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Unexpected Future! by background21
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We think and we expect! We do this both a lot and without these there is not much to do. Will there be any action without expecting a future from it? If so, then that is amazing. However, it is not in most people's worlds. And mainly in four people's world who had this vivid description of expectations for their futures, but ended up with another vivid unexpected futures. Everything was simple from the beginning in their own perspectives, but it was not from the beginning in real sense and it keeps on moving far away from simple with each moment and in the end turns the lives upside down but not the four people's because one of them got what they want but still went with the flow like an innocent. With that confusion, misconceptions arise and secrets will be revealed along with a clearance of misunderstandings and what not. It all seems to be too much of a trap, but what can anyone do when they really got trapped by the destiny or is it something else. All this can either be described as "What is meant to be always finds a way" or as "Karma is really a bitch"... Let's see what can be the perfect description...
A Sicilian Marriage [PUBLISHED] by sweetblunch
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"Let's get married!" Rafe Moretti never thought that the woman drinking alone in a certain bar in London would say those words to him so casually. His instinct told him to ignore the woman's offer and focus on his problem. But series of events happened that fateful night and the paparazzi caught them together entering Rafe's hotel building. The last thing he wanted was another scandal attached to his name. He wants to clear the issue as soon as possible but the woman has other plans. She's dead set on marrying him, she even offers to save his family's business if Rafe would marry her in return. Now he wanted to know what's her agenda behind her marriage proposal. And he would uncover it one step at a time.
The Orsini Bride by sweetblunch
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Italian playboy billionaire Marco Orsini has a dilemma. With the ultimatum to either marry or get disinherited, he must now find himself a wife before his grandfather's birthday--and he entrusts his fate on one woman to find him the perfect bride. ********** Twenty-nine-year-old Francesa Marcolini never expected that the day will come when the handsome yet hateful playboy billionaire Marco Orisini would barge into her office and announce that he needs a wife. Despite being a teacher of etiquette and personality development, Francesa had no intention of becoming the matchmaker for this arrogant Italian no matter how determined he is for her help. But to Francesca's horror, she finds herself on that very job! Cover design by Holly Thurston
Ruby's Secret by sweetblunch
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When the prodigal heiress comes home kept secrets were surely be revealed in a matter of time... At eighteen, Ruby St. Clair had run away from home and never bothered coming back again. After her parent's tragic death the rebellious heiress had stayed away from the public eyes. Now six years later, she exchanged her glamorous lifestyle into serving tables. She was contented with the simple flow of her life. But an encounter with Roman Vasquez had turned her perfect life upside down, before she knew what was happening she found herself married to the Spanish billionaire! Now that she realized the mistake she made. She's once again on the run. But this time back on the place she once called home.
Lucia and the Bodyguard by sweetblunch
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When someone comes back in your life without notice... Lucia Salazar, a world's renowned fashion designer thought she had everything in life. Fame, wealth, and a string of suitors who wants to win her favor. But she still remained distant to the rest of the world guarding her heart zealously. Success comes with danger. She recently found out that she had a stalker who was obsessed with her. Despite her protest, her brother and his wife hired a bodyguard to protect her all the time. Much to her horror, the man they hired was no other than the man who can set her heart into a gallop. Lucia would not let him enter her life again not after his disappearing act before but he's still as stubborn as she remembered him. Now she doesn't know what's more dangerous her stalker or her new bodyguard?
The Substitute Bride by sweetblunch
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Sicilian heiress Laila Fiorenza is ordered by her strict father to meet the Greek billionaire fiancé of her runaway twin sister in her stead in order to keep the Fiorenza's prestige intact. But can this prim and proper princess truly shoulder this sham of an arrangement as a substitute bride? *** The sweet and lovely Laila Fiorenza was groomed to be a perfect lady by her prestigious and noble Sicilian family. But what happens when she is given a task of a lifetime by her own father--to pretend to be her rebel twin sister and meet Nikos Pallis, the fiancé of the runaway Leila? Can she truly adjust from her sheltered life in the old town in Sicily for bustling New York as a substitute bride? Cover design by Rayne Mariano
Sapphire's Vow by sweetblunch
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What would the divorce heiress do if she's constantly crossing paths with her ex-husband lately? Sapphire St. Clair always dreamt of fairytales that's why when the Greek hotel tycoon, Loukas Spiridakou, swept off her feet she thought they going to have their own happily ever after. But she must know better that there's no such thing as real-life fairytales. Their marriage only lasted one year before they call it a quit. Now two years after their divorce Sapphire somehow gets over their separation and is ready to move on with her life without the only man she'd ever loved. But how can she forget their all-consuming desire for one another when lately everywhere she turns it seems that her gorgeous ex is there.
Amethyst's Scandal by sweetblunch
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She came from a wealthy family but rumors are still lingering about the mysterious father of her love-child... Amethyst St. Clair's life is complete with her son but until now everyone still wonders who is the father of her child, her cunning grandfather had managed to marry off two of her sisters in less than six months. Now her dear old granddad is keeping eye on her if she didn't know better she's likely the next target of Daniel St. Clair's matchmaking. Amethyst doesn't want another man in her life again one mistake from her past is more than enough to teach her a lesson. But a request from her grandfather brings her to Italy and comes face-to-face with the father of her son! Franco Calvetti is still as gorgeous as she remembered only now he's more powerful than ever. What will happen if he finds out about the son she kept from him all these years?
His Untamed Heart by sweetblunch
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He desperately wants to escape his birthright... Enzo Fiorenza doesn't want to have anything to do with his powerful family. After his parents' death, he feels that he doesn't fit in anymore that's why he threw himself in the army to make use of his worthless life despite his uncle's protest. But his life was about to change when death nearly caught up with him once again making him lose his memory but this might just be this wary soldier need right now a fresh start to find a reason to live. She desperately wants to save her birthright... Willow Kinsella doesn't want to lose her family ranch due to a huge debt her father left behind after his death. She's doing everything to save the ranch it doesn't help the fact that her ex-boyfriend slash owner of the neighboring ranch is pressuring her to sell her land to him. She would die first before selling her beloved ranch. But one night she found a wounded stranger in the forest with no memories of his past. Will he be the one who will save her from all of her problems or perhaps just another man who would bring heartache in her already shattered heart?