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Keluarga utuh disertai kehadiran buah hati adalah impian semua pasangan. Pun dengan Zana dan Haikal. Pasangan suami istri itu sudah sejak lama merindukan celoteh manja dari bibir mungil seorang bayi sebagai buah dari pernikahan mereka. Lebih dari dua tahun menikah, Zana tak kunjung hamil, membuat Haikal memilih rahim lain untuk menghadirkan buah hati untuknya.  Memasuki tahun ketiga pernikahan, Haikal. Membawa bayi laki-laki untuk Zana yang ia sebut anak angkat. Tak ada gurat kecewa pada wajah tulus perempuan cantik itu, meski ia harus merawat bayi berusia dua bulan, sekaligus ibu mertuanya yang sakit parah.  Hingga, pada siang itu, saat sebuah foto hingga rekaman video yang memperlihatkan kemesraan sang suami dengan wanita lain. Zana merasa kedua tungkainya melemah, menyisakan tubuh yang bergetar disebabkan sebuah pengkhianatan. Tak sampai di situ, anak yang ia rawat dengan penuh kasih sejak bayi itu tak lain adalah buah dari pengkhianatan suaminya. 

Mia Klein war seit drei Jahren mit Philipp Huber verheiratet. Sie hatte geglaubt, dass sie sein kaltes Herz irgendwann erwärmen könnte. Doch das Schicksal zeigte ihr eine andere Seite, als sie eines Tages ein Foto von ihm und ihrer eigenen Zwillingsschwester im Bett in den Händen hielt! Mia war gebrochen. Endlich war sie bereit, ihn loszulassen, und sich selbst ebenfalls. Doch als sie Philipp die Scheidungspapiere reichte, zerriss er sie vor ihren Augen und drängte sie an die Wand. Seine Stimme war voller Zorn: „Mia Klein, wenn du dich scheiden lassen willst, dann nur über meine Leiche!“ Mia blickte ihm mit kaltem, gleichgültigem Ausdruck in die Augen. „Philipp, zwischen mir und Sophie Klein kannst du nur eine wählen.“ Am Ende wählte Philipp Sophie. Doch als Mia tatsächlich aus seinem Leben verschwand, erkannte er, dass sein Herz längst ihr gehört hatte...

Ryana tidak menyangka kalau Aldi--calon suaminya-- telah mengkhianatinya. Padahal besok pernikahan mereka akan dilaksanakan. Namun Ryana terpaksa membatalkan pernikahan mereka karena malam hari sebelum akad nikah, Ezra--sahabat Aldi-- mengirimkan foto dan video panas Aldi dengan wanita lain. Malam itu juga Ryana menemui Aldi dengan hati yang sudah tercabik-cabik. Aldi meminta maaf dan mengakui kalau dia khilaf. Pria itu meminta agar pernikahan mereka tetap dilanjutkan. Tetapi Ryana tetap pada pendiriannya. Keesokan harinya Penghulu sudah datang ke rumah Ryana, dekorasi pelaminan sudah tertata dengan cantik, dan hidangan makanan juga sudah masak. Kesedihan terpancar di raut wajah Ryana karena batalnya pernikahannya. Gadis itu tetap memakai pakaian pengantinnya dan dirias walau dengan berlinangan air mata. Rencananya acara akan tetap digelar walaupun tanpa adanya mempelai pengantin pria. Tiba-tiba Hasfi--teman adik Ryana-- menawarkan diri untuk menjadi pengantin pengganti. Akankah Hasfi yang baru saja duduk di bangku kuliah bisa diterima Ryana?

Aku rela jadi peliharaan banyak sugar daddy, demi membalaskan dendam Mama. *** [ Aku hamil, Om! ] Meskipun sempat gamang, pesan singkat itu berhasil kukirimkan pada Om Adrian bersama dengan foto surat keterangan dari bidan yang menyatakan bahwa kehamilanku sudah berjalan tujuh pekan. Om Adrian adalah lelaki ketiga yang berhasil kupertahankan lebih dari setahun lamanya sejak aku terjerumus dalam ikatan terlarang. Perbedaan usia kami berpaut dua puluh empat tahun, tapi tak menjadi penghalang hubungan yang mulanya memang terjalin hanya demi kesenangan. Umurku bahkan belum genap tujuh belas tahun saat memutuskan untuk mencari penghasilan sebagai peliharaan para lelaki mapan berdompet tebal. Om Adrian berbeda dari dua Sugar Daddy-ku sebelumnya yang memang berstatus single. Ya, dia beristri. Dan dengan kehamilan ini aku berencana untuk menggantikan posisi istrinya. Terkesan tak tahu diri, bukan? Memang. Namun, percayalah! Aku punya alasan. Alasan yang bila kujelaskan pun tak akan mampu dimengerti sebelum kalian mengalaminya sendiri. Keadaanlah yang telah memaksaku tumbuh menjadi seorang jalang sejak dini.

Nasib si Bungsu. (Saat masa jaya orang tua telah habis). "Jadwal kontrol Bapak tiga hari lagi, kamu sudah dapat uang buat biaya rental mobil?" tanya Ibuku saat aku baru saja pulang. "Yusup usahain ya Bu, semoga ada rezekinya," jawabku. Sambil melepas jaket yang selalu menemaniku mencari rupiah. "Kalau gak ada ya udah, gak apa-apa. Paling Bapakmu teriak-teriak kalau lagi kumat karena obatnya habis!" ucap Ibu sambil berlalu pergi. Aku tahu Ibu pasti kecewa, lalu bagaimana lagi, aku sudah berusaha keras, dalam hati aku merasa gagal. Uang sebesar lima ratus ribu saja tidak mampu aku cari. Mungkin bagi orang lain tidak seberapa, tapi untukku yang hanya berprofesi sebagai ojek online uang lima ratus ribu sangatlah besar. Apalagi akhir-akhir ini orderan sangat sepi tidak seperti biasanya. Aku duduk termenung di atas sofa lusuh, mataku menatap tiga bingkai besar yang terpajang di dinding, foto ketiga Kakakku saat wisuda. Mereka terlihat sangat gagah dengan toga yang dipakainya

Yara Ellis is a medical student, hiding in a human university while she studies to become a doctor. Unlike most, Yara is majoring in human medicine, veterinary medicine, and minoring in zoology. Since the packs are constantly at war, there are never enough doctors to help injured pack members. She’s been on her own for several years now, escaping from her previous pack and making her own way in the world, hoping to one day return to her roots and become the premier doctor of the packs. Warren Hill is an Alpha, caught up in the constant wars that abound between the packs and the battles that are never-ending. He’s a strong and powerful Alpha, but because of the constant fighting between the packs, he’s never been able to find his mate. One day when Yara is letting her wolf run, she comes across Alpha Warren, caught in a bear trap. She’s heard of this, packs leaving traps so that other pack’s members will get caught and either die a slow death or are easily killed. Warren is in his wolf form, unable to shift without ripping his leg off. Yara carefully springs the trap, releasing him from his metal capture. However, Warren recognizes her as his mate and when his pack arrives, he’s unwilling to leave her behind. Yara doesn’t want to return to Warren’s pack but is unable to fight against the Alpha and his warriors. When she hears that the one who desperately wants her, the one she ran to get away from, is now Alpha of his pack, she realizes that the safest place for her may be with Alpha Warren, even if he is her mate and even if he is unwilling to ever let her go.

Victor and I were nothing more than a pair of sworn enemies married inside the camp. He hated me for handing over my frail sister to the research institute, all so they could extract the antiviral serum from her blood. And I hated him for never seeing anyone but her, even in the apocalypse, when she could barely lift a metal rod. For the ten years of the apocalypse, the words we said to each other most often were, "Die a miserable death." … However, when the zombie horde finally broke through the last line of defense, he chained me to the modified mech truck and went out alone to face it. "Live…" I watched as the tide of corpses swallowed him whole, the crack of breaking bones mixing with the sound of flesh being torn apart. On the edge of death, he pulled out my sister's faded photo and placed it over the one clean spot on his chest. "This life is yours. But if there's a next one, don't go near her again." … That night, when I returned, I blew up the camp. When I opened my eyes again, I went to the zombie king. His razor-sharp claws closed around my throat, and I smiled as I took hold of his hand. "Let's make a deal. Give humans five more years, and I'll willingly be your queen." Last time, he gave his life to save me. This time, I'll be the monster—so they can all get what they want.

Sold like a circus animal. Collared, forced into misery and self-hatred. With a single blow, she hopes to change her life, only to find herself trapped again. Ocean has no idea what freedom means, but she desires nothing more than a taste of it. The secrets hidden from her will unfold before her eyes, no one can escape the truth. ~~~ The book excerpt: "Here, I have a key to your heart," I left the key in my palm, metal, and skin together. I stumbled upon the ancient artwork in the locker rooms. It caught my attention because it resembles a dagger, so I took it and waited for the perfect opportunity. "Silly girl, that is not the key to my heart. Pathetic attempt." Vladimir growls in disgust. If I'm lucky, I'll be free by the end of the night. Taking the first step toward my destruction, I grin and move my hips in time with the slow music in the background. Vladimir swallows, his Adam's apple bobbles in his throat. The vampire's eyes focus on the crook of my neck as I stop directly in front of him. I place my palm on his chest, guide my fingertips down to his abdominal muscles, a corner of my lip twitches in disgust. When he closes his eyes, I take the opportunity to plunge the key directly into his heart, smiling as his eyes shoot open and he looks down at me in horror. "Are you still convinced I don't have the key to your heart?" I ask, grab him by the collar, and pull him closer. My lips nearly touch his ear as I whisper, "It fits."

In her past life, Aria Vale loved the wrong people. Her stepsister framed her. Her fiancé betrayed her. And on the cold metal of an operating table, Aria died— watching the man who truly loved her take his last breath trying to save her. But fate gives her a second chance. Reborn seven years earlier, Aria returns sharper, colder, and armed with the one thing she never had before— clarity. This time, she refuses to be the Vale family’s sacrificial pawn. To escape their control, she boldly replaces another girl and marries the man everyone in Meridian City mocks: Damian Cross—the “disabled,” unwanted heir. Rumour says he’s powerless. Rumour says he’s cold and useless. Rumour says his own family discarded him. Rumour is wrong. Behind the wheelchair is a man whose power shakes cities— a man hiding his true identity, calculating his rise, and waiting for the right moment to strike. And to everyone’s shock, he chooses to protect Aria. To cherish her. To claim her. As Aria unleashes her hidden brilliance— her beauty, her medical genius, her cold confidence— the people who once mocked her find themselves kneeling at her feet. The scum who destroyed her? This time, she destroys them first. But as her enemies fall one by one, Aria discovers the most dangerous truth of all: Her “disabled” husband isn’t disabled at all… and the gentle man who pampers her by day turns into a possessive wolf by night. This lifetime, Aria rises from ashes to glory. This lifetime, Damian stands by her side as king. And anyone who tries to tear them apart— will learn the meaning of regret.

After ten years of being mated, I discovered my aloof Alpha mate had been keeping a sunshine-like Omega lover. That Omega could bring warmth and light to everyone she meets. My Alpha mate, Dominic, who had spent his childhood in the doldrums, was easily attracted by that kind of pure warmth. That very night, I presented him with a mate bond severance agreement. Dominic sneered coldly as he tore up the agreement, throwing a psychiatric evaluation at me instead. "Sign this. Admit you have delusional disorder, and I'll send you to the best mental hospital to live out your days. I know all about your dirty little tricks. I won't give you any chance to hurt her." So, all these years… every little thing I’d done to protect him? To him, it was just despicable scheming. I refused to sign. Dominic had me bound and tortured with silver powder, watching coldly as I convulsed in agony. He even had our two five-year-old pups hung from the bow of massive ships about to collide. "Either sign, or watch them get crushed to pulp. Your call." I dropped to my knees on the deck, banging my head against the wood like a madwoman, begging him to let me sign. But it was too late—I watched helplessly as my pups' small bodies got torn apart by metal shrapnel. When I opened my eyes again, I was back on the day I discovered he was keeping that girl. I decided never to love him again. But after I left him, Dominic suddenly went mad searching for me everywhere.