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The Devil Wears Okrika  by bohemianpengame
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Young maidens are being raped and murdered in Amaife. The killer always leaves behind a souvenir: A torn piece of 'okrika' clothe. The once peaceful community is thrown into chaos; the masses are provoked, the elders are clueless, families are scared and the gods of the land seem powerless to stop the murders. A young team arrives from the city for a week long crusade and the young evangelists meet the village in a state of emergency. The leader, a young pastor named Osi meets Amara, a beautiful, intelligent girl and they develop feelings for each other as they try to solve the crime(s) The killer is a member of the community; very intelligent, cunning and dangerous but who? Who could be behind such gruesome acts? Surely not a man but a devil. And beautiful Amara is his next target.....
The Lady Who Sinned by greenwriter
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Banished for five years, Lady Belinda Carrington returns to Willowfair, claiming to know things one would find impossible to believe. With her tainted reputation, can Belinda make Town Guard McKenzie Haverston help her in her pursuit of the truth? *** After her banishment five years ago, Belinda Carrington returns with secrets and tales too impossible to believe. But something in her lies makes McKenzie Haverston desperate for the truth... When Belinda shows up in McKenzie's home asking for protection in return for important information on a case he's working on, he rejects her. But when he learns where she had been banished after her great scandal five years ago, he finds himself striking a deal with the woman-he protects her, she gives him answers. The question now is: how true is her tale? She was once considered the fairest of them all, but one scandal later, she has become the most reviled. And she is also being hunted. If Belinda wants to stay alive, she has to start trusting McKenzie Haverston, a task she finds to be surprisingly easy to do. However, as the truth of the past begins to resurface, and the secrets of her scandal is revealed, Belinda is confronted by her own demons, causing her to doubt her own reality. Trigger warnings: abuse, violence, mental trauma, sexual assault, mental health illness
The Pirate's Lady (Spies of London #1) by shreya07
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James Richardson, Earl of Winchester, has returned home to London, after seven years of sailing as a privateer. His travels have been cut short by the death of his father, making him the new Earl. But in order to keep the title , James must marry within a month . This is the task set by his father, stemming from his dislike for his only child. But after meeting the hordes of simpering debutantes, he believes the task in front of him to be impossible. But he didn't count on meeting Olivia Wynter....... Olivia , the daughter of the Duke of Ashforth, is no blushing debutante. At the age of twenty-two, she is still unmarried , but not for lack of suitors. The truth is that Olivia is fed up of the dandies and rakehells who are after her , trying to impress her with their titles and wealth, when all she wants is a man who will match her in wits and should even be a bit dangerous. But when she meets James, can she break through his shell to reach the man underneath? Read on to discover how a passionate lady reaches into the unsuspecting heart of a fearless pirate....
Escape From The Sun by kitsumiekat
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When I first arrived in South Korea and was introduced to Korean dramas, books and was taught how to read, I could not understand why people would argue over little things such as being late for what they would call a date. I did not ge why there were wives who would fault their husbands for getting the wrong thing off the grocery list, or why would husbands risk losing what they had by cheating or infidelity. I did not get all of this, because I was brought up in a nation with no choice. Not that I knew it back then. After all, our nation was made to believe that we were the most prosperous of nations, who had the best leader in the world. He was revered, and so was his father and grandfather, like gods in our eyes. They still are. People that do not get the upbringing I did in my land do not understand how it is like to live not knowing where your next meal would come from, to know only the edicts and commands of one person. To know that whatever you speak, think, say, right or even suggest, may be held against you. That it may mean your death sentence. I appreciate everything I have today, because I know what it is like to be told that you have everything, when in actual fact you have naught. Let me tell you how it is like, so you'll understand why my husband and I never fight. Because we have greater demons to fight, then to argue amongst ourselves. Because we know that despite all of the little nuances which may irritate and annoy each other, we have fought together to get the greatest gift we could ever have gotten - the freedom to choose. My name is Song Suu Ji, and let me tell you the story of how we escaped to the sun. ---- DISCLAIMER: **PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS A WORK OF FICTION**
Lady Griffith's Second Chance by QuenbyOlson
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Seven years have passed since Regan lost the love of her life. During that time, she found solace raising her three children, sequestering herself in the country and away from the talk and bustle of society. But now her eldest daughter is beginning her own search for a husband, and Regan finds herself drawn back into the public eye after so many - too many - years away. She meets Thomas Cranmer, a young - too young - and handsome gentleman who should have his attentions focused on other women, women lacking the age and grief she earned as a widow and mother. Yet he seeks her out, winning her over with his smiles and wit, reminding her of what it is to be a woman, and a desirable one at that. But when secrets are revealed and her respectability threatened, Regan discovers there is life beyond grief, and that perhaps it is possible to find love a second time...
The Bride Price by QuenbyOlson
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To save her family from scandal, Emily Collicott must marry. Ruined in her first season in London, she is given no choice but to wed her father's pick for a husband, or be cast out from her home. Emily agrees to marry William Hazlitt, a man she hardly knows. But William remembers her. Growing up as a tenant on her father's estate, he admired her from afar, their lives kept separate first by class, and then by loss. Emily seeks to begin a new life with this quiet man to whom she finds herself wedded. But the scandal she escaped in London soon finds her again, the very man who destroyed her reputation threatening to tear down the happiness she's found with her new husband. To keep from losing everything, she must either make a deal with a devil... or learn how to destroy one.
Whistleblower ✓ by ToastedBagels
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Whistleblower is now published as a Paperback, and E-book with W by Wattpad Books. As Wattpad reader you can read the original version and get details for Published book inside. ***** A journalism major gets tangled up with the beloved quarterback of her university's football team when she uncovers a scandal involving his coach. ***** Laurel Cates is a people-watcher. She's determined to get through college without stepping on any toes or causing a scene, and so far, it's going pretty well. But when Laurel uncovers a scandal involving the head coach of Garland University's beloved football team, she knows she has to do the right thing. Even if her classmates don't believe her. Even if her boss tries to fire her from the side job she desperately needs. Even if the heart-of-gold quarterback, Bodie St. James, seems hell-bent on hating her for writing the article that got Coach Vaughn put under criminal investigation (a feat which proves difficult when Laurel and Bodie wind up in the same group for a class project in BIO 108: Human Sexuality). ***** (#9 NewAdult, #3 TeenFiction. The Fiction Awards nominee for Best Romance, Best Diverse, and Best Overall. Reader's Choice Award finalist.) © 2020 Kate Marchant
The Firstborn by QuenbyOlson
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Sophia has sacrificed everything for her younger sister, Lucy. She has removed them from the only home they ever knew, taken on the care of Lucy's illegitimate son, George, and even assumed the role of a widow and mother in order to erase all hint of scandal from the boy's birth. But rumor continues to follow them like the darkest of clouds, and Sophia must adapt to her new existence as a false widow with no prospects beyond the doors of her small cottage. Lord Haughton - "Finn" to those close to him - will stop at nothing to prevent the slightest whiff of disgrace from tainting his family's name. When he learns of his younger brother's latest indiscretion-one that leaves a bastard child in his wake-Haughton rushes across the country to offer the boy's mother a comfortable living in exchange for her silence about the child's true parentage. But he arrives only to have his generous offer thrown back in his face by Sophia Brixton, a sharp-tongued and sharper-witted woman who proceeds to toss him out of her house. But just because he is banished from her home does not mean he is so easily banished from her life.
Dracula: A Retelling ✔️ by Freeze_you_out
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A new retelling of NBC's Dracula. Mina has her life changed when she first meets Alexander Grayson in a party. Since the moment she set eyes on him she gets the feeling like she knows him from somewhere and yet she swears she has never met him before that night. But then he starts to appear in her dreams, only he looks different and looks at her with such love and devotion she wakes up conflicted with herself, for in real life she is dating Jonathan Harker, a man she loves. And yet Alexander Grayson intrigues her in ways, no other person ever did. What will happen when she starts realizing the truth about her dreams? Will she accepted and believe it? Or will she ignored it? Dracula travels to London, with dark plans for revenge against those who ruined his life centuries earlier. However, his plan is complicated when he falls in love with a woman who seems to be a reincarnation of his dead wife. But what happens when she starts to remember? Will Dracula continue with his plans? Or will he give it all up to for her? ALL RIGHTS RESERVED TO DRACULA'S NBC (2013) THIS IS THEIR STORY I ONLY CHANGED A LITTLE BIT OF THE NARRATIVE.