Barbie In A Diamond Castle

Namaku Claretta Elvina, mahasiswa semester akhir di Kota Banjarbaru. Tak pernah terbayang olehku, mendapatkan pengalaman aneh setelah selesai mengikuti kegiatan Kuliah Kerja Nyata (KKN) di Pulau Laut. Dalam perjalanan pulang ke Banjarbaru, aku tersesat di sebuah kota yang tak kasat mata, tapi kota itu diyakini keberadaannya oleh masyarakat sekitar. Di sana, aku ditolong oleh seorang dokter muda yang tampan bernama Ansel. Di satu sisi, aku sangat merindukan keluargaku dan Nathan, sahabat baikku.Namun di sisi lain, aku tak rela berpisah dengan pria yang telah berhasil mencuri hatiku. Saat perasaan hatiku sedang terombang-ambing, mendadak aku kembali ke Banjarbaru, kembali lagi ke kehidupanku yang sebelumnya. Apa yang harus kulakukan? Haruskah aku kembali mencari dan memecahkan misteri kota yang hilang itu demi bertemu kembali dengan cinta sejatiku? Atau haruskah aku melanjutkan hidupku dan melupakan Ansel untuk selamanya?

I used to be that girl in the mafia—envied, untouchable. Orlando Leone, the big bad Don everyone feared, had eyes only for me. I took a bullet for him. After that? People whispered I couldn't have kids. He tried to shut them up by knocking me up—ninety-nine tries. Try number ten? His shiny new secretary texted, all confused over a decimal. He bailed on me. By thirty, she crashed his sports car while shopping. Claimed she couldn't park. I was left freezing in a bathtub. He said he loved me, but when it counted, he always picked the girl who played dumb and helpless. That's when it hit me—his love was never really mine. And by the time I disappeared for real, he lost his mind looking. Too bad. Me and that promise? Already buried at sea.

After being chosen by a horror game, I took over a food stall in a small town. A ghoul tried to eat me, his huge, bloody mouth a gaping maw, but I quickly shoved a focaccia sandwich into it. He chewed and then said, “Oh, forget it. With food to eat, I’ll kill her tomorrow.” The next day, I made delicious pierogies, then skewers and stews. All the ghouls who stopped by gave up on trying to kill me, focusing on eating instead. The audience watching me was shocked that I could survive all the way to the end with just my cooking.

I was the sole front desk clerk at a haunted hotel. Welcoming players, checking in on the bosses’ quarters, and slacking off a bit were all part of the job. At least, that was what I thought. It turned out my days were far from ordinary. A blood-drenched little girl in a tattered red dress kept ringing the service bell. Her eerie voice echoed, “Miss, why didn’t you come play with me?” A creepy black cat with glowing eyes wouldn’t stop meowing and rubbing against my legs. And then there was the old woman with claws like knives, cheerfully knitting me a sweater… out of players’ skin. One day, I took a day off to care for my sick mother. That was my biggest mistake. The entire game instance erupted in chaos. Bosses interrogated players, demanding to know where their precious front desk clerk had gone. “Did she abandon us? Is she never coming back?” I ran. They chased. But no matter how fast I fled, their grip on me only tightened. In the end, escape wasn’t an option.

The words echoed, a promise she wore like a blindfold. “Give me a chance to prove to you that love is beautiful.” Kensington Darley had believed him. At twenty-six, she was the beautiful, trusting daughter of a gilded cage, and she had willingly traded her own life’s map for the one drawn by her boyfriend. His choices became her destiny; his whispered needs, her sacred law. Until the moment his love demanded her degradation. He didn't ask her to empty a savings account. He didn't ask her to sell the family jewels. He asked for her body, for her dignity, to be sold piece by devastating piece. The debt. It was a cold, unforgiving beast, and the only currency powerful enough to silence it was Kensington's unwilling performance in front of a camera. Every forced smile, every feigned moan, was a knife-edge decision she made in the name of love. She despised the spotlights, the sterile sets, the shame that clung to her like cheap perfume—but she did it. Because she loved him. But as she watches the man she is saving—the man who allowed her to be lost—a single, poisonous question begins to bloom in the darkness of her despair: Does he love her back? If the answer is no, what becomes of a woman who has sacrificed everything for a lie? And how will Kensington Darley ever learn to trust a single word, let alone love, again?

As the most eligible bachelor in Rivenhold, Alex Ye is engrossed in his work and shows no interest in women. One day, due to family pressure, Mr. Ye reluctantly went on a blind date. He had to convince himself, 'I might as well get married, have a child, and live a normal life.’ However, after the date, he was informed that he has a three-year-old daughter. Alex was shocked: “How can this be?!" ----------- One morning, Michelle Xia awoke to find a three-year-old child running a fever beside her, as well as a pile of messy overdue bills scattered around. Staring at her bank book, with a balance barely in double digits, Michelle realized she didn't even have enough to get the child to a doctor. Deep in thought, Michelle weighed her limited options. It didn't take her long to come to a decision. "To avoid the child's fever causing any brain damage," she mused with a hint of mischief, "perhaps I'll just have to interrupt the secondary male lead, who might be on a date with the heroine right now (^_^)."

A gray sky, full of clouds warning of an approaching storm. This is how Allie's world is perfectly described. A girl whose vision of life is pessimistic and full of darkness, where not even the slightest ray of light enters through her window thanks to her illness. But there is Rie, the boy who, despite the circumstances, remains optimistic and radiant, who will be the ray of light that Allie needs so much in her life. However, Rie hides his true origins from her, he comes from a rich family, but he does it out of fear that Allie will see him differently, so he pretends to be a middle class person, and tries to keep his secret hidden for a long time. But as they say, the truth... sooner or later it will come out. Will Allie be brave enough to dare to see beyond her gray world? Will Rie tell Allie the truth or will she hide it forever? Will Allie be able to forgive Rie?

IN HIS ARMS (A BxB Story) BOOK 1 Cloude David Aristotle, isang mayaman at sikat na CEO ng isang sikat na kompanya. Tinitilian siya dahil sa kagwapuhan niya ng mga babae at ng mga bakla, mapabata man o matanda. Pinapangarap siya ng mga kababaihan dahil na rin sa angking talino at husay nito sa pagpapatakbo ng kompanya. Masungit ito ngunit malapit ang puso sa mga bata na nasa orphanage at mga bata na walang tahanan. Ngunit sa likod ng kaniyang mga tagumpay sa buhay ay nariyan ang mga magulang niya na nagdadala sa kaniya ng pressure. Ianne Rain Demillo, isang masipag at matalinong anak. Hindi sila mahirap at hindi rin mayaman, katamtaman lang ang buhay na mayroon sila. Hindi maikakaila na may kagwapuhang tinataglay ang isang Ianne Raine Demillo. Tinitilian din siya ng mga kababaihan sa kanilang lugar at sa kanilang eskwelahan. Maraming nagkakandarapang babae para lang mapansin niya, ngunit lingid sa kanilang kaalaman ang tinatagong tunay na katauhan ni Ianne. Paano kung magtagpo ang kanilang landas? Paano kung magising sila isang araw na mahal na nila ang isa’t isa? Paano nila haharapin ang mapanghusgang mata at bibig ng mga taong nasa paligid nila? Itatago na lang ba nila o lalabanan ang sasabihin ng iba? What if Ianne is wanted to be IN HIS ARMS?

Three college girls Trish, Emma and Connie enjoy their friendship despite their different characters. Their life takes a twist one night when a handsome stranger Nick walks into their lives and steal the hearts of two of the girls. Nick wants Connie and this creates a war among friends. Schemes to destroy her life begins. Emma fakes her disappearance, seduces Connie's stepfather all this in an effort to destroy her. Trish create fake stories about Connie to destroy a relationship that she thought existed between her and Nick. Nick wants Connie but not for the reason her friends thinks, he wants her to pay for the colapse of Nick's brother Brian's business and his disappearance. Connie denies but Nick has evidence, photos of her and his brother. Connie's voice is ignored and she suffers blows from every direction driving her homeless. Brian resurfaces and every secret comes tumbling down like dominos. Connie has a twin and the mother she thought was hers is actually her aunt. Brian turns out to be her father and Nick apologies to Connie and they start their life on a new clean slate. Emma's affair comes out and her mother suffers a heart attack and Trish realizing that she might have judged her friend harshly leaves the country. Connie finally finds closure and peace.

He’s forbidden to me So why can’t I resist him? Grayson Barlowe has always been my enemy. We were taught by our warring families to compete on the business battlefield. But everything changes when we’re forced to work together! I have never been immune to his devilish good looks. But as I learn about the pain that Grayson keeps hidden from the world, it becomes obvious he’s not just a playboy. Yet a truce seems impossible, until I find myself in the place I vowed I’d never be: between my enemy’s sheets!