Kain Sarung Batik

“You’re marrying her tomorrow,” Jade said softly. He leaned closer. “You’re the only one I’ll ever make exceptions for….” “You think he loves you?” he spits. “He’s engaged to Amara Quinn. Written in blood and money.” **** Jade Miller has always lived in her sister’s shadow. Scarlett is perfect. Jade is the extra. The invisible one. Until the night she kisses Scarlett’s powerful fiancé, Kain Wolf. It was supposed to be revenge. A distraction. A way to feel seen. But Kain doesn’t kiss back to play. He kisses like a man who claims. And in front of the world, he does the unthinkable: He makes Jade his bride. Except at the altar, Jade learns the cruel truth. She isn’t the bride. She’s the substitute. Now trapped in Kain’s ruthless world of power, secrets, and obsession, Jade must choose: stay the pawn her sister always thought she was or rewrite the rules and take the king for herself. Because in this game of love and betrayal… pawns don’t just play. They conquer with charm.

Kadrun sebagai seorang seniman batik yang idealis, baik, dan tulus telah jatuh cinta pada Siti Majenun seorang pemandu lagu karaoke yang eksotis dan materialistis. Keduanya memutuskan untuk menikah dengan harapan dapat memenuhi mimpi mereka masing-masing tentang pernikahan. Setelah memasuki mahligai rumah tangga, ternyata banyak hal mengejutkan yang terjadi di antara mereka yang tidak sesuai ekspektasi satu sama lain. Apakah yang terjadi kemudian? Apakah pernikahan mereka dapat terus dipertahankan? #DongengMasaKini

Siapa sangka, liburan yang awalnya terasa begitu menyenangkan tiba-tiba berubah menjadi sebuah bencana? Tiba-tiba Tante Ariane dan Om Frank melamarku untuk dinikahkan dengan Aldert, anak angkat mereka. Kami sedang berlibur di Brussel waktu itu terjadi, mengacaukan daya kerja otak, jantung dan pernapasanku secara total. Menjajah kebahagiaan yang selama hampir satu bulan kudapatkan di Netherlands, tentu saja. Merubah istilah holiday menjadi broken day. Apakah aku tidak berusaha untuk menolak? Sudah. Mati-matian bahkan, dengan mengerahkan seluruh kekuatan jiwa dan raga. Tapi mereka ditambah dengan Mama justru semakin gigih untuk mengalahkan pendirianku. Oh, sebenarnya aku mengalah---pada akhirnya---karena Batik tak merespon sama sekali ketika aku berterus terang dan meminta pendapatnya. "Jadi, gimana ini, B?" tanyaku setengah menjerit di saluran telepon yang tak bisa dikatakan jernih, "Aku harus gimana, apa yang harus aku lakukan?" Klik, tut tut tut, tuuuttt! Dia malah memutuskan saluran telepon yang sangat berarti dalam hidupku saat itu. Ujungnya, dalam kebingungan yang semakin memuncak ke langit, aku meminta pendapat Uta. "Jangan bodoh kamu, Hill!" Uta mengingatkan dengan ketegasan level tinggi saat aku mengakui kalau tak enak dengan Batik, "Ingat, kesempatan emas tak datang untuk yang ke dua kalinya. Menikahlah dengan Aldert dan berbahagialah, Hill!"

We all have that one unforgettable ex, the one that showed you an intense and extremely potent love, the one you thought that you were going to spend forever with, until the inevitable split. For Elliott Frost, it was Kain Griffin. After splitting up with him 12 years ago, she considered him a part of her turbulent past, never to be revisited again, she was finally getting her life back again, trying to get her explosive temper under control, but she hadn't been able to get over her immense sexual attraction to him, until he showed up again on the day of her wedding, determined and hell bent on getting her back, and as she knows Kain Griffin never takes no for an answer.

Paramitha Chandani terbuai dengan sentuhan panas yang membangkitkan gairah, di malam hari pernikahannya yang keempat. Dalam alam bawah sadarnya, Mitha menganggap dia sedang bermimpi melakukan hubungan panas dengan suami tercintanya. Namun, betapa terkejutnya Mitha saat ia terbangun dan mendapati Cakra—sang adik ipar tidur bersamanya. Kondisi itu diperparah, ketika pada tubuh mereka tidak ada sehelai kain pun yang menempel. Sebenarnya apa yang terjadi di antara Mitha dan sang adik ipar? Terlebih Mitha dan Cakra sadar, bahwa terdapat noda merah di atas kain putih yang semalam mereka pakai bersama.

On my eighteenth birthday, Alpha called me up in front of the whole pack and told me to choose—one of his sons as my mate. Whichever I chose? He'd be the next Alpha. I didn't flinch. I picked Cayce, his eldest. The room went dead silent. Everyone knew I used to be stupidly in love with Kain, the younger one. I'd confessed at every pack dance. Took a silver dagger for him once. Cayce? Coldest, meanest wolf we had. Total menace. No one got close. But they didn't know the truth. In my last life, I was bonded to Kain. On the day of our Bonding Ceremony, he slept with Lena, my cousin. My mom lost it. Shipped Lena off to Duskwolf Pack to get bonded to their Beta. Kain? He blamed me. Paraded in she-wolves with Lena's same ice-blue eyes. When he found out I was carrying his pup, he made sure I saw him with every one of them. It was torture. When labor hit, he locked me in the dungeon. Blocked everyone out. My pup got crushed. I died hating him. Maybe the Moon Goddess felt sorry for me—she gave me a second shot. I came back. This time? I let Kain keep Lena. Didn't think he would ever regret it.

Mata Aluna terbelalak melihat tubuhnya tertutup selimut tanpa sehelai pakaian pun di atas ranjang hotel. Air matanya mengalir, dadanya terasa sesak, bahkan rasanya sulit untuk bernapas. Hari ini, kehormatan yang ia jaga selama dua puluh tiga tahun musnah begitu saja. Gadis bermata bulat itu mengambil selembar kain hitam penutup wajahnya. Ia meremas kain itu kuat-kuat, Aluna tidak tahu apa yang harus ia katakan kepada kedua orang tuanya dan calon suaminya nanti. Dengan langkah gontai, Aluna berjalan menuju balkon hotel, tangannya mencengkeram erat pagar besi setinggi dada orang dewasa. Ia pun memejamkan mata, memantapkan diri untuk menyudahi segalanya. Apakah Aluna akan menyerah? Yuk, baca kisah selanjutanya.

My heart was never meant to be divided… but my soul belongs to both of them." When I fled into the wilderness, I never expected to be hunted by rival wolves, by fate, by them. Kain is the ruthless Alpha who took me captive. His command is law, his touch a punishment… and his claim on me is absolute. But then there’s Darius, his brother, wild, untamed, and the only one who sees the fire in me instead of trying to extinguish it. The problem? I’m mated to both. Kain says the bond is a mistake. Darius swears it’s destiny. And the pack? They’re ready to tear me apart for daring to come between their Alphas. Now, every stolen glance, every forbidden touch, is a betrayal. Every choice could start a war. I don’t know which bond is real. I don’t know which brother is lying. But I do know this: One of them will kill for me. The other will die for me. And when the truth comes out… I might not survive the fallout

Itong payat at mukhang kulang sa kain na batang ’to ba ang bagong anak ng mama ko? Anong klaseng bata ’yon?! Ang sakit sa mata! Tuwing magkaharap kami, laging nakayuko at umiiwas ng tingin? Pero bakit habang tumatagal ay lalo naman siyang gumaganda? Mali ba kung palihim kong titikman ang batang ’to ni mama?

Denise Vera is a she-wolf who is different from others. Within her, resides a demon… a cold-blooded, uncontrollable inner-beast that is hungry for bloodshed. During fullmoons, it cannot be tamed. And once it is free, a ruthless slaughter begins. Because of this, Denise is hated by her pack and has to keep herself hidden away from the world. Now, she is nineteen and they refuse to keep her much longer. Her father sells her off to Aiden; the future Alpha of a powerful pack nearby. She is set to marry Aiden, but when Alpha Kain Valcor visits the pack for a deal, she feels a sudden connection to him. A mate bond. And it happens that her wolf forcefully takes control the very night they meet...but instead of killing all those around her, she oddly awakens in the arms of her mate. She ends up being bought all over again, this time by Kain. She hopes that he is the one to tame her wolf and save her, but Kain’s intentions are not what they seem. He doesn't want a mate, what he needs is a killer to defend his pack…