Cressida Cowell

Darren Sinclair dan Sean Sinclair, kedua pewaris tampan dari Sinclaire Enterprise harus terjebak cinta segitiga dengan gadis yang sangat cantik bernama Madeline Walker. Semula, Madeline jatuh cinta pada Darren. Akan tetapi sikap pria itu selalu cuek dan dingin, tidak pernah mau memperhatikannya. Sehingga, Madeline berpikir bahwa Darren tidak menyukainya. Namun, semua berubah ketika adik Sean menyatakan cinta pada Madeline dan perempuan itu menerimanya dengan harapan bisa melupakan perasaannya pada Darren. Dipenuhi kecewa dan penyesalan, Darren mabuk berat malam itu, mendatangi Madeline di apartemennya dan mereka terjebak melakukan hubungan intim. Situasi menjadi semakin rumit ketika Madeline harus menghadapi Cressida Anderson. Seorang wanita dari keluarga terhormat yang dipilih oleh keluarga Sinclair untuk menjadi pasangan Darren. Ketegangan semakin meningkat saat Madeline terjebak antara cinta dan perhatian dari dua saudara tersebut dan juga dia harus menghadapi kecemburuan Cressida yang membabi buta. Keadaan menjadi semakin sulit saat Madeline mengetahui bahwa dia hamil anak dari Darren. Dia tahu akan menyakiti Sean, tetapi tidak sanggup juga membiarkan pria itu masih peduli padanya.

"You're so cheap. And you don't even have a basic sense of shame." "I am not cheap at all. You are my first man. But for her, you aren't." He cupped my neck with his hand directly and asked word by word, "What did you say?" I reached out and pinched his waist gently with my fingers, pretending to be cynical. Then I added, "And I'm clean. I don't have any other man but you. You can enjoy me as much as you want." *********************** Every woman was looking forward to marrying her beloved man. So was I. I married Patrick Cowell, the man who I had a crush on for twelve years, in the name of my sister. My sister Caroline and I were twins, but she grew up in a rich and noble family while I grew up in an orphanage. She begged me to marry Patrick as her substitute because she didn't want to marry him. I agreed sweetly. Patrick was the only heir of the richest family in this city. Handsome, rich, and powerful. However, I didn't expect that he treated me cruelly in bed as if I was his enemy. Because he knew I was not his bride? Oh no!!!

This is not a stand-alone book. You have to have read book one: Flight of the cardinal. The last surviving member of the royal Cardinal family took flight after the uprising. Princess Cressida Cardinal–now living as Ida- spent the last ten years since the uprising in hiding. During her indenture as a maid in the Kestrel household, she found her fated mate Xander, and together they escaped the clutches of an angry Duke Kestrel, only to tumble into more turmoil. In book one, they uncovered a secret about Ida's heritage while searching for answers to explain her powerful magic. Ida is a hybrid. Part Faith and part magic wielder. This makes her a dangerous weapon that could unleash all hell on earth. But there is a sinister reason why no other hybrids exist. Osprey has now captured Ida and took her into custody within the very castle she used to call home. While in his care, Ida's life is turned upside down, leaving a bitter taste in her mouth. As Ida is imprisoned, Xander must hide and bide his time until he can rescue her. He cannot count on the support from the rebellion, as he suspects there is a traitor amongst them. This will cause Xander to embrace his Lycan legacy and set out to find loyal supporters in the last Lycan pack. Alas, time is short when he learns Ida has escaped and found the one who bound her as a child. Will he reach her in time and prevent Ida from losing herself with the torrent of power in her, or will the past repeat itself and bring their entire world into chaos, dooming all humans, shifters, and magic wielders alike? Find out in the last book of this series.

What if you woke up in an unfamiliar bedroom and find out that you got kidnapped? What if you find out that you have magical powers? What would you do if your beloved got murdered that very day? And what if you fall in love with the murderer? Particularly, I would call myself insane but the case was a lot different with Cressida. Cressida, a girl with a goddess like face and body, perfect grades and with a promising future, will face an incident which will bring a great turn in her life, will make a predictable future turn into an unpredictable one. All the kids with the magic manipulation powers will be kidnapped by a mysterious academy; one which promises to guide them to the right path and help them learn how to use their powers. But what will make their lives more astounding, will be the secrets that will keep unfolding, thanks to Cressida and her 4 more friends. The Prophecy states that 4 Keystone Diamonds, will come, their loyalty bounded to the Queen of Magic Manipulation Powers, and the fate of the century old powers will rest in her hands. But what else lays behind the Prophecy, that the academy tends to keep hidden? Will Cressida be able to unravel the mysteries, handle the surprises, heat of the undesirable love, and beat her mysterious enemies? Follow the adventure of Cressida with her friends to have fun at an amazing ride of bunch of genres, all at once!

Kung hindi lang sa Ina na may malubhang sakit ay hindi gugustuhin ni Cressida na hanapin pa ang ama niya na nang-iwan sa kanila. Ama na ayaw niyang makilala. Labis ang nararamdaman niyang galit sa Ama dahil sa pagpapabaya neto sa kanilang mag-ina. Nang marating niya ang Hacienda Villa Hermosa kung nasaan sakop ng buong angkan ng mga Valdehueza ang lupain. Makikilala niya si Levi, ang anak ng kaniyang ama sa orihinal netong asawa. Kilala sa lugar na iyon si Levi bilang Leon. Walang sino man ang nakapapagpaamo sa mabangis na Leon. Ngunit, isang pangyayari ang naging dahilan para magtagpo ang landas nilang dalawa. Mapapaamo kaya ng isang inosenteng babae ang mabangis na Leon.