White Lotus Not Easy to Make

Modern

I went to the City Clerk's office for a routine copy of my marriage license to finalize a trust fund audit. I expected a simple piece of paper, but the clerk's pitying look told me my entire life was a lie. "The license was never finalized, Ms. Oliver. In the eyes of the state, you are single." The three-hundred-guest wedding at the Plaza and the Vogue features meant nothing. My husband, Gray Cooley, had intentionally filed the documents with a "procedural defect" so he could discard me without a legal divorce. Moments later, an iCloud invite titled "Our Little Secret" popped up on my screen. It was a photo of my best friend, Brylee, holding a positive pregnancy test at our Hamptons estate. Gray's text to her was the final blow: "Happy anniversary, babe. This baby is the best gift. Once the trust unlocks today, we're done with the charade." I soon discovered they were even stealing my career, reassigning my architectural masterpiece to Brylee while preparing my eviction notice. Gray's mother called me a "barren mule" in a leaked recording, mocking the infertility I suffered after saving Gray's life in a construction accident. I wasn't a wife; I was a three-year placeholder used to secure his inheritance. How could the man I bled for treat me like a disposable prop? How could my best friend carry his child while pretending to comfort me through my darkest moments? The betrayal burned until it turned into a cold, hard stone of fury. I didn't cry. Instead, I walked into the penthouse of the Barretts, the Cooleys' most powerful rivals. I signed a marriage contract with Kane Barrett, the man the tabloids called the "Beast of Wall Street." "I want a wedding," I told his father, my voice steady and lethal. "Bigger than the one I had with Gray." If they wanted me gone, they would have to watch me become the woman who owns their world.

Romance

After six years, Julian has finally returned home. She is no longer the naive girl deceived by her so-called sister, nor the broken daughter crushed by her parents' mistrust. This time, she has only one goal-take back everything that rightfully belongs to her: her family, her place, and her parents

Romance

In the lavish Presidential room, under dim red lights, the smell of alcohol filled the room. There was still a faint scent of flowers in the air. It is the scent of a high-quality rose, carrying aphrodisiac effects, filled with a scent of love needless to be said. Calliope, wearing an elegant silk l

Literature

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Billionaires

" I heard you are married to Vaughn Mcoy " Emily's face hardened when she heard those words. She looked at her sister with a confident look. " It's just a contract marriage, we shall get divorced in six months" When Six months passed and she still hadn't heard a word from her Billionaire husband,

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How to Make an Index by Henry B. Wheatley

Fantasy

Jasmine falls into bed with her boss after her husband asks for a divorce, but there's a lot more to sleeping with her boss than she expects. Her boss is an old God who uses his hotel to enslave women. Jasmine and her best friend are trapped in an ancient liar full of men looking for a good time. Ho

Romance

I woke up in a hospital bed, the lingering scent of antiseptic and the rhythmic beep of machines my first reality after a car crash. But the real shock wasn't the physical pain; it was the vivid nightmares, clearer than memories, of a future where I was dead, my husband Michael married my sister Je

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Romance

Lila Carter was just looking for a job. Instead, she walked into the middle of a corporate scandal, a powerful CEO's guarded world, and a betrayal she never saw coming, from her own twin sister. Now working for the cold and calculated Nathaniel Sterling, Lila finds herself caught between loyalty,

Billionaires

One night of passion. A secret baby. A second chance at love. Alice never meant to fall for billionaire Carson MacPherson,the only son of the rich family she worked for as a maid. Now, she's raising their child alone as Carson is arranged to marry his childhood fiancee. When Carson comes back into

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They say absence makes the heart grow fonder, but that adage is put to its test in Molly Make-Believe, a charming romance novel from Eleanor Hallowell Abbott. When up-and-coming businessman Carl Stanton falls ill and is prescribed weeks of bed rest, his fiancée Cornelia decides to go ahead with her

Romance

For ages, the harmless, resting form and grave of five sisters-a beautiful, tidy house has stayed silent, and undisturbed. Suddenly, this house is broken into by outlaws. There are set out conditions for humans to reside within this house, but unaware of the consequences if the rules are broken, and

Modern

To MY BROTHER DICK   The time of this story is a year and a term later thanthat of _The Gold Bat._ The history of Wrykyn in between these two books is dealt with in a number ofshort stories, some of them brainy in the extreme, whichhave appeared in various magazines. I wanted Messrs Blackto pu

Adventure

The New House at Holmswell lies, far back from the road, upon the great highway to Norwich. Local topographers delight to tell you that it is just forty-five miles from that city and five from the Cesarewitch course at Newmarket. They are hardly less eloquent when they come to speak of its late owne

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White Slaves by Louis A Banks

Romance

Harvey Cantwell, is the high school bad boy. Popular he may be, he doesn't bother date a cheerleader. Their beautiful, but dangerous. They'll flirt with anyone. They'll break anyone. Drive you crazy, until you can't take it anymore. Such a trap. But that's not the case for Loren. Loren Grey is the

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Make Your Own Hats by Gene Allen Martin

Romance

Eva Everett has spent five years in the entertainment industry while she is still an unknown little star. Every day, she dedicates herself to her work and makes money in order to pay back the debt her father owed. Her life is neither good nor bad. Matt Koch is the richest man in Phenix City. In one

Romance

It wasn't just about what this lady was wearing. It was her. Something to do with the way she moved. Like she was one with the music and with the stage. The music pounded in a hypnotic rhythm that was unashamedly sexual, and she moved and danced in time to the beat, her movements graceful and seduct

Romance

"Quiero que te corras para mí, mi dulce niña. Cum para papá." Miguel had been in my fantasy for the longest time and I can't live without him. He is my best friends dad and I feel a little bit weird about it since he is twice my age, but he is the only man I want. He is the only man I need, and whe