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Warning... or Invitation? That choice is yours. This isn’t a fairytale. This isn’t about sweet kisses beneath cherry blossoms or soft smiles under the stars. No. This is raw, This is reckless, This is “Burning Embers: Scorching Tales of Desire” A collection of BL short stories carved from lust, laced with obsession, and kissed by chaos. Each chapter stands on its own, a world where strangers become addictions, roommates cross lines, enemies blur into lovers, and the line between want and need snaps without warning. These men don’t fall in love. They fall into temptation. They crash into each other like lightning against the sea, loud, unforgiving, and beautiful in their destruction. You’ll find no gentle romance here. Only the ache of fingertips brushing where they shouldn't, the weight of glances held too long, the gasp before the plunge. This is for the ones who know love isn’t always tender. That sometimes, the most unforgettable stories are the ones written in bruises and longing. This is for those who crave stories that leave a mark, who don’t flinch when desire gets messy, when hearts bleed a little before they beat as one. Not for the faint-hearted. Not for the clean-handed. This is for the bold, the brave, the ones who dare to touch the flame even if it burns. So turn the page. Step into the fire. But don’t say I didn’t warn you--- Because once the embers catch, they never go out.

"Apa yang lo lakuin ke gue, Al? Gimana kalo gue sampe hamil? Hiks ..." gue pukul dada polos Aldo dengan menangis histeris. "Lo sendiri yang mau, loh tadi? Gue pake k*n-dom, Nis ... santai dong ..., lagian ini kan belum larut banget? Masih jam sepuluh? Sana gih beberes, biar gue anterin! Ntar kita pikir di jalan alasan buat bokap, lo!" jawabnya enteng dengan beringsut turun dari ranjang. Penyesalan hanyalah penyesalan yang tak akan pernah bisa memperbaiki kehormatan gue ... Hidup gue HANCUR!

“1.000.000 Dolar cukup, kan?” Airina Lyon terkejut dengan tawaran kontrak pernikahan dari Tuan Muda Pinault yang tak sengaja disiramnya beberapa jam lalu. Ahli waris dari konglomerat itu bahkan bersedia memberikan 1 juta dolar pada Airina sebagai bayaran untuk membatalkan pernikahan bisnis yang diatur keluarganya. Airina ingin menolak, tapi ia tak sanggup kalau pria itu malah meminta ganti rugi atas jas mahal yang dirusaknya. Lantas, bagaimana nasib Airina? Dan mengapa ... dirinya yang dipilih sang Tuan Muda? Find me on Instagram @Yl_Wanodya***

Anya, lulusan ekonomi dari desa, terpaksa menjadi jaminan atas hutang lima ratus juta rupiah ayah tirinya, Darman, kepada CEO Pratama Land, Rio Pratama. Ia dipaksa tinggal dan bekerja sebagai pelayan di apartemen mewah Rio. Setiap hari adalah perjuangan bagi Anya. Rio memperlakukannya dengan dingin, merendahkan statusnya, dan menegaskan kekuasaannya 24 jam penuh, bahkan memanggilnya di tengah malam untuk perintah sepele hanya untuk menegaskan kontrol. Kilas balik mengungkap Darman memaksa Anya setuju demi keselamatan ibunya yang sakit-sakitan.

Book Two of Cruel Intentions Series. This book can be read as a stand-alone, but for better comprehension of the characters, it is recommended to be read after Betrayed the Mafia. Theodore is the second in command of the Irish mob in New York. He is known as a player, use and toss. Theo hates relationships seeing them as useless. Theodore is funny and lighthearted around his friends, but when dealing with business, he is ruthless and heartless. His cold heart always prevails. Theodore is manipulative and a great liar. Theodore is chosen to help forge an alliance between the Irish and the Americans. He needs to marry the daughter of the boss. He takes his job and position seriously and accepts his fate. He doesn’t believe in love anyway, so that nothing will change for him. He will just have to wear a ring and play house. What happens when she is the girl he has avoided for years, the girl he feels the need to protect? He sees her as a weakness. He condones how she lives her life, but the day he allows himself to get close to her, everything changes, and his addiction to her becomes impossible to resist. Theodore is everything Everly has always dreamed of as an online romance novel writer, and she is inexperienced and sassy. The only way she has experienced love is through her books. She lives almost in captivity because of who she is, and Her purity will be negotiable. But once Theodore pops her cherry, he can’t stay away, involving her in a thread of lies and manipulations that she could only imagine as a plot of one of her books.

My sister, Anna Hawkins, and I are twins, but I'm slightly heavier than her when we were born. Anna has always been weak and sickly since young, whereas I'm always active and healthy. When Anna was four years old, she was diagnosed with leukemia. Mom blamed me for stealing Anna's nutrients when I got born, so I needed to return the nutrients to her. When I got my blood extracted for the first time, a thick syringe was used on me. I was so scared when I saw it. Mom told me not to be scared. She gave me a magical pen, stating that whatever wish I wrote down with the pen would come true. I wrote, "It won't hurt." When the syringe was plunged into my arm again, Mom bought me a sweet lollipop. The pain never struck me again afterward. When I was five years old, I drew a strawberry cake on the paper while getting 1000cc blood withdrawn from me. That week, Anna could sit up in bed and play on her own. When I turned seven years old, I wrote down my wish that I'd like to go on a vacation. The next day, I was sent into the operating theater for the doctors to collect my hematopoietic cells. For the first time ever, Anna's cheeks became rosy. When I was eight years old, I wrote that I wanted to become the top student of my grade. But a day before my exams, my bone marrow was drawn from me. Anna finally got discharged by the hospital. She got to wear new dresses that I never got to wear. In the year I turn nine years old, my body is heavily depleted. With a trembling hand, I can only write down a line in messy handwriting. "I hope… that I won't become Mom's daughter in my next life."

"Tidak ada kehamilan untuk persenggamaan ini, ingat!" Hazelt diceraikan oleh Harper, sesaat setelah suaminya itu berhasil menjadi CEO, dan berhasil mendapatkan kerjasama senilai 500 milliar dari keluarga Rich Trevor. Beberapa jam setelah diceraikan, Hazelt mendadak menjadi wanita konglomerat. Harper menyesal dan menarik surat perceraian mereka, namun sayangnya Hazelt sudah tidak menginginkannya lagi. Di hari pertunangan Hazelt dengan pria lain, Harper berhasil mengakuisisi semua perusahaan Rich Trevor yang dibawah kepemimpinan Hazelt. Harper membuat penawaran gila dengan Hazelt, akan mengembalikan semuanya asal Hazelt mau kembali kepadanya. ***

Siapakah aku? Aku hanyalah seorang wanita yang dinikahi karena sebuah alasan perjodohan klasik. Lelaki yang beberapa jam lalu baru saja mengucapkan ijab kabul ternyata adalah suami wanita lain. Queena Bulan Latief berharap menjadi satu-satunya. Namun, harapan hanya tinggal angan ketika pengakuan dan kenyataan itu menamparnya akan sebuah status bahwa ia hanyalah yang kedua, walaupun di mata hukum ia adalah yang pertama dan satu-satunya. Ketika takdir telah digariskan untuknya. Mampukah Bulan bertahan dengan keadaan yang mengharuskannya berbagi suami dengan istri pertama.

Menyandang gelar menjadi ‘istri dua belas jam’ lantaran sibuk melakoni dua pekerjaan dalam satu hari, membuat Aruna terpaksa tidak bisa menunaikan kewajibannya sebagai seorang istri sekaligus ibu yang baik untuk keluarga kecilnya. Hatinya kian hancur, setelah mengendus kebohongan suami yang mendua di belakangnya. Apalagi semua tidak lain karena campur tangan ibu mertuanya yang menjodohkan anaknya dengan wanita lain. Aruna tidak ingin berpisah dengan Dafa lantaran ia tidak mau putri semata wayangnya tumbuh dengan latar belakang keluarga broken home. Akankah Aruna mampu melakoni jalan hidupnya seperti ini?

"N-N-No, I'm joining my hands in front of you not today, it hurts a lot." she cried out while joining her hands in front of him. "Come here, fast!!" he commanded her in his authoritative voice making her stomach churn and insides shudder. "N-N-No, please let me go. Don't do this." she cried out loudly when he started to charge towards her. She decided to run in opposite direction in order to save herself but before she could even take a single step away from her place he was standing right in front of her and snatched her scarf away from her. ________ Tears welled up in her eyes because no one has ever talked to her with this much respect and calmness. Moreover, she was shocked too after hearing him talking in her native language which she didn't even expect from him. Ryker Verlice, the most feared mob boss of Ireland. Everyone fears him because of his intimidated and impatient aura. His anger issues are cherry on top. He cares for nothing literally nothing but what happens when a caged and scared beauty catches his eyes? Inaayat, the caged and scared beauty is serving the thakurs since her childhood. She has no identity except the maid of the thakurs. No one knows her because she lives hidden by the thakurs. They have broken her to the extent that she couldn't trust anyone but what will happen when an unknown intimidating man will start standing up for her?