The Young Stepmother’s Survival Guide

Modern

Today is October 14th, my birthday. I returned to New York after months away, dragging my suitcase through the biting wind, but the VIP pickup zone where my husband's Maybach usually idled was empty. When I finally let myself into our Upper East Side penthouse, I didn't find a cake or a "welcome home" banner. Instead, I found my husband, Caden, kneeling on the floor, helping our five-year-old daughter wrap a massive gift for my half-sister, Adalynn. Caden didn't even look up when I walked in; he was too busy laughing with the girl who had already stolen my father's legacy and was now moving in on my family. "Auntie Addie is a million times better than Mommy," my daughter Elara chirped, clutching a plush toy Caden had once forbidden me from buying for her. "Mommy is mean," she whispered loudly, while Caden just smirked, calling me a "drill sergeant" before whisking her off to Adalynn's party without a second glance. Later that night, I saw a video Adalynn posted online where my husband and child laughed while mocking my "sensitive" nature, treating me like an inconvenient ghost in my own home. I had spent five years researching nutrition for Elara's health and managing every detail of Caden's empire, only to be discarded the moment I wasn't in the room. How could the man who set his safe combination to my birthday completely forget I even existed? The realization didn't break me; it turned me into ice. I didn't scream or beg for an explanation. I simply walked into the study, pulled out the divorce papers I'd drafted months ago, and took a black marker to the terms. I crossed out the alimony, the mansion, and even the custody clause-if they wanted a life without me, I would give them exactly what they asked for. I left my four-carat diamond ring on the console table and walked out into the rain with nothing but a heavily encrypted hard drive. The submissive Mrs. Holloway was gone, and "Ghost," the most lethal architect in the tech world, was finally back online to take back everything they thought I'd forgotten.

Horror

It all started with an attack at the luxurious Skybay High School. Now, a year later, the students are out camping in the middle of nowhere. Strange things occur, lives are in danger. With no access to the outside world, the teachers become uneasy. The students terrified. Jameela teams up with her

Adventure

Trying to survive an endless curse cast upon the earth by the gods, humans sought freedom and revenge upon those whom are closest to them- the Giants. Attacking with powerful sleeping spells and with only 24 hours to escape. Planing to escape, dwarfs ascended from the spirit world, hoping to find

Modern

IT will surprise and at the same time possibly amuse you to know that I had the instinct to tell what follows to a Priest, and might have done so had not the Man of the World in me whispered that from professional Believers I should get little sympathy, and probably less credence still. For to have

Literature

The Garden of Survival, written in 1918, began in Blackwood's usual polished and expressive style. His protagonist, Richard, a former military man now making a living as a foreign diplomat in Africa, details in epistolary format his musings of life and love. We are informed of his having been marrie

Others

Mia and Her Fellow final year students were kidnapped from school during their Extension classes by the Bandits who were trying to take over their country, out of the over hundred students that were kidnapped only Mia and two other students survived. Question: How did they Survive?

Romance

Until I met Ronin, the love of my life, life had never been fair to me. Everything changed for me once he turned my life upside down. He swept me off my feet, like a breath of fresh air. He became a source of light for me, guiding me away from my darkest and most wretched road. My life is not a fai

Literature

The Guide of the Desert by Gustave Aimard

Sci-fi

When a deadly virus breaks out in Helena University, a group of students must band together to survive the zombie apocalypse. As the undead horde grows, the students quickly realize that they are trapped inside the school with no help from the outside world. With limited resources and no clear plan

Romance

The last thing I remembered was the cold, not from the biting wind in the remote forest, but the icy grip of utter betrayal. My own family, my sister Ashley, my parents, stood by a luxury RV, watching me. Ashley screamed for the camera, a performance of feigned terror, then shoved me hard, sending

Literature

Jack the Young Explorer by George Bird Grinnell

Literature

"Well, after all, the country isn't such a bad place as some city folk think. " The young fellow who said this stood upon the highest point of the Ridge Road, where the land sloped abruptly to the valley in which lay the small municipality of Crawberry on the one hand, while on the other open fields

Modern

 Ben heard every word that was said, and it confirmed his suspicions. There was no doubt that an attempt would be made to rob him and his companion before morning, and the prospect was not pleasant. By submitting quietly he would come to no harm, and the loss of the money would not be irreparab

Adventure

Stretching from the Atlantic seaboard on the east to the Mississippi River on the west, lies the great P. & O. Railroad, comprising, all told, some four thousand miles of track.

Werewolf

Abijah or Miss J,21, newly hired kitchen manager at Cedar Falls K12 Academy on the Southside of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Abijah was fully aware of the supernatural world around her. She knew about the werewolf pack and territory that she lived and worked on. About the wizards, witches, fairies, dragon

Literature

The New Guide to Peterborough Cathedral by George S. Phillips

Literature

Big Dummy's Guide to the Internet by Electronic Frontier Foundation

Modern

In 'Shadows of Survival,' we follow the compelling journey of Sarah, a woman trapped in a nightmarish marriage marked by abuse. Desperate for escape, she takes a life-altering step to protect herself, unintentionally sending her husband to an apparent demise. Facing the consequences, Sarah is impri

Sci-fi

The rotor wash from the FEMA helicopter was a physical blow, a deafening symphony of survival above the screams of a collapsing Los Angeles. My team was clambering aboard, but Matthew, my boyfriend, blocked the doorway, pistol raised. "We are not leaving without Molly," he declared, his desperate

Romance

Here is the love story of a girl Tanya and a boy Varun. Tanya is cute, beautiful, innocent, and less talkative. Varun is handsome, Hot, loves cool living life, and always lives in present. Somehow Varun fell in love with Tanya but Tanya already is in love with someone else and waiting for him if som

Literature

The Young Trail Hunters by Samuel Woodworth Cozzens