the diamond shackle

He had deep and sharp eyes: a deal for a life. The Herring Group declared bankrupt. Her father committed suicide with a huge debt. To pay the debt, she had no choice but to be the mistress of the actual boss of the Full Bloom Club. He could do whatever he liked with her. He was powerful, bloodthirsty, and ruthless. Yet he was drawn to her when she danced. He kissed her hard. "Reyna, we're good if you listen to me." On the surface, she was obedient, but deep down she was unyielding. She was his mistress who had been together with him for the longest time. Every woman in the Hill City envied her. He doted on her and didn't mind about her betrayal. But she just wanted to run away from him. She asked, "When will you let me go?" He smiled evilly. "Have a baby for me and I'll let you go." But after she got pregnant, he changed his mind. "Reyna, my child needs a mother. I will never let you go since you have my kid." Leroy Malone, you bastard!

Sebuah cinta yang hadir dalam toko penjualan berlian. Lian, selaku pemilik toko menyelipkan kekuatan magis pada setiap berliannya. Hingga suatu saat, Lian tanpa sengaja menjual sebuah berlian dengan ramuan yang salah kepada Alka, yang seharusnya membuat hubungan Alka dengan kekasihnya semakin mesra, justru malah menjadi kandas.

Please be a bit patient for the first volume i.e 69 chapters which might be a bit stale, the first 69 chapters are used to build the characters around Rei and himself. Toujou Rei, a little boy obsessed with baseball, has always admired his father, Tensei. Wishing to follow in his father's footsteps, Rei dreams of becoming a professional baseball player. In turn, his son's starry-eyed admiration encourages Tensei to keep persevering despite issues, Unfortunately, Tensei dies while protecting Rei from a car accident, which leaves a mental scar on him making him unable to play his beloved baseball anymore, but after getting motivated more than ever, Rei works hard to carve his way in the baseball world by becoming one of the best baseball players as his dad wished. *Names, faces, and places aren’t real. A work of fiction. Nonetheless, it is my work of fiction so please don’t post it without permission. *I have also tried to not use any school names that do exist though, but I would like everyone to know that if they exist I have no affiliation with them. Nor do my views reflect their views.* PS- THE PICTURE FOR THE COVER WAS TAKEN FROM PINTEREST AND THE CREDITS FOR IT COMPLETELY GO TO ITS CREATOR NOT ME.

I’m an international, multiple award-winning author with a passion for the voices in my head. As a singer, songwriter, independent filmmaker and improv teacher and performer, my life has always been about creating and sharing what I create with others. Now that my dream to write for a living is a reality, with over a hundred titles in happy publication and no end in sight, I live in beautiful Prince Edward Island, Canada, with my giant cats, pug overlord and overlady and my Gypsy Vanner gelding, Fynn. The blue joy is calling... but can Fresco survive it? "Do you know what happened to you?" Joey's voice broke a little. Fresco shook his head. The kid nodded, like it was no big surprise." Yeah, me either. No one seems to. We just have normal lives, you know? Then suddenly you wake up with this thing eating into you," he swallowed hard, "and that's it. The rest is Wasteland." Seventeen-year-old Fresco Conte is an ordinary All-American kid from an upper middle-class family. He plays football. His girlfriend is a cheerleader. Life is good. Until unexplained things, scary things, start to take him over. Like surviving an accident that should have killed him. Or hearing the thoughts of the people around him whether he wants to or not. When the men in the dark blue coveralls come for him, Fresco is forced into addiction to the blue joy known as Wasteland and set free on the street, with no answers and only his hunger to keep him company. Don't miss the rest of this dark YA urban fantasy series! Wasteland and Diamond City are now available.

||Book 1 of the Diamond Series|| The world had fallen into chaos a long time ago. Creatures came and enslaved the human race: Vampires, Lycans/Werewolves and Demons. They took and slaughtered thousands of innocent people. Men, Women and Children. After suffering for ten years, another set of beings came. They had enormous wings and a shining silver rings floating above their heads. Rings that could be used as a weapon if necessary. These creatures were called 'Angels'. They were kind and honestly the opposite of every supernatural creature that existed in that era. They built their kingdom protecting as many humans as they could but the dark creatures had other things planed. There was a war that broke out. Every man for themselves or more specifically, every creature for themselves.The war went on for almost 500 years. Then there was a woman. She wasn't an Angel or Vampire or Lycan or Demon. Turns out she was a hybrid of all four. More powerful than anything. No one knows for sure how this hybrid was made and at some point, no one cared. Her name was Elaka. She was seen as a priestess. Elaka was the savior of all humans. She created a boarder and the world was divided in two: The Land of Light; was so peaceful that it had to be shielded from the world. Elaka had put a protective hidden wall around the kingdom so no one would come in unless brought in by the citizens. There were humans that lived there and their lives were a paradise. And total peace. And there was the Dark land. Where every other creature lived. The three major kingdoms tolerated each other for as long as they could. Years passed without war. Until Elaka suddenly vanished. Without her, the world would become chaotic again. The crystal was lost in the forest. So many have searched for it but never succeeded. Even if they ever found it, the legend says it was set in stone. It was glued to a tree and only 'The Diamond in The Rough' could pull it out. That person was never found.

After Huo Yuhao ascended in the god's realm, His son Xu Yunhao who was born to the sun and moon empress Chengzi, Was Killed. Fortunately, a Blue-river grass queen saved prince Xu Yunhao's life with the grace of the gods. After 50000 years, A 6years old boy named jay forgot about his past and never knew who he really is. He only knew about his mother, who Taken care of him, but she was Killed by an empire army. without any parents, he grew alone hearing stories about tang san and the Shrek seven devils, so he named himself, Tang jay. he then decided to become a spirit master keeping Tang san as his idol. suddenly he comes to know that he is the son of the Empress of the sun and moon empire Chengzi and the God of emotion Huo Yuhao from 50000 years ago. What will his fate lead to? and how will his adventure continue?

"If she's the one you love then why married me?" "I didn't intend to keep it from you, true your elder sister is the one I love and I got married to you to seek vengeance on your father....but:" Was it her fate?, perhaps. Alice world fell apart after her family lost their empire and her father was alleged with the embezzlement of the company's wealth. With no aid, she signed a one time deal with the devil she thought was the angel. Followed she fought her way back into the company to proof her father's innocent and reveal the master mind behind everything. Unaware to her in order to know the truth she has to dig out a past she wished she never discovered. "This new world, everyone seek power, everyone wants a name higher than the mountain yet all I wanted was his love, all I desired was that one gaze to be laid on me as he does on her" (In a world where everything is not what it seems to be, people aren't what you thought they were, close ones become alien. Who do you trust?.)

She wasn’t mine to claim—I knew nothing about her. But then our eyes met… She danced on stage, exposed in more ways than just her lack of clothing. I expected to see lust. Instead, I got anger, hatred, resentment. She was in deep with the company I’d escaped, and my presence at Club Swank made me guilty by association. But I refused to let them have her. I’d protect her at all costs. After all, they owed me. Dear Diamond is created by Stephie Walls, an eGlobal Creative Publishing Signed Author.

In a forgotten corner of Japan, where weeds cover the baseball field and the school gave up on sports long ago, one boy refuses to let go of his dream. Thirteen-year-old Haruto Saito is a baseball prodigy born in the wrong place. Gifted as both pitcher and batter, his talent burns bright—but in a rural middle school with no team, no coach, and no one who believes, it’s like screaming into the void. Except… one person still listens. Sōta Nakamura, his quiet best friend, would rather read math books than swing a bat. But when Haruto asks, he picks up a catcher’s mitt—not out of love for the game, but for the friendship they share. Together, they form a club from scratch: no equipment, no strategy, just raw heart and late-night dreams. As they gather misfit teammates and find unexpected support in their stern math teacher—once a forgotten player himself—the boys discover that baseball isn’t just about winning championships. It’s about building something where nothing existed before. It’s about scraped knees, quiet encouragements, shared bentos, and the girl who stitches their uniforms by hand. But the road to glory isn’t smooth. Injuries, failures, heartbreaks—and the haunting knowledge that talent might not be enough—test every ounce of their resolve. Because no one expects legends to be born in countryside classrooms. Will their dream reach Koshien—or will they remain the team no one remembers? A story of friendship, failure, and the field that held their youth. ⚾ The dirt may forget their footprints… but the sky never will.

[Irresistible MC + Farming & Entrepreneurship + Strong Female Lead + Cute Baby + Love Rivalry + Farming System + Male Competition] Deng Yuyuan wakes up to find she has transmigrated into a period novel about a "pampered group darling" — as the biological mother of the vicious female villain. The female villain has a biased grandmother, a mooching uncle and his family, a blindly filial father, and a spineless mother. She was a small-time thief as a child. As an adult, she committed every kind of evil — constantly framing the female lead — and ultimately met a miserable end. The female lead is the only daughter in another family, doted on by her older brothers. The villain targeted her out of pure jealousy. And now, Deng Yuyuan has become that villain's cowardly mother — and the villain herself is currently just an ugly, wrinkly-faced infant. The blindly filial father loves his wife, but gives all the good things to his own mother. He says to his starving wife and daughter: "Xiao Yuan, come drink some water. I specially heated it for you." Deng Yuyuan looks at her own bony frame and her tiny child — and decides to get a divorce. Goodbye, useless husband. She's going to raise this little cub with an abundance of money and love. No way she'll go astray this time. Lost one husband, gained a crowd of suitors. A beautiful sent-down youth coveted by many — she knows some self-defense and burns the midnight oil studying. With the reinstatement of the college entrance exams, she takes her child toward a much wider world. Riding the wave of the times, Deng Yuyuan works her way up to become a gaming tycoon and a cutting-edge scientist... Except — why are so many men fighting to be her cub's stepfather?