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Alessandro Accardi has one aim....to go global. Even if it means marrying the cold hearted De Luca's heiress to secure the deal. Lucia De Luca never saw herself settling down with any man but she temporarily agrees to marry Alessandro so as to keep her opera. Alessandro may have thought that he could seduce his arrogant bride and make her love him but Lucia keeps fighting him every step of the way. Happily ever after was never part of the bargain but Alessandro finds himself intrigued by her feisty defiance.
CHAPTER 1
*LUCIA*
My parents used to say I was a sweet little girl while growing up.And they wanted to see that sweet girl in me again. Well...it doesn't pay to be a sweet girl. Seven years ago,I lost my virginity and everyone saw everything. Too bad I wasn't awake for it. The video went viral. Of course it would. A billionaire's daughter on camera? Wouldn't you click share? Besides,that's what the three guys in the video did. Share. They shared me. One of them was my boyfriend,Julius. It was impossible to think he would do that to me. A coffee mug was bashed in my skull and my purse was used to choke me. They held me bound with ropes. They gagged me. What do you think hurt me the most? The coffee mug? The hot,swollen unlubricated flesh that violated me like I was just a fold of meat to jack off into? The wrenched shoulders and torn ACL from being trussed and tied up like something in a bad porno? The broken cheekbone from being raped from behind so hard my face smashed into the coffee table leg more times than the ER doctor could document? Or knowing that my boyfriend....my best friend had been a part of it. I don't really have it in me to pick which was worse. They're all the worst. How do I know any of this when I was drugged? The video. Everyone saw it. Hell,people in remote areas saw it too. I know this because of the emails...the tweets....the Facebook posts....the Snapchat and instagram and even Pinterest pins that mock me tirelessly although I don't have those accounts. Even now,after seven years....it persisted... Pain never dies. Then there are the pictures of the dicks. Oh God! The endless dick pics. When you're a billionaire's daughter and you get drugged and ganged raped and recorded and the taped video is later broadcast on every legitimate media,web page and pirate torrent site on the planet,you tend to draw out the crazies......the ones who think sending you a picture of their naked,erect little sausage is like bringing candy and flowers on a date. Like that picture will make you sleep with them... Become their girlfriend. Become their property. It seems half the world thought I deserved it. That I got too drunk and passed out and got what was coming. Uhm...What was coming was the three men who drugged me. Set up a camera and posted it online. How many people get to watch a real life defloration? How many people get to later watch themselves being deflowered? That's right. Not only was I violated by three guys I considered friends,but they took my virginity too. They took so much from me that night,seven years ago. They dumped me in front of my house. And two days later....when I could finally tell my family what had happened,my father got to them....tortured hell out of them before handing them to the police. But few minutes before my dad found them...the video had already gone viral. According to them,Julius never loved me. He was only interested in me because of my father's wealth. But he was having doubts if my father would ever accept him because we were still so very young and he really didn't have a good background. So in order to get some money from me....he planned to gang rape me with his friends and have a video of it so that they could blackmail my father with it. They had planned to get tons of money from him before a friend of theirs who weren't in on the show. The fourth guy stubbled on the video in Julius cell phone. I think he possibly enjoyed it or something but he sent it to his phone and sent it to his other friends and that was how the video started circulating until it went viral. My family weren't ashamed of me as I had expected they would be. They stood by me,especially my mom and Dads. Yes. I have two dads. Philip and Alberto. Was it wrong if I said I loved Alberto more? Well I do. And even if he isn't my biological father.....he treats me the same way he does to his other kids. Well not until recently when he started forcing me to come out of my shell and try to love again. I'm not in any shell. I only built strong walls around me so that no one would ever hurt me again. I don't need love. All the men I met after that incident are jerks who only wanted to be with me because I'm Alberto's daughter. So why on earth will I ever want to love or even settle down with any fucking man? They don't deserve it.
She sucked in a breath..."I'd say it's very good for my first time on a horse"She said and looked over her shoulder. Their eyes met and sealed for a long moment.She was so close that all he had to do was move his head forward and kiss that tempting mouth of hers but he didn't. He was trying to figure out what was so intriguing about her, especially her eyes. Dio!(God) He didn't like this one bit. "Stop looking at me like that"Xavier warned, coldly. Amanda and Alisha are identical twins. Alisha is betrothed to Xavier Da Silva. A powerful Italian. She's upset by his ruthlessness and vows to deal with him by running away. This cause their money hungry mother...Isobel to make Amanda become Xavier's bride until Alisha is found. It started as a harmless little ruse....but would it end up being so much more? #Two sisters. #One man #Italian Romance.
It was supposed to be a marriage of convenience, but Carrie made the mistake of falling in love with Kristopher. When the time came that she needed him the most, her husband was in the company of another woman. Enough was enough. Carrie chose to divorce Kristopher and move on with her life. Only when she left did Kristopher realize how important she was to him. In the face of his ex-wifeās countless admirers, Kristopher offered her 20 million dollars and proposed a new deal. āLetās get married again.ā
Natalie used to think she could melt Connorās icy heart, but she was sorely mistaken. When at last she decided to leave, she discovered that she was pregnant. Even so, she chose to quietly leave his world, prompting Connor to mobilize all of his resources and expand his business to a global scaleāall in a bid to find her. But there was no trace of Natalie. Connor slowly spiraled into madness, turning the city upside down and leaving chaos in his wake. Natalie finally surfaced years later, with wealth and power of her own, only to find herself entangled with Connor once again.
COALESCENCE OF THE FIVE SERIES BOOK ONE: THE 5-TIME REJECTED GAMMA & THE LYCAN KING BOOK TWO: THE ROGUES WHO WENT ROGUE BOOK THREE: THE INDOMITABLE HUNTRESS & THE HARDENED DUKE *** BOOK ONE: After being rejected by 5 mates, Gamma Lucianne pleaded with the Moon Goddess to spare her from any further mate-bonds. To her dismay, she is being bonded for the sixth time. Whatās worse is that her sixth-chance mate is the most powerful creature ruling over all werewolves and Lycans - the Lycan King himself. She is certain, dead certain, that a rejection would come sooner or later, though she hopes for it to be sooner. King Alexandar was ecstatic to meet his bonded mate, and couldnāt thank their Goddess enough for gifting him someone so perfect. However, he soon realizes that this gift is reluctant to accept him, and more than willing to sever their bond. He tries to connect with her but she seems so far away. He is desperate to get intimate with her but she seems reluctant to open up to him. He tries to tell her that he is willing to commit to her for the rest of his life but she doesnāt seem to believe him. He is pleading for a chance: a chance to get to know her; a chance to show her that heās different; and a chance to love her. But when not-so-subtle crushes, jealous suitors, self-entitled Queen-wannabes, an old flame, a silent protector and a past wedding engagement threaten to jeopardize their relationship, will Lucianne and Xandar still choose to be together? Is their love strong enough to overcome everything and everyone? Or will Lucianne resort to enduring a sixth rejection from the one person she thought she could entrust her heart with?
I'm a Luna. After three years of marriage to Alpha Nathaniel Blackwood, I'm finally pregnant with his pup. But he's unclaimed me for his first love. I'm leaving the pack with this secret, praying he never finds out. Nathaniel Blackwood is a handsome, powerful Alpha. In a world where humans and werewolves coexist, he has it all: a billion-dollar empire, untold power, a massive pack, and, most importantly, the perfect Luna. But the return of his first love shattered our marriage. When he finds out the secret I've been hiding, will he regret rejecting me? Will I ever be able to forgive him? Dive into this gripping serialized novel to find out more-Enjoy the ride!
When Zora was sick during the early days of her pregnancy, Ezrah was with his first love, Piper. When Zora got into an accident and called Ezrah, he said he was busy, when in actual fact, he was buying shoes for Piper. Zora lost her baby because of the accident, and throughout her stay at the hospital, Ezrah never showed up. She already knew that he didn't love her, but that was the last straw for the camel's back, and her fragile heart could not take it anymore. When Ezrah arrived home a few days after Zora was discharged from the hospital, he no longer met the woman who always greeted him with a smile and cared for him. Zora stood at the top of the stairs and yelled with a cold expression, "Good news, Ezrah! Our baby died in a car accident. There is nothing between us anymore, so let's get a divorce." The man who claimed not to have any feelings for Zora, being cold and distant towards her, and having asked her for a divorce twice, instantly panicked.
When Corynn mustered up the courage to tell Elliot about her pregnancy, she unexpectedly found him gallantly helping another woman from his car. Her heart sank as three years of effort to secure his love crumbled before her eyes, compelling her to leave him behind. Three years later, life had taken Corynn down a new path with someone else, while Elliot was left grappling with regret. Seizing a moment of vulnerability, he pleaded, "Corynn, let's get married." Shaking her head with a faint smile, Corynn gently replied, "Sorry, I'm already engaged."