But after arriving at the restaurant to console his mother, he discovers that Tracy isn’t dead after all – in fact, she is working her shift, and no one else seems to think anything of it. While trying to make sense of the situation, Andrew begins to experience an overwhelming sense of dread: something isn’t right. He needs to decide whether to tell Tracy and risk sounding like a lunatic, or ignore what all his senses are telling him and enjoy what appears to be a second chance.

Adrift (Grace Springs)


Jaycee Weaver - 2018
    Adrift in a sea of stress and grief and clinging to the life raft of responsibility.It's time I start swimming again. And someday? Maybe surf the waves instead of being pulled under and dragged out to sea.God offers so much more for Erin than a life of treading water, focusing all her time and attention on running a small business while raising her kids after the death of her husband.Through strangely poignant dreams and a series of run-ins with an unexpectedly attractive guy from church, Erin finds the hope she’ll not only feel alive again, but maybe even ride life’s waves victoriously.Adrift is the first of several novellas tied to the fictional Grace Springs Fellowship in the full-length Everyday Love series.These journal-style novellas are roughly 18-20K words, filled with vivid imagery and reflect the ways in which God at work in the main character's life.

Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm: A New English Version


Philip Pullman - 2012
    Now, at a veritable fairy-tale moment—witness the popular television shows Grimm and Once Upon a Time and this year’s two movie adaptations of “Snow White”—Philip Pullman, one of the most popular authors of our time, makes us fall in love all over again with the immortal tales of the Brothers Grimm.From much-loved stories like “Cinderella” and “Rumpelstiltskin,” “Rapunzel” and “Hansel and Gretel” to lesser-known treasures like “Briar-Rose,” “Thousandfurs,” and “The Girl with No Hands,” Pullman retells his fifty favorites, paying homage to the tales that inspired his unique creative vision—and that continue to cast their spell on the Western imagination.

Desdemona's Closet: A Christmas Tale


Sabrina B. Scales - 2019
    A tough exterior is her claim to fame, and necessary for the life she lives. But even the toughest have been known to let their guard down at Christmastime. Hilarious by nature, Pharo is the perfect match for Des. And though he wasn’t exactly looking, fate doesn’t care about that. When chance encounters with a stranger happen twice in one day, it's too big to be a coincidence and he's smart enough to know it. Join these two on a hilarious, heart-filled, nutmeg scented journey to love in tight spaces!

Sheikh's Unknown Baby Daughters: A Multiple Baby Romance (Sheikhs and Babies Series)


Sophia Lynn - 2018
    But I would be damned if I’d repeat it… There are some things a man doesn’t forget.And she was my lost memory.Holly.My curvy, honey-blonde, emerald-eyed American firecracker.Back then, fate had toyed with us.We met.We fell hard.We were torn apart.It was a stupid accident.And I should’ve told Holly everything about the car crash.However, my damn pride got in the way.Over time, I tried to forget her.Numb it all out.But then she walked into my interview room.I was determined never to lose her again.Especially when the stakes got upped…Double-fold.For all those years,Holly had kept a helluva secret.Twin girls. My girls. I was so sure that we’d make it this time.Despite my excessive “sheikh” lifestyle, I’d decided to give the family thing a chance…Until my past caught up with me. Now, no matter the cost, I won’t let anything happen to my girls…  Note: Sheikh's Unknown Baby Daughters is 30k of steamy romance between a Sheikh and his American love. It is part of the Sheikhs and Babies Series, but can be read as a standalone.