Karen Armstrong

"Selamat, ya, kak Laras sebentar lagi kakak akan wisuda. Kak cantik sekali memakai pakaian itu. "Mama pasti bangga Sama kakak!",seru Dinda Sebuah kalimat ternohok yang menyentuh hatiku, seketika air mata ku ingin meledak, jantung ku rasanya benar -benar teriris. Laras adalah gadis desa yang lahir dari keluarga kekurangan dan berhasil mewujudkan cita-cita sang mama kuliah keluar kota, dan akhirnya sang mama meninggal sebelum sang Anak menjadi sarjana. Akan kah Laras tetap semangat mengejar cita-citanya dan sang mama atau memutuskan untuk drop out keluar dari universitasnya. Karen tak ada lagi sang mama?

A year ago, twenty eight year old Lisa Armstrong Reed 'princess of Oakenville', lost her husband, Keith. And now, she just got invited to her aunt's wedding at Miami. Determined to forget her dead husband for good, Lisa takes a chance at a holiday and hops into the next available flight to the Florida city, in anticipation for a well-deserved vacation. What she doesn't expect is to find herself in the same room with Keith's handsome, half naked brother for whom she harbours a yearlong crush! Damien Reed 'kinda kissed' his brother's wife last year, and she shut him out almost immediately. Now with his brother dead, and Lisa miraculously turns up as a bridesmaid at his friend's wedding, he's more than prepared to let her know how he feels about her. When a simple wedding getaway turns to a war zone, with stalkers and greeting cards claiming to be from Keith, wyill the two finally find a happily ever after together or is a second chance at romance too hot to handle? [Cover design by Mikael]

Alexander Blackwood est tout ce que le monde admire : un jeune PDG milliardaire, brillant, charismatique, respecté. Mais derrière l’image parfaite se cache un homme brisé, père célibataire d’une petite fille de trois ans, Lina, qu’il élève seul depuis la mort de sa femme. Son cœur est verrouillé, son quotidien réglé, ses émotions soigneusement maîtrisées. Élise, elle, mène une vie simple. Douce, discrète, profondément humaine, elle avance sans faire de bruit, entourée de sa meilleure amie Camille. Elle ne croit pas aux contes de fées ni aux hommes inaccessibles. Elle croit aux choses vraies… même si elle a appris à se protéger. Une nuit, dans une boîte de nuit, leurs regards se croisent. Une attirance fulgurante, instinctive. Une nuit hors du temps. Puis le silence. Ils se quittent sans promesse, persuadés que cette parenthèse restera sans lendemain. Jusqu’au jour où Alexander cherche une babysitter vivant chez lui pour s’occuper de sa fille. Et que la porte s’ouvre sur Élise. Le choc est brutal. Les souvenirs brûlants. Les regards lourds de non-dits. Ils jurent de rester professionnels. De garder leurs distances. Mais la proximité quotidienne, les gestes anodins, ravivent ce qu’ils refusent de nommer. Un premier baiser, trop tôt, trop intense, les fait reculer. La gêne s’installe. La distance aussi. Pourtant, entre eux, le désir et l’attachement grandissent. Baisers furtifs, jalousies silencieuses, gestes protecteurs jamais expliqués… Ils se mentent en parlant d’attirance, refusant de reconnaître l’évidence. Au milieu du chaos, alors que des personnes extérieures tentent de briser leur équilibre — une ex ambitieuse, des enjeux professionnels, des manipulations — Alexander comprend enfin : ce qu’il ressent n’est pas une faiblesse. C’est de l’amour. Alors Alexander devra choisir : continuer à se cacher… ou aimer sans retenue.

"Babayaran kita sa kahit magkanong halaga basta't paligayahin mo lang ako." Wala nang ibang nagawa si Karen kundi tanggapin ang alok ni Mr. Valer Ferrario nang sabihin ito sa kaniya. Ano bang magagawa niya sa sunod-sunod na negatibong nangyayari sa kaniyang buhay; na-ospital ang kaisa-isang anak, pinalayas sa tinutuluyan nilang apartment at natanggal pa sa trabaho. Kaya't kahit labag sa loob ay sumang-ayon siya sa alok ng mayamang lalaking ito. Alam niyang magagamit niya ito para magkaroon ng maraming pera. Ngunit paano kung magkaroon din siya ng pagtingin kay Mr. Ferrario? Sa lalaking pamilyado na?

Aiden Armstrong, CEO of skylight group and boss of the Dark Flood mafia, has a dark fetish for virgins—an obsession that leads him to Avery Kingston. He was in need of a wife in order to get control of his grandfather’s legacy. The Kingston's offered him a proposal, one where both sides benefits. He gets a wife to keep his inheritance and a virgin who was just his type in exchange for a huge sum to aid the Kingston's escape bankruptcy. Avery, forced into marriage with Aiden, an unknown dangerous looking handsome fellow by her family, soon discovers the journal of her husband's fetish and catches him cheating. She becomes a different and better version of herself vowing to get back at all who had wronged her. As she builds herself and takes revenge, she finds more secrets about her family, her mom's death and Aiden's past. Amidst disappointments, plots for revenge and abduction of Avery, Aiden discovers he had fallen in love with her but is it seemed to be a little too late until they were both placed in a situation that was to end both their lives but turned out to be a moment for truth, reconciliation, love and fresh start.

Huit ans après un abandon qui a brisé sa vie, Camille retrouve Raphaël, l’homme qu’elle n’a jamais cessé d’aimer. Contraints de travailler ensemble, ils ravivent une passion aussi intense que douloureuse. Mais derrière son retour se cache un secret capable de tout détruire. Entre amour, trahison et rédemption, Camille devra choisir entre protéger son cœur… ou le laisser brûler une dernière fois.

Kenneth's original intention is to take away Candy to save the marriage of Gabriel and Karen but during Candy's stay in his house, he eventually became attracted and fell in love to the beauty of Candy. Candy who has been hated Kenneth from the very first time that they met tried to hide her unwanted feeling for him. Fortunately, between hate and love relationship the two become one in union of marriage. However, Candy found out that Kenneth was just using her to finally inherit the company and he was planning to divorce her after two years when his ex-girlfriend, Camille Ramirez, came back from her career jouney. Another misfortune happened to Candy when one night after they returned from their honeymoon, she was rape right inside their matrimonial bedroom but the worst thing is, she didn't know who is the man in the dark. After all this misery and heartache could their true heart desire prevails?

I'm forced by my mother, Karen Brown, to raise Matt Brown, my uncle Jared Brown's illegitimate son. She justifies the coercion by saying that family should always help each other. I sacrifice everything to raise Matt for over a decade, only to discover that he despises me. It stems entirely from Mom and Uncle Jared telling him that I'm raising him with ulterior motives, that I'll be able to get back double the amount of money I spend on him in the future. I'm lecturing Matt once more about studying hard when he suddenly lashes out in frustration and murders me. Mom and Uncle Jared not only cover up for Matt, but they also take all my assets for themselves. I'm definitely not raising anyone's child now that I have been reborn, as the parents should raise their own child. It has nothing to do with me!

Carol: Life was never a bed of roses. At least for me. Abandoned at birth by both parents, and made to go through too many foster homes, I had to put in twice the amount of effort of my peers. Both in education, and in my career. I love children, and I've aspired to land a very good job as a social worker who cares for kids for as long as I can remember. When New York's most eligible bachelor and billionaire Evans Armstrong propositions me to become a nanny for his nephew, I'm speechless. Out of every options he had available, he choose me. And his nephew is the sweetest boy I've ever encountered. Maybe, just maybe I can achieve my dreams after all. Evans: Life was never the same ever since my sister Serena died, leaving me with her son Brandon. Each day that passes, I strive to be a better man, and provide for Brandon everything he needs. He's a smart kid, and he deserves the best. Which is why I go out of my way in searching for a suitable nanny to tend to him, since my efforts can only go so far. When I see Carolina for the first time, she's striking. And her polite demeanor has a ripple effect on young Brandon. I know immediately that she's the right one for him. She would make a wonderful nanny. And perhaps, a wonderful wife.

"Aku sayang kamu," ucap Andy dengan santainya dan tenang tak ada ekspresi gugup atau deg-degan karena sudah terbiasa dengan cewek berkuncir dua itu. Seketika Ratu menghentikan langkahnya, menatap sang ketos itu heran. Rasanya tak mungkin jatuh cinta pada pandangan pertama. "Sayang aku? Kita aja baru kenal. Masa kamu langsung sayang?" tanya Ratu heran. Langkah Andy mendekat, Ratu mundur beberapa langkah. "Karen sejak awal aku sudah nyaman sama kamu," tegas Andy dengan serius. Memang cinta tak perlu alasan jika datangnya dari hati. "Tapi kan, bukannya kamu udah-" ucapannya tersela ketika Andy mengatakan yang sebenarnya. Ratu terkejut. "Aku dan dia sudah selesai. Dan aku harap kamu adalah wanita pertama dan terakhir yang aku cintai. Ratu Wiguna," langkah Andy berlalu pergi, ia lega setelah mengungkapkan perasaan itu. Apakah Ratu akan menerima Andy?