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Sun Child  |✔| by world_joy_
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Lexie is not a warrior. In fact, Lexie is a painter. Her hands are always covered in paint. Never coming off. Always there. For Lexie, painting is an escape. An escape from her pain. She paints to avoid the darkness that is in her soul. She paints to avoid looking at the bleeding wound inside her chest. She paints. To forget. But then Lexie meets someone. Her mate. He also hides a dark anger inside him. An anger at everything and the world around him. When two souls collide, how do you fix each other? Atlas isn't looking for a mate. He's seen the effect of women within his life, and how cruel they can be. But then he meets someone. Someone he doesn't want to meet. A painter soul. And a warrior's heart. How will the two collide? ***Note this can be read as a stand-alone story. Moon Child can be found on world_joy_ bio page - feel free to read it to get other characters background story. Highest rank #1 in werewolf Thank you for reading Copyright: ©Joy (world_joy_) All rights reserved
The Abandoned Lady  by LilyCane
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Lady Amelia Grey is too rich, too quiet and very insecure. In a society where impressions and arranged marriages are popular, Amelia needs a husband. When she miraculously marries the oh-so-handsome Lord Pierce, he can't stand the sight of her! However, when Amelia is abandoned by her husband of two days, everything changes and when he returns, nothing is the same, including Amelia. Will it be second time lucky for Lady Amelia and Lord Pierce?
Unexpected Hope  (Book 2 in the Red Valley series) by amysturges
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This is the second book but it can be read independently. Disowned by his family and trapped into a loveless marriage Levi Matthews thought his life is over. The one bright spot is his beautiful daughter. Then his wife dies suddenly freeing him, or so he thought. Now he's a single father fighting to keep his daughter and the only way is to remarry. Deciding that he wants a marriage in name only he places an ad for a mail order bride. Hope Saunders is from a well to do family in Savannah Georgia that has fallen on hard times due to her father's gambling. She learns that she is to be married off to pay for her father's debts. Her fiance is a cold heartless man that has already buried two healthy wives and she has no intentions of being the third. Hope decides to take control of her own fate and answers an ad for a mail order bride. But is she making the right decision? She knows nothing of the man placing the ad except that he is a widower with a little girl and he lives out west. At least she was making her own decisions and being a romantic at heart she could only hope that she would find love with this stranger.
The Unexpected Nanny  by JeniRaeD
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Story is published on Amazon (kindle and paperback) Smashwords, and more! When Antonio Russo's wife was dying of breast cancer, he went to an agency looking to hire a live in nanny for their twin girls. After many interviews and the children not caring for any of the women he had been being interviewing, he was beginning to lose hope. Antonio happened to stop in a restaurant with the kids one day after hearing bad news about his wife, their waitress named Sadie Hart could sense something was wrong, she spoke with Antonio and his girls and was very sincere towards them after he told her what was going on. She took a liking to his children, and the children really liked her. Antonio liked how she interacted with his kids and gave her an offer she couldn't refuse, giving her his number and asking her to think about becoming their nanny. Antonio's wife Harlow, passed away after a year of battling cancer. He became lost, not himself and didn't think he could live his life without her. He starting avoiding his kids, leaving the kids with the nanny and either not coming home at night or coming home late after everyone was asleep. Sadie had enough of Antonio not spending time with his kids, and wanted to confront him, letting him know that his kids were hurting too, and that he needed to be there for them as well. After confronting him, and having her talk with him, Antonio surprised her with a passionate kiss. After spending a lot of time with the nanny, his feelings for her grew stronger. With her being on a date with Ethan made him think about things. Later that night sparks flew between them and ended up having a full night of heated passion. After that night they knew things would never be the same. Do they fall in love or end things after their one pure night of passion? Little did they know, someone had already chosen their future. Did her plan work? Credit for cover made by https://selfpubbookcovers.com/FrozenStar
Perfectly Flawed (re-writing) by booklovertash
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#4 in General Fiction- Alex has not had the easiest life. After losing the love of his life he was forced to cope with not only her death, but his newborn son that came form that tragic, yet beautiful day. Being a single father is never easy, especially when you have an energetic 2 year old son and working as a marketing director for one of the largest companies in the world. Alex's job is gruelling and high demanding that takes up most of his time. Between juggling work and his son Aiden, Alex's life is constantly busy, as he tries to keep everything together and provide for his son. With a family pushing for him to settle down, and a boss demanding more from him each day, Alex finds love at the most unlikely times. So follow Alex and his son Aiden in their day to day struggles of their perfectly flawed life.
Love Rush (LarssonSiblingSeries#4) by HTEllis
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BOOK FOUR. DUE FOR MAJOR EDIT Levi Larsson is keeping a secret from his family. The late nights and early mornings aren't spent with some girl. No. He's trying his best to give back to the community. Working at the local homeless shelter, he only expected to feel happiness at bringing light to the people who needed it most. What he didn't expect to happen was in doing his good will, he ended up finding who he really wanted to be in life. Living in your brothers shadows isn't easy. Levi wants people to notice him, feeling trapped in his silver spoon lifestyle. And, the other thing keeping him there? Tilly McQueen. No stranger to the hard life, Tilly has climbed her way through many curveballs, coming out the end a stronger person. At seventeen she found herself homeless, alone and in danger of a breakdown. Nowhere to go, she slept rough, giving into the temptations of sin to make the pain go away. Addiction. Sex. Pure agony. She saw no light at the end of the tunnel. Until, a six foot seven, blonde, bearded giant crashed his way into her life, stealing her heart. Tilly's good at keeping secrets too. Big bad ones that could destroy everything her and Levi share. Love Rush is the fourth book in the Larsson Sibling Series. Please read the other books for some plot lines to make sense. Thank you 💓 Reading order: Love in the Dark, A Lazy Love, Protecting Love and Love Rush. TRIGGER WARNING: Love Rush contains references to adult themes such as drugs, sexual behaviour and overdoses.
The Lonely King | Ongoing [New Edition] by shevvie
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"Ignore their stares, they do nothing but remind you that you are alive." When Alexandra Knight was offered a rare scholarship to attend the most prestigious boarding school in Europe, she didn't have to think twice before accepting it. It doesn't take long for her schoolmates to notice that she is different from them, and Alexandra quickly becomes the centre of attention when she runs, quite literally, into the most popular boy in school- just not in a good way. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • THE ROYALS SERIES, pt.1 Copyrighted.
'Ex' Of The Billionaire by rutuhaste
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Sophiana or Sophie for short was married to the one and only heir of 'Black Co.' the leading computer hardware making industries, Jared Black for 2 years. But her life was not so awesome for a "billionaire wide". She had caught her husband cheating more than 1 time. She was so blinded in love with him, to much so whenever he would say he is sorry and wont do it again she would believe him in the second instant. But when she caught him cheating for 8th time, that so on her 2nd wedding anniversary she couldn't forgive him this time. So she just left him. That night she was so broken she didn't realised where she was going. She ended in an old messy bar, completely drunk and then in the bed of a stranger which after that became an important factor of her life. After 5 years everything is just perfect in her life with her 3 precious. But what will happen when she had to face her past again? What will she do when her past wants her back?
She Belongs To The King | ✓ by crystal5466
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"She's hot." "Yeah, I know. I'm kinda jealous..." "I'm gonna ask her out." "Are you crazy? You're asking for a death wish." "What's so wrong with me asking her out?" "Everything! You just can't." "Why!?" "Because she belongs to the king." - Mia White was just an ordinary girl that walked the face of earth. She was who people looked up to. She had good grades, was the kindest person you'd ever meet, and was breathtakingly beautiful. Everyone in ClearHills Academy loved her. But, there were also some who feared and despised her. Some people hated Mia because she was known as 'little miss perfect' and because she was claimed by the one who practically owned everything. Besides her best friend, Sarah, not many people approached her. Most people feared that if they were to do something wrong, it would anger him. And that was the last thing people wanted. Ace King was someone not to mess with. His father owns a powerful company that he would soon take over. He was what parents told their kids not become. He was the bad boy of ClearHills Academy. Ever since Ace first laid eyes on her as kids, she was what he wanted most. Mia was the only person who he'd drop on his knees and bow down to, she was the only person he cared not to be feared by. She was the only who could tame him. - "What is it dear? Do you want something else?" his mother asked, looking down to see his attention focused on something. Or rather, someone. "Her," he said, pointing at a girl, sitting on a small wooden stool with a book in her hands. "I want her." - ❝Everyone knows she belongs to him.❞ - WARNING [ contains mature language ] Highest Ranking #1 - 01/27/18 | Billionaire #1 - 02/01/18 | Romance STARTED on November 7, 2017