Silent Flames Forbidden Paths

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.

Billionaires

"Let me take a look." Mr. Wright's voice was calm, professional even, but his touch-steady and assured as he lifted me onto the desk-was anything but ordinary. His hands, broad and strong, lingered just a moment too long on my arm as he steadied me, sending an unwelcome but undeniable shiver down

Romance

Forbidden Flames: Spicy Series Book 2 My Stepbrother Stella I was a broken soul, and I never thought that I would be healed by my stepbrother. Alex My stepsister, whom I thought would hate her, but she became the one and only person whom I desire deeply. *** "No. Flower, you're not ugly. If yo

Romance

WARNING!!! FOR MATURE READERS ONLY The stories in this collection are highly raw, explicit content. FORBIDDEN FLAMES: STEAMY TABOO SECRETS takes you on a wild fuckathon filled with scenes you can vividly see in your head. It drags you deep into a world of forbidden cravings, intense seduction,

LGBT+

As a Catholic girl I was just trying to make it through college. I wasn't looking for a lot in life. Just good grades, getting married before twenty two, having a few kids and God's blessings. People say that in life, you don't always get what you want and life has a way of roaming from the trail y

Romance

Sky: She was just my best friend until I caught her using the vibrator. Zoe: He was just my best friend until I found out how his lips tasted. He's my best friend, we share such a pure bond. How can I just ask him to make me cum? It feels so weird and embarrassing. Note: There will be three books

Werewolf

She was meant to end him. He was meant to break her. But some forces are older than hatred, stronger than vengeance.... and far more dangerous than love. Captured and enslaved by the Silvercrest Pack, Princess Myra has only one goal: destroy the pack and leave it in ruins. But from the moment Alph

Romance

Synopsis: Sophie Carter's world is turned upside down when she moves to a new town, leaving behind the life she knew and the people she loved. Struggling to fit in at her new high school, she feels like an outsider, constantly overshadowed by the school's elite crowd, led by the intimidating Amber.

Literature

Flames by Robert Hichens

Romance

After a decade of chasing success in New York City, Emily Monroe's career in interior design is everything she dreamed of- until a failed project sends her back to her sleepy hometown of Riverbend to regroup. Tasked with restoring the town's historic library, Emily is ready to prove herself again. B

Literature

Paths of Judgement by Anne Douglas Sedgwick

Sci-fi

The fireheart is a legend,the king of all planets,the one who is blessed by the Gods and loved by his people...he should have found his mate a thousand years ago on his hundred equinox,a thousand years later he is to be crowned king,has a daughter but refuses to marry...Tristan Octavius Mon-el Pent

Romance

Уже тысячи , даже миллионы истории про плохого мальчика и невинную девушку. А давайте вы узнаете реальную ситуацию, в которой невероятное смешивается с обыденным? Кира всегда умела добиваться своего. Она могла защитить всех, но никто не смог защитить её от него. От того , кто сам безнадежно влюбился

Romance

Lily believed she had successfully escaped her perilous past; however, when Damon-an old adversary from a life she presumed she could leave behind-reemerges, she discovers there is no exit. His enigmatic warnings regarding the future, along with his unyielding quest for dominance, pull her back into

Fantasy

Book one in the Vampire Trilogy ***************** "I have seen men become gods, and I have seen gods become dust." *A revenge patiently planned for decades. *An unquenchable thirst for power. *A vivacious struggle for survival. In all this emerging chaos; ~ Jaden, a powerful werewolf

Romance

Since childhood, Lisa has dreamed of true love with Daniel,the charming older son of her parents' college days friends. Their families' annual vacations brought them together year after year, fueling her secret crush while Daniel saw her only as a little sister. But at sixteen, everything changed. D

Literature

The Paths of Inland Commerce by Archer B. Hulbert

Romance

In the sumptuous and ruthless world of business, where relationships are often tinged with interest and rivalry, Camille, an heiress to an immense fortune, reigns as absolute mistress. Her cool beauty and sophisticated allure conceal a profound vulnerability. Accustomed to a world where emotions are

Werewolf

For three years, I was the Luna for the powerful Alpha Kaelen. He showered me with gifts but never with love. When he touched me, his eyes looked through me, searching for a ghost I couldn't see. When my human father was dying, I reached out to him through our sacred mind-link, begging for my Mat

Billionaires

"I want to marry you Tanvi!" Rudra declared in his authoritative tone making Tanvi frown in disbelief. "But I don't want to marry you, Mr.Rudra!" She said, equally bold, not knowing the consequences of her stupid outburst. Listening to that, the last ounce of patience he had collapsed, his

Billionaires

"In the idyllic town of Conto, Charles Sterling, a secretive billionaire haunted by his humble past, finds his world colliding with that of Olivia Morgan, a determined journalist with a passion for justice. As their lives intertwine, they unravel a tale of love, sacrifice, and societal whispers, cha