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Lavender faced the ultimate betrayal after discovering that her fiancé, the man she loved most, had been using her all along. He had only dated her to seek revenge against her father and to claim everything her late mother had left her as a gift to his real fiancee. Devastated, Lavender lost everything she owned to him, and her family was plunged into dire poverty as a result. Heartbroken, she fled her past, running away from her disowned father and the agonizing pain. She dedicated her life to caring for the "blessings" her ex-fiancé had left behind. But just when Lavender thought she had found a measure of peace, everything starts falling apart again. Forced to reconcile with her ex, Lavender is torn—he is a changed man now, but to her, he remains an enemy. As her bottled-up emotions resurface, past cases reopening, and his persistent efforts to win back her affection intensify, how long can Lavender's hatred last? This book is part of a series but can be read as a standalone. Although reading this book will enlighten some parts of the second book "It Started With A Kiss". You can also find the second book on Goodnovel.

Nama Keenan Maxfield sudah terkenal dengan berita mengenai sepak terjangnya pada dunia malam, bermain dengan banyak wanita hingga di juluki Casanova. Tertarik pada seorang perempuan yang juga terkenal dengan gelar player yang di miliknya, siapa lagi kalau bukan Arabella Alison—seorang secret agent dengan sejuta pesona. Pertemuan keduanya cukup terbilang unik karena pada awal pertemuan, Ken yang pada saat itu menemukan Ara di kelab dengan kondisi mabuk berat, berniat membawa perempuan itu bermalam sebagai penghangat ranjangnya tapi yang terjadi malah Ken mendapat tamparan dan berakhir merelakan malam panjangnya untuk menenangkan Arabella yang tengah terisak sambil mengoceh tidak jelas. Parahnya lagi, pagi hari ketika Ken terbangun, Arabella sudah pergi meninggalkannya seorang diri dengan hanya di temani selembar cek dan japitan rambut yang dia letakkan di atas meja. Dua tahun kemudian, pada acara malam pesta kliennya, Ken kembali bertemu dengan Arabella. Dan ia berjanji pada dirinya sendiri untuk tidak lagi membiarkan Arabella pergi meninggalkannya seperti kejadian di Swiss satu tahun yang lalu. Terhitung mulai dari pertemuan kedua mereka, segalanya berubah. Satu malam yang mampu menjungkir balikan keadaan juga perasaan emosional keduanya. Akun wattpad R_Quella

Hati Bhara hancur setelah menyadari bahwa selama ini Maya, kekasihnya, hanya memanfaatkan dia untuk mengerjakan tugas semasa kuliah. Begitu lulus, gadis populer itu mencampakkan dirinya seperti sampah. Semua diduga berlatar karena status ekonomi dan sosial semata. Bertahun-tahun berlalu, mereka berjumpa kembali di sebuah pesta pernikahan. Maya kini menggandeng seorang anak pejabat, Dev. Namun Bhara bukan lagi Bhara yang dulu. Kini dia telah berhasil menunjukkan siapa dirinya yang sebenarnya, dengan harta bergelimang serta karier cemerlang. Lantas, bagaimana jadinya bila Maya justru terpikat akan kemewahan yang dimiliki oleh Bhara? Sungguhkah Bhara mau menerima dia kembali, atau ini hanya taktiknya untuk membalaskan dendam saja? Dan apa jadinya bila satu per satu rahasia Maya terbuka, mungkinkah ada kesempatan kedua bagi mereka?

Nina Whyte finds herself trapped in a marriage that is going very differently from how she imagined. Being married to the gentle, handsome and wealthy Cody Whyte, she expects their marriage to be like a fairytale but reality dawns on her when she finds herself cuffed with a serial cheat. This leads her to make drastic decisions that lands her in a middle of a crime scene being targeted as the main suspect. It is in the toughest moments in her life that she learns that, sometimes letting go makes room for something new and that sometimes love finds you at your lowest and lifts you up to places you can’t imagine.

Autumn Shade only wants one thing: to get away and live her own life. Tired of being forced by her father to take on the business, and follow in his steps, she leaves. She wanted to show her father that she was capable of making her own decisions and not screwing up. But just when she successfully leaves, she's caught up in another whirlwind which threatens to deem everything she'd known a lie.Justin Black and his friends see Autumn and they find that she was perfect for what they were planning, given that it was her father they wanted to take revenge on.Autumn learns a shocking truth about a scandal involving a murder and her father, and persistently denies it. But apparently they have proof.All Autumn wants to do is the right thing. If her father is innocent she gets to say 'I told you so' and if he's really a cheating murderer then she does what's right and gets out of this mess once and for all.But as usual, things get complicated. Actually, feelings get complicated, because the longer she stayed, the closer the broken boy held her.© 2020 by Everleigh Winters

Sasha Smith is the owner of an exclusive dance club catering to the rich and arrogant. When one of her favorite customers and close friends is missing from his regular spot at the bar, she goes in search of him. Finding him very ill, lonely and at risk, she agrees to move in with him temporarily until he's feeling better. When Rin Allegretti, Italian mafia Don, finds out his grandfather has an exotic dancer living in his house, he rallies his family to the family home to thwart whatever the gold-digging girl's plans might be for his grandfather. Rin finds himself drawn to the younger woman and wanting to protect her from the harshness of the family he himself dropped on her. Sasha finds herself in the midst of family drama, under scrutiny of an attractive older man and falling in over her head. She herself comes from a similar family and she knows the dangers of tangling with a boss, especially one of a rival family. She knows once he realizes who her family are, there will be hell to pay. Rin wants only to protect the little dancer and to keep her safe, even if it means, opening his heart up for the very first time. Can he convince her he’s not the monster mobster she believes him to be?

"We can't be together if I am still alive..." "No... Please, don't do that..." ------------------------------- Ria, a freshmen in college, need to find a new place for her to stay and she just found a perfect one. A big house in the center of the town, just as she need it. Moreover the price is cheaper than she thought it would be! Later she found out that she was not the only one who lived in that house. Someone was already there for years. Alone... Waiting for anyone that can help him to find out... How did he really dead that day.... Aside from helping the ghost, apparently he also helping her to fill her lonely heart, Protect her fragile self... He, who is no longer alive understand her feelings better than one who is still breathing... How can a ghost and a human be together? Shall the other one have to leave this world too?

The story is about Eleanor a half elf and half human, she left her hometown the kingdom of elves, where she didn't fit and is been chased by them. Lost in a forest she meet a mysterious man and save his life. Suspicious of his savior's identity, the man decide to take her with him to the realm of human. There, she will face many secrets and differents people like the royalty of the human empire and the witches. Many hardship and pains as much as love will surround her, power struggle and people's greed may bring chaos upon their world. Between prophecy, hatred and fate will she be able to overcome a predestined ending and find peace.

Yvonne Sunderland married Zach Frank, who had been with her for ten years. In the second year of their marriage, Zach passed away due to a plane accident. But when Yvonne turned forty-three, she met her supposedly dead husband! Before she could even ask any questions, disaster struck. An avalanche suddenly struck. During the critical moment, Zach was buried under the snow in order to protect her and that woman. His final words were, “I’ve repaid you all of your favors with my life. If I can redo my life, I don’t want to marry you and would rather meet her first…” When she opened her eyes again, Yvonne found herself back to the first year she married Zach.

During the five years that Sophie Lord was married, she had been continuously doing IVFs and was finally able to become pregnant with Luke Shaw’s child. That same day, she saw Luke at the hospital with his secretary, Helen Jones. He was accompanying her for a pregnancy test. Sophie was devastated and asked Luke to choose between her and the child in Helen’s womb. “Let’s not make a fuss, Sophie. I’ll explain everything to you when I get back. You need to calm down first. I’m keeping this child no matter what.” He carefully supported Helen as they left, but what he didn’t see was the blood trickling down Sophie’s legs. Later on, when Sophie disappeared from Luke’s life, the latter brought down completely.