Karma

When my husband, Louis Banks, was caught in a traffic accident, I was at an interview out of town. By the time I got to the hospital, he had already been declared dead, and was sent to the crematorium. Hearing the news, I fainted on the spot. When I woke up again, I was greeted by the court coming to enforce the auction of all our assets. The reason was that Louis' company had gone into financial troubles, leaving us in massive debt, and I was the only legal representative of the company. Many years later, I found myself begging in the snow with a cracked bowl, and I nearly got run over by a luxury car. To my surprise, the one in the driver's seat was none other than Louis, who was supposed to be dead ages ago! Dressed in designer brands and holding another woman in his arms, he jeered at my filthy stench and appearance, even kicking my bowl to pieces. "You're still alive, huh? I was worried that I couldn't trick someone who graduated from a bigshot university, but you were dumb enough to believe it without questioning it for a second!" He laughed, sneering as he continued, "Thanks for working so hard for us, hahaha!" His words filled me with so much anger that I died on the spot, my eyes glaring at him even in death. Little did I expect that when I came to, I found myself back on the day of his accident!

Alexa tidak pernah menyangka, pengkhianatan dari kekasihnya justru menyeretnya ke dalam permainan berbahaya dengan sosok yang sama sekali tak terduga. Theo, guru privat yang dipercaya ibunya, sekaligus pria matang yang dingin, tegas, dan sulit disentuh. Hubungan mereka seharusnya sebatas murid dan guru. Tidak lebih. Namun semakin sering bertemu, semakin kuat pula rasa penasaran Alexa terhadap pria itu. Apalagi ketika luka hatinya membuatnya ingin membuktikan diri, bahwa ia bukan gadis kecil yang bisa diremehkan, bahwa ia cukup menggoda untuk diperhitungkan. Theo menolak sekaligus terpikat. Usia mereka terpaut jauh, tanggung jawabnya jelas, dan godaan itu seharusnya ia patahkan sejak awal. Tapi Alexa terus menantang, terus mengusik, hingga batas antara larangan dan keinginan melewati batas wajar. Namun, Alexa tidak tahu bahwa ada rahasia besar yang tersembunyi dibalik status Theo, akankah hal itu yang akan menghentikan Alexa mencintai pria yang lebih dewasa darinya?

Deux jours avant le Noël, mon petit ami Guillaume avait prévu d'emmener sa assistante passer les fêtes à la mer. Sans un mot, je lui avais préparé ses valises avec tout le soin. Lui, en retour, m'avait raillée en insinuant que j'étais enceinte et plus compréhensive. Lorsqu'il était parti, je m'étais rendue à la clinique et j'avais subi une interruption volontaire de grossesse. Car dans ma vie antérieure, quand j'avais voulu garder Guillaume à la maison, son assistante avait été brutalement assassinée sur la plage. Guillaume a eu l'air calme, mais avant mon accouchement, il m'avait horriblement trahie, il avait ouvert mon ventre et il a étranglé notre bébé avant même qu'il n'ait pris son premier souffle. Cette cruauté m'avait révélé qu'il nourrissait depuis toujours une haine tenace vers moi. Après la renaissance, j'avais juré de lui faire perdre absolument tout.

To cure our daughter's pancreatic cancer, I made a deal with the System, trading the rest of my life for a miracle drug. My husband called me insane to my face, but secretly gave the medicine to his mistress to treat her facial scar. When I was falling apart in despair, he had the audacity to explain: "Vicky has dreams of becoming a star. She's already 24, she can't wait any longer. "Besides, didn't you get that drug by sleeping around? How could a housewife like you possibly get such high-end medicine on your own? If you want to save our daughter, why don't you go whore yourself out again? It's not like it'll kill you, right?" But the truth is, I really don't have another life to trade for another dose.

Aku dan Mas Rama sudah menikah selama tiga tahun. Dari awal menikah tak ada yang aneh dari suamiku itu, kami juga tinggal disebuah rumah di kota dan ia bekerja disebuah Pabrik kain. Karena permintaan Ibu mertua yang ingin mengurus cucu pertamanya akhirnya kami pulang ke desa disaat usia kandunganku memasuki sembilan bulan. Sementara Mas Rama berhenti bekerja dan katanya ia ingin membantu bisnis keluarga. Dahulu aku tak menemukan adanya hal aneh saat beberapa kali berkunjung ke rumah ibu. Tetapi sekarang keanehan demi keanehan muncul didepan mataku, membuatku merasa takut. Apakah mungkin suami Sarah dan keluarganya orang jahat? Apa rahasia besar yang disembunyikan suami Sarah dan mertuanya? Sanggupkah Sarah menguak semua rahasia itu?

My husband, Joaquin Landon, is a renowned wax sculptor. He hangs up on me when I call him to save my life so he can focus on the wax sculpture his cousin wants. Amphetamine is injected into my system, so my mind is clear as I watch my nails get removed one by one. Every inch of my skin is covered in burning hot wax. My hair and lashes are plucked off, and my organs are ground. Steel pipes are inserted into my legs, and I'm turned into a wax sculpture. Joaquin sees me during an exhibition. His colleague tells him that the wax sculpture he sees looks eerily like me, but he merely looks disgusted. "All she does is cause trouble and act unreasonably. She's better off dead." What he doesn't know is that I already am. Joaquin doesn't recognize that I'm the wax sculpture before him.

The financially disadvantaged student I was sponsoring secretly went behind my back and sold my small island, which was worth two billion dollars. I was furious and confronted her, but she publicly slandered me in front of the entire school. She exclaimed, "I saw you doing unspeakable things with eighteen men on that island! You're still young and you can't keep making mistakes like this. I sold the island for your own good!" I was so enraged that I kicked her to the ground and prepared to call the police, but my brother stopped me. He and my fiancé stood in front of the student, protecting her. They accused me of being violent and in need of medical treatment. Before I could resist, they joined forces and threw me into a psychiatric hospital, where I died that night from food poisoning. When I opened my eyes again, I had returned to the day I discovered the island had been sold.

Yasa selalu muak dengan sikap istrinya, Qiera, yang hanya bisa berdiam diri di rumah tanpa bisa melakukan apa-apa. Rumah dibiarkan berantakan, anak-anak menangis, dan cucian kotor di mana-mana. Akan tetapi, Yasa merasakan ada sesuatu yang hilang ketika Qiera berubah. Bahkan sikapnya pun menjadi dingin. Apa sebenarnya yang membuat Qiera berubah dan apa yang akan dilakukan Yasa untuk mengembalikan istrinya? Atau justru Qiera memilih untuk mundur?

My husband’s first love and I were kidnapped at the same time. As a professional negotiator, my husband rushed to the scene as soon as possible to save us. When the kidnappers agreed to release one hostage, he chose to let them keep me to protect her. I knelt on the ground, desperately begging him to save me first, but his face was expressionless. “Tammy is still a virgin. If she’s raped, she won’t be able to handle it.” “You’re different. You’re already married to me. Even if something happens to you, I won’t hold it against you.” He shoved me toward the kidnappers. He probably didn’t know I was three months pregnant, and he was about to become a father.

WARNING! Mengandung adegan kekerasan dan seksual eksplisit, serta mengangkat tema trauma psikologis yang menimbulkan perasaan tidak nyaman. *** Bagaimana jika seorang detektif andal yang menyimpan trauma, terobsesi pada seorang penulis amatir, yang naskah fiksinya menjadi panduan pembunuhan berantai? *** SINOPSIS Gregory Evans, seorang detektif dengan masa lalu kelam, tak bisa mengenyahkan bayangan seorang wanita muda berambut pirang dan bermata hijau yang tak sengaja bertabrakan dengannya di depan stasiun kereta api bawah tanah. Greg bahkan menyimpan lembaran judul naskah cerita kriminal yang jatuh dari tangan wanita itu. Yang mengejutkan, judul naskah itu ditemukan di sebuah TKP pembunuhan di samping jasad korban. Hal yang mengindikasikan bahwa pembunuhan tersebut adalah pertunjukan yang meniru fiksi. Greg segera melacak wanita pemilik naskah tersebut yang tak lain adalah Tara Bradley, seorang pustakawan pemalu yang terobsesi menjadi penulis sukses. Tara yang menggunakan nama pena 'Violet Crow' mengakui telah menulis naskah itu sebagai fantasi balas dendam atas para penulis yang telah mencuri idenya. Kini, wanita itu dihantui oleh naskahnya sendiri. Seseorang di luar sana mewujudkan fantasinya tanpa perasaan, tanpa kompromi. Greg yang menyadari bahwa Tara adalah pusat dari misteri ini, terjebak di antara tugasnya sebagai detektif dan ketertarikan pribadi yang tumbuh sejak awal pertemuan mereka. Dia berpacu dengan waktu untuk mengungkap identitas sang pembunuh sebelum babak selanjutnya dari The Silent Slasher terwujud. Sekaligus mempertaruhkan karirnya karena terlibat hubungan terlarang dengan Tara.