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A fallen prodigy. A brutal sport. No shortcuts. After losing everything, a sixteen-year-old former badminton star enters the world of boxing, believing speed and talent will carry him through. The ring teaches him otherwise. Set in 1990s England, this is a story about learning distance — in the ring, and from the person you used to be.

At the age of seventeen, Solar had a love adventure on the island. It lasted only a few hours and ended in tragedy, but this strange redhead set her heart on fire. After twelve months, the girl receives a strange message from him, asking for her help... The eighteen-year-old is not about to let go. She begins to realize who she is dealing with, as the boy has an entirely different personality than the year before, when she met him during the holidays. Worst of all, he is hiding a dark secret...

Claire Carter had the perfect life—wealth, status, and a devoted husband. Or so she thought. On the night of her fifth wedding anniversary, her world shatters when she catches her husband in the arms of another woman. Humiliated and heartbroken, she runs—only to collide with Morgan Pierce, a sharp-tongued, confident attorney who specializes in divorce…and much more

Christmas is just a trap designed to sell candles and make single people feel bad about themselves." — Clark Vega Cole, Lawyer. She doesn't do Christmas at all. Feelings, small towns, and guys on motorcycles are also not her thing. For some reason, she has to let a rough, charming, and incredibly good-looking biker named Ryder Kane help her when her car breaks down in the middle of Millbrook on Christmas Eve. Millbrook is the state's most over-the-top holiday town. He's more than just a man with a motorcycle and a nice smile. He runs Millbrook's well-liked shop and is kind of like the town's guardian, but he has secrets as deep as the December snow. When a blizzard locks Vega in town and a case she's been chasing for months suddenly ties directly to Ryder's past, the lines between enemy and friend begin to blur in the most dangerous way. As Christmas lights shine, secrets come to light, and sparks fly through the cold winter air, Vega has to make a choice: Will she fight this feeling with all her might, or will she finally let someone in? One car that isn't working. One small Christmas town. One biker who sees right through her armor. Love doesn't wait for the right moment — sometimes it arrives covered in snow and motor oil.

A narrativa pode refletir o contraste entre a paixão pelo esporte e as dificuldades de se destacar em um país onde o futebol é o esporte dominante. Pode haver uma crítica social sobre a falta de apoio financeiro e estrutural para esportes como o boxe.

When my recent neural implant surgery restored my sight, I couldn't wait to tell Caleb. We had been the envy of our college campus. My years of blindness were fraught with peril—a skiing accident, a hit-and-run that left me on the brink of death. If it weren't for Caleb's round-the-clock care, I would have died long ago. The thought made my fingers tremble as I typed out a message. "Caleb, I can see." But my thumb slipped, and I accidentally opened his social media page. The first thing I saw was a photo of him embracing my best friend, with the caption, "1000 days with you." Christina's comment was right underneath. "You're not afraid the blind girl will see?" I stared at the screen, my newly restored vision blurring as my eyes stung with tears. It turned out seeing the world again wasn't so wonderful after all.

" Motherfuckers " . Cyrus hought that he heard wrong his best friend cursed to their classmates. Raphael who was known for his gentleness makes every student in the classroom froze by cursing . Cyrus who even more shock than any other student. Staring at his childhood best friend. He had known Raphael long enough to know how much Raphael hated those harsh words. "Ra–raphael...what did you just say?" He asked. Raphael roll his eyes . "I said motherfuckers. Why?Am I not allowed to curse?.He said. Cyrus stared at Raphael . He doesn't know what to respond. What the hell is happening to you, Raphael?

Ethan Hayes thought fleeing Atlanta would be the hard part. Escaping relentless loan sharks and a crippling gambling addiction, he lands in Las Vegas with nothing but a bag of cash and a desperate hope for a fresh start. But Sin City has other plans. After stumbling upon so many misfortunes and getting his drink spiked, Ethan wakes up in a lavish penthouse he doesn't recognize. Surrounding him are marble floors, gold-trimmed ceilings, and a view of the city that only the elite can afford. Enter Dante Blackwood—the mysterious and dangerously charismatic billionaire who's face never fail to miss a page of the daily news articles. Dante, the prodigal son who built his own empire from his family's fortune, rules the city's underworld drug trade and production with a cunning smile and an iron fist. Second only to Victor Moretti, the notorious crime lord who controls Vegas's darkest vices, Dante is determined to take the throne and be number One. Seeing something useful in Ethan, Dante makes an offer: infiltrate Victor Moretti's inner circle and gather the intel needed to bring him down. In return, Ethan gets a roof over his head and protection from the demons chasing him. Desperate and out of options, Ethan accepts, plunging headfirst into a world of deceit, danger, and seductive power plays. As Ethan navigates the treacherous landscape of Victor's operation, where every glance is a test and every word could be his last, he finds himself drawn closer to Dante. The lines between duty and desire blur, and Ethan must decide how far he's willing to go and who he can truly trust. In a city built on illusions and ambition, Ethan discovers that the biggest gamble isn't risking his life—it's risking his heart. Warning: Story may contain sensitive themes and strong language. Readers discretion is advised.

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?"

A mission gone wrong sends military doctor Han Lei tumbling through time, straight into the arms of a fallen Prince in a war-torn era. With a bizarre excuse to keep a doctor by his side, the battle-scarred general finds himself completely undone by her soft words and gentle hands. Han Lei's wish is to earn silver and marry a strong man. The Prince’s wish is to seek development and marry a gentle wife. Two people, four desires, who will bend first? --- She's a dignified modern woman who crossed through time. How could she stand by and let these ancient fools bully her husband? He's a national hero, yet nearly got himself killed over that damn loyalty of his. She asks him: "What are you thinking?" He answers: "My heart is dead, you know what I am thinking." She curls her lips, turns to leave a sentence: "Then what are you waiting for? Go do him now!"