Arti Consolation

Karena bagi Ara, Anthony J. Wallenstein adalah sosok yang melindunginya dari kekejaman dunia, menariknya dari jeratan rantai neraka, dan menghalangi semua tatapan biadab yang menatap terang-terangan ke arahnya. Tetapi di sisi lain, Anthony menciptakan dunia palsu untuk Ara tinggali. Dunia di mana, Ara dapat merasakan apa arti kebahagiaan, sebelum rasa bahagia itu sirna ketika mengetahui sesuatu yang terselubung di dalamnya. Intensi seorang Anthony J. Wallenstein.

"Jadilah wanitaku, maka aku akan memberikan segalanya untukmu." Saat Rania merasa hidupnya telah hancur dan berakhir karena dikhianati oleh sang suami, sebuah penawaran dari sosok tak terduga datang padanya. Seorang lelaki luar biasa hadir memberikan arti baru dalam hidupnya, mengajarkan bahwa pernikahan itu bukan hanya sekedar pengabdian satu pihak saja, tetapi saling memberi kebahagiaan. "Aku tak ingin disia-siakan lagi. Aku ingin bahagia. Bisakah kamu memberikan itu?" "Tentu!"

Menikah karena sebuah perjodohan membuat Gina harus merasakan pahitnya arti sebuah rumah tangga. Awalnya Gina mengira hubungannya akan semakin dekat dengan sang suami setelah dia menjabat sebagai sekretaris pribadi suaminya setelah dia menggantikan posisi sekretaris pribadi suaminya yang sebelumnya yang tak lain adalah mantan kekasih suaminya sendiri. Tetapi ternyata deritanya semakin bertambah. Batin dan fisik Gina rasakan sakitnya di dalam dunia kerja maupun di rumah tangganya dengan Nick.

Larasati Wijaya (Rara) baru saja berusia 19 tahun. Dia seharusnya sedang menikmati masa mudanya dan berkuliah, bukan justru hamil oleh pria yang lebih tua 10 tahun darinya, Abimanyu Wicaksono (Abi). Kebersamaan mereka mengorbankan banyak hal, mulai dari murkanya orang tua Rara, diusirnya Rara hingga belum siapnya dia menjadi seorang Ibu. Di luar itu, Abi belum sepenuhnya dewasa dan belum memahami arti Rara dalam hidupnya. "Kita cukup sampai di sini aja."

Penulis: [zainuri] Judul: CEO Berlutut pada Gadis Sederhana Alya, gadis polos dari keluarga sederhana, tak sengaja memasuki dunia CEO muda bernama Rey yang dingin dan penuh gengsi. Tanpa disadari, kehadirannya mengubah ritme hidup Rey. Dari pria kaku menjadi seseorang yang mulai mengenal arti rindu dan cemburu. Saat cobaan datang dan kedekatan mereka diuji, Rey dihadapkan pada pilihan: menjaga jarak, atau mengungkap perasaannya yang dalam pada gadis yang membuatnya jatuh hati diam-diam.

Snow decided to run away from her pack and her supposed arranged marriage after being rejected by her mate and fiancé. Making matters worse, she discovered that his reason for rejecting her was because he was having an affair with her best friend. With nowhere to go and feeling broken and humiliated, she found consolation in the human world to mend her broken heart. There, she will meet Blaze, the mob boss, who came from a dysfunctional family and never once cared for any woman except for his sister. Blaze will grow unduly connected to the fragile-looking woman after repeated encounters with her on his turf. The mafia's life will thereafter unexpectedly collide with the runaway she-wolf warrior. Will their differences, though, keep them apart, causing Snow to experience yet another rejection? And what will happen when, in the middle of everything, the one who rejected Snow, the Alpha, and her mate, comes to take her back to be his Luna with a valid explanation on why he rejected her? Unbeknownst to all of them, the Moon Goddess is giving them the hardest trial they could have to find their second chance mate. Whose love then, will be powerful enough to prevail over the disparate lies they all live in? Who will Snow choose in the end to embrace as her second-chance mate? Will she choose the one who rejects her to save her, or the one who saves her from the rejection?

Trigger warning!!! Intended for mature readers who enjoy morally complex, slow-burn, possessive, forbidden, dark romance that pushes boundaries. ***EXCERPT*** Blood everywhere. Trembling hands. "No!" My eyes blurred. His lifeless eyes stared back at me, his blood pooling at my feet. The man I loved—dead. Killed by the one person I could never escape - my stepbrother. *** Kasmine's life was never hers to begin with. Kester, her stepbrother, controlled and monitored her every move. At first, it was all sweet and brotherly until it began to turn into an obsession. Kester was the Alpha, and his word was law. No close friends. No boyfriends. No freedom. The only consolation Kasmine had was her twenty-first birthday, which was supposed to change everything. She dreamt of finding her mate, escaping the sickening control of Kester, and finally claiming her own life. But fate had other plans for her. On the night of her birthday, not only was she disappointed that she wasn't mated to the love of her life, but she found out that her mate was none other than him - Her tormentor. Her stepbrother. She'd rather die than be mated to a man whom she had known as her big brother all her life. A man who would do just anything to make sure she was his. But when love turns to obsession, and obsession turns to blood, how far can one girl run before she realizes there is nowhere else to run to?

“It’s still her.” Three words. That was all it took for the carefully constructed world of my last five years to shatter into dust at my feet. Zane didn’t even have the decency to look away as he said it. For twenty years, I had been the third wheel. The reliable shadow to Jovienne’s brilliant sun. I had buried my own feelings for Zane so deep I almost forgot they existed, only daring to dig them up and confess them after Jovi had left the country and broken his heart. We built a life. A marriage. I truly believed, in my foolish, hopeful heart, that it was my happy ending. Now Jovienne was back, and the illusion was gone. The love of my life saw me only as a consolation prize. As my world collapses, the last person I expect comfort from is her husband—a man as cold and polished as he is powerful. Vance sees the same betrayal in my eyes that he sees in his wife's. Leaning in, his voice a dangerous whisper, he proposed the unthinkable: "They are living in the past. Let's be each other's revenge. What do you say, Nerissa?" I should avoid at all costs. It was a game that could burn our broken worlds to the ground. But as I looked into his eyes and saw the same raw, humiliating betrayal reflected back at me, the answer poised on my lips wasn't "no." It was a terrifying, thrilling question. “What,” I whispered, my voice steadier than I felt, “did you have in mind?”

“Dia adalah cinta pertamaku. Tapi baginya aku hanya beban perjodohan.” Fhilia menikahi pria yang diam-diam selalu ia rindukan. Namun, pernikahan impian itu segera berubah jadi neraka. Reiga menolak kehadirannya, bahkan dengan kejam ia terus menyiksa Fhi. Setelah segala luka yang Fhi terima, ia menjadi mayat hidup yang sudah kehilangan segalanya. Saat itulah Reiga sadar arti kehadiran Fhi. Tapi Fhi sudah tidak memiliki jiwa lagi. Lalu bagaimana apakah Fhi akan menerima kembali Reiga atau justru meninggalkannya.

21+ Cerita dewasa harap bijak memilih bacaan yang akan dibaca. Dean Angelo, seorang pengacara muda yang sukses dan hidupnya nyaris sempurna. Dibalik kesempurnaan ya ada juga kekurangannya, dia memiliki trauma yang membuatnya tidak percaya dengan kesetiaan dari seorang wanita. Di saat Dean tidak mempercayai apa arti sebuah kesetiaan, dia bertemu dengan Keira Rose. Awalnya hanya ingin membantu Keira malah berubah ingin memiliki. Pesona gadis sederhana itu membuatnya terjebak dalam kehidupan yang tak pernah dibayangkannya.