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He’s not a soldier of war, but of heartbreak. After being wounded by love, life, and betrayal, he retreats to a quiet town to mend what’s left of his soul. But in the stillness of his solitude, he meets someone whose silence speaks the same language as his pain. Together, they learn that even the most broken hearts can find peace — and that healing doesn’t always mean forgetting. Wounded Soldier u— a story of pain, healing, and the quiet courage it takes to love again.

On the day of his graduation, Ethan Cole dropped to one knee before the woman he thought he would spend forever with. But instead of a "yes," her laughter cut through the air, sharp and humiliating. She told him he was unworthy, a nobody scraping by on part-time jobs, unfit to even breathe the same air as her. In front of the entire school, she walked away, straight into the arms of a wealthy heir who showered her with luxuries beyond imagination. What she never knew was that Ethan wasn’t poor at all. His family secretly controlled 70% of the world’s wealth, and by ancient family rule, he had been forced to live humbly until graduation. Now, on the eve of inheriting a global empire, Ethan will rise, not just to claim what is his, but to show the world, and the woman who scorned him, exactly who he is. But as Ethan steps into power, enemies circle. Greedy corporations, shadowy organizations, and even members of his own bloodline want him destroyed. In love and in war, he must navigate betrayal, vengeance, and temptation, while uncovering a darker truth: that power comes with a cost even money can’t pay. His ex thought she rejected a poor man. She had no idea she awakened a king.

‎📖 A Soldier’s Creed – Back-Cover Blurb ‎ ‎In the unforgiving deserts of Afghanistan, survival is never promised. ‎ ‎Elite commando Lt. Michael Rockefeller is chosen for a mission so dangerous it’s been called a death sentence: infiltrate Taliban strongholds, assassinate their most feared leader, and rescue captured CIA agents before their execution is broadcast to the world. ‎ ‎Armed with nothing but his training, his squad, and the unshakable creed he has lived by—never abandon the mission, never abandon a brother—Michael steps into enemy territory where every shadow hides a rifle, and every whisper carries betrayal. ‎ ‎But when a trusted ally turns traitor, Michael is captured and thrown into the Taliban’s underground dungeon. Tortured, hunted, and facing death not once, but twice, he must fight his way back from the edge of oblivion. ‎ ‎Now, with time running out and his creed tested to the breaking point, one question remains: ‎Will he complete the mission—or will the mission consume him? ‎ ‎A raw, relentless tale of loyalty, sacrifice, and survival, A Soldier’s Creed grips you from the first page to the last shot fired.

Jason’s Heart starts to crumble when he found out that the girl he tucked into o bed every night, cared for, the girl who called him daddy for fifteen years, whose first steps he caught on his phone, whose happiness is his belonged to another man. Jason and Lauren got together when they were both young and fragile, young beautiful adults with big dreams but empty bank accounts in a city of no help, Lauren had big dreams to become an actress, but it crumbles as she got no chance but Jason, the low level doctor stood by her all through it as he strives to help his wife get to the peak. After long years of the fame, money and popularity for Lauren, she forgot her past, she was blinded by the glory and fame, she had let another man into her body and has passed the result as Jason’s daughter, He was terrified and angry, he planned to confront her on the result that she has been cheating and she denied, he showed the evidence the she denies it was face and not real, Jason asked for a divorce and a quick one, she got so angry and started to blame him that he is ably saying that cause he was drunk and blamed him for having those test behind her back and not making her know anything about it.

Abandoned by the woman he loved for a man who represented everything he could never be...wealthy, powerful, untouchable—he is forced to confront the brutal truth of his existence. His home is nothing but a decaying room near a slum, his future looked nonexistent, his worth measured in what he could provide. When despair drove him into the night, it nearly cost him his life. On the brink of death, a mysterious voice offered him a single truth: “In this world, only wealth grants the right to live with dignity. Will you succumb or will you arise and conquer?” With no strength left to resist and nothing left to lose, he accepted his cruel fate and chose. What awakened was by no means a blessing but a predatory system that allowed him to steal wealth itself. Not just sheer money, but luck, opportunities, influence and skills, even the invisible advantages that keep the powerful on top and the weak beneath them. Every gain he makes is taken from someone else. Every rise leaves another person falling and crumbling in dust. As he climbs from the gutter into the hidden layers of society—corporate elites, criminal empires, and untouchable dynasties, he must confront a terrifying question: How much is a human life worth, when wealth can be taken by force?

Dominic Rice was the CIA’s most lethal ghost—until the day his own agency erased him. Framed for a massacre he didn’t commit, Rice is left for dead in a black-site prison in the middle of the Sahara. But death doesn’t want him, and the men who buried him just made the biggest mistake of their careers. Armed with nothing but a smuggled SIM card, a broken body, and fifteen years of black-ops training, Rice escapes into the underworld of international espionage. The target isn’t just the corrupt spymaster who sold him out. It’s the phantom organization pulling the strings behind the West’s most volatile conflicts—a shadow syndicate known only as The Meridian. Hunted by the world’s most sophisticated intelligence agencies and a rogue Delta Force operator with a personal grudge, Rice must navigate the violent borderlands between Europe and Africa. Every ally has a price. Every step forward is booby-trapped. And the one woman who knows the truth about his past might be the deadliest weapon of all. To clear his name and stop a geopolitical catastrophe that will ignite World War III, Rice must become the monster his enemies fear. This is not about justice. This is about extraction.

For ten years, Ethan Vance gave everything to his six aristocratic sisters. He sacrificed his youth, his health, and his entire soul to build their business empire and fix their mistakes from the shadows. Then came the ultimate betrayal. The moment their biological brother is found, the ungrateful sisters strip Ethan of his name and cast him into a freezing storm like a stray dog. To make matters worse, Ethan has just been diagnosed with terminal cancer, with only three months left to live. But the elite Sterling family has made a catastrophic mistake. They thought he was just a worthless street beggar. They have no idea that the discarded boy they threw into the mud is actually a multi-billionaire tycoon, the sovereign of the city's dangerous underground, and the legendary Divine Healer they desperately worship. No more mercy. No more sacrifices. The hidden master has awakened, and their total ruin is coming.

Rizal only wants a peaceful life as the owner of a coffee shop in Medan. Every morning, he serves bitter robusta coffee to his regular customers while enjoying casual coffee shop conversations. But behind this calm facade, Rizal hides a dark past—he was once the most feared enforcer in the mafia world. When Bang Togar, the biggest mafia boss in Medan, learns that Rizal is still alive, everything changes. Old grudges resurface, and Rizal finds himself hunted by assassins, corrupt cops, and former allies who have now become enemies. With the help of his best friend, Ucok—who cracks more jokes than he actually helps—and a former detective addicted to coffee, Rizal must face the world he left behind. Gunfights, brutal brawls, and deadly revenge plots turn his coffee shop into more than just a place to relax—it becomes a battleground. Can Rizal stay alive and protect his café? Or will he have to return to being a cold-blooded executioner to survive?

His wedding was ruined. His bride was given to his younger brother because he wasn't the true heir. Ladies dislike him; his family disowned him. Relatives and friends were nowhere to be found. Everyone was against him… Fernando could see his world-shattering into a thousand pieces, but there was nothing he could do about it. Will he seek vengeance or let go of everything?

In an era defined by global competition, nations are racing to secure rare resources, revolutionary technologies, and elite talent—each step forward could shift the balance of power. Lucas Underwood, a quiet but relentless operative from the nation of Pero, is dispatched under direct presidential orders to the industrial sprawl of Berkley. His mission is clear: locate and secure a mysterious material said to possess the potential to amplify next-generation weapon systems. But Berkley is far from unoccupied. As the hunt intensifies, Lucas must navigate a city boiling with hidden agendas, shifting allegiances, and enemies in disguise. The material he's after could change everything—if he survives long enough to claim it.