life of pi novel

"Siapa dia, Mas?" tanya Shanum dengan kedua mata memindai sosok asing yang duduk di samping suaminya. "Perkenalkan, dia adalah Anara, istri baruku." Tanpa dosa, Arya Prasetya yang masih berstatus suami sah Shanum itu memperkenalkan wanita dengan riasan tebal, dan pakaian yang aduhai seksinya sebagai istri barunya. "Sudahlah, Shanum! Terima saja kalau suamimu ini punya istri baru. Sudah mandul, jadi benalu pula. Lagian, lelaki kan boleh beristri lebih dari satu," timpal Bu Desi, sang ibu mertua dengan tatapan angkuh nan sinisnya. Marah, jelas. Kecewa, tentu saja. Tapi, untuk berbuat bar-bar bukan Shanum namanya. Mandul? Benalu, katanya? Mari kita buktikan siapa 'Benalu' yang sesungguhnya! Shanum bertekad kuat untuk menghempaskan orang-orang tak tahu malu itu, yang menyebut dirinya sebagai benalu padahal sebaliknya. Bagaimana kisah Shanum berusaha menghempaskan suami dan keluarga benalunya? Ikuti kisahnya.

Evelyn Moore is just another disenfranchised American girl, trying to scrape by with the help of her best friend, Lily, during the Depression in New York City. When a tumultuous event cascades into a roller coaster series of them a few short weeks before the grand opening of the much anticipated 1939 World’s Fair, Evelyn worries how she’ll survive, even more so when she realizes that her every near miss ends up that way by the deliberate effort of her new and complicated boss, Andrew James. Cool, collected and complicated, Andrew James is the wunderkind behind much of his family and employer’s success but knowing the ropes so well you can always pull all the strings is only so rewarding. When Evelyn unexpectedly tumbles into his life, he finds himself pushed outside his wheelhouse and peering into a new and delightfully intriguing unknown, one with a future he relishes. A world of tomorrow.

***Completed*** can be read as a standalone book. please note posted chapters are currently unedited.Knight of the queen or not, I am the expendable one, the one that shouldn’t be here, and the one that shouldn’t be alive. By all accounts, I should have died 13 years ago. A question I always ask myself, every time my eyes open: why am I still alive? Why did the gods let that old priestess find me so many moons ago and bring me back from the dead? Why did they allow me to live?I still wonder what my role is in this story and believe me there is more to this story than any of us know. I can feel it, see it unfolding, almost taste it. The last three years have just been a prelude to something bigger, something yet unseen and unknown. Lamia and Mathias may be the main characters, but we all had a role, an important part to play. Unfortunately, the script of our lives had been hidden away or maybe it just hasn’t been written yet.****Sent on a quest by his beloved Queen Lamia; Hunji finds himself back at the beginning. The place where his old life ended, and where the goddess granted him a second chance. On the hunt for a witch, Hunji must face his past - A past that left him broken. When the goddess breathed new life into him, he took an oath to serve her. Now that promise is being tested.He has survived his past but it's the future that threatens to turn his world upside down. That and the little witch who he was sent to find, protect and bring home; is hellbent on throwing a curve ball at every plan he had.

Serene was deeply in love with Bryan, and he was with her. She has planned her future around him, but Fate has other plans for them. Serene found Bryan pleasuring another man whom he eventually marries leaving Serene dejected and hurt. Trying to move on from this heartbreak, she dedicated herself to her work. In one drunken night, Fate has brought her Justin who looked exactly like her ex-boyfriend’s husband.

Living like a fairytale princess, Olive Trinidad believed that she could have everything in just a blink of an eye. Kaya niyang gawin ang lahat maging kaniya lang ang isang bagay. Kaya naman lahat ay ginawa niya makuha lamang ang lalaking mahal. Atlas Ramirez was a scholar. A poor boy who worked for his family. Papaano niya haharapin ang problema kung ang tanging solusyon ng lahat ay ang pakasalan ang babaeng galit siya. Married life wasn't that simple. It was a union of two hearts, true minds and souls. Ngunit, papaano kung ang dalawang taong ikinasal ay isa lang ang nagmamahal? Hanggang kailan kayang tiisin ang sakit? Hanggang kailan kayang pahirapan ang isa't isa? Ilang luha ang kayang ibigay?

Besar di panti asuhan. Dididik menjadi sosok manusia yang sangat ahli dalam menyamar dan mempertahankan diri. Mengalami hidup menggenaskan semasa kecil, hingga diperkosa saat berusia sepuluh tahun. Nina Averin menjadi mesin pembunuh yang sangat berbahaya. Wanita itu dituntuta untuk mematikan emosi juga perasaannya. Ketika memutuskan untuk menyudahi hidupnya sebagai pembantai, Nina justru menemukan tujuan dari dirinya dilahirkan. Alter Fidelis, malaikat terbuang yang memberi tugas Nina untuk menyelamatkan gadis kecil bernama Abigail Castain dari kejaran kultus pemuja Lucifer, kekuatan yang dahsyat diperolehnya. Gadis kecil yang berada dalam lindungannya ternyata anak dari Lucifer sendiri! Setelah menjalani perjalanan menuju vatikan bersama gadis berusia sepuluh tahun tersebut, Nina dihadapkan satu kenyataan, bahwa baik dirinya maupun Abigail bukan manusia biasa. Nina Averin menjadi seorang huntress atau pemburu wanita yang memiliki kemampuan mengusir iblis dan membunuh makhluk tersebut!

The tree I fell from was rotten. It's leaves were rotten, it's bark was rotten, and it's roots were rotten. Unfortunately, I am an apple that didn't fall far from that rotten tree. I was groomed in the shadow of that rotten tree and sprayed with poison to ensure I would be nothing but it's germinated seed. My earliest memories are dark and painful. My most vibrant memories are coated in crimson red and shame. The small pieces of my soul that I kept hidden and protected are the only parts of myself I can tolerate. The rest of who I am... The despicable trash that haunts my dreams... I hate. Death is the only answer to my life. Not love. I don't deserve love. A tainted apple is never put amongst the ripe juices apples. It is thrown away, discarded... As I should be.

Pagkatapos masawi sa pag-ibig ang bilyonaryong si Maximus o mas kilalang Axis, ay nagdisisyon siya na tumira sa mountain province at piniling maging isang magsasaka. Sa lugar na 'to ay nagawa niyang makalimutan ang panlolokong ginawa ng ex-girlfriend niya. Subalit sa 'di inaasahang sandali ay dumating sa buhay niya si Abigail, ang dalagang spoiled brat na laking America. Magagawa kaya nitong pasukin ang puso niya? Paano kung sa ugali pa lang nito ay nalagyan na niya ng ekis ang pangalan nito?

23 year old, Harshika is a curvy girl who is the perfect definition for "adamant". At the age of 13, she lost both of her parents in a car accident. Due to his unconditional love for his sister, her uncle had brought her to his house and reared her as his own daughter. She is staying in the servant quarter of the RN mansion with her uncle's family. Her only desire and goal is to marry her crush, RN mansion's younger son, Naresh kumar. Her world and embody will always revolves around her crush naresh.. Her entire focus will be on how to get closer to him. At one point she came to know that he was in love with his childhood sweetheart tashvi.. Cruel revelation shattered her dreams and desire mercilessly. Even after she knew his relationship, she was very determined that her dream and desire to be his wife should never be broken. Therefore, she began to proceed her evil plan to break off his relationship with the idea of ​​making him as her's. How will she cope when fate smashes all of her plans and turns her life upside down ??. What will happen when she was forced to get marry because of the conspiracy she made ??. Peep into the story to know how destiny played a game in her life..

Jazzie Zamora is a well-known model in the Philippines. She's rich, beautiful, elegant and has many other qualities that you will admire. Everyone believes that she has a perfect life, but little did they know that it was the other way around. Hellish; it's the exact word you can use to describe her life. Being a secret wife of a mafia boss was a dream that turned into a nightmare. Despite of all those shits happening, will she still choose to stay? How much can she put up for her ruthless husband?