52 Book Club 2023: #5 Title Starting With The Letter “i”

Minho hanya ingin tau bagaimana rasanya jatuh cinta, ia ingin tau rasanya berpacaran. Namun ia salah dalam memilih keputusan hingga membuat reputasinya buruk, hanya.. sedikit. Karena, lebih banyak orang yang buta karena telah jatuh cinta padanya.

"Everyone wants to tear them apart. But he's not giving up without a fight. The last thing Sara Flannigan needs is a man in her life. When she returns to her hometown, she vows to create a happy life for her son and to rebuild her life after a painful divorce. Yet when she meets her son’s new doctor, she can’t deny the spark of attraction that heats between them. The problem? He’s Harrison Thornton, the oldest son of the illustrious Thornton family. His family would never accept a woman like Sara, a woman who grew up on the wrong side of the tracks. She tries to ignore the whispers of her past, but she soon realizes secrets can never stay hidden for long. Especially from the man claiming her wounded heart. Growing up in the rich and powerful Thornton family, Harrison has lived a charmed life. A renowned physician, the last thing he expects is to desire the mother of one of his patients. Sara is beautiful and intelligent, and she’s completely devoted to her son, something that only deepens his attraction to her. He doesn't want a single night of passion, though: he wants forever. Yet there are forces at work and people determined to tear them apart. Even Sara turns from him, certain she's unworthy. Harrison refuses to let Sara slip away, and soon, he’s fighting the greatest battle of all. The battle to win the heart of the woman he loves."

Harlyn Sage always believed she was an ordinary girl—until the night her world was torn apart. Rejected by her pack during a brutal mating ritual, Harlyn discovers that she is far from ordinary. Born from the forbidden union of a powerful werewolf and a Gaia sorceress, Harlyn is a lupomancer, a being of immense, untapped potential that threatens to upend the delicate balance between werewolves and sorcery. As Harlyn struggles to understand her newfound powers, she is drawn to the enigmatic Ethan Starrk, a primordial werewolf with a dark secret. Bound by a mysterious bite that has hidden her true nature, Harlyn's connection to Ethan runs deeper than she could ever imagine. But their bond stirs dangerous forces, igniting jealousy in Higan Sinclair, a rival alpha who will stop at nothing to claim what he believes is his.

In VOWED (Book #7 of the Vampire Journals), Caitlin and Caleb find themselves in medieval Scotland, in 1350,of the quest for the Holy Grail said to contain the key to true vampire immortality. Landing on the shores of the ancient Isle of Skye, a remote island off the Western coast of Scotland where only the most elite warriors live and train, they are ecstatic to reunite with Sam and Polly, Scarlet and Ruth, a human king and his warriors, and with all of Aiden’s coven.

Before they can continue their mission for the fourth and final key, the time has come for Caleb and Caitlin to wed.

Simultaneously, Sam and Polly, to their own surprise, are each falling deeply in love with one another. As their relationship accelerates, Sam surprises Polly with a vow of his own. And Polly surprises him with her own shocking news.

But all is not well beneath the surface. Blake has appeared again, and his deep love for Caitlin might just threaten her union, on the day before her wedding. Sera has appeared again, too, and vows to break apart what she cannot have.

Scarlet, too, finds herself in danger, as the source of her deep powers are revealed—along with the revelation of who are her true parents.

Axel, handsome, smart, with a secret that hasn't been revealed yet, a secret that could clear up that mess of conflicting feelings that he was just having, that made him feel bad of what he felt for HER. Was it possible to have such strong feelings for someone who was connected to you by blood? But was she? She was the only person who helped him, who got him out of his crisis, who calmed his head when he started thinking too much. Emma was his sleeping pill, and the heartbeat that made his heart live. Ali never let her feelings control her, she didn't want to get hurt, and she never would let anyone get inside that part of her and hurt her. But there was him, Miles, there had always been only him, and he had tried so hard that by now she had become accustomed to his presence, to have him in her bed, but what would have happened if Miles had found something better? Someone who could give him what Ali never did in all those years? Would Alison have understood how important he really was to him or let him fly away from her? Liam had eyes always and only for one person, but that person never looked at him, her attention was focused on someone else, and Liam had done nothing but remain silent, let that love consume him silently until he met her, Ellen. She was everything a man could want in a woman, she consumed him, turned him around in her hands. But what would have happened if that love, that little flash of light had returned when he least expected it? If he had awakened in him that something he thought was lost forever? Who would have chosen Liam?

Caitlin and Caleb embark together on their quest to find the one object that can stop the imminent vampire and human war: the lost sword. An object of vampire lore, there is grave doubt over whether it even exists.

If there is any hope of finding it, they must first trace Caitlin’s ancestry. Is she really the One? Their search begins with finding Caitlin’s father. Who was he? Why did he abandon her? As the search broadens, they are shocked by what they discover about who she really is.

But they are not the only ones searching for the legendary sword. The Blacktide Coven wants it, too, and they are close on Caitlin and Caleb’s trail. Worse, Caitlin’s little brother, Sam, remains obsessed with finding his Dad. But Sam soon finds himself in way over his head, smack in the middle of a vampire war. Will he jeopardize their search?

Caitlin and Caleb’s journey takes them on a whirlwind of historic locations—from the Hudson Valley, to Salem, to the heart of historic Boston—the very spot where witches were once hung on the hill of Boston Common. Why are these locations so important to the vampire race? And what do they have to do with Caitlin’s ancestry, and with who she’s becoming?

But they may not even make it. Caitlin and Caleb’s love for each other is blossoming. And their forbidden romance may just destroy everything they’ve set out to achieve….



“LOVED, the second book in the Vampire Journals series, is just as great as the first book, TURNED, and jam packed with action, romance, adventure, and suspense. If you loved the first book, get your hands on this one and fall in love all over again.”
--Vampirebooksite.com

Jatuh cinta membutuhkan sebuah usaha, apakah itu masuk akal? Tapi hal itulah yang sedang dilakukan oleh seorang Cheff bernama Jinu Bastian. Demi membalas budi karena telah menyelamatkan nyawanya, ia akhirnya mau dijodohkan dan belajar untuk mencinta. Namun, lambat laun hal itu malah menjadikan luka pada dirinya sendiri. "Lebih baik hidup sendiri daripada memaksakan diri." Selama ini ia belum merasakan apa itu cinta, namun semua hal itu berubah ketika mengenal seorang gadis bernama Imelda yang bekerja di restoran nya. Akankah mereka berdua bisa bersama? Namun, apakah semua sudah terlambat untuk mencinta?

....ความสัมพันธ์ที่ควรจบลงเพียงชั่วข้ามคืน กลับถูกสานต่อด้วยแรงราคะร้อนแรง ต่อให้คิดว่าตัวเองแน่สักเพียงไหน สุดท้ายการเอาใจลงไปเล่นกับความสัมพันธ์แบบนี้ล้วนต้องเจ็บทุกฝ่าย.... "เป็นเชี้ยไรของมึงวะ!" อาโปกุมไหล่ข้างที่ถูกผลักกระแทกประตูด้วยความเจ็บก่อนจะตะโกนใส่คนทำอย่างหงุดหงิด "มึงตั้งใจจะหนีกู?" ฮิลล์ชี้นิ้วไปที่อีกฝ่ายขบกรามถามอีกฝ่ายเสียงเข้ม "กูจะหนีมึงทำไม เราเป็นอะไรกันกูถึงต้องหนี" อาโปเห็นอีกฝ่ายโมโหก็อดยั่วอารมณ์ไม่ได้ ชอบทำให้กูเจ็บตัวดีนักไอ้ห่านี่ "ก็เป็นคนที่เอากันเวลาเงี่ยนไง!" คำตอบที่พ่นออกมาจากใบหน้าหล่อเหลานั่นทำให้เขาจุกเหมือนโดนหมัดน็อก "ถ้างั้นมึงขาดที่ระบายอย่างกูไปมันจะเป็นไร ทำไมต้องโมโห" สีหน้าที่ชะงักไปยิ้มเยาะเล็กน้อยก่อนตอกกลับอีกฝ่าย "อ้อ...ไม่ได้โมโหหรอก แต่คนของกูมีอะไรปิดบังกู กู! ไม่! ชอบ!" ฮิลล์ไม่พูดเปล่า เขาเดินเข้าประชิดตัวอาโปพร้อมทั้งยื่นมือไปบีบกรามของอีกฝ่ายแล้วพูดใส่หน้านั้นอย่างชัดถ้อยชัดคำ ราวกับต้องการใช้คำพูดตนเองเป็นใบมีดกรีดทรมานเหยื่อย่างช้าๆ

KAAWAY. Isang salita na sa bokabularyo ni Rajinah ay siyang naglalarawan sa isang taong wala nang ginawa kung hindi ang painitin ang ulo niya—si Kenzo Martinez. Para bang hindi magiging buo ang araw kapag hindi siya nito naasar. Isang araw, nagulat na lang ang dalaga sa kakaibang damdamin na sumibol sa kanyang dibdib para sa binata na ni sa panaginip ay hindi niya naisip na magiging espesyal para sa kanya. That drastic changed happened when Kenzo suddenly showed the other side of him which was sweet, caring and genuinely tender. But she should not be confused, right? Her heart already belonged to another man. A man that she cherished in her heart for years now. A man who she thought was the total opposite of Kenzo. Pero bakit isang halik lang ni Kenzo ay nanlambot na kaagad ang tuhod niya at natunaw kaagad ang resolba niya na panghabang-buhay itong ituturing na kaaway?

Pregnant with Grayson Godwin's child, Amberleigh Dubois is left reeling from the shock of his dramatic rescue and all the dark secrets it brought to light. Grayson Godwin is an angry man, hellbent on a mission to bring down those responsible for his beloved brother's death. His best friend Leo Clemonte is hellbent to keep the billionaire from an even earlier grave as Grayson goes down a dark road of vengeance. Further complicating matters, is Amber's growing feelings for Grayson even though her heart now belongs to Leo. Amber will have to make a choice between two men she loves. That is if any of them even survive this deadly game they are playing with the Van Tessins. Life's not a fairytale, it's time for Amber to arm up and fight for her happy ending.