earthquakes in heels

Ellis Parker is a lucky man: he escaped his persecuting family, survived his tour of duty, and met Maxwell Clark in the city of New Amsterdam. Clark showed Ellis more than the ropes: Clark helped Ellis figure out who he is -- a gay submissive with a massive fixation on a beautiful, mysterious ballet dancer named Bryn Rothe. Ellis knows a Good Man when he sees one, and he wants nothing more than to score a first date with Bryn.<br><br>Little does Ellis know that Bryn has a violent past that is crawling out of shallow graves to haunt him. Even his hectic schedule and beloved stage aren’t enough to distract him. It’s impossible for Bryn to figure out how he feels about Ellis with his demons between them, but when Ellis saves Bryn not once but twice, Bryn is forced to admit that there’s something about Ellis that Bryn might not merely want but need.<br><br>Together, they journey to the scene of Bryn’s original crime -- Charles Towne, South Carolina. There they will dig up secrets that might explain Bryn’s tortured life but might also be his -- and Ellis’s -- undoing.

"Marry him, and your fairytale continues." That’s what Arabella Quinn’s father told her. And for most of her pampered, glitter-dusted life, Arabella believed fairytales were real. After all, she lived one. Daughter of a powerful billionaire. Owner of a walk-in closet bigger than some apartments. Pink convertibles, private island holidays, champagne breakfasts. No bills, no heartbreak, no effort. Arabella never worked a day in her life. She never had to. She was pretty, privileged, polished—and perfectly content being the center of her own glamorous, soft-lit world. Until one conversation flipped everything. To honor a decades-old promise between two powerful families, Arabella is forced into marriage with the last man on Earth she ever imagined she'd say "I do" to: Cassian Vale. Her cold, unreadable childhood friend turned ruthless young CEO. The boy who once crowned her with daisies and called her "princess." Now the man who won’t even meet her eyes as he slides a wedding ring onto her finger. At 23, Cassian is the youngest and most feared executive in the city. With a mind as sharp as his suits and a heart frozen in secrets, he doesn’t want love. He doesn’t believe in it. And he certainly doesn’t care about the silly little girl who once trailed after him in pigtails. But Arabella isn’t a child anymore. And she refuses to let the boy who gave her her first fairytale become the man who ruins all the rest. Thrown into a marriage where feelings are forbidden and affection is cold currency, Arabella must learn how to survive in a world with no silk cushions and no one to catch her when she falls. For the first time in her life, she’ll have to earn something. But Cassian isn’t the only one hiding secrets. And Arabella isn’t as breakable as she seems. As she begins working—secretly—under a different name in one of his companies, she discovers the ice surrounding her husband might not be eternal… And the prince she loved as a child might still exist beneath the frost. But in a world full of public scandals, ex-lovers, family expectations, and whispered betrayals, one question keeps Arabella up at night: Can a girl built to be admired ever be loved for who she really is? And will Cassian Vale ever see her as more than a favor… ...but as the one woman who could melt his frozen world?

I am willing to wait for you Maxine even if it takes a million years. Even if I die, you will be the last person i am thinking of, I love you. Please don't leave me. - Jared

In a world where power decides everything, emotions are considered weaknesses. Kiara Oberoi believes in loyalty above all. To her, friendship is sacred, betrayal is unforgivable, and power is something you control — not something that controls you. But every empire has an enemy. And hers is a man carved from ambition and danger. Cold-minded. Strategically brilliant. Ruthless when necessary. He doesn’t believe in loyalty — only advantage. He doesn’t chase power — he owns it. Their worlds were never meant to collide. Yet fate places them on opposite sides of a silent war where trust is fragile, alliances shift overnight, and one wrong decision can destroy years of legacy. As tension turns into something far more dangerous than hatred, Kiara finds herself trapped between two choices: Stand by loyalty and protect the people she values most… Or risk everything for a love that could either save her — or ruin her. In this power game, friendship is tested, betrayal is tempting, and love is the most unpredictable move of all. When the time comes… what will she choose? Power — or the enemy who holds her heart?

Elena Voss thought she had the perfect life until the night she overheard her fiancé, the ruthless billionaire Damien Laurent, and her best friend Vivienne plotting to destroy her after using her for a major merger. Betrayed and heartbroken, she vanished from Paris. Six months later, she returns as Elara Voss elegant, sharper, and lethally calm. With a new identity, red-bottom Louboutins as her signature, and a calculated plan for revenge, she begins dismantling their empire piece by piece. Her strikes are quiet, precise, and devastating. But Damien is no longer just cold he is dangerously obsessed with the powerful woman she has become. When Elara forms a risky alliance with Valentino Nero, a handsome and shadowy mafia lord willing to help for his own hidden agenda, the game turns deadly. As Elara walks the knife’s edge between vengeance and survival, a shocking warehouse confrontation reveals the true mastermind behind the latest trap. Gunfire erupts. Damien raises his pistol for the killing shot. In the chaos, Valentino storms in to save her — but as bullets fly and blood spills across the rain-soaked floor, Elara realizes the noose is tightening faster than she planned. With lives hanging in the balance and betrayals unraveling in real time, one question remains: Will Elara’s elegant revenge claim her enemies… or consume her instead? A luxury thriller of betrayal, obsession, and power. She came back in red heels. Now someone may not make it out alive.

Damian is a man who thrives on control—a powerful, dominant figure in a world fueled by desire, power, and unspoken rules. But when he meets Elle, a woman whose quiet strength and mysterious influence challenge everything he thought he knew about dominance and submission, his carefully crafted world begins to unravel. Drawn into a dangerous game of seduction and power, Damian must navigate shifting alliances, hidden enemies, and the fragile boundaries between control and surrender. As passion and peril collide, both are forced to confront the true cost of power—and the unexpected depths of trust. In a city where every touch can be a weapon and every secret could be the key to survival, Beneath Her Heel explores what happens when dominance is challenged, desires clash, and a man learns that true strength sometimes lies in yielding.

Fan Bao transmigrates into the body of the sickly stepdaughter of a wealthy family in the present time. Her real identity, however, is Emperor Zhen Fan Bao, a wicked, ruthless emperor feared by all. Her other identity is the Holy Knight of Seers, tasked to find the Jewels of Destiny before the Demon King gets to them. Fan Bao loves no one, especially her unwanted fiancee, the equally ruthless Feng Gan, ruler of Wang Lei. When Fan Bao starts her life in the new world, she again gets entangled with the autocratic Feng Gan, who has reincarnated in the body of a famous actor. When the female emperor who loves no one and a famous idol whom everyone loves meet....something has to give.

Louisa, a middle class girl found herself working for a cold CEO, read the heartwarming storyline to know how she manages to pierce through his Stony heart and made a place for herself

Three years ago, Isabella Summers had everything. She had a man who promised forever. She had the kind of love that made people jealous. She had a future planned in rose gold and champagne. Then James Mitchell stood at a press conference in front of three hundred journalists and called her unsuitable. Not wrong for him. Unsuitable. Like she was a failed investment. A embarrassing mistake. A woman who didn't belong in his world. He returned to his ex-girlfriend the same night. Isabella watched it happen on every screen in New York. She watched her life end on live television. She watched the city that loved her yesterday forget her today. So she disappeared. For three years, Isabella built something nobody expected her to build. She took the pain and turned it into diamonds. She created a fashion empire from scratch. She became the woman James Mitchell rejected but could never afford to lose. Her clothes are worn by celebrities. Her name means power. Her brand is a threat to everything he controls. Now she's back. She walks into the Charity Gala that James's company is sponsoring wearing a dress that costs more than his first car. She wears indifference like perfume and success like armor. Every camera in the room turns toward her. Every eye follows her. For three years, James has tried to move on. For three years, he's failed. The moment he sees her, he understands his mistake. Isabella doesn't want his apology. She doesn't want his money. She doesn't want him at all. What she wants is control. But James Mitchell didn't build a billion-dollar empire by accepting loss. He built it by taking what he wants and keeping it. And what he wants is Isabella back. Not the broken version he destroyed. The powerful version he created. As Isabella circles him like a predator, selling her luxury collection to his company's elite clients, James realizes something dangerous. His ex wasn't just a woman he loved and lost. She was the only woman who ever challenged him. The only person he couldn't control. The only one who knew him when he tried to be cold. She came back to destroy him. But what she doesn't realize is that she already has. Because the moment Isabella Summers walked through that door, James stopped being the man who rejected her. He became the man willing to burn down everything to win her back. And in a world of corporate warfare and public games, he's the only opponent she can't beat. The only question is what she'll do when she realizes he's not her enemy anymore. He's her weakness disguised as her greatest threat.

~ Expectations are like fine pottery. The harder you hold them, the more likely they are to crack ~ Meet Aurora Winters, Velonity high newest student, short,sassy, beautiful, not your average teen girl. Meet Chase Hunters, billionaire's son, Velonity high's quarterback,handsome,funny, smart, not your average teen boy Meet Sean Adams, also a billionaire's son, Velonity high's basketball star player, cocky, handsome,spoilt . What happens when Chase founds out Aurora is not who he think she is and she's the criminal he has been longing to catch ? What happens when Aurora finds out Chase is an undercover agent, the same guy who almost caught her back in Seattle ? Read how Aurora tries to juggle her school life, family life and her dark secret.