Frames Of Mind

When I was seven, my father brought home a beautiful lady who gave me a mango. That day, my mother watched me happily eating the mango while she signed her name on the divorce papers. After that, she jumped off the roof of our building. From then on, mangoes became the nightmare of my life. So on my wedding day, I told my husband, Alan Holt, "If you ever want a divorce, just give me a mango." Alan pulled me into his arms, quiet. From then on, mangoes became off-limits for him, too. On Christmas Eve of our fifth year of marriage, Alan's childhood sweetheart, Larissa Fennimore, left a mango on his desk at the office. The very same day, Alan announced he was cutting ties with Larissa and fired her from the company. That day, I truly believed he was the man I was meant to be with. Half a year later, I flew back from overseas, having just closed a partnership deal worth about 200 million dollars. At the celebration dinner, Alan handed me a drink. After I had finished half the glass, his so-called childhood sweetheart, the woman who had been kicked out of the company, stood behind me with a big grin and asked, "Does the mango juice taste good?" I stared at Alan in disbelief, and he was trying hard not to laugh. "Don't be mad. Larissa insisted I played a little joke on you. I didn't actually give you a mango; I just gave you a bottle of mango juice. But I think she's right. The fact that you don't eat mangoes is a real problem. You were really enjoying that juice just now." My face went cold. I lifted my hand and threw the rest of the mango juice in his face, then turned around and walked away. Some things are never a joke. I wouldn't kid around with mangoes or divorce.

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.

If you started having hyper realistic dreams about a boy you've never met, living in a land you've never visited, your first reaction probably wouldn't be to leave home and everything you know just for the small chance of finding him, right? You would just convince yourself they were just dreams, and you were going crazy. I mean, no rational person would swim through a portal, enter another world, and discover not only is their dream boy very much real, but they have another soul mate anxiously waiting for the day you save their people and lead them in the new age. Right?

Setelah mati dikhianati suaminya, Rosalin terbangun kembali di novel The Curse of the Crown sebagai putri Rosaline Dionne Baverly. Dalam novel tersebut, putri Rosaline merupakan istri dari pangeran Kilian, pangeran bertopeng yang merupakan tokoh favorit dari Rosalin. Siapa sangka pangeran bertopeng tersebut memiliki wajah serupa dengan mantan suaminya membuat Rosalin menggunakan segala cara untuk tidak mengikuti alur cerita novel. Tapi, ketikaKillian menunjukkan sikap yang bertolak belakang dengan mantan suaminya, Rosalin merasakan dilema atas keputusannya sendiri karena benih-benih cinta mulai tumbuh di hatinya untuk sang pangeran.

Sarah Parker is a young she wolf apart of a world, that's supposed to make dreams come true. But what people read in Once upon a time stories, isn't the reality she's living through! Cursed by the moon goddess when she meets her fated mate. Setting the curse into motion, Sarah is destined to a fate worse then death. Will her mate be able to save her from the curse set upon his kind thousands of years ago and keep the darkness at bay? Or will the shadows call sealing both their fates....

Dante Matino Cruz is a delivery rider, sweating day and night just to keep food on the table and medicine for his ailing mother. Life is hard, but his pride is harder—no shortcuts, no handouts, no selling himself for money. Celestine Isla Navarro is a CEO who thrives in a world where hesitation means weakness. She’s used to buying what she wants and bending people to her will. But the day she crosses paths with Dante—sun-bronzed, stubborn, and infuriatingly unyielding—something inside her shifts. Her first proposition is reckless: a single night, no strings attached. Dante’s answer? Not for sale. But fate doesn’t end with one rejection. Celestine offers him something else: a job. A dangerous but well-paid position as her personal bodyguard. The money could save his mother, even secure work for his childhood friend, Liza. It’s everything he’s been breaking his back for—served on a silver platter. Now Dante faces a brutal choice: swallow his pride to protect his family, or stand firm against a woman who never takes “no” for an answer. What begins as a battle of wills turns into a dangerous, slow-burning game of temptation. Pride versus desire. Fire against fire. And in this game, someone will surrender. The question is—who will break first?

Sebastian, Knox, Damien and a host of other names he has been called over centuries but only one stuck, the name Grey. Walking the earth an alpha werewolf with the fire of the sun flowing through his veins. His Immortal life, devoid of meaning till the day he met the white wolf running through the woods, his mate, Lana. She gave him a life and together they built the great pack of the west a sanctuary for lone wolves. Demons of the underworld carried rumors of a power capable of destroying everything it touches. Erebus the master of the underworld learnt of his existence, A werewolf weilding power that could destroy even him. Erebus sent his most loyal servant with a charge to destroy the alpha. They attacked, tearing apart the whole pack in an attempt to destroy him. He survived but his pack didn't, Lana didn't, leaving him all alone once again. He swore on the ground of his fallen pack to destroy Erebus the god of darkness. Little did he know that fate had other plans for him...

On the day I miscarried and suffered from haemorrhage, my husband posted a photo of a newborn’s tiny feet on his Instagram Story. The caption read: “Welcome, little angel. Daddy will always protect you.” With trembling hands, I called him. “The baby’s gone. Can you come to the hospital?” On the other end, I heard a baby crying, followed by the man’s impatient voice. “In that case, take good care of yourself. Louise just gave birth and needs someone to care for her. I can’t leave. “Besides, the dead shouldn’t compete with the living for affection. Got it?” He hung up right after. I broke down alone on the hospital bed, and when I finally wiped away my tears, I dialed the number of his sworn enemy, Levi Snow. “Marry me, and the entire Wright Corporation will be my dowry. All I want is for you to bring Finn Yeaton down. Do we have a deal?”

Prince Alex Windsor was born to rule. Duty, tradition, and a royal engagement bind his future, until Nick Peters storms back into his life. The rebellious son of a billionaire with presidential ambitions, Nick was Alex’s first love, his greatest secret, and the one person he was never meant to see again. But fate has other plans. A drink kiss reignites their buried desires, thrusting them into a whirlwind of passion, scandal, and betrayal. As powerful enemies conspire to tear them apart, from blackmailers to assassins, Alex must make an impossible choice: his crown or his heart. With the world watching and the monarchy at stake, can Alex and Nick defy the odds and claim their own destiny? Or will duty, deception, and a past that refuses to die keep them apart forever?

Tentang waktu yang tak pernah henti.Tentang cerita yang tak pernah sirna.Tentang cita yang harus tercipta.Tentang mimpi yang harus diraih. Rasanya, dunia adalah penjara bagi orang-orang yang tak sempurna, dan surga bagi orang-orang yang berkuasa. Jika boleh meminta, lebih baik tiada. Tak merasakan siang yang terang, atau malam yang gelap.Kehidupan seperti ini hanya menyiksanya, laki-laki yang tak mengenal apa itu suara. Laki-laki dengan sejuta kelebihan namun tertutup oleh satu kekurangan. Dia adalah raja bagi orang yang mencintainya. Dan dia adalah malam bagi orang yang membencinya.Mampukah dia menemukan bintang untuk menerangi gelapnya malam?Dan mampukah dia menemukan ratu sebagai tempatnya memicu rindu?Happy Reading.