Funny You Should Ask Book

"Stop right there, Evan! You can't fool me." Grace stretched out her hands to the right and left, preventing her best friend from leaving. "I know you're hiding something." Evan crossed his arms over his chest. "Don't be so confident. And please, know your place. I have the power to replace you with anyone else." He leaned toward her and whispered to her ear. "Or, are you trying to seduce me? How much is your rate for one night?" Upon hearing it, Grace gave him a smack across the face. She was silent for a moment in disbelief. Tears started to roll down her cheeks. "You're so mean, Evan. I-hate-you," she said, heartbroken. She turned away from him without further ado. Evan teared up too, looking at his best friend leaving. "I'm sorry, Grace. I had to do it. We can't be together," he said weakly. Grace and Evan became best friends after he saved her and her mother following a traffic collision. Their friendship grew stronger for years until they became inseparably fond of each other. However, fate played jokes on them. They had to separate for years, lose contact and bury their dreams. When they finally reunited in the same workplace, everything was not the same as it used to be.

The fourth instalment of Seductive Vibrations. Ever wondered what happened after the move to America? Marcus takes a step back from his relationship with Alena. When he hires a new personal assistant Anaya, and they attend a work event, things turn when Marcus can't resist her, but after sleeping with her, he knows he can't let her go. As Marcus moves forward with Anaya, we see a new side of Alena, one that becomes bitter and will go to just about any length to get Marcus back for herself. Even risks her marriage with Jackson, as she pushes Marcus to a point where he crumbles and the result is a deadly crash. If you thought things got twisted in the last season of Seductive Vibrations, hold on tight, as Demitri is becoming a main character, fighting to win Anaya from Marcus after letting her go when he was younger.

The things we want are so very rarely the things we need. Clifton Heights, a modest Adirondack town, offers many unique attractions. Arcane Delights sells both paperbacks and hard-to-find limited editions. The Skylark Diner serves the best home-cooked meals around, with friendly service and a smile. Every August, Mr. Jingo’s County Fair visits, to the delight of children and adults. In essence, Clifton Heights is the quintessential small American town. Everyone knows everyone else, and everyone is treated like family. It is quiet, simple, and peaceful. But shadows linger here. Flitting in dark corners, from the corner of the eye. If you walk down Main Street after dark, the slight scrape of shoes on asphalt whispers you're not alone, but when you look over your shoulder, no one is there. The moon shines high and bright in the night sky, but instead of throwing light, it only seems to make the shadows lengthen. Children disappear. Teens run away. Hunters get lost in the woods with frightening regularity. Husbands go mad, and wives vanish in the dead of night. And still, when the sun rises in the morning, you are greeted by townspeople with warm waves and friendly smiles, and the shivers pass as everything seems fresh and new... Until night falls once more. Handy's Pawn and Thrift sits several blocks down from Arcane Delights. Like any thrift store, its wares range from the mundane to the bizarre. By daylight, it seems just another slice of small town Americana. But in its window hangs a sign which reads: We Have Things You Need. And when a lonely traveling salesman comes looking for something he desperately wants, after normal visiting hours, after night has fallen, he will face a harsh truth among the shelves of Handy’s Pawn and Thrift: the things we want are rarely the things we need. ©️ Crystal Lake Publishing

Terjerat hutang yang membawa seorang Gadis bernama Laluna berhadapan dengan sindikat perdagangan manusia yang ada di Nepal. Selama sepuluh tahun sejak Laluna masih belajar di sekolah menengah pertama pergi dari negara asalnya Tanpa bisa kembali ke negaranya lagi. Dia adalah seorang gadis yang dulunya tinggal disebuah desa kecil di Utara Indonesia. Kekelaman masa mudanya itu membawanya pada kehidupan baru yang menghilangkan kesan feminim dan ramah di dalam dirinya. Usianya sekarang sudah menginjak 22th Dia tumbuh menjadi seorang wanita yang sangat cantik tapi sangat tomboy, Dia bisa keluar dari perbudakan dan dunia prostitusi tapi akhirnya membawanya menjadi seorang wanita kriminal. Keadaan ini memang bukan sebuah pilihan, karena hanya ada dua pekerjaan untuk bisa bertahan hidup disana. Sebagai pencuri atau Wanita penghibur karena dia tumbuh tanpa pendidikan dan dia memilih yang pertama untuk mendapatkan banyak uang demi keluarganya sekaligus demi sebuah keinginan untuk pulang dan menyelamatkan semua teman-teman yang berangkat bersamanya. Sampai akhirnya seorang Tentara tidak sengaja datang pada sebuah pesta pora Di Nepal. Dia adalah utusan dari Indonesia untuk menyelamatkan para budak dan wanita penghibur yang terjebak di Nepal dengan cara menyamar. keduanya bertemu dalam satu misi yang sama untuk pulang ke Negara asal dan mereka berdua saling jatuh cinta. Keberanian mereka berdualah yang membuat mereka bisa kembali pulang dan membawa puluhan orang yang menjadi korban kekejaman perdagangan manusia ini. Bagaimanakah perjuangan mereka?

Sabi nila makikilala mo ang mga tunay mong kaibigan sa oras nang gapitan. Ito ang tumatak sa isip ni Drake. That night when everything in his world crumble. Napagtanto niya kung sino lang ang tunay na nagmamahal sa kanya at sa pamilya niya. In a single night he lost almost everything. His father died, his mother went ill. And his fiancée left him. Bukod sa Nawala ang yaman at karangyaan sa kanila. Kahit mga kaibigan nang pamilya nila tinalikuran siya. He is lost and in rage. He hates the entire world and curse the world. Then he meets Leandro Montefuego the very man who's responsible for his family's downfall. What's worse is he was asked to marry his grandchild and heiress to his wealth. She has nothing to do with his anger. But he is determined to take his revenge one way or another.

Siapa yang menyangka bermula dari dikira Host oleh tamu VIP di sebuah bar tenar, hidup Ivy Gilmore menjadi porak-poranda. Daniel Forrester, sang tamu VIP adalah Ceo dari perusahaan besar yang terobsesi padanya. Daniel terlalu sempurna untuk menjadi pendamping Ivy, sampai gadis itu tak mengerti kenapa Daniel tertarik padanya hanya karena kesalahan satu malam. Siapa yang menyangka di balik wajah tampan Daniel, pria mapan itu ternyata menyimpan sejuta rahasia yang membuat Ivy merinding ketakutan. Cinta dan obsesi tak ada bedanya bagi Daniel, apa pun akan dia lakukan demi mendapatkan Ivy Gilmore. Bisakah Ivy lepas dari pesona sang Ceo ataukah ia malah terjerat cinta penuh obsesi itu?

“And what you tried today,” I winced in pain as he held my nape from behind before turning me around. I peered up at him in fear while he stared down at me with his intimidating eyes. His eyes were thundering. Leaning down further, he made my pulse rise. Being so close to him— a man, no less, I could see the clear spec of blackness inside his dark eyes. They were so raw and so dark and so piercing. “I would suggest you not try it again,” he added, his bottomless brooding eyes burned into mine, “because no matter how hard you are going to try, you are never going to get out of here without my permission. Away from my sight,” he vowed in a menacing tone that had no expression at all. “Don't get your hopes high.” Tears split down my eyes while he studied my face. “You like escaping. Don't you?” He explained to me in a condescending tone. “Let's see how you are going to try now with my eyes on you— all the time." “You can try all you want, but you can never break my spirits!” I looked at him, directly in his eyes without blinking. His eyes were still focussed on my face as he slowly stepped around me. “Do you mean it?” His voice was strangely soft, “Maybe I cannot. But.. ” Adding to his intimidating aura. Shaur. “No.. ” I whispered. “I can break him.” His gaze met mine in an instant. “You seem to have forgotten your own mental capacity of understanding certain situations. Let me refresh it for you.” His eyes seemed to burn holes at me. “I'd rather not get blood on your dress.” WARNING: This book contains strong language, dubious situations, deception issues, manipulations, abduction and dark romance.

Six years of marriage. All passion at night, but never tenderness in the daylight. Amelia Sinclair loved Christopher Zephyr deeply, and she swallowed the bitterness as if it were sweet. Her own daughter wasn't allowed to call him father, yet the son of his first love sat on his lap, learning to say the word "dad". The entire family treated that adopted boy as a precious heir, while her own flesh and blood was treated like a shameful stain. It wasn't until Amelia and her daughter paid with their lives—until Christopher signed the cremation papers with his own hand and then took the boy to attend his first love's welcome banquet—that Amelia finally understood. Love couldn't win love. A heartless man had no heart to give. When Amelia was reborn, she swore she would never again cling to that cold and humiliating marriage. In her past life, she had foolishly given up her studies, content to be a housewife and devote herself to her family. In this one, she submitted the divorce papers without hesitation, took her daughter far from the mire, and rebuilt her career until she stood at the top again. In the first week after Amelia left, Christopher dismissed it as one of her tantrums. By the first month, he brushed it off completely. It didn't matter to him what she did, so it was fine to let her go. Later on, he saw her again, standing tall among the industry's elite! Amelia was focused only on her career, and her daughter was focused only on finding herself a new father. And Christopher finally realized that they really didn't want him anymore. The man lost all reason. The one who had always been cold, proud, untouchable, suddenly threw away his dignity. He blocked the mother and daughter pair in full view of everyone, his voice breaking as he pleaded, "Honey, I'll kneel here if I have to. Please... just love me one more time."

Instead of leaving you, she stayed by your side and filled in your broken soul. Instead of holding you back, He's the wind to your wings.

When twenty-two-year-old Sienna Hensley accidentally kisses the hottest man on earth at a nightclub, she has no idea who he is! So after a week, when she finds him critically injured and admitted to the same hospital where she works as a nurse, how will she react? What will she do when she finds out how famous he is? To make matters worse, what will she do when he threatens to sue the hospital if she doesn't look after him well? Lucas Donnelly, at twenty-eight, is a successful billionaire but one kiss from an elusive woman has him so obsessed that his mind refuses to listen to any logic. What will happen when the two meet again? What will he do when he realizes that she is forbidden for him? Will he give her up when their past demons catch up and attempt to destroy their lives? Or will he give in to the hot temptation and pursue her forever! Read this first book of the Temptation Series to find out about the passionate and powerful love story of Sienna and Lucas. With plenty of twists and turns, this story is sure to keep you captivated!