First Love Then Marriage

Salvatore Greco is genius and monster. As the right hand man and brother of the Capo of the D’Angelo, his lack of feelings is a blessing, not a curse – until his brother asks him to marry for the sake of the D’Angelo. Celestina Romano, cousin of the Capo of the New York Famiglia, is chosen to marry Salvatore Greco to prevent war with the D’Angelo, but what she hears about Las Vegas makes her veins pulse with terror. After her father betrayed his Capo and paid with his life, her family thinks marriage is her only chance to bring honor to her name; but only Celestina knows she’s a faulty prize given in return for peace.

The factory had just finished expanding when my wife insisted on bringing her older brother in as our driver. The very next day, my brother-in-law sold my $45,000 business car to a used car dealer. Not only that, he had the nerve to lecture me. "You're just a small business owner," he said. "Driving a car this expensive is a waste. You might as well sell it and buy gold for my sister. At least that'll appreciate in value." I swallowed my anger and tried to explain. "I've never treated her poorly. I've never missed a holiday gift. Compared to what others spend, driving this car is already modest." He flew into a rage instantly. "You still dare talk back? My sister gets treated like a maid by your mother every day, and you pretend not to see it. "Driving a luxury car, pretending to be rich, probably thinking about keeping a mistress. As long as I'm around, don't even think about it. "In my family, women handle the money. You'd better transfer all your assets to my sister." I turned to leave, but he punched me straight in the eye. When my wife rushed over, she did not defend me. Instead, she scolded me for looking down on her family. While I was being treated for my eye injury, she even allowed her brother to sell all the gold and expensive watches in our house. They used the money to buy a car for his son and even sold the house just to show off their wealth. Meanwhile, she went online and complained about how miserable her married life had been. I was so furious I was speechless. In the end, I called the police. Since they were so eager to get their hands on my money, I decided they would not get a single cent.

The fear of intimacy prevented Lisa from being in a love relationship with any men, hence she never gave much thought about how she would be falling in love with someone until she met Joseph, a surprisingly good-looking but mean billionaire who changed his girlfriend on a three-monthly basis. Fate was often conceived as inevitable -though fate arranged two individuals encounter and brought two people together, but personal happiness depended on you. It was a love game two can play, but it was not a well-matched race between the master and the beginner. Even so, what else can you do? You need to keep playing until either the sides win or one's heartbroken.

This is the biography of a 21-year-old young woman, Victoria Carlson. To her, her stepfather's massive manhood is her best coming-of-age present. "Vicky, Daddy just wants to give you a surprise," my stepfather, Charlie Kramer, says as he rips my dress off me roughly.

Brianna Jones sailed through all forms of torture, pain, betrayals, humiliations, and anything that could easily break a regular person. However, what broke the last straw was her parents' attempt to 'accidentally' abort her unborn child. Thinking she finally escaped it all, the omega found herself in the clutches of Jack Nicholas Burkley, an alpha who detests her to no end. Another round of torture awaited her, but this time around, the omega swore not to suffer in silence. *** You're still the same as before, Brianna. You only accept my offer when you need me. When you don't need me anymore, you will throw me away and have an affair with the likes of my father, just like what you did back— ." "I'm like this because I was raped. And don't you dare call me a cheap slut! I may be a lowly omega, but I'm not a slut. I. am. not. cheap. either"

เธอตอบแทนบุญคุณของครอบครัวเขา 'ด้วยการเป็นเมีย' ××× เขาอยู่ในวัยที่พ่อแม่อยากให้มีครอบครัว แต่แทนที่จะมองหาผู้หญิงที่สมน้ำสมเนื้อกัน 'ไทม์' กลับเลือกให้ความสนใจกับ 'วาลี' ผู้หญิงที่ครอบครัวอุปการะตั้งแต่จำความได้ แถมเธอยังกลัวเขามาก ขนาดที่เคยเรียกกันว่า 'ยักษ์' “ฉันมาประชุมแถวนี้ เลยแวะมาซื้อกาแฟร้านใต้ตึกนี้ เธอสงสัยอะไร” “เปล่าค่ะ แค่ถาม”

Caramel Attanaya Raharja tidak pernah menyangka jika keputusannya untuk membela seorang anak ketika dimarahi oleh wanita di dalam area playground justru membawanya kepada sebuah keadaan yang membuatnya serba salah. Rasa cintanya pada anak-anak membuatnya tidak tega menolak keinginan anak itu untuk menjadi Mamanya. Hal ini Caramel anggap sebagai upaya menyenangkan anak itu tanpa ada maksud lain. Semua yang Caramel lakukan menjadi runyam ketika sosok Elang Mahaputra Adikara yang tidak lain adalah Ayah dari Leander itu memintanya untuk menjadi istrinya dan menjalankan peran sebagai ibu untuk anaknya. Meskipun awalnya menolak secara tegas namun tawaran-tawaran yang Elang berikan jika Caramel setuju untuk menjadi istrinya membuat Caramel mau tidak mau menerimanya. Elang mengira jika persetujuan Caramel untuk menjadi istrinya saja sudah cukup, namun nyatanya meminta restu keluarga Raharja jauh lebih sulit daripada yang ia bayangkan. Elang kira setelah berhasil melalui semua itu kehidupannya dengan Caramel akan baik-baik saja, nyatanya ia telah salah besar. Mampukah mereka bertahan atau justru sebaliknya?

TRIGGER WARNING : THIS BOOK EXPLORES HEAVY THEMES SUCH AS EMOTIONAL ABUSE, MANIPULATION, BDSM AND TORTURE, SEXUAL ABUSE, AND TRAUMA – AS WELL AS STRENGTH, RESILIENCE, AND THE WILL TO RECLAiM ONE’S POWER. IF YOU'RE SENSITIVE TO ANY OF THE THEMES MENTIONED, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO READ WITH CARE, TAKE BREAKS WHEN NEEDED, OR SKIP IF THIS BOOK IS NOT RIGHT FOR YOU AT THIS TIME. READER DISCRETION IS ADVISED. INTENDED FOR MATURE AUDIENCES (18+) ONLY. Blurb She was the price her father paid. He was the monster no one dared defy. Their marriage was never meant to feel like love – only like survival. Seraphina Houston, the strong-willed daughter of an Alpha Houston; a failing werewolf pack, never imagined her fate would be sealed by a contract… or by the cold hands of a Lycan king. When she’s forced to marry the powerful and ruthless billionaire, Leone Night, to clear her father’s debt, she becomes little more than a pawn in a brutal political game. From the moment she enters the Blackthorn Pack’s palace, Seraphina is silenced, ignored, and betrayed, used as nothing more than a vessel to fulfill a cursed bloodline. Her husband shows her no kindness, his twin brother taunts her with a past she barely escaped, and her only comfort lies in the arms of a gentle palace doctor who offers her something the others never could: a choice. But the deeper she sinks into the lycan world, the more secrets unravel. A mistress with a familiar face. A child with forbidden power. And a prophecy that ties her fate to both Lycan brothers… with deadly consequences. When the time comes to choose between survival, love, and freedom…will Seraphina continue to suffer in silence, or become the rebellion the monsters never saw coming?

There has never been a female Alpha until Amani Constantine. She was once the future Alpha of the Bloodmoon pack—a pack that was completely annihilated under the order of the Alpha King. In one night, Amani lost her parents and entire pack, spared only for being the fated mate of Prince Malakai, the son of the Alpha King and heir to the throne. She despises the Alpha King and harbors equal animosity towards Malakai, who is determined to mold Amani into the most obedient mate. However, submission goes against Amani’s very nature; she is an Alpha through and through, but she is a wolf-less Alpha, unable to shift. Branded as a defect, a flaw, and an abomination to their kind, Amani struggles with her identity. When the wolf inside her finally awakens, will she stand by her mate’s side and ascend as the next Luna Queen? Or will Amani step into her role as the Alpha she was destined to be and seek her revenge for the slaughter of Bloodmoon?

Kiran harus menerima kenyataan bahwa demi menyelamatkan perusahaan keluarganya, ia harus menerima perjodohan dengan Yudhis, pewaris tunggal keluarga Wiguna. Semua tidak berjalan mulus sejak awal. Kiran yang selalu merasa insecure akibat kata-kata Yudhis dan berbenturan dengan Yudhis yang dituntut untuk segera memberikan keturunan membuat semua terasa semakin sulit. Mampukah mereka melewati lika-liku dalam kehidupan rumah tangga mereka?