Osmanthus Wine Taste The Same As I Remember

Esmeralda Peters had never thought her life would be that of a fairytale or maybe a nightmare. Living in the Eastern part of LA, she stayed away from the Local Mafias and their doings. But then, it was of no use. One way or the other..she had become the Mafia's obsession and she hated it. Her father being the gambler he was known for had gone ahead to gamble the devil's money. He was a brutal being, but she was everything an angel could possess. He was a killer, she was just a normal girl who wanted nothing but a mundane life like others, but NOW, there was no escaping her Monster.

Mara Villanueva would rather lose everything than accept help from the cold, arrogant billionaire trying to buy out her neighborhood. Dominic Ashford would rather keep his world perfectly controlled than let anyone close enough to disrupt it. But when she needs money to save her late mother's bakery and he needs a wife to claim his inheritance, they strike a deal that is supposed to be simple. Six weeks. A contract. No feelings. What neither of them planned for is what happens when the walls come down, the secrets buried between their families, the enemies working against them from every direction, and the quiet truth that the one person they trusted least somehow became the only one who ever really saw them.

Arion Giovarskèè Alexius Vhrizt, seorang pangeran yang terlahir sempurna namun memiliki kekuatan terkutuk. Hingga kerajaannya dan klannya dihancurkan oleh kerajaan dan klan lainnya. Bahkan kedua orang tuanya tewas mengenaskan saat kejadian itu membuat dirinya harus tumbuh di dunia fana, dunia manusia. Dan tumbuh dengan semua keanehan yang seringkali membuatnya frustasi. Saat ia akhirnya bertemu dengan seorang pria bermanik sehitam jelaga, yang akhirnya memberikannya petunjuk. Saat ia tahu siapa dirinya sebenarnya, bukannya tenang, justru membuatnya kian gila. Saking gilanya hingga jiwa iblisnya berhasil keluar dan mengacaukan alam imortal, Valeoryea. Arion Vhrizt, seorang remaja laki-laki yang akhirnya menemukan jati dirinya. Seorang pangeran yang akhirnya kembali. Tujuannya hanya satu, balas dendam. Demi kematian orang tuanya, demi kerajaannya, demi klannya, demi bangsanya, demi rakyatnya. Dan yang lebih penting, demi diri dan harga dirinya sebagai putera mahkota bangsa iblis. Dia, dan sisi lain lain dirinya, adalah seorang psikopat gila dengan kesan yang berbeda. Arion yang tenang dan hangat namun manipulatif, Devian si penggoda yang suka bersenang-senang. Akankah mereka mampu menuntaskan hasrat dendam mereka lalu mengambil alih semuanya? Yeah, karena aku adalah raja para raja, The Real King!

At seventeen, Selene Caelum is still wolfless. And she wasn't bothered. She turns eighteen in few months and hopefully by then her wolf will emerge and she'll might be able to mated to her boyfriend, if the mating council agrees. She could hardly wait. She goes to the ShadowCrest’s Wolf Reveal Ceremony to support her boyfriend, Damien Blackthorn. But when the Luna sees Damien’s wolf, Ashur, with his sea-blue eyes politics twist against Selene. She is accused of forging a forbidden Moon Oath and dragged before the ruthless Draxmore court. Devlin Draxmore, the Alpha’s merciless son who calls her “little kitten”, makes her fate his plaything. Before her wolf can ever surface, Devlin severs their link, making her mere human and exiles her. Saved by rebels in Lycan’s Hollow, Selene is thought that being human isn't a weakness. She's trained to maximise the human strength and live a more normal life. She falls in love with Marcus, an elite Wolf hunter. But when he proposes and she says yes, the Moon fights her. Now, to marry Marcus, the soothsayer, says she has to kill and reclaim her destiny. But when she returns to ShadowCrest, a lot has changed and she finds herself bound by contract marriage to Devlin himself Selene must navigate betrayal, politics, and forbidden desire to discover the truth, she is the Luneborn, the chosen Luna who will crown the next Alpha.

In a world where Omegas are chained by fate and ruled by Alphas, Iris Clementine refuses to kneel. Tough, resourceful, and fiercely loyal, Iris also hides secrets, one of them she can’t recognize faces, not even those of enemies. Her only escape from a life of misery lies in winning the brutal Omega Selection, a twisted competition that promises luxury but delivers bloodshed. But when Iris is chosen and sent to the Pack's Main House, she discovers that the real game has only started. Every month, Omegas must fight to survive. Failure means death or worse, becoming a slave. Amidst the chaos, Iris catches the eye of Alpha Atlas Timothy Douglas, a mysterious, blind heir and the only Alpha immune to her pheromones. As sparks ignite and secrets unravel, Iris becomes entangled in a deadly power struggle between Atlas and his dangerous brothers, the seductive Alpha Gael and the ruthless Alpha Silas. When betrayal strikes and Iris learns a shocking truth about her heritage, her world is shattered. Branded a traitor, hunted by those she once trusted, and carrying a secret child that could change the pack’s future, Iris must rise not just as an Omega but as a force to challenge a broken system. With a bow in her hand and fire in her heart, she’ll prove that even the lowest can become a Luna and rewrite the destiny of an entire pack.

The fourth installment continues with Wynter's story. He is an enigma to the dragonkin world. He feels no pain, he heals faster than anybody alive and he's set on revenge. His destiny will find him and push him into the King's household. Wynter gets too close to his mark, makes mistakes and loses almost everything. He gives up everything for one person, living life as a recluse. Wynter is too headstrong for his own good but the loss of his family might push him over the brink. Wynter's path is filled with bloodshed, love and loss and he needs to fight his own demons in order to survive.

A vampire prince buys a six-year-old girl as a servant. He takes care of her from age 6 to 24. As the years go past, he grows to care for the young lady as she take care of his every need. The lady falls for him to as she gets to know his sweet side. On her 22nd birthday she asked the prince to turn her so that she could be with him for life. At first he says no. It takes two years for him to agree but something bad happened after he puts his venom into her blood. She could not bring herself to drink his blood to become a full blooded noble vampire. She is stuck in a state between human and vampire. After three days of her not taking his blood he takes her memory, leaving her in the forest to choose with no memories to hold her back, whether to be a vampire or die. She drinks his blood becoming a noble then tries to find the prince. On her Journey she learns about the world and how bad it is. Once she finds the Prince she gets her memories back and has to choose to stay in a world where humans are treated badly and do nothing or join the prince and make the world a better place.

Raven is the Unwanted Luna of the Moonvalley Pack. Not only was she an unwanted luna, but she is also Alpha Lorcan’s unwanted mate too.Lorcan only has one person in his heart and her name is Celia, the perfect Luna by standard. Not only is she kind and beautiful, but she also comes from a powerful bloodline too. What’s more interesting was Celia is Raven’s childhood best friend even though Raven is the complete opposite of Celia. Raven is nothing special. She did not come from a powerful bloodline. She is an introvert who had no friends aside from Celia, and an easy target for bullies.There was no doubt that Celia, Lorcan’s girlfriend whom he had been dating since high school would be his mate and the pack’s future Luna. However, fate plays a cruel joke when Raven finds out that her best friend’s boyfriend is actually her mate.Now, the whole pack hates her and her mate shuns her. Lorcan wants Celia to be his mate and the pack wants Celia as their Luna.The Moonvalley Pack seems to forget that there is only one real Luna.What will happen if Raven is pushed to her limits and decides to grant their wishes? Will Lorcan realize that Raven is the one for him all along or will Raven still remain as the Unwanted Luna of the pack?

They say revenge is a dish best-served cold, but mine will be served with blood and betrayal. ~ She’s the daughter of his greatest enemy. He's willing to risk it all to strike back at the man he once trusted, including marrying his daughter. She hates him with every fiber in her body because she's forced to marry him to save her sister's life. Forbidden passion sparks between them. Loyalty, love, duty, and desire clash in a deadly game. Will their love survive the chaos or will it be destroyed?

Asia seeks for love. Yes. Hinahanap, hinahabol, dahil malapit na siyang lumagpas sa kalendaryo at ayaw niyang tumandang single. Nagawa na niya halos lahat magkaron lang ng boyfriend: blind dates, set-ups... pero wala pa rin. Everyone's coaxing her into trying online dating, but after the poser fiasco? No, thank you. Isinumpa na niya ang online world of dating. She told herself she'd never resort to dating apps. Ever. Then she was offered to be a character operator and in came Liam Skye, her character's love interest. Akala niya kaya niyang maging professional while handling her role but boy was she wrong, gusto niya nalang kainin bigla ang mga pinagsasabi niya about online dating; because she found herself falling for the person behind the name. Nakakatawang sa bagay na kinaayawan pa niya siya nakakita ng love na hinahabol niya. All because of a story, a simple "hi babe," and being character operators. But with the doors to their past remains unclosed, and the fragility of their budding romance, would they even make it? Or would she actually end up being single... forever?