Strong luna

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.

Romance

“I, Ivan Dales, Alpha of Scarlet pack, reject you, Monna Parker of crescent moon pack as my mate and Luna.” Monna, a princess who lost her parents during a rouge attack was made a slave by her uncle, Monna stayed strong despite the cruelty bearing the hope that one day she’ll meet her mate and he

Literature

Sturdy and Strong by G. A. Henty

Billionaires

Daniella Harris never imagined her life would change dramatically after graduating high school. Diego Johnstone, her forgotten stepbrother, reappears surprisingly-paying off her adoptive parents' debt and taking her away. Unbeknownst to Daniella, Diego wanted her for himself, even if it meant goin

Literature

Strong as Death by Guy de Maupassant

Literature

"[...] "Most gladly, sir." The impatient man behind them pushed them on. They heard him begin to plead: "Say, Abe, you know I carried Mattoon for you; I'd like to be Minister to England." Boys and girls always appealed to the President's heart. When there were[...]".

Short stories

Allie and Hella Harbor used to have a happy family life. That was before a cold hearted killed cut down heir parents. Fearing for their lives, they flee...right into the arms of danger. What would you do if you had a killer in the family?

Literature

Don Strong, Patrol Leader by William Heyliger

Literature

This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It contains classical literature works from over two thousand years. Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the cultural legacy and to promote the timeless

Modern

On my birthday, I went to the resort I designed to tell my fiancé, Elias, that I was pregnant with his child. Instead, I found him at the altar, marrying my stepsister in a ceremony officiated by my own mother. When I confronted him, he laughed. "Pregnant? You're delusional, Aubrie. Kallie is dyin

Literature

The Battle Of The Strong, Complete by Gilbert Parker

Romance

Chase Ward had done with women. Now his father was meddling in his life, hiring an attractive young woman, Christine Morrison to replace Chase's male secretary. As a defense attorney he did not have time to babysit his father's protégé. He decides to dislike her from the start. But much to his chagr

Werewolf

Alexandra is hated by her father and treated like a slave by her stepmother, while her stepsister Tracy is adored as the pack's perfect princess-and the future Luna destined for Alpha Damon. Until Bond Night. When Alexandra unexpectedly bonds with Damon, the pack turns on her and Tracy takes her o

Literature

The Saga of Grettir the Strong: Grettir's Saga by Unknown

Werewolf

THEIR FORBIDDEN LOVE MAY GET THEM BOTH KILLED... (Excerpt) He pressed his arousal against her soft body. You know how much I desire to have you, Diana. Tell me you want me, too.” Shaking her head, her eyes misted. He growled at her stubbornness. Then he nuzzled his cheek against hers,

Romance

Serafina hails from the pack's orphanage with no history attached to how she ever got there. She arrived and has lived her life with no idea of who her parents might be. Though bullied and treated like an outcast for being a nobody,Serafina has done her very best to live up to all her trials, eventu

Werewolf

" Fuck me, yeah!" the groaning continued. The closer I got, the louder the groaning became. "Tell me that I am sweeter than your Luna," Celine commanded the minute she saw me. While grinning so wickedly. "You are sweeter than my mate," he groaned, plunging hard into her. A wolf assassin was be

Werewolf

"I reject you, Jacqueline! You are not worthy to be my mate and the Luna of this Pack!" Alpha Gabby shouted at me. "But I never did..." I tried, but he stopped me halfway. "One more word from you, and I will have your tongue cut off!" Gabby said angrily. I have been rejected. _ _ _ _ _ _ Gabby

Werewolf

For all of her 18 years of life Danica Robinson thought that she was normal. When she turned 18 she comes to know that she is far from. When the world of fictional creatures becomes one that she begins to reside in, everything will change.

Werewolf

My name is Alyaez Turner and I never wanted a mate. All I wanted was to leave my mother and start a new pack, a fresh start for me and I knew I wanted this which is why I ask myself the same question every damn day. Why the hell did I attend the mating ball? Then I think back to myself, if I hadn't

Werewolf

Human Princess Georgina Lennox is desired by men and alphas for being a woman of indomitable character, the ultimate trophy for someone who wants to be the supreme sovereign between both races, daughter of King Ezekiel of the human race, who is forced to give his youngest daughter as the future Luna