Hold My Hand

Modern

"Stella once savored Marc's devotion, yet his covert cruelty cut deep. She torched their wedding portrait at his feet while he sent flirty messages to his mistress. With her chest tight and eyes blazing, Stella delivered a sharp slap. Then she deleted her identity, signed onto a classified research mission, vanished without a trace, and left him a hidden bombshell. On launch day she vanished; that same dawn Marc's empire crumbled. All he unearthed was her death certificate, and he shattered. When they met again, a gala spotlighted Stella beside a tycoon. Marc begged. With a smirk, she said, ""Out of your league, darling."

Billionaires

Arthur Cony, a CEO of Cony Corp. has a past trauma due to the betrayal of his ex-lover who only wants his wealth. Arthur became cold after that. He was always cordial and polite, never showing too much emotion. That all changes when Selena Ryder enters his life. She's feisty, sexy, caring and knows

Short stories

The smell hit me first, thick, choking smoke, then Lila' s terrified scream ripped through the festival noise. Jax, my fiancé, was a blur beside me, his face tight with a desperate need to save her. He started towards The Swamp Shack, towards the hungry flames devouring the old wooden walls. My b

Fantasy

It was late in the autumn, and I was skimming along, through a rich English county, in a postchaise, among tall hedgerows gilded, like all the landscape, with the slanting beams of sunset. The road makes a long and easy descent into the little town of Gylingden, and down this we were going at an exh

Romance

A girl whose notion of love was shattered forever. A boy who just wants to be truly loved and cherished. They couldn't be more different from each other and yet something so carnal and wild bubbles between them, igniting a fire that leaves them both slighted in its wake...Will they come out on top?

Romance

She love him for as long as she can remember He hates her for as much as she love him

Fantasy

A one night stand got Gilbert Walter in trouble when he got their maid daughter Nicole Miller pregnant a few weeks to his wedding with Hillary Fort.his father Dr Walter is forcing Gilbert to marry the girl he impregnated or lose his inheritance.Gilbert is caught between Love, Wealth or power. Which

Literature

Excerpt:I was genuinely tired when I got back to the office, that Wednesday afternoon, for it had been a trying day—the last of the series of trying days which had marked the progress of the Minturn case; and my feeling of depression was increased by the fact that our victory had not been near

Literature

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not

Fantasy

THE town clock of Sibley had just struck twelve. Court had adjourned, and Judge Evans, with one or two of the leading lawyers of the county, stood in the door-way of the court-house discussing in a friendly way the eccentricities of criminals as developed in the case then before the court. Mr. Lord

Literature

Jane Lends A Hand by Shirley Watkins

Literature

The Hindered Hand by Sutton E. Griggs

Short stories

Mike Collins lived a double life that was tearing his marriage apart. To the world, he was a "corporate security consultant," a boring cover for his true role as personal security head for a reclusive tech CEO. His wife, Jessica, craved the flash and status he couldn't publicly provide, growing in

Literature

Joan of the Sword Hand by S(amuel) R(utherford) Crockett

Literature

The Hollow of Her Hand by George Barr McCutcheon

Romance

"Here in my heart lies a sacred promise. You and I will be together for this is our destiny. No matter what may come between us after this, we'll love each other till beyond eternity. It's not just a promise, it will be my eternal pledge to you..." ====== A love story that started with the innocen

Literature

The first few novels by James Owen Hannay, an Irish clergyman, who wrote under the name "George A. Birmingham," caused a national controversy and nearly imploded his career in the church when Catholics accused him of bigotry. Perhaps in response to this, Hannay's literary style changed to focus more

Literature

Hold Up Your Heads, Girls! by Annie H. Ryder

Modern

In Velrano, kings aren't born. They're buried. When infamous mafia kingpin Don Salvatore Valieri is assassinated-at his own funeral-his cold, calculating son Marco is thrust into the fire. But Marco isn't stepping into a throne. He's stepping into a war zone. As rival families close in and his own

Romance

Alika is a girl who always dreams to have a peaceful and a lovely family. But, that shattered immediately, when her father left them and never came back. Alika felt heartbroken, depressed and devastated by what her father did to her. Her mother turned into a whore and never cared about how she lived

Romance

Twelve years ago, she saved him; twelve years later, he proposed to her. He said, “Sarah, I love you!” It made her sleepless all the years. One day, she finally couldn’t stand it and shouted, “Maurice Brown, I want a divorce.” He sealed her mouth in a different way, “Honey, the prenuptial agreement