Promises In The Ashes

The heaviness in the air is the prequel to the Across the desk. However it is told from Max's point of view. He realizes that he is stuck in life and he really wants to move on but he doesn't know how. His first time going out with a person he is accused of the worst thing a man can be accused of. Though the truth came out later he had already lost his place in his family and in the town. He never trusted women again. He knows that it all revolves around one women though. Then one day he is getting ready to go over his files for his job as an detective he sees one that he doesn't know. He opens the file and it is her, the woman who ruined his life. She was now dead. He is assigned the case to find her murderer. This is his chance to redeem himself and finally put the past to bed. He has to revisit everything in this woman's life and with some twists and turns he finally finishes the case with a jaw dropping person accused of the murder. Then he goes through the trial and he makes himself a promise. When the case is finally over he will move on and find the family he wants to have. The day the verdict for the last of the trials comes to an end Deanna Watson walks into his office. This is his chance to finally do something about his slight obsession with the tiny student. This story goes right into the across the desk and answers the questions of how Max is the way he is when it comes to dealing with the Watson family.

I knew my husband, Giovanni Rossini, had done it. He had stolen his dead twin brother's identity and faked his own death. And I said nothing. In my last life, he had discarded me and our daughter, Natalia, for his mistress, Katrina Moretti. My mother-in-law, Antonietta, called us trash and forced my five-year-old to peel olives until her small hands blistered. I knelt and begged for money to buy medicine. Giovanni only held Katrina and laughed. In the end, Natalia and I froze and starved to death. Even as we died, Katrina's mocking voice still rang in my ears. Everyone watched with cold eyes. They closed ranks, shifted the blame onto me, and shoved us toward a dead end with no escape. When I opened my eyes again, I found myself back at the exact moment they carried Marco's body into the warehouse. This time, I wouldn't let anyone destroy us. I would make them pay twice over for everything they had done to me and my daughter.

Neona Bagskoro,artis populer yang terjebak pada cinta antara masa lalu yang pernah menyakitinya, dan kini, ia harus menerima cinta pada masa depannya. Dendam masa lalunya membuat ia menjadi wanita yang kejam. Adnan, sosok lelaki yang pernah menyakitinya dan kini hadir dengan setumpuk cinta yang tulus sejak dulu. Namun sifat kejam Neona pada Zenan, telah membentengi hatinya dari cinta Adnan. Mampukah ketulusan cinta Adnan memadamkan api dendam dalam hati Neona? Sedang ia sendiri pernah melakukan kesalahan juga terhadap Neona.

Pertemuan Lisa dengan Didit begitu tidak biasa, jauh dari kesan mewah dan berkelas. Hubungan keduanya pun penuh dinamika. Lisa, seorang gadis yang sering kecewa dalam hubungan, bertemu dengan Didit, lelaki yang terlihat sembrono dalam penampilan, ternyata menyimpan latar kehidupan yang juga penuh dengan kecewa dan penyesalan.

Phen Zaxreyn Hoqez is living like a princess, the Hoqez treasures her, she's like a expensive glass that should not be broken. The princess dreaming a prince in her life, a prince that will love her until her last breath. She has been single since she was born into this world, her standard is high when it comes to men, she wants her first to be her last. But all her dreams will be shattered when she has to get married. It was an arranged marriage agreement between her parents and the man's parents. Her dream of marrying a prince ended up marrying a beast in the dark.

After knowing the secret-planned annulment of her parents, the almost perfect daughter, Lara, has to turn into a rebel to stop her parent’s separation. She was becoming successful in doing it, notwithstanding the aftermaths and collateral damages that she would leave behind. Her boyfriend, Lucas, learned of this and he couldn’t manage to see how her beloved was suffering from being a thin stick trying to stop some walls from breaking down. He had to be the whistle-blower despite knowing that this would turn Lara into fragments. Will her parent’s marriage continue? Or will she even forgive the root of her plan’s failure?

Lauren was easily ready to admit defeat as her cousin was the first to walk down the aisle in her family. She had mentally prepared herself for a wedding weekend filled with family pity and snarky comments from the bride. That was until she met someone who was going to turn this weekend into an unforgettable event, and turn her life up-side-down!

Reed had always been a tough cookie, with his powerful charisma and billionaire status, he always got away from any trouble. Nobody dared to question him, Reed did what Reed wanted. His love for power and control manifested in his fighting career. He was a renowned MMA fighter, a notorious heartbreaker and a careless prince. His love life stayed in the shadows, always in the dark of night, never crossing the sunlight. Until one day, his mortal wound brought him to Han Yeri, whose personality mirrored him and challenged the status quo. For the first time in his life, Reed's life turned upside down - all because of a woman, an unexpected one at that... one that crossed the sunlight.

Nora Ainsley didn’t sign up to play hero. As a rogue-born tracker for hire, she works solo, stays broke, and minds her business. But when a missing pendant leads her into the heart of a conspiracy tied to the murder of the Silver Ash Pack’s Luna, she gets dragged into something way bigger than she ever wanted. Now she’s a suspect, a target, and holding a magical artifact every side wants to kill for. Worse, the only person offering help is Roman Vale—a masked stranger who’s got his own twisted ties to the very pack that wants Nora dead. She didn’t ask for this war, but if she doesn’t fight back, she won’t survive it.

Elle's normal and boring life comes crashing down after one school camp; where her classmates suddenly goes missing and she finds herself in a strange place, discovering things that should have been left in the dark and falling in love with someone she least expected. Will she be able to accept and handle all that comes with her discovery, or will she take the easy way out?