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"Ambillah untuk jasa tadi malam!" Saka melempar kartu hitam padaku. Padahal aku adalah istrinya. *** "Aduh!" pekikku kala seseorang mendorong tubuh ini hingga terjerembab masuk ke sebuah kamar hotel. "Si4l!" umpatku mencoba bangkit setelah terjatuh. Namun, sama sekali tak pernah aku sangka. Sebuah tangan menyentuh pundak. Terasa hangat dan itu membuatku merinding. Seketika tangan ini ditarik begitu saja olehnya. "Arshaka!" Aku terbelalak saat tahu siapa pria yang kini menarik tubuhku hingga kami terjatuh di atas ranj4ng yang sama. Apalagi, kini tubuhnya telah men1ndihku. Mengunci tubuhku hingga kesulitan bergerak. Bahkan, dengan brutal ia mencivm bibirku. Aku merasa ada yang tidak beres dengannya. Mungkinkah dia minum obat per4ngsang? Apakah kami dijebak? Tetapi siapa yang menjebak?

Di Asmarayudha Residence-sebuah kawasan elit Jakarta Selatan di balik gerbang besi hitam dan pepohonan trembesi—kehidupan para penghuni ibarat panggung teater: penuh senyum di depan, penuh rahasia di belakang. Di ujung cul-de-sac, berdiri rumah kaca tiga lantai milik Dimas Elvano Satya dan istrinya, Tasya Prameswari. Setidaknya, begitulah yang terlihat di mata tetangga. Rani Prameswari, 23 tahun, baru lulus kuliah dan mencari tempat tinggal. Ia menerima tawaran “baik hati” dari Tasya, kakaknya, untuk tinggal di rumah besar itu sebagai asisten rumah tangga, tak pernah tahu bahwa pria yang menunggu di balik pintu adalah pemilik neraka sesungguhnya: Dimas Elvano Satya, suami sang kakak. Dingin, berkuasa… dan haus kontrol. Apa yang Dimas lakukan malam itu, merenggut segalanya dari Rani termasuk kepolosannya. Dan yang lebih buruk: meninggalkan benih dalam rahimnya.

Saskia Anastasya Putri seorang putri bungsu yang diacuhkan oleh keluarganya karena kesibukan mereka di dunia bisnis, ia terlantar dan merasa bahwa keluarganya sangat tidak adil dalam mengelola waktu yang selalu mereka habiskan di luar rumah. Karena merasa tidak ada yang menyayanginya, Saskia menjadi sosok anak yang brutal dan nakal. Waktu yang seharusnya ia habiskan untuk belajar di sekolah justru ia habiskan cuma-cuma. Saskia terjebak di dunia hitam bersama salah satu temannya yang bernasib tidak jauh dari dirinya. Dan mereka tersadar saat takdir membuat mereka kehilangan separuh dari kesempurnaan tubuh yang mereka miliki. Akankah Tuhan masih menerima maaf dari Saskia yang benar-benar memiliki masa lalu yang cukup kelam? Bagaimana dengan sesuatu yang telah hilang dalam dirinya, apakah Saskia mampu menerima semua itu dengan ikhlas?

"When the shadows have their way with the heart only love can save the day. As lies can be lethal in the world of werewolves, Zephyrine has to struggle through the pack’s internal power struggles and generations of prophecy to learn who she really is and what she is destined for. Due to her special gift and a rather ambiguous background, she becomes an attractive prey for people who want to use her gift for their advantage. However when she encounters Sage a kind and gentle alpha, she starts to believe that she has found a place of safety and love. The tension rises, the danger is closer and closer, and Zephyrine must fight against her own past and against the evil which wants to destroy all she loves. Will she be able to find a new purpose and a new man to Love her, or will she be condemned to walk through the darkness for the rest of her life?

BLURB. What happens when you are suddenly whisked off on a vacation you have never been invited to before for a new start? Alia, illegitimate daughter of the Moonshade family discovers her family are way more powerful than she thinks. After her father suddenly announces her as legitimate, she bumps into her mates who are three men in number. Brothers who hate one another and are enemies but this same brothers are willing to come together to reject and ruin her. But what if she is able to find a way to melt their heart slowly, giving them all hope and bringing them together as one? Alia suddenly found herself with unknown powers and as the year comes to an end, she realizes she isn't whom she think she is, there are more to her background and her biggest enemies are those closest to her.But whom? Her mates or family?

Restaurateur and self-exiled heir Lucien Lenault's first look at the breathtaking young chef trainee for his trendy Chicago restaurant is a shock. She’s Elise Martin, daughter of a wealthy French fashion designer. She’s also the holder of a secret that could explode his carefully laid plans. Notorious for her flagrant exhibitionism, and for flouting the respectable façade of her aristocratic background, the coquine’s wild streak shocked most people. Not Lucien. He was tempted by it. It was a deliriously punishable offense as far as Lucien was concerned. But taking on Elise is more than a game. She’s a catastrophe waiting to happen, an inferno that’s burned many a lover. Lucien isn’t most men, however, and he won’t allow her to manipulate him. In order to control the defiant beauty—in order to see her submit—he’s going to have to willingly walk in the flames…

Kondisi negara yang tidak baik-baik saja di tahun 1998, mendorong Rega Simbala, mahasiswa yang memiliki jiwa patriotik tinggi terhadap tanah air, bergerak menuju gedung DPR/MPR untuk demonstrasi. Pagi itu, Rega bertemu Aisha-gadis bercadar keturunan Tionghoa, yang sedang menyelamatkan diri setelah terjadi peristiwa kerusuhan. Ketakutan Aisha yang membawanya menggunakan pakaian serba hitam, membawa pula gadis itu pada pergolakan batin tentang keyakinan. Seiring berjalannya waktu kedekatan mereka semakin intens. Baik Aisha maupun Rega sama-sama memiliki perasaan yang sama. Namun tentu saja terbentur oleh keyakinan. Saat Aisha memutuskan menjadi mualaf, keluarganya membawa paksa Aisha dalam pelarian mereka ke luar negeri, selain mereka juga menentang kedekatan Aisha dengan Rega sang muslim pribumi. Bagaimanakah kelanjutan kisah cinta mereka? Temukan jawabannya disini.

Anastasia tak sengaja menabrak Dalton Obsidian. Mata pria itu terbuka. Hitam, pekat, dan tajam seperti mata elang yang sedang terluka. Selama beberapa detik, waktu seolah berhenti. Pria itu menatap Ana dengan pandangan yang sulit diartikan—antara waspada, terkejut, dan sesuatu yang lebih gelap. "Jangan... panggil... polisi," suara pria itu berat dan serak, diikuti ringisan menahan sakit yang luar biasa. "Demi Tuhan, aku akan menyesali ini," gerutu Ana. Dengan susah payah, dia membantu pria itu bangun lalu membahu pria besar itu, mengerahkan seluruh tenaganya untuk memapah si pria menuju mobilnya. Dia tidak tahu bahwa malam itu, bukan hanya nyawa pria ini yang dia selamatkan, tapi dia juga baru saja menyerahkan kebebasannya sendiri ke tangan seorang pria yang ternyata akan menjeratnya.

I woke up inside a novel, and not even as an important character. I became a pretty background extra in a smut novel. My brother, however, was the only normal person in the entire story. His character setting was the one man the soft, delicate heroine could never win over. He was the cold, unattainable Prince Charming she could never conquer. When the heroine cried and confessed her love, he was studying. When she offered him her whole heart and body, he was busy starting a company. When she spiraled into scandals and nightlife, he was already a billionaire, calm and untouchable. I thought he would live a quiet, ascetic life forever. Until one night, I walked in on him at midnight… holding a piece of clothing I recognized all too well, murmuring a name over and over, a name so familiar that my scalp tingled.

"I never chose the life I had back then. Never asked for it But now all that I have, I have earned. Maybe not by the right means but they are mine all the same. " His rough hands caressed my tear stained cheeks with such gentleness that it could easily fool me. It almost did. I wanted to scoot away but the ropes tying my hands to the bedpost, tugged at my skin harshly. There was no escape."But even if I get everything in the world, there will always be one thing missing."He didn't have to complete the sentence for me to know the answer.****The darkness from her past had returned hand in hand with the taunting present. Rose was caged in the hands of the devil and he was not ready to let go anytime sooner.****Sequel to the submission series. (Submit #2)Slow updates.Triggers and smut present.I do not own the background picture of this book's cover.Book cover made by me.