Cassandra didn't know what was wrong with her. Why didn't any of the Earls and Barons appeal to her? As a woman of four and twenty living in 1804 England, she was expected to be wed by now. After running away from an embarassing dance lesson, she ends up at The Vixen Inn, run by her friend, Sophia Brook. While there, a bounty hunter and his prisoner,Jeremy Hawkins, seek refuge from a storm. Can the outlaw pirate, set for a date with the gallows, be the man who can give her what she craves? I read some of the comments where people were upset about the mores of the time. It's not my personal belief. I'm just reflecting what people believed in those days. I appreciate comments. Most people don't use swear words, and I and most readers appreciate that. Please refrain from using swear words in your comments.

This story has been edited and updated! Please Read: WARNING! (R+18) This contains mature content and trigger warnings such as sexual harassment, rape, strong language, etc. That may be upsetting for some readers. Her unwanted affair became her dark secret. His thirst for her love became his unhealthy obsession. Aurora Hills lives with her single mother, looks after her little brother and it's been 6 years since her father died in a tragic car accident. But after some time, her mother gets engaged to a single father with a son of his own from a previous marriage years ago. After strange yet tragic events start to happen, her life turns upside down. Highest Ranking: 04/17/ 2019 - #1 in 'stalking' 05/01/2019- #1 in 'stalking' 07/25/2019 - #1 in 'stalking' 05/28/2020 - #1 in 'psychopath' 03/03/2023 - #1 in 'dark' 08/15/2023 - #1 in 'psycho' 03/19 - #4 in 'psycho' 03/27 - #6 in 'psycho' 03/27 - #3 in 'stalking' 04/16 - #3 in 'stalking' 04/17 - #1 in 'stalking' (Highest Ranking) 04/25 - #9 in 'psycho' 05/01 - #1 in 'stalking' (Highest Ranking) 05/23 - #4 in 'stalking' 06/10 - #3 in 'stalking' 07/07 - #3 in 'stalking' 07/16 - #2 in 'stalking' 07/20 - #3 in 'stalking' 07/25 - #1 in 'stalking' (Highest Ranking) 05/20/2020 - #2 in 'stepbrother' 05/28 - #1 in 'psychopath' (Highest Ranking) 06/08 - #4 in 'stalking' 08/12 - #2 in 'psycho' 11/20 - #6 in 'psychological-thriller' 01/18/2021 - #3 in 'psychological-thriller' 04/04 - #2 in 'stalking' 05/13 - #3 in 'stalking' 06/28 - #6 in 'psychopath' 09/22 - #7 in 'stalking' 09/25 - #8 in 'stalking' 09/25 - #7 in 'sexualcontent' 10/03 - # 8 in 'stalking' 10/06 - # 8 in 'stalking' 10/22 - #8 in 'stalking' 12/05 - #7 in 'psycho' 02/15/2022 - #3 in 'psychopath' 03/03/2023 - #1 in 'dark' (Highest Ranking) 08/15 - #1 in 'psycho' (Highest Ranking) 04/05/2024 - #2 in 'psychological-thriller' Started on: August 28, 2018 Finished on: June 13, 2020 Final Editing on: July 22, 2023

"Well it is unfortunate that you will be saddled with a husband, despite your preference to remain a spinster," Mr Wilkes said with a smirk. "I beg your pardon?" The faintest alarm flickered in his eyes. "You don't really intend to refuse me?" The look on his face turned to that of a bewildered schoolboy. Frederick Wilkes was not used to refusal. "You don't really mean to propose marriage to a lady you have just met?" London, 1910. A strange bequest in a will leads to Mary Taylor hastily marrying reckless playboy Frederick Wilkes. Fred has a bad reputation but it is the seemingly moral Mary's past that threatens to destroy them both. A story of love, betrayal and murder. Best ranks: #1 in literary fiction, #1 in historical fiction #5 romance

"It's not right that we should have to fight for something so obviously right and just as having the vote but we must. Someone must!" Lady Anastasia Banks has lived her entire life thus far in a world where she may do as she likes, be it running around the countryside with her cousins or sitting quietly in a secluded corner, immersed in a book about the flora and fauna of her home county of Kent. But with her 'coming out' only a year away, Anastasia gradually realises her future will be quite different. And she's not sure if she'll like it. Thrust into the world of Edwardian high society and faced with an impossible choice, Anastasia comes to see that perhaps life isn't so simple and fair as she once thought. In her frustration, she comes across a group of ladies who promise to help her... to help all women.

From being neglected by her foster parents to being an outcasted at school, Emma never felt like she had control over her life. Emma never realized she deserved any better, she never realized she had the right to hope for better. However, it took Emma losing her freedom to realize she has more power than she ever realized. It started on the night she was walking home from work, Emma witnessed something she shouldn't have seen. She was in the wrong place at the wrong time, but it didn't matter to the gang of men who kidnapped her. Being ripped from her miserable life she is thrown into another type of hell. Faced with challenges with her life on the line, Emma finally decides to fight. She had nothing to lose, and everything to gain. ⚠️ Warning: verbal, mental and physical abuse. Cover art by Ko Byung Jun

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