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*ON HOLD*April Nolan had no luck with men after her last relationship got her hospitalized. But then, her luck in love changed. At her best friend's wedding, she became the center of attention between two men of law. One was a senior partner at Seymour & Lane law firm, Reed Seymour. And the other, a newly appointed general counsel of Hawksley Holding, and best friend of her sister's ex-fiancé, Steve Crawford. With enough alcohol in her system, she confidently ended up flirting with both of them. But one ended up spending the night with her. In the morning, after nursing a hangover, she had no recollection which of the two men she slept with. However, she found a note with a one-letter initial as a clue.Who between the two was her midnight casanova? And who will end up winning her heart instead?#GirlsInSuitsSeries (book 4)…

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Amy Nolan worked for Hawksley Holding Inc. as a receptionist for two years now. She had no other focus but her job, family, and friends. So when her sister, April, offered to throw a party on her 30th birthday, she didn't expect it to involve a speed dating. After meeting a group of men, Amy found solace by the bar counter. That's when she met Dean Garcia, the man responsible for making her comfort drinks.Dean had found himself covering for his bartender friend at the time Amy approached him for a drink. Sympathetic to her situation, he kept her company and served her glass after glass. But Dean kept his eye on Amy for the rest of the night. Both as obligation and interest.After that wild night of her 30th birthday, Amy thought she wouldn't see the mystery bartender again until she bumped into him close to her workplace with a different occupation. Then things turned more complicated. A few days later, her assumptions were questioned the third time. Dean towed a man in cuffs towards the waiting authorities outside her office building. Who is this mystery man?~This is the 3rd book of a stand-alone series, Girl in Suits. The first two books are free to read here on Wattpad titled, Beautiful Mistake, and Lovely Liaison.…

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[WATTPAD FEATURED. NOVEMBER 2017]Emilia and Collin had been in a relationship for three years and lived under the same roof for a year and a half. Yet somehow they had drifted apart. Maybe they loved each other less, their future plans no longer include each other, or hopes and dreams didn't involve them as a couple. So both decided to break it off. Throughout the year they were apart, they rediscovered themselves, answered the lingering question of whys. This is a story about understanding and rediscovering love.#nanowrimo2016…

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TO BE REVISED. DRAFT.Michelle Newman had finally caught her break when her father named her the new President of the family's hotel empire. For her, this was a dream come true. the package that came along with the position.In 100 days, before the transfer of titles is final, she has to find a husband for her to completely take over. To Michelle, this idea is ludicrous and a ploy from her parents for a business strategy. But, in reality, this is something more and personal.#Wattys2015Copyright © 2015 Mel Ryle. All rights reserved.…

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UNEDITED Allison Coleman has a not so perfect life. Things were starting to turn for the better for her. She got an opportunity to work as one of the lead designer on the next month's issue of Face Magazine, and her year old relationship with her boyfriend, Daniel, is taking on the next step. But, it didn't work out the way she intended it to be. When she crossed path with her high school sweetheart that she didn't see for almost eight years, her life took an unexpected turn of events. Now boyfriend less and a job that can go down the drain, Allison is trying to take back her life by moving out of her apartment and taking charge with her work again. But, how can she concentrate on that when a certain someone lives across the door from her new apartment? #AMrMogulStory Copyright © 2014 Mel Ryle. All rights reserved.…

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SAMPLE ONLY! READ IT ON WEBNOVEL and DREAME.With a scandalous divorce battle, multi-millionaire Kyle Elliot decided to move out of the limelight. Betrayed by the woman he thought he loved, he decided to escape a different environment and a fake identity. Thanks to his best friend and secretary, Luke Bailey, everything was set. Kyle thought his exile would be nothing but boredom and a lot of reflection on his past. He never expected to find something that may ultimately change his life.To Lenna Michel, Kyle was another new face in town until she knew whom he pretended to be related. It was challenging to find the right person to confide in her problem in a town where everyone knew anyone. She struggled to get out of a five-year relationship. Yet she couldn't leave him without losing someone precious.Both at the peak of their worst, fate took a stand and gave them a chance to fight back. But they didn't expect to find love with it. All rights reserved.…

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NANOWRIMO 2019. NOVEL ENTRY.DRAFT. NOT EDITED.Jane Cohan was in a car accident and rushed to the hospital. Nearly on the brink of death, she was saved by a resident doctor, Sebastian Malcolm. But Jane seemed like she didn't want to be saved. Sebastian noticed this and made sure she didn't do anything life-threatening.In order to keep her from taking her life, Sebastian kept a close watch on her. However, there was more to Jane than a mere patient of his. Because of this, he grew attached to her. And Jane, slowly, grown attached to him as well.In this darkest time in her life, will Jane allow Sebastian in her life? #Nanowrimo2019…

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UNEDITED.It took Claire Atwood four years to go back home. But not for the purpose of visiting the only family she had left. She was on the run. Not only from her past, but also from her future. At nine years old, Claire found out that her perfect family was only an act. Pile of lies after lies filled up her reality of who to trust and love until that void blinded and consumed her. Running was once an option until she met David Morison, a police officer who was tenacious and wouldn't give up. Claire started to see more of what was truly wrong. To get her life back, she had to face all of her demons. Both past and present.…

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SAMPLE ONLY! EXCLUSIVELY ON GALATEA . After a stage accident forcing her to retire early, the once-rising ballerina, Mia Harnett, shunned herself into isolation from society. The loss took a toll on her and her family. When her mother asked her sister, Leanna Stanton, to take Mia away on her yearly visit to one of her vacation homes, Leanna embraced the idea with one condition. Mia had to agree willingly. Eventually, Mia decided to go. Leanna and she were off to live for the next three months on a small cabin at a farm and fishing village island in Scotland. Mia thought the vast empty field, the smell of the rust ocean breeze, will be therapeutic in helping her recover. Yet before Mia settled on her new life, one part of her past came knocking back like a storm. It was then she met an unlikely ally, grandson of her aunt's friend, Richard McKenzie, who manages a diner and bar, and his family's farm. He warned Mia about a fancy man looking for her in town.Mia had to trust him since there was no one - besides her aunt, who she didn't want to be involved - who saw a glimpse of her circumstance. But Richard didn't readily offer his help unless she trusted him back with her story. A past involving an influential man from an old aristocrat family who, to her surprise, owned a castle on the island. He bewitched her with his charm and words, caging her into submission until she got away. She started to question whether her trip on the island and his reappearance wasn't a coincidence. She feared he'll never let her go once she's caught under his ravenous gaze.Will Mia be able to free herself, or will she forever be in his submission?#Ravenous #DramaThriller…

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SAMPLE ONLY! READ IT ON INKITT and WEBNOVEL. LINK ON MY BIO.Rhoane - Roe - Knightley is the last line from one of the ruling family of the Custodian, a human hybrid who protects the balance of the mystical and realistic world. At age nine, she witnesses her family being slaughtered by rogue Lycan, a man-wolf shifter, who the Custodians protect and hide from humans.For nine years, Roe was raised by one of the strongest family of the Custodian Order, the Hunter. When her eighteen birthday approaches, her chances of finding out about the truth of her family's death became slim. Once she turns eighteen, she takes her place as her family's last remaining representative as part of the Order. With that, she won't be able to move stealthily and searched for the killer who murdered her family.With the help of her childhood friend and heir to the Hunter family, Kaleb Hunter, Roe finally got the approval she wanted. She thought it is an easy job to go back and find the killer. However, upon returning home, she's surprised to see the place crawling and taken over by one of the strongest Lycan Clan in the country, the Blackwell.Now Roe is in a bind on how she'll snoop around a Lycan territory. But most of all, she was surprised to find the connection with the place, a certain Lycan, and the truth of who killed her family. Follow Roe Knightley's journey in discovery about family, love, betrayal, and revenge.#TheCustodianSeries #BookOne…

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*BOOK WILL BE TAKEN DOWN BY MAY 22, 2019. READ NOTICE ON CHAPTER INSIDE.*SAMPLE ONLY!Kyla Tristen almost had it all. Except for her love life. It was nearly three month after she and her heartless ex were no longer in a relationship status. Her friends thought it was time to move on and start fresh, yet she didn't think so. So they decided it was time to do the post break-up tradition. A one-night stand with a stranger. At first, she thought she wouldn't go through with it, but then the image of her ex-boyfriend cheating in front of her eyes with a woman - who turned out to be her old enemy in high school - she burnt the remains of her dignity. But little did she know the man in question wasn't just an ordinary stranger. After that night, it had gotten her into many sticky situations. Ultimately, it led to an even more problematic matter. Now she had a dark secret with one of the most eligible bachelor in town, who happened to be her new boss, Jensen Hawksley. If you love the Mr. Mogul series, then you'll enjoy this! #GirlinSuitseries…

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SAMPLE ONLY! CHAPTER TAKEN DOWN ON JUNE 29, 2020.BOOK RELEASE ON JULY 19, 2020. AVAILABLE ON AMAZON AND KINDLE.~"I've never been ignored in my life. You're seriously testing my temper," he said with his jaw clenched.I sat there immobile, keeping my face as impassive as I could. "You were the one who started asking unnecessary questions."Unlike all the other girls in the city, Andy Peterson is not one to drool over guys like that popular bachelor, William Maxwell aka Mr. Mogul, no matter how filthy rich, devilishly handsome, and irresistibly sexy he may be. She knows their ilk, and she's not going to fall for their tricks. She doesn't have time for it period.But it seems that fate would have her make time for it, as Andy discovers she's actually working for the last person she'd ever want to work for-Mr. Mogul himself a Wattys2014 Talk of the Town winner! Copyright © 2015 Mel Ryle. All rights reserved.…

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SAMPLE ONLY! CHAPTERS TAKEDOWN ON AUGUST 12, 2020."I'm having second thoughts about going with him, about this relationship, about him."By some weird turn of fate, Any Peterson is now dating her former enemy, the ever so arrogant but oh-so-handsome bachelor William Maxwell. While every other girl would jump at the idea of having the richest man in the city as a boyfriend, Andy would rather opt-out - if only she had a choice. Needless to say, she felt like kicking herself at first.William Maxwell, Mr. Mogul, is a changed man. Now a happier, kinder, and less arrogant version of himself, he's all the more determined to capture Andy's heart. He is living proof that persistence goes a long way. Getting Andy to agree on dates is no easy feat - at least not if you threatened to fire her ass the first time you met.Just when Andy starts falling for William's charms, unwanted persons from their past resurface, and paparazzi corners the left and right.Can naive, country girl Andy handle the public scrutiny? Will William ever earn Andy's full trust? Even better, will this awkward relationship go into full bloom, or will the circumstances nip that little romance in the bud?This is a sequel to Meeting Mr. Mogul. Read this rollercoaster love-hate romance of Andy and William.Copyright © 2015 Mel Ryle. All rights reserved.…

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SAMPLE ONLY! Read it now only on Galatea.Zoey Curtis was unemployed for a month before she got hired by Rufus, who was the infamous Julian Hawksley - CEO of the Hawksley Holding Inc. Chicago branch, personal assistant. Zoey thought she was getting hired for a generic secretarial job, not actually being the new PA for Julian Hawksley himself. And based on the gossip magazine she'd read, Julian was the kind of man Zoey labeled as walking sexual harassment.As for Julian, he wasn't aware his favorite wingman was leaving him. When Rufus introduced him to his replacement, there were two things that crossed his mind. One, she was HOT. And two, she could be a pain in the ass with her rigid and serious attitude.With clashing personalities, interest, and opinion, will the tension between them lead to something more?From the Girl in Suit series, Lovely Liaison is the second book after Beautiful Mistake.…

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The most unforgettable experience she had was falling in love. Meeting that guy who she thought would be her soulmate, and then finding out the hard way that love wasn't like what she expected. We all been through it, or going through it soon enough. This is journal entries about a girl falling in love but in a different kind of light. She isn't one for the fantasy and prince charming, but sometimes she can't help and think that it does exist. But prince charming doesn't ride a white horse and wearing a flashy outfit. He just some guy who bothered enough to say more than hi and goodbye. 'Love Diaries' Copyright © 2016 Mel Ryle. All rights reserved.…

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UNEDITED.Natalie Hale has a past that few people know. She and her mother moved to a different state and created a whole new life, trying to be ordinary. But, being ordinary isn't who they are. They've lived for the past three years on the run, trying to get away from who they used to be. When she finally found a place where she can be ordinary, that's when he found them. Would she be able to hide who she is from the people that slowly grew to know her? And, would she finally face the past and not let it drown her like before?A/N: This is my first full written novel online. I'm keeping it as it is to show you where I started. I struggled too before writing Meeting Mr. Mogul. Don't give up on writing and you will improve.Cover by @painthatsmiles…

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UNEDITED.I'm in love with the man who is my best friend. Don't tell him that, since his friendship means more to me than anything in the world. Though, I've said such things for the past four years I've been with him, watching him fall in love with another. At some point, I was bound to break and his friendship wouldn't be enough for me.…

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UNEDITED.The story revolves around a girl named Melanie and her week with the guy who she has a crush for almost four years. Within the week, things started to change in Melanie's life, a change that is inevitable, and a change she couldn't accept.…

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I'm placing all of my short stories and Poem under this book. To make it easier and lessen the burden.…