Pale Ale Stardew

Gideon Hart, a man known for keeping every woman at arm's length, gets drugged and wakes up in a hotel with me lying beside him. Afterward, he comes to me and offers ten million as compensation. When I remain silent, my best friend, Lena Quimby, jumps in like she's been waiting for her cue. She snaps that money can't buy everything, trying to reject the offer on my behalf. Before I can say a word, comments start flashing before me like a live stream chat. "Here we go! The male lead, the female lead, and the side character are all on screen together!" "Lena's so classy. Way better than that gold-digger Evelyn." "Watch Evelyn reject the money and still get clowned!" "Who wouldn't pick the sweet, innocent heroine?" Glancing at Lena's flushed cheeks and the way her eyes stick to Gideon, I almost let out a cold laugh. Then, I turn to the man in front of me and hold up my Venmo QR code. "Sure. Wire it!"

On Valentine's Day, my husband Ethan Scott’s assistant, Taylor Winston, gifted me 360 used condoms. She leaned close to my ear and whispered that this was Ethan’s favorite brand. Then, in front of everyone, she teased, "Valentine's Day calls for some explosive fun. I hope you don't mind, Claire." Disgust churned in my stomach, and I couldn’t hold back—I vomited on the spot. Embarrassed that I had humiliated him, Ethan snapped, "It was just a joke. Why are you making such a big deal out of it?" Three months pregnant, I was so enraged that a patch of red stained my pants. I begged him to take me to the hospital. But Taylor chimed in, "It's just her physiological reaction." Furious, Ethan heartlessly locked me in the car. He spent three carefree days with Taylor before finally remembering me. But when he saw me again, the usually composed CEO of Scott Enterprise completely lost his mind.

Sebuah pesawat Airbus A320 tiba-tiba saja menghilang dari pantauan radar. Pilot dan kopilot tewas tersambar petir. Adam, seorang Perwira muda usia 27 tahun berhasil mengambil alih kemudi pesawat. Namun sayang...., pesawat tak mampu menghindar dari jebakan badai elektromagnetik yang telah mendistorsi suatu terowongan ruang-waktu. Pesawat tersedot menuju sebuah portal yang terhubung ke masa lalu. Seluruh penumpang dan awak kabin lenyap. Terhempas di era tahun 40-an...., menyeberangi selat Inggris..., hingga terjerembab di masa perang dunia kedua. Kejadian mengerikan kemudian terjadi dalam pesawat. Ruang kabin penumpang tercemar gas-gas beracun yang telah disusupi arwah-arwah kotor manusia terkutuk. Bau busuk arwah-arwah gentayangan itu menyengat hidung, lalu menyerobot masuk menembus sistem pernapasan. Menggerogoti tubuh semua orang. Mencemari sistem kerja otak dan jantung penumpang hingga membuat mereka sekarat. Tubuh-tubuh penumpang yang sekarat bersekutu dengan arwah-arwah terkutuk itu. Satu persatu dari mereka lenyap dari dalam pesawat. Namun mereka kembali muncul dalam wujud makhluk siluman berkuku panjang. Mengerikan...., makhluk-makhluk itu meneror penumpang yang masih selamat. Adam, yang mempunyai kemampuan supernatural setelah mengalami kecelakaan pesawat Hercules Lockheed C-130 yang dia piloti enam bulan yang lalu itu harus berjibaku untuk menyelamatkan sisa-sisa penumpang yang masih bernyawa. Tak hanya itu....., dia juga harus mampu memecahkan teka-teki berbentuk lingkaran yang terputus di beberapa titik untuk bisa kembali pulang. Titik-titik itu merupakan sederetan peristiwa misterius yang terjadi dalam penerbangan itu. Dan..., untuk teka-teki yang terakhir berhasil dipecahkan oleh Ingrid, gadis cantik juga seorang sarjana Astrofisika asal Austria yang ikut menemani Adam dalam ruang kokpit kemudi pesawat.

On the eve of giving birth, my world turned into a nightmare. My husband’s sworn enemy broke into our home, seeking revenge. I was brutally cut open and my baby was ripped from me. Yet, I made the chilling choice not to call my husband for help. In my previous life, desperate and terrified, I begged him to return home. He abandoned a Valentine’s dinner with a scholarship student to rush back. That night, the student was preyed upon in a bar, leading to her tragic suicide. My husband’s wrath was unrelenting. Blaming me for her death, he locked me in a kennel, leaving me to be savaged to death. “This is the pain Wynne endured because of you. Now it’s your turn to suffer!” Given a second chance, I resolved to make a different choice. This time, I let him stay for his romantic Valentine’s evening with her. But when I returned home, he had spiraled into madness.

Vivian Kane is a ghost in the digital underworld, slipping into Alessandro Costello’s world like she’s always been there. She lifts his wallet with a swipe of her fingers, and just like that, she’s not only hacked his systems—she’s hacked his life. Alessandro Costello doesn’t do forgiveness. She’s made it personal, and now he’s out for blood. He’s ready to turn her life into a living nightmare, using every dirty trick he knows to make her regret ever crossing him. What starts as a simple theft quickly spirals into something far darker. They’re trapped in a high-stakes game of cat and mouse, where every touch and taunt turns up the heat until it’s a steamy, no-holds-barred battle of lust and dirty games. In this twisted mind-fuck, trust is a luxury neither can afford.

Clary kept dreaming about a man with a weird tattoo on his lower back. He was touching her sensually, and she's moaning his name as if it's the most beautiful word her lips could ever utter. Ngunit sa tuwing gigising siya sa malamig na silid ng kumbento, hindi na niya maalala ang pangalang isinisigaw niya habang inaabot ang rurok ng walang kapantay na sarap. Akala niya ay produkto lamang ng kanyang maruming imahinasyon ang lahat, not until one day, when a group of syndicate attacked their poor convent. Armed men brought chaos to their peaceful home, their leader was shouting only one name. Hers.

My friend introduced me to an online card game. I won 150 thousand dollars in only one night. The hot female dealer contacted me privately. “Mister, you can give me a video call when you top up to a certain amount. Plus, there’s an extra benefit. You can do whatever you want with me.”

Everyone in the pack knows Marcus has loved me for a decade—that I'm his destined mate. He's devastatingly handsome and brilliant, the youngest and most gifted pack healer we've ever had, with she-wolves practically throwing themselves at his feet. Yet this alpha prince has eyes only for me. But when I was nearly assaulted by a rapist, Marcus signed a settlement agreement on my behalf and issued a psychiatric diagnosis, condemning me to a mental institution. Inside the institution, I was attacked by the truly insane—they tore at my hair with clawed fingers and kicked my stomach until I couldn't breathe. Meanwhile, he held the rapist's sister Victoria close and told me: "Emma, I'll take care of you. I'll compensate you when you get out, but Victoria has severe depression. She can't handle her brother getting in trouble." Even more ridiculous—when I begged him to let me see my suicidal sister one last time, he was honeymooning with that woman in Iceland, hanging up on my eighty-nine calls. The day my sister died, I coughed up blood in that mental hospital. Three years later, he came to get me, saying he still wanted to bring me home as his mate. Looking at his careful demeanor, I suddenly laughed. Marcus, do you know? No matter how high the mental hospital walls are, they can't stop someone who's crawled back from hell for revenge. What you owe me, what you owe my sister—I'll collect it all with interest, using what you care about most.

"The hardest steps to take are the ones I have to take away from you..." Millana was a hybrid. Wesley was a human who swore to be her knight in shining armor. In their crazy world where people like Millana were more superior, Wesley found himself going on a dangerous path in the name of love. A love that was meant to be forbidden since the very beginning.

BOOK ONE PART TWO- THE CLAN CELEBRATION Brandon and Ezekiel had a difficult meeting. Their interactions with each other hampered by personal demons, family members....and their undeniable attraction to one another. Still virtual strangers both the Mortal and the Shifter make an attempt to ignore the undeniable. And yet they still find themselves fighting a physical and emotional connection that is all consuming. Brandon fights it because he fears himself. Ezekiel fights it because Brandon fight's him. But fighting their mutual attraction is hard for Brandon to do when he is already fighting a terrible power within. Something malevolent. Something hungry. And as Brandon's days with the Shifters lengthen and shorten....a sudden attack on the Clan will uncover dark hidden things. All while Ezekiel, who finds himself more and more curious about the mortal, struggles to understand Brandon's past....and painful secrets. Secrets that Ezekiel knows are leading to disaster... So as the Clan Celebration begins....What will be the final outcome?