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Wulan bukanlah gadis biasa. Sejak kecil, ia hidup dalam bayangan misteri. Tanpa tahu siapa ayah dan ibunya, dia hanya dibesarkan oleh kehangatan Ningsih, ibu angkatnya. Namun, kehangatan itu berubah menjadi bara api pembalasan dendam ketika Wulan tepat berusia 20 tahun. Di suatu malam yang mengerikan, Ningsih terbunuh di antara kegelapan pekat di hutan larangan. Wulan merasa bersalah karena merasa Ningsih mati karena dirinya, dan meminta bantuan Mbah Broto, dukun sakti yang ada di kaki Gunung Halimun, tidak jauh dari desanya. Mbah Broto menjanjikan Wulan kekuatan untuk memburu sang dedemit, namun dengan satu syarat yang sangat mahal. Dia harus menyerahkan tubuhnya kepada dukun bejat itu. Bukan sebagai pemuas nafsu, tetapi sebagai alat untuk menjalankan tugas-tugas kotornya yang berkaitan dengan alam gaib dan dunia manusia. Wulan terpaksa menggunakan setiap inci pesonanya, setiap lekuk tubuhnya, untuk mengumpulkan tumbal dan harta yang diperlukan Mbah Broto dalam ritual-ritualnya yang sesat. Ia tidur dengan para penguasa, menjerat pejabat korup, dan menghisap energi pria-pria lemah demi memperkuat Mbah Broto. Setiap sentuhan, setiap desahan yang ia berikan adalah harga yang ia bayar untuk selangkah lebih dekat menuju taring sang dedemit. Ia menjadi boneka yang sempurna, pelayan nafsu dan ambisi sang dukun, namun bara dendamnya tetap menyala terang. Kecantikan dan kemolekan Wulan menjadi umpan yang lezat, dan lama-kelamaan, Wulan mulai menikmati perannya. Apakah dia akan kelak larut di dalamnya, dan lupa niat balas dendamnya?

Cerita ini berkisah tentang perjalanan seorang perempuan kota yang memutuskan untuk pindah kedesa. Perempuan cantik itu bernama Raina yang saat ini sudah berusia 20 tahun. Rania merantau kedesa dan tinggal bersama nenek sedangkan orangtua Rania tetap menetap diKalimantan. Rania adalah sosok yang tertutup dan bodoamat semenjak ia kehilangan orang yang ia sayangi. Didesa ini , Rania mulai menemukan ketenangan dan kenyamanan lagi. Ia bertemu dengan seorang pria hati baik yang memiliki sikap dingin. Pria itu adalah Rasya,si manusia kulkas penyh teka-teki yang membuatnya jatuh hati. Suatu hari Rania dan Rasya menjadi patner dalam turnamen bulu tangkis ganda campuran dan saat itulah mulai muncul benih-benih cinta diantara mereka. Sayangnya saat mereka sudah mulai dekat dan menjalin hubungan bersama, Rasya tiba-tiba saja harus pindah keluar kota bersama keluarganya. Rasya hanya tinggal dengan sang ayah dan kedua kakak laki-lakinya. Raina yang mengetahu kepergiaan Rasya secara tiba-tiba membuat jiwanya terguncang. Bertahun-tahun Rasya pergi tanpa adanya kabar, dan Raina tetap menunggunya kembali. Empat tahun berlalu, setelah lulus kuliah Raina langsung mendapatkan pekerjaan disalah satu perusahaan. Di perusahaan ini Raina kembali bertemu dengan Rasya tapi sayangnya cinta mereka sudah tidak bisa lagi dipersatukan. Mau dipaksakan sekuat apapun takdir sudah berkata lain. Raina sudah mendapatkan tambatan hatinya yang baru walaupun ia belum sepenuhnya mencintai Rico. 2 mingu berlalu, Raina dengan sangat terpaksa menikahi Rico dan dihari pernikahan itulah Raina baru mengetahui bahwa Rico adalah kakak tiri Rasya.

When three people meet each other by chance a romance knocks them on their ass. ~Casey~ A 21 year old virgin working in one of the hottest night clubs in town. She may seem innocent but deep down she is a psycho who enjoys torturing people. She's never been touched by a man and she's killed the ones that have tried. She loves her only remaining family, her older sister Carrie. She has trust issues and a foul mouth. Can she find someone to match her crazy? ~Lincoln~ A 20 yr old street racer with a rough past. He is a bisexual, submissive with some masochistic tendencies. He's gorgeous and catches a lot of attention from both sexes. His cheating ex doesn't won't leave him alone almost borderline harassment. He jokes to hide the pain he bares every day. See how his life changes when he bumps into a little waitress. How will he react to a sexy, possessive man trying to gain his affections and encourage a little woman's psychotic tendencies? ~Malachi "Psycho" Sokolov~ He's a 23 yr old torture expert. He's well known in the underground and with the mafia families for using his pack of dogs during his interrogations. To the public he's a businessman, owning several nightclubs, a couple restaurants and some miscellaneous businesses. He is also bisexual and has had only a few lovers that can handle his bedroom habits. No one has really caught his attention until he sees a young man arguing with one of his staff and a new waitress that's as sweet as can be with little bit of fire and crazy. Find out if their love blooms or burns.

Sophia Ivanov Loosing my mother at the age of 16, the only person out of my parents who showered me with love, being left behind with the person who hated me. I always thought it was because I was a girl but he never looked at my baby sister Lucy with the look of disgust on his face. He always had the look of adoration and affection in his eye's whenever he looked at my brother's and Lucy. At he age of 20, my wedding was ambushed by a mafia, my husband killed in between the crossfire and me being rushed to the hospital.Waking up in that hospital I wasn't the same giddy Sophia. I started training, getting better then my brother's. Papa giving me extra attention then my brother's, taking me on mission's with him. Papa never let my brothers go on mission's. That was our father and daughter time. Killing people in cold blood without any remorse. Years went past and my older brother Alessandro died. A nother person I held dearly to my heart being ripped away from me. That same year Papa stepped down as the Don of the Russian mafia, handing the responsibility over to me. Taking the Russian mafia to the next level, continuing papa's legacy but ten times better. I was worse then papa was and people feared me more then papa. I was a Ivanov, this was my destiny but as the years went past, mafia's got fearless because papa got old and they thought papa was still the Don. Mafia's who got bold enough, to threaten my family and my mafia. I took care of them one by one but what I never expected was to find out the truth about my family, about everything I thought I knew my whole life.

20歳の子爵家令嬢オリビアは母親の死と引き換えに生まれてきた。そのため父からは疎まれ、実の兄から憎まれている。義母からは無視され、異母妹からは馬鹿にされる日々。頼みの綱である婚約者も冷たい態度を取り、異母妹と惹かれ合っている。オリビアは少しでも受け入れてもらえるように媚を売っていたそんなある日悪女として名高い侯爵令嬢とふとしたことで知りあう。交流を深めていくうちに侯爵令嬢から諭され、自分の置かれた環境に疑問を抱くようになる。そこでオリビアは媚びるのをやめることにした。すると徐々に周囲の環境が変化しはじめ――

Alea Devina (20) tidak pernah menyangka malam paling hancur dalam hidupnya akan menjadi awal dari sesuatu yang lebih rumit dari sekadar penyesalan. Setelah dikhianati kekasihnya, Alea mencari pelarian dalam kebodohan sesaat—segelas minuman, tawa asing, dan pelukan seorang pria yang terasa hangat di antara kekosongan—one night stand. Namun, dunia Alea runtuh ketika ia sadar: pria itu adalah Darren Vahl (32) dosen baru di jurusan yang sama dengannya. Berusaha melupakan malam itu, Alea kembali fokus pada kuliahnya. Tapi ketika dua garis merah muncul di test pack yang tergenggam di tangannya, semua rasa takut yang ia tahan pecah. Di saat yang sama, Darren terkejut ketika tahu kebenaran yang tidak seharusnya terjadi antara dosen dan mahasiswi—hubungan terlarang yang bisa menghancurkan keduanya. Namun seiring waktu, Darren menemukan ketenangan yang tak ia temui di mana pun dalam diri Alea, sementara Alea menemukan sisi lembut Darren di balik sosok tegas dan tertutupnya. Mereka berdua terjebak dalam dilema: menjaga reputasi dan masa depan, atau mengikuti sesuatu yang tumbuh diam-diam di antara rasa bersalah dan cinta yang tak seharusnya ada. Tapi cinta yang lahir dari kesalahan tidak pernah berjalan mudah. Saat rahasia mulai terkuak, batas antara yang benar dan yang salah kabur perlahan—dan mereka harus memilih: bertahan dalam bayang-bayang dosa, atau berjuang untuk cinta yang semua orang anggap salah. Belum lagi pertentangan dari segala pihak yang menginginkan keduanya untuk berpisah karena memang dari awal tidak semestinya bersama.

May magandang mukha, makurbadang katawan, malaporselanang kutis, simple lang mag ayos, at higit sa lahat may busilak na puso ang dalagang lumaki sa malayong probinsya na si Berry Marasigan. Sa angking kagandahan ni Berry ay marami sa kanya ang nagkakagusto o nahuhumaling. Sa edad niyang bente dos ay simpleng inosente pa rin siya dahil hindi pa siya nakaranas magkaroon ng kasintahan. Nang maulila si Berry sa mga nag ampon sa kanya ay nangarap na siyang makarating ng Maynila upang hanapin ang kanyang tunay na ina, kaya mabilis na nahikayat si Berry ng bagong kakilala ng alukin siyang makapagtrabaho sa Maynila at agad niyang sinunggaban ang oportunidad na iyon ng hindi na nagdalawang isip pa. Pagkarating sa Maynila ay ibinenta naman siya ng recruiter niya sa may ari ng isang sikat na night club na ang mga costumer ay mga mayayaman. Sa angking kagandahan at kaseksihan ng dalaga ay maraming lalaki ang gusto siyang maangkin at isa na sa kanila si Jayden Curtis, ang binatang CEO ng GC Construction Company na pagmamay-ari ng pamilya nila. Na love at first sight ang binata sa dalaga kaya nais niyang tulungan si Berry na makaalis agad sa club. Ngunit hindi iyon naging madali para kay Jayden, dahil sa pinagkaguluhan ang kagandahan ng dalaga ay ipina-auction si Berry ng may ari ng club at na bid ang dalaga sa napakalaking halaga. 20 Million pesos ang naging last bid ng bidder mapasakanya lang ang kaakit-kaakit na si Berry Marasigan.

Do you know I could sue you for assault, Miss Athena? I have lots of witnesses who could testify about it." "You, just because you are a billionaire, you think you can command me. Then you are wrong." "Of course, I could, and I would right now. Picked up all the papers on the floor and resumed reading the files." He commanded and settled back on his seat. "You cannot order me because I'm not your employee anymore." I resumed walking to the door, but the two bodyguards brought me back in front of him despite my screaming in protest. "Alex!!. "File the case against Miss Athena for assault." "Yes, Sir.". "You can't do that," "Of course, I could." Go, send me to prison. You asshole, bastard, animal, coldhearted, devil!!! Fuck you!!! "Do you have any family, Miss Athena?" Alex finds her family and makes sure... "I'll do it!!! I screamed in frustration. I crawled onto the floor and picked up all the folders and papers on the floor. "Now, resume where we stop." I hate him so much. *** Zachary Anderson, 23 years old. His father is the number one businessman in the country and his mother is the most sought actress of all time. He always gets what he wants until he meets her. Athena Park, 20 years old an orphan living with her fifteen years old brother. Athena has no other choice but to stop her study to find a job for their living because the money that their parents left is getting less every day. She got a different job within two years until she was hired at one of the Anderson buildings as a receptionist. She was only working for three months at the Anderson building when she meet him and her not-so-comfortable life turned into hell.

Prologue Hawak ang maliit na bag, nakatayo si Althea Santos, 20, sa harap ng marangyang tahanan ng pamilya Velasco. Para bang ibang mundo ang kaharap niya—malayo sa simpleng buhay sa probinsya. Kailangan niya ang trabahong ito, at ang pagiging kasambahay ng isang kilalang doktor ang tanging daan upang makatulong sa pamilya. Pagpasok niya sa sala, sinalubong siya ng bango ng mamahaling pabango at kinang ng chandelier. Ang bawat sulok ay parang larawan mula sa magasin, at halos hindi siya makapaniwala na dito siya maninirahan. “Ah, ikaw pala si Althea,” isang malalim na tinig ang umalingawngaw. Lumingon siya at napatigil. Isang matangkad, gwapo, at matipunong lalaki ang naroon—may malamig na tingin ngunit hindi maitatangging kaakit-akit. Si Dr. Adrian Velasco, 25, amo niya at isang respetadong doktor. “Y-yes, Sir,” sagot niya, pilit pinapakalma ang nanginginig na tinig. Ramdam niya ang mabilis na tibok ng puso, hindi lamang dahil sa kaba kundi sa paraan ng pagtitig ni Adrian—parang binabasa ang kanyang buong pagkatao. Lumapit ito, mabagal at tiyak ang bawat hakbang. “Welcome sa Velasco residence. Sana makapag-adjust ka nang mabuti.” Kasabay ng banayad na babala ang isang maliit na ngiti na nag-iwan ng init sa dibdib ni Althea. Sa sandaling iyon, naramdaman niya ang tensyon—isang halong respeto, kaba, at hindi maikakailang kilig. Alam niyang hindi magiging ordinaryo ang mga susunod na araw. Sa ilalim ng bubong na ito, magsisimula ang kwento ng damdamin na susubok sa kanya—mga lihim, selos, kilig, at sakit na magbabago sa kanyang puso magpakailanman. ---

Meu marido, o chefe da máfia, perdeu seu primeiro amor para o suicídio. Celeste Reyes não conseguiu aceitar que ele estava se casando comigo. Desde então, Darius Sterling vive o luto por ela publicamente todos os dias, e nós nos tornamos o tipo de casal que se despreza mais do que qualquer outra pessoa. No entanto, quando a família Moretti de Eastbourne envia assassinos atrás de mim, Darius recebe a bala que era para ser minha. A bala estava envenenada. Enquanto ele jaz, fraco em meus braços, ele sussurra: — Eu salvei sua vida. Minha dívida com sua mãe está paga. Em nossa próxima vida, não vamos nos encontrar novamente. — Não quero mais te odiar. Só espero que você seja sempre aquela garota da casa ao lado. Agora, é hora de eu ficar com Celeste. E, simples assim, ele morre em meus braços. Eu choro do fundo da minha alma, mas Darius nunca mais olha para mim. Só então percebo quão tolo e infantil foi o nosso ódio durante todos esses anos. Mais tarde, após eliminar os Moretti, eu tiro minha própria vida por ele. Contudo, quando abro os olhos novamente, estou de volta aos 20 anos, o ano do nosso noivado. Eu rejeito o plano do meu pai para um casamento arranjado e escolho ir para New Verden gerenciar os negócios da família. Desta vez, ficarei longe de Darius e darei a ele e à Celeste as minhas bênçãos.