40 Seconds

Di kehidupan sebelumnya, Maya Asraf menikah dengan seorang "suami tak kasat mata". Di hari dia bersalin, Maya mengalami perdarahan hebat hingga koma. Namun, panggilan teleponnya ke Howard Bandri tak pernah diangkat. Setelah dokter menyadarkannya, dengan tangan gemetar dia menandatangani sendiri surat persetujuan operasi. Saat anak-anaknya demam tinggi hingga 40 derajat, Howard tetap tidak menampakkan batang hidungnya. Maya pun menggendong anaknya sendirian ke rumah sakit. Penjagaan selama tiga hari tiga malam, membuatnya sangat letih hingga jatuh pingsan di lorong. Di hari orang tuanya meninggal karena kecelakaan, Howard masih tidak ada. Ketika dia membawa pulang kotak abu kedua orang tuanya, pamannya langsung menamparnya dan mencaci-maki dirinya yang tidak becus menjaga hati suami. Akibatnya, orang tuanya meninggal dengan tidak tenang karena menantu mereka tidak hadir di saat terakhir. Hingga pada usia lima puluh delapan tahun, kanker stadium akhir merenggut sisa hidupnya.

Ariana Mason lives with her Uncle and Aunt. She is a 21-year-old student who knows nothing about her actual parents. Her day starts like any other day except for one thing. Her aunt Helen sold her to a 40 years old businessman. His goons were chasing her for their boss as she was running in an abandoned place for her life. Ryan Walter, 24 years old, thinks that life is perfect because he has everything. His family, business, mansion, and a good-looking sweetheart, his soon-to-be wife. Until his wedding day, his lover runs with the other man. In agony and rage, he is going home when he walks on Ariana, running away from the goons. He saves her from them, but she has to marry him and stay with him for at least five years. Can she stay married to a man who already has someone in his heart? A man who saves her but in return wants everything except for love. A man who has dark desires in corners for his lover, but now she has to bear them.

In my tenth year of marriage, my old childhood friend, Joshua Sears, posts a photo on social media. Both Joshua and my wife, Sabrina Lawson, are hugging his son, Andy Sears, and my daughter, Tiana Jenkins, in it. The four of them look very close to each other. The caption accompanying the post says, "Blessed to have the perfect son and daughter." I leave a comment below the post, saying, "Looking good together." A few seconds later, the post is deleted. The next morning, Sabrina rushes home and yells at me. "Ashton Jenkins! Joshua was finally feeling better for once. Why did you have to trigger him again?" Tiana shoves me hard and snaps in an accusatory tone, "It's all your fault that Andy's crying now!" I take out a copy of the divorce agreement and slam it down before them. "Yes, it's all my fault. That's why I'm stepping out of the picture now. Then, the four of you can form the wholesome family you've always wanted."

Lisa loves her job and everything seems to be going really well for her, she might even be on track for a promotion. See, Lisa is an angel of death or a grim reaper and her job is to guide the souls of the dead to the other side. She deals with dead people everyday and the job is always easy for her... Until one fateful day when she encounters a strange case. After being sent to a skyscraper to await the soul of a dying man, she is shocked when the human dosent die but actually heals the fatal wounds in seconds, right before her eyes. Her archangel demands that she pretend to be human and investigate the undying human and learn what secrets he had. The man happened to be none other than Lucas Black, Founder and CEO of Big tech company and to get close to him, Lisa has to apply for a job as his personal assistant. Follow reaper Lisa's story as she tries to uncover the secret to why her billionaire boss can't die in a whirlwind filled with passion, danger, heat and everything in between!

"The Prince I Love to Hate is an absolute must read! This romcom will have you rooting for Niamh and Olivier right from their hilarious first meeting. - Harlequin Junkie Blog top pick This prince? He’s anything but charming. I’ve never been the girl who’s dreamt of a prince rescuing me from a fire-breathing dragon before whisking me away to his castle. So when I fly all the way to Ireland to find my long-lost dad, I have no intention of playing the damsel in distress to some dude. But the night I encounter—and accidentally wallop upside the head—Prince Olivier of Salasia, my plans are completely upended. This prince is the opposite of charming, though. After thirty seconds in his presence, I want to feed him to a dragon. But fate is a fickle b*tch. Before I know it, I agree to team up with Olivier in the search for my dad. As I travel across Europe with this actual honest-to-god prince, I wonder, what’s the worst that could happen? It’s not like I’ll be stupid enough to fall in love with Prince Charming."

When I'm on the verge of dying, the kidnapper who has kidnapped me calls my fiance, Connor Weston, who's also the youngest patrol officer in the pack. The call goes through, only for us to hear Connor's voice, which is filled with suppressed rage. "Sylvia Kline, I'll give you three seconds to stop bothering me. Vivian's initiation ceremony will take place at night three days later. If you dare pull off another one of your tricks again—" "Connor…" Blood gushes out of my mouth as soon as I open it. My voice is so hoarse that I don't sound like myself at all. "Save… me…" "Your acting's pretty good," Connor cuts me off, his tone filled with disdain. "Listen, if you dare skip out on the ceremony and embarrass me in front of the entire pack, you can forget about going home." After that, the line goes dead. In the end, I die from mutilation. It's fine, Connor. I can't go home for real this time.

My sister had just left for her night shift when Ethan cornered me in the hallway, voice low and rough: “You’ve been teasing me for weeks. Stop pretending you don’t want this.” I meant to push him away. Instead I whispered, “Then take it.” Seconds later he pinned me against the wall, shoved my panties aside, and drove his thick cock deep into my dripping pussy in one brutal thrust. As he pounded into me, the filthy realization slammed through my mind — I never knew my sister’s husband’s cock was this fucking good… ughh. My pussy clenched hard around him, wetness flooding down his shaft. Guilt tried to hit, but I only rolled my hips faster, moaning shamelessly as I took every inch like the forbidden slut I had just become. That was the night I let my sister’s husband fuck me senseless. Now I crave the man I’m not supposed to touch… and I don’t know how to stop.

"The way you behave...behave around me, with me it's highly inappropriate. I don't want you think I'll be your little assistant that you fuck on top of your desk or in the break room, if that's your intention I think it's best if you fire me or atleast send me back to work for Mr Caine," I told him after a couple seconds of silence I turned to face him to be greeted with a hard look on his face."Amelia....I'm sorry if you thought that was my intention, I can see where you would get that idea.. and I apologize for my lack of communication, in what I want,""So what do you want?" I asked my voice sounding strange I cleared my throat, he reached forward taking my ice-cream placing it on the bench his hand moving to my chin making sure I held eye contact."You..I want you Amelia," he answered his voice soft but held a level of firmness. Before another thought can pass through my mind, his lips are on mine

BLURB: 18+ Explicit Content Reader Discretion Strongly Advised Content warning ⚠️ This collection contains graphic sexual content, including rough sex, big age gaps in relationships, and subjects that are considered taboo or wrong. If you are easily upset by dark, shocking, or extreme topics, this book is not for you. He walked me backward until my spine hit the wall beside the television. His hands shoved my crop top up, yanking it over my head and tossing it somewhere. My tits spilled free and he stared at them for a second like he could not believe they were real, then in seconds what I knew was his lips were on me. He sucked my left nipple hard, his teeth grazing me, flicking his tongue, while his hand pinched the other one until I cried out. I clawed at his back, trying to pull his boxers down with one hand while the other tangled in his hair. He pulled off my nipple with a wet pop. “Slowly Aria,” he growled. “ I've been waiting too fucking long to rush this.”

Demi masa depan sang anak, Surya Dinata menjodohkan Alzena Dinata dengan laki laki pilihannya, yang dianggapnya laki laki baik dan cukup dewasa untuk menjadi seorang suami. Laki laki itu adalah Emilio Cullen, laki laki blasteran Indonesia-London, yang menjadi dosen di Universitas dimana Alzena berkuliah, usia diantaranya terpaut sangat jauh, Alzena 25 tahun sementara Emilio 40 tahun. Namun saat ini Alzena telah memiliki seorang kekasih, ia adalah senior dikampus nya. Lalu bagaimana kisah cinta yang akan Alzena jalani ? Akankah Alzena menerima perjodohan itu atau akan terus mempertahan kan Jody sebagai laki laki tercintanya ? Sementara Emil, ternyata Emil bukanlah seorang dosen biasa, diluar itu ia adalah seorang pewaris harta kekayaan keluarganya, semua itu tak diketahui banyak orang, termasuk Alzena dan keluarganya. Akan kah Emil terus menyembunyikan harta melimpahnya itu dari sang istri? lalu bagaimana perasaan Alzena, ketika tahu Emil tak pernah jujur dengan siapa dirinya sebenarnya?