Black Water Joyce Carol Oates

Lumaki si Antonella Martinez sa Canada. Pero napilitan siyang bumalik sa Pilipinas nang mabalitaan niyang inatake sa puso ang kanyang ama. Sa kanyang pagbabalik, hindi niya inaasahan na ito na pala ang huling pagkakataong makikita niya ito. Bago pumanaw ang kanyang ama ay inihabilin na pala niya ito sa pangangalaga ng stepbrother nito. Laking gulat ni Antonella nang malamang isa palang kilalang Governor ang Uncle niya. At mas lalo siyang nabigla nang sa una pa lang nilang pagkikita ay tila may kakaiba na siyang naramdaman para sa lalaking halos doble ang edad sa kanya. Si Gabriel Ignacio ay isang Gobernador. Sa edad na thirty-eigth, kilala siya bilang walang oras sa pag-ibig. Pero magbabago ang lahat nang mapunta sa kanyang pangangalaga si Antonella. Mapipigilan ba niya ang kanyang damdamin? O tuluyan siyang mahuhulog sa alindog ng dalagang itinuring niyang responsibilidad?

Liandra Firdaus seorang alumni yang kembali ke sekolah untuk menjadi guru honorer dihantui dengan nostalgia masa lalu akan rasa cintanya kepada Arman Setya, mantan gurunya yang kini menjabat sebagai wakil kepala sekolah. Arman yang telah berkeluarga mengetahui perasaan yang dimiliki Liandra, dan Arman juga tahu bahwa dia memiliki perasaan yang sama kepada mantan muridnya itu, yang membuatnya nekad untuk mengikat Liandra dalam ikatan nikah siri.

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

Ada tempat di dunia di mana kegelapan berkuasa. Cerita diatur di alam semesta alternatif , terjadi setelah "Perang Voodoo", konflik antara manusia dan "Lainnya". Terdiri dari vampir , manusia serigala , dan iblis , meskipun konflik utama terjadi antara manusia dan vampir.

Memiliki wajah cantik terkadang membuat seseorang menjadi iri hati dan benci. Sama halnya yang dirasakan oleh gadis cantik yang bernama Berlian Puspita. Seorang Kakak yang seharusnya menjadi pelindung dan pengayom untuk seorang adik, kini justru berbanding terbalik dengan keadaan yang dialami oleh Berlian. Sifat iri dan dengki yang dimiliki oleh Berta Maulida membuat gadis malang itu harus selalu berpenampilan kumuh dan menjijikkan. "Kamu lebih pantas untuk menjadi seorang pemulung, Berli! Dan lebih baik sekarang pergilah dan cari uang sebanyak-banyaknya untuk kita!" titah Berta dengan tatapan mata tajam. Bagaimana dengan kisah gadis malang itu? Apakah akan ada seseorang yang baik hati yang bisa menolongnya untuk keluar dari siksaan mereka?

Meadow never knew what life had in store for her when Luna Amber came to ask for her hand in marriage on behalf of her son, the Alpha of the pack. It was an amazing and unbelievable offer, and though it seemed suspicious, Meadow wanted to believe that life had finally smiled on her. She went into the marriage blindly, thinking her luck had finally changed and there would be love in her mute and dull life. She soon found out that the Alpha never wanted her, and Luna Amber acted on her own without his consent for her selfish reasons. Something that was supposed to be blissful and beautiful turned into a nightmare she could never wake up from. Accepting her situation, she tries to make it work, hoping one day, her husband will want to try with her.

On the 20th of May, Stella Jewell posted a new update of her status on social media: Single, Free to Mingle. PS: Priorities for physically healthy individuals. The accompanying image was a divorce certificate. This surge of actions from Stella was just like she was in the past when she had married into the Kane family without warning. This news caused carnage within her circle of friends. Right after her breakup, she implied that her ex-husband, Keegan Kane, was sterile. Did she have a death wish for doing so? Who is Keegan Kane? A ruthless person that could sue the media company, that had made rumors, until they were bankrupt. Would he tolerate his ex-wife, who left the marriage with nothing, to connote him in such a way? In the end, after twenty minutes, everyone had their jaws dropped again. Under Stella's new account, the newly registered account commented, "Let me out of the blacklist!"

Dipaksa untuk menggantikan posisi sang Ayah, sebagai salah satu sosok yang ditakuti oleh orang-orang sekitarnya. Kini seorang Hafizah Elviani Wiratama harus menjalankan sebuah misi, untuk mengintai pergerakan dari putra rival terbesarnya. Sebagai awal rencana balas dendam atas kematian saudara kembar Sang Ayah. Sosok gadis yang lebih menyukai kebebasan, saat ini harus hidup di dalam sebuah tekanan dan berbagai macam aturan. Akankah kali ini misinya berhasil dan membawa kemenangan untuk Sang Ayah? Dan apakah Hafizah bisa menjadi seperti sosok Sang Ayah?

PART 2 - OWNED BY THE BULLY - IS OUT NOW! Alice only wanted to help her younger brother when she confronted his bully. She ends up agreeing to do whatever Adam wants in return for him leaving her brother alone. He goes one step further, befriending and protecting her brother, but only for as long as Alice agrees to follow his orders. Orders that become increasingly difficult for her to agree to.

Alyssa Taylor kept her true identity a secret during her marriage to Jasper Beckett. She thought her burning passion would warm his stone-cold heart, but after three years as promised, all he gives her is a divorce agreement. Disappointed, Alyssa goes through with the divorce and goes back to being the scion of the wealthy Taylor family.Not only is she filthy rich, but she’s also a skilled doctor, elite hacker, and champion fencer. At an auction, she spends money like water to embarrass the other woman who ruined her marriage, and in the business world, she snaps up all of her ex-husband’s deals. Stunned, Jasper questions her, “Alyssa, do you have to be so ruthless?” In answer, she only smiles and says, “This is nothing but a tiny fraction of what you did to me before!”