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Strangers In Vow
Adventure Blurb:
A marriage born out of duty.
A love neither of them expected.
And a rival determined to tear them apart.
Mira Lawson never imagined marrying a cold, wealthy businessman like Nathan Cole. But with her father's health failing and her family drowning in debt, she has no choice but to say yes. From the start, Nathan makes it clear-this is a contract, not a love story.
Bound by obligation, they live like polite strangers, careful to keep their lives separate. But in quiet moments-gentle touches, stolen glances, and unguarded smiles-Mira glimpses the man beneath the armor. Just when she starts to hope that love might be possible, a new threat emerges.
Nathan's mother, determined to shape her son's marriage to perfection, hires a maid-beautiful, graceful, and dangerously charming. At first, she seems harmless, but soon it becomes clear she has her own agenda. The maid isn't just there to serve-she's there to steal Nathan's heart. With every whisper in his ear and every doubt she plants, Mira finds herself pushed further to the sidelines, questioning whether their fragile bond was ever real.
As tensions rise and deception takes root, Mira must decide whether to walk away before the betrayal breaks her completely or fight for the love neither of them saw coming. But fighting for Nathan means standing up not just to the maid and his mother but to Nathan himself-forcing him to see that love isn't something to fear.
A slow-burn, deeply emotional romance about betrayal, longing, and a love worth fighting for-even when the odds seem impossible.
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Agostino Santini was everything I wasn't supposed to want, yet everything I craved. He looked like he had been carved from my darkest fantasies, his presence an intoxicating gravity I couldn't resist. The world called him many things: predator, monster, omen of death. And maybe he was. But to me, he was something else entirely.
He didn't just save my life, he breathed something new into it. With every glance, every whispered word, he unraveled the tight threads of restraint I'd bound myself with. He touched me like he knew every secret my skin kept hidden. He gave me a taste of pleasure so raw, so consuming, it made me question everything I thought I knew about desire.
All he ever asked of me was my blood. But I knew if I surrendered that, I wouldn't be able to stop there. I'd give him everything. My body. My heart. My soul. And I did. Willingly.
His dark magnetism blinded me to the truth until it was far too late. I was drawn to him like a moth to flame, compelled, helpless. And when I stepped too close, the fire didn't just burn. It consumed.
That's when I learned the most devastating truth of all. Love like this doesn't end in happily ever after.
It ends in ruin.
And in the end, only one of us will survive. Wake Up, Dream Boy!
Mr. Ben Having some of the poems in the first edition of the poem collection, ‘The P.O.T (Poured Out Thoughts)’ published in several poetry magazines as High On Poems, Earthborne Magazine, Deadsnakes and so on, the author has ushered in the second, titled ‘The P.O.T (Poured Out Thoughts) ---The Reloaded.
It is said to be ‘reloaded’ because there are other poems to be added to make this edition slightly richer than the first. With poems as ‘Out of the Box’, ‘Dad Loves Me’, ‘Heralding God’s Magnificence’ being published in notable poetry journals and magazines, the sequel is hoped to make an impact to the entire world, beginning with the readers.
The Table of Contents has the additional poems that readers, who have read the first edition, would realize. They are intended to look into general issues, family, gender, parental, religious (Christian faith), children, love and personal/motivational.
The aim behind this piece is simple. As said in the first edition, it is about entertaining, enlightening, inspiring or motivating and enabling people think for themselves.
Worthy of Note: The author believes that subsequent edition(s) of the work would carry the above-stated aim.