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"A-An arranged marriage?!" Belen rages to her dad, "After four years of no contact, this is the first thing you tell me? Four years, Dad!" "You will marry Everest Fox!" Edy sternly demands. She sneers, “And if I refuse?” “I will take A STAR away from you by force!” Belen was nothing but a doll. After years of emotional neglect and abuse, she finally abandons her “family.” Her father suddenly arranges for Belen to marry the son of his long-time friend because of a promise and past regret. What’ll happen when Everest Fox is against the arranged marriage to the famous Belen Astares? Why is her family suddenly trying to come back into her life? Wait! Who is the Male Lead? Everest or Noah? That isn’t the least of her worries, Belen faces the death of a loved family member and lives with regrettable scars that refuse to heal in her heart. **************************** MATURE CONTENT. Sensitive/Triggering topics are mentioned. Genre-Romance, not Sci-Fi!

Do you like bread? Don't care.

When shy baker Lily meets charming architect Noah over a spilled cup of coffee, sparks fly like sugar in the sun. As they bond over pastries and blueprints, their lives intertwine in the most unexpected ways. But with old scars and new dreams colliding, can love truly rise? Sweet Crumbs of Us is a heartwarming tale of second chances, homemade happiness, and finding love where you least expect it.

A late-night bakery. A moody baker. And cookies that taste like feelings. Tucked into a quiet corner of old Tokyo, there’s a bakery that only comes alive after dark. Its name is Moonlight Crumbs, and every night at exactly 9:00 PM, a warm, golden scent curls through the air, pulling in lost souls and night wanderers. At the heart of it all is Elias Greywood, a quiet man who bakes to forget. Each cookie he makes unknowingly carries a trace of his emotions — his joy, his sorrow, his longing for a home that no longer feels like home. Customers swear his cookies taste like memories they forgot they had. Elias just thinks he’s bad at following recipes. What Elias doesn’t know is that his family’s old house — the machiya he still calls home — has a secret. Something ancient sleeps beneath its floors, something that remembers his parents, remembers every tear and every laugh poured into their baking.

Ginger the cat is the centerpiece of a lucrative entertainment and merchandising empire. A blue Christmas seems certain when his owner Katherine passes away right before Thanksgiving.<br><br>Katherine’s will appoints her loving and loyal groundskeeper Baily as executor, leaving estranged grandson Del livid. Since Del wasn’t around, it’s stipulated he must spend thirty days under the same roof as Ginger and Baily to get to know the cat as a loving companion, not just a commodity, in order to share in any inheritance.<br><br>As the men bond over the weeks leading into Christmas, Baily is unaware Scrooge-like Del is sneaking around, searching out cash and other valuables. Will they be able to make nice once Baily discovers Del’s naughtiness? Which list does Ginger end up on? And what will Katherine’s last gift to each man mean to their future?

I curate exhibitions. I study beauty. I keep my hands clean. New York is too loud, and the men who run it are louder. Some of them have been going quiet lately, one at a time, without a mark on them, without a struggle, without a single drop of blood on the carpet. The police call me the Silent Monster. I prefer Belladonna. A detective is looking for a ghost. My patron thinks I've become noise. And somewhere between the two, I made the only mistake I have ever made: I let myself feel something. Some things fade naturally. Others are helped.

SYNOPSIS "This is for you," Bertha's old grandmother threw bread and ham wrapped in clear plastic, the old woman immediately left after seeing James nimbly catch the bread she threw at him, it was winter, not much can be done in difficult situations like this. Soviet is in a state of chaos due to the revolution, and government policies have been making things difficult. While out there human life is becoming more violent. James opened the package that was thrown by Bertha's grandmother, and immediately devoured it. The 10 year old boy's stomach rumbled. "Jammmeeeesss, where are you?" "Jaaaaaammmmeeeees," shouted a woman who was familiar to him, stopped the chewing, and immediately cleaned up any remaining crumbs, so not to be caught by his mother, His body was still shaking because of the cold winter air while other vibrations also came from within his body. Afraid of what punishment he would get later. He had left the house for only 10 minutes, running out after seeing his stepfather hit his mother. "Oh it turns out you are curled up here," the woman flexed the rattan stick against James's frail body. James clenched his jaw trying to hold back cries of pain that were striking his body, because he knew crying would only worsen his condition, It's not easy to be born as a child in the midst of a revolution and the upheaval of the Soviet Union, to a mother and stepfather who are addicted to drugs, and to a sister with schizophrenia. Never, never, never give up. -Winston Churchill find me Discord : iyaneiyane9671

Serge Zumpano is obsessed with René Glass, owner of Crumbs Together, the local bakery and patisserie. Not only is the man gorgeous, but his pastries are so good, they make Serge weak in the knees. Put both together, and he's a gonner. Serge knows he has it bad when just tasting a cinnamon roll has him sporting, er ... well. But, as addicted as he is to the man's decadent creations, Serge doesn't see himself as good enough for someone like René, famous the world over and completely out of his league.<br><br>René won't let that stop him, however, because he has his eye on Serge, too. Step one: get Serge to build him a second shop. Step two: get the man to come over to his house. Step three: seduce him with pastry. Naturally, it's not that simple. But Serge is René's obsession, and he won’t let him get away.

He was murdered for uncovering the secrets of vampires. He woke up in a different world as a weak student. Now, he must weaponize the fundamental laws of physics to find his way back. Shin knew what it meant to suffer. He had lived with nothing, fought for every scrap, and cherished every blessing. But when a trip to the shadowy city of Akuro revealed a horrific conspiracy tied to his mother’s sudden disappearance, his pursuit of truth ended in a bloody grave. Death, however, was not the end. Opening his eyes in the body of Arthur Leonor, a frail university student in an unfamiliar realm, Shin is left with an impossible ambition: reach the pinnacle of power and cross the void back to his home world before it’s too late. To survive this new world, Arthur must master a treacherous landscape of power—from bloodline traits and spirit familiars to Arche, a terrifying form of magic governed by the strict, unyielding laws of real-world physics. He is not a sociopathic conqueror. He is a wise, humble man who knows his own flaws, makes human mistakes, and carries a strong moral compass through the dark. But to protect those he loves and uncover the truth, Arthur will study, adapt, and turn the fundamental laws of nature into his greatest weapon. What to Expect: Grounded, High-IQ Protagonist: Wise, morally driven MC, humble progression, realistic human flaws. Physics-Based Hard Magic (Arche): A deeply technical power system where real-world physics, momentum, and thermodynamics govern spellcraft. Spirits, Familiars & Races: Multi-layered combat dynamics combining bloodlines, spirit pacts, and scientific magic. Transmigration & World-Traversal: Dark Urban Fantasy, slow-burn worldbuilding, vampire nobility, and planar mystery. [ Notice: This novel will be officially published by me on Royal Road under the author name 'Ever Hart'. You will also find this novel on Wattpad and Scribble Hub ]

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