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English · Romance · Contemporary
I thought Hudson Marshall was the love of my life, so I fought hard within the family to win a perfect wedding with him.
My parents also decided to launch the billion-dollar "True Love" jewelry collection on our wedding day.
But seven…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
After I Got Sick, He Cried His Eyes Red from Worry and Ran All over Town to Raise Money for Me, But I Still Broke His Heart
I, Elodie Sterling, got sick while working at a club and drinking with guests. The doctor told me to raise money…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
My younger sister got pregnant unexpectedly, but my mother said the baby was innocent and begged her to keep it.
The daughter of my father's mistress wanted to go on a trip. My mother took the money meant to save my little brother's…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
When my parents divorced, they fought over who got to keep my little sister. As for me, they couldn't get rid of me fast enough.
In the end, I was handed off to my dad.
My mom, clutching my sister's hand, stood by and sneered as she…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
After the Earthquake, My Boyfriend Refused to Save My Mom. He Wanted to Save His Childhood Friend's Dog Instead
After the earthquake, my boyfriend Dax Fairley asked me, Talia Winslet, to help lift a concrete slab to rescue a…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
Everyone believed that my husband, Felix Hastings, was as cold, distant, untouchable as a glacier. But he chased me for ten long years, like a dog on a leash.
When I got shoved into a blazing inferno, he ditched his multi-million-dollar…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
I developed aphasia due to childhood trauma.
My parents, Eric Cox and Sharon Wilson, disliked me and made me marry my cousin Laura Cox's vegetative fiancé, Roman White, on her behalf.
After three years of my meticulous care, Roman…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
Reborn and determined to escape the doomed marriage, I rejected Nathan Whitman, who got down on one knee to propose to me, signed the contract as a principal dancer, and spirited his mother, Jane Whitman, away without a second…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
On the day of my wedding, the Lawson family's fake heir, Nicholas Lawson, showed up to offer his blessings, covered in blood, kneeling in front of me, and begging for forgiveness.
"Maxwell, I already promised you. I won't fight over the…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
On my son Lucas Williams' seventh birthday, my husband, Asher Williams, stood us up again because of his adopted sister, Sofia Robinson.
I tried to hold him back. "Just wait a bit. Lucas has been looking forward to your birthday present…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
On the day of our engagement, suddenly, a video popped up on the big screen. In it, my boyfriend's secretary, Debby Clark, was being dragged into the toilet and was getting beaten and verbally abused.
Debby, all bruised and battered,…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
On the day of my birthday party, my grandfather, Harvey Macleod, asked me which guy from the Cameron family I was going to marry.
I didn't hesitate for a second and picked Arthur Cameron from the Cameron family. My family's elders were…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
The day my ex-boyfriend, Spencer Drayton, became the world boxing champion was the same day I, Madeleine Ford, got my terminal diagnosis.
During the live broadcast interview, the host asked Spencer who'd been his rock during the hardest…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
To help his adopted sister, Rosalind Sterling, get taller, my brother Ashton Sterling forced me, Seraphina Sterling, to give her my legs for grafting.
He found a preacher, a man calling himself a True God, who hacked my legs off with an…
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English · Romance · Contemporary
Chapter 1
My husband's mother had been out in the fields when she accidentally stepped on an old landmine from the battlefield.
The community police asked me to find my retired husband, who was a bomb disposal expert, to defuse it, but…
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English · Contemporary
Before my rebirth, Lucas and I were childhood friends. He was the brightest star in my life.
Ten years later, we got married in the most beautiful cathedral in the city. Everyone said we were a match made in heaven.
He was the heir to…
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English · Contemporary
Henry brought a woman home and ordered me to cook for them.
The woman giggled, nestling in his arms. "Honey, who is she?"
"Her? The housekeeper," Henry replied dismissively, looking at me.
I clutched my stomach and limped into the…
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English · Contemporary
I never thought my boyfriend would go to such extremes just because I inadvertently upset his half-sister while showing our affection.
During an extreme sports event, Lucas pushed me off a high platform. The head injury left me blind,…
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English · Contemporary
In the twenty-third year since I was adopted by the Lewis family, everyone assumed I would marry Adam Lewis.
But he thought I was beautiful yet brainless, far inferior to the intelligent beauty he met in college.
I knew he probably…
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English · Contemporary
At the gala, I pressed my wine glass against Lucas's bobbing Adam's apple.
"Why so quiet now, Mr. Seasons?" I teased.
Lucas tilted his head away from the brim of the glass, avoiding the spilling wine. "Please behave yourself, Ms.…
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English · Contemporary
I have a scar on my chin that extends down to my neck. It's a remnant from a childhood accident when Lucas threw a firecracker that exploded near me. His mother dragged him to apologize, and he planted a kiss on my bandage.
"Sophia,…
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English · Contemporary
As my stepfather grabbed my hair and slammed my head towards the toilet, Zack appeared out of nowhere and kicked him to the ground.
My teenage hero was like a gust of wind, blowing through my entire youth.
Later, on the eve of…
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English · Contemporary
I had been with Lucas for eight years.
Every Valentine's Day, he would surprise Olivia with a special gift, trying to win her heart.
In the eighth year, he finally succeeded.
I tore up the wedding invitation he handed me and walked…
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English · Contemporary
On the day Sophia and I got engaged, her first love committed suicide.
To get revenge on me, she had me committed to a psychiatric hospital.
Three years later, I escaped.
I fear her, hate her, but I will never love her again.
In the…
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