Bittersweet Ending

Samudera Gemintang Adnan, duda, 32 tahun, sudah berikrar untuk mencintai mendiang istrinya, serta bayi mungil yang hanya bisa ia lihat lewat foto usg. Tak akan ada yang lain seumur hidupnya selain keduanya. Dia cukupkan dirinya untuk mencintai dan merawat anak Kakaknya. Namun berbeda dengannya, keluarganya tentu tak mau Samudera melewati harinya sendirian hingga tua. Mungkin saat muda ia akan bisa melewati kesendirian itu, tapi sepi karena kesendirian sangatlah menakutkan bagi kedua orang tuanya. Di Tempat lain, Diani Abhimaya, single, 29 tahun, kehidupan membuatnya berikrar untuk menyukai siapapun. Ayahnya yang berselingkuh, suami kakaknya yang melarikan diri setelah kakaknya divonis tak lagi bisa hidup normal laki-laki beristri yang mendekatinya dan menganggapnya wanita murahan. Bagi Diani semua laki-laki tak bisa dipercaya. Keduanya bertemu karena dipaksa oleh keadaan. Memaksakan hidup yang tak pernah mereka bayangkan. Bisakah keduanya bertahan?

Setelah memergoki kekasihnya selingkuh, Ruby Estella memilih menghabiskan waktunya untuk menenangkan diri di pantai. Namun, takdir justru membuat Ruby bertemu dan menghabiskan satu malam dengan Louis Winston! Sadar kebodohoannya, gadis itu pun kabur. Namun... siapa sangka Louis adalah orang yang berkuasa di bidang bisnis perhotelan? Mampukah Ruby benar-benar "kabur" darinya?

Wet Confessions Thirty Taboo Tales You’ll Never Forget Some secrets are whispered. Some are moaned. And some are written between trembling thighs. From steamy offices and dimly lit confessionals to forbidden bedrooms and midnight rendezvous, Wet Confessions is a raw, unapologetically sexy collection of 30 taboo short stories that explore the desires we hide behind closed doors. Every story is a sin dressed in silk. Every character is someone you shouldn’t want but do. And every ending leaves you aching for more. These are the fantasies you never say out loud. The confessions you’d only whisper in the dark. And the kind of love you’re not supposed to crave. Read if you dare. Want more when you're done.

"Why are you angry?" I asked him. "It's not like we're a couple." He stopped, and stared at me, boring my eyes with his emerald eyes. "If we are…" He paused, clenching his jaw, "then am I allowed to be angry?” I looked at him like he was insane. “Then we'll take it to that level." He continued. "I'm serious. I want you.” Leizel Snow Garcia Waterstrings is not just fierce. She's more than that. Ending up as an ice cream worker in a local ice cream shop, it was her one step of becoming a strong and independent woman. And that's when a cold-hearted stranger came in view. Eion Aurelio Hudson. Out of seven billion people in the world, the two hard-headed people crossed paths, making her "strong and independent woman" facade slowly fall apart. With all the dramas, free food, forgotten birthdays, Robot handling, idiots around, and emotional crisis, will she be able to melt his winter heart with her blazing fire or will this fire be put away instantly? ``` ``` One Blazing Head. One Winter Heart. Two Hard-headed people. A huge disaster. (Book 1 of Hearts Series but can be read as standalone)

Naila Maharani terpaksa tinggal di rumah sang sahabat, membuatnya selalu bertemu Bayu Saputra cinta lamanya dulu. Sebab, pria itu adalah kakak sahabatnya. Desakkan dan tekanan dari mantan kekasihnya, membuat dia memutuskan untuk melakukan pernikahan rahasia dengan pria itu. Setelah memberikan dua malam terindah untuk sang suami, dia pun pergi agar suami dan keluarganya tidak terancam oleh seseorang yang menginginkan dirinya menjadi istri ke empat pria itu. Di dalam persembunyian dari pria berkuasa itu dan suaminya, ia melahirkan seorang putra. Bagaimana kehidupan Bayu dan Naila setelah berpisah, dan akankah mereka bertemu kembali? Lalu, Siapakah pria itu yang menginginkan Naila menjadi istrinya? Simak ceritanya hingga tamat.

Di tengah hidup yang serba kekurangan Mira malah harus dihadapkan dengan kabar kematian sang suami. Hatinya hancur, langit seakan runtuh, bahkan ia sempat berniat untuk mengakhiri hidup setelah masalah datang silih berganti. Namun, ketiga anaknya seolah memberi kekuatan di tengah kehancuran. Demi tak membiarkan anak-anaknya kelaparan Mira pun bertekad untuk menjalani hidup dengan caranya sendiri. Hingga, suatu hal yang tak terduga bisa merubah hidupnya dan anak-anak.

“I, Alexei Volkov, reject you, Aera Alvarez, as my fated mate,” he said without an ounce of hesitation and left the mating ceremony in dead silence. And then, I felt something inside me die. *** Aera Alvarez has been physically and mentally abused by her father, the Alpha of Calisto Pack because she has a severe stutter when she speaks. Unlike her twin sister Aena who was treated like a diamond in their town for her eloquence and exotic beauty, Aera grew up to be ostracized for her ginger, curly hair. On her twentieth birthday when she was supposed to meet her fated mate, she was immediately rejected by Alexei Volkov, the next in line Alpha of the Triton Pack, because she was weak, saying she would be unreliable as their new Luna. Driven by envy and unjust treatment, Aera decided to muster her courage and changed her endeavors. After five years of secret training, Alexei who became a rogue when he defied the Moon Goddess's choices by refusing his fate, reclaims her as his mate as soon as she alters her reputation from incapacitated werewolf to the next in line first female Alpha of their pack. Now that the vicious Alexei was kneeling in front of her, will she accept him as her mate after breaking her heart without the retribution she deserves? Or his reclamation will lead her to a secret that will forever lose her faith in love? *** Reclaimed by the Alpha contains two book. Book 1 - The Alpha’s Regret ( The Cruel Rejection - The Mutual Submission) Book 2 - The Real Heirs (The First Pain - The Ending)

After my stepsister, Jennifer Nichols, died in a tragic accident, Julian Asher hated me for ten whole years. He was the youngest star attorney in Vaxton Bay. He was always calm and composed, yet he never once hid his disgust toward me. I gave up everything for him: my education, my family, my friends, even the inheritance I was meant to receive. I stayed by his side through the grueling bar exam and the brutal early days of his career. But all he ever said was, "Miley, if you really want to please me, go ahead and die." The only woman he ever loved in this lifetime was my stepsister. And I realized that far too late. It wasn't until a fire broke out unexpectedly in the courthouse archives and I was trapped upstairs that something changed. Julian ran in to save me. The blaze devoured everything in its path. In the end, he shoved me out of the rubble. The collapsing steel beams crashed down on him. Blood spilled everywhere. Outside the operating room, I fell to my knees, begging the heavens to let him live. Before he died, he left me one final message with the doctor. "Miley, I hope we never meet again in the next life." At his funeral, his mother slapped me hard across the face—again and again. "You're a cursed wretch. Killing Jennifer wasn't enough for you; now you've killed my son too. I never should've agreed to let Julian marry you." His father dragged me to my knees by my hair, forcing me to kneel. "This is all my fault. I was too soft-hearted. Julian saved you three times, and all you ever brought him was misery!" Everyone believed I was the reason Julian died. And deep down, I believed it too. In the end, I slit my wrists and took my own life—only to awaken back in university, at the very moment we was supposed to get engaged. This time, I made a choice. I would not chase after him again. I would step aside and let him be with the one he loved most—my stepsister, Jennifer.

To kill is to live. Elena has been living by that principle since she was fifteen, when she was disowned by her parents for the sole reason that she was not a son who could continue their family's legacy. The night she was thrown out, she was chased by a pack of wild hybrid dogs down the woods, and almost died if not for the help of Henry. He brought her to the House of Spades, an infamous guild of the most priced assassins. Even after knowing what place she was into, Elena accepted the offer to be an assassin. She wants to prove to everyone, especially to her parents that as a female, she can be a strong and skilled fighter that could equal a man. Blood flowed from her hands the moment she learned how to use sword. Now that she's nineteen, she's ought to do the biggest mission she ever had: To kill the Raven Pack's Alpha. She had everything planned for the big night. She will kill the Alpha at night of the pack's celebration when everyone is most likely distracted. However, when she went to the Alpha's chamber that night to slaughter him, she was surprised when the Alpha was anticipating her arrival, calmly sitting on the bed, eyes gold and blazing. Elena didn't want love in her life, let alone love. That's why when she wasn't able to resist him on that one night, she's willing to move mountains just to avoid him. They met in the city again, but this time she was filled when regrets when Rage died in front of her. A hundred years later, they were reincarnated as normal people in human world and had completely forgotten about their past life. Will they have their happy ending this time?

The day before the final round of Beta selection, I was poisoned with wolfsbane and locked inside my burning house. The fire spread too fast, and my weakened state prevented me from shifting. My wolf, Emma, screamed in my mind, but I couldn't escape. I clawed at the door as the flames seared my skin. When I was rescued, my body was covered in burns, my skin raw and torn. Outside the operating room, I heard my mother sobbing, repeating, “It’s my fault... I locked the door by accident... I never meant to...” Alpha David, my mate, called for every healer to restore me, but his cold words to my mother were chilling: “If Serina wasn’t so vain and selfish, I wouldn’t have had to do this. Becky was fragile, struggling with depression, yet Serina flaunted her success in front of her. This is what Serina owes her.” David’s actions were meant to pave the way for Becky to become Beta, but I was the one who suffered. He claimed to be treating me well, but destroying my health and future didn’t feel like care. I pressed my hand to my bandaged chest, the numbness spreading. Emma growled inside me, weakened by the wolfsbane. I no longer wanted the love of the mother who betrayed me or the mate who was supposed to protect me. I wanted nothing from them anymore.