In a world hidden from the eyes of the kingdoms, a mysterious meeting unfolds - the secret gambling ring. Unaware of their true identities, the "Mystic Wanderer" and "King's Ace" become entangled in a high-risk game that goes beyond wealth and power. As secrets are revealed, alliances formed and forbidden desires ignite, their fates intermingle in a dancing shadow. But is it all just a game?

There is a time in everyone's life, where we wear masks to hide ourselves in who we are not and will never be, but how badly does that mask influence a person, who has to live like that forever ? James Whitlock, an elite student at Crestwood High and the heir of Wales' throne despises the fact that his life has already been planned out, by everyone, but himself, when the only thing he truly desires, is living in peace, away from the throne and finding love that does not revolve around his life-status. The complete opposite of James is Charlotte Jordan, another student at Crestwood High, who'd be willing to do anything in order to get into her dream college and keep her academic status as valedictorian. The only thing in her way is the newby royal, who simply gets everything handed to him... or at least that's what she believes. What happens, once she learns that there is more to him, than she thought there was and which difficulties lie behind being involved with a royal family ?

JAMES BOND declares war on Le Chiffre, French Communist and paymaster of the Soviet murder organization SMERSH. The battle begins for the ace secret agent in a fifty-million-franc game of baccarat...gains momentum in his fiery love affair with a sensuous lady spy...and reaches a chilling climax with fiendish torture at the hands of a master sadist. The critics give a winning hand to Ian Fleming’s superlative thriller of espionage, adventure, intrigue and murder—CASINO ROYALE “Hums with tension...Author Fleming keeps his incidents and characters spinning through their paces like juggling balls.”—Time “A speed-breaker for thrills with a big dramatic scene set in a crowded casino.” Atlanta Journal Constitution “Excitement enough to intrigue the most hardened reader.”—Newark News “Mounting suspense on every page.”—Houston Chronicle “It’s superlative, everything such a story should be...One can only beg for more from Mr. Fleming.”—Pensacola News-Journal

In 1906, sixteen-year-old Mattie, determined to attend college and be a writer against the wishes of her father and fiance, takes a job at a summer inn where she discovers the truth about the death of a guest. Based on a true story.

With its increasing wealth, a growing and better-educated urban population, and one of the world's largest trade surpluses, Taiwan has shed its identity as an impoverished, war-torn nation and joined the ranks of developed countries. Yet, despite the attention focused on the country's profound transformation, surprisingly little information exists

The wolves are circling and a young king will face his greatest challenge in the explosive finale of the instant #1 New York Times–bestselling King of Scars Duology.

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