alibaba and the forty thieves

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.

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Angelo Hall wrote this popular book that continues to be widely read today despite its age.

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Historical fiction from the time of the bitter conflicts between Catholics and Protestants in France, after the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre and before the reign of Henri of Navarre. According to Wikipedia: "Alexandre Dumas, père (French for "father", akin to 'Senior' in English), born Dumas Davy

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Guilt of the Brass Thieves by Mildred A. Wirt

Romance

If someone asked me that I, Fernanda de Freitas, would be separating myself from the man I had sworn to love, respect in joy and sadness, I would have laughed a lot. My marriage for me I thought was perfect, well I thought until one day everything collapsed. Now I'm about to turn 40 I wouldn't have

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The Ranger Boys Outwit the Timber Thieves by Claude A. Labelle

Adventure

FORTY NIGHT WITH HIM Synopsis Mattew came from a very rich family,apart from his family wealth,he is extremely rich, Mattew is a demi- god. Mattew is a very arrogant young guy who thinks there is nothing money can not buy ,he believes money can buy anything due to the poor people he render help

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An ex-cracksman turned Scotland Yard detective, Cleek's slim and faultlessly dressed form is topped by an india-rubber-like face, of which he has remarkable control. With the power to distort and transform his visage and mimic any mannerism he desires, Cleek (with the assistance of his cockney assis

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Forty-one years in India by Frederick Sleigh Roberts

Fantasy

In a bustling, floating city, a group of daring thieves called Shadowed Falcons stumbled upon a hidden gateway to an ancient, mysterious realm. This discovery catapults them into a cosmic realm of potent beings who promise untold wealth in exchange for the execution of impossible heists. Yet, as the

Romance

My husband, Arthur, had a pattern. He would cheat, I would find out, and a rare book would appear on my shelf. Forty-nine betrayals, forty-nine expensive apologies. It was a transaction: my silence for a beautiful object. But the forty-ninth was the last straw. He skipped my dying father' s award c

Adventure

The eighth installment of The Adventures of Larson and Garrett. Crafty Garrett finds a way to contact the thieve's guild of Xorinth and purchases information regarding the murder of his friend and the attack on the libratoreum. Meanwhile, Larson and crew await further instructions from Detective Mat

Romance

Brian, a notorious playboy, was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. His father wanted him to help the family by joining the company, but he preferred to enter the world of entertainment. Rachel, an orphan, learned the skill of theft from the master who adopted her. She was a talented thief who us

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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preservin

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In this amusing novel, Jerome K. Jerome takes what should be grim subject — bargaining with an angel who is attempting to record one's life's deeds and misdeeds — and transforms it into a thought-provoking and funny meditation on the true meaning of good works, charity and morality.

Romance

“PYRO. That’s my name.” Fira was about to die at the hands of hunters when there was a man came to save her. This man had a cold emotion with his unusual strength, good at dodging, and a fighter who can prevent every strike of the opponent without looking at it. She was curious about the identity o

Fantasy

Summer Laurent could finally breathe freely, away from the hell that some called home. Carrying a secret on her frail shoulders, she managed to meander through life. However, that comes to a screeching halt when she literally collides with her boss, Dorian King. They say destinies are preordained, b

Horror

During the first two months of the year 1844, the greatest possible excitement existed in Dublin respecting the State Trials, in which Mr O’Connell, his son, the Editors of three different repeal newspapers, Tom Steele, the Rev. Mr Tierney a priest who had taken a somewhat prominent part in th

Fantasy

Our gondola, far out on the lagoon, hardly moved. But neither Jacqueline nor I, under the red and white striped awning, cared much, and Pietro even dared to light a cigarette.

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The Barb and the Bridle by Vielle Moustache

Fantasy

Revolutionary for the time in encouraging children to think like children, the adventure of Princess Irene and Curdie, the boy miner, was to influence generations of writers, including Chesterton and Tolkien. Overflowing with fantastic ideas and images to delight the young and allegory to inspire th