Unfinished Stories
123 stories
How to be a Housemaid by gingerbread250
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[Completed] New Highest Ranking #7 in Historical Fiction: After a shaky past of arranged marriages and abuse, Millicent Thorne decides to start anew away from the life she used to know. To escape her past life, Millicent signs up for a job as a housemaid on the estate owned by Mr. Theodore Ashton. Can Millicent change her life for the better, or will her past finally catch up with her and ruin her hard work forever? Book Cover Copyright- © Victoria Davies/ Trevillion Images Highest Rankings #61- August 16 #21- August 19 #8- August 20 #14- August 22 #7- October 10
Gingerbread Bride by JudeKnight
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This novella is the first story in my series The Golden Redepennings. Lieutenant Rick Redepenning has been saving his admiral's intrepid daughter from danger since their formative years, but today, he faces the gravest of threats-the damage she might do to his heart. How can he convince her to see him as a suitor, not just a childhood friend? Travelling with her father's fleet has left Mary Pritchard ill-prepared for London Society, and prey to the machinations of false friends. When she strikes out on her own to find a more suitable locale to take up her solitary spinsterhood, she finds adventure, trouble, and her girlhood hero, riding once more to her rescue.
Beauty's Mirror- Paranormal Regency Beauty and the Beast by RoseFairbanks
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Leo Sundridge, Third Duke of Erroll, always knew no one could love him. His mother, father, wife. He could live with that...until his wife suddenly cursed to find true love or die. Arabella Beauley secretly longs for adventure while tirelessly serving her family following her mother's death. Escapades in a haunted castle more than meet her expectations when she becomes governess to a Duke's child. Who rescues who in this new Beauty and the Beast tale?
Duby's Doctor by IrisChacon2
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Winner The Crystal Awards 2016, Best Multimedia Story (3d Place). A spinster doctor rents her spare room to a brain-damaged patient who doesn't know he is a former undercover agent targeted for execution by a powerful criminal. ~o~ ~o~ ~o~ John Doe remembers nothing of his life before waking up in the hospital. He doesn't know he was a dangerous man, and he somehow has survived assassination by even more dangerous men. He doesn't even know how to speak English, or read, or count. Even after his body heals, he will need long-term supervision and care to re-learn how to live. Dr. Mitchell Oberon has been married to her surgical work for too long. So, she resists being attracted to a brain-damaged patient with the body of Adonis and the mind of a child. Agent Frank Stone, of Homeland Security, forces the doctor to take John Doe into her own home while he recovers. Stone, who knows John Doe's past history well, says it's not safe to send him back to the place he lived before he was "killed" by his enemies. If it ever becomes known that John survives, his foes will make sure he doesn't live long. Mitchell tries to protect her heart while she protects the innocent John from a hostile world. As they live together, the two begin to teach one another how to live. Hopefully, they'll also learn how not to die -- because they'll soon be betrayed into the hands of murderers.
The Secret Bride by ElysseMcKenna
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~HIGHEST RANK #15~ When Charlotte's father dies, she travels to London to seek employment, to save her family from destitution. Once hired temporaryly by the wealthy and ill Lady Wellington, Charlotte becomes curious about her only son, Edmund who joined the militia several years prior without returning home until Charlotte writes him a letter telling him of his mother's failing health. It isn't long until Lady Wellington begins playing matchmaker in hopes of finding a bride for her son to no avail. When suddenly Charlotte receives a letter from her mother telling her that her brother was injured in an accident and can no longer farm the land. Charlotte terrified of her family's welfare announces that she must return home to help her family possibly move. Once Charlotte returns home she gets a distressing letter that sends her back to the Wellington Estate . When she returns Edmund proposes unexpectedly, offering a marriage of convenience, which seems to be the answer her families prayers until a secret is discovered that could destroy everything that she holds dear. Copyright © 2016 by Elysse McKenna All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law.
Tale as Old as Time by ImperfectAngels
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To protect their kingdom, Elise's father married her off to their enemies prince. Terrified of the legends she's heard about the Bears, Elise is shocked to find her fiancé to be sweet, honest, handsome Thomas. Despite his monstrous other half, Thomas introduces Elise to a world she never imagined entering. Until a tragic accident occurs back in Elise's home and her brother makes a deal to take his sister away from the Bears kingdom and Thomas forever. With inspiration from Beauty and the Beast, Elise must choose who to save and who to betray.
The Scandalous Wedding by crazygal88
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She knew that this marriage was nothing but a business deal. A deal which she had to agree to, upon obligation. For her parents, family legacy and of course the million dollar business empire. She knew he didn't love her, he didn't desire her, there were probably millions of other willing women he took home daily. And she also knew what kind of a man-slut he is, but still, she couldn't help it. Falling for her husband. He didn't want to give up his bachelorhood yet. He was too young for that. He didn't need a wife, or a marriage, never did and never will. He didn't believe in 'one woman man' concept. But he couldn't help it. Whenever she smiled at him, or the way her eyes light up every time he did something minimalist for her. Her kindness, childishness, her pure heart, everything pulled him towards her like a magnet. He was falling for her. Hard. Though there was love, fire and passion, they couldn't bring themselves to each other. Why? What's the reason they couldn't embrace each other? Read the story to find out.
The Monarch ( Fated Series: Book 2 - Completed ) by steamyhot
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After a barren mating that had lasted just shy of two years, Avery is hell bond on living a life away from power hungry bastards. And if she can help someone along the way, she would gladly make that extra effort. Finally managing to be in charge of her own life, she reaches out helping others overcome the difficulties of losing a mate, no matter the consequences. It doesn't come as a surprise, when she finds herself running a shelter for recently widowed or battered she-wolves. Only one thing remains a hardship: raising so many pups without the strong, tough, manly supervision. The small group of she-wolves and pups increases in numbers and becomes a movement that no longer can be underestimated or constricted in the limits of her childhood home. In times of uncertainty and opposition, with Alphas threatening to overrun their little establishment, Avery has no choice but to venture out of her comfort zone in the search of the combat instructor who could teach basic survival skills to the cubs. If what she fears ever becomes a reality, she would be glad that they would stand a chance in the power-struggle, where Enforces are nothing but a brute force to achieve the goals of power-hungry Alphas. Naively planning to secure the perfect combat instructor, Avery does not leave a room to account for nature that comes at her with a full swing. Winter storm and dreaded coldness that soaks the life out of her make her prioritize the help for a rabid-looking stray. After dealing with his biological father Pablo Alvarez, Jonathan Graves finally freefalls into the rage and darkness. They call it being berserk. For Jon - it is a nightmare. When he finally wakes up from it, he is taken in by opinionated, frustrating she-wolf, who nurtures him back to life, only to give him the boot. Or so she thinks, as Jon is dead set on picking his own time to depart! When Jon meets Avery, the heavens roar as the Monarch and the Rogue discover more than they had initially bargained for.
Lycans Silver by roxann_season
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Kiley Hayes has been watching her sister and mate around her, loving one another while she ached. But after the Luna steps in she stopped caring, stopped longing for the boy that was never hers. But when she gets a second chance, will she end up having to fight for this second mate as well?
The Painter's Apprentice by AdelynAnn
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[This story is now FREE] Florette moves to Versailles, only to discover a group of Fae are destroying France. Allying with the battled-scarred Destan, she has to save the kingdom. ***** Florette, a painter's apprentice, is finally welcomed to the palace of Versailles. Ready to work, she notices that several of the courtiers are too beautiful to be human. Soon a battle-scarred warrior, Destan, tells her the truth: a faction of Fae have left the faerie and are slowly destroying the French monarchy. Determined that France must not fall, Florette is forced to use her skill to smuggle messages about the Fae inside her own paintings. Can she trust the rugged warrior at her side? And can Florette save France from creatures beyond mortal control?