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BOOK TITLE: Through the ashes;A love rekindled. GENRE: Billionaire romance TROPE: Contract marriage,betrayal,second chance. SETTING: San Francisco SYNOPSIS Emma Wesseling's life is turned upside down when her indifferent father arranges her marriage to Evan Juniper, the notorious heir of the Lotus Leaf Group. Forced into a loveless union to fulfill a family deal, Emma faces humiliation and emotional torment as Evan parades his infidelity. Cast out of her marriage by Evan due to the schemes of her sister,she is at her lowest when Alex comes in, helping her to heal and in the process rekindle the dying embers of love in her. However,her past comes back to haunt her as Evan tries to shatter her new found joy. Will he succeed? Find out more in this soul stirring tale of love and betrayal! CHARACTERIZATION EMMA WESSELING: The daughter of pharmaceutical mogul Wesselling Farrow. Standing at just 5'8 the 22 year old is an absolute stunner. With her ice blue eyes,aface that could topple nations and a perfect figure she is every man's desire. She is an intelligent lady who has a tender heart towards all. This tenderness however often leads to her getting the shorter end of the stick. EVAN JUNIPER: (Male lead) Heir of the famous and influential Lotus leaf group,Evan is your typical 25 year old second generation playboy. Handsome and reckless he is utterly infuriated when he to marry Emma. He is abusive and eventually breaks the contract between them,a decision he later comes to regret. ALEXANDER MOCHI: A Self made billionaire and CEO of the Mochi group. He was the one that helped Emma through her toughest times. He later marries her when they discover that they have a lot in common. He loves her dearly and does everything to take care of her. LAURA WESSELLING: Emma's stepsister. She is the major disrupter of Emma's life due to the envy and jealousy she has towards her. Together with her mother they hatch various evil plans in order to make Emma's life miserable. PLOT The story kicks off at the dining table inside the Wesseling estate . The Wesseling family patriarch,Laura and her stepmother are seated at the table having dinner,while discussing in hushed tones. Emma as usual is cast away to the side though she also makes efforts to hide her presence. Done with dinner Emma is about to head to her room when the Wesseling patriarch tells her to wait back before announcing indifferently that she is getting married to the heir of the Lotus leaf group:Evan Juniper,as part of fulfilling his quota of their agreement. She tries to object to this sudden arrangement as Evan is notoriously promiscuous but is shut down by her father who deals her a slap. Her stepmother and sister gloat at her misfortune causing her to realise it's a plan of theirs. She calls her bosom friend,Emily,who consoles her as she is also helpless. A week later she signs the marriage contract that's skewed with various inequalities. After signing the contract,the representatives of the two families leave the room to Evan and Emma on the basis of getting to know each other. Evan pins Emma against the wall accusing her of ruining his life. She tries to explain but is roughned up by Evan who threatens her,telling her not to ever think that he'll love her before leaving the room. She tears up as she laments her fate. A month later she gets engaged to Evan in the most lavish way possible. INCITING INCIDENCE They've been married for three months now with Evan doing as he said. He treats her like a total stranfer yet is extremely possessive about her. She tries various methods to make the relationship work as per her friends advice though none works. It's also now that she knows why Evan has a terrible reputation;he's an extreme womanizer even going as far as bringing the women home to have sex with on her matrimonial bed. She tries to confront him but is always too timid to do so. She has tried telling her father but he's always shrugging her off. She consults her best friend,Emily who emboldens her to confront him. On getting home that night she does confront him,a plan which goes awry as Evan is drunk. In a moment of lust they both share a night of passion for the first time in the past three months. The next day there is a difference in how Evan treats her. After their passionate session the barriers between the two of them seem to have been broken as Evan reduces his rate of womanizing while paying her more attention. Emma is excited as this is great news. She tells Emily and her father who is surprised at this and for the first time since her mother's death apologizes to her. Unknown to her,this piece of good news makes Laura jealous. She is envious that Evan is actually falling for Emma as she expects her to suffer from him. In her jealousy she and her mother hatch a plan where to implicate Emma and snatch Evan in the process. One early morning after seeing Evan off to work,Emma feels nause

Darya spent three years loving Micah, worshipping the ground he walked on. Until his neglect and his family's abuse finally woke her up to the ugly truth-he doesn't love her. Never did, never will. To her, he is a hero, her knight in shining armour. To him, she is an opportunist, a gold digger who schemed her way into his life. Darya accepts the harsh reality, gathers the shattered pieces of her dignity, divorces him, takes back her real name, reclaims her title as the country's youngest billionaire heiress. Their paths cross again at a party. Micah watches his ex-wife sing like an angel, tear up the dance floor, then thwart a lecher with a roundhouse kick. He realises, belatedly, that she's exactly the kind of woman he'd want to marry, if only he had taken the trouble to get to know her. Micah acts promptly to win her back, but discovers she's now surrounded by eligible bachelors: high-powered CEO, genius biochemist, award-winning singer, reformed playboy. Worse, she makes it pretty clear that she's done with him. Micah gears up for an uphill battle. He must prove to her he's still worthy of her love before she falls for someone else. And time is running out.

Kara Martin was known as Miss Perfect. She was a beauty with good personality and successful career. Unfortunately, her life changed at one night. She was accused of adultery, losing her job, and abandoned by her fiance. The arrogant man who slept with her did not want to take responsibility. He even threatened to kill her if they met again. What's worse, Kara was pregnant with twins and she chose to give birth to them. Four and a half years later, Kara returned to work at a large company. As the secretary, she would frequently face their notorious CEO. Kara thought it wouldn't be a problem, but as it turned out ... the CEO was the father of the twins!

"Mr. Evans, please maintain some dignity. Don't forget I'm your brother's wife!" Having caught her husband and best friend together in the bed, Elena wanted nothing more than to exact revenge on the people she once called family. She refused to be a pitiful divorcee and vowed to make everyone who had once looked down on her beg for forgiveness. And to start with her newfound freedom, Elena indulges in a one-night stand with a stranger. However, what was meant to be a fleeting escape turns into a nightmare when she learns that the stranger is none other than her husband's older brother! Would Elena be free from the shackles of her marriage? Or would the mysterious stranger make her life a living hell since he seemed to have a personal vendetta against his family? [The story is 18+ and involves mature content.]

Five years ago, Alessia La Rosa's life took a drastic turn when, suffering from memory loss, she wed to Dominic Carter under her grandfather's mysterious arrangement. But their marriage was a facade, bringing her only humiliation and heartache as Dominic showed no love, and she couldn't conceive. Upon discovering Dominic's infidelity, Alessia sought liberation through divorce. Yet, fate had more in store for her. Five years later, spurred by an anonymous email hinting at her lost child's whereabouts, she returns to the city with her twin babies in tow, determined to uncover the truth. As she navigates the tangled web of her past, a surprising twist awaits. Dominic, upon meeting her again, finds himself drawn to the woman she has become, unaware of her true identity as his former wife. Little does he know, the woman he's falling for is not only his ex-wife but also a powerful Doctor and Master Hacker.

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.

Lucia Balstone thought she had chosen the right man to spend the rest of her life with, but he was the one who ended her life. Their ten-year marriage seemed like a joke when her husband stabbed her with a dagger. Fortunately, God is never blind to people's tears. Lucia got a second chance. She was reborn at the age of 22, before all the terrible things had happened. This time, she was determined to avenge herself and let those who hurt her pay! She made an elaborate list of her goals, and the first thing on her list was to marry her ex-husband's enemy, Alonso Callen!

Chandler Su who had cheated by her boyfriend then got drunk at a bar. To take revenge, she grabbed a man randomly and took him to the room. After a crazy night, Chandler found the strange man was a super handsome guy the next morning. Shy and shocked Chandler run away after leaving 150 RMB and scorning the man of his poor bed skills. However, she never thought the story would become so dramatic as the next day, she found out that the new coming president of her company was exactly the man she slept the last night! Worse than that, this new boss seemed very narrow-minded as he asked Chandler to come to his office on the first day.

In the previous life, Maggie Johnson was so cowardly, gullible and stupid that she was coaxed by her fiance and stepsister and then broke her legs and lost everything including her fortune, love and even life. However, she was so lucky that she was reborn in the year before everything happened. Since her life restarted, how could she repeat a previous tragedy? Therefore, in this life, she took the opportunity to improve herself and take revenge on the ones who had ever insulted her. Facing the people who had humiliated her previously, she became smart and experienced to break their frames and tricks that had caused her to hurt in the previous life. Finally, no one could stop her pace to amaze the world any more.

Julia and Evan were the perfect couple-or so she thought. But everything changed when Evan abruptly ended their relationship, leaving her heartbroken and unable to tell him she was carrying his child. Years later, Julia has built a life for herself and her son, Andy, while Evan has risen to unimaginable wealth and success. Their paths cross again at a chance meeting, but Julia soon discovers Evan has moved on with someone else. Julia is done with the pain. She's fought battles alone, raising a son who deserves the truth about his father, even if Evan doesn't deserve her forgiveness. When Julia told Evan years ago she had something to say, he didn't listen. Now, it's time for him to listen. But is it too late to reclaim what he lost? "We should break up," he'd said, the words cutting through her like glass. The pregnancy test in her pocket stayed hidden, just like the child they would never share. Now, it's Evan's turn to hear the truth-and to face his deepest regret.

Caught in a web of betrayal, Nicole's life shatters in a single evening when her mother-in-law, Veronica, sets her up in an elaborate scheme. Blindsided, Nicole faces her husband Taylor's cold rage as he casts her out of his life and home, accusing her of infidelity and theft. As she tries to defend herself, her best friend, Sarah, adds another blow by denying their loyalty. "Please, Taylor, you have to believe me!" Nicole pleads, her voice breaking, but his icy response is a dagger to her heart. "I don't hate you, Nicole," he sneers. "I despise you." When Nicole reveals she's pregnant, she hopes for compassion, but it only fuels Veronica's determination to rid the family of her. After signing the divorce papers, a dejected Nicole wanders alone, where a brutal attack leaves her bleeding, helpless, and desperate to protect her unborn child. Six years later, Nicole returns from the ashes to inflict seven times the pains upon those who humiliated her and left her to die. "I'll make them pay so dearly that they'd regret ever been born!" She declares. This is a story of romance and revenge you don't want to miss!