After The Storm Comes The Calm

Berlatar Perang Dingin di Amerika Serikat pada tahun 1942. Kapten Kane Cadfael adalah Militer Angkatan Udara yang sangat mencintai langit di bandingkan apapun. Menurutnya, langit adalah alam tanpa batas dan bisa ia jelajahi sampai kapanpun. Sementara, Selene Sapphire adalah Perawat cantik nan lemah lembut yang bekerja pada Klinik Pangkalan Udara untuk menjaga kesehatan para Marinir di sana. Pertemuan tanpa sengaja antara Selene dan Kane membuat keduanya saling berpegangan satu sama lain, di tengah Perang Dunia II.

The Hidden Piece is a creative fictional story about the life of a young girl with a promising future. Faced with many life challenges that she didn't handle well, she had regrets and wished she behaved differently. Each phase of her life contended to activate her inward strength when confronted with these challenges, but she easily gave up which almost affected her dreams and aspirations. The only required tool to push through her difficult moments was using the power of her mind, which was also the strong force opposing her progress. This story is highly recommended for young adults searching for headway through life storms.

“ถ้าจะเอาถึงไม่ได้รักก็จะเอา” ถึงจะเห็นแก่ตัวก็ผัวเธอ… "เลือกมาว่าจะทำเอง หรือจะให้ฉันทำให้" "โมโหจนเป็นบ้าไปแล้วหรือไงคะ?!" "เพราะเมียนอกใจ ให้ใจเย็นได้อีกเหรอ!" อายุ 30 ปี นายแบบ/ลูกชายตระกูลดัง ชายหนุ่มผู้มีภาพรักสดใสและเข้าถึงง่าย กลับเปลี่ยนไปเพราะการสูญเสียครั้งใหญ่ในชีวิต เพียงขวัญ อายุ 24 ปี ผู้ช่วยสาวที่ต้องรองรับอารมร์ร้ายที่ของธาม  เธอไม่ได้อ่อนแอแต่เมื่อไหร่ที่ขัดใจเขามักจะลงโทษด้วยบทลงโทษที่เธอไม่คาดคิดเสมอ โรส อายุ 30 ปี คู่หมั้นของธาม เธอทุ่มเททุกอย่างเพื่อคนรักจนเผลอทำสิ่งที่ผิดพลาดไป และความลับนั้นจะไม่มีวันให้คนรักรู้ได้เด็ดขาด ไนท์ อายุ 30 ปี เพื่่อนสนิทธาม/นายแบบ เขามักจะรักชีวิตสงบแต่เมื่อได้ใกล้ชิดเพียงขวัญกลับเห็นใจ ยิ่งเห็นเพื่อนรักทำร้ายเธอมาเท่าไรเขาก็ยิ่งสงสารเธอจนต้องคอยเตือนสติเพื่อน มอส อายุ 27 ปี นายแบบ แฟนเก่าของเพียงขวัญที่เคยหายไป  อยู่ๆ ก็โผล่มาในสถานะเด็กในสังกัดคนใหม่ของผู้จั

“You called me a whore for what we did that day! And that is how you treated me,” Lara condemned starkly, sticking to her point. “You see, I was only twenty-three and I had absolutely no experience with a man like you, Christophe. You are the one who took advantage…” “I wanted you like crazy, Lara!” The assurance was harsh, immovable, no admission of fault. Her mouth twisted painfully. Christophe Moreau appeared in Lara’s life in the most vulnerable moment possible. He was powerful, strong, stunning… way too overwhelming for such a young girl like herself. So, Lara got scared and pushed away his indecent proposal, choosing a comfortable life next to Randall Anderson, her best friend. Three years had passed since her ‘no’ to Christophe. Lara Anderson is now a widow and she’s facing a terrible drama: her father is accused of stealing money from the company he’s working for. Lara knows she can’t overcome this alone… She needs Christophe’s help to avoid her father being incarcerated. Christophe is suggesting a deal that will give him what he always wanted: Lara’s body. She must have been his for three months! But Lara can't give in to Christophe's demands. To let him possess her body and soul will be to give him the ultimate revenge… because he will discover that after three years of marriage, she is still… untouched!

"You're not having me!" I snapped at his face. "Oh, my little sinner." He licked the bottom of his lips with a sinister smirk on his face. "You're already tied to my bed."

Nita’s marriage crashed when her husband longtime lover returned to town. Shattered and heartbroken, she files for divorce. After divorce, she gets to know that her family’s company was about to be taken over by a man because of the debt they owed him. The man was the renowned billionaire, Willow Bryan. Using the debt as a yardstick, he made sure Nita became his wife on a laid down condition. How will their relationship thrive when secrets about their past begins to be revealed? Will Nita be able to bear it all?

After a tragic accident left Emily Yates without her memories, she fell in love with her savior, Justin Yates, unaware that he was hiding the truth and using her as a stand-in for his first love. For three long years, Emily poured everything into the relationship, hoping he would love her back. But on the day Justin proposed, he held his "one true love" in his arms and left Emily stranded on a foreign street, still expecting her to remain his secret mistress. Emily decided she would no longer be his stand-in. She ripped up the contract, kicked Justin out of her life, and hid her pregnancy before faking her death. When word of her death reached Justin, his world shattered. He fell gravely ill, barely clinging to life. Five years later, they crossed paths again. Emily had risen to fame as a renowned painter and jewelry designer, while Justin had swallowed his pride, now shamelessly chasing after her. “Emily, I know I messed up. Please, don’t leave me,” he begged, desperation in his voice. “Emily, can’t you just look at me, not other men? “Emily, I’ll be your model. Come over tonight and paint me, please? “Emily… Emily… My wife…” Emily’s fury boiled over. “Get lost! Who said I was your wife?” But Justin clung to her, refusing to let go, acting shamelessly. “I don’t care. You promised to marry me before, so that makes you my wife. “I don’t care! I don’t care!” he repeated.

Three years ago, I was the most promising member of the Scientific Expedition Team. After entering Salakole, I was killed by my fiancé's true love, Vivian Fowler. She stole my supplies, scratched my face, and pushed me off the ship. I died with my second child in my belly. But when the rescue team came, Vivian said I had stolen her supplies and was going to flee. My fiancé, Winston Patton, wrote a report and erased me from the expedition team. From then on, I became a joke. All the people on the team looked down on me. Until three years later, someone discovered my long-frozen body.

In her five years of marriage, Elsie loved her husband, Oswald, with all her heart. Even when their life wasn't happy. But now the man she loves so much is looking at her with a hateful look, slandering her without proof. "Tess is awake, she told me everything! You fu*king murderer!" Tess, Oswald's beloved woman, and if she hadn't had the accident, it would have been Tess, not her, who would have become Oswald's wife. And now Tess was awake. Her dream had awakened instead. She didn't want to have to explain. She didn't want to have to go through countless detentions and begging... Elsie looked at Oswald, who was still indifferent, and said, "Let's get a divorce..." Oswald doesn't believe that the greedy Elsie can give up her life as a rich madam, and he assumes that she will come back and beg him for money. Until Elsie's true identity is revealed and everyone is stunned...

Pretending to be someone you don't want to be, is the most difficult thing that Mallory has done. She needs to do this, for her to continue helping her parents. She will pretend to be Canon's wife. Canon, the most intelligent man when it comes to business, he's unpredictable and hard to read. A ruthless man who will eventually meet a soft-spoken lady that will make his life turn upside down. “Pretend, don't cross the line. You just have to pretend, Mallory. I will never consider you as my real wife. Never in my life.”