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The Transient Wife by greenwriter
The Transient Wife
greenwriter
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  • Parts 34
One drunken day, Cassandra gets the proposal she can never refuse from the arrogant Philip Strindberg. Thrown into a marriage she never wanted in the first place, Cassandra will struggle on how to maintain her carefree attitude while trying to keep her cool whenever she is around her husband. Pranks, adventure, chores, and secrets will test their transient marriage. In the end, will there be a chance for their transient charade to become permanent?
Cherry Tree by 2FireGirl
Cherry Tree
2FireGirl
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  • Votes 11
  • Parts 1
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890) by OscarWilde
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890)
OscarWilde
  • Reads 1,224,304
  • Votes 16,277
  • Parts 21
"The Picture of Dorian Gray" tells of a young man named Dorian Gray, the subject of a painting by artist Basil Hallward. Basil is impressed by Dorian's beauty and becomes infatuated with him, believing his beauty is responsible for a new mode in his art. Dorian meets Lord Henry Wotton, a friend of Basil's, and becomes enthralled by Lord Henry's world view. Espousing a new hedonism, Lord Henry suggests the only things worth pursuing in life are beauty and fulfilment of the senses.
In the Rouge by SJForester
In the Rouge
SJForester
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  • Parts 18
In a world... Where star-crossed lovers guarantee sales and novels lack all novelty... Comes a story so generic that it will appeal to everyone of every generation forever... The story of a ruggedly handsome man of indeterminate age, named Guy who meets an exquisitely beautiful recently-come-of-age woman, named Eve. It's love at first sight, but one of them has a secret... A secret so big that it will tear them apart forever... Or will it? The world may never know, because this is not that book. This book is clever and will appeal to a specific audience. People who like witty humor and realistic characters. People who like a large dose of laughter in their sci-fi. Wherein: Liam Gatley is—was a normal, just-trying-to-get-by-with-as-little-effort-as-possible university student. But he’s just woken up from a birthday bender in a recruiting office, and before he can even figure out what’s happened, he’s rushed aboard the (in)famous ISS Titan to hunt down interstellar pirates as a proud—and completely expendable—member of the Imperial Space Corps. Suddenly it’s hard to imagine life being any worse . . . It turns out Liam just needs a better imagination. On his first day, Liam is shot, stabbed, crushed, electrocuted, asphyxiated, and drowned. It gets even worse when the Titan runs afoul of a telepathic mutant who turns the ship’s own crew against her. Now Liam’s talent at not-quite-dying might save the day, but he’ll still have to lose his mind to survive. And if he can manage that, he’ll have to battle an overzealous military commander whose ambition threatens the entire Interstellar Human Empire. If he ever hopes to make it home again, Liam will have to risk everything to save the empire. On the bright side, he may just get the girl in the process.
Anna Karenina by LeoTolstoy
Anna Karenina
LeoTolstoy
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  • Parts 239
"Anna Karenina" is the tragedy of married aristocrat and socialite Anna Karenina and her affair with the affluent Count Vronsky. The story starts when she arrives in the midst of a family broken up by her brother's unbridled womanizing—something that prefigures her own later situation, though with less tolerance for her by others.
Burned (A Dragon Story) by foreverhopeful
Burned (A Dragon Story)
foreverhopeful
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  • Parts 8
Elora Embrook was a seemingly ordinary girl in an ordinary village, despite her inability to be burned by fire, because there is no such thing as ordinary, right? It comes a day when she finds herself enthralled by the forbidden trees that surrounds her small village, that she goes into the forest only to never return. And what she finds far beyond the sylvan trees and high mountains is nothing comparable to the humane aspects of her life. For it is on this day that she unlocks a secret of the world, a secret of dragons. But there is one in particular who has plans for her, but how long will it be before everything she has ever known becomes a lie? And, how long will it take for Elora to become burned by the flames of his fiery breath? Because nothing is ordinary, right?
Born for Royalty by XxNixonxX
Born for Royalty
XxNixonxX
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  • Parts 62
He was a prince. She was a guard. When Isandra's past catches up with her, her job of protecting the royals gets harder and protecting herself in the process was near impossible. Her duty was to him and the throne he would be sitting on, but things get a bit out of hand when she gets assigned to be a royal guard. Men from the past, needed to stay in the past.
The Billion-Dollar Marriage Contract [SAMPLE ONLY / FREE ON TAPAS!] by AerithSage
The Billion-Dollar Marriage Contract [SAMPLE ONLY / FREE ON TAPAS!]
AerithSage
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  • Parts 34
[TEASERS] Doomed from the start... Nikos Demakis and Cassia Andrade were married under a billion-dollar company merger contract. Nikos isn't ready to give up his playboy lifestyle, and Cassia is far from the glittering socialite that their elite circle expects. Events force them to live separate lives. Ten years later, Nikos is ready to give it all up and settle down with the wife he only sees once a year. Cassia is also ready to settle down...just not with Nikos. Will Cassia once again surrender herself to the man who scarred her forever? Or will she give up her inherited fortune to leave and never look back? Will they still be able to fulfill the terms of their billion-dollar marriage contract, when death and danger stalk them at every turn? Read the full version on Tapas
An Artistic Duo by sprittals98
An Artistic Duo
sprittals98
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  • Parts 28
Being the sister of a world famous vlogger gets hard, but every year Lace Carter gets to escape it all at the Harleen Art Camp. This place is her safe haven, the one place where she can truly escape in her art. There's only one problem- Eli Evans; the most annoying boy to have ever walked on the face of the earth. Not to mention he always beats Lace in the annual art competition. But this year, her last, Lace is determined to win and more importantly beat Eli. Too bad Harleen has decided to have partners this year, and just guess who hers turns out to be.
Die Summe des Glücks by vampiregroupie92
Die Summe des Glücks
vampiregroupie92
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  • Parts 43
Frage: Mit welchen drei Worten könnte man Elijah Hunter am Besten beschreiben? Antwort: Das ist eine Fangfrage. Dazu ist mindestens ein Fünfhundertseitiges Buch nötig und selbst dann, bleiben da immer noch scheiße viele Fragen offen. Wer ist der Typ? Was ist sein Ziel? Wieso ist der Kerl eigentlich so manipulativ? Was erhofft er sich davon? Warum führt er eigentlich immer alles auf die Evolutionstheorie und Freud zurück? Wie schafft er es jeden Streit zu gewinnen? Warum nimmt er sich keine psychiatrische Hilfe, wenn es doch so offensichtlich ist, dass er sie nötig hat? Wieso trägt er nur Anzüge, wenn er sie so unbequem findet? Wieso führt er sich auf, als wäre er der Pate, wenn er den Film doch eigentlich ein bisschen übertrieben findet? Warum kann er nicht einfach mal ein bisschen nett sein? Hat er eigentlich gar keine Skrupel? Ist der Größenwahnsinn angeboren oder kommt der weil sich die Leute vor ihm auf die Knie werfen, wenn er durch die Straßen geht? Was hasste er jetzt eigentlich wirklich am meisten? Inkompetenz, Uneffektivität, Dummheit oder doch Pressefutzis? Und warum, verfickte Scheiße nochmal, brauch der Typ eigentlich Fünfhundert Seiten, bis er endlich mal checkt, wie verflucht einfach es ist glücklich zu sein?