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Hired To Love by JordanLynde
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Henley agrees to pretend to date millionaire Bennett Calloway for a fee, falling in love as she wonders - how is he involved in her brother's false conviction? ****** Henley Linden's brother is in jail for a crime he didn't commit, and she'll take any job to raise the money needed to free him. Soon, she's agreed to pretend to date millionaire Bennett Calloway for ten thousand dollars, so his mother will ease up the pressure on him to find a wife. But once Henley is enmeshed in Bennett's world, he falls for her, and she starts to have feelings for him as well. Despite her romance with Bennett, as she grows closer to the Calloways, Henley realizes they are somehow involved in her brother's conviction. Journeying deeper into a world of wealth and conspiracies, Henley is forced to rely on Bennett, though doing so could cost her everything. [[word count: 200,000-250,000 words]]
You'll Never Know by SimplyAWriter_D
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Broken...A word Alex Mathews never really understood. Alex was always the happy, popular, confidant girl. That was until she got raped. Now she fully understood what it was like to be broken as she isolated herself and didn't want to be near people. So her parents sent her back to where she lived thirteen years of her life before they moved. Only thing is she would live with the Blake's, her parent's friends, and she was terrified of seeing the Blake brother's--who used be her best friends--especially when she knew she was unwelcomed by one in particular
Through His Eyes by felicitate
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What do you think would happen if you started seeing glimpses through your soulmate's eyes, knowing you're due to meet them in a week? [Book #1 of The Soulmate Series] © felicitate | 2015
My Best Friend is Back by BrittanyLeigh8
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When Aiden left Bailey a year and a half ago she was just his shy nerdy best friend. They would spend every day together, tell each other their deepest secrets and vowed they’d never let anything come between them for as long as they lived. However Aiden’s sudden move changed all of that. Once Bailey realizes she no longer has her support system and can’t get by just being Aiden’s quiet little best friend anymore she knows it’s time for a change. And what better way to make a change than be the change. Away with those thick brown unnecessarily large glasses and braces and let’s not forget the baggy wardrobe and in with new stuff. After a complete makeover and change in social status Bailey is no longer that shy quiet girl. No she is the “it girl.” But can popularity and new clothes change who you were on the inside completely? According to Bailey though, she doesn’t even know that girl anymore so maybe it can. Life was pretty much perfect….well almost. How can be anymore when her best friend shows back up expecting to find the girl he’d left a couple of years ago? Now with Aiden in the same house next door that they grew up in and looking as good as ever it does nothing short of throwing her through a loop. How will this affect her new found status as Ms. Popular? And can she keep it up with Aiden back again? Who knows but he’s sure not gonna make it easy on her. Not when he wants back the girl he used to know.
Fighting to go on by XxBlondie99xX
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Samantha's life changed two years ago when her mother died. She now cares for her younger brother and puts up with an abusive guardian. The fun, happy girl turned into the shy, terrified girl. When they move and her and her brother start at a new school, she doesn't plan on making herself known. But when she catches the attention of the resident bad boy, her plans change. What does he see in her? What is he hiding? And most importantly, why is a mysterious wolf suddenly appearing?
Shouldn't Have Gone - BOOK III by Mara19Lyn
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Two brothers fighting for love. One fights for the love he already lost. The other, unaware of the threat, can't do anything but depend on what is present. Angel Mohr is in hot waters once more. Just when she has found it in her to move on from her ill-fated college romance and finds herself madly in love with Hunter Stone, her old flame returns, ruining the perfect world she had rebuilt. A brand-new Damien Etheridge is back, and he wants what he has left behind. He wouldn't stop at anything to get her little angel back-even if he has to ruin his half-brother in the process. Meanwhile, an oblivious Hunter Stone is set to face the skeletons in his closet, skeletons he had forgotten a long, long time ago... dirt and grime from his past that will prove to be his doom. The things Angel, Damien, and Hunter had tried to sweep under the rug threatens to reveal themselves, unraveling secrets after secrets and lies after lies as the great duel for love comes to a close. Will this be the end to Hunter's plans of eternity with Angel? Will Damien ever find his way back to Angel's heart? Stuck between a rock and a hard place, Angel is forced to set matters straight. Who will she choose? The one great love she had lost or the love that carried her through her darkest days? Witness the culmination to a billionaire romance story that has spanned three books in this exciting and intriguing final installation to the Shouldn't Have Series.
Shouldn't Have Dealt - Book II by Mara19Lyn
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"You fit the bill just fine, Angel. I need a woman as strong as you." "I don't sell myself to anyone anymore, Mr. Stone. I don't pretend to love someone I don't and will never love." "Mr. Stone... I am not afraid of you. I will not yield to your demands no matter how you try to make my life miserable." Angel Mohr's college life has ended, and so is her short-lived romance with the university playboy. Now a little less starry-eyed and a lot more frustrated, she tries to make her way into the publishing world. She's the family breadwinner, after all. All goes relatively well until the company she's working for, McGarry Publishing, goes under... via suspicious circumstances. With Damien Etheridge out of the picture, Hunter Stone plays his cards and plays it superbly. The cold-hearted business magnate is hell bent on having Angel for a pretend wife and will stop at nothing to woo her-even if he has to resort to the most unconventional of ways. And god knows what the callous billionaire has up his sleeves. What was a one-time girlfriend for hire deal ends up to be a great deal of mess, and it's not looking so well for poor Angel. The contract has been drafted, and he wants her in. Jobless and desperate, Angel Mohr is put in the spotlight once more. Will she sign along the line? Will this little game of pretension turn into something more beautiful? And what about those random visions she has of Damien? Is she just imagining things?
Should Have Not Asked - New Adult Romance (Wattys 2014) by Mara19Lyn
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"You were money in my eyes, Damien. Nothing more. How can that be amusing to you?" Angel Mohr sold for a staggering price! Not that she has any experience in that department. Princeton University straight-A student, Angel Mohr has her back against the wall. In between her dad's sky-high hospital bills, her pricey university fees, and the creditors hot on her feet, she's like a cornered animal frantically clawing for an escape. And you know what they say about desperate people. With nothing else to do, she's forced to strike a deal with the high and mighty college playboy, Damien Etheridge. With his looks, body, and sexual appetite like that of a Greek god, filthy rich kid Damien would be the perfect client. Funny how a singly question can change your entire life. When Damien uses his power to control her life, her future, and her family--Angel is left regretting that one thing she shouldn't have asked. Will she ever get herself to do the deed? Can a stuck-up playboy open his heart to love? Will their moments of sexual tension turn into something deeper?
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Outcasts [PUBLISHED] by The_Dreamer_10
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PUBLISHED! Now available on Amazon, and Kindle Unlimited! Shy, quiet, Riley Summers' life is changed once she meets Aiden Callaway, the misunderstood boy at Fairfield High School. Two completely different personalities of the stereotypical high school scene come together to learn that they aren't so different at all. The two journey through their senior year, which consists of Star Wars movie marathons, a crashed wedding, paint wars, and something unexpected: a keen attraction to each other. [Disclaimer: due to copyright reasons, chapters have been taken down]
Being Rejected by XxDinkyxX
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Her life has always been pretty messed up but when she gets a accused of something she didn't do. It gets worse. She finds her soulmate but he rejects her so she leaves. Years later she's back. She's not the weak pathetic little wolf now. Nope now she has a real family behind her.Â