Beautiful Ugly: A Novel

"Karena aku tahu, kau mencintainya, bukan diriku." Sejak dulu yang Audrey cintai hanyalah Xander—pria yang berhasil memorak-porandakan hatinya. Meski Audrey tahu Xander selalu bersikap dingin dan tak memedulikannya tetap saja Audrey tidak pernah berhenti mencintai Xander. Berkali-kali diabaikan dan ditolak, tetap tidak akan membuat Audrey menyerah memperjuangkan cintanya untuk Xander. Hingga suatu ketika, Audrey mendapati kenyataan di mana Xander hanya mencintai satu wanita dan itu bukanlah dirinya. Hancur. Pedih. Terluka. Tiga kata yang Audrey rasakan kala itu. Cintanya yang dalam telah terselimuti kekecewaan dan luka yang dalam. Lantas bagaimana dengan cinta Audrey? Mampukah Audrey bertahan? *** Follow IG: abigail_kusuma95 Cover design by Lee & owned by Abigail Kusuma

Nagpakasal ako sa lalaking tinatawag na pangit at inutil ng aking pamilya, pero tagapagmana pala at isa sa pinakamayamang tao sa Pilipinas. *** Nakahandang ibenta ni Rosita ang sarili sa mababang halaga, mabayaran lang ang utang ng mga taong itinuring na niyang mga magulang. Pero inalok siya ng limang milyong piso ng matandang nakabili sa kaniya. Ang kapalit? Pakasalan niya ang anak-anakan nito. Kapalit ang malaking halaga ay pumayag si Rosita na pakasal sa estranghero. Ang hindi niya alam, ubod ng pangit ang lalaking kailangan niyang pakasalan. Wala siyang nagawa kundi pumayag sa kasal at ibigay ang sarili sa pangit na lalaki, pero hindi ang kaniyang puso. Sigurado siyang hinding-hindi niya mamahalin ang katulad ni Sixto na pangit na nga, utusan pa sa Villa Hernandez. Dumating sa buhay niya si Hanz Concepcion—guwapo, simpatico, haciendero at gusto siyang agawin mula sa pangit niyang asawa. Paano kung ang inaakala nilang patay na—magbabalik bilang pinakamayaman at isa sa pinakaguwapong lalaki sa bansa? Titibok na kaya ang puso ni Rosita para sa asawa? Paano kung may ibang babae na pala sa buhay nito? Nakahanda ba siyang ilaban ang pagiging asawa niya—lalo pa't may anak sila?

Zoriana Gregory, a young woman of about 22 years, shares her secrets, dreams, her life experiences and desires about her future husband with her diary. Her fantasy of her ideal future husband soon turns reality when her diary somehow falls in the hand of someone she never thought she'd meet again after many long years. Her first love... Liam Whyte Liam visits his country again after closely 11 years, now a grown up and a successful young man. While on his quest to finding his childhood friends again, he came upon a diary during his meeting with an acquaintance of his brother. NOTE: THIS IS THE SYNOPSIS OF THE FIRST BOOK IN THIS ANTHOLOGY. AND IT IS TITLED 'DIARY OF ZORIANNA' IT WAS, A BEAUTIFUL BREAKUP; Is simply a collection of several short stories, combined into one. Each book in the anthology is a standalone.

#1 highschoolromance ~ 3 Alexis Coleman is your typical nerd, she gets picked on by the popular kids and always gets a perfect score on tests. But she also has a really beautiful face hidden underneath those glasses and turtleneck sweaters,which no one ever noticed. ** Kyle Matthews the captain of the football team and the all the girls drool over him, what happens when he is dared to make a nerd fall for him or would it be the other way round?? Curious?? You should be!! This book is more of a cliche but it has many twists and turns,if you love romance then this is for you.

This is the story of Swati, who dies in a car accident. But now when she opens her eyes, she finds herself inside a novel she was reading online at the time. But she doesn't want to be like the female lead. Tanya tries to avoid her stepmother, sister and the boy And during this time he meets Shivam Malik, who is the CEO of Empire in Mumbai. So what will decide the fate of this journey of this meeting of these two? What will be the meeting of Shivam and Tanya, their story of the same destination?

"I'm being f..framed," she stuttered. The fear that gripped her heart in a vice clutch was immense. "Stubborn as f*ck!" He growled as his baritone voice boomed. His obsidian eyes met her fear-filled ones and her stomach churned in raw trepidation. "I s..swear, I...I.. didn't..." Her mind was in the chaos of terror. But just being in the presence of this barbaric man had her heart lurching to her mouth. "Your lies are only fueling my rage, woman." He bellowed, causing her to flinch. She stopped breathing in sheer horror as he prowled towards her like a beast. There was madness in his eyes. He roughly grabbed her jaw, his fingertips digging into her fluffy cheeks causing her lips to pucker out. His dark gaze illicitly roved her body; the unadulterated lust in his eyes... 18+

My head threw back. I stared at the lamp above us as I carelessly screamed his name. “Stop. Stop.” “Why?” I could feel his blazing gaze on me. “Give me a break.” “Ten seconds.” He went to the fridge and came back with a bowl of somewhat chocolate syrup. I watched him pick up the spoon, scoop the syrup, and pour it onto my br*ast. “God, it’s cold.” I giggled. The moment the sticky syrup rolled down my n*pple, I began panting, biting my lip as it felt delicious. My cl*t began pulsing. “You’re so dirty.” “You are my dirty, dirty wild dreams.” “Clean it off, Gabriel.” “With pleasure.” *** Estelle Bladwyn has a certain type of guy— a little older with a little less demanding job and knows his way in bed. When she bumps into a hot thirty-ish man on her not-so-romantic-getaway on an island, he does check two on her checklist, and exactly what she wants for that moment. One thing that doesn’t set right— their growing attraction is overwhelming, and her life is already complicated. But who can deny someone like Linden, who held you captive with his eyes, caged you in his arms, and still promised you a good time? Gabe Linden is getting old and still single and done with hookups and doing favors. When some big guns like Moses Braddson, a man he looks up to, he just can’t say no to. The only problem is he hasn’t taken the job yet— he knows he’s already failing it. Looking into her celadon blue eyes, he sees right into her soul. There’s no way he’s letting her go, even by means of breaking his number one rule— The beautiful billionaire is his to keep.

Satu-satunya yang Ilyin Summer sesali dalam hidupnya adalah bertemu dan menjalin hubungan dengan Kallion Heinrich, pria yang menjadi penyebab segala kehilangan yang terjadi dalam hidupnya. Setelah berjuang melewati badai yang perlahan-lahan membunuh jiwanya, Ilyin kembali dihadapkan dengan Kallion. Luka lama Ilyin yang belum sembuh kini terbuka kembali. Ilyin mencoba untuk menghindari Kallion, tapi Kallion yang memiliki dendam terhadap Ilyin yang telah meninggalkannya tanpa kata tidak bisa membiarkan Ilyin begitu saja. “Sampai kapan kau akan menyiksaku, Kallion?" Ilyin menatap Kallion dingin. "Sampai aku benar-benar puas." Kallion menjawab tanpa perasaan.

Marilyn, si upik abu dalam keluarga, bingung saat menjadi tertuduh sebagai seorang pelakor dalam hubungan sang kakak dengan pacarnya. Padahal ia hanya dijebak oleh sebuah SMS. Ia menjadi orang yang bersalah dalam keadaan yang salah juga. Sementara itu Christian--pacar sang kakak, malah menuduh Marilyn sebagai satu-satunya pemain tunggal dalam skenario ini. Christian mengira Marilyn ingin hidup enak dengan menghalalkan segala cara. Christian yang dendam karena nama baiknya telah tercemar, berencana akan membalas dendam pada Marilyn yang sebenarnya tidak tahu apa-apa. "Pasti kamu sengaja menciptakan kekacauan seperti ini, agar bisa hidup enak dengan menjadi istri orang kaya bukan, setan kecil? Baiklah, saya akan menikahimu. Namun jangan senang dulu. Karena saya akan menjadi mimpi burukmu, karena kamu sudah berani bermain-main denganku." - Christian Diwangkara. "Saya diam, bukan karena saya bersalah. Saya hanya memilih berhenti menjelaskan karena saya menyadari, kalau kalian semua hanya menginginkan kebenaran versi kalian sendiri." - Marilyn Wijaya.

Pinakasalan ni Andrew si Hannah dahil sa palugi na ang kanilang kumpanya. Napabayaan niya ito dahil sa pagkaaksidente na nangyari kay Ashley. Hindi akalain ng lalaki na ang mapapangasawa niya ay kabaliktaran ng itsura ng kanyang Girlfriend na si Ashley. Samantalang nagpapanggap lang pala si Hannah na pangit para malaman kung ano ang tunay na ugali ni Andrew. Dahil sa napilitan silang magpakasal ay hindi matanggap na isang pangit ang kanyang Asawa. Ano kaya ang magiging buhay ni Hannah sa kamay ng lalaki? Paano niya pakikitunguhan ang ang lalaki kung nandidiri ito sa kanya?