New York Times 100 Notable Books Of 2023

Aku selalu terlahir sebagai Ratu di generasi apapun. Biarpun aku mati aku akan terlahir kembali sebagai seseorang yang memimpin sebuah Negeri. Karena segala hal yang sudah aku lewati aku semakin terbiasa dan semakin tahu bagaimana langkah yang harus kau ambil. Namun entah mengapa tiba-tiba kali ini berbeda. Dewa tiba-tiba bernegosiasi denganku. Apakan ini kehidupan yang ter-akhir ?

Explicit scenes. Mature Audience Only. Read at your own risk. A young girl walks in to an exclusive club looking for her mother. The owner brings her inside on his arm and decides he's never going to let her go. The book includes four books. The Club, 24/7, Bratty Behavior and Dominate Me - all in one.

I had been married to James Tennant for seven years. In that time, he had already kept twenty-nine mistresses, like pretty little canaries in gilded cages. Now, I saw the thirtieth one in our bedroom, young and draped in nothing but a bath towel, lounging across our bed. I turned to him and asked coldly, “Can’t get enough out there, huh? Did you really have to bring her home?” The girl deliberately tugged her towel lower, her pale skin showing as she sneered, “Mr. Tennant says you’re like a dead corpse in bed! He wanted me to teach you how to please a man.” That night, I was forced to watch their little performance right in front of me. The next morning, James was furious at my indifference, resenting me for not reacting. However, he seemed to forget that our marriage was nothing but a contract, and in just one week, that contract would expire.

“Kenapa ini? Kenapa rasanya tidak nyaman begini?” gumam Bea dengan suara semakin serak dan lemah. Nigel berjongkok tepat di depan Bea yang bergerak tak tenang. Sebelah alis Nigel terangkat, ia memperhatikan wajah Bea yang semakin memerah. Melihat gelagat tak normal dari tubuh Bea, Nigel pun langsung paham apa yang terjadi kepada wanita cantik itu. “Ternyata kau pun menggunakan cara murahan ini untuk memikat saya,” decih Nigel sinis, “jika bukan untuk membuat wanita parasit itu marah dan kesal, kau tidak akan memiliki kesempatan masuk ke kamar ini. Jadi tidak usah bermain trik murahan ini dengan saya, atau saya lempar kau ke kandang singa saat ini juga. Berdiri dan jangan bertingkah!” desis Nigel memperingati Bea. “Aah!” Nigel terkejut ketika Bea tiba-tiba menarik dasinya. Pria itu sempat terhuyung, sehingga harus menopang tubuhnya dengan tangan di lantai. Dengan posisi itu mata coklat muda milik Nigel beradu tatap begitu dekat dengan sepasang mata hijau Bea. Beberapa detik Nigel diam, seakan terhanyut oleh sinar mata hijau bak danau milik model cantik itu. “T-tolong saya, Tuan. Jangan sakiti saya, tolong antarkan saya pulang. D-dia, pria itu brengsek.” Bea berceloteh tak jelas dengan suara parau menahan lenguhan. Tubuhnya semakin tidak nyaman, bahkan ia terus menarik-narik tali gaun seksinya. “Aah, saya tidak nyaman. Ini panas sekali, tidak nyaman.” Nigel menggeram. Ia mencengkram pipi Bea dengan tangannya. “Saya sudah peringatkan, jangan bermain trik dengan saya. Kau sangat berani sekali. Orang yang lancang sepertimu ini kemarin berakhir tanpa kepala, apa kau juga ingin menyusul?” desis Nigel.

The explosion wiped out my parents—and their company. All I had left was some insurance cash and a pile of patents nobody cared about. I begged their old partners to back me. Crickets. Then Alex Ross strolled in, played the hero no one asked for, and proposed. Five years deep into our marriage, after my 99th FDA rejection, I finally cracked. I was in the garage when I heard his phone on speaker. Mark's voice came through: "Dude, you're still handing Lily Emma's blueprints before she even files? How many times has she flopped now? Girl's relentless, huh?" Alex? Straight-up ice. "Ninety-nine. She'll quit soon." "You're really tanking your wife to boost Lily's brand? Worth it?" "Lily's launching her new product tomorrow at the Boston Medical Summit. Patent number 100. Watching her blow up from nothing... makes me proud." "But it's all Emma's stuff. Your dad made you marry her for her brain, didn't he?" "Don't bring up my father." His voice turned sharp. "He forced me to dump Lily. I just played along." I sank into the driver's seat, frozen. I wasn't a partner. Just a pawn—revenge bait for his dad and backup fuel for his ex.

Maxine Shepard know nothing of her legacy and what she was. She never liked moving out of Manhattan to the small town of Haven in Alabama. She have a rough relationship with her mother. She did not even know about her grandmother until then. Her mother kept a lot of secrets from her and she is discovering them weeks before she turns eighteen. A lot of people are after her and she dis not even know why she seems to be very valuable to them. She finds new friends, a prospect of a love life and finds her true identity and of a prophecy that is yet to be fulfilled. She is the new Luna.

It's 2308 and Old Earth is no more. Humanity is scattered amongst the star systems near Sol. Factions and countries that allied together in Terra's last Great War, banded once again to form star colonies. The greatest and most dangerous of them all, is the Empire of Greater Asia. Out on the fringes of human civilization, they've slowly taken over neighboring systems in their attempt to expand their reach in the stars. One such star system is Tau Ceti or the Kalayaan Group of Colonies. But the Empire would soon find that taking Tau Ceti is more than what they asked for.

Keylan moved to the US to further his medical studies. One night after coming back from visiting a friend he is met with an unexpected visitor in his yard. The visitor later turned out to be more than just a scarred man covered in blood.

Lock Easton, si Badut Penyendiri, mendadak menjadi pusat perhatian. Semua orang yang melihatnya terpana, takjub, bahkan hingga ada yang jatuh pingsan. Tidak berhenti sampai disitu, keanehan-keanehan lain menyusul setelahnya, membuat Lock menjadi semakin stres dan kewarasannya terancam. Puncak dari semua hal tersebut adalah saat tetangganya, yang telah tinggal di sebelah apartemennya selama bertahun-tahun, lenyap secara misterius dengan hanya meninggalkan sepucuk surat. Kehidupan Lock kemudian berubah 180 derajat setelah seorang eksistensi, yang menyebut dirinya [Yang Terpilih], muncul di hadapannya dan memberinya dua pilihan sulit. Sadar bahwa dirinya berbeda, Lock akhirnya memutuskan untuk meninggalkan kehidupan yang dijalaninya sekarang dan melangkah ke Dunia Baru yang asing, memesona, dan penuh petualangan. Namun, Lock tidak sadar bahwa takdir mengerikan yang menunggunya, tidak akan terelakan begitu ia memilih jalan tersebut. Dan yang membuat keadaan makin gawat, seseorang diam-diam berambisi untuk menjebaknya menjadi seorang pengkhianat.. Bahasa: Indonesia Genre: Fantasy, Mystery

A deal with the devil, the only way she could save her ill sister. Putting aside her feelings and dignity, Blue Rivers was forced to marry a stranger who was full of danger and secrets. Nicholas Sanford, a rebellious mafia heir, who would go against every will of his father. Gradually, the hate she feels towards her manipulative husband turned into love, leading to something deeper and complicated. Love is timeless, but she only has 100 days to make him fall in love with her as part of the deal. Would she succeed? Or would it only bring her to the hell of lust?