The story of a girl named Lily

Modern

Maia grew up a pampered heiress-until the real daughter returned and framed her, sending Maia to prison with help from her fiancé and family. Four years later, free and married to Chris, a notorious outcast, everyone assumed Maia was finished. They soon discovered she was secretly a famed jeweler, elite hacker, celebrity chef, and top game designer. As her former family begged for help, Chris smiled calmly. "Honey, let's go home." Only then did Maia realize her "useless" husband was a legendary tycoon who'd adored her from the start.

Short stories

When Paul Eric Carmichael, an older British astrophysicist, meets Sandy, a young girl from the United States, his life goes overboard in more than one way. As he tries to make sense of it all, he learns things about aliens and their mysterious devices. In his work he faces challenges as well, becaus

Werewolf

The book is centered on the story of a girl named Valerie who's father was murdered by the vampires during the war of the supernatural. Valerie was saved by her mom and was taken to another town where she got to discover her power. And now the beasts are back will she fight? Or is she gonna run a

Romance

What does Mirage means? Illusion. Right. For her mother, she's just a wonderful illusion. Because as soon as her mom gives birth to her, Mirage dies. And so they believe that she's gone forever. But she's not. Mirage lives a happy and contented life with her husband Elven and their daughter, t

Literature

The Story Girl is a novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery. It narrates the adventures of a group of young cousins and their friends who live in a rural community on Prince Edward Island, Canada. The book is narrated by Beverley, who together with his brother Felix, has come to live with his

Romance

Everyone Sade loves seems to end up dead, it feels like she carries a curse which she does not know of. When she finally finds love in with someone she would love to spend her life with she's scared that he would leave too like her brother, her father and her two friends. So instead she decides to l

Literature

A fictionalized account of the London plague of 1665-1666. (Cf. Samuel Pepys' Journals). Purportedly "being observations or memorials of the most remarkable occurrences, as well public as private, which happened in London during the last great visitation in 1665. Written by a Citizen who continued a

Young Adult

Set amid Indiana's vast Limberlost Swamp, this treasured children's classic mixes astute observations on nature with the struggles of growing up in the early 20th century. Harassed by her mother and scorned by her peers, Elnora Comstock finds solace in natural beauty along with friendship, independe

Fantasy

"Mrs. Meade's heroine is a Liverpool flower-girl, and is drawn with more than her usual vigour. She promises her dying mother to keep her little twin-brothers from harm, and the story tells us how she kept her promise."

Literature

A Woman Named Smith by Marie Conway Oemler

Literature

There is to-day a widely spread new interest in child life, a desire to get nearer to children and understand them. To be sure child study is not new; every wise parent and every sympathetic teacher has ever been a student of children; but there is now an effort to do more consciously and systematic

Adventure

INTRODUCTION There’s always that guy… the one who always understands. Yes, the one who just knows the right things to say and when to say them; the one who fits into last minute plans without complaining? The one who will listen to you speak your heart out when you are troubled. The one who will wa

Fantasy

The author of this book was the daughter of that Count Rostopchine who was governor of Moscow when it was burned in 1812, and Napoleon was obliged in consequence to make his disastrous retreat from that city. Born in 1799, Sophie de Rostopchine married, in 1821, the Count de Ségur, a son of o

Billionaires

As a geologist, I suffocated in my husband Jack Thorne's gilded cage. Our six-year-old, Lily, was my only joy amidst the fake smiles of a gala night. Then, a simple juice spill on Tiffany Bellweather's couture gown – Jack's mistress-EA. Lily's accident turned chilling when Jack, enraged by her defi

Literature

\"Run, Jimmie, run! Dey'll get yehs,\" screamed a retreating Rum Alley child. \"Naw,\" responded Jimmie with a valiant roar, \"dese micks can't make me run.\" Howls of renewed wrath went up from Devil's Row throats. Tattered gamins on the right made a furious assault on the gravel heap. On their sma

Romance

wanted to do for this girl since the first moment I saw her. She looks up at me and smiles, then laughs and buries her face in the pillow. I lean toward her and kiss her neck. "What are you laughing at?" She lifts her head from the pillow, her cheeks a dark red. She shakes her head and laughs. "At u

Adventure

You will find life a lot easier if you take time to study the art of asking a girl out. That does not mean trying out all the suggestions you get from friends and colleagues, who will be only too happy to share their ideas. Every female is different, and you need to take the time to get to know her

Literature

The Red Lily, Complete by Anatole France

Romance

From village girl to corporate queen, Chioma's journey is one of love, betrayal, and triumph. After her marriage shatters, she's forced to confront the past and the man who hurt her. Can she find love and forgiveness, or will her painful memories define her future?

Literature

The Story of Chartres by Cecil Headlam

Literature

The Story of Seville by Walter M. Gallichan