Charles Lee Duel

THE NOVEL'S SYNOPSIS: Winnie's life goes up in flames when her dream of owning a bakery turns into a complete nightmare. She has just escaped being taken to jail and now has a steep debt on her shoulders. Her life is officially a mess. Until she gets stuck in an elevator with Ares Masters, an unfeeling billionaire who offers her a million dollars to be his wife. Out of options and desperate, Winnie agrees to the scheme, after all, what could go wrong? She never plans to fall for the cold man and she knows only heartbreak waits for her at the end of the road.

In the seventh year of my relationship with Ruby Carrington, she picks me up from work in the heavy downpour one evening. When I open the door to the front passenger seat, I notice a puddle of water on the seat. A strand of short hair is there as well. Ruby grips the steering wheel without even looking at me. "I just dropped off an intern from the project department at his home. He didn't bring an umbrella with him, so he was drenched." As I sit on the damp seat, I feel my heart slowly going cold as well. "Ruby, you knew very well that I'm severely germaphobic." Ruby just chortles in response. Her tone is filled with impatience and exhaustion. "It's just a seat, isn't it? He's younger and funnier than you, not to mention he's also more handsome than you even when he's drenched in the rain. "I tried having a relationship with him. Being with him is definitely a lot more interesting than with you. But I'll still marry you, though. As long as you pretend not to know anything about my affair, we can keep this relationship going." Rain continues streaking down the window outside, and yet, I find the air inside the car even more suffocating than the rain itself.

Elkan hidup di rumah mewah mertuanya layaknya pembantu—direndahkan, dicibir, bahkan dilecehkan secara halus oleh para perempuan di dalamnya. Istrinya tak pernah sudi disentuh, adik iparnya gemar menggoda sambil menertawakan "kelakiannya", dan sang kakak ipar janda tak segan mengajak bermain di balik pintu kamar. Mereka mengira Elkan hanya pria miskin tak berharga—tubuh yang bisa dihina, hasrat yang bisa dipermainkan. Tapi mereka lupa… pria yang mereka hina diam-diam adalah pewaris mahkota konglomerat besar. Dan saat Elkan mulai mengambil alih segalanya, permainan berbalik. Kini, satu per satu wanita di rumah itu mulai merayunya bukan untuk mengejek… tapi karena benar-benar menginginkannya. Dan Elkan? Ia bisa memilih… siapa yang akan ia cicipi—dan siapa yang akan ia hancurkan perlahan.

He looks at me like he already knows the truth I’ve spent a lifetime hiding. Ethan Vance—lawman, predator, believer in a system I learned to outthink before I could drink wine. His eyes don’t burn with hate. They study, measure, almost… understand. They call him incorruptible. Maybe he is. But I’ve seen incorruptible men fall, not to money or power, but to fascination. The kind that crawls under your skin and makes you wonder if the person chasing you might be the only one who truly sees you. He hunts me by the book. I survive by rewriting it. But somewhere between the pursuit and the silence, between his questions and my lies, the line blurred. And now, I can’t decide which is more dangerous, losing to him, or wanting him to catch me. --- He isn’t what I expected. Luca Vitale walks into every room like he owns it, and maybe he does. Calm. Calculated. Dangerous in ways that don’t show up on a rap sheet. He should be just another target, another name I take down and file away. But there’s something about the way he looks at me. Like he already knows I’m not as untouchable as I pretend to be. I tell myself it’s strategy, curiosity, control. It’s not. It’s a problem. Because every time I think I’m closing in, I realise he’s already two steps ahead—and for the first time in my career, I’m not sure if I’m hunting him, or if he’s letting me try.

"Show me what you are." Tamara gave a shocked sound when Fenrir sank a hand into her hair. His opposite arm snagged her around the waist. He pulled her right against him without any space. He was solid muscle and that made her heart pound. Now she wasn't sure she should have asked. ______ What would you do if the one you loved wasn't even human? If you had to teach them what kindness, love or trust was? Tamara is about to learn that more than just mortal humans exists. As impossible as it seems she might just be the only thing stopping the immortal Fenrir from destroying everything she holds dear. Sometimes just loving one can save so much more than you know.

Evelyn Moore is just another disenfranchised American girl, trying to scrape by with the help of her best friend, Lily, during the Depression in New York City. When a tumultuous event cascades into a roller coaster series of them a few short weeks before the grand opening of the much anticipated 1939 World’s Fair, Evelyn worries how she’ll survive, even more so when she realizes that her every near miss ends up that way by the deliberate effort of her new and complicated boss, Andrew James. Cool, collected and complicated, Andrew James is the wunderkind behind much of his family and employer’s success but knowing the ropes so well you can always pull all the strings is only so rewarding. When Evelyn unexpectedly tumbles into his life, he finds himself pushed outside his wheelhouse and peering into a new and delightfully intriguing unknown, one with a future he relishes. A world of tomorrow.

When her hot, overbearing, but charming boss gets a hold of her diary, and offers to grant her greatest wish for a child, Twenty-two-year-old Felicity Graham is furious, and hesitant. For one, he's her employer. Two, she wonders if he truly loves her, or if his offer is just based on his father's pressure on him to produce a heir. — Cold, reclusive Shawn Colby has hit a dead end. Undeniably New York's most eligible bachelor and a well-known business tycoon, he could have anything his heart desired. Women, cars, numerous houses if he wanted. When his overbearing father demands that he settle down and produce an heir, Shawn can't think of anyone else but Felicity — his calm, sweet personal assistant. When he gets hold of Felicity's diary, and finds out that her greatest dream is to have a child of her own, he propositions her. But Felicity is furious, and hesitant. Besides being Shawn's assistant, she's close to his family as well, and is aware of the pressure he's under to bring forth a heir. What happens when a business trip up-turns their lives? Can Shawn prove that he truly loves her for her, pressure aside?

"Push your cock in!" Ayra spoke, gawking at Alpha with the burning fire. Sweat of fright crawled within his skin, in the freezing cold night. Alpha Athen stared back blankly with an obvious hesitation flashing in front of his eyes. He hasn't yet forgotten how his ex turned to ashes as soon as his cock slipped into her. Acknowledging the limitations of his touches, he began to develop feelings for her. The carnal urge to pin her to the wall or take her down, left him restless and agitated. Will the Cursed Alpha ever be able to F**k the love of his life?

Marlina tidak pernah menyangka, akan terlibat cinta satu malam dengan Bos tampan yang baru menjabat beberapa minggu di perusahaan tempatnya bekerja. Rey Aldebaran, Bos yang terkenal dingin dan acuh pada semua pegawainya. Namun setelah malam menggairahkan yang dia lewati dengan sang sekertaris. Sikapnya mulai mencair, dia lebih sering memperhatikan sekertaris cantiknya. Bahkan mencari cara agar berduaan dengan Marlina. Apakah hubungan mereka akan berubah setelah malam panas itu terjadi?

MY DEEPEST DARKEST SECRET! Can I, who had been broken from a traumatic past can still be accepted for who I am? Ako si George, tomboy kung kumilos pero babaeng babae deep inside. Isang malungkot, karimarimarim at di malilimutang karanasan ang nangyari sa akin na nagpabago ng pananaw ko sa buhay. Nirape ako noong edad 18 ng isang lalaking hindi ko kilala.. I am the wrong person, at the wrong place and at the wrong time! Subalit mapaglaro ang tadhana, namasukan ako bilang isang ordinarong empleado at lihim na umibig ako sa aking boss na siyang may-ari ng kumpanya. Kung saka-sakalit tugunin niya ang aking pag-ibig, ipagtatapat ko ba sa kanya ang aking nakaraan? Tatangapin kaya niya ako sa pagiging isang segunda manong babae? If two people were destined for each other, will fate bring us back together? O tatanda na lang akong dalaga?