Gothic In Literature

Di hari wisudanya, Dina justru diculik paksa sebagai jaminan agar ayahnya membayar utang sebesar lima ratus juta. Dengan demikian, dia menjalani hari-hari sebagai pembantu pasangan Bastian dan Wendy di rumah keluarga kaya, Armadjati. Dina tentu saja mencoba kabur dari rumah tersebut. Tapi usaha pertamanya gagal oleh Leonardo, anak pertama dari Keluarga Armadjati yang pendiam. Bagi Leonardo, kehadiran gadis itu justru membuatnya tertarik untuk mengenal Dina lebih lanjut. Berada di bawah satu atap, tidak heran apabila benih-benih cinta pun tumbuh di hati Dina. Namun, Dina harus tahu diri karena status sosialnya yang bukan siapa-siapa dibandingkan dengan pria itu. Apalagi, ditambah kewajibannya melunasi utang ayahnya kepada Bastian. Situasi semakin rumit ketika Dina menjadi penyebab nilai saham perusahaan keluarga Armadjati yang merosot tajam. Bahkan, Dina akhirnya mengetahui kalau hati Leonardo telah terpatri kepada gadis lain yang dia tidak sangka-sangka. Pada akhirnya, Dina menyadari bahwa tidak hanya wajib melunasi utang ayahnya, dia pun harus melepaskan diri dari cinta yang membuat patah hati. Bagaimana caranya agar Dina terlepas dari jeratan kisah nelangsa?

Chuck's beloved ex, Ella, got divorced and showed up with her two-year-old daughter. Without asking me, he let Ella and her kid move into our home. Then Ella posted a photo of Chuck holding the child, captioned: [My husband cheated, so I filed for divorce, gave my baby a new dad, and found myself a new husband.] The comments were full of praise: [Real-life boss woman drama!] I had to laugh—so being a homewrecker is what counts as a strong woman now? Chuck didn't see a problem. He even told the child to call me "Momma." "Ella's husband cheated on her. She's raising a kid alone. As a woman, can't you have a little empathy? I'm just helping her out." Well, I had no empathy to give—not for the mistress, and definitely not for the scumbag.

My husband, Alex Carter, is a top AI engineer. He one day gets drugged by a new intern at his company, and one night of chaos follows. He calls me the next morning, his voice hoarse from a hangover and filled with unfamiliar panic. "Em, I messed up. But don't worry. I gave her enough money to disappear from this city." After ten years together, I believe it is just a momentary lapse in judgment. Six months later, Alex's company suffers the worst cyber attack in its history, with core data hanging by a thread. I rush back from a fragrance exhibition in Astral, only to witness a scene at the data center entrance that sends me into shock. Alex stands outside the tightly sealed door, his face showing a weariness and guilt I have never seen before. The doctor says that the intern, Brooke Anderson, is three months pregnant and has spent 72 hours with him in the high-radiation server room. Now, she shows signs of miscarriage. Later, Brooke gives birth to twins, a boy and a girl. The entire Carter family is ecstatic. I remove the wedding ring that has accompanied me for ten years, my fingertips turning ice cold. I dial the number saved with only one letter "S" and say, "Mr. Sullivan, I accept the collaboration you proposed last time." A low, soft laugh comes from the other end of the line. "Ms. Emma Shaw, that's a wise decision."

Bold and beautiful Vivienne Payton is willing to do anything to be successful in life and make it to the top. However, when she's struck with financial problems which make her drop out of school. She's compelled to sign up as a surrogate to one of the most famous billionaire CEO He's cold, aloof, and arrogant, 33 years old Victor Ellison just lost his wife due to cancer and is willing to do anything to keep her memories alive, including hiring a surrogate. When 19 years old Vivienne enters his life, everything changes when she's hell-bent on finding her way to his heart, a man who owns his heart, a bedrock of stability questions himself when he yearns for something forbidden which would either leave him broken or giving in to the consuming passion more irresistible and enticing than anything he has ever felt. With external dangers surrounding them and constantly looking out for each other. Hearts melt, and love blooms. However, a life-changing secret harbors in her heart which could break and ruin a relationship, will running away be the solution?

The once-glorious empire is in ruins, its capital buried beneath ash, following a bloody uprising. A competent scavenger who has been hardened by grief, Zara endures in the broken world, plagued by memories of the empire's devastation, particularly the ruthless purge that claimed her family's lives. She discovers a secret amid the rubble: a wounded man named Kael who says he is the final heir to the crumbling empire. Zara reluctantly consents to assist him, viewing his survival as a way to make amends. But Kael isn't interested in bringing back the empire he was born into. Rather, he is dangerously knowledgeable about a weapon that could upset the delicate balance of power in the world. An unforeseen attachment forms between Zara and Kael, complicating their objective as they create an uneasy alliance to traverse the lethal world of bounty hunters, imperial loyalists, and rebels. Zara is compelled to face her own troubled past—including the potential that her long-lost brother is still alive and fighting for one of the factions—as they delve deeper into the empire's hidden secrets. After the rebels kidnap Kael and torture him to find the weapon, Zara must decide whether to risk everything to save him or let him perish. Zara and Kael are pushed to the limit by their increasing love and the burden of their common past as they work against the clock to destroy the weapon and keep it out of the wrong hands. Will the fires of their decisions consume them or will they find salvation in a world of ashes?

Vivienne Laurent has everything money can buy — except freedom. Trapped in a glittering empire built by her late father and ruled by her ruthless stepmother, Vivienne lives behind glass walls no one else can see. When her childhood sweetheart reenters her world during a high-stakes business deal, old wounds reopen — and dangerous truths surface. In a world where love is leverage and loyalty has a price, Vivienne must decide whether she will remain a beautiful prisoner… or shatter the glass and claim her own future.

​ ​Five years ago, Elena Rossi was a rising star in event design until a single, scathing viral video from tech mogul Julian Vane turned her into a national punchline. She lost her firm, her confidence, and her faith in people. Today, she is the best in the business, operating under the radar. ​When Julian’s brother hires her to plan the "Wedding of the Century," she accepts, desperate for the fee to save her family business—only to realize the groom’s best man is the man who destroyed her life. Julian doesn’t recognize her at first, but when he does, he is horrified. He must protect his family’s image, but as he watches her work, his cold exterior cracks. He has to win her over, but can a woman who knows exactly how cruel he can be ever trust him with her heart? ​

In a world where love and pain are tangled inseparably, Maria has built walls around her heart—walls carved from betrayal, heartbreak, and loss. She moves through life with a quiet strength, hiding the cracks beneath her broken smile. Francis, a man whose presence commands every room, sees the world differently. Bold, dominant, and unwavering, he is used to taking control—but Maria is unlike anyone he has ever encountered. Drawn to her fragility and the fire beneath it, he watches from the shadows, his intentions a dangerous mix of desire and protection. As their paths collide, Maria must navigate the tension between fear and longing, trust and temptation. Every glance, every touch pulls her closer to the edge of surrender, and every secret Francis keeps threatens to shatter her again. In the storm of their emotions, can they find solace in each other, or will the past keep them forever lost in their arms?

Till death do us part Betrayal, the acid that destroys all without hope of repair The bond once sealed with love and trust now hangs by a thread of pleas and regret Trust, once lost is never seen in the same face Again Hope is all that lasts in pain and most sadly in vain Only time can tell if there ever will be redemption and restoration The wedding bells that rang five years prior, seem to have worn off its charm and joy in the lives of Ethan and Patricia. Mistakes and disregard have strained whatever it was that bound them together. Realisation comes rather late, and a new beginning is too far gone to reach, but mistakes need to be learnt from, and time surely, must go on.

To escape maltreatment, survive, and live better lives, Henrietta Cotta and her brother, Benjamin who are illegitimate children of Alpha Adam, the Alpha of the Highbrow pack in the South, travel to the North. But in the North, they have to hide their true identity of being Alpha Adam’s children because the Northern werewolves, who had killed her father, would kill them too if their true identity is exposed. Over the next few years, Henrietta and her brother grow from being mere asylum seekers in the North to becoming powerful and influential political figures. However, when she discovers a secret about her father, the wonderful life she has built for herself is threatened, and it also leads her into a journey of finding love in the arms of someone whom nature and wolf relations had originally made her enemy.