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I spent three years building my husband, Axel Farrell, into Silicon Valley's ultimate "family man." As his lead PR strategist, I carefully managed his public image, making sure the world saw him as a perfect, devoted husband while I worked in the shadows of our estate. The illusion shattered when he came home one night smelling of sandalwood and roses, with three deep fingernail scratches carved into his back. When I tried to check his phone, the passcode we had used for years-our wedding anniversary-had been changed. The betrayal got worse the next morning when his mother called me a "defective product" and tried to force me into a fertility clinic. Axel didn't defend me; instead, he shoved me against a marble bar at a public gala to protect his mistress in front of the world's elite. By the time I tried to leave, Axel had frozen my bank accounts and filed a forged legal petition to have me declared mentally incompetent. He planned to have me legally kidnapped and locked in a private psychiatric ward just to stop me from filing for divorce. He even blocked every major law firm in the city from taking my case, leaving me with no money, no identity, and no one to turn to. I couldn't understand how the man who "saved" me from the mud years ago could be the same monster now trying to legally erase my existence. Was our entire marriage just a grooming process to exploit my genius for his billion-dollar empire? As the deadline for my forced commitment approached, I stopped crying and opened my laptop. I leaked the video of his affair to every tech journalist in the country, watching his stock price crash in real-time. "Axel thinks starving me out will make me crawl back to him," I whispered as I walked into the headquarters of his biggest rival. "But he forgot that the most valuable part of his company is in my head." I was no longer the abandoned wife; I was the one who was going to take his throne and burn it to the ground.

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Benjamin Franklin by John Torrey Morse

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Anne Douglas Sedgwick (28 March 1873 – 19 July 1935) was an American-born British writer. Her novels explored the contrast in values between Americans and Europeans.

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Schwatka's Search: Sledging in the Arctic in Quest of the Franklin Records by William H. Gilder

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William Makepeace Thackeray (18 July 1811 – 24 December 1863) was an English novelist of the 19th century. He is famous for his satirical works, particularly Vanity Fair, a panoramic portrait of English society.

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Emily's life was already quite stable, focusing on her comic scripts, when suddenly Alex entered the scene, demanding she hand over their child – a child she didn't even know existed. Emily considered Alex insane, repeatedly exerting control over her, insisting she hand over their child daily. Initi

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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

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Elena Hart is a genius scientist mired in debt and can't even afford her mother's life-saving surgery. Her rescuer can only be one man: Dominic Blackwood, a ruthless billionaire who doesn't believe in love but needs a wife for some mysterious reason that Elena can't fathom. When he offers to marry h

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Mr. Hawkins' Humorous Adventures by Edgar Franklin

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* When Olivia becomes the unlikely babysitter to the Anderson's bad boy son, Marcus, she must navigate his charming yet troublesome ways, all while trying to keep her own life in order. * The battle of wills between Marcus and Olivia begins as they clash over who's in charge, but Olivia's determina

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The story revolves around Luna, a young woman whose life takes a dramatic turn when she discovers she's pregnant after a one-night stand with a stranger. The pregnancy is unexpected, and Luna's world is turned upside down as she navigates the complexities of her situation. The novel explores Luna's

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The Splendid Idle Forties: Stories of Old California by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton

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The Conqueror: Being the True and Romantic Story of Alexander Hamilton by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton

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The Living Present by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton

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The Avalanche by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton

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Benjamin Franklin Bowen wrote this popular book that continues to be widely read today despite its age.

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Roldan Castanada does not want to be conscripted into the army. Although no coward, the idea of a regimented army life does not suit his ideals, so he decides to run away from home with his friend Adan Pardo, and the pair disappear into the California wilderness. Savage bears, a river rescue, captur

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American author Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton achieved significant literary acclaim during her career, garnering comparisons to luminaries like Henry James and Ambrose Bierce. This collection of spine-tingling gothic tales will please fans of the genre who don't want to sacrifice literary quality

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Christianity and Greek Philosophy by Benjamin Franklin Cocker

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Betrayed by the man she once called husband, Cassia Munroe learned the hard way that love doesn't always come with loyalty. She was never his first choice, but their child was everything. And when she asked for a divorce, she was forced to make the most painful sacrifice of all... leaving her five-y