a circle of life

Modern

My five-year-old daughter was dying in the ICU, her heartbeat replaced by the continuous, electronic scream of a flatline. I gripped her cold hand, my throat sealed shut by a terror so absolute I couldn't even cry out. I dialed my husband Grayson's private number, the one reserved only for me and his assistants. He declined the call instantly. A second later, a text buzzed against my palm: "In a meeting. Do not disturb. Stop calling." Five miles away, Grayson was at a luxury gala, adjusting his silk tie and laughing with Belle Escobar. He told her I was just being "dramatic" and using our daughter's "fever" as an excuse to avoid the event. He had no idea Effie's heart had already stopped. When I finally reached our penthouse, soaked from the rain and carrying Effie's small socks in a plastic bag, Grayson didn't even look at me. He snapped at me for ruining the hardwood floors and asked if I'd left Effie with the nanny just to "feel sorry for myself." Three days later, while I buried our daughter in a small, lonely ceremony, Grayson was at the Hamptons. Belle posted a photo of him golfing with the caption: "A mental health day with the boys." He didn't even attend the funeral, but he returned home demanding I clear out Effie's room to make a study for Belle's son. The injustice burned through me until there was nothing left. I swallowed a handful of sleeping pills, desperate to join my daughter. But instead of the darkness, I woke up to blinding lights and the scent of Grayson's expensive cologne. I was standing in a ballroom, wearing a blue silk dress I had already burned. Above me, a banner read: "Happy 5th Birthday Kaiden & Effie." I was back, exactly one year before the tragedy. This time, I wasn't going to be the grieving wife. I was going to be their worst nightmare.

Modern

You'll be entirely out of luck if you don’t lie right down and go to sleep!” Florence Huyler, her pal, exclaimed, making a significant gesture toward a sofa pillow which, as the little French girl had reason to know, was both heavy and hard. And Florence had muscle. Of late she had been

Short stories

The city's skyline was both stunning and threatening as it shone through the morning mist. Sophia Brown almost appeared to be someone else from the penthouse window of a chic condo in Jersey City-perhaps a corporate consultant or a real estate lawyer with a wine collection and a Pilates routine. Ins

Romance

"With a fierce determination to forge her own path, Chanda embarks on a journey of self-discovery and growth. But the road to independence is fraught with challenges, from her mother's well-meaning but suffocating grasp to the tantalizing promise of a new romance. As she navigates the treacherous la

Fantasy

my name is drew i am just a normal human and my life is all about to change because i soon will learn that i am no human but a warewolf and my mate is to perfect for me her name is Raya we will face alot of struggles but together we will be alright

Young Adult

"Liam, we need to talk." My father's flat voice cut through the tense silence of our dining room, setting the stage for a conversation I knew was coming. The university scholarship, a white rectangle of hope, lay on the table-a trap. My mother, Sarah, chimed in, her voice sickly sweet as she reminde

Literature

Unlucky: A Fragment of a Girl's Life by Caroline Austin

Literature

Hawthorne and His Circle by Julian Hawthorne

Billionaires

Wealth and Power. Betse Walter is determined to climb the society's highest ladder. As her path intertwined with Kini Belmont, a mysterious billionaire in the realm of a glamorous yet controversial circle of elites, she is faced with love, scandals, betrayal, lies and deception. Will Kini's love

Werewolf

From behind Curtain of Power, through the veil of the Curtain of Dreams, they would look on the world of human. Lesser gods were permitted to mix and mate with those of the human realm at their whim, and so became the faeries and sprites, human and wovles and other creatures of magic. Some found the

Romance

Ella, a small-town tech genius with a passion for creating sustainable solutions, unexpectedly finds herself at the center of an exclusive billionaire club. After selling her breakthrough eco-friendly software to a Fortune 500 company, she's invited to an elite retreat to mingle with the world's wea

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This book reveals the incredible life of the legendary General, one of the most prominent figures of the Confederate Army in the American Civil War. It also contains his personal writings which paint a full picture of Lee's life. Robert Edward Lee was an American general known for commanding the Con

Literature

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so th

Modern

A girl will reach success if she gets proper encouragement, as she needs to face the outside world bravely. But, if she gets opposed by her family and desires to achieve success in her nerves, can we stop her? No. She will climb the ladder alone and prove that her life is an inspiration to many girl

Fantasy

There is always tragedy when man invades the solitudes of the earth, for his coming never fails to mean the destruction of the wild things. But, surely, nowhere can the pathos be greater than when, in the western part of North America, there is a discovery of new gold-diggings. Then from all points

Modern

The ER waiting room hummed with a familiar, sickly glow. But tonight, I wasn't the paramedic on call. I was just Andrew, a guy in a hoodie, staring at my phone. My fiancée, Jennifer, lay supposedly critical after a hit-and-run. They said she needed emergency brain surgery. The nurse demanded pa

Romance

Does a human being exist in this world that doesn't have a heart? Well, that's the fate of a girl, she's poor and innocent, and she hasn't even hurt a single fly before but what could the gods give in return for that? She's heartless, she lives on an artificial heart because she doesn't have enough

Modern

The New Year's trip was meant to be a fresh start, my final test to prove myself worthy of Chloe Davis' s powerful family. I spent the holiday tirelessly entertaining her restless younger brother, Leo, a frantic effort to be the perfect future brother-in-law. Then, a single scream shattered everyth

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1911 edition. Excerpt: ...gown, was my only adornment. That night there was a distinct attempt on ev

Modern

On our seventh wedding anniversary, the Austin air thick with humidity, I stood before a newsstand. There, on the glossy cover of Austin Monthly, was Caleb Jones, a kid three years my junior, a junior aide from my wife' s campaign. "Caleb Jones: The Future is Now. A Star on the Rise." the headline

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Translated from the French by Martha Walker Cook. According to Wikipedia: "Liszt gained renown in Europe during the early nineteenth century for his virtuosic skill as a pianist. He was said by his contemporaries to have been the most technically advanced pianist of his age, and in the 1840s he was