He was chasing success. He found a scandal that could destroy him or make him a billionaire. When George Blackwood, a determined young man from the wrong side of Toronto, saves an elderly stranger, he has no idea he's helping the CEO of one of the world's most powerful car empires. In return, George is offered a once-in-a-lifetime chance to change his future but not without proving himself first. As George rises through the company ranks, he becomes the target of Jack Graham, a polished executive with a charming smile and a ruthless agenda. Jack sees George as a threat and threats must be eliminated. Enter Laura Hopkins: stunning, mysterious, and dangerous. Hired to seduce and betray, she's meant to be the perfect trap. But when sparks fly between her and George, loyalties blur, secrets unravel, and the stakes spiral into scandal. George soon uncovers a devastating family secret that could shatter everything he thought he knew about himself, his past, and his future. With enemies closing in and betrayal around every corner, can he survive the game of ambition and power? Or will love be his greatest downfall?
The Blackwoods are the most powerful families in Monroe County, Canada. Their wealth didn't happen overnight; it all began with George Blackwood.
He started out as a mechanic in the early 1980s, coming from a modest background, though his parents died when he was very young, before their death they made sure he never lacked anything, his mother Fiona Blackwood was a hairdresser and fashion designer, she was very beautiful, she was in a relationship with Garry Davidson, before found out that he was cheating, she broke up with him, a few months later she fell in love with Carter Blackwood a very handsome mechanic, but she didn't know she had taken in for Garry.
When she found out, it was very late, it was three months after her break up with Garry, she became terrified she didn't know how to tell Carter, so she decided to keep it to herself, Carter had no idea he was very happy that his girlfriend was not pregnant, a month later he proposed to her she gladly accepts after some months she gave birth To a very handsome boy, they named him George, they loved him so much.
Carter Blackwood, was not just a mechanic, he was a guru when it comes to fixing cars, he would buy car parts, and damaged cars, that no one believed would work again, and fix it with new parts, when George wa ten years old George he began to teach him a lot about cars, he literally thought George everything he knew about cars.
George was a very fast learner, he learnt absolutely everything everyday his father would bring an abandoned damaged car he would ask his son to fix it without his supervision, George fixed it perfectly well when his father saw this he was so proud of his son, though they were an average family they never went hungry.
One night, George and his parents had just finished watching movies at the cinema on their way home, his dad lost control of the car, and a heavy wind similar to an earthquake was blowing, a lot of cars were scattering on the road, some people had already given up the ghost.
"George! George! How many times did I call, you need to listen now! I don't think we are going to survive this! I will let you out of the window
for your own good! And make sure you have a strong and firm control over your legs when I do"! His mother yelled as treats rolled down to her cheeks.
"No mum! I won't do this! Pls dad! No, I don't want to leave you both here please! No!" George pleaded with them.
"Please listen to your mother
son! We are not going to survive this! But you can! You're small, you have the advantage!" His dad yelled.
"Please mom! Please dad! I'm begging you!" George yelled. His mom gently lifted him up and struggled to open the car window as she gently threw him out. As George landed on the floor he hurriedly stood up, as he watched his mom waved her hands from the window of the car, suddenly a big train out of nowhere crushed his parent's car.
George stood there, as tears rolled down from his eyes. He hurriedly left the scene and retired to a mechanic shop nearby
Then a man named Higgs the Mechanic sighted him from a distance he hurriedly rushed to him and asked curiously.
"Hey kid, what's wrong?" Mr Higgs, asked the poor boy.
George didn't reply, he just stood there as tears rolled down from his eyes.
"Wait a minute you survived the hurricane? I'm sorry if you lost anyone I understand how you feel son, come with me." He whispered. George gently followed him. The man took George to his house, gave him food and new clothes, and asked George to follow him to his shop.
Each day George came to his shop, he would pick up tools and fix cars by himself without being asked to do so.
When Mr. Higgs discovered that he didn't hesitate to employ George, everyone at his mechanic loved George especially customers because of his humility and diligent spirit, this made Mr Higgs very much Happy.
George worked at the mechanic till he was twenty five years of age, he swore to keep his father's legacy going no matter what.
One morning, Mr Higgs came to supervise his work; he couldn't believe his eyes, George had already fixed up to ten cars and six motorcycles single handedly.
"you're doing a great job, I can't believe you fixed all these damaged cars, and motorcycles that arrived yesterday you fixed them single handedly! you all should learn from Blackwood he's a natural" Mr. Higgs praised George.
Thanks boss! he yelled, the others stared at him enviously. After a few minutes more people brought their damaged cars to the mechanic shop.
George gently scanned them and deciphered the problem of each of the cars. It was like he studied cars. He was very talented and his manner of approach towards customers preceded him.
His charming voice and good looks also paved the way for him. The ladies who brought cars to the shop couldn't resist him because he was too handsome.
George worked at the Mr Higgs's Mechanic shop for more two years, before being let go. To keep his family business going He used all his savings he acquired from the mechanic shop to buy his own a shop.
A small mechanic shop where he started building cars from scratch he began to pick up abandoned vehicles like cars and motorcycles he would gently buy materials with the little salary he got from his job at a restaurant and fix the vehicles.
One afternoon an old man arrived at his shop. George became very worried could this be trouble knocking at his door he thought to himself.
Once upon a time, there were two kingdoms once at peace. The kingdom of Salem and the kingdom of Mombana... Until the day, the king of Mombana passed away and a new monarch took over, Prince Cone. Prince Cone, has always been hungry for more power and more and more. After his coronation, he attacked Salem. The attack was so unexpected, Salem never prepared for it. They were caught off guard. The king and Queen was killed, the prince was taken into slavery. The people of Salem that survived the war was enslaved, their land taken from them. Their women were made sex slaves. They lost everything, including their land. Evil befall the land of Salem in form of Prince Cone, and the prince of Salem in his slavery was filled with so much rage. The prince of Salem, Prince Lucien swore revenge. 🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳 Ten years later, thirty-years old Lucien and his people raided a coup and escaped slavery. They went into hiding and recuperated. They trained day and night under the leadership of the fearless and cold Lucien who was driven with everything in him to get back their land, and take Mombana land too. It took them five years before they ambushed and attacked Mombana. They killed Prince Cone and reclaimed everything. As they screamed out their victory, Lucien's eyes found and pinned the proud princess of Mombana. Princess Danika. The daughter of Prince Cone. As Lucien stared at her with the coldest eyes anyone can ever possess, he felt victory for the first time. He walked to the princess with the slave collar he'd won for ten years rattling in his hand as he walked. He reached close to her and with a swift movement, he collared her neck. Then, he tilted her chin up, staring into the bluest eyes and the most beautiful face ever created, he gave her a cold smile. "You are my acquisition. My slave. My sex slave. My property. I will pay you in spades, everything you and your father ever did to me and my people." He stated curtly. Pure hatred, coldness and victory was the only emotion on his face. .
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.
Trigger warning!!! Intended for mature readers who enjoy morally complex, slow-burn, poseesive, forbidden, dark romance that pushes boundaries. ***EXCERPT*** Blood everywhere. Trembling hands. "No!" My eyes blurred. His lifeless eyes stared back at me, his blood pooling at my feet. The man I loved-dead. Killed by the one person I could never escape - my stepbrother. *** Kasmine's life was never hers to begin with. Kester, her stepbrother, controlled and monitored her every move. At first, it was all sweet and brotherly until it began to turn into an obsession. Kester was the Alpha, and his word was law. No close friends. No boyfriends. No freedom. The only consolation Kasmine had was her twenty-first birthday, which was supposed to change everything. She dreamt of finding her mate, escaping the sickening control of Kester, and finally claiming her own life. But fate had other plans for her. On the night of her birthday, not only was she disappointed that she wasn't mated to the love of her life, but she found out that her mate was none other than him - Her tormentor. Her stepbrother. She'd rather die than be mated to a man whom she had known as her big brother all her life. A man who would do just anything to make sure she was his. But when love turns to obsession, and obsession turns to blood, how far can one girl run before she realizes there is nowhere else to run to?
June Rivera was divorced by her husband after three years of marriage because he wanted to be with her sister who was pregnant for him. Kicked to the curb with a divorce and rejected by her parents,she struggles to make ends meet and get a job until she saves Luis Ambrose from an accident - the only child of Rafael Ambrose, a widowed man and the CEO of Ambrose Corporation. When little Luis asks to have her as a nanny, and Rafael's mother pressures him to get married, they draw a contract. To be Luis's nanny and his fake wife for one year in exchange for 50 million dollars!
They don't know I'm a girl. They all look at me and see a boy. A prince. Their kind purchase humans like me for their lustful desires. And, when they stormed into our kingdom to buy my sister, I intervened to protect her. I made them take me too. The plan was to escape with my sister whenever we found a chance. How was I to know our prison would be the most fortified place in their kingdom? I was supposed to be on the sidelines. The one they had no real use for. The one they never meant to buy. But then, the most important person in their savage land-their ruthless beast king-took an interest in the "pretty little prince." How do we survive in this brutal kingdom, where everyone hates our kind and shows us no mercy? And how does someone, with a secret like mine, become a lust slave? . AUTHOR'S NOTE. This is a dark romance-dark, mature content. Highly rated 18+ Expect triggers, expect hardcore. If you're a seasoned reader of this genre, looking for something different, prepared to go in blindly not knowing what to expect at every turn, but eager to know more anyway, then dive in! . From the author of the international bestselling book: "The Alpha King's Hated Slave."
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