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WINDFALL | TOM BLYTH by sliquee
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Graduating from Julliard School on the verge of a worldwide pandemic, Tom catches one of the last flights out of JFK back to England and spends the next twelve months at his mother's Nottingham home. Throughout this time, the apartment across the hall sits quietly empty. No one has been seen or heard heading in or out, and their letterbox brims with advertisement pamplets and pizza vouchers. Tom knew that their neighbour Ms. White passed on not long after he left for New York City. His mother reported that Ms. White's daughter, who was living with her boyfriend at the time, no longer appeared in the vicinity soon after. Although his mother claims that movers were never spotted, Tom has little reason not to believe that his childhood sitter has long since moved on. He doesn't harbour high hopes of seeing her again, until he returns from a grocery run to sunlight spilling into his corridor through an opened door that isn't his own. Surprise and curiosity lengthen his already longer-than-normal strides, but when he gets to the threshold, he is compelled into something he has never done before: pause. Tom used to run in and out of this place as free as the wind when he was a boy. He spent so much time in 5A that it was as though he lived here instead of next door. He knows the flat like the back of his hand, and nothing seems to have changed. A golden mantel clock bearing a rotating pendulum still sits atop the foyer console; daisy-printed curtains still hang before the windows. He feels sixteen all of a sudden, faced with the familiar decor and staring at what he is certain is the back of Lottie's head. The only difference between now and when he was sixteen? She's not on her feet. She can no longer be on her feet. --------------- 𝐚 𝐭𝐨𝐦 𝐛𝐥𝐲𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐮𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐚𝐭, 𝟏𝟎𝐩𝐦 𝐠𝐦𝐭+𝟖
SPECTRE ➸ Daniel Atlas by Anne_x26
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"Those who don't believe in magic will never find it." Cards Mentalism Escaping Art Eye Tricks and Magic. A story of five street magicians, who turn into the famous Five Horsemen. Genevie Fern, a street magician who performs tricks and illusions on the streets of Seattle. Called to New York by the mythical society 'The Eye', she meets four people who perform the art similar as her, if not the same: J. Daniel Atlas, Henley Reeves, Merritt McKinney and Jack Wilder. This is the story of the five street magician, The Five Horsemen. {Now You See Me Fanfic} {Daniel Atlas x female OC}
Destined To Be by leiiii403
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She was infatuated with a boy who was mysterious and dark, holding the most reliably darkest of dark secrets. And yet, aware of the warning signs in front of her, she still decidedly trespasses. ✧ ∞ ✧ Chaos, chaos, and more chaos. That was the life of Aurora Brown. While studying in the world of fashion full-time, working part-time in a hardware store and attempting to take care of her monthly rent, Aurora's life just kept getting wilder by the minute. Starting her third year of college, Aurora has just about had enough of her hectic life and was more than happy to skip to the good part. Adoring a college-star basketball player boyfriend on her arm---who is becoming less interesting and more obnoxious by the day---Aurora also now has to fit in another class in order to pass her finals this semester. A business studies class that appears to take place at nightfall. Among all the other things in her own drowning universe, Aurora recently encounters a mysterious boy she's never seen before, who happens to be attending her new night class. With the aura of something dark, but appearing to have something darker hiding behind a pair of even darker eyes, she was utterly and utmost intrigued with this man. And, as sad as it seemed to be, she couldn't help but feel the dead stars in her soul finally illuminate with a flame. Something almost 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚.
My Billionaire Cure by Selenabanford
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"Are you okay?" The three words he fell for. The three words he wanted to hear. The three words that cured him. ____________________ Marcus Anderson is a cold hearted billionaire entangled in his dark past. He is perfect to the eye but broken underneath. Family is not something he believes in. He prefers to bear the pain alone until one day he saw the light at the end of the dark tunnel. Camilla Graham is a successful billionaire with a warm heart filled with love and care. Family is everything she believes in. Little did she know that her smile, her jokes, her kindness brings light to the most darkest soul. She doesn't need a prince to save her. She shines among those who never believed she could. Even among those with the most coldest hearts. A contract marriage brought them together. Never had they thought that their fates would change.
Selcouth  by anglzx7
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*COMPLETED* Kiara Rivera has never been able to stand her brother's best friend, Damien Stone. Not when they were young kids. Not when they were rivals in high school. And also not now that, in their second year of college, she has to move to his school. All she wanted was being drama free and have a normal year with her best friend. But Stone has different plans and he always gets what he wants. - • - • - • - • - • - • - • "He's pretty, is he your boyfriend?" "No, we can't really stand each other." "I wouldn't bring food to someone I can't stand." - • - • - • - • - • - • - • "it's one of the best enemies to lovers i have ever read, i really recommend it, their love is really cute and the hole story had me giggling and kicking my feet" - @amoacaii - • - • - • - • - • - • - • #1 IN ENEMIES #1 IN HUMOUR #1 IN OFFLIMITS #1 IN POPULAR #1 IN NO STRINGS ATTACHED
Loving Rory  by dadaareads
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What did I do to end up in this situation? A marriage I had no say in, to a man I've never met before. I didn't even know his name... until the moment my world crumbled. I'm paying for an accident I never should have been part of, an accident that stole everything from me, even the ability to breathe. Now, I'm trapped in this forced marriage with a stranger, with no way out. He's a man I barely know, and yet I can't say no. I'm bound by the circumstances, caught in the web of his world, and I can't escape. But maybe, in time, I'll learn to survive this... and perhaps, even find something I never expected. ♡︎♡︎♡︎ Aurora D'Angelo, an Italian mafia princess, is trapped in an arranged marriage with a man colder than stone. She doesn't want him, she hates him, yet could time turn their forced union into something more?
Forever Yours ✔️ by jordanmwrites
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Reign Henderson is well known in Rochester for his wealthy parents. He's a typical spoiled, rich mid-twenty year old, who doesn't have to worry about anything financially. At least, that's how the world sees him, but not Stella. Stella Moore is a single mother who is trying to make a name for not only herself, but her five year old daughter. She's heard of the Henderson's and the rumors that go around, but that doesn't change her feelings for Reign. With each challenge they face and every obstacle that comes their way, he's determined to be hers - forever. ✨ Ranks: #1 rochester #1 single mother
Falling for the Grinch ✔️ by jordanmwrites
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"Maybe this grump needs some of your Christmas crack." "My what?" I giggled at him. "Don't compare my obsession with drugs please." When he starts to part his mouth a thought pops into my head. I feel all the excitement rush through my body and I'm almost to the point of jumping up and down. My hands suddenly clap together. "That's a great idea!" Rhett quirks up an eyebrow. "Drugs?" ❆ ❆ ❆ When Holly returns home for the holidays, she doesn't expect to meet her parents new neighbor, Rhett. He's arrogant, self-centered, and hates everything about Christmas. But, Holly is determined to change that. Three weeks. That's all she needs. ✨BOOK ONE IN THE FALLING SERIES✨
Hope: A New Adult College Romance by evachauauthor
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PUBLISHED EVERYWHERE BOOKS ARE SOLD ONLINE. ➡️ Get a physical signed copy from my website www.evachauauthor.com ********************** BLURB: In darkness, the only way for love to shine is through...hope. Sweet, kind and strong-headed Ema Mendes moved to London with a goal in mind: to get her degree to become a successful interior designer. That's what she worked her whole life for. Until those mysterious caramel-eyes caught her attention. She knows he's an infuriating distraction, one she swore off. He's her roommate's brother. Her partner in class. The only one who can bring out emotions she's never felt. He continuously shakes her hope in humanity until...he becomes her first love. *** Ruthless, cold and successful Nathaniel Blackburn has all the university's girls at his feet, but after what happened last year he has only one rule: he won't sleep with the same girl more than once. What he wasn't expecting was the lost girl he met on campus to be his sister's roommate. The one who should be off limits. She drives him insane in every way, but is also the reason he's able to sleep well at night. Her hope in the world is something he mocks until...she teaches him the meaning of love. She saw the darkness. He saw the light. They found each other. Hope is a New Adult Contemporary Romance with grumpy/sunshine, roommate's brother, forced proximity, inexperienced/experienced, open-door spice and college tropes.
Rocco by byzahra_xo
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The Costantino Sequel - Featuring Costa, Millie, the twins, and all the Accardi madness readers know and love, ROCCO is a slow-burn, enemies-to-lovers descent into obsession, loyalty, and fire. The Accardi family is back. And this time, it's Rocco's turn. At 30 years old, Rocco Accardi is known for a lot of things-his temper, his recklessness, his complete disregard for consequences. As the future underboss of Sicily's most feared family, he was never meant to feel anything. Until her. Alessia Russo, 26, Palermo's top real estate agent, has spent the past three years keeping things strictly professional. Which is hard to do when your most dangerous client spends every meeting flirting like it's a sport-and you've had a crush on him since day one. He's chaos. She's control. Their relationship was never meant to cross the line. But one wrong step-and everything spirals. Rocco doesn't know how to love. But he knows how to destroy. And once he decides she's his, he'll burn the city before he lets her go. Something is coming. And nothing will be the same after it hits.