Black Gem

Nadia, seorang istri muda yang menikah dengan Arman, pria mapan namun sangat pelit. Dari luar, rumah tangga mereka terlihat harmonis, rumah rapi, kehidupan sederhana, dan tidak ada masalah besar. Tapi di balik itu, Nadia sering merasa tertekan karena sifat Arman yang selalu menghitung segala pengeluaran, bahkan untuk kebutuhan kecil.

Shane Croven, a daughter of a wealthy businessman, who wants to run away from her home got engaged to a man named Erwan Fuenter. She always thought that her father had done nothing but to manipulate her life but the real intention of her dad was revealed when she met her fiancé, Erwan, who knew that Shane’s life is in danger and vowed to protect her even if it costs his own life. It was not his intention to fall in love with Shane Croven, but he found himself wanting more of her even though she keeps on pushing him away from her life. Will Shane finally accept Erwan if she finds out that he is the only one can keep her away from danger?

Il m'a exécuté pour trahison. La déesse de la Lune m'a donné 100 jours pour prouver mon innocence, dans le corps de quelqu'un d'autre. L'alpha Kieran Drake a tué sa compagne il y a deux ans. Il a cru les preuves. Il a cru les mensonges. Il m'a transpercé le cœur d'argent sans hésiter. Maintenant, je suis de retour, piégée dans le visage d'une étrangère, et son loup reconnaît ce que son esprit refuse d'accepter : **je suis toujours sa compagne.** Mais je ne suis pas ici pour me réconcilier. Je suis ici pour découvrir la vérité. Quelqu'un m'a piégée. Quelqu'un d'assez proche pour falsifier des lettres, manipuler des témoins et s'en tirer à bon compte pendant que je mourais. Et cette personne est toujours là, empoisonnant mon compagnon, détruisant ma meute de l'intérieur. Il me reste 100 jours avant que ce corps emprunté ne me lâche. 100 jours pendant lesquels mes souvenirs disparaîtront un à un, notre premier baiser, le visage de ma sœur, et même mon propre nom. 100 jours pour dévoiler un complot, sauver l'Alpha qui m'a assassinée et décider si le lien qui nous unit mérite une seconde chance. **Le problème ?** La culpabilité de Kieran est aussi dangereuse que son amour. Et le monstre qui a orchestré ma mort ne me laissera pas survivre une seconde fois. On dit que l'amour vaut la peine de mourir, mais le mien exige que je vive.

Richard Franklin has left his Midwestern roots behind to live on the coast of Maine with his family. But in the autumn of the year 2000, he must return to his Illinois birthplace on a sorrowful journey. His wife Michelle has been killed in New England by a hit-and-run driver who is never found, so back home he comes with her cremated remains, to fulfill a final wish and on her birthday scatter her ashes in the park along the river in Blackwater Valley—simply Blackwater Val to locals—the small town where they both grew up and fell in love. With him he brings his six-year-old daughter Katie who still grieves for her lost mother: Katie, who can sometimes guess who’s going to be on the phone before it rings. Who can stop all the clocks in the house, and break up clouds in the sky with her mind, and heal sicknesses, and who sometimes sees things that aren’t there...people who are no longer alive. All gifts she inherited from her mother. Only something isn’t quite right in the Val. Sinkholes are opening up, revealing the plague pits the sleepy hamlet was built over in the 1830s, when malaria and cholera outbreaks ran riot. Mysterious bird and fish die-offs begin to occur, and Katie can see ghosts of the dead gathering all around. But what she can’t see is the charred, centuries-old malevolence which has been waiting for her, and wants her for its very own. Or the pale Sallow Man who haunts the town’s nighttime streets...or the river witch—another Blackwater Val, of sorts—each of whom will be drawn one by one into the nightmarish bloodletting about to take place. ©️ Crystal Lake Publishing

“You really think a chrome leash makes me yours?” Timothy’s voice was a jagged shard of glass, his pulse thrumming frantically against the cold metal of the Blackwell collar. Kan leaned in, the scent of expensive bourbon and gunpowder clinging to him. He captured Timothy’s chin, forcing those defiant lavender eyes to meet his own. “It doesn’t make you mine, little ghost. It just keeps you still long enough for me to show you why you’ll never want to leave.” Behind him, Gideon’s shadow fell over them both, heavy and suffocating. “Careful, Kan,” the enforcer rumbled, his knuckles still stained with the blood of the men who’d tried to stop them. “He’s a reaper. He doesn't want a home. He wants a body count.” One Ghost. Two Predators. No Escape. Timothy Gal is a shadow. A high-level operative for the Nash Rebellion, he’s spent his life as a nameless tool in the war-torn Sopttyi District. He doesn’t feel, he doesn’t miss, and he certainly doesn't belong to anyone. But when a routine surveillance mission in Saati Town goes south, he catches the eye of the two most dangerous men in the Blackwell Mafia. Gideon Blackwell is the muscle—a man of controlled violence and territorial hunger. Kan Nelblack is the mind—a predator with a silver tongue and a taste for absolute submission. They don’t just want Timothy’s secrets. They want his soul.

In Kieran Chase's eyes, I was not his wife. I was a non-performing asset waiting to be liquidated. When I got sick and asked for help, he became impatient. He said, "This is a minor problem. You can handle it on your own. No need to tell anyone." When I broke down in tears, he reprimanded me. "Losing emotional control shows weakness. It exposes the fragility of our alliance. I'll have the PR team teach you emotional management." Even when I called for help after a car accident, he hung up. "Nothing about you is important enough to interrupt a transaction worth hundreds of millions." I spent seven days in the ICU fighting for my life. On my first day home, I found Kieran leaning over another woman, his voice suddenly soft and coaxing as he convinced her to take her medicine. He opened his mouth to explain. I smiled bitterly and handed him the papers I'd prepared long ago. My tone mirrored his perfectly. "Mr. Chase, regarding our marriage project, the return on investment is unacceptably low after comprehensive evaluation. I'm formally proposing we terminate our cooperation. "Here's the divorce agreement. Sign it."

Perfect is boring. What's life without our secrets? It's what makes us who we are. But, Janelle doesn't know that. She has a perfect life. She's the best fashion designer . She has the sweetest parents, the best Nanny, her friends are to die for and the love of her life is one of the city's most eligible bachelors. But did everything have to fall apart when she least expected it? Perfect isn't normal, after all.

" Aku menginginkan anak," ujar wanita itu dingin dengan tubuh basah kuyup. Riki memandang tak percaya. Mazaya ... istrinya itu kembali pulang, setelah kabur di malam pertama pernikahan mereka lima tahun yang lalu. Riki tak menjawab. Dia bisu, dan itulah kenapa Mazaya meninggalkannya, tak sudi menikah dengan laki-laki cacat. Sekarang Mazaya menjilat ludahnya sendiri demi nyawanya yang berada di ujung tanduk.

When Ava walked into that bar, she only wanted to forget. Forget the man who left her for money. Forget the wedding she was never meant to attend. But one drink, one stranger, and one reckless night changed everything. She woke up in a stranger’s bed only to find out he wasn’t a stranger at all. He was Adrian Blackwell, her CEO. Cold, powerful, and dangerously irresistible. Adrian swore he didn’t do love. He didn’t chase. He didn’t lose control. Until Ava. Now he wants her body, soul, and every breath she takes. But loving Adrian means walking a thin line between passion and danger… because the man who owns her heart might also be the one who ruins her.

It was only suppose to be an arrangement... Vanessa Ford is gorgeous, beautiful and intelligent. Her quiet and uneventful life takes an unexpected turn when she is given an opportunity to interview Lucas. Lucas Joe Alvarado is her best friend's older brother. He is gorgeous, beautiful, tall and mysterious, and a billionaire every girls dream man. She has always had a crush on him but he always only saw her as his little sister's best friend. But then an interview with him takes an unexpected turn, he wants her, she wants him. The only problem is he doesn't want a relationship and she can't bet on not falling for him.