Ayn Rand

Sembilan mahasiswa dari Fakultas Ilmu Kelautan tak menduga bahwa mereka akan mengalami sederetan kejadian aneh saat sedang melaksanakan tugas penelitian di tengah-tengah lautan. Mereka ketakutan menghadapi teror dari makhluk yang tidak mereka ketahui, gejala alam yang luar biasa aneh, hingga kapal motor terperangkap dalam medan elektromagnetik listrik tajam. Satu hal yang pasti! Mereka terputus komunikasi dari dunia luar. Apa yang sebenarnya terjadi? Apakah mereka akan kembali dengan selamat setelah terdampar di tempat antah-berantah?

In my past life, right before sitting for the college entrance exams, my best friend, Lily Shaw, and I made a pact. We promised that once we got into college, we would study finance and make a fortune. But because my exam went smoothly and I was the first to leave the exam room, I ended up on camera for an interview. Somehow, I blew up overnight. Years later, I became a top celebrity, while Lily was sent to prison for financial fraud. When she got out, I gave her a million dollars to help her get back on her feet. She repaid me by quietly forging lies about me, whipping up a wave of online hate, and doing everything she could to destroy me. I traced the truth and confronted her, but she snapped back at me, "What gives you the right to stare down at me from your lofty throne and throw me scraps, Hannah Linden? I'm prettier than you, and my grades were better than yours. Why did you get the better life?" She laid out a plan to get back at me. She knocked me out and slashed my face. She also gouged out my eyes and cut out my tongue before stuffing me into a freezer, leaving me there to freeze to death. When I open my eyes again, I find myself reborn in my senior-year classroom. There's just over a month left for the college entrance exams. I look at Lily, who sits to my left and whispers to me. I smile at her, my eyes glinting with ice and venom.

While a Billionaire with an enigmatic touch crosses her way, I'm a columnist trying to make ends meet. As they work together for a good cause, unexpected feelings start to surface, ultimately raising the issue of whether seeking love is worth the risk.

Menjelajahi dunia para dewa, monster, dan makhluk abadi, Li Jingyou tanpa disadari menjadi pembunuh iblis terhebat di zaman kuno dan modern. Buku ini juga dikenal sebagai "Kelompok Sahabat Taois".

Meu pai era o Don da família Moretti e o padrinho que mandava em todo o império da máfia. Minha mãe era a chefe da família Carter e a presidente do Conselho da Corporação Multinacional Carter. Eles tinham escolhido dois noivos para mim. Um era Damian, o CEO mundialmente famoso da Corporação Aegis. O outro era Caesar, uma figura temível que controlava todo o comércio clandestino de armas. No dia do banquete do meu vigésimo aniversário, aquele com quem eu escolhesse me casar se tornaria o padrinho que governaria todo o império da máfia. Todo mundo ficou em choque quando eu escolhi Caesar, sem hesitar. Eu tinha amado Damian profundamente desde a infância e, um dia, tinha jurado que só me casaria com ele. Mas eles não faziam ideia de que eu tinha regressado do futuro. No passado, eu me casei com Damian, como sempre quis. Só que, na nossa noite de núpcias, ele me traiu com a minha criada. Depois, minha família descobriu e demitiu a criada. Eles a expulsaram de casa. Damian me odiou por causa disso. Quando eu engravidei, ele levou mulheres diferentes para casa todas as noites e dormiu com elas bem na minha frente. E, no dia em que tive um trabalho de parto difícil, ele desviou todos os recursos médicos. Ignorando minhas súplicas, ele fez com que eu e meu filho, que ainda não tinha nascido, sofrêssemos… e morrêssemos em agonia. Ao voltar ao passado, eu decidi dar a ele a liberdade que ele tanto parecia querer. Sem pensar duas vezes, eu escolhi Caesar para ser o meu noivo. Mas eu nunca imaginei que Damian também tinha renascido…

Trapped on a billionaire’s private island. A hurricane raging outside. And a passion neither of them saw coming. When fierce environmental scientist Juniper Hale is forced into a reluctant partnership with Adrian Blackwood, a powerful tech mogul who sees the world in numbers and profits, sparks fly and not the good kind. Their partnership is a ticking time bomb, she’s prepared for battle, not romance. Their clashes turn into a war of wills, but when a deadly storm leaves them stranded together, their hatred transforms into something far more dangerous. Secrets from Juniper’s past threaten to unravel her, while Adrian’s empire teeters on the edge of destruction. In a game where trust is a currency neither is willing to spend, will they survive the terror… be consumed by it?

My grandfather died on a covert mission, and authorities approved a grand funeral in his honor. Concerned about my grief, my fiancé offered to handle the arrangements. On the day of the funeral, I arrived with my grandfather's ashes, only to find his portrait discarded on the ground, replaced by one of a dog. Furious, I tried to remove it, but my fiancé's adopted sister stopped me. "Hands off that portrait!" Suppressing my fury, I countered, "This is my grandfather's funeral. He was a decorated hero." "So what?" She shrugged, sneering, "Isaac said Luck deserves the grandest send-off. If you've got a problem, take it up with him. Adoring me, he'd cancel your engagement and ditch you in a heartbeat." I laughed incredulously, calling Isaac's family. "You people begged for this engagement. Since when does your adopted daughter get to call it off?"

My name is Margaret Turner. After my daughter, Sarah McDowell, becomes pregnant, I am shocked to find that I can hear the thoughts of the baby in her womb. "Grandma, please don't let Mommy get the prenatal checkup! If they learn I'm a girl, Dad will make her get rid of me. I don't want to die!" I can't believe what I'm hearing. Knowing that my son‑in‑law, Jeremy O'Brien, works at a hospital and can use his connections to learn the baby's gender, I do everything in my power to keep Sarah from being examined. But three months later, doctors confirm that Sarah's baby has a congenital deformity and is fated to be born disabled. Sarah is devastated, and guilt consumes me. Suddenly, I hear my granddaughter's voice again. "It's all because of Dad. He cheated with that nurse and returned home soaked in her cheap perfume. As soon as Mommy breathed it in, I was fated to come into the world deformed. Poor Mommy…" Rage explodes inside me. Without a second thought, I storm into Jeremy's workplace, determined to catch him in the act. I don't expect to walk in on a critical heart surgery he is performing. My intrusion throws the room into chaos, and the patient dies on the operating table. The patient's family loses control, and they cause a violent scene in the hospital. In the mayhem, Jeremy is killed on the spot. When Sarah learns what I've done, she is consumed by rage and declares she wants nothing more to do with me. At that moment, my granddaughter's voice echoes in my mind once more. "Mommy is heartbroken and needs time to heal. Grandma, please don't make things worse. Mommy will be okay after she rests." Hearing this, I force myself to stay calm. But that very night, word arrives that Sarah has thrown herself into a river and ended her life. Shattered by grief, I eventually make the same tragic choice. As my final breath fades, my granddaughter's chilling laugh echoes in my ears. When I open my eyes again, I find myself back on the day her voice first crept into my mind.

Disangka berbuat mesum, Damay digrebek di gubuk kosong dan dipaksa menikah saat itu juga dengan lelaki yang penampilannya seperti berandalan. Damay makin dihina saat lelaki bernama Saga itu hanya mampu memberi mahar seratus ribu rupiah. Perempuan murahan, membawa aib keluarga dan segala macam hinaan lain. Namun, saat perwakilan keluarga Saga datang, Damay baru tahu kalau ternyata suaminya mampu membuat keluarga dan orang-orang nyinyir itu bungkam. Baca kisah Saga dan Damay di cerita ini yuk ....

I'm almost 18 and I'm in love with my 22-year-old stepbrother, Caleb. I confessed my love to him soon after our parents got married, but he rejected me and disappeared. Now the way he looks at me makes me burn. I wonder - does Caleb want me?