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Of Fate And Prejudice

Of Fate And Prejudice

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Pricing The Heart

Pricing The Heart

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Eloise is desperate to take charge of her life after losing her parents and home, and after discovering her uncle's plans to marry her off to a man three times her age. In an attempt to escape her uncle's vicious plans, she runs off with another man and marries him in a haste. Newly married with dreams of a happy life, she soon realizes she's trapped in a nightmare with an abusive monster who has set his interests upon her purse. He squanders what's left of her money and in one last effort to humiliate her, sells her to a stranger for next to nothing.*David Clarke has banished himself from London for the part he played in the death of his wife. He relocates to the country to live the rest of his days in seclusion, and for five years, lives a quiet life, until a chance encounter one evening sees him paying the price for a bride he has no need of.Yet, with each day that passes, he finds himself utterly wanting her.Copyright © 2022 Lily Orevba All rights reserved.…

Until You

Until You

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With her family bankrupt and the man she loved now married to another woman, Gretchen decides to move to London to fix what's left of her life. Returning to San Francisco a failure is not an option, so she takes on the only job she can find - one that involves a baby, a man, and unfortunately, love. *****Ethan Williams is done with love. Scorned and left by his wife, his life's goal is to acquire more wealth and travel the world. But one morning, he wakes up to find an infant on his doorstep. Left with no choice, Ethan hires a nanny to care for the child. When he begins to feel his heart respond to the presence of the new nanny, he is certain his life just took a turn for the worse - and he is determined to rid himself of every silly notion of love.[[Word Count: 80,000-90,000]]Cover design by Cil Ojumo…

Annabelle's Will

Annabelle's Will

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Born a slave, made an heiress, Annabelle must battle a society unwilling to accept her and a love that threatens to ruin her in order to keep her freedom. ***** Born a slave, Annabelle soon finds that fate has other plans when she's purchased by a man named Elijah Finley, who not only rescues her from an abusive master, but also gives her her freedom. However, her new life comes at the cost of another: Elijah has made Annabelle the heiress to his estate, in spite of having a son. So Henry Finley, unwilling to accept his father's will, is determined to regain his rightful fortune at any cost -- even if that means seducing his father's former slave...Content and/or Trigger Warning: This story contains some racist and sexist language that reflects the historical time period when it's set.[[word count: 80,000-90,000 words]]…

Faces Of Love

Faces Of Love

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When the town's number one prostitute is made a jaw dropping offer she cannot refuse, nothing can prepare her for the consequences of that one decision.Gloria Grande, orphaned, forced to make a living from prostituting herself. It's a life Gloria lives everyday fighting to come out of and she is finally given the opportunity One year. Marry the son of a wealthy merchant for one year and get paid three thousand dollars. It was that simple. At least that is what Gloria is thinking when she accepts the offer. Until she meets Howard; the aloof, bitter son of her employer.Now, Gloria must battle Howard's attitude and try to win his love or at least survive a year under his mistrust and scrutiny and worst of all, the burning desire to get back to her life as a prostitute; a life she never imagined in a million years, she'd miss. *This story can only be read on Radish. This is just a sample.***Copyright © 2017 Lily Orevba All rights reserved.All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law. For permission requests, write to the publisher.…

Bound To Bea

Bound To Bea

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"No respect for the dead." His words came out in silent whispers, his teeth clenched.A small smile tugged on her lips. "Respect is earned in life, my lord. When a man fails to earn respect in life, it cannot suddenly be bestowed on him simply because he returned to the dust whence he came.""At the very least, Lady Atkins, pretend," he admonished. "Pretend to mourn for your husband! You are a woman in mourning! Grief, sadness, decency is expected of you," he growled, stepping so close to her, his nose almost kissed hers. "Not a low-cut, salacious red dress!"She inched forward, jaw set, until she could feel his warm breath on her skin. "And you are a man whose cousin's widow was only a few minutes ago caught with a man on top of her," she shot back, leaning further in until her lips were nearly brushing his as she searched his gaze. "Anger, rage, fury, is expected of you, my lord... Not jealousy!"*Newly widowed, the sudden death of Beatrice's husband has brought about her freedom from the shackles of a loveless marriage...Or so she thinks.All hope is quickly lost when she discovers her husband's cruelty in disinheriting her and leaving her penniless. But worse than his decision to disinherit her, is his decision to leave her at the mercy of his cousin; Noah, the very handsome Marquess of Camden.TW: This story contains mentions of suicide.Copyright © 2021 Lily OrevbaAll rights reserved.…

The Wrong Gentleman

The Wrong Gentleman

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Penniless and lacking the looks to attract a worthy husband, Jane Burton is forced to trick a man into marriage to save her family from an uncertain future.*When Jane's father loses his family's fortune in a game of cards and swallows a bullet as a result, Jane knows it is up to her to save her family from financial ruin by marrying a wealthy man. The odds are however against Jane, for without a sizable dowry or a face lovely enough to seize the attention of a man, the only way to find a husband is to trick one into marriage by creating a scandal.But what happens when her plan fails, and the wrong gentleman is implicated?CW: This story contains mentions of suicide.Cover by: @ClarissaNorthPreviously titled: "Plain Jane"Copyright©2020 Lily Orevba All rights reserved.…

A Royal Secret

A Royal Secret

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Forced to trade identities with a dead woman, Chara becomes entangled in a web of deception that would no doubt cost her her very life in the end.*Chara has lived all her life as a slave. But all of that changes in a tragic accident that brings to an end the life of many, including a woman named Rose Cartridge, while sparing Chara's life.Reeling from the shock of the accident, Chara discovers that the only way to be completely free from her slavery is to take on Rose Cartridge's identity, journey to London and take Rose's place in an arranged marriage to a man who thankfully never met Rose Cartridge before her death.*In order to win an election, Jeffery Hendrix must marry, but only temporarily, for the duration of the elections. So he strikes a deal with a man, agreeing to pay off his debt in exchange for his daughter's hand in marriage. But as the days progress and his feelings for the mysterious Rose Cartridge progresses along with them, Jeffery soon finds that his heart is not the only thing he stands to lose to Rose......he stands to lose her completely.…

Meant to Bea

Meant to Bea

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Born a bastard, Race Belington has lived all his life paying the price of his father's infidelity. Scorned and set aside by society, he is in doubt that even his newly acquired wealth will be enough to secure him a wife. Still, he manages to fall in love with a woman of the ton, and risks it all by asking her to marry him.What Race is however not expecting, is to wake up on the morning of his honeymoon, to find a stranger in his bed.*#BEASERIES* Trigger warning; This book contains scenes of abuse.…

Sold (Christian Romance)

Sold (Christian Romance)

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(Featured by wattpad)Highest ranking #4 in spiritual.Sold for nothingSisi finds herself stuck in an abusive marriage to a man whose purpose is to break her down. Fifteen years of abuse and five miscarriages later, it almost seems like her life could get better when she is abducted by her own doctor. Haunted by nightmares of her past, she manages to adjust to her new life but deep down, she knows her abusive husband will move heaven and earth to find her and she better be prepared for when this will happen. *CONTENT/TRIGGER WARNING: THIS STORY CONTAINS SCENES OF ABUSE AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.#christian # romance # aheartinneedofhealing #Godsgrace # forgiveness*Copyright © 2016 Lily Orevba All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law. For permission requests, write to the publisher.This is a work of fiction belonging to Lily Orevba. Resemblance to places, persons living or dead is purely coincidental.…

GIVEAWAYS

GIVEAWAYS

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Finding Him

Finding Him

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(Highest ranking #1 in historical fiction)For one simple and frustrating reason, Hadassah is unable to inherit her dead parents' fortune; she is an unmarried woman. Foreseeing this risk, Lord Hadley, before he passes in a ship wreck, creates a Trust, transferring title to his entire life's fortune, to his brother until Hadassah is married and title to his fortune can be passed to her husband.Hadassah however, has until she turns eighteen, a year from now, to find a man, get married and regain possession of her family's fortune or lose everything to her greedy uncle.With an uncle willing to do anything to stand in her path of regaining her inheritance, her only option is to run away from home, travel to Birmingham, serve a blind master and hope that in the process, she can find a husband as well.•~•~•Daniel Talbot has despised his inability to see for as long as he can remember. He however never imagined that his lack of sight would eventually strip him of his birthright.Desperate, Daniel is willing to settle for a marriage of convenience to protect what is left of his pride.…

Love In Twenty And Five

Love In Twenty And Five

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Keeping a date with death might prove impossible for Mike Stacks when a nosy, hot doctor keeps getting in his way. *After losing his only daughter to cancer a year ago, Mike Stacks is too devastated to go on with life. And so, he formulates a plan to kill himself on the exact same day his daughter died. But as the day draws near and his community service forces him to come in constant contact with the same doctor who failed at her job of saving his daughter's life, Mike soon finds that keeping a date with death is not as easy as it seems when that doctor seems determined to save his life. ***Follow this heartwarming, sweet love story of two people whose lives threaten to fall apart in twenty, and five days.TW: This story contains mentions of suicide.A/N: This book was literally written in 25days.…

Beast Of Italy

Beast Of Italy

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His burns tell a story, one Julius Talbot is unable to remember. When Julius Talbot wakes up with his memory gone and his face scarred, he is left with no other choice but to believe the story he is told; he is Earl Talbot, heir to the Talbot fortune with a home in Italy and a shipping business. He must also take on a new identity, one that comes with his burns; the beast of Italy.But as the years go by, memories of a past he is unable to remember begin to haunt him with visions of a past nobody dared to tell him about.......All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law. For permission requests, write to the publisher.This is a work of fiction belonging to Lily Orevba. Resemblance to places, persons living or dead is purely coincidental.…

A Bride For Us

A Bride For Us

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As if being orphaned, broke and forced to answer an Ad for a mail order bride isn't bad enough. Lily finds out, much too late, that she must be a mother as well. Unfortunately for her, being a mother is the least of her problems compared to the very glaring problem of whose mother she has to be; a mother to six children. *Raymond doesn't exactly have a choice when he decides to put out an Ad for a mail order bride, excluding the very major detail of his six children. With the dire need of proper feeding, care and love that his children are in, he would much rather lie to a woman than lose his children to starvation. Leaving out his children's existence is not the only thing Raymond has done, he has also left out the fact that he has no intention of being intimate with his new wife.The plan was to acquire a housekeeper in the guise of a wife and live as friendly strangers. Raymond is not prepared for the feisty blond that answers to his Ad or the fact that it is becoming more and more difficult to ignore her presence.Proofread by: @SabaUmmeSalmaCover by @ClarissaNorthPlease note that this wattpad version only contains the sample.…

Until Forever (Complete)

Until Forever (Complete)

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Bailey Robinson's orders were simple; get rid of the letter and get back to work. When Bailey begins a correspondence with a mysterious woman, the last thing he expects is to fall in love with her. Or worse, find out that the woman behind the words of those letters, is now about to be wed to his master. **Elizabeth is unwilling to settle for less in love. Which is why, she has turned down every eligible bachelor in London, to the horror of her parents. A correspondence with the dashing Frederick Wellington is her father's solution to her 'dreaded' spinsterhood, and her last attempt at finally finding the right man. An attempt that causes her to fall head over heels in love with Frederick. Elizabeth has finally met her prince charming. However, the longer she spends with Frederick, the more convinced she is that she has made a terrible mistake; a mistake that might be too late to correct, a mistake that just might cost her everything.Cover by- @Twenty_Nine_…

Never Ever Gonna Happen (Complete)

Never Ever Gonna Happen (Complete)

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Jeanie's been dumped; Seven times in seven years. In an attempt to redeem herself and get back at the male specie for their cruelty, Jeanie and best friend Stacy make a pact swearing to break as many hearts as is possible in the next seven years.Fast forward five years and Jeanie is still single and stuck with two jobs she hates; pizza delivery and house sitting.What happens when Jeanie is called upon to watch over the home of Bernard, a rising fashion designer, but somehow manages to get drunk and convince a reporter that she's engaged to Bernard; a news that is now making headlines everywhere?*Bernard, a struggling fashion designer must fight to prove his worth to the rest of the world. Unfortunately, the only way to do that is to hire his insubordinate house sitter to act as his fiancee long enough to get his designs displayed in Paris Fashion Week. But as the weeks leading to Fashion Week progresses, he is shocked to find that not only has Jeanie managed to work her way into his life, she has succeeded in working her way into his heart as well.…

Kyra (Complete)

Kyra (Complete)

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He wanted her to say something, anything! Why was she agreeing to this? Why was she accepting marriage to a man she didn't even know? Why was she so weak, so stupid, so powerless?He wished above all things that he could walk away from this mess but his father had made it very clear; he couldn't walk away, only Kyra could. And until then, he was stuck with her. Yet, here she sat, hardly able to even look him in the eye. "You, Kyra, are many things" He said, his finger tracing the outline of her face. She held her eye lids shut, no doubt afraid to look at him. "A bait. A punishment. A torment" He snarled, making certain to leave his venom dripping from every word as he laid emphasis on them. He leaned forward and pressed his lips menacingly against her ears. "But. You. Will. Never. Be. My. Wife"Retracting his finger and leaning back, he watched her, waiting patiently for her reaction. But she sat there, her eyelids still shut, her hands trembling by her side and her lips pressed together. She said nothing and it infuriated him. He hated the woman that sat before him, the weakling that was his curse. He watched with great disgust as a drop of tear disentangled itself from her thick, black, long lashes and made its way down her flushed cheek while her eyes stood shut. With that, he turned around and walked away, determined to be the one to break Kyra. ****When Vihaan's father forces him into an arranged marriage with Kyra, he treats her as she deserves; with anger and disgust. Until the real reason his father chose Kyra is revealed; her life hangs on the balance and with her death, Vihaan stands to gain her father's entire empire.Will Vihaan eventually turn against his father's sinister plan to get Kyra out of the picture and stand to fight for her life or will he see her death as an escape from his emotional prison? Copyright © 2016-2019 Lily Orevba All rights reserved…

Until I Really Do

Until I Really Do

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(Highest ranking #1 in historical)"I volunteer. I will be your wife..." When he rose a brow, she covered the distance between them, her jaw set. "In name only."He seemed to consider her words for a few seconds. "No," He finally said."What?!" Her pitch rose a notch, disappointment lacing her voice.Taking a step that brought him face to face with her, "If you must be my wife, Blondie, then you must truly be my wife -in name, and in body." He leaned forward, his warm breath tickling her skin as his eyes ran down the length of her. "Frankly," He raised his eyes back to her. "I want all of you. All, or nothing."____________________________________Sharon Annabella Freelance is the only daughter of George Freelance, the town's drunk gambler. Not only has he gambled everything away, but he has managed to gamble his daughter away also. Left with no other choice, Sharon must marry and learn to live with the man her father lost a bet to. Well, he can have her but he will never possess her heart. That, he can bloody bet on! __________________________________Mathew Steiner, in a desperate attempt to be independent, leaves the comfort of his father's wealth, moves to a small town, and buys a mansion he cannot fully afford yet. When Mathew's only hope of paying fully for the house is dashed, he is faced with two options; return to his father, a failure or, get his hands on his inheritance left by his grandfather. There is only one problem with option two; he must find a wife to do so. Copyright © 2016-2017 Lily OrevbaAll rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher.…

Bought #complete (Sequel to Sold)

Bought #complete (Sequel to Sold)

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Sold for nothing, bought at a price. Where is God when it hurts the most? Sisi knows a thing or two about pain. Given away in a child marriage by the people who were supposed to protect her, abused, suffered many miscarriages, hurt, broken, lost. Life almost could not get worse. But it does. When she falls in love with a man she could never deserve. It does. When she must turn and walk away from the love of her life.How does God fix a heart in need of healing? (ps, bought is the book 2 of sold)…