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***The wrong girl is sometimes The Right One.*** Charlotte Samuels thought she'd be stuck waiting tables at Marlow's until all her debts are paid off-in about ten thousand years or so. She definitely didn't expect a marriage proposal from the arrogant Brandon Maxfield who was blackmailed by his father to make her his wife if he didn't want his least favorite cousin to run Maxfield Industries. Charlotte's instinct was to say HELL NO! but she's stumped by a few obstacles: 1.) His old man Martin Maxfield is dear to her heart and has been recently deteriorating in health. 2.) She gets a million dollars if she stays married to Brandon for a year. 3.) She would rather like the opportunity to teach the attractive but awfully rude man a few lessons he didn't think he needed from a 'teenage gold-digger' which was his term of endearment for her on their first date-er, business meeting. So what's a girl got to do, right? Sure, she's young and a little rough around the edges but there's something her would-be husband didn't know about her yet-she's nothing like he ever expected. Thrust into the glitzy world a standard-issue Mrs. Maxfield would fit perfectly and rule with impeccable social grace, Charlotte will either have to force herself into the mold or break free of it, risking what little she has left for everything that she can gain. *** Copyright © 2014 by Nina Tippett. All rights reserved. No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior written permission of Nina Tippett. This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Images, music and videos used in the cover art and any of the multimedia content posted in this story are the sole property of their respective owners.

"I promise I won't let anyone hurt you." Izual White is nothing but a hard-core gangster. He fights. He shoots. He kills. So why is he protective over a girl when his job is nothing but to kidnap her and make her answer some questions? A girl that won't even think about pinching someone? A girl that blushes and stutters when a guy looks at her? ...A girl with a weak heart? What can probably happen when Catherine Fletcher finds out her kidnapper's deep dark secrets? His messed up past? ...Love?

There was a time when the king of the human world raged war between humans and dragonkind, forcing their rulers to seal the portal between both worlds and leave the one thing they loved above all else behind. Now, in a land full of turmoil, one huntress learns of her bloodline and how she alone has the ability to harness her dragon's power and save both lands. Will she be able to free the human citizens from their tyrant leader and save her own people from extinction? Or will she fall prey to those wanting to use her powers for their own greed? *Currently working on re-writes of this story. Will be awhile* -3/14/23 *Cover is made by Christina aka Surehuinel from deviantart.com, her work is amazing please check it out http://surehuinel.deviantart.com/

Meet Skye Barker. She pretty, smart, heartbroken, and Adam Barker's little sister. Meet Chace Matthews. He's cocky, gorgeous,a player, and Adam Barker's best friend. Chace has spent years making Skye's life a living hell, but when he comes back after the summer things change. Add in Skye's ex-boyfriend, best friend, and over protective brother and things start to get complicated.

Jessica Beaumont, a total rebel and party animal. Well that is an incident occurs which breaks her already fragile heart to pieces. Ashamed of her, her rich and influencial 'parents' send her away to California. She's completely broken. Joining a new high school in California, she meets a group of populars who accept her straight away. And one of them is especially friendly. Asher D'Cruz, a player and delinquent. Ever since he has set eyes on her, he's wanted Jessica. All his smooth tricks and flirty chat-up lines don't work on this broken beauty. In fact, she does something no girl in his 18 years of existence has never done: she rejects him. But Asher isn't about to let her go that easily. He wants her and he's going to have her. But does she want him? Can he heal her? Will she trust him?

Claire gets on a plane from Florida to go and see her brother, Chris In Raccoon City as her vacation trip. She then bumps into Leon on the way. But Chris, Leon, and Claire have a surprise attack during the night. They head to the countryside village of Raccoon City to find themselves caught in a battle with a vague woman.

Twenty - two year old Aisha Mehra has finally had enough. She decides she needs a break. There's too much going on in her life that she doesn't want. After all, she thinks, she’s already facing nagging parents who desperately want to get married, nosy relatives who keep commenting on her weight and an obnoxious ass of a boss who seems to enjoy making her life hell. So, packing an overnight bag and sneaking out in the middle of the night is what she does. What she doesn't realize is that, this trip is going to give her something that couldn't even dream of. Read ahead to know Aisha's story about her little impromptu trip in her own words.

"She was the girl who longed for the freedom of the dragon, and he was the dragon who longed to be a man." A heroine reclaiming her fate. A dragon with a secret. A prince on a quest. Olivia flees to the forest seeking freedom from her family's demands. She finds refuge in a cave, only to discover it is a dragon's lair. The dragon, Kaden, is not the monster she first thinks him to be. After overcoming her initial fright - of not being eaten - Olivia discovers that the dragon has a gentle heart. Kaden is resigned to loneliness after centuries of wandering the lands. Meeting Olivia brings joy to his solitary life, and never has he dreamed that a young woman would be the one to start the change in him. A storm brews on the horizon. A prince with a handsome face and a cruel heart is on a quest to slay the dragon, and take the throne. He will do whatever it takes to have what he believes is his to own. And now, he has his eyes set on the pretty little maiden from the forest. He will make her his Queen, whether she wants it or not. © by Maya_2011/Maya Starling

The Tallikon Empire is under new rulership. Varkand, the Blind Prophet of the heretical Storm Creed sect, had the Emperor assassinated and claimed the throne for himself, and when the Imperial Order of Mages declared their intent to stand against him, he had them purged. As the last scion of the legendary Order hero Atrim Earthrender, the young apprentice Jonas was expected to be a light of hope for the Order. Instead, he ran away. Ten years later, Jonas has put the purge of the Order behind him, and begun working as an enforcer for a mob boss in the port city of Alemu, but he is torn between his new life and his old one when a mysterious figure known as He Who Treads the Darkness begins urging him to use his magic to resist Varkand again. Varkand's hold on his throne is tenuous - he is crippled by the rituals he uses to extend his life, dealing with plots amongst his nobles, and devoting more and more of his time to the search for immortality, as he knows his time is growing short. With rumors of Empress-in-Exile Talandra Nehriss returning to claim the throne for her dynasty and a new Order forming in the deserts of Herlas, he fears all his work may have been for nothing. He is sustained only by one goal... and that goal is Jonas, with his mysterious ability to access the Banished Way of resurrecting the dead. Nobody can be sure what the fate of the Tallikon Empire will be. What they know is that it will soon be swept up in a great war, and its lands will be cleansed in fire...