Chapter 8 Anita Baker

(Transaksi yang anda lakukan berhasil. Sisa saldo di akun anda sebesar 12000999.09. Setelah dipotong pajak.)  Senyum lebar menghiasi wajah tampan milik, Hades. Tatkala melihat pesan yang masuk ke ponselnya. Perasaannya begitu menyenangkan saat memikirkan keberhasilan yang diraihnya.  Di tahun 2020 dia mengalami depresi yang sangat berat. Semua harta yang dimilikinya saat itu disita oleh bank. Dia ditipu oleh rekan bisnisnya. Semua modal yang dia pinjam dari bank. Dibawa kabur oleh temannya.  Dia tidak sanggup lagi menjalani hidup seperti itu. Dan dia melakukan sesuatu yang bodoh. Saat itu dia menjatuhkan dirinya dari gedung pencakar langit yang ada di Kota MyBerry.  Dia ingin mengakhiri hidupnya dengan cara itu. Namun, siapa sangka lelaki itu terbangun di ruang kosong penuh debu. Saat dia mulai sadar, pandangannya menyapu sekitar.  Sebuah ruangan yang terbengkalai penuh debu dan kotor tetapi masih layak pakai. Lelaki itu duduk di bangku yang tertutup kain. Tiba-tiba sekelebat memori muncul di otak kecilnya. Saat itu dia-- Hades -- menginvestasikan semua uangnya ke dalam perusahaan milik Keluarga Long. Saat itu dia ingat bahwa saham perusahaan tersebut akan naik beberapa kali lipat, setelah lima bulan berikutnya. 

Raja Arklaus, seorang raja dengan julukan "keberuntungan nol" yang memerintah selama 3 tahun. Dia benar-benar tidak mempunyai sesuatu yang dibanggakan kecuali fakta bahwa dia adalah raja. Dipilih menjadi raja pun karena kebetulan hanya dia lah pewaris sah tahta kerajaan Malinore, Aetheria. Tapi suatu hari, dia dengan kesadaran penuh tiba-tiba di datangi oleh seorang laki-laki berbadan tinggi besar dengan pakaian serba hitam. Awalnya dia mengira bahwa saking sial nya kehidupan yang ia miliki, kematian datang dengan cepat. Tetapi semua pikirannya berubah kala laki-laki itu menjulurkan tangan nya ke arah Arklaus. "Ubah takdir mu, Arklaus. Aku akan membantu."

Anita Richardson, a top model in New York City, got entangled in a scandal that threatened to end her career. She had to seek refuge from none other than the famous, Mr. Rivers, CEO of Opulence Entertainment. What happens after she made a deal with him even though several details weren't made clear to her? Something that had to do with her being a substitute mom for his twin kids, aside from her being a substitute for his runaway wife... With a past as dark as night she was desperate to keep hidden and protect, how was she to take care of others when she wasn't really doing well in taking care of herself? When love's shackles threatened to stand in the way of her plans, Anita finds herself caged between her past and present. Was she going to ignore the hurt of the past with its scars, and let love guide her? Or would she make good use of her situation to avenge her broken self and get back what had been originally hers?

Jatuh cinta dengan sahabat sendiri memang konyol. Namun, gadis pintar bernama Anara Emiley rela melakukan hal konyol tersebut selama delapan tahun lamanya. Daver Negarald. Laki-laki yang parasnya bak dewa Hermes, pemilik pesona yang memikat, mantan atlet kickboxing, serta misterius dan kaya raya. Semua manusia jelas pernah mengaguminya. Bukan salah Anara untuk memiliki perasaan tersebut. Akan tetapi, satu hal ini yang membuat Anara menyukai Daver. Laki-laki itu perhatian. Di saat latar belakang keluarganya hancur, Daver ada untuk menemani dan mendukungnya. Ketika Anara menaruh hatinya pada Daver selama beberapa tahun, Daver tidak pernah membalasnya. Hubungan persahabatan bertahun-tahun selama ini tidak membuat Daver jatuh hati pada Anara. Rupanya, ada satu alasan yang Daver miliki. Anara tahu alasan itu tetapi ia tetap mencintai Daver. Anara menerima risiko dan sabar. Barangkali ada saat di mana Daver mulai mencintainya, entah kapan. Dan ternyata.. memang ada saatnya.

I merely brought up the wedding decorations, and my fiancé's first love ran out of the room in tears. Ian Murray slapped me so hard I fell to the ground. His face twisted in fury, teeth clenched with hatred. "Daphne, are you that desperate to get married? Afraid no one else will want you, so you're clinging to me, forcing me into it? Our wedding next week is postponed!" I held my face, but not even a ripple stirred in my heart. This made the eighth time he'd postponed it. I had been waiting for him since I was twenty-eight. Now, in my early thirties, I was still getting nowhere closer to being married. So this time, I quietly packed my things and chose to leave. Maybe this marriage didn't need to happen after all.

Незнакомый парень, встреченный однажды на вечеринке, стал моим наваждением! Увы, как его разыскать, никто не знал. А тут ещё и подруга озадачилась устройством моей личной жизни, пообещав сюрприз... Ненавижу сюрпризы!

FINDING PRINCE CHARMING (THE BAKER AND THE ROGUE) Growing up Jaylyn was called a cursed child. She worked hard everyday to prove herself to a world that had already decided her fate and rejected her multiple times. Jaylyn had to put up with her drunk father who had gambled away all he owned. On his deathbed, her uncle promised to cater for her upkeep till she was married to a suitable suitor. Trusting the words of her uncle, a high born baron of Dutchmall, Jaylyn left everything behind to live with him. Only to find herself in a whole different scenario as her relatives turned her into their own slave. When her uncle's secret is being investigated by a royal commander under the order of the king. He tried covering his tracks as he made plans to marry her off to an old village drunk who was famous for his brutality that killed his previous wives. Jaylyn was tired of being locked up and forced to marry a man she detest, so she ran away to seek freedom. During her journey she encountered two men that changed her life forever and found love on the way. Will she ever find true love? Is there some dark secret she needs to unveil? Find out more to feed your curiosity...!

Lamia and Kellen return to a realm different from what they left. Overrun with Senko’s creations and monsters from the underworld, they have one goal as they struggle to come to terms with their new identities. To rid the realm of Aodh and send him back to the hell hole he came from. They had faced Aodh once before in their past lives. This time round is different. They remember everything and hope they can defeat him this time. Not just for their future but the future of their realm. Love and bonds need to be healed while they prepare for a war that could cost them everything. Determined to ensure a peaceful future, Queen Lamia will stop at nothing to ensure the god of the underworld doesn’t get his hands on her or her immortal child.

I'd been married to my lawyer husband for eight years. In all that time, he never once acknowledged me as his wife in public. He wouldn't even let our daughter call him "Dad." Again and again, he missed out on her childhood because of his childhood sweetheart. Even when she hurt our daughter, he still forgave her. I was worn out and empty. So I decided to leave. I took our daughter and vanished from his world. But he refused the divorce. He started searching for us like a madman, turning the whole world upside down. Only this time, neither my daughter nor I will be looking back.

This book is a Standalone, you don't have to read the first two to relate to what happened, though I do recommend it. Book Three of the Bloodlust Series “Is this some kind of joke?” Kiara asked frowning in confusion, waking up in the familiar podium where she once grew up watching people die in front of her as she herself fought for her own life. “I don’t know, but I don’t like this” Richard said from beside Kiara. The two were trying to process how they even got here to begin with. People around them started coming to their senses as they woke up inside the podium. “Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to The Bloodlust Games, The final chapter” ************************* Re-entering the Bloodlust games was never an option in Kiara’s life. But when revenge is on the line and both she and Richard are forced into them, they have nothing to do but survive, for it was either play and live. Or die…