Operating Systems: Internals And Design Principles

In the quiet, affluent suburb of Ashford Grove outside Minneapolis, power wears philanthropy like perfume. Emily Hart grew up believing her mother died in an accident tied to a wealthy family’s private gathering. Fifteen years later, armed with letters written before her mother’s death, Emily returns to Minnesota determined to uncover the truth behind the Richardson empire — a dynasty known for charity, influence, and untouchable prestige. What she finds is not just corruption, but ritual. Not just silence, but a system built on sacrifice. When she uncovers financial records linking her mother’s death to a secret covenant operating beneath the Richardson Foundation, Emily discovers something even more destabilizing: a hidden adoption, sealed for years, connecting her to Alexander Cole — a young financial analyst unknowingly raised inside the very structure that destroyed their mother. As alliances fracture and secrets rise to the surface, Emily must decide whether truth is worth the destruction it brings. In a city that survives through reputation and silence, what happens when the shadow is finally named?

Damon Mondragon is a man who has never been denied. As the ruthless king of a criminal empire, he controls cities, governments, and lives with equal precision. Power is his language. Fear is his currency. And emotions? A liability he buried long ago. Until he meets the one woman who refuses to kneel. Dr. Samantha Lopez has built her life on principles, sacrifice, and responsibility. A devoted physician and the backbone of her family, she has no patience for dangerous men who believe money can buy loyalty or love. From the moment Damon steps into her world, she recognizes exactly what he is a threat. She rejects him. His influence. His protection. But Damon Mondragon is not a man who walks away. What begins as an unavoidable professional connection soon spirals into something far more dangerous. The closer Samantha tries to push him away, the tighter Damon’s control becomes over her safety, her choices, and the fragile boundaries she fights to maintain. Because in Damon’s world, obsession and devotion are indistinguishable. And once he decides she belongs to him… There is no escape.

He's an arrogant billionaire who knows the ways of the world, she's knee-deep in debt, will money help these two find their happy-ever-after? Everette Fischer is a young twenty-two year old woman fending her way through her life by waitressing on the weekends and working as a lowly marketing assistant for long hours during the week. When her parents suddenly pass away during a tragic road accident, she has to become the legal guardian for her younger brother and keep sending him to the private boarding school he's used to to achieve some sense of normalcy. When she happens upon the advertisement that the CEO of the company wants to put in the paper and she's in charge to design it, she happens to answer it under an alias. There starts a string of lies, running around loopholes to save her reputation and her assistant job at the company, while falling for her icy boss. Will Everett be able to stop herself from falling for Waylon Thorne?

"Brad telah memutuskan pertunangan kalian, Lean! Ayah pikir hal itu terjadi pasti karena kau terlalu banyak menghabiskan waktumu di rumah!" Lean Marquise sangat bingung ketika hubungan pertunangannya diputuskan secara sepihak oleh Brad. Namun semua itu segera terjawab ketika malam harinya ia bertemu dengan Brad di sebuah pesta. Saat itu, mantan tunangannya itu datang dengan sahabatnya, Isla Meadow. Lean bahkan dijebak agar mempermalukan dirinya di pesta tersebut, membuat Lean akhirnya menghabiskan satu malam yang sangat panas dengan Edward Gail. Mampukah Lean menundukkan Edward yang mencintai bibinya, sesuai permintaan kakek pria itu padanya? Dan akankah Edward membalas cintanya setelah pria itu puas mempermainkan dirinya? Spin of dari 30 Hari Dalam Jeratan Sang Casanova. Cover design by Shena_art.

My marriage to Dante, the Moretti heir, was meant to be a union of power, an alliance of empires. But for me, it was also the real deal. Then his adopted sister, Clara, showed up at a party. She was wearing his custom leather jacket, straddling his prized Ducati, and she looked right at me with a smirk. "Dante says," she purred, "that I suit these precious things better than you do." My smile froze. Dante had her on a plane overseas so fast it was like she'd never existed. Five years later, the night before our wedding. I found him staring at the design for our wedding rings. He'd changed the engraving. The "Amor Aeternus"—Eternal Love—was gone. In its place: "Mea culpa, mea maxima culpa." My sin, my greatest sin. I took off my veil right then and there. "The wedding," I said, my voice like ice, "is off."

Is it possible to fall in love when you don't know what love is? Turns out it is. Chiara had no idea what love meant, she could not comprehend complex emotions. She had lived her life based on logic and certain principles, until he comes in and the sensible way no longer seem right. Murder came easy to her, it was like breathing, yet she could not kill him. For the first time ever, she could feel and it was all because of him. Feeling was something unexpected and strange, it was something she could not control, yet she wanted it. Nothing would make her give up the feeling, not even him. She was everything he despised, covered up in an alluring beauty. Death surrounded her, it lurked around her and so did he. He ought to stay away from her because she was a psychopath, but he could not. There was something about her that attracted him, pulled him in when he should have been repulsed. He hated her with about the same amount of passion that he loved her. Everything about her made him crazy, but he was ready to be crazy for her.

“Why are you keeping yourself away from me? I know you want me, you want me the same way that I want you. Why are trying to resist me? What are you so afraid of?!” Lucrezia is getting frustrated day by day. She could see it in his eyes that he wants her, she could feel his love with how he worries about her. Why does he keep pushing her away from him? Pietro Carusso is the Don of the Carusso family, the most powerful and richest crime family among the five. As a mafia, he has his own principles; never trust anyone, never get attached to anyone. He built tall walls around his heart to protect himself, but Lucrezia came to his life like a flame, and in this story he is the moth attracted to the flame. The Italian princess is everything he should stir away from, but how could he? She is the fire to his groin. An Italian curse from her mouth is enough to drive him mad. And she curses… a lot. With her beautiful body, cursed eyes and wicked lips. He doesn’t know how long he could hold himself much longer. “I love you and you are mine now. Just let me love you, Don.”

After eight years of marriage, my husband ignored my protests and brought his so-called cancer-stricken first love into our home. “You heartless woman! You don’t have an ounce of compassion! You’re not even worth a single strand of Luna’s hair!” Even my son chimed in, shouting that if I didn’t let Luna Miller in, he wouldn’t acknowledge me as his mother. That was it. I was done. I divorced him and accepted an invitation to return to the design world—back to the top where I belonged. But then they saw the forged cancer diagnosis. And suddenly, the tears came. “Baby, I was tricked! It was always you—I’ve only ever loved you!” “Mom, don’t leave me! I’m your only child!” I didn’t even look at them. Who let these crazy dogs in? They’re in my way—I’ve got an award to accept.

Di malam pertunangan kembarannya, Rosalia justru memilih untuk ke kelab malam. Niat awal, ia hanya ingin merayakan kelulusannya bersama sang sahabat. Namun, siapa sangka ia tanpa sengaja justru terlibat one night stand dengan seorang pria yang lebih pantas untuk menjadi pamannya. Kabar kaburnya sang kembaran membuat Rosalia terjebak situasi rumit. Ia dipaksa menggantikan kakaknya untuk bertunangan dengan salah satu keluarga bangsawan Gail. Berdalih ingin mengenal dan memilih sendiri calon suaminya, Rosalia lantas mengajukan syarat. Gara-gara syarat darinya, ia harus terjebak bersama 3 CEO lajang Keluarga Gail dengan masing-masing pesonanya. Yang mengejutkan adalah, salah satu pria itu adalah Ernest, pria yang berhasil mendapatkan kesuciannya. Siapakah yang akan dipilih Rosalia nantinya? Design Cover By Shena_art

Trina Montenegros, the illegitimate child of her father and engaged with the son of the Dela Vegas group. She is a fashion designer, but she is accused of stealing someone else's design, so Darren Dela Vegas sends her to Paris to avoid any trouble. But what if your only husband on paper falls for you? Darren tries to chase after Trina because he doesn't want her to be far from him. But in an event, in an accident, he will forget you? After seven years, she comes back as a successful designer, and she will no longer allow her stepsister to look down on her. Little did you know, your husband, whom you thought was trying to forget you because of what happened, couldn't remember you. Is there still hope for him to love her again? Or will he remain a heartless and grumpy CEO? Will he still remember his wife, or will he still mistake her head over heels for him?