Love At First Sight

This book gathers different love stories, yes, love stories. All these stories that I collected over time, that were told to me by friends, acquaintances, relatives and others from my own imagination ink. And perhaps, there is some coincidence.

Olivia Conner was only sixteen when she was diagnosed with amnesia, it's been three years and she still doesn't remember half of her life but she's more than okay with that. She doesn't let that dark stormy night define her life, but when she meets a mysterious yet attractive tattooed guy who knows more than he's letting on, she finds herself being dragged back to the past.

Waking up to a sudden change in your life, how do you think you'd cope? Same goes for Jasmine Kane whose life changed overnight because of a simple Marble. Problem arises when the owner of the Marble comes to find her and she falls in love with him and puts herself in more danger. Now she has to choose between saving her own life and Dying to save the one she loves....is their love really the one to die for? Will it be a Tragic Ending or A Happy Ending?

Tatlong magkakaibigan na ninais lamang ay magmahal at mahalin. Silang tatlo ay may kanya - kanyang mga nobyo pero dahil sa tukso at biro ng kapalaran, mahuhulog ang kanilang mga puso sa di inaasahang tao na siyang nobyo ng kaibigan. Mapapanindigan kaya nila at maipaglalaban o tuluyan nalang sekreto ang nabuong pagmamahalan?

Pierre Paul Abutu gives a humorous, fascinating and dispassionate narration of the unique intimate and romantic events of his life from teenage to adolescence, and into the early stages of his adult life. This narration revolves around the lives, and relationships of sixteen ladies with whom he shared happy, intimate, eventful and evergreen moments of his life with. These love affairs occur in Pierre Abutu’s life, at his university, the Augustine Nnamani Campus, Agbani, in Enugu Campus of the Nigerian Law School, Akwa Ibom State and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Due to his religious beliefs, personal convictions, personal principles, metaphysical and supernatural predictions and postulations, the media, intellectual and literary effects in his life, most of these affairs either ended abruptly or amicably. These love affairs also reveal the negative attitudes, traits and deceptive machinations of these girls and ladies. Even though certain unpleasant and resultant effects were never intended at any particular stage, or with any of these girls and ladies, one thing was very clear: each love affair was and would always be evergreen to Pierre Abutu.

When my body was being dismembered, my fiance was helping my cousin choose her wedding dress. When he received my distress call, he said with disgust, "I hope you never come back! You can die with the bastard in your womb! Don't ever call me again. The mentioning of your name makes me sick!" After that, he found a body part of me in a water tank on the rooftop of a hotel. He thought it was a prank, so he actually ordered white lilies and candles to be delivered to my doorstep. Only when he found my head buried in the grass under his feet on the day of our wedding did he realize that it wasn't a prank.

Dengan karier cemerlang dan penampilan menawan, Tiara Wardoyo adalah gadis impian banyak lelaki. Para eksekutif muda di kantornya maupun perusahaan-perusahaan mitra bisnis dalam usahanya, semua berlomba-lomba untuk mendapatkan dirinya. Tiara bergeming. Ia berlagak acuh yang membuat para lelaki pemujanya semakin tergila-gila padanya. Meski meladeni beberapa ajakan kencan dengan manis, tak satu pun dari lelaki-lelaki kalangan atas yang mendekatinya itu membuat si gadis tertarik. Sampai kemudian ia bertunangan dengan Ryan Wijaya. Meski awalnya lebih diakibatkan desakan kedua orang tua. Demi menjaga hubungan baik kedua keluarga besar. Lalu jalan kehidupan membawanya pada borok seorang Ryan. Tiara dikhianati. Dan setelahnya si gadis dibuat terkesan oleh kepribadian sopir baru di kantornya, Abdi Prawira, dan akhirnya jatuh hati. Semua bermula dari saat Tiara memergoki Ryan main serong. Akibat tidak fokus memikirkan kegagalan rencana pernikahan dengan Ryan yang juga berarti kegagalan kemajuan bisnis, Tiara mengalami kecelakaan. Mobil direktur muda itu oleng, lalu masuk jurang di jalur yang melintasi hutan sepi. Tiara pun terperangkap dalam rimba raya nan sepi selama berpekan-pekan. Pada momen inilah ia menemukan sosok pribadi tangguh nan pengayom pada diri Abdi sopirnya, yang seketika membuat benih-benih cinta tumbuh di hati si gadis. Begitu berhasil diselamatkan dari hutan, hubungan asmara Tiara-Abdi mendapat begitu banyak cobaan. Dari kalangan keluarga besarnya, pilihan hati Tiara yang dijatuhkan pada Abdi mendapat tentangan keras. Namun, cinta suci akan selalu menemukan jalan. Begitu pula dengan cinta Tiara dan Abdi. Ket.: Cover dibuat menggunakan free-royalty-pics di Canva

Clara baru saja diusir dari kediamannya sendiri. Orang tuanya belum lama meninggal. Namun, bukannya mendapat topangan dari kerabatnya, mereka malah merampas semua harta yang ditinggalkan oleh kedua orang tua Clara. Clara berjalan tak tentu arah. Ia hanya diperbolehkan membawa pakaian-pakaiannya sendiri. Tanpa diberi uang sepeserpun. Ia tidur dimanapun dirasa tempat itu mampu menghalanginya dari turunnya hujan dan panas. Wajahnya yang cantik jelita mulai terlihat kotor akibat tak terawat. Siang itu, Clara beristirahat di bangku taman tempat anak-anak TK bermain. Berjalan cukup jauh membuat tubuhnya cukup lelah. Belum sempat memejamkan mata ia mendengar suara anak kecil yang memanggilnya 'mama'. "Mama? Mama ngapain disini? Kenapa mama gak pernah pulang? Papa bilang, mama pergi jauh sekali. Kenapa mama jahat sama Devan?" Ucap anak itu pada Clara. Clara hanya bisa terdiam cukup lama mendengar perkataan anak itu. Seingatnya ia belum pernah melakukan hubungan dengan siapapun. Tapi, kenapa anak ini memanggilnya mama?

Based on gender-based violence If you were ever in a position where you couldn't defend yourself - please read the book. There is always someone out there who is willing to help! “if you can’t handle the punches, how will you ever stop them from abusing you?” “Hit me?” Blake yells. Making my eyes watery and angry. “Hit me, or I will hit you,” he said again. I picked up my fist to punch him as hard as I can, but he grabbed me and picked me up before my fist could connect with his jaw. Our eyes melted together, and I’m slowly disappearing into a dark place the more I stare. Emily Dawson was walking home one night from a small restaurant In Virginia where she works to pay for her doctor’s degree when she got jumped by three-man. they beat her and took all of her belongings. 12 years ago, her stepfather abused Emily when she was a child, so she never learned how to defend herself until Blake, the most popular and successful kickboxer in town, came to her rescue. At first, it was only about training and helping Emily get over her fears and learn how to defend herself until she fell in love with him, but that was a dark place she had to go in. Blake has a past of mistreating women, not abusing them but using them. Will he fall in love with her as well? Or will he keep their relationship with no strings attached?

Venus Gabrielle Amonte. A twenty-four-year old woman with full of hope and dream to become a successful writer. Her father is a manipulative man and want her to manage their businesses since she's the Amonte's heir which was against from what she really wanted. When she met the billionaire, Sage Trevor Dawson. A man full of confidence and ambition. Is she letting her heart to fall in love with a man full of arrogance himself? Or they will definitely find peace and love in each other's arms?