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*Book 5* One mistake centuries ago left Lemuel cursed by the Goddess Merlos and forced to wander the earth granting the wishes of those who touch him. Lemuel was looking at an eternity of loneliness until his unexpected soulmate plucked him right out of the sea. Shocked to find he's been bound in more ways than one to Sebastian, the future King to the Kingdom of Atlesper, Lemuel resists Sebastian's advances at every turn, believing this may be one pairing Goddess Zarseti got wrong. Lemuel will have to face his past in hopes of starting a new future, but an overly flirtatious King is the least of his worries when he learns Sebastian's parents are convinced that a conniving usurper disguised as a curvy blonde, is the future king's true soulmate. A Queen Among Tides is the fifth book in the Queen Among series. Each story is set up in the previous book, so reading the books in order is recommended. Here are the books in the series: A Queen Among Alphas - Book 1 Bite-Size Luna - A Queen Among Alphas Prequel A Queen Among Snakes - Book 2 Runaway Empress - A Queen Among Snakes Prequel A Queen Among Blood - Book 3 Whole Again - A Queen Among Alpha's spin-off A Queen Among Darkness - Book 4 Dark Invocation - A Queen Among Darkness spin-off A Queen Among Tides - Book 5 Valor, Virtue, and Verve - A Queen Among Tides Prequel Spin-off A Queen Among Gods - Book 6 A Queen Among Tempests - Book 7

"Untuk mencapai tujuanku, aku akan tetap menjadi miskin." "Kapan kau akan menampakkan kekayaanmu?" "Setelah semua tujuanku tercapai, setelah pengkhianat-pengkhianat itu berhasil kutemukan, dan setelah pembalasan dendam ku berhasil." Itu adalah ucapan seorang Boss muda kaya yang ingin membalaskan dendam atas kematian kekasihnya dan segala pengkhianatan keluarganya. Akankah ia mampu mewujudkan ambisi balas dendamnya?

Bangkit dan membalas pengkhianatan suami, bukankah itu keinginan semua wanita? Ku ibaratkan diri seperti seekor kelinci, yang dibawa terbang elang ke sebuah lembah yang dalam. Tentu saja aku tak ingin dimangsa. Aku ingin terbang selagi ia mencari mangsa lainnya. Aku bangkit. Mengumpulkan bulu untuk merangkai sayap. Tanpa kusadari, bulu itu datangnya dari Elang yang mencabut setiap helainya untukku.

The novel is mainly about the forgotten British poet/writer named C. J Richards who lived in Burma/Myanmar in colonial times and he believed himself as a Burmophile. He served as I.C.S (Indian Civil Servant) and when he retired from I.C.S service, he was a D.C (District Commissioner) and he left for England a year before Burma gained its independence in 1948. He came to Burma in 1920 to work in civil service after passing the hardest I.C.S examination. He wrote several books on Burma and contributed many monthly articles to Guardian Magazine published in Burma from 1953 to 1974 or 1975. Though he wrote several books which had much literary merit to both communities, Britain and Burma (Myanmar), people failed to recognize him. The story has two parts: one part is set in the contemporary Yangon (then called Rangoon) in 2016 context and a young literary enthusiast named “Lin” found out unexpectedly the forgotten writer’s poetry book and there is surely a good deal of time gap that led him into a quest to know more about the author’s life. The setting is quite different comparing to colonial Burma and independence Myanmar (Burma), early twentieth century and 2016 which is a transitional period in Myanmar. The writer’s life is fictionalized in the novel and most of the facts are taken from his personal stories and other reference books. It is a kind of historical novel with a twist and it has comparatively constructed the two different periods in Myanmar history to convince readers, locally and abroad more about history, authorship, humanity, colonialism, and transitional development in Myanmar today.

"Ad! Apa nama hubungan ini? Waktu pernah kasih kita kesempatan. Apa kita bisa miliki lagi?" Kedua mata kami saling menatap mencari jawaban. Kurvaku menurun. Begitulah aku memandang hidup yang ku jalani di akhir usia 20an. Di saat rencana tidak berjalan sesuai impian, apa aku masih memiliki mimpi tersisa? Tentang dia yang pernah berperan penting dalam hidupku, namun keasingan jadi pengganti keakraban antara aku dengannya. Jika aku bertemu lagi dengan Ad, apa aku harus menemuinya atau bersembunyi saja? karena sinarku sedang hilang, aku belum siap menampakkan sisi gelap dari masa lalu yang masih ku hindari. Perpisahan kala itu, membuatku ragu. Ada kisah antara kita yang belum tuntas. Apa mungkin itu tanda, untuk kembali memperjuangkan cinta atau lebih baik berhenti saja? Di masa belia kita kala itu, atau di masa kita terus bertumbuh, melewati berbagai fase hidup menjadi dewasa. Tentang aku dan Ad, apa sudah berakhir? Cinta ini akan bertumbuh dan menetap untuk dirinya ataukah dia?

"Gila,"ucap Dyandra singkat padat dan jelas. "Ayolah Dy. Kamu sekarang sudah jadi Nyonya Chandra Aklarta Maurya,"ucap Chandra. "Oh,"balas gadis itu. "Es berapa truk kamu makan Dek. Atau kamu lagi sariawan?,"tanya Chandra. "So?,"ucapnya santai. "Dek kamu ngomong singkat sekali lagi, ku cium di depan semua mahasiswa mu,"ucap Chandra tak membuatnya gentar dengan ancaman belaka. "Dek kalo kamu sengaja dingin untuk membuat ku menyesal. Kamu sudah berhasil Dek. Malam itu setelah putus dengan Divyan, setiap ada kesempatan, selalu ke bandara Adisutjipto berharap kedatangan mu di tahun saat aku juga sudah siap meminangmu. Sampai akhirnya pindah tugas ke Skuadron 21 masih saja tetap menunggu kedatangan mu. Ujungnya tanpa terduga malam itu kita bertemu lagi. That's more than a chance,"ucap Chandra tersenyum lebar. "Jadi maksudnya aku pelampiasan?,"tanyanya tersenyum miring. Dyandra, gadis cerdas tanpa sejengkal niat dipaksa menikah dengan pria yang menghancurkan masa muda bewarnanya saat rinai hujan turun. Membekukan semua senyum dan tawa riang menjadi gunung es abadi.

Namaku Dandi, aku terlahir dari keluarga yang sederhana. Mungkin lebih tepatnya miskin. Ibuku yang kucinta lah yang membesarkan ku. Saat aku berusia 8 tahun ayahku pergi kesuatu tempat, dimana dia bertekat untuk merubah nasip perekonomian keluarga kami. Ayah ku adalah malaikat pelindung bagiku. Kami sering bermain bersama dan melakukan banyak hal. Memancing, berburu sangkar burung dan masih banyak lagi. Yang paling ku suka ketika kami bermain detektif - detektif an. Dia sengaja membuat teka - teki yang harus aku pecahkan. Namun kesenanga masa kecilku itu segera lenyap ketika ayah memutuskan untuk pergi. Dia berjanji tak akan pergi terlalu lama. Dan dia juga berjanji akan pulang di hari ulang tahunku. Tapi kenyataan yang aku terima berbeda. Satu bulan, lima bulan, satu tahun hingga kuhitung lima tahun sejak dia pergi tak ada kabar apapun. Aku sangat kecewa, mulai muncul rasa benci dalam hatiku. Sedangkan untuk biaya kehidupan kami, ibuku rela bekerja buruh mencuci pakaian atau sekedar bersih - bersih di rumah tetangga kami yang merasa iba dengan kondisi perekonomian keluarga kami. Aku juga sangat kasihan dengan ibuku. Aku tidak pernah meminta uang saku saat pergi kesekolah, bagiku lebih penting uang yang ibu dapatkan digunakan untuk kebutuhan rumah. Disekolah banyak siswa yang mengejek ku dengan sangat kejam. Dari mulai anak miskin, anak tak punya bapak hingga disebut gembel sekolahan.Tapi aku menjadi terbiasa dengan semua cacian tersebut. Dan aku bertekat untuk membahagiakan ibuku suatu hari nanti. Dan tak kan mungkin aku mengikuti jejak si brengsek seperti kelakuan ayahku.

"Rather than serving you, I prefer to die." The Outsiders have been subjected to the oppression of the king's soldiers for centuries, especially during the annual Purge, where every fifteen-year-old person - now an adult - is kidnapped. Ystal is only a child when, during his tenth Purge, is bought by a mysterious man. He says his name is Sylien and that he is an Alchemist, the only known survivor of a population that has now been destroyed. He claims to be looking for an assistant, and that Ystal is the right person. Through mysterious spells, ancient books of lost history and unknown feelings, Ystal will make a journey, in search of true freedom, against a tyrant who, for years, has reigned supreme.

Vivian Harper has always been invisible—a shy, introverted high schooler who prefers books to bullies at Westbridge High. But when Tyler Grayson, a dangerously handsome transfer student with eyes that pierce through her defenses, arrives, her quiet life unravels. Tyler whispers of werewolves and mates, secrets Vivian can’t comprehend. As Vivian grapples with the truth of her hidden werewolf nature, Tyler reveals his own: he’s a future alpha, bound by pack duty, and Vivian is his fated mate. But with every secret unveiled, a new threat emerges—will their mate bond survive, or will the shadows tear them apart?

Jewel is expected to be a modest Hasyenda Mangubat heiress but she is addicted to erotic novels. She would buy those books in secret and hide them in her room, away from her parent's eyes. She agreed to marry the Mayor's son, Gideon Manasseh, in the hope that Gideon would tolerate her vices. But to her surprise, her new husband appears to be stricter than her parents. Not only do her vices need to be hidden from him, but so do her sexual nightmares. Because those wet dreams are crawling out of her fantasies into her reality... and it is scarier than she thought.