Antonym For Illusion

One touch, and I was lost.”’ His voice was a whisper against my ear, his breath hot on my neck. “He cannot touch you the way I do, Bella. He does not know your body like I do. You are mine. Every inch of you, every hidden place, every moan you make. And nothing, not even your mother, will keep me from owning this pussy." His words burn against my skin, like a promise and a threat at the same time. "You're mine. And I don't share." ******* Isabella Moretti made one mistake. One night that should have stayed buried. One moment with the man she was never supposed to want; her stepfather, Damian Blackwell. She runs to New York. A fresh start. A shot at her journalism career and a life where she can forget the way his hands felt on her body. But Damian doesn't believe in letting go. Not when it's what he wants. When her mother announces Isabella's engagement to her friend's son and asks her to come home to meet her new husband, she thinks maybe she's finally escaped. Until she sees her stepfather-to-be’s face. It's him. Damian Blackwell Damian isn't just the man whose body she wants; he's hiding something dark enough that could actually launch her career into the world. Or destroy everything she's ever loved. Now Isabella's trapped between impossible choices: Her mother's approval, love and a "perfect" future The man who owns every forbidden part of her soul But some fires don't just burn.They consume everything. A dark stepfather romance where the lines between ambition and desire blur beyond recognition.

All because of Leo Cullen’s words, I gave up a place at a top-tier university in Ceres and stayed behind to retake the entrance exams with him—three times. By the fourth year, a girl arrived at our cram school, and Leo forgot the promise we made. He started skipping class, picking fights, smoking—doing everything but studying. One day, I stood at the school gate, blocking his path with a textbook in hand as he tried to ditch class. He smirked, unimpressed, and blew a bubble with his gum, letting it stick to the ends of my hair. “Naomi…,” he began, “who still cares about studying these days?” So I stopped caring and avoided him entirely. When he fooled around in the classroom, I went to the library. When he played basketball, I sat in a quiet corner with my books. Even when I craved noodles from my favorite shop, I’d scan the room first to make sure he wasn’t there. “Are you avoiding me, Naomi?” he asked later, his face in a frown. I shook my head. “Why would you think that?”

ALL for Love is a Nigerian romance story. The book revolves around Hannah whose goal is to get a well paid job and become independent. However, her new job becomes the starting of a lot of discovery. Even those closer to her are not completely left out from what she will discover. A novel about love, trust, betrayal and romance.

Crushed, betrayed, abandoned by the one person she had given her heart to. All he did was smash it and blow the crumbs in her face. His betrayal, his abandonment, led to the loss of her only child, Claire. After meeting up with Kia Vaughn, a cold business tycoon who could crush the world with a snap of his finger, Clara knew it was time to drag her ex-lover and everyone who contributed to the loss of her daughter down to the pits of hell.

Kirana si perempuan unik, dia jutek tapi cengeng, galak dan doyan gosip. Panji si pria kompleks, dia berhati lembut tapi juga temperamen, dia yang judes sekaligus serampangan. Usai lulus SMA, Panji menghilang dibawa angin, ditelan bumi, tidak ada satu pun teman sekolah yang tahu keberadaannya. Tapi kemudian setelah bertahun-tahun, dia kembali lagi ke kehidupan Kirana tanpa diduga. Mimpi-mimpi Kirana dibangunkan kembali meski kini dia sudah punya gandengan baru. Kirana dijungkir balikkan, dia mengaku cinta mati pada Panji, walau dia tahu resiko berhubungan dengan pria tanpa komitmen seperti Panji: dia hanya akan buang-buang waktu dalam penantian. Demi mengikat Panji agar tidak pergi lagi, Kirana nekat, dia mendesak supaya bisa tinggal bersama Panji, bahkan pingin mengandung anaknya. Berhasilkah cara licik Kirana? Apa pria bebas seperti Panji pada akhirnya tunduk pada sebuah ikatan? Mungkinkah mereka bersama selamanya? Atau Panji datang hanya untuk mematahkan hati Kirana untuk kedua kali? Kisah ini bukan hanya romantis, tapi juga diisi humor segar nan nyeleneh yang ajaib ^^

When the three famous celestial brothers—Hades, Zeus, and Poseidon—have their divine attributes ripped away, there is almost nothing left with them as they become mere humans. Not until a mortal woman, Rheis, adopts them as her sons. Their lives abruptly change from having no omnipotent powers or worshippers to becoming heirs to billions upon billions of properties. And while on a family trip in Italy, the brothers receive an invitation to an exclusive elite party called the Lupercalian Twist, which takes place every fifteen years on the fifteenth of February. The main highlight of the event involves the men being randomly paired with a woman they have never met before. Each bachelor is being demanded to win the woman's heart before the event ends, otherwise, they risk losing all of their possessions to the institution. As the event requires Hades the need for a wife, no one appears to be eligible for him except for a woman he met by chance before and that is Stephenie. But how far Hades can go risking everything he has to win Stephenie's heart when her ex-fiancé unexpectedly reappears to steal his wife?

In her mission to find the person she lost, Neith joins the organization she resents. During her stay, she finds herself falling in love with her work and someone else.

Mary Parker's life has been transformed after the death of her sister Claudia and the disappearance of her mother, and what used to be colorful to her is now black and white. Mary is absolutely certain that she will soon be reunited with her sister on the spiritual plane, and for this reason she does not allow herself to fall in love, and doesn't want anyone to fall in love with her. But he sees his plan go awry when he meets Philippe Taylor on a party night. Newly arrived in New York, Philippe is the newest owner of Taylor's Music. He is used to nightlife and he can't imagine the surprises that new york city will bring him, especially after he meets a very beautiful and authoritarian woman. Would he be willing to live a no-strings-attached romance with his newest neighbor and partner, Mary? Would she be willing to allow anyone to get close to her? Together Philip and Mary will need to take care of Mariazinha, an extremely poor and very docile child, while her grandmother is hospitalized. Sometimes fate plays with people and someone or an accident can change everything!

Returning to Lakewood was to spend the holidays with her fiance and plan toward their marriage but she was welcomed by the heart-trenching sight of her lover making love with her bestfriend. Have these all been happening behind her back? She stormed out and found a man whom she immediately proposed to and he accepted as if he was waiting for something like that. He turned out to be her ex-fianceè’s boss but little did she know that he wasn't human

Riani Mutia Azahra, seorang gadis miskin yang kerap kali di bully oleh teman-temannya hanya karena dirinya adalah seorang anak dari ayah yang menderita gangguan jiwa. Riani dibully karena sang ayah kerap mengamuk di sekolahnya. Karena himpitan ekonomi yang terus mendera, akhirnya ibu tiri Riani yang bernama Tuti menjual Riani di aplikasi m1chat. Seorang teman dari pria yang bernama Kenzo pun melihat iklan Riani di aplikasi haram itu. Dia memberitahu Kenzo jika gadis yang kerap ia bully itu menjajakan dirinya. Kenzo yang menyimpan benci yang amat besar kepada Riani pun membeli gadis itu. Alasannya adalah untuk menginjak injak harga diri Riani. Rasa benci Kenzo terhadap gadis lugu itu karena Riani berperan besar dalam perpisahan dirinya bersama wanita yang amat Kenzo cintai yang bernama Shakila. Setelah membeli Riani dari ibu tirinya, Kenzo menjadikan Riani penghangat ranjangnya. Kenzo sengaja ingin menjadikan Riani wanita kotor dan akan membuangnya ketika ia sudah bosan . Apakah cinta akan memerangkap keduanya? Atau kah Kenzo akan membuang Riani setelah ia bosan seperti tujuan awalnya?