Michael Connelly Latest Novel

My parents made Dana and me settle it with rock-paper-scissors. Loser had to marry the Baillieu heir—the so-called "freak." I won. Then flipped the script. "Cool. I'll take Blake. Dana can have the empire." Last time? I was dumb in love with Michael—Dad's adopted golden boy. Chose the company, stayed behind, and handed Dana off to Blake Baillieu. Big mistake. Six months in, Dana was gone—wrecked by that marriage. Right before she croaked, she texted Michael blaming me. Said I lost the game and ditched the deal, dumping Blake on her. Michael? Snapped. Dude went full psycho. Turns out, he and Dana had been sneaking around for years. He dragged me behind the Baillieu estate and forced a dozen intellectually disabled men to assault me. "If it weren't for your cruelty, Dana would still be alive! You'll pay for everything she suffered!" I was over eight months pregnant—almost due. Begged him to stop. Begged for my baby's life. He didn't care. Kept ordering them to take turns. Even when my water broke, he just watched. Both my baby and I died that night. Now? I'm back. And this time, I rewrote the story. Step one: marry Blake.

“Kamu akan menikah.” Hening. Dunia Rhea berhenti berputar. Ia merupakan tipe mahasiswa yang lurus-lurus aja. Tugasnya hanya pergi ke kampus, belajar di perpustakaan, mengerjakan tugas dan ujian, kemudian pulang dengan tenang dan di rumah lanjut belajar lagi, makan lalu tidur. Kehidupan Rhea berputar seperti itu setiap harinya. Namun, sosok Michael terlalu terlihat bahkan oleh seonggok manusia sekaku papan seperti Rhea ini. Michael Gunawan? Dosen fashion yang terkenal karena gaya pakaiannya yang unik? Dosen yang sering jadi bahan gosip karena penampilannya yang terlalu cantik untuk seorang pria? Dosen yang—konon katanya—lebih suka laki-laki dari pada perempuan?! Michael menggoda Rhea dengan sikap santainya, mengatakan, “Jadi, kita bakal menikah? Kayaknya aku lebih cantik dari kamu, deh.” Rhea, gadis yang hidupnya monoton harus menikah dengan lelaki flamboyan, metrosexual memiliki rumor yang sudah tersebar ke seluruh universitas. Akankah kehidupan pernikahan Rhea berjalan lancar atau selesai seperti kontrak yang mereka tanda tangani. Have a Nice day, semoga kalian menikmati bacaan ringan yang aku suguhkan.

He's the cold-hearted billionaire I despise, my brother's best friend, and completely off-limits. But when he needs a fake girlfriend, he makes me an offer I can’t resist... For ten years, Michael Bonell was my secret obsession. The charming troublemaker who was my total opposite. Until one dreadful night made me vow to never speak to him again. When his fiancée hires me to photograph their wedding, it feels like a cruel twist of fate. But the wedding is canceled at the last minute. And instead of the refund I can't afford to give, Michael demands something else. A date. To his ex-fiancée’s wedding. Pretending to love the man I loathe is easier than I expected. Michael kisses me like he means it and protects me like I've always been his. Until I start to question if he's ever hated me at all. But one thing hasn’t changed — we can never be together, or I risk losing everything that matters. One week with the man I can't forget. One bed. One rule — don’t fall in love. But what if I already have?

I'm a campus belle who's addicted to carnal pleasures. The frequent triggers caused by my addiction have heavily affected my and Michael Buckley, my boyfriend's lives and studies. Left without a choice, Michael and I can only head over to the campus clinic to undergo treatment that helps me cut down on my addiction. The one administering treatment to me happens to be a well-built doctor. The way he treats me shocks me to no end. Later on, he straps me to the examination table. I'm so frightened that I keep begging him to release me with tears running down my cheeks. But he responds by lifting my legs roughly.

Vhena wanita berusia 25 tahun menikah dengan seorang pria berusia 30 tahun bernama Yuda. Mereka menikah sudah 2 tahun dan kemanapun mereka selalu bersama hingga banyak teman teman mereka membeli julukan sejoli yang kompak. Namun entah kenapa beberapa hari terakhir Yuda tidak seperti biasanya, memilih untuk pergi sendirian dan meninggalkan Vhena di rumah. Hingga pada suatu hari ada seorang wanita hamil yang datang ke rumahnya dan mencari keberadaan Yuda. Suaminya pun ketahuan selingkuh dengan masalalunya. Siapakah wanita itu? Dan bagaimana kelanjutan ceritanya? Simak terus cerita perdana aku di Good novel ya teman teman, happy reading <3

Following the success of her two novels, Cela receives an offer for the TV adaptation of her stories but a third story has to be written soon to complete a three-story special. She is not in to the project until she rediscovers the paper bearing the address of the meeting place of her supposed first date with Nate. Now that her mother is no longer around to interfere, she becomes inspired to reunite with him after many years and hopefully write the third novel based on their new story. Unfortunately, he is now about to get married in two months. Disappointed with the turn of events, she decides not to meet him again. She visits their old meeting place and finds it a good place to write but unexpectedly meets him there. They agree not to talk to each other if they meet there again but fate leads them to meet again under different circumstances leaving them no choice but to speak to each other. Suddenly, Nate’s fiancée starts acting weird and suggests that he spend the weekend with Cela while she is away. Although it confuses him, he figures that it is her way of helping him get closure. The two spend one Sunday reminiscing the past expecting a closure in the end but the wonderful moment they share this time only makes it harder to achieve that closure so Cela has to put a stop to it saying, “Please don't think even for a second that there is still something left or something new to explore after everything that happened or did not happen. This is not a novel. This is reality. We don't get sequels or spin-offs in real life. We just continue. We move forward and that's how we get to the ending."

Neira Askara Dinasa tidak pernah tahu rasanya menjadi prioritas. Di rumah yang seharusnya menjadi tempat paling aman, ia justru terjebak di tengah badai pertengkaran kedua orang tuanya yang tak kunjung usai. Keadaan kian menyakitkan karena sang ibu terang-terangan pilih kasih, mencurahkan seluruh kasih sayang hanya untuk kedua kakaknya, sementara Neira dibiarkan tumbuh dalam kesepian. Ketidakharmonisan keluarga itu membentuk Neira menjadi gadis yang tertutup dan sulit bergaul. Beruntung, ia memiliki Luna yang polos dan Kara yang selalu menjadi penengah di antara mereka. Namun, di balik perlindungan para sahabatnya, Neira tetap menyimpan luka batin yang dalam. Hingga suatu hari, muncul Renan Luca Kalundra. Laki-laki tinggi dengan tatapan hangat yang selalu menampakkan lengkungan bulan sabit di matanya setiap kali tersenyum. Renan hadir menawarkan kebahagiaan yang selama ini Neira nantikan. Namun, Neira segera menyadari bahwa Renan bukanlah sosok tanpa cela; laki-laki itu pun membawa luka fisiknya sendiri dan menyimpan pedih yang coba ia sembunyikan di balik senyumannya. Di antara tuntutan keluarga yang menyesakkan dan kehadiran Renan yang menenangkan, Neira harus belajar membuka diri. Akankah luka yang sama justru menyatukan mereka, ataukah rahasia di masa lalu akan kembali meruntuhkan kebahagiaan yang baru saja Neira temukan?

Aku tidak sengaja mendengar percakapan antara kakak dan adik iparku. Mereka sedang membahas warisan dan berniat membaginya hanya untuk berdua. Mereka pikir aku dan suami akan mengemis warisan itu tidak akan! Mereka tidak tahu siapa aku yang sebenarnya ..

Tiara Magdalena Friedrich mendapat penolakan terus pada skripsinya dari Bima Wicaksana, dosen pembimbingnya yang terkenal killer. Suatu ketika, Tiara malah terlibat cinta satu malam dengan Bima dan akhirnya dia harus terjebak dengan permainan gila dosennya itu demi mendapatkan acc skripsinya dan lulus tahun ini. Namun, di tengah permainan itu, rupanya Angelina Tan, istri Bima, datang dan berusaha untuk menghancurkan mereka.

Saat akad hendak berlangsung, calon istri Athar tiba-tiba menghilang tanpa jejak. Di tengah kepanikan dan rasa malu, sang ayah memutuskan menggantikan mempelai dengan gadis asing yang bahkan yang tak dikenal Athar. Pernikahan tetap berjalan demi kehormatan keluarga, namun sejak hari itu, Athar harus menerima takdir dan menemukan makna cinta dari pernikahan yang tak pernah ia rencanakan.