422 Results with the "Mystery" genre


    • Jules: The Bride Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin The Bride and Charlie find themselves standing alone on the battlements, temporarily removed from the wedding’s extravagant celebrations, caught in a moment of nostalgia and unresolved emotions. The night air is cool, thick with the weight of things left unsaid, their conversation a delicate balance between familiarity and the unspoken tension of past indiscretions. The Bride, Jules, soon to be wed, explains the official reasoning behind choosing this remote island location—privacy from the press, a…
    • Olivia: The Bridesmaid Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin Olivia stands at a crossroads, her heart burdened with the impossible decision of whether to confess the truth about her secret relationship with Will and risk shattering Jules’s wedding day. Encouraged by a friend’s belief that honesty brings peace, she initially steels herself for the confrontation, believing that revealing the affair is the only way to truly protect her sister. However, Will, ever the master manipulator, quickly dismantles her resolve, painting himself as the victim of circumstance…
    • CHAPTER 13: JAMESON Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin The chapter opens with Jameson and Avery alone in a crypt, strategizing their next move. Avery decides to call Alisa Ortega, her formidable lawyer and fixer, to accept an invitation to a high-profile London event. Jameson recognizes the opportunity to gain attention from influential figures, aligning with his penchant for impossible challenges. The scene sets the tone for their dynamic—Avery’s boldness and Jameson’s strategic mind—as they prepare to step into a world of wealth and power. As they…
    • CHAPTER 44: JAMESON Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin Jameson ventures alone into an opulent setting adorned with chiffon canopies, where he encounters a woman dressed in historical attire. Despite noticing his injuries, she offers help, but Jameson declines, focused on his purpose—placing a short-term bet. His mind races through strategic options, ultimately settling on a high-stakes wager about wheat prices, drawing on forbidden knowledge from a past event in Prague. This choice reflects his penchant for risk and desire to surprise the Proprietor,…
    • CHAPTER 74: GRAYSON Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin Grayson successfully unlocks a hidden compartment in a puzzle box, revealing glass vials designed to destroy its contents if tampered with. Inside, he finds a Montblanc pen and a leather-bound journal, likely containing records of his father Sheffield Grayson’s final actions. The journal’s potential to incriminate the Hawthorne family raises the stakes, prompting Grayson and his brothers to scrutinize its contents. The pen, initially suspected as a clue, is dismissed as a distraction, emphasizing that…
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      CHAPTER 52

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      by testsuphomeAdmin The chapter opens with tension as Eve chooses to stay at the cottage with Mallory rather than return to the Hawthorne estate, leaving Avery grappling with guilt and suspicion. Despite Oren's reassurances about extensive security measures—including guards for Eve and Mallory—Avery's internal mantra, "don't trust anyone," underscores her growing paranoia. The arrival of Alisa, the family's lawyer, further heightens the stakes as she presents Avery with a damning news article questioning her ability to…
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      CHAPTER 84

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      by testsuphomeAdmin The chapter opens with Vincent Blake honoring his wager with Avery but banishing her from his property, ordering his men to escort her, Grayson, and Alisa Ortega away. Toby intervenes when a guard roughly grabs Avery, asserting his authority as Tobias Blake to take charge of their departure. This moment underscores Toby's conflicted position—while Avery has won her gamble, Toby is now bound to the Blake legacy against his will. The tension escalates as Eve confronts them, furious at being used as a pawn…
    • Chapter 7: Virgil Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin The chapter introduces Virgil, a private investigator haunted by an unsolved case involving Alice Metcalf, who disappeared a decade ago. Virgil reflects on how every cop has a case that lingers—a failure that becomes a personal ghost. For his former colleague Donny Boylan, it was the murder of a pregnant woman he failed to protect; for Virgil, it's Alice's unexplained vanishing. Plagued by guilt and alcoholism, Virgil often hallucinates Alice in his shabby office, where he drowns his regrets in whiskey.…
    • Chapter 39: Virgil Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin The chapter "Virgil" from *Leaving Time* explores a surreal moment of realization as the protagonist, Virgil, discovers his own ethereal existence. The narrative begins with a childhood metaphor about clouds, symbolizing the disillusionment of discovering reality differs from perception. Virgil drops a tooth, but it slips through his hand as if he has no physical form. When he reaches for Tallulah and Jenna, his hands pass through their smoke-like bodies, and Jenna flickers in and out of visibility. Virgil…
    • Chapter VIII — The man Between Cover
      by LovelyMay Chapter VIII opens with a quiet clash between two women shaped by very different paths. Ethel Rawdon’s visit to Dora Stanhope at the Savoy Hotel is not born of sympathy but from obligation, a fact that lightly stings Dora. Dora’s expectations of shared emotional connection are met with Ethel’s firm independence and a reminder that not every decision must stem from emotional entanglement. Dora, visibly affected by the emptiness of her marriage to Basil Stanhope, reveals an increasing disconnection…
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