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The day after I returned to my home country, my old classmates ambushed me with an invitation to a reunion. In the hotel, I ran into my ex, Shawn Quinn, whom I hadn't seen in five years. The room froze when he pulled out a ring and proposed. Gasps rippled through the crowd. They all expected me to jump at the chance, given how hard I had chased him back in the day. They forgot the gut-punch of our graduation day. Shawn had sided with another woman, letting her paint me as a plagiarist, a cheater, a bully. The school authorities revoked my diploma and kicked me out of the ceremony. Humiliated, I fled abroad, leaving behind a shattered heart. Now, his best friend told me, "Shawn pulled strings to get your diploma back despite your past mistakes. He never forgot about you. He has been waiting for you all these years. You're his only love."

Adalyn is a graduating student who has been longing for his father. Her mother does not support her idea of looking for his father, so she decided to do it on her own. Before leaving her nest, she was precised about her goal: and that is to find her father and introduce herself to him. Upon her journey, she met new people who will question her goals and plans. Meeting them will lead to confusion and uncertainties. But do they really have a point? Paano nga ba mababago ng ibang tao ang matagal mo nang plano? Gaano naiintindihan ng ibang tao ang pinagdaraanan mo para masabi na mali o tama ang daan na gusto mong tahakin? Do other people really fit to judge your decisions without being on your shoe?

My fiancé was obsessively possessive. I was the newly found real daughter. To make sure I couldn’t leave him, he had thugs assault me in an alley. Then he showed up pretending to be my savior, taking the beating himself. I developed depression and had no choice but to rely on him. Then the fake daughter showed up with her gang. Grabbing my face, she sneered, "I'm the only daughter of the Shaw family!" I was dunked in a toilet, my face slashed, my body violated, and every wound sewn shut with needles. Blood covered the floor. My fiancé burst in with my parents. Seeing my state, they got furious. "You filthy maid's daughter! How dare you?"

Disclaimer: Rise of the Phoenix is the spin off/sequel of Dragon's mate. It can be read as a stand alone book Sarah Johnson is a girl whose life is anything but ordinary. At a young age she was adopted by an extraordinary couple of dragon shifters. Living with them and learning about the supernatural world gave her perfect insight into how a relationship between two people should look like, and she knew she won't ever be able to settle for anything less than true love. That's why she secretly dreamed of finding her own prince from a fairytale… the one that will love her just as much as she would love him. But what will happen when Sarah's sweet and bubbly nature clashes with always frowned and gloomy prince that was anything but what she had imagined? What will happen when the one that was meant for her refuses to accept her? With an unknown danger looming over Sarah's head, worries and troubles from the past, will they be able to set their differences aside and be what they are supposed to be… soulmates… or will they drift apart so that nothing can hold them together?

When a dating scandal comes to haunt Gold, a famous artist all over the world, memories from seven years ago flood his mind--making him realize that perhaps, he had never liked women at all.

Alpha Scott hated me, his fated mate, more than anything. All because I was just a human, a useless creature without claws. His heart belonged entirely to his childhood sweetheart, Joanna. After Joanna died in an accident, he hated me for ten years. But when an enemy pack’s bomb exploded in front of our den, he saved me. Before he died, covered in blood and lying in my arms, he used his last ounce of strength to push away my trembling hand. "Elena, if only the Moon Goddess had never let us meet..." At the funeral, the former Luna—Scott's mother—grabbed my collar, sobbing uncontrollably. "Scott, it's my fault. I never should have forced you to accept this human. If I had supported your choice of Joanna, would any of this have happened today?" I didn't answer. Because she was right. After being dragged out of the funeral, I climbed Skyfall Ridge—the pack's sacred ground—alone and leaped. When I opened my eyes again, I was back on the day the Moon Goddess designated me as Scott's mate. This time, I decided to sever all ties with Scott, to give everyone what they truly wanted.

3:00 a.m. Insomnia gnawed at my nerves like a rusted saw, grinding back and forth mercilessly. On a whim that I couldn't explain, I opened a radio app called "Echoes from Below." The interface was simple and bare. Black background, blue text. No ads, no host introduction. Just a single audio waveform, slowly buffering on the screen. The shape of the waveform felt wrong. It didn't look like soundwaves at all. More like rows of sharp, interlocking teeth. A pop-up window appeared in the center of the screen. [Listening Guidelines] The letters glowed blue, carrying an unsettling eeriness. [This station's signal may extend into dreams. If you hear the broadcast while dreaming, firmly believe that you are awake.]

Evelyn Gauri menghadiri sebuah pesta penyambutan ceo muda, pewaris tunggal keluarga Kotaro, Arjuna Dabi Kotaro. Pesta itu berubah menjadi pesta pertunangannya dengan Arjuna. Evelyn shock, dan menolak pertunangan. Membuat sang Ayah terkena serangan jantung hingga koma. Sedangkan Arjuna yang lebih dulu tahu tentang pertunangan mereka, memaksa Evelyn untuk menerima. "Jadilah istriku," sepasang mata elang milik Arjuna menatapnya tajam. "Meski kau tampan dan hebat, aku tidak tertarik hidup bersamamu," Evelyn balas menatap. "Beri aku alasan mengapa kau menolak? padahal aku muda dan mapan." "Karena pernikahan hanya untuk dua orang yang saling mencintai," tatapan Evelyn menusuk.

Lelaki mana yang tak akan pernah kecewa ketika cinta tulusnya dikhianati oleh orang yang amat dicintainya? Lelaki mana yang tak akan tinggal diam ketika melihat wanita yang dicintainya selingkuh di depan matanya sendiri? Gus Iqbal yang berniat memberikan kejutan dengan memberikan mukenah bordil terbaik dari seluruh Jeddah, dia harus merasakan kejutan jahat Mafayzah yang tak pernah ia duga. Semenjak itu, Gus Iqbal telah memulai hidup dengan tak mempercayai cinta lagi. Namun Ibu manakah yang tak akan sedih bila anak lelakinya harus trauma cinta? Umi -- sang ibunya, memperkenalkannya dengan santriwati yang solihah dengan kecantikan paripurna. Namun siapa sangka, bahwa anak lelaki yang dikenalkannya itu ternyata mengenal santriwati itu terlebih dulu sebelum Uminya. Akankah Gus Iqbal akan bersedia menikahi santriwati itu? Dan menjadi cinta terakhir di catatan perjalanan hidupnya?

Seorang pria yang tanpa sengaja bertemu dengan seorang gadis di sebuah kedai kopi. Gadis itu berhasil menghidupkan kembali sebuah rasa yang sudah mati bertahun-tahun lamanya, lebih dari keanggunan rupa serta parasnya. Kehadiran gadis itu yang tanpa sengaja datang kedalam pandangannya merupakan sesuatu hal yang luar biasa dalam hidupnya. Cinta pada pandang pertama kali ini adalah sebuah perasaan yang sangat-sangat menakjubkan. Akan tetapi ada hal yang ia sudah abaikan sedari tadi ia terpaku kepada gadis di ujung sana. Sebuah rencana untuk mewujudkan mimpinya sebagai seorang seniman lukis yang dapat dikenal di negaranya dan luar negeri. Sebuah kedipan dari gadis itu kembali membuat dunianya berhenti dan membawanya ke alam mimpi, dimana gadis tersebut berada di bawah pohon sembari memetik buah-buah apel sementara si pria hanya duduk sambil melukiskan keindahan yang ada di depan matanya. Akankah ini menjadi sebuah cinta yang sakral dan suci? karena perasaan ini terbit pada pandang pertama.