The generals daughter

Modern

Twenty minutes before the "Wedding of the Century" at The Plaza, I stood outside the Presidential Suite in a fifty-thousand-dollar Vera Wang gown. I was the girl from a West Virginia trailer park about to marry Hugh Maxwell, the golden heir to a billion-dollar defense empire. I pushed the door open only to find Hugh pinned against the bed with my own stepsister, Floy. She was wearing my bridal diamond necklace, and the sounds of their laughter scraped against my eardrums like sandpaper. I didn't scream; I listened as Hugh grunted that once the wedding was over and the trust fund unlocked, he'd dump "that hillbilly trash" on a bus back to the mountains. They weren't just cheating; they were planning to steal my family's land deeds and leave me with nothing. When I set off the sprinklers and exposed their naked bodies to the paparazzi, the Maxwell family didn't apologize. They called me a "greedy peasant" and threatened to ruin my life unless I signed a new deal to save their crashing stock. I realized then that I was never a bride to them. I was a transaction, a rounding error in a ledger to be used and discarded. They thought my poverty made me weak and my silence made me a victim. "If we don't have a marriage certificate by midnight, the bank freezes thirty percent of our liquidity," their lawyer warned. So, I gave them exactly what they wanted. I used a loophole in their hundred-year-old family covenant and married the only other direct heir available. I didn't marry Hugh. I walked into the ICU and married his uncle, Fleet Maxwell-the legendary war hero who had been in a vegetative state for months. Now, I am the matriarch of the Maxwell dynasty. I've suspended Hugh's executive powers, exiled my mother-in-law to the Swiss Alps, and taken control of the family vault. They think I'm just a gold-digger waiting for a "corpse" to die so I can collect a fifty-million-dollar widow's payout. But last night, as I lay beside my comatose husband, the man they called a vegetable gripped my hand back.

Sci-fi

I crash-landed on an alien planet where females are so rare they are treated as state property and biological remedies for violent male Alphas. When the medical scanner registered my human DNA as a "null" signal, I knew I was destined for the dissection table at a secret research institute. To sur

Fantasy

Rong Qiyue had a fulfilling life. She ran a successful restaurant, had an adorable son, and was happily married… or so she thought. Murdered by her husband and his secret mistress, she finds herself reborn as Hua Qiyue, the daughter of a famous general. After rescuing her son, Tianci, from those who

Literature

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Young Adult

What happens when a desolate heiress meets a cheerful and handsome working student? Will they conquer the odds of being together or will they let the pressure of school, peers and family affect their relationship?

Romance

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Werewolf

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Modern

I watched my wife, Jessica, lavish attention on her brother Mark and his son, Leo, while our own daughter, Chloe, faded into the background, a ghost in her own home. But the breaking point wasn't a loud argument; it was the terrifying, quiet wheeze of our six-year-old needing an ER visit for a seve

Billionaires

The familiar hum of the private jet landing used to lull me to sleep. But this time, it was a siren, screaming their return. My parents, my brother, and Maya – the girl who would not only destroy my life but also steal my family's very essence. They called me Ava Thompson, "brilliant but unwanted

Werewolf

Who believes in happy endings or happy ever afters. Everyone but certainly not me, the only thing I believed in for real was wars, blood bathed wars. I had a list of goals *Avoid my dad who is the Alpha * Train hard to become one of the best fighters *Graduate from Oxford college *Find my true p

Werewolf

Jenine could see him shifting back to his human form as he walked up to her, his eyes piercing deeply into hers as if searching her soul. "You shouldn't be out here this late," the words rolled out of his mouth heavily like a stream of water thundering down a waterfall. "I... I didn't..." Jenine

Fantasy

If John Grantham Browne had a fault — which, mind you, I am not prepared to admit — it lay in the fact that he was the possessor of a cynical wit which he was apt at times to use upon his friends with somewhat peculiar effect. Circumstances alter cases, and many people would have argued

Romance

Spring had come to the West Country, a joyous spring laden with soft airs and odours of distant flowering lands, and filling the hearts of men with a restless delight. It seemed impossible not to be happy, with a blue sky flecked by little clouds running down to meet a blue sea, the hedgerows gleami

Literature

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Fantasy

She thought she was human. She was wrong. For fourteen years, Miri lived a quiet life, sheltered by the lies of loving parents who kept her hidden from a world that would tear her apart. But when tragedy strikes, the truth unravels with brutal force. Her name. Her identity. Even her safety was nev

Werewolf

It was a century ago when A pack of wolves decided to stop fighting. They must give up everything in order to gain the benefits of tranquility. Some of them opt to stay, while others choose to flee. Hide in the farthest reaches of the earth. In a world where they wouldn't be seen again. They give u

LGBT+

Since the death of her mother, Nikita Azarova has been traveling with her father, who is an archaeologist. On one research trip, her father brings her to an ancient city of Angkor, where she hopes to get a sense of connection with her mother's birthplace. Instead, something happens when they arrive

Mafia

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Adventure

The story follows the rise and fall of the Roman Empire, focusing on the values and ideals that shaped its legacy. It explores themes of unity, compassion, knowledge, justice, and resilience, showcasing how these principles can guide individuals and societies towards a brighter future.

Young Adult

NEXT BOOK FROM THE BAD BOY'S BABY! CAN BE READ ALONE!!! Summer is the bad boy's daughter. Not only does she have 3 older brothers but a father who was once the towns bad boy. She was the youngest but the only daughter that Jesse and Kasey ever had. Drew Johnson is the basketball captain and