Richard Yates Novels & Stories

Richard has never been one to spare his enemy and Sarah isn't going to be any different. Yes, she can be unknowingly seductive and unimaginably charming but Richard only feels that she will be prettier in her grave and more useful in hell. To Richard, love is for idle minds. If there's anything he knows how to do best, it's killing. He's e devil hiding under a flawless and mesmerizing body. Sarah only wants one thing from Richard--his life. The only thing they have in common is their desire for each other's life. But will they be able to carry out their missions after that unsolicited encounter? Will Richard be able to resist this seductress and give her the death she's courting?

BLURB Ariana goes to a bar to forget her heartbreak. That is where she meets Greg, a mysterious, handsome stranger. Unexpected consequences arise from one night of passion and connection. On the day she runs into him again, will Ariana have the courage to face her past and her mixed feelings about Greg? Will that one-night stand lead to a much wanted second chance at love?

In their four years of marriage, Ethan Sterling had always refused to visit any romantic couple destinations with his wife, Pearl Whitmore. He said she was shallow and just chasing trends. However, when his first love came back from overseas, he could not wait to take her up the legendary mountain where it was said couples who climbed it successfully would grow old together. Pearl divorced him and moved abroad. However, Ethan followed her to the new country, sobbing as he searched for her in the ruins...

I was in a long-distance relationship with my boyfriend. It had been three years, and he never let me go to him. I cried, I protested, and I even shouted at him. Alas, all he did was give me a tired answer. "It's for your own good, Wendy." I shut up because that really was the truth. I had made frequent trips to him during the first year we were together. The first time I went, I forgot to turn off the stove, and the fire burned my house down. The second time I went, the elevator I took malfunctioned. I was locked inside for hours. The loss of oxygen nearly knocked me out. Then, the third time came. I didn't think my luck would be this rotten, but it was. On my way to the airport, I ran

Sharon McKinzie's husband's first love was dying. He often said to Sharon, "Sharon, Kelly doesn't have much time left. Don't be petty and hold things against her." To make up for the regrets of his past, he traveled with Kelly—through mountains and rivers, beneath starlit skies and over distant seas. He even handed over the wedding they had planned—his and Sharon's—to Kelly Walt, without shame or hesitation. Even their five-year-old son clung to Kelly. "Mommy isn't even half as pretty as Kelly," he said. "Kelly's pretty. Why can't Kelly be my mommy?" Sharon decided to grant them their wish. She left behind the divorce papers and walked away without a word. Later, her ex-husband and son

After returning from my business trip, I saw my wife lying on the couch in an alluring position. I initially thought it was a surprise, but the next moment, I spotted a hidden camera in the corner of the TV cabinet. It turned out that my wife had been secretly...

Sometimes we are lost, but when we are lost, we can always be found. This is the story of one brave young woman's journey to freedom.

Sandra May is a struggling sculptor and owner of 'De Art' studio, facing financial difficulties after being conned by her ex-boyfriend and co-owner, Ali Andre. Caesar James, a powerful business mogul, proposes a contract marriage to Sandra, offering her two million dollars for one year. As she agrees, Sandra finds herself falling for Caesar's younger brother, Williams James. However, she soon discovers that Williams and Ali were behind her financial downfall. Caesar reveals a clause in their contract, stating that anyone who engages in extramarital affairs will have to satisfy the other sexually every day until the contract's end. Confronted with the decision to stay or leave, Sandra discove

Adelina, having just completed her shift for the first time, is summoned to Aspen after mysterious documents prove she is the fated mate of Daxon Reyes, the powerful Alpha billionaire. Though terrified and unprepared, she travels to Colorado. When their eyes meet during a pack gathering, the mate bond snaps into place. Electricity, heat, possession but also terror. Dax seems distant. He vanishes shortly after. A week later, she’s summoned again only to be rejected in front of the pack council, humiliated by the very wolf meant to protect her. Her world crumbles. RISING ACTION 1. Adelina’s Escape Broken and alone, Adelina flees Aspen with the help of Caleb, Dax’s Beta, who

When Royal Robinson loses his brother and sister-in-law in a fatal car crash, the truth about their child comes to light. Finding out they had used a surrogate and hid the truth from the family devastated him, especially when he found out it was never made legal and the biological mother still has legal entitlement to the child. When Famke Noor realizes the people she had considered her friends were gone and his family wants her to step in and assist in raising the child who she felt strongly she was never meant to parent, she finds herself in over her head. Two strong and stubborn personalities with their hearts in the right place but their pride in the way will need to learn to put thei