Carl Sagan Pale Blue Dot

"You were flirting with my client right in front of me, I knew you were trying to get back at me, well you won! Because I'm so mad that I'm going to punish you for it!" He pushed me inside, grabbed my lips and kissed me roughly. "There will be no time for foreplay…" ------------------------------------------------------ I never thought I could meet Carl again, at my darkest moments. “GET OUT OF MY OFFICE OR SUCK MY DICK” He screamed at me. I flushed with embarrassment, how could the gentleman I had secretly in love with for years become this grumpy? Yet still, he is hot as hell and I want him so badly. The first time I saw Carl, he was the heir of Manson Empire, and I was nobody but a little intern. He was successful and respected, yet always being caring and gentle. I was clumsy and shy, yet full of dreams and ambition. He had never laid an eye on me, but he was always the beacon lighting up my world. Until my world collapsed. So I ran.

She wasn’t supposed to exist. And yet… she does. After the death of her adoptive mother—one of the most powerful witches in Sabrah—Aster is cast out of the only family she’s ever known. With nothing but a mysterious trust fund, a secret past, and a promise to become a doctor, she escapes to Santossa City—a glittering metropolis ruled by Lycans and forbidden to vampires. A city where she doesn’t belong. A drunken night shatters her careful plans when she wakes in the bed of Carl Landon—the dangerously magnetic heir to the Lycan Empire. What was meant to be a one-night escape becomes something far more complicated. Carl expected solitude. What he got was her—a stranger whose scent he can't resist, whose presence disrupts his instincts, and whose blood might be tied to a prophecy the Lycans would kill to possess. As their worlds collide, Aster learns the night they shared wasn’t an accident—it was fate. Ancient, powerful, and impossible to deny. But in a world where humans can’t birth supernatural children… Aster shouldn’t even exist. And that makes her the most dangerous secret of all.

A companion book to the Trio of Mates series, this book describes how the original pairings of the trios came together: Lovers to Friends: The story of Carl (Brandon's dad) and Richard and Lauren (Devin's parents). Destined for Each Other: The story of Corinda, Casen, and Severn In the Midst of Battle: The story of Bhakti and Liam Right Place, Wrong Time: The story of Gael and Hakeem I Always Knew: The story of Charlie and Zak

"Do you always get this angry when others play with your dolls?" "No, just when it comes to you. You're my favorite doll." * Cara Morelli gets the heartbreak of her life when she finds out that her boyfriend is a recruiter for an illegal sex club, but that is after he abducts and dumps her there. As fiery as she is stubborn, she won't go down easily. After maiming, and nearly killing a client- on purpose- she is punished; murdered. But by some stroke of providence, she reincarnates inside the body of a woman known as Agent Thirteen, who belonged to an elite team of female assassins. And the Boss? A ruthless mafia Don widely known as Leone "the devil" Andreotti. It takes Cara a while to get used to the fact that prior to the time when she swapped bodies with Agent Thirteen, the assassin had signed her freedom off to Leone as part of the contract to be his assassin... to be used to kill targets until she scored him a hundred kills. But now, Leone wants more than a hundred kills from Cara... Ever since she blatantly disrespected him. And now that she is a trained assassin, is this the answer to her long-standing quest for revenge against her betraying boyfriend and the club, or will it embroil her deeper in a deadly obsession with the most dangerous man in the city? You're right. It's both. * "I'm tired. Fucking kill me already." "No, I want to wear you out. That's the only way I'll enjoy it. I have preferences, Angel." * "If you run, he will chase you." "If I don't, he will kill me." "Will he?" The look she gives me is knowing. I roll my eyes. "Of course he will." Right?

Born into a noble pack, Veronica is raised by her abusive family. She is then offered to Alpha Logan as compensation by her stepbrother Marcus. Alpha Logan has a reputation for being ruthless. With no home to return back to, Veronica slowly starts to open her heart to the cold and pale Alpha despite their rocky introduction.

Kate Hepburn berusaha mengendalikan situasi sebaik mungkin. Terlebih hatinya yang untuk kesekian kali harus terluka. Menetapkan dengan teguh impiannya sejak lama untuk menjalani kehidupan sebagai wanita single yang mandiri, sederhana, dan bebas. Selama ini, Kate menjalani kehidupan dengan baik hingga saat terlibat dalam konflik perebutan perusahaan sahabat sekaligus bosnya. Seorang bodyguard bernama Carl, dikirim untuk menjaganya 24 jam. Beberapa bulan membiarkan pria itu tinggal membuat hidup monotonnya berubah drastis. Pria itu mampu menjadi sahabat yang baik sekaligus bodyguard terbaik menurutnya. Satu bulan terakhir cukup membuatnya hancur. Tak ada lagi sosok yang ia anggap sebagai pelindung terbaik. Susah payah ia kembali membangun semangat hidupnya, hingga mampu berdiri tegak hari itu. Hingga sebuah suara maskulin yang familier ia dengar kembali, membuat wajahnya memucat. “Bayi itu milikku, Kate.” Kehidupan baru dan penuh tantangan dijalani Kate setelahnya. Terjebak dalam situasi penuh konflik keluarga dalam perebutan warisan dan sisi tersembunyi Carl yang ada kaitannya dengan kelompok mafia terkenal dari Italia.

Napilitang pumayag sa kasalang hindi ginusto si Maxine para lang mabayaran ang utang ng ama niyang namayapa. Pinakasalan niya ang apo ng isa sa pinakamayamang tao sa bansa, si Carl Sarmiento na isang magaling na negosyante at babaero na nakukuha lahat ng gusto. Tulad ng ibang arrange marraige ay akala niya magiging maganda ang pagsasama nila ni Carl pero nagkakamali siya. Unang araw palang nila bilang mag-asawa ay pinagbuhatan na siya nito ng kamay at hanggang sa magtuloy-tuloy ito na parang normal na lang dito na saktan siya. Wala siyang magawa kundi umiyak at magtiis dahil kung umalis man siya ay hindi niya alam kung saan siya pupulutin. She's crying and hoping every night that one day her husband will change. Pero hindi lahat ng hiling ay napagbibigyan. As she slowly falling for her husband despite of his attitude she discover something that broke her into pieces. Paano kung ang kasal na pinanghahawakan niya ay hindi pala totoo? Anong gagawin niya gayong mahal na mahal na niya ito? And what if she's dying? Anong gagawin niya upang harapin ang hamon ng buhay ng mag-isa?

Marriage is never an easy thing and being forced out of your home with nowhere to go, hours after you find out you've been betrayed by your husband and best friend, Tessa Carl is completely torn apart. With no money, a home, or family, what is she to do? Where is she to go? Everything is a huge mess and she's trying hard to fix it all while staying in a hotel where she meets the ever goofy Jake Hensen and extremely hot Austin Kings. Who will claim the damsel and win her heart?

Olivia and Carl establish a pattern of behavior at the dinner table, and one more powerful in bed since the same night they met. Meeting at the usual restaurant every Friday night, they don't know each other's lives, what they do for a living, they don't know last names, or if they have someone waiting for them at home. They don't send text messages or calls either, just throw a new proposal on the mattress to be lovers once again and again. Everything is perfect between them, what could go wrong?

When bad things start happening to Blue Meyer, she meets Cage, a man on an assignment to bring her in as the forced bride of his Alpha. Blue can leave with Cage or die in the hands of the dangers lurking in New York Cage has always been loyal. He knows that the Ember Blood witch is who his Alpha wants, but his wolf can't resist Blue the second he sees her. She's his mate. The reborn girl who wields centuries-old magic belongs to him, body and soul. Yet Cage will reject Blue when she needs him the most, but fate will reunite them again...as enemies.