Lavander’s Battle Scars

Mafia

On my wedding day, my father sold me to the Chicago Outfit to pay his debts. I was supposed to marry Alex Moreno, the heir to the city's most powerful crime family. But he couldn't even be bothered to show up. As I stood alone at the altar, humiliated, my best friend delivered the final blow. Alex hadn't just stood me up; he had run off to California with his mistress. The whispers in the cathedral turned me into a joke. I was damaged goods, the rejected bride. His family knew the whole time and let me take the public fall, offering me his cousins as pathetic replacements-a brute who hated me or a coward who couldn't protect me. The humiliation burned away my fear, leaving only cold rage. My life was already over, so I decided to set the whole game on fire myself. The marriage pact only said a Carlson had to marry a Moreno; it never said which one. With nothing left to lose, I looked past the pathetic boys they offered. I chose the one man they never expected. I chose his father, the Don himself.

Literature

Freedom's Battle by Mahatma Gandhi

Billionaires

"Where the hell is Victoria?!" Mrs. Langston's scream echoed through the hall, her voice trembling with anger. Everyone looked as confused as she was-the bride at the altar wasn't her daughter. **** Victoria Langston-powerful, ambitious, and determined to save her family's legacy, even at the cost

Romance

Seraphina Hawthorne carries baggage that no child should ever have to carry and has endured more heartache than anyone should in their lifetime. Tyrone Davis is the sensational bad boy of the school, capable of blinding wrath, acting on impulse, and destroying anyone who stands in his way. Then, o

Romance

Yelena: Scarred, Haunted by her nightmares, and completely alone. Domenico: Powerful, Boss of the underworld, and Possessive of one person. They met back in high school and almost fell in love when Yelena was betrayed by Dom so she ran away for two years. Dom didn't stop looking for her until he

Others

Alex, a young man who escapes domestic violence with his mother. However, their lives take a dark turn when his mother marries Toni, a man with a hidden secret. Toni is attracted to Alex and their relationship becomes abusive. Tragedy strikes when Alex's mother dies in a hit-and-run accident, leadin

Romance

"Use this to treat your scars," Reno suggested. My mouth muffled in stun as soon as a plaster moved to my palm, and in a response to my silence, he trudged to the lift with both of his hands buried beneath his pants pockets. "Surviving without scars in the toxic world is beyond healing, " I mumbl

Young Adult

"Oh My God, Elena this is insane" Luke squealed, shaking her. "This is soo coool." "This is not cool." "It is. Damn, you can tell when people are saying the truth or not," he said, Elena arching an eyebrow. "It's not cool to know when people are lying. I mean we are humans, let's all lie when we

Fantasy

Emma Hart is a woman who grew up in the foster care system after being abandoned by her biological family. Her life takes a dramatic turn when she befriends Clara Vanderbilt, the free-spirited daughter of a reclusive billionaire. Drawn into Clara's glittering world of wealth, but beneath the surface

Literature

Excerpt from With the Battle Fleet: Cruise of the Sixteen Battleships of the United States Atlantic Fleet From Hampton Roads to the Golden Gate, December, 1907 May, 1908 Arrived Possession Bar, Chile, January 31, 1908; sailed February 1, 1908; knots; time, 9 days. Arrived Punta Arenas, Chile, Fe

Adventure

It is hardly necessary to plead, in extenuation of those many faults which any impartial reader will discover in the following pages, the impossibility of discussing events which are unfolding themselves around us, in the same detached spirit as if we were dealing with past history. The greater part

Literature

Battle Studies by Charles-Jean-Jacques-Joseph Ardant du Picq

Romance

"I promised to grab you closer to myself" Alex grabbed Vivian closer as he was talking, and Vivian placing her soft breast on his chest. "Bites your soft and small lips" Alex kissed Vivian's lower lips as he was talking; Vivian closed her eye and her heart breathing heavily. "Kiss you deeply still w

Fantasy

When you hear battle, what comes to your mind? When you then hear Portal battle, what do you think of? Big holes pouring out unearthly creatures, or people jumping through portals, killing one another on on a battlefield, stained with blood and dead bodies right? Well it goes beyond those imaginatio

Romance

WARNING! This novel contains scenes of bullying and rape neither of which I condone. If either of there affect you please do not continue to read. ‘Please stop I’ll do anything.’ ‘You promised me Lil, you promised me if I made it stop you would give me what I wanted. I done as you asked now you’r

Modern

My 5-year-old son, Leo, watched helplessly as I slowly withered away from endless bone marrow donations. My wife, Victoria, dismissed my agonizing decline, blinded by her childhood flame Julian Vance's manufactured illness and charisma. Leo frantically pleaded for help, but Victoria, consumed by Ju

Werewolf

Lola, a rejected mate with no identity, is traded to the most dangerous and ruthless pack leader, Mike, in Tamsin City. Alone from a young age, she accepted her fate, knowing her life was marked by rejection and loneliness. Mike, the strict Alpha of his pack, is known for his strong principles and r

Billionaires

Nicole was celebrating her 20th birthday at home with her parents and younger brother over a nice dinner when six gang members broke into their house, robbed them of all valuables and the gang leader even raped her and they ended up killing her parents as well. Nicole was completely shattered and th

Modern

The heavy iron gate of the juvenile detention center groaned open, a sound I had dreamed of for five long years. I stepped out, a small, warm hand in mine-Leo' s. He was my only good thing from that hellhole, a promise to his dying mother. But freedom felt just as suffocating as my cell, because t

Romance

For five long years, Ethan Miller lived in silent devotion to Victoria Davenport, pushing her wheelchair, fulfilling her every demand, and harboring a desperate love he believed would someday be reciprocated. He considered himself her devoted world, her hands and feet, following her tragic horseba

Billionaires

The tech industry' s golden couple, Mark Stone and I, stood basking in the spotlight, a symbol of shared dreams and billion-dollar success. But that dream shattered when an anonymous email revealed Mark's decade-long betrayal: he wasn't just having an affair with Chloe Davis, our rival, but funding