Ellie Summers, a sweet, awkward girl who speaks her mind without thinking was leading her own normal life, barely making ends meet after getting fresh out of college and pursuing an editing job but all that normality goes down the drain when a man is literally dropped dead in front of her and she is shoved into drama that she didn't ask for. This unfortunate event makes her end up in the refuge of Jason Parker. A tall, brooding ex-marine and a man of few words. His norm is to go about with his day without much human interaction, just the way he likes it but even he isn't able to completely ignore colorful Ellie Parker who tests him in ways he never has been. Will Ellie be able to add color to Jason's life? Will Jason let her into his world? Will Ellie survive the mess she has been shoved into? Author: Neha Publisher: i&i Publisher
?"Ria you were supposed to proofread the Harland book today and send it to the publication department today, we have a deadline for tomorrow" Ellie complained to the intern who stood in front of her with lips pursed.
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"I know and I am sorry but you know I have this whole thing going on with my boyfriend and there is just so much pressure on me, he needs me to help him out with stuff because of all the chemotherapy he has been under and I have to juggle work with all that, you know" Ria says with dramatic hand gestures.
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Ria's boyfriend has had cancer for six months now and she has been playing the cancer card on his behalf since that time.
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She claimed to be taking care of him and being worried about him and maybe she was deep inside but Ellie had seen her flirting with the manager just this morning, she was all over the guy.
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However, Ellie did not want to be labeled the un-sympathetic bitch when some of them were already calling her a whore due to the same manager who had inappropriately groped her behind yesterday in front of some of the other editors.
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Ellie had spent a good fifteen-minute crying in the bathroom about the crude comments she received from her colleagues after the incident.
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Not all her colleagues were bad though. She had Debra, Lilly, Dan, and Simon who were her good friends, they got her through on her bad days.
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"It's okay, just do it right now before going home" Ellie said and Ria made a face resembling a flinch.
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"Ruben has a minor surgery today, they are going to try to remove some of the cancer from his stomach, he'll need my support so I'll have to go" Ria said making Ellie sigh in frustration.
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"Fine, go I'll do this but this has got to be the last time Ria" Ellie said, doing her best stern look.
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Ria just quickly nodded before scampering away leaving Ellie with all her work.
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Ellie had her own pending burden but now she had Ria's as well. It seemed like she was going to have to pull late hours at the office.
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Ellie took refuge in the fact that she just has to do all this scut work till she gets her master��s degree. After that she'll get promoted and have a great salary with people working under her.
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She couldn't wait for that day when her talent and expertise would be put in the right place.
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It was six and everyone was leaving the office after putting in their hours while Ellie was still sitting, nose deep into papers.
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"Hey Ell's, let's go, we're gonna grab dinner before going home, Simon's treat" Lilly said, her purse hanging from her shoulder as Debra came in behind her as well.
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"Sorry, I can't you guys go, I have a deadline for tomorrow and this book is only halfway edited, I have to stay late to get this done" Ellie replied with an apologetic look.
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"You took someone else's burden on you again didn't you? because the last time I checked, you had sent all your work to the publishers" Debra asked, her tone accusing.
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Ellie gave her a guilty smile.
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"Oh come on Ell's, you have to stop being so nice, you can't let them walk all over you like this" Lilly scolded.
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"I know I know but it was Ria, you know her boyfriend has cancer and she said he had surgery today so he needed her with him and it would make me a horrible person to not let her go" Ellie explained, all the while her friends gave her looks of disapproval.
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"That girl is a bad human being, she is using her boyfriend as an excuse for months now and I highly doubt it's genuine concern at all considering she was all cleavage to Mr. Sanderson this morning" Debra said shaking her head in disappointment.
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"Yea, she has been slacking off for a while now with that same excuse, you have to reprimand her or else she'll just keep doing that" Lilly added.
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"Hey, come on guys, the cab's meter is running!" they heard Simon calling out from the elevator area where he was standing with Dan, both waiting for them.
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"You really can't come then?" Lilly confirmed and Ellie shook her head giving them an apologetic look.
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"Well alright, take care Hun, I'll see you tomorrow " Debra said giving her a smile so did Lilly before they left.
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She could hear Dan and Simon asking about her from a distance and smiled. She loved her friends.
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By the time Ellie was done with her work, it was 10 at night and her stomach was grumbling in need for food.
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She wrapped up all her papers in a file and left them at the publication office with a post it notes informing them that it was all completed.
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She stepped out of the Elevator and exited the Grendale building, glad to finally be heading home. Just the thought of the Lasagna her mother made sitting there waiting for her in the refrigerator, calling out her name to heat it up.
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She walked down the street to the metro station deciding to save money and take the metro instead of the cab.
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She opened her handbag trying to fish out her metro card that was somewhere in there while walking down the street.
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The next thing that happened made her life take a one-eighty degree turn.
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Ellie's head snapped up as she saw something fall in front of her in her peripheral with a loud thud and she was met with the horrifying sight of a woman splayed out on the ground, head facing up, eyes wide open and mouth gagged.
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There was blood pouring from her head and it was pooling around her fast, crimson and horrifying.
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Ellie's eyes widened, her scream choked in her throat as she looked up to the balcony of the apartment building from where the woman had fallen from out of the blue.
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Ellie was met with dark, cold, dead eyes of the man standing at the balcony with a knife in his hand and he was staring right at her.
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Isla Moon Gambino, daughter of the mafia crime lord Richard Gambino has led a sheltered and caged life due to all the dangers that lurk around the mafia family members, now when a rival mafia family threatens the Gambino family's safety, she has been appointed a personal bodyguard. Alexander Rossi, Ex-Marine seal with demons of his own is the appointed bodyguard to the sweet and sheltered girl who goes out of her way to befriend him and make him talk to her. Will she be able penetrate his ice cold exterior? Will he be able to free her from the caged life she leads? Will their forbidden love last? Author: Neha Publisher: i&i Publisher
His possessiveness was the outcome of his love and his anger the outcome of his true care, towards her. Scarlett Anderson, 18 years old, due to a tragic accident is obliged to move in with people she doesn't know along with her dad. What she didn't expect was that the people she was moving in would be the definition of what people call filthy rich but what she TOTALLY didn't expect was the rich billionaire heir to be infatuated with her. Xavier Marshall, 23-year-old and born with a silver spoon in his mouth had been short-tempered and ruthless from the beginning, Being the heir to a multi-billion dollars company and owning an underground mafia puts a lot on one's shoulder but Xavier has always had a way of getting things done his way and getting what he desires and Scarlett Anderson was no exception to these rules of his. Author: Neha Publisher: i&i Publisher
She was an angel seeking chaos, He was a demon seeking his peace. Noah Harrison is fresh out of prison on parole for a crime that he could never forgive himself for after serving seven years in prison. Now out again with no place or no one to go to Noah struggles to get his life together since no one is very keen to make acquaintance with the tall, well-built prisoner but that changes when Noah is granted yes for a place to stay by the naive, sweet, innocent Bluebell Arch who just wants a roommate to share her empty apartment with What they didn't know was that they would end up being more than roommates. "Tell me every terrible thing you ever did, open up to me, share your demons with me and let me love you anyway despite those demons." she said. And with those words said, he fell even deeper for her. His Bluebell. Author: Neha Publisher: i&i Publisher
"She got swept away by the storm in his eyes Drowning in his hurricane kisses It was the most beautiful disaster ever" In which he lurks in the dark hidden away from her, playing the role of her guardian angel, protecting her and most importantly preserving her for himself for when the right time came. In which she has the naivety of a rabbit and the personality of a cotton candy but she has her own big demons which chase her every day. Author: Neha Publisher: i&i Publisher
Ashton Hayes, since the ripe age of 16 had been cleaning up after the dirty work of the big guns, the Takahashi mafia family. The brutal images his work came with made Ashton's heart and soul numb inside out that is until a fragile-looking, sheltered, girl by the name of Sora stumbles upon his crime scene. Sora Bailey, brought up by her grandmother in a sheltered lifestyle had never felt the pain of heartache or the love of another man but that all changes when she makes acquaintance with Ashton, the tall brooding man who held her fate in his hands without her even knowing. Will Ashton protect the sheltered beauty or hand over into the unnerving claws of the mafia? Author: Neha Publisher: i&i Publisher
Somehow you are both the best and the worst thing that has ever happened to me..... She never anticipated that the one night she would agree to get out of her shell, her own little bubble of solitude, he comfort zone, that one night would completely bring her world up side down and change her life for the better and for the worse. He never thought that he would feel such strong feelings towards someone and he never thought he would ever do such insane things to keep feeling those feelings, even blackmail. Author: Neha Publisher: i&i Publisher
Janice, the long-forgotten legitimate heiress, made her way back to her family, pouring her heart into winning their hearts. Yet, she had to relinquish her very identity, her academic credentials, and her creative works to her foster sister. In return for her sacrifices, she found no warmth, only deeper neglect. Resolute, Janice vowed to cut off all emotional bonds. Transformed, she now stood as a master of martial arts, adept in eight languages, an esteemed medical expert, and a celebrated designer. With newfound resolve, she declared, "From this day forward, no one in this family shall cross me."
She thought he was the villain. He was only trying to save his soul. Rena lives in a world of sunshine, sweets, and simple dreams. Until one reckless decision drops her into a dark realm of secrets, curses and werewolves. Kidnapped, heartbroken. She doesn't know who to trust anymore especially not Logan, the arrogant, cruel Alpha who's keeping her as a hostage. Until she discovers his dark secret. He's been hearing her thoughts all along. Now the walls between them are crumbling. And when feelings grow where hatred once lived, a curse demands that blood becomes a love that demands sacrifice. But how can she give her heart to the one who might need it to die?
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.
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. What’s 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 couldn’t 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 doesn’t seem to believe him. He is pleading for a chance: a chance to get to know her; a chance to show her that he’s 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?
To the public, she was the CEO's executive secretary. Behind closed doors, she was the wife he never officially acknowledged. Jenessa was elated when she learned that she was pregnant. But that joy was replaced with dread as her husband, Ryan, showered his affections on his first love. With a heavy heart, she chose to set him free and leave. When they met again, Ryan's attention was caught by Jenessa's protruding belly. "Whose child are you carrying?!" he demanded. But she only scoffed. "It's none of your business, my dear ex-husband!"
Two years ago, Ricky found himself coerced into marrying Emma to protect the woman he cherished. From Ricky's perspective, Emma was despicable, resorting to underhanded schemes to ensure their marriage. He maintained a distant and cold attitude toward her, reserving his warmth for another. Yet, Emma remained wholeheartedly dedicated to Ricky for more than ten years. As she grew weary and considered relinquishing her efforts, Ricky was seized by a sudden fear. Only when Emma's life teetered on the edge, pregnant with Ricky's child, did he recognize-the love of his life had always been Emma.