Los Angeles Review Of Books

[1st Account in the Tale of Shadow's Enigma] Z doesn't sit well in a world where a shadow is manipulated. As someone who has no memory of her past, she can't summon her shadow like others used to. It's a fatal mistake that may as well cost her life. But she can't worry with the facing danger when she's the only one who sees their world becoming undone. The legend of Dark, the only Shadow Wielder able to control time, is resurfacing once again. With a mob of wielders going on a rampage and going missing here and there, Z is losing a battle that haven't even started yet. In her haste, she makes the first mistake of leading her only friend to his death. And commits the second one by signing a deal with Dark himself just so he can be resurrected. Dark sends Z in a prestigious school where she's been thought of as someone she doesn't know. And while she has to endure living a stolen life, listening to a brat's whining, being patient with a maniac's snide remarks, and taking in the dazzling cold stares of an enthralling man whose eyes are only set at her, will she allow the world to crumble in the hands of Dark any further? And sacrifice every wielder alive just for a single friend?

Leaving behind the world she knew, Sia Martin made her way into the world of money, power and blood along with her friends. Their happy dreams didn't know about the price they have to pay for success. When the life of lies catches upto Sia, threatening to take away everything from her, she relies on the person she hates the most. Hardin Black, the rumoured murderer and stone - hearted CEO of one of the biggest corporations around. He makes her sign a contract for life, snatching her freedom in return of one promise but is he really the saviour she thinks he is or is he just another devil around the door to tempt her into giving away everything voluntarily?

His eyes were red . The girl in front of him was looking all innocent but she was behind all his miseries . He badly wanted to throw her out of the house . If it wasn't for her parents he would have throw her out of the house . He controlled his inner beast . ' Listen you gold digger I am giving you a day . A single day, pack your cloths and get the hell out of my house . ' The girl in front of him shivered like a leaf in storm . He came dangerously close to her . She felt his breath and so did he . ' Or else I will show you what happens to gold digger like you . I am not interested in you . But I will make your life hell .And I am man of my words . ' His eyes were precising her soul . ************************** ' No no please I beg you don't this to me . Please you can hit me, beat me but don't touch me . Please . ' She cried in agony . She can't take it anymore . She is tired of this life . She felt pathetic of her helplessness. ' Shhh!!! Dove I am with you . I am so sorry . For me you are in this condition . I am so sorry . ' He couldn't control his tears anymore . He actually made her life hell . *************************** *Will you ever be able to forgive the person who made your life hell ?* *Will you ever be able to spend your life whom you hate ?* *Will you ever be able to amend your destiny?* Join the journey of Advika and Siddharth to find how they find love in pain and sorrow, in repentance and grief, in hate and lie. Remember not every love is selfless. This is the story of beast's selfish love for his beauty.

Megan Hurley orchestrated a bullying scheme to drive a wedge between me and my childhood friend, Eugene. I fell into her trap as she intended, but only saved Eugene Carson. The thugs she hired, however, proved reckless. As a result, she accidentally died. This enraged Eugene to the point of hatred. He was convinced I had set up the bullying that led to Megan's death. On our wedding anniversary, he pushed me off a high building, his face twisted with relentless fury. "This is what you owe me and Megan. Sherlyn, you deserve to die!" When I opened my eyes again, I found myself back on the day of the bullying. This time, I didn't intervene. Later, he knocked on my window in the rain, saying hoarsely in despair, "Sherlyn, why do you no longer care about me?"

  Simula pa lang ay nagkagusto na si Kariel sa lalaking inampon ng kanilang mga magulang, na si Darrius. Minsan na rin niyang inamin ang nararamdaman rito. Ngunit dahil sa respeto at malaking utang na loob sa kinilalang magulang ay hindi siya binigyang pinansin nito. Ngunit na-realize ni Darrius na kailangan niyang ipaglaban ang kanyang nararamdaman para kay Kariel kahit labag pa sa kagustuhan ng magulang. Lalong-lalo na nang malamang ikakasal na ito sa anak ng kaibigan at kasusyo ng kinilalang magulang. At naisipan niyang pigilan ang kasal ng dalawa nang napagalaman ang totoong motibo ng pamilyang gustong ipakasal sa dalaga ng kinilala n'yang ng magulang. Nagtagumpay siya sa kanyang plano at sa wakas ay ipinagtapat niya sa huli ang totoong nararamdaman. Naging lihim ang kanilang relasyon. at kalaunan ay napagalaman din ang kanilang lihim at pilit silang pinaghiwalay ng mga magulang. Masakit ngunit kailangan nilang tanggapin ang kanilang kapalaran. Pinaghiwalay man ng isang sirkumstansya pero hindi sila nawalan nang pag-asang balang araw ay muli silang pagtagpuin ng tadhana para punan ang mga pusong nangulila sa matagal na panahon.

Addison Bautista is a strict and straightforward, and the kind of person who will do everything to have her father's company. She serves as the acting CEO of his father's company, and she will do everything to be able and she will do everything to be able to prove him that she deserves to be his successor and the next Chief Executive Officer of the Bautista's Group of Companies. The story begins when she received a red envelope, an invitation. Written in it is the information of a week reunion with her senior year batchmates. She has no plans on coming into that reunion but seems like destiny wanted her to come. When the reunion day arrived, everything is fine and according to what a reunion should look like. The the caretaker gone missing, they tried to find him but he's nowhere to be found. The next day, they smell something unpleasant and found a body in the island's storage house. It is the caretaker that is lying on the ground, lifeless with blood around his body. Will it still be a normal reunion, or a reunion that is full of terror and lives at stake?

"Is my touch angering Ms. Gomez?" His fingers traced her bare back, as he whispered in her ears. "Don't worry, I'll fuck you more better and harder than that so called love of yours, Doll," His tongue licked her earlobe. She fisted her palms "So hard that you will beg me to stop," He nibbled her earlobe "What else can we expect from a monster like you. A fucking monster who had tried to force himself on an 18 year old girl," She blurted out. A painful hiss escaped from her mouth, as he grabbed her hairs and pulled them. Her eyes filled with more tears, recalling that inhumanity he had tried to do with her when she was just 18. "I have already paid for that fucking thing, Melanie, with my everything and now you will have to pay for what I had to endure in all these fucking 4 years, just because of you," He groaned, like a caged animal. "You didn't trust me but that fucking love of your life and now look," He brushed his lips over her cheeks. "That love of your life has sold you to me," He pushed her on the bed. "I guess that's enough talk for tonight," His gaze scanned every inch of her naked body, making her horrified. "After all, it's our first wedding night, Mrs Melanie Adrian Salvatore," He hovered over her and she immediately tried to back away but he pinned her on the bed. His hungry vicious eyes bored deeper into her terrified ones. His thumb started tracing over her lower lip. "Now let's make this night the most memorable and painful night of my wife's life," He brushed his lips against hers. "So, she can remember our first wedding night, till the last breath of her life,"

Deprived of truth. How far can a mother fight for her children? *** Blair couldn't be more desperate after Alicia—her fake friend stole her rights to be a mother to her triplets. She was taken away from the picture after Alicia tried to get her killed. After five years, Blair then decided to personally look for her triplets and to face her fake friend. She was after her kids, but her feelings for the father of her triplets started going back to life after she run into him again after five years.

มาเฟียที่เย็นชาอย่างสิงหล เขาเจอกับโอเมก้าตัวเล็กที่มีกลิ่นมะลิเป็นกลิ่นประจำตัวด้วยความบังเอิญ ใครจะไปรู้ล่ะว่าการเจอกันแบบบังเอิญของพวกเขา จะเป็นจุดเริ่มต้นของครอบครัว แสนดีเป็นคนที่เกิดในสมัยอโยธยา เขาหนีโจรป่าในระหว่างที่กำลังเดินทางเข้าสู่วัง เขาหนีตายจนกระทั่งวิ่งเข้าไปในถ้ำที่ไม่มีทางออก โผล่มาอีกทีก็เจอกับคนตัวโตอย่างกับยักษ์ ทำท่าทางแปลกประหลาด คำพูดก็แปลกประหลาด เขาต้องการที่จะหลีกหนี แต่ดูท่าแล้วเจ้ายักษ์วัดแจ้งจะตามติดเขา ต้องทำให้เจ้ายักษ์คนนี้รู้เสียบ้างว่า คนอย่างแสนดีไม่ได้ยอมใครง่ายๆ วิชาการต่อสู้ของแสนดีไม่เป็นรองใคร ความรักของทั้งคู่เป็นจุดเริ่มต้นของจักรวาลเลิศรัตนวรชัย ซึ่งจะมีอีก 2 เรื่องนั่นคือเรื่องของรุ่นลูก เป็นเรื่องราวของสิรินทร์ ลูกชายคนโต และสีหราช ลูกชายคนเล็ก ตระกูลเลิศรัตนวรชัยเกิดขึ้นได้จากสิงหลและแสนดีเลิศรัตนวรชัยคู่นี้

"You are mine in this life! Don't you dare to run away from me again!" He said while hugging her tightly. He won't ever let her go even if he had to cage her. However, will she stay obedient to him? Lilian Wilson, a wealthy heiress, was sold to the Mafia king, Evano Lonardo. They started on the wrong foot but as they faced many difficulties, their love bloomed and they became obsessed with each other. What would happen when life throws them serious problems? Will Lilian know about their past connection? What made her forget their encounter? When the danger was lurking in the darkness of the city of crime, a dangerous love story would bloom from love and hatred…Their cute kids would be the icing on the cake!