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Jackass Boss [COMPLETED] by Its_Jessy_Stories
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We've all heard tales of brides fleeing the altar... but what if it's the groom who disappears, leaving behind a heartbroken bride with shattered dreams and unanswered questions? On what was supposed to be the happiest day of her life, her groom vanishes without a trace-leaving her humiliated, devastated, and lost. Unable to move on and desperate to escape the whispers and pity, she takes an unexpected job as a live-in maid, despite holding a degree in Financial Management. Enter her new boss-a man she secretly nicknames Jackass Boss-a cold, arrogant, and brutally handsome workaholic who seems to enjoy pushing her buttons. He calls her Miss Booby, and their very first encounter is a disaster she'll never forget. But fate has other plans. What begins with insults and tension slowly unravels into something deeper. Sparks fly, walls break down, and emotions surface in the most unexpected ways. Can a woman scorned by love open her heart again? And can a man who built walls around his heart finally let someone in? Meet him-attractive, charming, successful... yet ruthless, guarded, and emotionally distant. Hiring her was a mistake-or so he thought. Firing her should've been easy. So why can't he do it? Dive into a story of heartbreak, healing, undeniable chemistry, and a romance that challenges both pride and pain. Fall in love, laugh, and cry with them. One chapter at a time. 💔❤️‍🔥
The Alpha King's Queen by TMNyxen
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Skylar was born blind - but she hears everything. Every heartbeat. Every lie. Every whispered plot hidden beneath the noise of a crowded hall. When her father brings her to the Underground fortress for the annual gathering of Alphas, Skylar expects nothing more than political theater and forced deference to the most feared wolf alive: Alpha King Galen Theron - a man who rules through silence, whose stillness is more terrifying than any roar, and whose word is the difference between life and death. But Galen's heart does something it hasn't done in centuries. It stutters. And Skylar hears it. Then she overhears something far worse - a whispered conspiracy to assassinate the King during the closing ceremony. A silver blade disguised as a tribute. And her own father's voice, thick with guilt, sealing the plot in the dead of night. Now Skylar faces an impossible choice: protect the family she's always known, or save the life of a King she owes nothing to - a man whose scent calls to something ancient and undeniable inside her, a bond she doesn't yet understand but can't ignore. She chooses truth. And it costs her everything. -- T.M. Nyxen © 2025 T.M. Nyxen - All rights reserved.
ANNA by LiteraryLoveAffair_
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Anna Rafferty left New York two years ago to find herself. Not because she was running. Not because she was afraid. But because somewhere between the violence, the secrets, and the trauma that changed her life, she'd lost herself. For two years, she built a life on her own terms. She traveled. She healed. She learned to preserve things most people considered beyond repair, restoring rare books and forgotten stories while trying not to think about her own. Because some trauma isn't dealt with. It's buried. Returning to New York was supposed to be simple. Be closer to her family. Purchase the rare bookstore she'd fallen in love with years ago. Continue building the future she'd fought so hard for. The only complication... Julian Mercer. The powerful, devastatingly handsome and infuriating Don of New York, a man she should stay far away from. A man her sister can't stand. A man she hasn't seen since the night she left the city. Unfortunately for her, Julian Mercer has never forgotten a debt or Anna. What starts as a favor quickly becomes stolen moments, lingering glances, and a connection neither of them seem capable of walking away from. The problem? Julian is a man built from secrets and Anna has spent the last two years burying her own. When a string of brutal murders rocks the city-random, violent, and seemingly unconnected-every road somehow leads back to one person. Anna. As detectives begin circling, asking questions she can't answer and digging for secrets she can't share, Anna finds herself caught between the life she's carefully built and a past determined to drag her back. And the closer the danger gets, the harder it becomes to ignore the man she's spent two years trying to forget. Because Julian Mercer has always been dangerous. The difference is that now Anna has something to lose. Not her safety. Not her freedom. But her heart.
The Highlander's Sassenach; Book one of the Love in the Highlands Trilogy by pucklover
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"Do we begin the journey home now? Begin the necessary funeral arrangements," Humphrey asked. Elias laughed and clasped his friend on the back. Not looking back at the woman he had left to die in the elements. He could not even think about sleeping right now. He wanted some whiskey, and a woman to warm his bed once again. He felt victorious. He would become the Duke of Northumberland, something he had been promised since his brother had no sons, only his niece. "Murder is such a thirsty business, let us go find some ale and some women to quench our thirst. Then we will attend to business," Elias declared. Humphrey smiled at this. As the men remounted their horses and rode away, they both thought themselves safe. That they had gotten away with not one but two murders in just a week's time. What they did not know was that Seren Bancroft was very much alive... And that she could very well bring the downfall of those two men.
Mr.Billionaire Meets Ms.Clumsy by Just_SparkleBlue
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"Watch where you're going!" A low voice shouted at me, looking at his stain shirt."Now, what I'm going to do? I have a race to go to." He grumbled. He took off his shirt in front of me. I am flustered. "What is going on?" I asked myself. Christopher Evans a gorgeous and rich Bachelor. He isn't your normal cold billionaire. He is sweet and kind, but sometimes to protect his loves one or to get what he wants his evil side comes out and you might want to hide in the corner. Emilyn Walker a girl who has the passion to write and tell stories about people's lives. She always wants to create something that comes to life. When she accidentally spilled her drink on the gorgeous Christopher Evans, her life turned upside down. Things sort of went in another direction. Read and follow along the journey of the gorgeous billionaire Christopher Evans and forever single Emilyn Walker. Will Emilyn find love or Christopher Evans gets the girl he wants. Come along with me and find out. *Don't forget to checkout the sequel for more Emilyn and Christopher *
The Mercenary's Maid by caramela2025
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She feared him more than anything-until he became the only place she felt safe. After escaping years of abuse, Lina found a fragile kind of peace scrubbing floors in a mercenary's mansion. Quiet, invisible, and broken, she kept her head down and her voice lower. Especially around him. Killian. He kills for a living. He is a powerful, cold-blooded mercenary, a wealthy man who built his empire off blood, fear. He owns a powerful private military company that operates in the shadows, answering only to the highest bidders. He commands killers, closes deals, and never makes mistakes. Until her. A glance. A flinch. A wound she tried to hide. And suddenly, he was watching her closely. Quietly. Like she was a puzzle he didn't mean to touch... but couldn't stop obsessing over. Killian: "You blush like that again, and I swear I'll pin you against this wall just to see how deep it goes." He didn't know how to be soft. She didn't know how to be wanted. But in a house full of violence, he saw her. And he started to change. And soon, she was everywhere in his mind.
TROUBLE | ✔️ by fevergz
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A girl who talks too much. A man who barely speaks. A beginning that already feels like trouble. Isla Bennett has always been easy to read, easy to love, and impossible to silence, drifting through life with a kind warmth. Rafe Costello is the complete opposite, a CEO built on control and silence, someone who keeps his distance because it's easier than letting anyone get close enough to matter. What begins as reluctant proximity between them, slowly turns into something neither of them can seem to stay away from. But the question is.. how does a man who trusts nothing learn to trust someone like her? And how does a girl who feels everything, handle the one person she cannot quite figure out? ------------------------------------------------------------------ He shook his head slightly. But lifted his arm anyway. She spun again, laughing louder this time, and when she looked back at him he was watching her carefully. He muttered quietly under his breath. "You're trouble." Isla blinked at him, before soon smiling with a wide grin. "I'll take that as a compliment." ------------------------------------------------------------------ -SEQUEL TO 'MR.SERIOUS'-
My Mr. Perfect, Imperfect [Perfect Series, Book 1] by Madinah_Writes
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"Love is friendship that has caught fire. It settles for less than perfection and makes allowances for human weakness." - Ann Landers. *** While gardening outside her school, Sapphire Blac, a kind-hearted elementary teacher, saves a strange old man from death-unaware he's her fairy godfather. Grateful, he repays her with an unusual gift: his arrogant grandson, Jade Alejandro, the 32-year-old CEO of Blue Bird Hotel and a magnet for bad luck. Charming yet temperamental, Jade is a storm Sapphire never saw coming. Can she tame the bossy CEO, or will his chaos turn her life upside down? Dive into this whirlwind of clashing personalities and unexpected sparks-where blessings and curses blur, and nothing is as it seems. THIS STORY IS MINE AND SOLELY MINE. DO NOT COPY AND PASTE MY WORK ANYWHERE OR BY ANY MEANS. IF YOU DO, I WILL TAKE LEGAL ACTION AGAINST YOU. ALL PICTURES HERE AREN'T MINE. THEY BELONG TO THEIR RIGHTFUL OWNERS. Word Count:- [150,000-200,000 words] Cover Credit:- @Meha-k Madinah_Writes Copyright ©2021
My Enemy's Bride by luvvdaynight
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Sierra Quinn never planned on becoming anyone's wife-especially not Atticus Varyn's. He's cold, calculating, and the last man she'd ever trust. But when a contract forces her into a fake marriage with her enemy, she discovers the truth he keeps hidden behind locked doors: two children who look at her like she's the first warmth they've seen in years. Atticus Varyn doesn't want a wife. He wants control. Stability. A mother figure for the son who won't speak and the daughter who trusts no one. Sierra was supposed to be temporary. A solution. A lie. But the longer she stays in his house, the more dangerous the truth becomes-because enemies shouldn't feel this much like home.
Sold to the Shadow Alpha by ZackDock
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Nia is nothing but a "runt" in the eyes of her pack. As a half-wolf, half-human outcast, she has lived her entire life as an abused servant to her cruel uncle. When his gambling debts spiral out of control, he does the unthinkable: he sells her at a terrifying, underground supernatural auction. She expects to be bought as a slave-or worse. But the bidding comes to a dead halt when the heavy doors crash open, and a living legend walks in. Alpha Kade. Known across the continent as "The Butcher." He is the ruthless ruler of the frozen North, a heavily scarred warlord who is said to have no heart and leaves no survivors. Kade drops an untouchable fortune to claim Nia, dragging her away to his isolated, icy fortress. Terrified, Nia believes she has just been sold to a monster who will tear her apart. But the terrifying Alpha doesn't throw her in a dungeon. Instead, he gives her the most luxurious suite in the castle, orders his staff to feed her like royalty, and snaps the arm of a guard who dares to look at her with disrespect. Soon, Nia discovers the shocking truth: The Alpha didn't buy a slave. He smelled his Fated Mate on the auction block. And now, the monster she thought would destroy her is standing right in front of her, ready to burn the entire world to the ground and annihilate anyone who has ever dared to hurt her.