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The Mermaid ✔

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When struggling writer, Walter Thripp, is invited to join an old school friend at his summer home in southern Italy on the eve of the first world war, illicit romances blossom, old rivalries run deep and a family secret threatens to destroy the idyll.All Rights Reserved

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Casanova (Minnelli Family Series Book 1) by PatriceStoryteller

Formidable business tycoon Amiri Minnelli was the most gorgeous man in all of Europe. It didn't hurt that he was one of the wealthiest men as well. While on a business tour in the United States, his camp convinces him to get a house sitter. Zipporah St. Victoire is a struggling wedding dress designer. To earn extra coins, she house sits. When a high profile client requests her services, she jumps at the opportunity. Fashion weeks of the world are swiftly approaching and Zippy needs inspiration...fast. Find out what happens when she meets the owner she's house sat for and if she can handle the pressure from him. With her fashion dreams hanging by a floss string, can Zippy make her career take off? The sequel is A Whole New World, Antonio's story. Originally written May 2, 2018 Revisions began January 10, 2019

The Key To His Heart | Book One by Iamthebest248

Eleanor had it all. She came from a powerful family, held money, a title. Now she has lost it to no fault of hers. It seemed she couldn't lose anything more, but she spoke too early. Her life now belonged to her new monarch. Lord Blackburn-Hanover. The man was the devil himself. Set on one goal and one goal only. To destroy her. An easy task when spoken, one that now seemed to prove difficult once put to action. With a new life thrust upon her with no warning, Eleanor must adapt to a new setting, new people, knowing her life barely hangs off a thread with the sinful man holding it. As a forbidden romance blooms, dangerous forces threaten to tear it down and not is all as it seems. And the Lord isn't either. HIGHEST RANKINGS #13 in jealousy out of 1.09k stories (5/20/2024) #16 in nonfiction out of 1.53k stories (6/29/2024) #15 heart-felt out of 4.48k stories (7/18/2024) #41 heartwarming 4.61k stories (7/16/2024) #30 animals out of 29.8k stories (7/18/2024) #88 in fiction out of 1.93k stories (5/26/2024) #7 in romancesreads2024 out of 63 stories (7/16/2024)

Forbidden Love [BWWM] by NadineJoyBrown

Katherine never pictured her life would be this way, being 'sold off' to some uncaring, misogynistic pig who's nothing more than a leech to society. The mid-thirties was a hard time for everyone, but her family seemed to always manage well, no matter what came about, until they fell on some really hard times and had to do what they had to do, in order to survive. They put their lasting trust in a man who made them more desolate than ever and eventually, they had to make the ultimate sacrifice of giving him their oldest daughter (Katherine) as payment. But what happens when one day, a mysterious man comes into Katherine's life and promises her changes beyond her wildest dreams; any and everything she could ever ask for in life. But there's only one problem, he's white.. From self-experience and stories that have been told to Katherine, she knows not to trust white people. The temptation to engaged is risky, but she can't resist this mysterious man with the captivating eyes and the obvious dark secret behind his smile. Will Katherine fall into temptation and give in to him, or will she listen to her instincts and stay away from the dangerously, mysterious man.

Family by AttiOzcag

In a small town, horrible things can happen. Affairs, rape, murder, preserving constant agony of others in order to call upon the Sun himself. So what is a family to do, but celebrate with a baby shower? Little do they know, one of them would be stuck in a room of ice months later as punishment for things they've done. Everything is connected. Everything. Any and every small detail is important, but none of the gloom is enough to prevent the magnificence of a few missteps. Missteps, of course, that are able to shatter families without hesitation. No exceptions.

The Periods of Being by misskittay

Olive Garthen is walking on the path of self-ruination. While her husband is away fighting for their beloved country, England, during World War I, she is in bed. With her sister's husband, Andrew. Guilt eats away at her, shrinking her into the shell of herself. She stays silent from her family back at Blythestone, cutting all ties and leaving her sister, Freya's, letters unanswered, in an attempt to forget about him and their night together. When a telegram replaces Mark, she knows that God was watching over her during her moment of weakness. Traveling back to her childhood home, Blythestone Manor, Olive walks through the heart of a war of her own and the only way to survive is to battle the shadows in her family. A journey of loss, forgiveness, and finding life after death, Olive suffocates with the idea that she is never alone. No one ever is.

The Water-Man by KartheyM

Afton-By-The-Sea is a small seaside community located right on the border between England and Scotland. Founded as a summer holiday retreat, the relaxed atmosphere and idyllic scenery provides the most picturesque vacation anyone could wish for. One fateful night, all this pleasantness shatters. The famous Dalton House is robbed in the midst of dinner. A doctor and his daughter are visiting the town on a much-needed vacation when they encounter a bizarre creature washed up on the beach and discover a centuries-old secret thriving undetected in the depths of the water. Life in Afton-By-The-Sea will never be the same again.

Murder Drones | Extortion by ArmageddonC104

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The Spying Cat (ONC 2023 Shortlister) by alcoholandcaffeine

It's 1893, and eighteen-year-old Catriona "Kitty" Thackery is bored out of her mind at the countryside parsonage she was raised in. All eleven of her cousins have grown up and moved out, leaving her without an outlet for her youngest-child mischief. Until cousin Joey returns from America alongside his dashing benefactor, Mr Benedict Hawkins. Educated at Eton, then at Harvard, the half-American Mr Hawkins is a worldly businessman and an only child, fascinated with the affectionate workings of the Thackery clan. He is warmly welcomed in their midst, and his exciting influence persuades the Thackery matriarch to break tradition and allow Kitty her London debut. In London, Detective Inspector Tobias Thackery has made a spy network out of his family in an attempt to locate his runaway sister, who may or may not be involved with anarchists. Kitty ingratiates herself into this scheme, her sense of adventure stifled by polite society. The risks are real, and more personal than she expects, but on her quest to self-fulfilment, she begins to enjoy the dangers. * ONC2023 shortlister! Prompt 51: The problem with red flags is that I'm attracted to them. * Completed, ~40k words.

the Emerald Cat by user24733774

The world is full of magic, spring turns to summer, one thing always changes into another. Ever since the halloween, this ragtag group of misfits, outcasts, are now more closer then ever before. But after working an extra long case in England; Evelyn, the leader of this gang; realizes how stressed out her friends and loved ones are; dealing with the pressures of both work, and starting a first summer romance. She decides that everyone is need of a change of scenery; in need of a vacation, the gang leave dark, dreary, Ireland; for sunny and happy Versailles France to spend the summer with Evelyn and Raoul's Grandmother the Empress Eugenie at the old Versailles Palace. While there the gang meet a bunch of new friends and enemies along the way; yes it does seem that the gang will have the summer of their lives; or do they.... Much to the gang's dismay, all good things must come to an end. The gang eventually get tied up in a romance and mystery, one that has years in the making. Evelyn and Raoul's cousin Rose, is stuck in a situation that she powerless against. Evelyn and her new found family, must help Rose find true love and teach her the about importance of family. But will all that come at a sad, tragic, price. Forthere are dark sinister forces stirring, now the gang must complete an ancient puzzle and save their beloved vacation from destruction and ruin.

Deadly Whispers by SCannonWrites

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Casanova (Minnelli Family Series Book 1)

Formidable business tycoon Amiri Minnelli was the most gorgeous man in all of Europe. It didn't hurt that he was one of the wealthiest men as well. While on a business tour in the United States, his camp convinces him to get a house sitter. Zipporah St. Victoire is a struggling wedding dress designer. To earn extra coins, she house sits. When a high profile client requests her services, she jumps at the opportunity. Fashion weeks of the world are swiftly approaching and Zippy needs inspiration...fast. Find out what happens when she meets the owner she's house sat for and if she can handle the pressure from him. With her fashion dreams hanging by a floss string, can Zippy make her career take off? The sequel is A Whole New World, Antonio's story. Originally written May 2, 2018 Revisions began January 10, 2019