quicksand novel

Waitress Amara Zaoui, 29, moves to the luxurious island Lusher for a lucrative job opportunity thanks to her cousin Blu despite her disdain for the uber-rich. Burned by love, Amara prefers her male companionship with no strings attached, but Blu has made it her life mission to curate her love life. And then it happens. Love at first sight when she runs into the hands of the charming young Andrew Fahad. Since he was a child, Andrew Fahad has only had his family’s purpose in mind. Nothing matters to him more than the Fahad’s legacy and its impact on their society. The weight of that responsibility is crashing him until he meets Amara. Not only is she captivating, but she also challenges everything he was raised to believe in. But to question himself is to question his entire reality and to question his reality is to lose himself and sight of his purpose. Andrew is at an impasse. Both Andrew and Amara are wrestling with emotional turmoil. For months, they have danced too close to each other’s fire. No matter how appealing, how tempting those bright, exciting sparks are, they both agree that they must end their relationship because they are too different. Something about being together warns them of a destruction they cannot handle. But it’s easier said than done.

When the balance of the Chaos Verse begins to fracture, an exiled boy named Hale Wren finds himself caught between gods, monsters, and his own unraveling mind. Across a realm built from light and shadow, Hale must uncover the truth of what it means to exist — and what must be sacrificed to keep that existence from collapsing. But in a world where every choice reshapes reality, even the smallest spark of Chaos can ignite the end of everything.

Pasar 6 años tratando de buscarle un sentido a su vida después de sobrevivir a una guerra biológica no ha sido fácil, mucho menos para Frank que perdió todo lo que amaba frente a él. Sus padres, sus padrinos y los hijos de ellos con los que creció ya no estaban más. Aún no lo superaba y no creía que lo pudiera hacer algún día. Por ello sabía qué, aunque afuera las cosas estuvieran en calma, dentro de él todo estaba en caos. Su cuerpo y mente crearon su propio temporizador o eso es lo que pensaba él. Pero algo más allá le haría ver que él no tiene y nunca tuvo control sobre sí mismo.

Liu, a student studying abroad, in his Highschool years transfers to New Shanghai, a city currently in the making in pursuit of a new chapter in his life, however, upon arriving things are strange; the people, the city, and also the crazy high crime rate; which all are connected to one thing, magic itself. Liu doesn't believe in Magic and fairy tails but his biggest mistake was not believing...that he too, has a Magicians lineage. He had suddenly shifted towards another realm. -The Magicians Society

Jin Lin a high school kid with a big brother-complex lost his genius, entrepreneur big brother Jin Chen to an explosive accident at an offshore oil drilling platform. Left in a vegetative state, Jin Chen had a low probability of waking up from his coma. All hope was lost that is until a gaming company known as Star Horizon gave him a second chance to live in a virtual game world. Their mother agreed with ease after paying a hefty price her son. Jin Chen was taken away and that was last they saw him. Five years later Star Horizon's virtual reality game Equino, Jin Lin signed up with the hope of seeing his brother again.

James Thrys was a soldier in the Great Continental War that ravaged the nations for decades. Fighting side by side with his brother, the pursuit of the mysterious cause of the war crept to a close. But tragedy struck when a mission ended not only in defeat, but also with his brother's sacrifice. James swore to finish the fight his brother started. And after years of agony, a peace treaty was signed. Like a lifeless war machine, James no longer had a purpose in life except to wander around cities. He had lost everything to attain peace for the world, and swore never to pick up a weapon again. But unsolvable assassinations of officials around the world began to threaten the peace that James sacrificed so much for. The assassin rumored to be murderer of his brother. Donning the mantle of the Quiver once more, James Thrys had a vow of vengeance had to carry out.

"It was you who was born for me, and me who was born for you. This is the kind of relation we were destined to have. We can never escape our fate." Abella, a billionaire who has lost her husband meets Quietus himself. What has fate planned for them? Read and find out

Sophie Wexler transmigrated into a novel about The Galaxy, becoming the vicious, F-rank Healer-class cannon fodder. The original owner constantly caused trouble and made things difficult for the female lead, earning her the hatred of the entire internet. Upon transmigrating and seeing that everything had been ruined by the original owner, Sophie's only thought was: "What kind of nightmare start is this?!" To escape the original owner's fate, Sophie Wexler worked diligently, conducted herself conscientiously, stayed away from the male and female leads, compensated the soldiers harmed by the original owner, and strove to be a model citizen of The Galaxy, absolutely refusing to be the cannon fodder 'offed' by the Imperial Marshal! Broke and powerless, Sophie also had to support a man who'd been innocently dragged into the original owner's mess. She had no choice but to hustle. She started live streaming, became a masked singer, and held concerts. At first, netizens were scornful: 【Tsk, how good can she possibly sound?】 Later, the netizens were forced to eat their words. 【Damn, that's so good I'm on my knees!】 【What the hell, the violent episode of my Disorder Period has actually been soothed?!】 【The toxins in my Spiritual Sea have actually been eliminated!】 Her live streams went viral, the masked singer became a huge sensation, and tickets for her concerts were snapped up across The Galaxy. Sophie was content, thinking, "This time, I must have finally escaped the original owner's fate, right?" But what do you know, the man I've been doting on and supporting is actually the Imperial Marshal?! --- One day, Yancey Forrest came home to find that the boisterous person who was always claiming to be good to him was gone. His eyes darkened. Provoke me and then think you can leave? After catching her, Yancey traced his fingertips along Sophie's neck, smiling gently. "Why run?" Sophie trembled. "You... you're the Imperial Marshal?" His identity exposed, Yancey Forrest took her hand and slowly placed it on his own neck ring. "You know I won't kill you, don't you?"

Amelia Lockhart has one mission: make the top idol Ethan Quinn fall in love with her, then break his heart, so that Ethan Quinn can successfully pass his tribulation and return to his position as a High God. There's just one problem: as the most hated woman on the internet, Amelia is the last person anyone would pair with the nation's golden boy. But when she lands a spot on a dating show alongside Ethan, she sees her chance. She does all the heavy lifting and is dependable enough to make him see her differently. As a result, Ethan starts pretending to be weak. The fans are confused. Their untouchable idol is... blushing? Getting clingy? Calling her "jiejie" in that voice? "Sis, I surrender." "Sis, you can only spoil me like this." Amelia is losing control of the plan. She was supposed to seduce him and walk away. So why is he the one coaxing her to stay, and why is it getting harder to say no?

In her past life, Su Yaoguang bought Xiao Yanci, supported his education, and helped him rise to great heights. She became his wife. Everyone praised him for never abandoning the farm girl who funded his rise. Su Yaoguang also believed she had found a good man. Unexpectedly, when she was seriously ill, she saw Xiao Yanci bring his first love and a child who resembled them both to her bedside. "Dad, mom, when will this person die?" the child asked, holding Xiao Yanci's hand. Xiao Yanci responded, "Soon, just wait a bit longer." That was the moment she realized: she had wasted her entire life on the wrong man. Returning to the age of fifteen, Su Yaoguang pointed at the bloody young boy: "I want him." In her past life, no matter what she gave Xiao Yanci, she only received a cold expression. This time, the young boy, like a wolf cub, dropped his guard; everything Sister gifted was the best. Sweet as milk. Devoted beyond reason. He melted her completely. Until one day, the young boy took a high position. Not wanting history to repeat itself, Su Yaoguang packed her things and slipped away at night, only to run into a man as noble and unattainable as a deity. "I've heard you call us siblings everywhere. Good sister, shouldn't we change what we call each other?"