John Updike Novel Of 1960

“Inilah alasannya kenapa aku tidak ingin mencintai. Kamu hanya memanfaatkan ku, dan aku tau itu.” “Tapi anehnya aku tidak bisa membencimu, dan aku masih tetap mengharapkan cintamu.” “Aish, betapa bodohnya aku!” Untaian kata yang selalu berkeliaran dalam pikirannya. Masa putih abu yang menyenangkan telah berubah menjadi kenangan tersuram. Dia tahu penyesalan akan selalu datang meski tak pernah diharapkan. Entah itu soal ingatan ataupun sikap yang diselimuti oleh kenangan. Meski begitu, takdir tetap menuntunnya untuk berlari ke arah pujaan hatinya itu. Memaksa kedua rasa yang bertolak belakang untuk selalu bersama. Hingga pada akhirnya membuat hubungan mereka semakin merenggang.

WARNING: THIS BOOK CONTAINS EXPLICIT AND MATURED CONTENT, BDSM, AND SOME VIOLENCE. Like it hot, messy, and deliciously forbidden? You’re in the right place. This collection of short erotica serves up pulse-pounding passion, taboo cravings, and fantasies that push every boundary. This isn’t sweet romance. This is hunger - raw, reckless, and intoxicating. Between these pages, you’ll find stolen moments, dangerous liaisons, and fantasies that should probably stay hidden. But where’s the fun in that? Consider this your invitation to indulge - no judgments, just pleasure. Read at your own risk.

Annalyn never expected her birthday to end in heartbreak nor to uncover this betrayal. But when she finds out that the man she had loved and sacrificed her entire life for is getting engaged to another woman, her world crumbles. But fate has other plans. A near-accident places her in the arms of Alexander Quinn…a grieving billionaire, guarded father, and her ex’s future brother-in-law. Offered a job as his son’s live-in nanny, Annalyn is torn between the pain of her past and the promise of something new. She was only meant to heal a child’s heart. But what happens when she starts to heal his father’s too?

Akira Carrasco adalah satu-satunya pria keturunan Jepang yang tinggal didaratan eropa. Di tahun 1960, ayahnya yang seorang pelaut membawa Akira untuk tinggal ditempat asalnya. Akira harus hidup seorang diri, kehidupan yang sangat sulit untuk dijalani. Apalagi karena wajahnya yang sedikit berbeda dengan orang disekitar tempat tinggalnya, membuat dia sulit untuk mendapatkan teman. Menemui jalan buntu. Ketakutan. Hingga rasa sakit hati. Pada suatu ketika Akira bertemu dengan sorang pria aneh. Pria itu berjanji akan mewujudkan apapun yang Akira inginkan. Namun untuk itu ia memberikan syarat. Mendapat bantuan dari pria tersebut Akira menjelajahi ruang waktu untuk mendapatkan keinginannya. Tidak mudah untuk itu dia bahkan harus menjalani banyak misi yang di berikan juga disisi lain dia harus menyelamatkan banyak orang yang ia sayangi. Hingga harus terlibat dengan banyak orang jahat. Editor Visual ads_aspera foto by; https//www.pexels.com/id-id/foto/orang-yang-mengenakan-jaket-hitam-dan-

"I've got a proposal for you," he responds. "What proposal?" I ask, raising an eyebrow. He gazes at me silently, as if weighing his words. Then, with confidence, he closes the distance between us and says, "Marry me." Sarah was faced with the opportunity of finally saving her mother's life from the shackles of death, but it came at the cost of marrying a man she was not in love with. She had to believe that John had good intentions. But as she spent time with John, she found out that he was a ruthless and arrogant man, a sadist as well. But Sarah could not go back from her decision. It was too late.

I never meant to fall for him. When I took the job at Mr. Grey’s mansion, I only wanted a quiet life. Clean, cook, keep my head down, and earn my money. Nothing more. But then I met him. Mr. Grey was nothing like I expected, he wasn’t cruel or careless like the rich men I’d heard about. He was calm, strong and Kind in a way that caught me off guard. The more I watched him, the more I wanted to understand him. He rarely smiled, he kept his distance. But there was something in his silence, something gentle, something real. Slowly, I started to care. Then I started to feel something more. And just when I thought I had figured out my heart, and started winning his That was when his son, Adam, appeared. Bold, playful, and dangerously curious about me. The kind of man who likes trouble and causes it. Now I’m caught between duty and desire. Between a man whose heart I’m starting to love and another who’s trying to pull me away from it. This is my story. A story of quiet longing, forbidden feelings, and the one man who sees me like no one else.

“Marry me Giselle.” He breathes into my neck. “I can't, you belong to another Romero.” I whisper. Giselle Gilmore, a girl whose past has been turned upside down in a life of crime and violence gets involved with Romero De La Rosa, the most feared and powerful Mafia Lord and becomes too attached to his daughter Lauryn De La Rosa. When she gets a chance to reunite with the family, a long time family alliance made with another Mafia family engaging Romero De La Rosa to another woman in marriage appears and any bridge of the arrangement will lead to the biggest war ever witnessed in the underworld. Will Romero De La Rosa bend backwards to the underworld rule or will he fight for his love.

Mary is called upon by her twin sister to act like her before her mate so she can attend an ex-lover's night birthday party at a club. This isn't supported as she is the Alpha Prince's chosen mate. Mary complies just to help her sister, but while being with Alpha George, her brother-in-law, things get rosy. Without her realizing, she falls for him. They make out. George soon discovers who she is same time he discovers his mate had gotten into a lot of mess outside from an affair. He has no choice but to make Mary his pretense mate till everything goes alright. But will everything go alright? And if it doesn't, what will be Mary's fate in his life?

Queen Pepper Laurel, ang dalagang ubod ng pilya na mamamasukan bilang kasambahay sa tulong kanyang mayordomang Lola na tanging kasama niya na lang sa buhay. Kailangan niya mag-trabaho kasabay ng pag-aaral para dagdag sa panggastos sa eskwela at para na rin matulungan ang kanyang mahal na Lola. Makikilala niya si Hades Grimaldi ang binatang bilyonaryong may-ari ng malaking mansyon na kanyang pagtatrabahuhan na taglay ang pagka-suplado ngunit tanggal angas nang dumating si Queen Pepper. Parehong titibok ang mga puso sa parehong pagkakataon ngunit meron naman kayang kahahantungan ang magiging maharot nilang relasyon kung ang isa ay mayroon nang ibang karelasyon? Mapanatili kaya nila ang kanilang lihim na pagtitinginan kung ang isinisigaw na ng puso ay isa't isa?

"Berbagilah dengan Mbak, Zay." “Demi Allah. Aku tidak sudi berbagi denganmu, Mbak. Tidak akan pernah!” tolak Zayna menjerit. “Sampai kapan pun bila kamu memaksa untuk berbagi, lebih baik aku berpisah dengan Mas Fatih!” tegas Zayna. Hati Zayna tercabik-cabik sampai untuk bernapas saja susah. Pedih dan sakit. Hati siapa yang tidak sakit? Ketika mendengar seorang wanita meminta untuk berbagi suami?