Ransom Riggs

Landen Vacheron, heir to a fortune built on oil and ambition, has lived his life as a wealthy playboy, the world bowing to his every whim, thanks to the empire his billionaire father, Colton Vacheron, forged. But as his older brother Vance steps into the role of CEO, Landen begins to see that the true cost of power and privilege is far greater than he ever imagined. Avara Du Pont is a devoted daughter who set aside her own dreams to bolster her father’s political aspirations. Unaware of his dark secrets. When it comes to light, Colton Vacheron offers him a proposition he cannot refuse; a marriage alliance between Avara and Vance, as a way for him to garner more political influence. And Mayor Du Pont will receive a king’s ransom as payment to stave off the shadows spilling into his life. Avara agrees to the fake relationship in order to protect her family from her father's criminal ties.

Synopsis of “The Delinquents” This is a story about a group of young male teenagers and soon-to-be-adult living their normal lives with their unusual routine. The chapter starting of by, bullying people, extorting money from ransom and fighting against other group of delinquents as well. As time went by they got bored and they started to see changes in their life. The delinquents started to realise that their life is much more than just going to senior high school. They would do many crimes in their life and many troublesome problem started to occur when they recruited new delinquents, Afran, Zahir, Chong, Johan, Farid, and the side character are Faiz, Tahir, Fauzi, Ahmad. These people will have difficulties awaiting in their path get distracted after an encounter with a strange old man. The strange old man tells everything to the delinquents and expose them to the real domain expansion making them open their eyes and realises. They will learn the true harsh of the bizzare world. They will be expose the true colour of what they made as a delinquents. But as every group would have that one guy that is more stubborn than the other member. Naril is the only stubborn out of all the members. He would hold the group for a little while and soon will join the other member. Meanwhile the innocents side character have their own struggle such as standing up for themselves, fight back others and lack of self-preservation. Can these would ruin their life in some way that would make their life became more miserable? Naril is the last member of the group kept dying. He is placed in his bed in his ward. He soon get surrounded by the members of the group in his bed. The only thing they can do is just keep supporting him in his last moment and just kept a smile and hiding the pain that is hidden in their heart. In his last moment they would laugh about their old time, the only memories that is engraved in their mind. That is their most embarrassing moment and also the moment they are mostly enjoyed as young high schoolers. As the time went by one of the innocent make an appearance. It is Faiz and he comes into the room with a coat and his body covered with classy looking clothes. His intention coming is due to him covering the pay for the medicine for Naril since he first got sick. Soon after that they would proceed to have a conversation between him and all the group members. Naril in a awkward situation making him in a situation where he is in a critical state. They began conversing with each other and something would happen. Is Naril going to be okay? Is this really the last straw for the group member? Why does Faiz cover the cost for Naril?

In a vast desert, King Maymum embarks on a desperate journey to find a caravan that holds his kidnapped son, Cacin. Along the way, he encounters Ihtizaz, a lost man from the caravan, who offers his help. Ihtizaz reveals that Cacin is being held by a tribe of black magic practitioners, who are preparing him for a dark sacrifice. As Cacin becomes increasingly aware of his grim fate, he struggles to make sense of his captivity and the tribe's mystical practices. Tensions rise as the king and Ihtizaz race against time to rescue Cacin. When a great flood wipes out the tribe, the survivors—King Maymum and his son—must come to terms with their traumatic past and their uncertain future, while the tribe's demand for ransom still looms over them.

After receiving a divorce paper from her husband, six months after their marriage. Lisa tried to make their marriage work but was shattered by her husband’s affair with her cousin. Feeling betrayed and broken, she left to start all over. Six years later she becomes the most powerful woman in the underworld and a genius Doctor in the outside world. What will she do when she finds out the mafia who kidnapped her son for ransom to lure her to come and save the life of his dying fiancé is no other person but her Ex husband? Will she put aside her hatred towards the two and save her cousin’s life? or watch her die? Will she forgive her Ex husband for kidnapping his own son **** Trey Collins a ruthless, domineering and powerful CEO in the business world and a ruthlessly merciless man, who wouldn’t blink at the idea of murder, torture and making one disappear from the face of the earth without a trace in the underworld. Every lady in Pearl city dreams to become his wife, but also terrified of him by his powerful and deadly aura. Trey married Lisa just to spite his girlfriend, Valerie. After getting back together with his girlfriend, he asked for a divorce from his wife Lisa, but she refused to sign it. But when she signed the divorce papers, he was surprised but feigned nonchalance. He thought she didn’t want to let him go, he thought she would beg. But why does everything remind him of her after she left? He thought he wanted her out of his sight and life? No! He must reclaim what is his and his alone!!

A traumatized princess who longs for affection. A taciturn hero who just wants to be left alone. A terribly eventful road trip. A face from the past who will determine their future. Do you see where this is going? Neither do they.

Reminder: This novel is set in the Philippines and it is my original novel. ---------- When he was eleven years old, he went missing and never been found again. He woke up in a locked room without sunlight because there's no windows around. He could see through the door's peephole. He thought he was kidnapped for the ransom money and felt confident that his family will rescue him anytime. However, when he was forcefully pulled out of his locked room and went to a weird laboratory room, his life change. He started showing symptoms he doesn't know the cause of it. The only thing made him certain was that his body is changing. His strength increased ten fold than human strength, including his endurance and agility. Also, he started having abilities that no normal person have. His eyes gained a microscopic eye vision. His memories gained photographic memory he never have before. He didn't understand what's happening until the zombie apocalypse happened. Now, he understands. He became a zombie but he's a unique zombie. He's not a mutated zombie nor normal zombie. It seems like he's a zombie but, at the same time, also a human. Now, he's finding out what benefits will bring him. After all, he doesn't want to be a man-eating monster. Note: The photo is not mine. Please credit it to the owner. ------- Other Novel My Heart Belongs To The Lich [NEW]

The global population has been decimated by a deadly synthetic virus. At the last known survivalist outpost, Dillon comes across a hideously disfigured mutant child. By its side is a journal, documenting Agent Ransome's journey to meet controversial scientist Professor Zaragoza at his research facility. When the mutant regenerates, attacking their colleagues, infecting them with a deadlier strain of the virus, Dillon and Grainger are forced out into the exclusion zones in search of Zaragoza's facility.

~ everything happens for a reason ~ And that’s why when she moved in a new completely new town, she had every hope of things being better than they were before. But in the new town ~~ She meets vampires. She meets werewolves. Gets mixed up by the witches. She gets sacrificed. She gets to witness a flying hybrid demoralizing Earth. And also gets to travel to the underworld and meet Hades, god of the underworld These supernatural become parts of her life, she fights with them, she falls in love with them and later on she discovered she has been exciting repeatedly for over thousand years. She is human but for how long? ~ Excerpt Scene~ Miraj took two deep breaths, what she feared most had come true. Her position as an alpha being challenged by a male wolf who will be favored by many because of his sex. "I can help you..." They heard a voice of a man sitting beside them. It was Nazar, but they didn't know him. He was all smiling and fixing his black leather jacket, and his black hat. "And who are you supposed to be?" Miraj asked him with arrogant tone. Simon intervened with a joke "A rich man I presume? Explains the leather jacket and your shoes..." "Well thank you for noticing but It's not wealth anymore that interests me. I mean, you would be surprised if it was millenniums ago perhaps, but now..." He stopped and sighed for a bit, crossed his legs and watched as Miraj and Simon being shocked with the mention of millenniums ago. "Wait...I know you" said Miraj and she looked at Simon "Have you never heard of him?" "No, am I supposed to know him?" "It's that vampire who was put down by witches millenniums ago. They say he has a werewolf gene planted by a witch but he never got to awake it because he cheated on her. He could have become the first of his kind, a pure blood hybrid" Nazar corrected her "Not cheating if it's true love. A man should never be punished for simply falling in love" "I totally agree" Simon said. Miraj was so interested in that topic, she even switched tables and moved to Nazar's while Simon followed her behind. They looked at each other "What's in it for you?" She asked Nazar. "I only require a sample of you. You see I was told that you are the last of your kind. The wolves of montegero who can fly" "What?" "Oh, honey you don't know your own background" He said grinning from ear to ear, then he whispered to her "Well, this is going to be interesting..."

Alan was born into one of the most powerful families in the world. However, that didn't matter because, at the young age of 8, he was disowned by his family due to a prophecy told by an oracle. Filled with anger and resentment, Alan is abandoned in a town on the other side of the world. Now feeling helpless, Alan has to live his life with nobody beside him. While he is trying to find a place to sleep, he encounters a group of thugs who take notice of his expensive clothes, and they decide to kidnap him and hold him for ransom. Suddenly an eruption occurs, and a cloud of green gas appears. What comes out of the gas is a being that horrifies the young child. "Hey, let's make a deal," it says.

[COMPLETED 3/11/20] Dylan Richards is a girl who comes from a broken household. All her life she had been beaten and abused by her lowlife father and her gold digger mother. Once midnight stuck the clock on her 18th birthday, She enlisted in the Army. It was her only out of the hell she called home. Riggs Perish is a well respect Sergeant in the Army. He had always had a serious attitude and a "stick up the ass" mood. This got him where he is today though. This serious attitude seemed to be melted away when a rookie soldier caught his attention. "Hell of a Soldier" is based in the 1930s-1940s. Disclaimer: ‼️Not accurate historically as women were not able to join the military in this time period! ‼️Contains Mature Content! -Cursing -Sexual Scenes

LOVE IN THE JUNGLE SYNOPSIS: Synopsis: After Dorathy Is kidnapped on her way to a friends wedding, she feared that the worst would happen when they were being led into a jungle. But the moment she locked gazes with Mikel, the gang leader, she knew that an instant undeniable connection was formed between them and a lethal attraction that could either cost her life or her freedom forever. For Mikel, Dorathy was like a beacon in the dark, a spark of softness in his hard heart, but would he suppress his feelings and mix business with pleasure? Would he allow to let her go even after her Ransome is paid Or would he rather keep her with him forever against her will in the middle of no where?. Let's get to know what happened as well read this story!

She's a trained assassin in the modern world, the best there is. She's resourceful and can kill anyone no matter their stature. But, when one day her target gets the best of her, she ends up dying and is reborn into a new world far from anything she's ever known. Now she's all of a sudden a princess. daughter of the wealthiest king in the world, but she wants none of that. She runs away and becomes a stow-away to escape. She is captured and held for ransom, she could kill any man she wanted, but the first mate keeps an eye on her. She does not have the strength that years of training entailed, but she still tries to join the crew. Will she ever succeed in her mission? Read to find out.

My thoughts were still on the fate thing, the one thing that link did not explain, as I crawled back into my bed. A poorly built bed that was a futon with a mattress topper and a queen-size sheet that I had built not even a month ago and it was already falling apart. For the rest of the night, I had switched between talking to Aili and reading up until a minute or two before midnight Aili: You nervous? Me: Yeah, I did just break up with someone like two days ago, what if it's him? Aili: It won't be, send me a picture once yours appears Me: Bet I looked at the clock as the seconds ticked by 5 4 3 2 1 I took my hand off my wrist and looked at the name Allison C. R. --------------------------------- The events of the COVID-19 pandemic and caused governments around the world to think about how they'll keep their people from complaining about the mandates put in place. So they establish a project intended to bring at least two people together so nobody wouldn't be so lonely. They call it The Soulmate Project But little did they know there would be trouble Liz Cathleen Layzer, a 19-year-old woman who finished her first year of college finds herself with nothing to do. Until she finds out that her soulmate is her roommate who was supposedly straight. Allison "Aili" Courtney Ransom, also 19 years old finds herself fighting a crush on a certain girl. But that fighting moves to something else as she finds out her crush is her soulmate. Read on as we see the two woman's friends find their soulmates Read on as we see the two women become famous in just one night Read on to see the pain that will come with the Soulmate Project

Ren is an Alpha Hunter. Her job is to hunt Alphas of all kinds; the weak and powerful, the rich and poor, those in power and those still new. She’s the one for the job if you need a clean, quick and effective kill. When two feared, ruthless brothers dominate the wolf world, Ren is offered a hefty ransom to take them down. The only problem is she’s their mate, and killing two men who get off pain proves harder than expected.

***COMING SOON*** [Book Two of The Arabella Academy Series] Children are disappearing all over Middlewood. No one knows why, or even how they are being taken. Can three teenagers beat all odds and figure out why and where the little children are being taken? For Jeff, Michelle and Luis, life has never been the same since Marcus' "death". They thought that the world was done throwing them enough mysteries and misfortunes. Little did they know that it was just the beginning of them. Questions start to flood the three students of Arabella Academy after reports come in of students being kidnapped without any ransom being offered. Unable to keep themselves out of it, they decide to get to the bottom of it, as a way of honouring their fallen friend, Marcus. But what happens when the dead come back from their eternal slumber and the cycle starts all over again?

Seraphim doesn't even know her last name. Growing up, the orphanage was all she knew. Now, on her 18th birthday, she can finally leave the orphanage and become a new person, forgetting her past. To celebrate, Seraphim decides to go to a traveling town fair, gorging herself on every kind of junk food possible. Naive and sheltered, Seraphim lets a guy in a cupcake costume lure her in an alley, using, you guessed it, cupcakes as the bait. Little did she know that inside the cupcake suit was a gang member, kidnapping her and holding her for ransom. And that is how Seraphim's story begins.

Desmond and Levy Have been dating for five years, Now they're seniors in high school. Levy's mom died last year, he has a twin sister and their father is the new Chief of Police. They're about to move when Levy gets kidnapped and held for ransom. Will he make it out of there alive? (Warning this book does contain rape.)

A man competes on a deadly game show to win money for the ransom of his brother, who is being held by the yakuza, but immediately after, things take an extremely dark turn.

Rex , an innocent orphan boy kidnapped , was killed when his kidnappers found out he had no one to pay his ransom. the gods had shown him pity by reincarnating him into another world with two powers. having another chance at life, he refuses to be under the mercy of anyone, like he was in his past life. " I shall submit to no one I shall climb to the peak in this new world I shall dominate and look down on this world from the summit and I will be in control of my fate"

Here is a short preview of Jack A. Warren's upcoming fantasy adventure Happily Ever After: The Nonsensical Story of How Llamas Were Made. Available January 1rst, 2020. A princess, an alcoholic vampire, and a honey badger walked into a bar… Well actually, it was more of walking out of a bar. Let’s start from the beginning. Once upon a time, there was a knight in not so shining armor who harmed more damsels than he saved, a kidnapped princess being held for ransom, a depressed unicorn searching for love, an alcoholic vampire with just a slight drinking problem, and a honey badger who was a bit of a party animal living in a world of fantasy. They must come together to battle vegan goblins, thwart the plans of trolls (that only speak Deutsch), listen to a group of passive aggressive gnomes, and save a group of really baked tree elves in order to bring the princess home.

When a group called Disappear (a well known group of expert kidnappers) decided to kidnap 9 year old Princess Rozu and hold her for ransom they think that this will be the biggest pay off they've ever had. With the youngest person they've ever kidnapped they believe that they have this mission will be a piece of cake, but what happens when this princess won't go down with out a fight? A mission that was suppose to be so easy will give Disappear a run for they're money. Join Rozu on this action-adventure Taken and Fighting. cover done by: sarang-heayo

Alex's life had been quite nice being the only child in a multimillionaire family. But one day, Alex was killed by his crazy ex who kidnapped him with her new boyfriend for a hefty ransom. Well he is very rich but back to the situation. However Alex was shocked to find that he is being born again as a baby! Well, it's good that he could still live... but wait a minute, he is going to be thrown out of the house with his mother after his grandfather's death by his so called father!!! Just so that he can marry his so called real lover of his life. Cause she doesn't want them in the house!!! "What the heck!" (╯‵□′)╯︵┴─┴ How unwilling and angry Alex is... "I want to go back... Mom and dad must miss me..." (╥﹏╥) Alex thought. Well, there is no use in being sad over something that has already happened... Now Alex need to think about how to get money just to stay alive because he is so poor now... And being a baby is just making it harder... Looking at his so called mother crying and working so hard for him... Alex just don't know if he is supposed to laugh or to cry... Life is hard... Let's follow Alex's adventure struggling to live in a whole brand new world...

Summoning an abillity only the select possess. At the cost of a life it can embue it with the soul of a demon. But some are able to strike a deal and become one with their demons. Yet the price can sometimes be greater than it's benefit. In exchange for power one must feed the creature inside them and this cost is known as a Demon's Ransom.

Business Admire Is all about the neglected son of the Guillaume Cordier's. Mr Cordier Lucrèce son who Left out of frustration to reside in another state purging out his father's name from his Life history. And a poor worker "Maely's Leroy'' whom grew up with a stranger "inès colmez" whom disguised to be Maeyl's sister. How will Maeyl's espouse the pains befallen her if she found out who her family was, how to deal with her love story with this two choleric brothers Mateo Louis & Leo Leveque her bosses? And her fate with her colleague Mateo Louis crush. read out ............ BUSINESS ADMIRE

A story of a peasant boy on the southern outskirts of Marxis until his world gets turned upside down by discovering a power long forgotten as ancient evils return, hero's fall, and legends rise

Luke Pruever, 21, is on the cusp on completing his university studies from the prestigious Pangea Academy, known for their high level Energia (also known as magic) practitioners even though they all start learning basic magic 8 years prior. He's slated to graduate as a high ranking member of his class, although Luke also has the goal to own a business, and live out his days as a regular member of society. His life plan is interrupted as he must protect his fellow classmates one last time, resulting in a truly devastating fate, and as a result, is infused with the power of a Dragon God. This transforms him from a high-ranking member to a truly celestial being, learning to control his newfound power. In gaining this power, the Paramythical world experiences a power-shift, and these beings want to know who this new god is. They begin making moves of their own; upsetting the balance between them and the humans, who’ve stayed at the top since time immemorial. How will Luke and his friends show they can be trusted with the secrets of both worlds, without losing themselves? The Dragon's Power will be a fantasy action-adventure with realistic magic, elemental fusions and romance while Luke Pruever attempts to navigate the beginning of adulthood with his best friend, Feron Baton, and Niko Beser, Luke's love interest and valedictorian of his class while them and others attempt to keep the human and Paramythical boundaries separate, and learn to control their own Dragons.