Monster Bayangan

"Jangan berharap aku akan mencintaimu, Rania." Ucapan Aidan menghancurkan mimpi Rania akan pernikahan mereka. Memang keduanya dijodohkan. Namun, pria yang dulu pernah Rania kagumi secara diam-diam selama lima tahun itu, ternyata masih terikat dengan mantan kekasihnya. Rania perelahan menyerah dalam bayangan pernikahan ini. Namun, mengapa Aidan justru menunjukkan sisi yang berbeda—sangat posesif dan tak mau melepasnya?

Alessio De Luca has always known his fate….to marry, to lead, to obey. As the heir to one of the most powerful mafia families, his life is not his own. So when his father arranges his marriage to Isabella Montoya, the daughter of a ruthless cartel leader, he doesn’t resist. A deal is a deal. Until he meets her brother. Rafael Montoya is a man carved from shadows and blood. Feared by his enemies, obeyed without question, he is the devil in disguise. Ruthless, untouchable, and completely indifferent until Alessio walks into his world and shatters his carefully built walls. One stolen night. A dangerous mistake. A fire that refuses to die. Now, their families are on the brink of war, and Alessio and Rafael are trapped between duty and a desire that could destroy them both. Because in their world, love is the most dangerous gamble of all. And once you make a deal with the devil, there’s no turning back.

Zara Castellano doesn’t cry. She doesn’t beg. She doesn’t love. As the only daughter of the most feared mafia family on the East Coast, Zara was raised to command armies and slit throats in silence. At twenty-three, she’s spoiled, dangerous, and untouchable. Men want her. Enemies fear her. And everyone obeys her. Everyone… except Lucien Blake. A self-made billionaire with no allegiance to blood or bullets, Lucien becomes the pawn in a deadly marriage contract—one that ties him to a woman he’s never met but already loathes. Zara doesn’t want a husband. She wants a pet. A toy. A man she can dominate. Lucien isn’t used to bowing. But this time, saying “no” means death. Thrown into a marriage forged by blood and greed, the two clash like fire and ice. Zara pushes. Lucien resists. But behind every fight is a heat they can’t escape—and a twisted attraction that might just destroy them both. Zara doesn’t believe in love. She believes in control. And now, she owns a man who refuses to break. “You don’t have to love me, Lucien. You just have to kneel when I say so.” NOTE: If you’ve read my other books, you know my women bite back and my men bleed beautifully for them. Married to a Monster flips the classic dark romance—this time, the monster wears red lipstick and diamond stilettos. Expect power games, obsession, hate that turns to heat, and a heroine you’ll love to fear. This story contains dominance, manipulation, dark secrets, and psychological warfare—but always consensual. Trigger Warnings: Violence, dark themes, emotional manipulation, power imbalance, sexual tension, sex, obsession. Tags: Mafia Princess, Billionaire Husband, Enemies to Lovers, Forced Marriage, Dominant Heroine, Dark Romance, Power Couple.

“Now tell me who you belong to?” Rael rasped, their breaths mingling together. He was her sister's fiancé, yet here he was, fucking her like he owned her. The feeling of being on the bed of the man her sister plans on marrying next month brought a sense of accomplishment to her being. “I'm yours, Rael. Fuck! I'm yours!” she almost screamed with another hard jab of his waist. “Wrong answer.” he muttered, pulling out of her just as she had almost reached her peak. … Blood seeped out of her chest just moments before she saw the other side of her stepsister. The sister who she trust most had not only sold her out to be raped by men from the black market, but had also had her murdered her. Her boyfriend, whom she thought loved her the most, had also been cheating on her all along. Feeling betrayed, tears rolled down the corners of her eyes as she bled, yet there was nothing she could do. She died. But fate gives her a second chance, letting her go back in time a month before her sister's wedding. She will make everyone who hurt her pay. And the first step is stealing her sister's Fiancé, Rael Morgan–A billionaire known for being the coldest man in Country M. To own him and to watch her sister break, just like how she had broken. But never would she have expected things to turn out the way it did. He now owned her, refusing to let go. What starts as her own plot spirals into something darker. He possesses her. He makes her his woman.

Kanaya Arfah, istri dari Habib Alhasby yang memiliki penyakit dan sudah lama berada di rumah sakit. Kanaya mengetahui bahwa sepertinya hidupnya sudah tidak lama lagi, sehingga menitip pesan kepada adik sepupu Habib yang bernama Rara Audy Sanjaya untuk menikah dengan Habib dan menjadi Ibu untuk kedua anak perempuan Kanaya dan juga Habib. Rara tak kuasa menolak permintaan Kanaya yang sudah terbaring lemah di brankar rumah sakit itu pun menyetujui permintaan terkahir Kanaya. Dan Habib yang mendengar dari luar pintu ruangan di mana Kanaya dirawat itu pun tidak menyangka bahwa Istrinya menitipkan pesan seperti itu kepada Rara. Lalu, bagaimana kisah Rara dan Habib selanjutnya? Akankah Habib menerima Rara untuk menjadi istri sekaligus Ibu pengganti untuk kedua anaknya?

Menggantikan posisi sang kakak yang telah tiada bukanlah keinginan Anggita Julian. Ia hanya terpaksa memenuhi permintaan keluarga atas nama bayi mungil tak berdosa. "Ini sudah keputusan mutlak dan tidak bisa kamu tolak, Git. Menikahlah dengan masmu!" "Tidak, bagaimana mungkin aku menikahi laki-laki yang tidak kucintai, sementara aku sudah memiliki tambahan hati." Penolakan tersebut nyatanya tidak keluar dari mulut Anggita saja, Haikal Bumantara pun sama adanya. "Jangan salah paham! Aku menyentuhmu bukan karena ingin, melainkan karena terlalu merindukan istriku. Anita." Sama-sama menunjukkan penolakan. Entah akan seperti apa pernikahan yang akan keduanya jalani. Kemungkinan hanya ada dua pilihan. Saling menerima, atau berpisah menjadi akhir kisah mereka.

Satu malam tak terlupakan membuat Ayrin terjerat dalam hubungan rumit bersama Reygan. Gadis itu, tanpa seorang pun tahu pernah terlibat hubungan asmara dengan pria yang merupakan kakak tiri Reygan. Menghindari situasi yang semakin rumit, Ayrin pun akhirnya menyetujui solusi pernikahan yang ditawarkan pria itu. Bersama Reygan, Ayrin mencoba memulai hubungan baru tanpa cinta. Harapan manis tumbuh seiring mereka bersama, terlebih saat melihat perubahan sikap suaminya yang semakin hangat. Namun, sebuah rahasia besar Reygan yang berkaitan dengan kejadian malam itu terungkap. Ayrin kecewa, juga marah. Di mana cinta semacam itu akan berujung? Perpisahan atau... Pembalasan dendam? Apakah benar, selama ini tidak pernah tumbuh cinta untuk Ayrin di hati Reygan?

Konon di sebuah hutan, hidup sesosok makhluk penghisap jiwa manusia yang disebut Moa. Ia tinggal di sebuah hutan terlarang yang berada tak jauh dari pemukiman. Dengan bantuan seorang pendeta, sebuah penghalang kuat berhasil dipasang di perbatasan antara hutan dan desa. Namun kehidupan di sana kembali terancam saat si pendeta berhasil terbunuh dan penghalang itu semakin melemah, membuat Moa bisa dengan bebas keluar masuk desa dan menyebabkan banyak korban berjatuhan. Dan di antara orang-orang itu, Moa mengincar gadis bernama Nara, yang tak lain adalah putri dari pendeta yang berhasil ia bunuh.

Kisah seorang Mafia tampan yang tenyata memiliki trauma mendalam dan akhirnya membuat dia tak ingin mencintai wanita manapun, hidupnya hanya dihabiskan untuk pekerjaan dan juga dunia gelapnya. Tapi siapa sangka seorang gadis cantik telah berhasil mencuri hatinya dan membuatnya sangat tergila-gila, namun Fabian memilih untuk menyimpan perasaannya itu selama bertahun-tahun dan tak ingin membuat sang gadis mengetahuinya. Tanpa Elmira sadari Fabian selalu menjaganya dari kejauhan dan menyingkirkan semua orang yang hendak berbuat jahat kepadanya, bahkan ketika Elmira memilih untuk menikah dengan laki-laki pilihannya Fabian tak meninggalkannya dan tetap menjaga cinta sejatinya itu sepenuh hati. Apa yang menyebabkan Fabian trauma? apakah Fabian tetap menjaga janjinya untuk tidak pernah membiarkan Elmira sadar dengan perasaannya? apakah mereka berdua akhirnya bisa bersama?.

Beatrice Blanche the youngest princess of the Blanche Family, is also known as the ugly duckling. She was abused her whole life by her siblings and parents and she sometimes wonders if she is their blood. Duke Arthur Lionel, the young lord of the north became the reason for winning countless wars together with the Crown Prince. After the war, he came back to his estate and killed all of his family members. That is when he was branded as the Monsterous Duke of the North. After marrying the duke, will Beatrice lead a happy life and fall in love with the duke? Or will Beatrice still have a miserable life? Will Duke Lionel open up to her wife and treat her well? Or Duke will also kill his wife like he did to his family?