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He was trained to repair failing hearts. She never imagined hers would be the one placed in danger. When Iris Moore steps into Hale Heart Institute as a newly graduated medical trainee, she carries ambition, grief, and hunger beneath her calm exterior. Raised by her grandmother after losing her mother early, Iris chose cardiology to honor love, survival, and sacrifice. Desire was never part of her plan. Until Dr. Nathaniel Hale. Powerful. Controlled. Forbidden. Nathaniel is the hospital’s most respected cardiologist, bound by legacy, family, and expectation. The woman chosen for him has his name, not his heart. Discipline built his world. Iris threatens to burn it down. From their first meeting, tension coils tight and breathless. Training becomes intimate. Touches linger. Hands brush skin too slowly. In quiet labs and shadowed corridors, restraint frays, desire pulses, and every heartbeat feels like a risk. But hospitals whisper. Nurses watch. Jealousy sharpens. And the woman waiting to claim Nathaniel’s future moves to destroy the threat. A complaint is filed. Warning arrives. line is crossed. Iris is targeted, isolated, and tested. Nathaniel is forced to choose between duty and desire, control and craving. Every stolen look costs more. Every step closer invites ruin. Because when forbidden hearts collide, consequences are brutal. And when restraint finally snaps, passion will demand payment. Some loves are dangerous because they feel too right. Some choices shatter everything. In a hospital built to save lives, this love might destroy two. And when secrets surface, survival will require courage, sacrifice, and surrender. Iris must decide whether to run or stay. Nathaniel must risk his name, his family, his future. Because once desire claims the heart, there is no safe way back. This story burns slow, deep, and unforgiving, pulling readers breathless toward scandal, surrender, obsession, desire

Venue d’un petit village, Rosette Blooms intègre le prestigieux Lycée Saint-Célestin, un endroit où elle espère simplement passer inaperçue. Timide et studieuse, elle se concentre sur ses études, loin de l’agitation de son passé. Mais rapidement, des événements inexplicables viennent bouleverser sa tranquillité : des regards insistant, des murmures à son sujet, et un étrange accident qui semble tout déclencher. Comme si son arrivée dans cette école réveillait des forces qu’elle ne comprend pas. Et puis, il y a lui. Beau, froid et distant, un des élèves les plus populaires, qui semble l’observer de loin. Son regard est pénétrant, presque comme s’il savait quelque chose qu’elle ignore…

Kemuning Dwi Kusumadewi tak pernah menyangka bahwa pernikahan yang ia pertahankan dengan penuh kesetiaan justru berakhir pada pengkhianatan. Suaminya memilih kembali kepada cinta lamanya, bahkan membawa Kemuning tinggal di rumah yang menyimpan kenangan mereka. Namun luka terbesar datang saat Kemuning dijadikan taruhan dalam sebuah permainan kejam, dipertukarkan demi melunasi hutang dan menyelamatkan pria yang ia sebut suami. Dimenangkan oleh Rafardan Kaynan Kendrick, pria misterius dan berkuasa, hidup Kemuning berubah dalam sekejap. Akankah ia terus tenggelam dalam penderitaan, atau justru menemukan kekuatan untuk bangkit dan membalas semua yang telah menghancurkannya?

They say revenge is a dish best served cold. Mine's been chilling for five years. The night James Reed kicked me out of his life, I was pregnant, penniless, and naive enough to believe love mattered more than money. He taught me better. When you're bleeding out in the rain, clutching your stomach while your best friend laughs from his doorway, you learn exactly what you're worth to people like them. Zero. But the woman who nearly died that night? She stayed dead. The one who came back is someone else entirely. Anna Quinn. Lost daughter of California's most powerful family. CEO of her own pharmaceutical empire. And the silent majority shareholder in James Reed's failing company. He's about to learn what happens when you build an empire on stolen foundations. His marriage has cracks he doesn't see. And the investors keeping him afloat? They answer to me now. He thinks he's untouchable. That my formula made him invincible. But success built on stolen work has a way of crumbling when the original genius decides to pull the rug out. I don't want him back. I want him ruined. And this time, I'm the one holding all the cards.

“This….this is not right,” she whispered, closing her eyes as let her head fall back as he kissed her neck. Pleasure engulfing her, her mind hazy but at the same time working. “What isn’t?” He asked, in that rich, smooth, velvet voice that was quite enough to make her drop to her knees. She opened her eyes, staring right into his hunger filled ones. “It’s forbidden.” She whispered. “It won’t be nice if we get caught,” His lips twitched and he rubbed the back of his palm down her face, a mischievous glint in his eyes. “Who said anything about getting caught, Rivers?” •••• If there was one thing Sloane Rivers loved most, it was Christmas. After working her ass off all year as an attorney, she was disappointed when she was nominated to go on the mandatory firm retreat. A day after she arrived, she found herself sharing the lodge with an unexpected “roomie” Ethan Hale. An arrogant, 6’2”, ridiculously wealthy CEO due to a storm. Their cohabitating came with plenty of back-and-forth bickering and arguments that slowly turned into something she looked forward to even after he moved out of her lodge. After the retreat ended, Sloane returned to her normal life. What she didn’t expect was for Ethan to crash into her world again, challenging every principle she’d lived by. The man she’d met a week before Christmas might just be her undoing, because mixing business with pleasure was strictly forbidden.

Tewas karena kerja lembur, Rania, seorang ahli strategi korporat, terbangun di tubuh Permaisuri Aurelia yang terbuang. Diasingkan oleh suaminya yang kejam, Kaisar Darrius, dan dikelilingi musuh, takdirnya adalah mati dalam kehinaan. Tapi Rania menolak untuk menjadi korban. Dengan otaknya sebagai senjata, ia mengubah istana penjaranya menjadi 'kantor' pusat, intrik politik menjadi 'rapat dewan', dan mulai menjalankan operasi hostile takeover terhadap takdirnya sendiri. Namun, permainannya yang dingin dan tak terduga justru menarik perhatian sang Kaisar, yang mulai melihat sosok berbahaya sekaligus memikat di dalam diri wanita yang dibencinya. Di dunia di mana pedang dan sihir berkuasa, bisakah strategi bisnis menyelamatkan nyawanya dan menaklukkan hati sang tiran?

Isang pagkamuhi na nauwi sa kakaibang init ng temptasyon. Magagawa ba niyang iwasan ang init ng mga halik ng lalaking kinamumuhian? Saan hahantung ang kakaibang init kung mismo ang kanyang katawan ay napapaso sa kakaibang sipsip na ginawa ng naturang kinaiinisan? Abangan ang kwento ng pag-ibig na magbibigay init sa bawat buntong-hininga ng mga mambabasa.

Apa jadinya jika seorang perempuan yang sudah lama dicari dan dicintai, ternyata malah menjadi istri dari sahabatnya. Semua itu terjadi pada Haidar. Berusaha melupakan cintanya pada Hazimah, tetapi semesta malah menyatukan mereka, sedangkan Haidar sendiri sudah memiliki pasangan hidup. Apa yang harus Haidar lakukan?

Isn’t it funny how love works? I have always loved Dreston, and he has always been the one for me—my first love. As a child, I loved him, as a teenager, nothing changed. And now, even as his wife, I still couldn’t love him any less. But he only ever loved Tina—my teenage best friend. She came into our lives and didn’t just take him away from me. She took my happiness, my laughter, and even the girl I used to be. I still remember her words to me: “You knew he was mine, yet you married him.” She made me feel like I was the villain. Maybe I was foolish to believe that love alone would bring him back to me. But nothing changed. He would always love her. I finally gave up the day I signed the divorce papers. I learned to let go, to move on, and to start fresh. And just when I had finally decided to start my life again—just when the universe rewarded me with a man who loved me unconditionally… Dreston came running back. Now he wants a second chance.

“Ah!” Seorang wanita terbangun di tempat tidur rumah sakit. Napasnya terengah-engah, keringat dingin membasahi dahinya. Ia memegang kepala, mencoba memahami apa yang baru saja terjadi. Seorang pria berdiri di sisi tempat tidur, menatapnya dengan sorot mata tajam. “Kau tampaknya sudah cukup sehat, Kayla.” Wanita itu mengernyit. Kayla? Siapa itu? Pria itu mendekat dan memegang dagunya dengan kasar. “Kau ingin mencoba bunuh diri lagi? Setelah sebelumnya melompat dari gedung, kini nekat terjun ke danau?” “Maaf… siapa Anda?” tanya wanita itu, bingung. Pria itu tersenyum sinis. “Kau pura-pura tidak mengenal suamimu sendiri. Apa kali ini amnesia?" tanya pria itu dengan nada menghina. Tatapan matanya tajam menusuk, seolah menguliti pikiran Hara. "Berpura-pura bodoh di hadapanku? Kau sedang mencari mati, hah?"