Ian Mcewan

Nora Dalton’s life collapses in a single night. Her parents are murdered, her brother is kidnapped, and her fiancé abandons her for a richer family alliance. When the man responsible for her destruction—Adriano Greco, the feared mafia heir—forces her into an engagement contract, Nora agrees only to save her brother. Adriano believes Nora’s family destroyed his, and he is determined to take everything she has left. But as Nora enters his dangerous world, she begins to see cracks in the monster everyone fears. He protects her, shields her with his own body, and his enemies become her enemies. When the truth behind their families’ past begins to unravel, Nora discovers the real villain is someone far more powerful—someone who manipulated both sides and wants them all dead. Caught between revenge, betrayal, and a forbidden pull she can’t explain, Nora must decide if the man she swore to kill is the only one who can save her. Their forced engagement becomes a war of hearts and secrets— and the truth may destroy them before love has the chance to save them.

Don’t you dare take off the mask,” my stepmother warned. I won’t. Not when the man I’ve always loved believes I’m someone else. And I’m carrying his child. Elena Downs, the illegitimate Omega daughter of the Beta, has always been branded a bad omen. She was never meant to step foot in the Alpha’s mansion, let alone marry him. But when her stepsister—Alpha Xavier’s betrothe, vanishes on their wedding night, Elena is forced to take her place... behind a mask. Xavier loves Elena. He just doesn’t know it’s her. Her scent, masked by her sister’s, pushes him away even as their bond pulls him closer. With every lie, every forbidden touch, and every heartbeat, Elena’s secret grows, along with the life inside her. But when betrayal explodes into heartbreak and rejection, Elena disappears... Only to wake up in the arms of Alpha Logan, a rival leader with soft eyes, gentle hands, and no questions. But her past isn't done with her yet. Torn between two Alphas, hunted by secrets, and a love she never stopped feeling… Elena must decide: Will she return to the one that shattered her heart ?. Or choose the one who helped her heal?.

Ilbi, seorang pengacara yang juga menaungi lembaga independen perlindungan saksi mengadakan reuni kecil dengan Malik, sahabat SMA-nya yang kini memutuskan rehat dari usaha perdetektifan swastanya untuk sementara. Mereka dihadapkan pada kasus kematian ganda dua pria akibat racun yang terdapat pada minuman bandrek. Yang paling dicurigai menaruh racun adalah masing-masing istri dari korban yang turut berada juga di tenda posko, tempat kejadian perkara. Sasmita dan Nurah, nama dari masing-masing istri korban, punya kesaksian yang sulit dipatahkan lantaran meski cukup banyak orang di posko, tak ada satu pun yang melihat indikasi bagaimana racun dimasukkan oleh keduanya. Meski begitu baik Sasmita dan Nurah dianggap punya motif kuat untuk menghabisi masing-masing suami mereka. Yaitu sakit hati karena pengkhianatan.

Three days before our wedding, my fiancé, Raphael Russo, was killed in a gang shootout. They didn't even find a body. As I was drowning in grief, comments suddenly flashed before my eyes: 【Wake up, girl! the coffin's empty! He faked his death! The scumbag ran off to be with that scheming bitch chloe, the one pretending to be sick!】 【While you're crying your eyes out at the funeral, Raphael is fucking Chloe’s brains out in a hotel bed.】 【When he comes back, he'll claim he has amnesia. You won't know a thing and you'll forgive him. You poor thing…】 A month later, news of my marriage to Mafia Don Marcello Falcone spread through New York. Raphael’s right-hand man cornered me, furious. “How could you betray the Boss?” I tightened my grip on Marcello’s arm and smiled. “A girl can’t mourn forever, can she? I’m sure Raphael, in spirit, would be happy for me.”

“You helped your sister to run away with her boyfriend, right?” Aadil Waziri yelled at his newlyweds wife Inayat and he shook her head. “I didn't know she would run away.” She defended herself. “That means you knew. Then you could have told me about that. I would have backed out. I would never marry her forcefully. Now see what you have gotten yourself into. You spoiled both of our lives. You are stuck with me forever and me with you. But you have to pay for it. I will make your life hell. You are really my wife in papers but I will never claim you as my wife.” Pointing his finger at her he snarled at her. “Then why did you agree to marry me? You could have said no to this marriage.” Now Inayat lost her temper and yelled at him which enraged him more and he grabbed her jaw firmly, looking deadly into her eyes. “Because I want to ruin your life. You have to pay for your sister’s faults all your life. Welcome to my hellhole.” Saying that he let go of her face with a jerk and started laughing like a maniac.

My fiancé was drugged at a party and spent the night tangled up with Isabelle Parson, the housekeeper's daughter. Afterward, Isabelle turned up pregnant, and Adrian tore up our engagement right there at our engagement party. "Leah, Isabelle is carrying my child. I have to marry her. I know you still love me. After I marry Isabelle, you can keep being my lover." I agreed to break off the engagement on the spot, then turned around and married Gordon—the man I'd once refused in a family alliance. At my wedding, Adrian stood before the guests and mocked me with an icy smile. "So this is what you've sunk to without me—marrying a pauper on the verge of bankruptcy. I'm the richest man in Jeffolton City. All you have to do is beg, and I'll let you come back to me." I looked at him with a thin, distant smile. He still didn't know—whoever I marry would become the richest man in Jeffolton City.

It was said that when Lucifer was casted out of heaven, he swore on his powers to take revenge. His ego was hurt. He wanted the humans to pay for whatever happened to him. So he planted seven seeds of evil on earth as soon as he resurrected his true powers. As God always knew the plotting Lucifer was doing, God secretly created a plan to defeat Lucifer. The battle was between Lucifer and his demons against humanity. God also planted seeds of goodness, power, bravery and loyalty on earth too. With a little twist to surprise Lucifer with. Only the holy and religious people have known of that plan. Lucifer called it the age of his Victory against the humans. While God called it the Age of the Mighty Guardians.

Sarah Thompson is a fresh college graduate who is ready to enter the business world with full force. With her perfect records and recommendations, she thinks it's going to be an easy ride to getting a high paying white collar job. What will her fate be? what surprises life have for her?

Sebuah kapal yang sentiasa berlayar di lautan nan luas, menjadi bualan dongeng di seluruh dunia. Pelbagai rahsia diperkatakan, kewujudannya dipersoalkan. Ianya sebuah kapal mewah, tidak sekali pun berhenti daripada berlayar kecuali hanya untuk seketika. Terdapat harta yang melimpah-ruah? Merupakan tempat pertemuan rahsia penuh konspirasi? Mereka yang menaikinya ialah makhluk asing? Begitulah khabar angin yang tersebar tanpa henti. Sehingga kini, tiada sesiapa mampu membuktikan kewujudan mahupun tujuan kapal ini di lautan. Jadi, bagaimana jika kamu mendapat peluang meneroka kapal ini sendiri?

C'était censé être une simple punition, mais au final, je suis morte congelée dans la chambre froide. Mon fiancé, héritier de la famille Vesta, Karl Vesta, ne s'est souvenu de moi que trois jours plus tard. Maintenant, je flottais ici, le regardant trembler tandis qu'il me serrait dans ses bras, observant ses yeux brisés, voyant enfin qu'il recomposait toute la vérité. C'était trop tard, Karl. Mais ce n'était pas grave. J'étais là à te regarder. À regarder comment tu allais affronter le fait que c'était toi, de tes propres mains, qui avais enfermé la personne que tu aimais le plus dans une tombe.