Married In A Heartbeat

Growing up, the protagonist of this modern young-adult story was always the unwanted child, living in the shadow of her mother's favorite, Kody Buckley. To fund Kody’s dreams of owning a home, she was forced to quit school and toil in a factory. When Kody’s reckless drunk driving ended a life, her mother demanded she take the blame. But favoritism leads to ruin. Now, on New Year's Eve, Kody is gone, and a destitute mother is left begging her neglected child for.

Masterchef Finn expected a normal restaurant, but instead gets summoned to a monster-infested wilderness with a mandate to build a magical inn. Equipped with a defensive shield, a building system, and a panda taste-tester, he hopes for a peaceful cooking life. However, his clientele consists of dangerous mercenaries, adventurers, and beasts. Forced out of his comfort zone, Finn must now undertake perilous combat missions to protect his guests and survive this chaotic new world.

For ten years, I loved Lucas Hale, never realizing I was merely a stand-in for Serena, the woman with my exact hazel-green eyes. Pregnant and desperate, I exposed Serena's fraud, and my punishment was brutal: shoved from his SUV into the pouring Hoh Rainforest. After seven hellish days of survival, I returned to Seattle only to hear his cruel dismissal and face my family's betrayal. Losing our baby shattered me. Rebuilding myself into a woman of fame and power, I finally confronted him at a glittering gala, exposing the truth and becoming his ruin.

After sacrificing everything for her comatose husband Cody, she is devastated when he wakes up demanding a divorce to marry his pregnant first love, Amanda. Cast aside, her nightmare escalates when she uncovers a secret that puts a target on her back. Hunted by killers, she is rescued by the ruthless Dylan Howard. Dylan offers her safety and vengeance, but his protection binds her to a dangerous man who has watched her from the shadows for years.

Following my disastrous 250th failed blind date, my grandmother concludes that our ancestral tomb's poor feng shui is to blame and orders its relocation. However, as the workers prepare to exhume the graves amid her tearful apologies, the unexpected happens. I suddenly hear the voice of my long-dead great-great-great-great-great-grandmother speaking to me. Even more shocking, my entire family can now hear my inner thoughts, turning a simple family crisis into an unbelievable supernatural event.

Following their rebirth, a couple agrees to dissolve their marriage. The wife pursues wealth in Newport by guiding Klay Bernhard’s investments with future knowledge, while the husband chooses a quiet life of study in the capital. Years later, they reunite at a class event. She mocks his perceived lack of ambition while flaunting her riches, but her pride shatters when a wealthy businesswoman arrives to claim him, proving he moved on long ago.