thick as thieves by sandra brown hardcover

In the twenty-seventh year of Hong Guang, the allied forces of seven nations invaded the Great Blue Dynasty. Rifled muskets, mortars, and armored vehicles combined into a steel tide, were ultimately shattered by the Great Blue's armored cavalry. Muscle, magic, firearms, cannons... the new and the old powers continuously collided. In an era of great strife, Li Fei, with the help of a Ten Thousand Blood Bead, gradually became an existence akin to a BOSS: 'Is this the extent of your damage? You haven't even taken off one-thousandth of my health.' 'You don't think this is enough to kill me, do you?' 'Don't rush, the second phase is up next!' ......

Sebuah kisah dua remaja yang terlibat pernikahan karena perjodohan yang disetujui oleh kedua belah pihak. Aaram yang notabenenya adalah sahabat Sandra,Aaram juga pernah menyakiti sahabatnya Dira karena berselingkuh dengan Sona yang tidak lain adalah sahabat mereka juga. Sandra yang memiliki rasa takut untuk membuka hatinya kepada seorang pria karena rasa trauma atas kehidupan kedua orang tuanya di masa lalu,akhirnya terpaksa menerima perjodohan ini karena ia ingin melihat ibunya bahagia. Sedangkan Aaram yang pernah menyakiti hati sahabat Sandra yang bernama Dira juga pernah merasakan penghianatan yang Sona lakukan. Rasa sakit yang pernah Dira rasakan kini Aaram pun merasakannya juga. Awalnya Aaram meminta Sandra untuk menerima dan menyetujui pernikahan ini atas dasar suami istri diatas kertas. Tetapi,ketika Aaram meminta Sandra untuk melupakan kesepakatan itu Sandra menolak karena ia masih belum bisa menerima atau membuka hatinya untuk seorang pria. Bagaimanakah kelanjutan kisah Aaram & Sandra? Apakah Sandra akan mampu membuka hatinya untuk Aaram dan melupakan rasa traumanya? "Aku selalu menutup hati ku untuk pria mana pun. Bagiku semua pria itu sama saja. Sama-sama breng***." ~Casandra Arshavina~ "Aku belajar dari pengalamanku selama aku menjalin suatu hubungan dengan seorang wanita. Pengkhianatan yang pernah aku lakukan dan pernah aku rasakan,kini membuat diriku ragu akan suatu hubungan percintaan dengan wanita mana pun. Tapi,jika aku telah mendapatkan seorang istri maka aku akan menjadikannya ratu dari segala ratu dalam hidupku. Aku akan selalu ada untuknya." ~Aaram Rafasyah Rahardian~ (cerita ini masin nyambung dengan cerita The Coolest yang saya publish di tempat lain,biar tidak bingung saya sarankan baca The Coolest terlebih dahulu)

When not cuddling inn signs in her beloved Scottish mountains alongside Mr Shey, Shehanne Moore writes dark and smexy historical romance, featuring bad boys who need a bad girl to sort them out. She firmly believes everyone deserves a little love, forgiveness and a second chance in life. A woman not even the ghost of Sapphire can haunt. A man who knows exactly who she is. Only one man in England can identify her. Unfortunately he’s living next door. Ten years ago sixteen year old Sapphire, the greatest jewel thief England has ever known, ruined Lord Devorlane Hawley’s life by planting a stolen necklace on him. Now she’s dead and buried, all Cassidy Armstrong wants is the chance to prove she was never that girl. But her new neighbor is hell-bent on revenge and his word can bring her down. So when he asks her to be his mistress, or leave the county with a price on her head, Sapphire, who hates being owned, must decide... What’s left for a woman with nowhere else to go, but to stay exactly where she is? And hope, that when it comes to neighbors Devorlane Hawley won’t prove to be the one from hell.

Matsumoto Kunio was just an average human living an boring life in Tokyo, Japan. That is, until he died and was reincarnated to another world! Armed with a System and tasked with a mission to save the world, watch as Matou, the new name he was given, sets off on an epic adventure! …Or at least, that should have happened? “All right, hand me the thingamabob, you’re no longer the main character! Now, how does this thing work? Ah. “My name is Kayden, and witness my ascendance to the God of Thieves! None shall be safe from my hands, not even your beloved System! Muahahahaha!” This can’t be happening… ********************************************** Author’s note. Hi, this novel is a LitRPG slow-burn novel. In case you are confused, both Kayden and Matou are main characters, but the ‘protagonist’ would be Kayden. If you’re looking for a fast pace with extra high tensions for every chapter, this is not for you. Do leave reviews and comments on how to improve my writing. Be nice about it. There are no plans to monetize anything for now. But who knows? If people want to pay for my unedited stockpile, I might just consider hiring an editor and speeding the process.

"Promise me something" I said to them They both looked at me in confusion "Promise me that we won't let any stupid things separate us after this. No stupid exam marks, or boys are whatever!. We'll always be together through anything. Anything at all" I said Elly smiled at me. "Through joy and misery," Elly said holding my hand and Phoebe's hand "Through health and sickness" Phoebe said holding my hand I squeezed both of their hands a little. "Through thick and thin" I smiled A few seconds later, "Guys..." Phoebe's voice trailed off "Yeah?" I asked "I think we just made a marriage vow..." she said ... Caroline Williams "THE BOLD AND SWEET" Elizabeth Smith "THE SMARTY PANTS" Phoebe Jones "THE FEISTY" Can they be more different? Eventhough they have completely different personalities, they have been best friends since FOREVER.They know everything about each other. After years of their journey, its finally high school. And this is where things get a little messy. With crushes and boyfriends and exam marks and jealousies, their friendship takes a turn for the worst. Will they be able to make it through?

******* DON'T BE DECEIVED BY THE MASK SHE WEARS BECAUSE IT A WAY OF SHIELDING HER WOUNDED SOUL****** Nilsa Walker is an illegitimate duagther of the Walker family, she is a brown skin girl but other than that nobody knows what she looks like because she always cover her face with mask and cap, even during school days, she's 21years of age , she's look down on by her family and everyone else around her, with time she grew bigger numb to all this. She's the trash of the Walker family. The sudden request or more like a command from her father to marry someone in place of her sister wasn't what she expected but at the same time what good does it do to stay with them...?. Marrying a bad tempered, crippled and blind man is the last thing on her mind but she also wanted an escape out of the Walker family. She was exhausted of their shenanigans. But she didn't expect to meet even bigger problems after marrying the man her sister was supposed to marry. Having a bad-tempered husband didn't help. Three overbearing in-laws was another thing that she didn't fancy as well. And divorce is the last thing on her mind, even though she was force into marrying her husband.... ,She doesn't want to be a divorcee at such a young age. Something happened to her husband just a week after they got married which made her reveal who she truly is... but was that who she truly was...? or there's more than what meets the eye. PS; Forgive me if there are misspellings .

Melizabeth has been cruel to the world. She was a murderer, an assassin, a thief, but no one knew about it. She was disguised. Perhaps, only the Gods knew about her. She knew that even if she's cruel, strong, and fast. She can never beat the Gods, and that she wanted to do. She trained herself to becoming a Semideus, a mortal favored by the Gods. She wanted to go to the Olympian world, but she did not want to belong. She only seeks for answers, truth and revenge. Will she do it despite of being so smitten in love?

Malachai is a retired assassin, but when the ruthless mafia boss Lucius pulls him back in, he finds himself drawn to Ezra—Lucius’ most prized possession. Taking Ezra means war, but Malachai has never been one to follow the rules. In a world of power, betrayal, and deadly obsession, will Malachai save Ezra—or destroy him?.

I was running away from them. My baby was crying in my arms as I tried to shush him. The biting cold was harsh my already thin frame. My baby’s lips started turning white. I glanced at how my baby boy stopped crying. I continued running until the town was far behind us and all I could see in front of us were just a field of thick snow. My baby’s lips turned blue. “Oh Lord, please don’t let anything happen to him,” I prayed to God and caught sight of an old church up the hill to the left of the snow-covered path. “Hang on there, baby, we are almost there,” I whispered to him. The falling snow was heavier as the minutes ticked by. Soon we were caught in a blizzard. With much difficulty we managed to reach the old church. My heart sank as I saw that it was a dilapidated and abandoned church. It only meant one thing, no warm fire to save my baby. I went inside anyway as that was the only shelter available for miles on end. There was no fire wood by the fire place. No blankets, no rugs or anything that I could use to warm us up. All my baby had was me. I cuddled him closer. I was losing my baby. “No, God! Lord if you can hear my prayer I am at your House right now please let my baby live! You can take my live, please let my baby live!!! Please Lord I beg you,” I kept repeating my prayer believing if I prayer hard enough God will really grant my wish and let me trade my life for my baby’s life. I did not know how long I prayed. When I finally checked on my son he was cold and dead. God did not help us. My prayers went unanswered. I wished the Earth would just open up and swallow me up as I lost the will to live on. I had lost my son, what else was there for me to live for? My last thoughts before I lost consciousness was, “God failed me.” ******************************** This incarnation: Theeya is the direct descendant of one of the original Forty Thieves. When everyone thought it was just a bedtime story that was popularized in the 1001 Arabian Nights. Their entire life changed course, taking on a totally different direction the moment Ali Baba killed all forty thieves. Theeya’s ancestors were guarding their family heirloom zealously. The only clue her late father guarded zealously was the parchment containing clues to where the secret cave was. Every man of each generation tried and failed to unravel the well hidden secret. Years later, it became her father’s obsession. Unfortunately he died without fulfilling his wish, that was to claim his birth right. As her late father had no son, only daughters, Theeya took it upon herself to continue her father’s legacy, to reclaim their family’s inheritance. She consulted the help of a dashing Professor, specialising in Egyptology, to unravel the mysteries of the parchments passed down from her forefathers. She found herself falling in love with Prof Jeff Everett, a man whom she thought to be gay. Only two years before that Theeya turned down the marriage proposal from her ex who cheated on her and had a baby with another woman when they were stil together. Theeya promised herself that she had no time for romance. She must not get married. She must not let her father down. It was up to her to get to the secret cave and find that Holy Grail of Immortality even if that means going to the end of the world looking for it, not that she mind to travel with the devilishly handsome Professor Everett. Her legs would go jelly and she would swoon each time she was in the Professor’s presence. Can she really survive her adventure with Professor Everett? As they traced the footsteps of men who lived for the secrets of the cave and the Holy Grail, they found the other descendants of the original Forty Thieves. One thing in common bound them, one thing that none could ever ignore, the bloody red eyes that would haunt their sleep. Would these nightmares end once they unravel the ancient secrets of the Forty Thieves cave?

When she opened her eyes, she had inexplicably returned to twenty years ago, the first day of the apocalypse escape. "Classmate, you're a Superpower User, right? How about considering joining our special operations squad?" Looking at the man opposite her with sparkling, charming eyes, Xie Ning heartlessly refused: "Thanks, I have a team." "Ah, what team do you have?" "No team." "Right, you're beautiful, so whatever you say is right. How about this, you join our squad, and I will accompany you through wind and rain, and go through fire and water with you to clear dungeons and kill monsters." "Every single day, year after year?" "Mhm! I will work hard to make money, and only for you. How does that sound?" Xie Ning: ... After being reborn, her small Space has turned into a large, mobile villa, and she originally just wanted to live her own quiet little life in peace. Never did she expect to attract such a clingy, devilishly charming man. Question: How does one heartlessly and coldly reject a charmer? Waiting online for an answer, it's quite urgent...