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Ethan smiled. “Nothing. I love hearing you say my name. It sounds so good to hear it from your mouth.” "Oh! You’re teasing me!” I pouted. “You’re mean. You know I’m in a weak state right now, but you take advantage of my situation and tease me.” "Helena Starr.” I stopped when he mentioned my full name. “Yes?” "Your name is appropriate for you since your blue eyes shine brightly like stars.” It was unexpected, so I bent my head and blushed again. “Oh, thank you.” If he kept saying sweet things like that, how could I survive? My heart, oh, my heart, I was in danger! *** As an orphan, Helena doesn’t know her real parents. She only knows they have passed away. Living with Freya, her adoptive mother, and having a relationship with her boyfriend, Kenneth, is the peaceful life she wants. Until Kenneth ends the relationship. Then her life turns upside down. But it is the moment Helena meets with Ethan that she experiences many confusions, as Ethan has hidden something. As an Alpha King, Ethan lives his life to lead his people. A bitter past hinders him from finding his true mate and love until he meets Helena. Ethan cannot resist the instant connection and affection with Helena, but his secret will put her in danger. He knows he must protect Helena at all costs. Will Helena find out Ethan’s secret and have the happily ever after she longs for?

END for Season 1. *** Adam, the son of a billionaire, married Maya because of an arranged marriage. He was forced to treat Maya well to avoid losing the inheritance. He played a loving husband to Maya in front of his father. However, who would have thought that Adam kept a secret? He already had a girlfriend who he loved so much, Sabrina. He even kept seeing the mistress behind his wife's back. How long would Adam be able to keep this secret? What kind of decision would Maya take when she learned the truth? When a handsome and kind man approached Maya to offer comfort, would she accept it?

The yacht I'm steering crashes into a huge wave, scaring my husband's junior, who has a heart condition. So, my husband orders someone to tie me up and dangle me in the ocean by a rope. He even tells the captain to head straight into the waves. "You know Wren has a heart condition, yet you still scared her! How can you be so evil?" I beg him to let me go and tell him that I was following a charted path; I didn't mean for anything to happen. However, he just mocks me. "You've been a yacht driver for so long. Haven't you experienced anything like this before? I'll make you go through what Wren did! Let's see whether you'll pull this again!" After a day and night of this torment, he relents and decides to pull me back up. It's too bad he doesn't know that the waves have already torn me to shreds.

Kaisar adalah seorang pemimpin yang setiap keputusannya harus mementingkan kepentingan rakyat dan kerajaannya. Shen Feng Rei adalah putra mahkota yang akan menjadi Kaisar selanjutnya. Sebagai calon kaisar selanjutnya shen Feng Rei mempunyai prinsip bahwa rakyat dan kerajaan jauh lebih penting dari pada perasaan pribadi, sehingga ia memutuskan untuk memendam cintanya dan memilih wanita lain yang dapat membantunya dalam mengurus dan mengembangkan kerajaannya dimasa depan. Namun wanita yang di pilihnya bukanlah wanita bodoh yang hanya mau dimanfaatkan sebagai tameng untuk kepentingan kerajaan. Dia Wu jie'xie tidak akan tinggal diam hanya untuk menjadi orang yang dimanfaatkan untuk kerajaan. Terlahir dari keluarga bangsawan yang mempunyai loyalitas tinggi terhadap kerajaan membuatnya menjadi permaisuri yang kuat dan disegani. Namun suaminya sendiri sang kaisar, hanya akan menggunakannya untuk kepentingan politik kerajaan. Air mata dan banyaknya konflik yang terjadi membuat Wu Jie'xie bersikap keras terhadap kaisar, yang tidak pernah memandangnya sebagi seorang istri melainkan hanya sebagai biduk catur dalam permainan caturnya untuk mengatur Kerajaan. "Kau hanya mengangap permaisuri sebagai alat untuk menjaga kekaisaran dan kerajaan."-Wu jie'xie, Permaisuri Nagi. "Memang itulah tujuan dari pernikahan politik kita."- Shen Feng Rei, Kaisar Nagi. Bisakah cinta tumbuh dari pernikahan politik di antara banyaknya intrik politik para bangsawan untuk keuntugan pribadi. Akankah cinta tumbuh antara kaisar dan permaisuri di kerajaan Nagi? King and Queen of Nagi

Lilith Conner was by all means not a normal 17 year old girl. She has had her fair share of fate and is tired but continues to keep striving forward. All of which is happening in a small town in South Texas. From having her family slaughtered in front of her at the age of 5 to being a outcast in her own Pack. Yes, Lilith Conner is in fact a werewolf, or is supposed to be since she hasn’t been able to Shift everyone says otherwise. Will Lilith live as she is or will destiny have another plan for her?

Cold, ruthless and calculating, there’s a reason everyone calls multibillionaire Felix Callahan the Ice King. Heir of a tech successful company, Felix has no time for love, fun or a proper relationship. All that is about to change when he meets the bubbly Cassie Peters.

Kataleya Tamia Rossi is a twenty-year-old young woman known for her tender heart and passionate desire to help all those around her. Many say she is the mirror of her mother, Kiara, in more ways than one. All of her life she's had one goal, to find the boy who protected her and showed her kindness in her darkest moment. A boy who lost everything in the process. Kataleya has spent the latter years of her life working hard on a project that took root in her mind as a child - a project which has now been brought to life. The time to meet him again has finally arrived. Kataleya knows she'll have to overcome many challenges along the way but she's ready. Even when her own special abilities are at a stage in which they're becoming extremely deadly to her, she doesn't care. She is ready to risk it all and wants nothing more than to take away the pain and hatred that has burdened the heart of the boy she fell in love with years ago. Enrique Ignacio Escarra is the ruthless and cold-hearted Alpha of the most powerful pack in Puerto Rico. His goal? To rule the entire island single-handed. But hunger for too much power is deadlier than an arrow through one's heart and Enrique is already shrouded deep in the abyss of darkness. Will Kataleyas love and determination be able to bring him to the light? Or will his hatred drown her in the poisonous depth of the darkness itself? Book 5&6 of the Rossi Legacies Please note each duet runs under one title. Alpha Leo and the Heart of Fire - Book 1 & 2 The Lycan Princess and the Temptation of Sin - Book 3 & 4 Follow me on IG - Author.Muse

Mitchell Campbell is a young lady of twenty two years, born into the wealthy Campbell family. The Campbells are currently the third richest family in America and they don't fail to flaunt their riches wherever they go. Chris Rodriguez is a pauper. He lost his parents at a young age and also lost his memory. Chris tried his best but it seems like his best was not enough as he just kept getting poorer with each passing day. He happened to come across Mitchell's father. One thing led to the other and he had to go into a contract marriage with Mitchell. The grandchildren of the Campbells had been put to a test by their grandparents and anyone who passes the test becomes the heir or heiress of the Campbells. At the long run, Chris discovered that he's not a poor guy like he think he is. Actually, he was born with a silver spoon but he lost his memory after his parents death. Many secrets to be revealed and lots of drama to be seen in the Campbell family as the story unfolds. ️ Tricia

At ten years old, Violet stumbled into the Cedar Grove Pack covered in wounds and malnourished from walking for four days. With her memory shattered, she’s taken in and raised by the pack doctor. Nine years later fate takes Violet across the country, to the wealthiest pack in the world. Soon the walls she constructed around herself, and that harrowing night will be threatened. A face from her past set’s things in motion, his smoky eyes risk sending her to her knees. Flashbacks, blackouts, and secrets steeped in lies, prove to Violet that the past always comes back to haunt you.

Lyra, like every human girl out there, attended college as posed to. Suddenly, her father's business came crumbling down, and to keep the business alive, her father forced her to get married to the son of a rich colleague. That is where Lyra learnt of another set of beings, secretly living among humans, and these beings known as werewolvess were after her special blood which could make them immortal. To make things worst, Lyra found out that her to be husband was one of those blood lust beings. With all her will, she tried to avoid the wedding wich evidently, was beyond her. However, when she met Adam, a transfer student who was brought to their class, the ties began to change in her favor till she discovered that Adam was also part of the other world, and way worse. Will Lyra trust Adam, a being more dangerous than wolves to be the one to save her from them?