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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. "Revenge is a transaction. But some debts can only be paid in blood and time."In the rain-slicked, glass-and-marble heart of the corporate world, Elara Bennett is a legend. Known as the "Ice Queen," she is the lethal surgical tool of Vulture Capital, specializing in the cold-blooded liquidation of fallen empires. For ten years, she has fueled her ascent with the bitter memory of Julian Dawson-the man who promised her forever, only to discard her with a typed letter claiming she was a "limitation" to his ambition.When Elara is assigned to dismantle Julian's crumbling tech dynasty, she believes her moment of ultimate closure has arrived. She intends to leave him with nothing but the air he breathes. However, the Julian she encounters is not the arrogant mogul of her memories. He is a ghost-quiet, stoic, and strangely compliant. As Elara strips away his penthouses, his car collections, and his dignity, she is unsettled by a terrifying realization: Julian isn't losing a game; he is playing one.A Web of Corporate Espionage and Personal BetrayalAs Elara digs into Julian's financial ruins, the "Ice Queen" facade begins to fracture. She discovers a dormant trust fund where the beneficiary's name is a secret she thought she buried a decade ago. Every audit reveals a new layer of a conspiracy that spans ten years: The letter that ended their love was never Julian's work, but a forgery by the mentor Elara trusts most.The firm she serves is a shell company owned by Julian's greatest rival, making her the unwitting executioner in a pre-planned corporate murder.Julian's bankruptcy was a strategic sacrifice-a desperate move to hide his patents from a criminal syndicate and ensure Elara would be the one to inherit his true legacy.The Ultimate ReckoningFrom the sterile boardrooms of skyscrapers to the rotting ruins of their childhood estate, Buying Back Our Wasted Youth is a high-octane blend of corporate thriller and soul-shattering romance. As a terminal illness threatens to take Julian before the legal dust settles, Elara must pivot from predator to protector. She will have to use her professional expertise to manipulate the very systems she mastered, liquidating her enemies in real-time to save the man she was sent to destroy.Can time ever truly be bought back?The story culminates in an open-ended, heart-wrenching finale. Standing at an international airport with the power of an empire at her fingertips and a safe deposit box key in her pocket, Elara faces the most difficult audit of her life. Does she choose the safety of her elite career, or the gamble of a man who has nothing left but a map to an island where time doesn't matter?Dive into a story of second chances, strategic revenge, and the devastating price of the years we can never reclaim. A ruthless corporate liquidator seeks vengeance against the man who broke her heart, only to discover that his downfall is a calculated trap designed to protect her from a web of betrayal. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. In the dim, linseed-oil-scented sanctuary of her workshop, Elara Sterling understands the world through her fingertips. As a vintage furniture restorer with a rare "tactile memory," she knows that while people are duplicitous, wood is honest-it records every impact, every spill, and every hidden sorrow. But her professional clarity is shattered when a mysterious Victorian writing desk arrives at her door. Hidden within its mahogany frame is a secret compartment that shouldn't exist, housing a thirty-year-old unfinished letter that whispers of "blood on the cedar" and the "Thorne secret."The discovery is a physical blow: the secret tray bears the unmistakable "Porter Hook"-the signature tool mark of her late father, Nathan, a man remembered only for his failures. To clear his name, Elara must venture into the suffocating, gothic atmosphere of Shadowbrook, the ancestral home of the Thorne family.There, she meets Julian Thorne, a brooding and sharp-featured heir who lives in the shadows of a legacy he is desperate to sell. Through Elara's lens, Julian is a legal ghost-an imposter named Julian Maxwell, placed in the family to protect a fortune from the state. Their attraction is immediate and volatile, a connection between two people trapped by the sins of their fathers. But Julian is not the only threat. Between the "synthetic" greed of corporate developer Xavier Cross and the predatory grace of socialite Paige Matthews, Elara finds herself in a den of vipers where every smile is a mask.As the auction for the desk looms, the stakes escalate from professional to life-threatening. Using a high-intensity restoration lamp, Elara watches in awe as the coffee stains on the letter transform under the heat into a topographical map of the estate. It leads to a vault hidden beneath a lake that never thaws-a sanctuary built by her father to protect a woman the world thought was dead.In a night defined by desperate honesty and a high-stakes charity auction, Elara is faced with an impossible choice. She can reveal the map and restore her father's honor as a protector, or she can ignite the "special wax" she has meticulously applied to the desk. When the fire finally breaks out at the gallery, the heat projects the map onto the walls for all to see, turning the Thorne legacy into public ash.Coffee Stains on an Unfinished Letter is a sensory-rich Gothic Romance that explores the weight of inheritance and the honesty of craftsmanship. It is a story of a woman who tries to fix the past, only to realize that some mysteries are recursive. As Julian and Elara flee the ruins of their old lives, a new package arrives-an identical desk, a wet-ink letter in Elara's own hand, and a date that hasn't happened yet. The cycle has restarted, and the wood is waiting for her touch. When a vintage restorer uncovers a hidden compartment in an antique desk, she is thrust into a web of family secrets and dangerous deception. To vindicate her father, she must navigate a world of masks where the truth is etched in wood. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …

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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. In the intersection of obsession and art, a deadly romance is about to be unveiled.Elara Vance lives a quiet life among the relics of the past. As a specialist in classical restoration, she understands the weight of history better than anyone. But her world is shattered when she is commissioned to restore a hidden work by a vanished 19th-century genius. The location: Blackwood Manor, a crumbling estate where the fog never lifts and the walls seem to breathe.The subject of the restoration is a hauntingly beautiful portrait of a woman who appears to be sleeping-a woman who is a mirror image of Elara herself.Enter Julian Thorne. Reclusive, wealthy, and dangerously magnetic, Julian is the last of a bloodline haunted by tragedy. He views the painting not as art, but as a prison. He is a man who has sworn off love to protect his secrets, yet he finds himself drawn to Elara's fire and her obsession with the canvas. Their chemistry is immediate and volatile, a dance of desire and distrust set against the backdrop of a house that wants them apart.As Elara meticulously peels back the centuries of varnish, she realizes the "Girl in the Painting" isn't just a masterpiece; she is a vessel. Strange occurrences begin to plague the manor. Whispers in the hallways, the scent of fresh oil paint where there is none, and the chilling sensation of eyes following her every move. Elara finds herself experiencing the memories of the woman on the canvas-memories of a love that turned into a curse.The deeper Elara dives into the restoration, the more Julian's icy exterior melts, revealing a man desperate to break a cycle of grief. But the price of their romance may be higher than either can afford. As the "Six Things That Need Fixing" in Elara's life collide with the supernatural stakes of the Thorne family legacy, she discovers that the painting is a ticking clock. To save herself and Julian, she must confront the truth of her own identity and the dark magic woven into the pigments.Don't Wake the Girl in the Painting is a spellbinding Gothic Romance that explores the thin line between passion and possession. It is a story for those who believe that the past is never truly dead, and that some loves are powerful enough to transcend the frame.Will Elara finish the restoration and unleash a century-old nightmare? Or can she and Julian find a way to rewrite a history painted in blood?Dive into a world of atmospheric tension, forbidden desire, and a mystery that will keep you breathless until the final page. Some masterpieces are meant to be forgotten. Some girls are meant to stay asleep. When a restoration expert discovers a portrait that mirrors her own face, she is drawn into a volatile romance with a reclusive heir and a supernatural curse that threatens to blur the line between art and reality. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. Ivy Langston has spent her life reading the language of mountains.A practical naturalist and skilled forager, she trusts maps, seasons, plants, and the instincts passed down to her by her grandfather. But one spring morning at Black Tarn, the laws of nature break apart before her eyes.A magnificent white stallion runs across the surface of the bottomless lake, freezing the water beneath every hoof. Then, without slowing, he leaps into the sky and climbs the clouds as though they were stone stairs.Ivy soon discovers that the creature is no ordinary horse.Beyond the mortal mountains lies Aethelvale, a hidden kingdom caught between the seasons and slowly being erased from existence. Its people are fading into mist, its landscapes are disappearing at the borders, and reality itself is beginning to unravel. The kingdom's rulers have spent centuries trying to control the celestial stallion, believing his power could save them.But they have misunderstood him.The white horse is actually Prince Tristan Everhart, a lost sovereign cursed to exist inside the body of an untamed celestial creature. His empty throne and imprisoned soul are bound to the fate of the kingdom.Ivy becomes the first mortal to understand what generations of kings and hunters could not: Tristan cannot be saved through possession. No saddle, bridle, chain, or iron bit can restore him. Freedom is not an obstacle to the kingdom's salvation-it is the key.But the realm is collapsing faster than anyone expected.The Erasure has reached the edges of Aethelvale, consuming mountains, rivers, buildings, and living beings. The remaining guardians reveal that Ivy carries the blood of the ancient Founders, giving her the temporal strength necessary to survive the impossible passage ahead. Tristan is the thread; Ivy is the anchor. Together, they may be able to cross the Seasonal Meridian and repair the fractures tearing the hidden kingdom apart.With the kingdom disappearing behind them, Ivy climbs onto Tristan's bare back-not as a master claiming a mount, but as a companion placing her life in the hands of another free soul.Their final journey takes them into the heart of the Seasonal Horizon, where Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter collide in a catastrophic storm. If Tristan loses his stride, they will fall into the void. If Ivy loses her connection to the mortal world, both horse and rider will be erased.Their only weapon is trust.Their only path forward is to run.And at the impossible center of the storm, Ivy and Tristan discover that the world was never meant to be conquered or controlled. It was meant to remain in balance.Together, they may become the first riders to cross the boundary between seasons-and the last hope of a kingdom that has forgotten how to survive. When a naturalist witnesses a celestial stallion defy the laws of physics, she is thrust into a vanishing realm where she must partner with a cursed prince to restore balance before reality itself dissolves into mist. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. For twenty-five years, Queen Amara has ruled Oakhaven beneath an eternal spring.Her kingdom has known no true winter. Roses bloom endlessly across the palace terraces, orchards produce harvest after harvest, and Amara herself has remained impossibly young. To her people, she is a blessed sovereign who brought prosperity to a land that should have been consumed by age and winter.But the miracle was never free.One morning, the roses turn black.A wave of unnatural frost sweeps through Oakhaven, destroying the gardens that have sustained the kingdom's prosperity for a generation. The strange deterioration is not merely attacking the flowers-it is tearing through the secret magic inside Amara herself. The enchanted bloom that has preserved her youth begins to wither, and with every dying rose, the queen feels another piece of her stolen life slipping away.As panic spreads through the capital, Chancellor Lucian Ashford searches for someone to blame. But Amara gradually realizes that the catastrophe is not an enemy's curse. Twenty-five years earlier, she tore the Heart of Spring from its celestial order to escape her own mortality. She forced the earth to remain in perpetual bloom, denying the world the necessary balance of growth, decay, rest, and renewal.Now the seasons have come to collect their debt.When the God of Winter confronts her, Amara is given an impossible choice: preserve the stolen Spring and allow Oakhaven to freeze, or destroy the reliquary within herself and return the stolen season to the world-knowing that doing so means surrendering the youth and life she spent twenty-five years protecting.Yet Amara's greatest danger may not be the approaching winter.As Lucian prepares to sacrifice innocent citizens to preserve the illusion of her eternal paradise, Amara must confront the truth of her own reign. The gardener Finnian Hart helps her understand what her magic has done to the exhausted soil: life cannot exist forever without death, rest, and renewal.For the first time, the queen must choose between possessing life and allowing life to continue.Her final act will determine whether Oakhaven remains a beautiful prison beneath endless roses-or becomes a mortal kingdom where spring can return because winter was finally allowed to come.A dark fairy tale about immortality, guilt, sacrifice, and the natural price of refusing to let the world change. After decades of stealing eternal spring to preserve her youth, a sovereign must face the wrath of a vengeful winter and decide if she will cling to her stolen immortality or sacrifice everything to restore the natural cycle of life and death. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. Mara has spent her life running from the strange warmth in her hands.Where others see an affliction, Mara knows it as something far more mysterious: when she touches old wood, stone, or forgotten structures, she can awaken the memories buried inside them. In ordinary towns, this gift has brought her suspicion, fear, and accusations of blight. So she has learned to keep her hands hidden and travel alone.But when Mara crosses into the abandoned realm of Oakhaven, she discovers that the silence surrounding the kingdom is not the silence of death.Three hundred years ago, Oakhaven vanished beneath a terrible magical stasis. Its buildings remained perfectly preserved while its people were trapped inside the architecture itself-souls imprisoned in floorboards, walls, wheels, doors, and foundations. When Mara touches them, they awaken long enough to remember fragments of the lives they once lived.One of those voices belongs to Tristan Everhart, a smith whose consciousness survives within a great waterwheel. Through him, Mara begins uncovering the truth behind Oakhaven's fall and the mysterious Princess Arabella Kingsley, who willingly entered the doomed kingdom rather than abandon her people.But the deeper Mara travels into the ruined kingdom, the more dangerous her gift becomes. Every awakening brings another piece of Oakhaven's history to light-and another reminder that the sleeping citizens may not remain trapped forever. What was once called salvation may actually have been a prison built from fear, mercy, and the desperate desire to preserve life at any cost.Mara must finally confront the architect of the ancient stasis and decide whether releasing the kingdom is worth the risk of unleashing the violence that caused its destruction.As the buried magic begins to awaken, Mara discovers that she was never merely a stranger who wandered into Oakhaven. Her strange warmth, her ability to hear the memories of dead structures, and the choices she has made throughout her lonely life are all connected to the kingdom's unfinished fate.To save Oakhaven, she must teach an entire kingdom how to breathe again.And for the first time in her life, Mara may discover that the gift that made her an outcast is the very thing that can finally bring her home. An outcast with the power to hear the memories of inanimate objects enters a frozen realm where souls are trapped within the architecture. To save a lost civilization, she must decide if breaking their eternal slumber is worth the chaos it invites. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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