The seven deadly sins versus the seven virtues

Modern

My five-year-old daughter was dying in the ICU, her heartbeat replaced by the continuous, electronic scream of a flatline. I gripped her cold hand, my throat sealed shut by a terror so absolute I couldn't even cry out. I dialed my husband Grayson's private number, the one reserved only for me and his assistants. He declined the call instantly. A second later, a text buzzed against my palm: "In a meeting. Do not disturb. Stop calling." Five miles away, Grayson was at a luxury gala, adjusting his silk tie and laughing with Belle Escobar. He told her I was just being "dramatic" and using our daughter's "fever" as an excuse to avoid the event. He had no idea Effie's heart had already stopped. When I finally reached our penthouse, soaked from the rain and carrying Effie's small socks in a plastic bag, Grayson didn't even look at me. He snapped at me for ruining the hardwood floors and asked if I'd left Effie with the nanny just to "feel sorry for myself." Three days later, while I buried our daughter in a small, lonely ceremony, Grayson was at the Hamptons. Belle posted a photo of him golfing with the caption: "A mental health day with the boys." He didn't even attend the funeral, but he returned home demanding I clear out Effie's room to make a study for Belle's son. The injustice burned through me until there was nothing left. I swallowed a handful of sleeping pills, desperate to join my daughter. But instead of the darkness, I woke up to blinding lights and the scent of Grayson's expensive cologne. I was standing in a ballroom, wearing a blue silk dress I had already burned. Above me, a banner read: "Happy 5th Birthday Kaiden & Effie." I was back, exactly one year before the tragedy. This time, I wasn't going to be the grieving wife. I was going to be their worst nightmare.

Fantasy

Redemption is the only way to salvation

Literature

Seven Wives and Seven Prisons by L.A. Abbott

Romance

"I'm not a homosexual! So if you could just stand aside where I'm going!" I shouted at the tall man blocking the hallway. As far as I know this man's name is Marco. "Ows really? Go ahead if you're not that or prove it. Kiss me." Oh That? Just a kiss?" I asked. He smiled and nodded. "Okay." He cl

Literature

A contemporary New York Times review of this 1896 collection of poetry praised Kipling's "immense rhythmic power. . . . His preliminaries are always brief, but in the attack he carries all before him." The book includes the poems, "The First Chantey," "To the True Romance," and "Sestina of the Tramp

Adventure

"I know you are wondering why you are so special and who you really are.If you want to know the source of your powers come to the 9t warehouse at 7b vile estate by 9:00pm . I will be waiting." Mysterious message popped up on seven different people phones at the same time . As they found out the re

Fantasy

Blurb At the center of the nation Erudia, there lived a boy Lionel who grew up as an orphan in the moonstone village under the province of aristan. Twenty of his life without a family or relative and he had was his best friend Michael who got separated from his mother and ended up being in the

Werewolf

Rudina is from a prestigious family, her parents are Alphas of the clan who values their reputation more than their children. Rudina was downgraded, bullied, maltreated and mistaken for an Omega all her life because of her powers. Her parents were fed up and threw her out of the house, her

Short stories

Mara Vance never expected her life to shatter in an instant. But one late-night message-seven careless words never meant for her-exposes the truth her fiancé thought he'd buried. "She won't suspect anything tonight." Betrayal should have broken her. Instead, it sharpened her. While Marcus scrambl

Literature

Harmony Wells, studying in Vienna to be a great violinist, suddenly realizes that her money is almost gone. She meets a young ambitious doctor who offers her chivalry and sympathy, and together with world-worn Dr. Anna and Jimmie, the waif, they share their love and slender means.

Fantasy

She is just an high schooler with a mom to take care of her. However, due to a book, she accidentally transmigrated into a fantasy world. Minister Zhao daughter? Lord of the seven realm? Bride competition? Just what the hell is going on here?

Literature

The Jewel of Seven Stars is a horror, written by Dracula's Bram Stoker. Archeologists and grave robbers have become complacent about the warning written on the entranceway to the tomb of Queen Terra, an ancient Egyptian mummy. But everyone who manages to touch the coveted Jewel of Seven Stars, clutc

Literature

To Count Leo N. Tolstoy This Book is Dedicated, by Leonid Andreyev The Translation of this Story Is Also Respectfully Inscribed to Count Leo N. Tolstoy by Herman Bernstein FOREWORD Leonid Andreyev, who was born in Oryol, in 1871, is the most popular, and next to Tolstoy, the most gifted writer in

Romance

Emily possesses a unique constitution, a legacy of her lineage traced back to a werewolf who received a blessing from the moon goddess. This endowment grants her the power to neutralize any assaults from night creatures. It's this very trait that positions her as the antidote to a malady plaguing t

Literature

Seven Legs Across the Seas by Samuel Murray

Horror

A family burdened by the sins of their forebears seeks redemption in this Gothic masterpiece from one of the most influential voices in American literature In a small New England town, the haunted halls of Pyncheon House trap its current owners—Hepzibah Pyncheon and her brother, Clifford—in an at

Literature

Seven Miles to Arden by Ruth Sawyer

Literature

Ethel Turner (1872 -1958) was an Australian novelist and children's writer. She started her writing career at eighteen with her sister Lillian, with whom she founded the Parthenon, a journal for young people. Originally published in 1894. Seven Little Australians gives an authentic taste of Australi

Literature

The Seven Follies of Science [2nd ed.] by John Phin

Werewolf

I was eighteen then, just graduated from college and was looking for some rich, handsome guy to mingle with, someone who would foot my bills. This probably led me into gathering the little money I had to attend a luxury dinner party at an exquisite bar with the hope of landing with a wealthy guy. Th

Literature

Half-Past Seven Stories by Robert Gordon Anderson