marriage first, love second

His first love barged into my office and stood before me, mocking, "He doesn't love you at all." I rolled my eyes. "I don't know whether he loves me, but I am Mrs. Brooke now. And who are you, exactly?" I was surprised that there was still someone so clueless in this day and age. Marriage was all about mutual benefit; the idea of love was downright ridiculous. To me, Noah was just a means to an end—a tool that would double my worth. I had never taken him seriously.

A receptionist during the day and a waitress at night, with her mail piling with bills and a 9-year-old sister suffering from cancer, Agatha is striving to make ends meet and has no social life outside of her best friend and her dog. So when single billionaire Cade Blackwell who also happens to be the CEO of the hotel where she works as a receptionist, offers her a proposition to be married to him for one year, an offer that comes with benefits that solve all her problems, She doesn't hesitate to accept. It's just for one year, right? What could go wrong? The answer is A LOT.

He always hurt her, physically and emotionally, but she still can't seem to leave him. They are just forced to get married but she's still staying beside him even with the painful truth that both of them are hurting because of their unwanted marriage.

When the soft and caring Emmalyn marries Kelvin Price, the cold and ruthless Alpha, to save her father’s pack, she does not expect to fall in love with a man who had always thought of her as a second choice and a weakling. An unexpected turn of events takes place, pulling the couple closer but can a love founded on lies, betrayal, and deceit ever survive in the cruel werewolf world where enemies looked forward to destroying them? **** When Emma’s older sister, Tiana, runs away from her arranged wedding to Kelvin Price, Emma is forced to marry him in her place to save her parents’ faces and the pack. Kelvin Price is known to be a cold and elusive Alpha who Emma did not think she could end up falling in love with. She was more content with her sweet boyfriend, Marcus. She knew she would only have herself to blame if she expects a life full of roses when she returns with him. What happens when an unexpected turn of events takes place, forcing the couple closer? As they grow closer, they must fight the demons of their past and of the lives that once left them- especially when her sister, Tiana, returns with just one aim. To snatch back what was once hers. Kelvin Price.

Ariadne Harper thought her brother couldn't get any worse than just turning into a bad guy, but Jaxon Harper did something Ariadne never expected before by sold her to marry a billionaire. After being dumped to marry a stranger man 10 years older than her, Ariadne's life was no different from a precious bird in a luxurious cage. Everything was available for her, but the freedom was taken away, her life was confined in the mansion, even her husband treated her so coldly as if he didn't care. Ariadne slowly hatee her life, but what if something dangerous was hidden behind the reason for her marriage? Ariadne didn't know much about her husband, and why he was interested in marrying her even though he had another woman he loved. A long journey awaited Ariadne to uncovered the secret behind her marriage, and when she opened the secret box, Ariadne would find the reason for her to love Maximilian Leander Milton, or hated him to death.

Myra Kapoor, a very kind-hearted twenty-two years old girl, who has just graduated from college. She lost her father a few years ago and her mother lost her mental health, who is admitted to the hospital. She was living in Delhi with her uncle and aunt, who paid the medical fees of her mother's treatment. They treat her as the maid of the house. As if life hadn't jerked enough from her, she was replaced in the place of her cousin sister Raima to marry the billionaire Austin Black, who is the father of a five-year kid. She was threatened by her uncle and aunt to marry Austin. There was no option for her, if she denies, what about her mother? Austin Black, AB in the business world. A heartthrob king, who has achieved a lot of fame and controversies at the age of twenty-six. An egoistic hunk, who asked to marry the daughter of the Kapoor family only to take her possession so his sister, Natalie Black can live a happy life with Aarjav Kapoor. Nobody knows about his five years old son. He is the most stunning bachelor of New York City. But he has a son, how? Myra was arranged as the bride of Austin, she was hoping for a lovely romance in her life, a prince charming but unfortunately, she is getting married to a guy, who is the father of a five years kid and he already told her that she will be his pretended wife until Natalie sets out in her life with Aarjav. She is a mere asylum object for him for an unlimited period. Join the journey of Austin Black and Myra Kapoor... Will their marriage be ended up? What is Austin's secret?

The lovelies only between the couple who done love marriage??? Can’t It be in arranged marriage??     Who said love is only between same-age people?? It can be between any age people.    Harshal Sanghi and Pankaj Mittal are coupled with an age gap of 7 years.    While Harshal is an 18 years old girl who had an aspiring dream for her career.    Pankaj Is a 25 years old and successful charted Accountant. He had his firms.     On their first meeting, she will become his little kitten but, she is not an easy girl to take everything so, so it ended up with a harshal warning. Why did he get warned by her in the first meet?? What made her show her tough side to him??    They both tie the knot with their parent's choices. Will they fall in love with each other?? Will she achieve her dreams??? Will he be her support?? will their arranged marriage last forever???          This is my first book and totally from my imagination. This book had love and family emotions. Let's travel together through their journey. Hope you all will like it and support me.

“I made a mistake, Aurora! Give me a chance to fix it.” Kieran said, gripping her wrist. “That wasn’t a mistake, Kieran. You shattered my soul. Some things can’t be fixed.” Aurora fumed as she ripped her wrist from his grip. ******** Aurora thought she had found her happily ever after until betrayal shattered her carefully crafted world. Rejected by her mate and deceived by her best friend she had once trusted, she lost everything including her son, Caleb, whose life and hers was cruelly taken by the very people she called family. But fate wasn’t done with her. Given a second chance, Aurora traveled back in time and woke up ten years before she became mated to Kieran with only revenge on her mind. Yet, the past isn’t as simple as she remembers. A powerful second-chance mate, Lycan Darius, stands in her way, determined to claim her heart, while her thirst for vengeance threatens to consume her. Will Aurora surrender to love and rewrite her fate? Or will she sacrifice everything to see her enemies fall?

Maria Stone felt she had everything, love and the man she thought loved her by her side. But everything came tumbling down when he threw the divorce papers at her. She had to leave and when she came back five years later. She wasn't alone; her triplets were also with her, and she was ready to give love a chance. Not to him but to someone else. But when he came begging, she told him.  “I have moved on, and I have my kids and I. So, bye, billionaire ex-husband”. In an instant, Maria's life changed; the man she thought loved her, Ethan Woods never loved her in the first place. He was only with her to pass the time and to gain his inheritance.  After the 3-year contract ended she was hoping that the unborn child would bring them together and he would love her again but she got the shock of her life when she got back home to give him the good news, there professing his love for another woman was Ethan and the woman was no other person but her cousin who was his college sweetheart but kept it away from Maria. The truth was that they had been dating secretly without her knowing.  As if that wasn't enough, he threw the divorce papers at her and asked her to sign them. Maria tried to leave because there was no use staying back. But Ethan and Susan couldn't let her; she had to suffer all through her days of pregnancy until she gave birth through forced labor. Her heart shattered into thousands of irreplaceable pieces when her aunt told her that Ethan had finally married her cousin Susan.  With the pain and betrayal in her heart, she left the city never to be seen again.

**Cerita romantis komedi, konflik ringan nggak bikin pusing kepala, tapi bapernya tetep maksimal** SEASON 1 : Aluna hamil. Namun Tommy, pacarnya, enggan untuk bertanggung jawab. Dengan perasaan kalut, tanpa sengaja ia malah mencurahkan kegundahan hati kepada bosnya, Gevan Ahza Samudra. Dan si bos yang ganteng tapi pelit senyum itu, owner sekaligus CEO Samudra Corporation, tiba-tiba saja mengajaknya untuk menikah! "Kenapa?" tanya Aluna tidak mengerti. "I have my own reason," jawab Gevan datar. "So, would you be my marriage partner, Aluna?" SEASON 2 : Adam James Wrighton, sang Chief Marketing Officer ditugaskan untuk menggantikan Gevan sebagai CEO Samudra Corp karena sedang berbulan madu, tanpa sadar menjadi dekat dan jatuh cinta dengan Flora, sang sekretaris CEO yang tomboy, cuek dan ceplas-ceplos. Namun masalah pun muncul ketika Flora mengetahui masa lalu Adam yang rumit dan membingungkan, yaitu kisah cinta pertama lelaki itu yang tak sampai, dan wanita yang dulu pernah membuat Adam jatuh cinta... telah menjadi ibu tirinya. ***