stormy weather novel

She never should have been at that gala. Emily Chen was just trying to get through the night in a borrowed dress, blending into a crowd that would never truly accept her. But one careless step, one glass of champagne, and she collides with Alexander Drake—the city’s most feared billionaire, and the man her family has spent years blaming for their ruin. She expects fury. What she gets is interest. Cold, unsettling, and far too intense. Instead of banishing her, Drake makes her an offer: a temporary position inside his empire. A job that looks like opportunity, but feels like a trap. For Emily, it’s a chance to dig for answers about her father’s downfall. For Alexander, it’s a chance to draw her deeper into his orbit. The deeper she goes, the more dangerous it becomes. Rival corporations circle like sharks, whispers of betrayal grow louder, and Drake’s obsession starts to feel like both a shield and a prison. Emily can’t tell if he’s the enemy she should fear… or the only man capable of protecting her from what’s coming. In a world where loyalty can be bought and secrets are worth more than gold, Emily will have to risk everything. The truth could destroy them both. But without it, she may never escape.

Billie's wedding day should have been the happiest of her life. She was marrying the father of her baby...her secret baby. But tycoon Alexei Drakos had suffered amnesia, so he had no recollection of the incredible night he'd spent with Billie a year ago.... Tonight he was expecting his new bride to be a virgin... Billie knew that a marriage laced with hidden surprises was not likely to last. If only for their son's sake, she had to convince Alexei of the truth...starting tonight in the honeymoon bed...

*What happens when a powerful billionaire is blindsided by a secret that could change everything?* Greek billionaire Alexei Drakos has always relied on his personal assistant, Billie Foster, for everything—from managing his chaotic life to even getting rid of his girlfriends. But when Billie asks for extended leave, Alexei’s world is suddenly thrown off balance. Little does he know, Billie is carrying a secret—one that will alter the course of their forever

“Weather Guy” Grant Singer is determined to be in a committed relationship by year’s end. Tired of guys who only go out with him in order to get close to his more famous coworker, he signs up with an online dating service. No one ever claimed meteorology was sexy, but surely Grant can find someone to share his life with the help of technology. Too bad he’s more attracted to the waiter who serves them lunch than any of his matches.<br><br>Waiter Craig Brower is focused on finishing his degree in mathmatics. He doesn’t have time for dating and couldn’t care less when a local television celebrity shows up in his section.<br><br>But Grant is a nice guy and soon Craig is all too invested in making sure he ends up with the right man by his side no matter how stormy the weather.

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In her past life, she was the founder of an international secret organization. After being betrayed by her brother, she died with resentment. After being reborn, Ling Han actually became a mentally challenged young lady of a top-class financial corporation. She helped the Ling family expand their business, punish scheming villains, and gradually took control over the business industry. On a stormy night, Ling Han found a shivering man hiding at the corner of her house gates. Pei Jing was quite beautiful so she took him home and kept him by her side. The Ling Group’s rapid growth attracted envy. Ling Han managed to successfully resolve every scheme and crisis that came their way. But slowly, Ling Han felt that something was off… It was as if someone was helping her from the shadows. “Say, who do you think it is?” Pei Jing shook his head innocently but called his subordinates when no one was looking. “You guys, be more discreet. Hanhan almost found out!” Ling Han realized that the man she picked up wasn’t as innocent as he seemed! He knew how to balance power, was well-versed in many languages, and was skillful in bed too! Long into their relationship, she finally caught Pei Jing’s tracks and found out that he was a bigshot! “Ling Han, marry me.” “I haven’t forgiven you for lying to me!” As Pei Jing watched his wife sulk, he silently sighed, ‘Chasing a wife is hard!’

I never planned to sell my body, just my time. Poverty pushed me into that brothel, but I didn’t know it was a deadly ring until they loaded us into a bus… and it crashed. Dozens died. I survived. Bleeding and terrified, I ran into the road and straight into the car of Raisem Hargrave, the youngest billionaire in the country, silently battling a deadly illness. He should’ve left me there. Instead, he took me into his cold, quiet world of wealth and secrets… and made me an offer no sane girl would accept. Carry his child. Give his grandmother an heir. Walk away after the birth. No strings. No emotions. No future. It was supposed to be a simple contract between a dying billionaire and a girl with nothing left, until the way he looked at me stopped feeling like business… and started feeling like danger.

Bailey played the perfect homemaker on social media. Known as Lori Laker, The Happy Homemaker, she purported that a housewife was no different from any small business owner. As such, the business of creating a blissful home life should be based on a solid business plan, solid professional alliances, and dynamite management skills. When she draws the attention of Chase Meadows, she is at a loss how to shake the determined CEO of the MGM Conglomerate without revealing secrets that could ruin her reputation. But there is absolutely no way she would ever tie herself to a man known as a demon in the business world with a world-renown reputation as emotionally unstable. He could be ice cold in business negotiations one minute and spewing dragon fire at an inept employee the next. Chase Meadows celebrated his thirty-fifth birthday alone with a bottle of Macallan’s whiskey and a rare steak. Life was good. He had exceeded his expectations and checked off every goal he had set for himself to reach before the age of forty—except for one. He always planned to marry and start a family by now. He wanted someone besides a housekeeper to come home to at night. He wanted a wife and two kids. Maybe a dog. He had tried to have a serious relationship before, but women annoyed him. More specifically, their expectations annoyed him. He wanted someone willing to take on the role of stay-at-home wife and mother without making spending his money a life’s goal. He wanted someone who put his happiness and needs first, someone who appreciated how hard he was willing to work for his family and rewarded him accordingly. He wanted someone to manage his household as efficiently as he managed his company. She should be healthy and bright and full of ideas but astute enough to know when to speak and when to accept his authority without question. When his personal assistant introduced him to the Happy Homemaker’s live stream, he was intrigued. When Chase ran into the same woman at a charity event and saw how succinctly she put a drunken date in his place, he knew she had the backbone to be his partner. The question was how to convince her.

Gently reared Martin finds himself adrift without means when his uncle goes bankrupt with gambling debts. He seeks a livelihood as tutor to the young children of an earl on a remote Welsh estate. Arriving on a dark and stormy night that sets the tone for his whole adventure, he falls into intrigue, mystery, and powerful new loves -- for the three traumatized children and their enigmatic guardian.<br><br>Dylan has been called back from service in South Africa when his elder brother supposedly finds his wife with another man, kills the pair and then himself. He’ll now have to assume most duties of the earldom, raise his nephew to majority and care for three orphaned children. Desperate for help, he hires a young man sight unseen to become their tutor while he works to uncover the facts of the scandalous tragedy that tore apart his family. Both matters reveal surprising results.

Peach Winter is a girl trying to get on with her life, and live for herself. But other people won't let her, not because of the odd things they notice about her - like her eyes changing colours with her emotions, or rain falling when she is sad. When she finds out a dark secret about her birth, it throws everything she thought she knew about life into chaos. At that crucial point in her life, she tries to rebuild herself, and ends up meeting two strangers who care for her. Which of them will she put her trust in? Shane Michaels, the enigmatic businessman, or Ethan Lewis, the struggling artist? Will Peach be able to bear the consequences of the choice she makes?