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Ashley Zimmer is the third-generation owner of A to Z Music, a brick and mortar store severely impacted by the dot-com boom. Refusing to call it quits, she see salvation in Pepper Alverez, the lonely woman who plays beautiful, haunting music every weekend without fail at a public piano in a neighborhood park. Everything would be alright if she could only get the crowds that gather at the park, into her store.<br><br>But the agreement to play in Ashley’s store during the winter months does not come without baggage. Pepper’s sad, minor key blues riffs and improvisations come from a long list of what she sees as her past sins. Playing the piano is the only way she knows to express those feelings and begin her atonement. It is her penance.<br><br>As Ashley begins to understand Pepper, she’s faced with a choice. Does she view their friendship as a temporary business agreement, giving Pepper a place to play while getting the store back on its feet, or is it something more. And when Pepper makes things less than easy, how far is Ashley willing to go? Will she take the risk, turning a tenuous friendship into something more?

Genre: slice of life, romance, modern, friends Main Characters: Mckheila Mikasa: 26 years old, Mckheila has sides that she thinks she’s an introvert and a bit on a depressive side. A returning student. Gorgie Bumi “Grei”: 19 years old, a typical guy with a lot of peers surrounding him, happy-go-lucky as he may seem but he does work very hard in every way to get something out of his life. An orphan with a bright future. Chuna Ishii: 19 years old, fun, comfortable with everyone, easy to get along with, but second-guessing herself a lot. Fell in love with her gay childhood friend. Max Sakura: 19 years old, Max always felt that he was odd from the start and as society continues to accept oddballs like him, he does not see any problem in continuing his way of living. His gay and trying to clear his complicated feelings. Jun Ishii: 29 years old, Jun is the eldest in the family and he sees Chuna, his younger sister as his only family. His a family oriented guy, and romance is not a priority. Shin Churi: 27 years old, Shin is a good-looking man who gets ahead in life in every way. He sees his life as smooth sailing and gets anything when he truly puts his mind to it until he discovers how to love another man more than himself, even though he is a man himself.

The year is 2052 and the world has changed. Heroes have risen from the ashes of an Earth ravaged by war and now, humanity is thriving due to the presence of dungeons and magical abilities. The Guild controls every aspect of superhuman lives. The strong are revered and the weak are shunned. Among the many hopefuls is a woman doomed to die despite being a once-in a-millennium genius! "Why were you ever born into this world? Why can't you just die in a ditch somewhere?" "You should know your place. Live while keeping your head down and I might just let you survive." Read PENANCE: The Prologue here -> https://bit.ly/PENANCEPrologue

Dark times call for dark choices. My Choices. They say the road to hell is paved with good intentions, mine wasn't. However, Alex never made it to hell. Follow the story of a broken man as he pays the price for his sins in a new world. I do not own this cover.

Her life flashed before her eyes to the happiest years of her life. They had a horrible childhood that would have broken even the strongest people but they survived. They grew up in a world plagued by war, famine, and greed and they chose two destines that pit them against each other. Both decisions came at the cost of the most precious thing to them both but they knew each other so well that both knew that neither would stop until they had succeeded. The woman caressed the man's face with her bloodied hand. "Was this really the right choice?"

Arthur Glass buried the legendary assassin known as the Penance. He should have dug a deeper grave. For six months, his bar has been a perfect sanctuary. But when a single, careless act of mercy reveals his location, his quiet life shatters. Now, a ruthless new kingpin has him in his sights, and he doesn't want Arthur Glass, he wants the Penance on his leash. To protect the innocent life he's built, Arthur is forced to make a deal with the devil. He must once again become the living weapon he swore to leave behind, working as an indentured blade to dismantle the very regime that hunts him. But the most dangerous mission isn't stealing back his freedom; it's stopping the Penance from consuming Arthur Glass for good.

Change the tide, crash the moon, restore a rotten tree. Will you do everything for me? Then take a bow. Shoot an arrow. No fear. And, I beg you, don't miss. Or this and other happenings in the lives of two boys, living on a reclusive space colony. #regular updates#

Because—there is a type of person who never leaves the mountains, but when they do, it's enough to cause a sensation in the martial arts world. "How many years has it been—" the man on horseback coldly curled his lips—who still remembers me? His black horse, Wuzhui, hadn't galloped so spiritedly in years. But even if I had truly sheathed my sword and let my horse graze freely, would this world truly be at peace? Suddenly, the man on horseback raised his head and let out a long, resonant roar. His voice was powerful and high-pitched, its energy soaring and unrestrained in the dry, cold air, yet beneath the surface, there seemed to be a hidden, tearing pain.

My bonding ceremony with Alpha Logan was plagued by one disaster after another. His mother fell into a coma, and his childhood sweetheart died in a car crash. Logan blamed it all on me, the harbinger of misfortune. He forced me to kneel before the pack's altar to atone. For a full one thousand days. My body finally gave out. Waking up in the hospital, I saw him and his childhood sweetheart, emerging from the maternity unit. Logan and his mother hovered around her, their faces glowing with joy. "Once you give birth to our pack's heir, I'll make you my Luna." "Willa will have been atoning for a thousand days by then. Once we have the pup, we can finally let her go." A bitter smile formed on my lips as I clutched the terminal diagnosis in my hand. "Logan, I won't live to see that day."

Fu Shinian, an extra character in the original book, awakens to find that her whole family are the vicious villains in the story. Her father, unable to establish relations with the Marquis Changping's residence, is demoted and exiled by the male lead. Her mother is beaten to death on the road to exile, and Aunt Cheng is humiliated to death protecting her chastity. Her elder brother opposes the male lead to win over the female lead and dies saving her. Her elder sister makes life difficult for the female lead, and after their father is exiled, she is divorced by the male lead and sent to a pleasure house. To protect her family and change their tragic fate, isn’t it fair for her to absorb all the male and female leads' fortunes? * [Ding! Male and female leads' fortune -1000, Fu Mansion's fortune +1000] Mr. Fu: "I attended the morning court session, why did His Majesty promote me again!" Madam Fu: "I went to the temple to offer incense, and the master said I was surrounded by a powerful purple aura!" Aunt Cheng: "How did the Cheng Family suddenly become the imperial merchants!" Elder Brother: "It seems like I suddenly have gained intelligence, I know all the exam questions!" Elder Sister: "How come right after I broke off the engagement, Little General Gu came to propose?" * The Marquis Changping can only live to 25, in two years the title will belong to the male lead? She frantically absorbs the fortunes of the male and female leads to boost the Marquis Changping's fortune! During the plague lockdown, Fu Shinian brings medicine and travels long distances into the city to safeguard his health. He understands the girl's intentions, but he only has two years left to live, how can he drag her down. However, why does his heart ache so much watching her with someone else? Finally, the Marquis Changping forces Fu Shinian into the corner of the study, lowering his head to seek her lips: "Niannian, I was wrong."