Rachel Cusk Novel New

Di sebuah gang sempit antara dunia nyata dan dunia gaib, berdiri WarKoDuBa — Warung Kopi Dunia Bawah. Warung ini bukan sembarang tempat: pelanggan setianya adalah manusia kesepian, arwah penasaran, hingga makhluk tak bernama dari dimensi lain. Dikelola oleh Dimas, mantan barista yang lebih percaya pada perasaan daripada promosi, bersama Toyo si asisten polos, Randi si karyawan konten absurd, dan Karina si hantu galau. Setiap cangkir kopi di WarKoDuBa tak sekadar minuman, tapi portal menuju kisah yang belum tuntas. Namun ketika WarKoDuBa mulai dilirik dunia bisnis dan menjadi pusat perhatian antar-dimensi, mereka harus memilih: menjadi besar tapi kehilangan jati diri, atau tetap menjadi warung absurd yang menyeduh kenyataan dengan jujur?

With her future destroyed, her career shattered, her heart broken, and her reputation tainted, Karen Milburn left Strawberry Pack and swore to never return. Five years later, after finding enough evidence to bring charges against all the culprits who had ever bullied, threatened, humiliated, and pushed her into situations she never wished to be in, she returned. Her ex-husband, the Aplha of the Strawberry Pack, wants her to forgive all his past deeds and restart their relationship. Will she be able to, given the fact that he killed her twins? What of her parents, whom he had also killed? Will they get back together, or will she avenge him with her other bullies?

It's everyone's wish for their wedding to take place without any issues. But what happens when the darkest secret you were hiding from your partner surfaces that day? Meet Yoori Jonhs, a twenty-year old bride whose dark secret was known on her wedding day. What will she do when the groom's family and her parent's reject her? Will she able to prove herself clean? What of the fact that she will never belong the man who stole her heart? Will she accept it? There is one person who can help her, but what will she do when she refuses? Will she able to live in shame or will she go away?

Orang jahat adalah orang baik yang tersakiti mungkin kalimat yang tepat untuk menggambarkan Rachel saat ini. Gadis baik dan lugu yang sudah menyandang status yatim piatu dari kecil itu kini terancam mendekam di penjara karena profesinya yang sangat bertentangan dengan hukum. Traumanya di masa lalu yang begitu dalam tak mampu membendung rasa untuk berhenti balas dendam. Kebaikannya yang tak pernah terlihat, pengkhianatan dan segala tekanan, fitnah dan tuduhan tak mendasar di masa lalu membuat Rachel menjadi wanita yang sangat mengerikan. Kematian sangat dekat bagi mereka yang menjadi targetnya. Tak pernah ada kata ampun selain harus pasrah dengan keadaan. Korban terus berjatuhan dalam segala kondisi dan keadaan. Tak jarang polisi kehilangan jejak untuk menangkapnya karena kecerdasan Rachel melarikan diri. Kemampuannya menghilangkan jejak dan menyamar membuat polisi selalu merasa buntu mencari jalan keluar. Hingga muncullah Dafa, polisi berprestasi yang tak pernah gagal dalam menangani berbagai kasus. Dan pertempuran pun dimulai. Dua hati yang pernah terpisah karena ego, kini kembali dipertemukan dalam keadaan harus saling membunuh. Rachel dan Dafa bertengkar hebat. Kemampuan beladiri keduanya yang seimbang tak mampu saling mengalahkan, hingga akhirnya mereka saling menodongkan pistol. Isak tangis keduanya pecah saat melihat gelang couple yang masih menghiasi pergelangan tangan mereka. Genggaman pistol ditangan mereka mulai bergetar meski masih sama-sama kuat. Masih terukir jelas nama keduanya di gelang itu yang kembali mengingatkan mereka dengan masa lalu. Tentang mereka saat pertama kali bertemu hingga saling mencintai di kala itu. Namun kini keadaan sudah berbeda meski isak tangis keduanya masih saling menyisakan rasa. Raut penyesalan juga terlihat jelas di wajah keduanya. Dafa yang masih mencintai Rachel seperti tak sanggup menjalankan tugas berat ini. Cairan bening dimatanya terus mengucur deras, begitupun dengan Rachel yang seperti tak sanggup membunuh laki-laki yang pernah memberi warna dalam hidupnya.

Gabriel, the bloodhound of a powerful Lycan pack, finds himself cornered when his mate, Rachel, a werewolf from a rival clan catches the attention of Jake, a higher-ranked Lycan with so much dirt on him. With his love tangled in an old feud and his lover, a potential target if he steps out of line, Gabriel must protect Rachel at all costs while she's torn between following her heart and staying with him or walking away like her family demands, in a world where shapeshifters are anything but allies.

Sebuah konspirasi berhasil menjebak Theodora ke dalam pernikahan dengan pria bernama Alexander Noah Smith, sepupu dari kekasihnya sendiri. Sebagai aksi balasan, perempuan itu kabur di tengah resepsi pernikahan mereka, mempermalukan sang mempelai pria di tengah sorotan wartawan dan kolega bisnisnya. Sayangnya, hanya dalam seminggu ia dipaksa kembali, karena ayahnya terkena serangan jantung. Sang suami gadungan tak meloloskan keinginannya untuk bercerai, sebab ia ingin membalas tindakan Theodora yang telah mencoreng mukanya di hadapan umum. Namun, bukan hukuman dari Xander yang Theodora takutkan. Gadis itu tak berani menghadapi perasaannya sendiri.

On my wedding day, my fiancé and my younger sister Rachel were caught doing the dirty in the private lounge. I immediately became a laughing stock, until my childhood friend Jason Law publicly proposed to me, defending my honor. After we got married, he was the perfect husband… except for his performance in the bedroom. It was like his heart was never in it. I only managed to get pregnant after going for IVF this year. After that, he became even more protective of me. I once believed he was my sanctuary… until I overheard his conversation with his friend. “You’re ruthless, Jason. Nina’s so good to you. How could you swap out her egg with Rachel’s just because Rachel is too afraid of the pain to give birth? “The baby’s due in two months. What do you plan to do then?” Jason was silent for a bit, then he sighed. “I’ll give Rachel the baby once it’s born. It’s one of her greatest wishes, after all. “As for Nina, I’ll tell her the baby died. “I’ll make it up to her by staying with her for the rest of her life.” So that was how it was. He only protected me so gently for her sake. I turned around and immediately made a surgery appointment. I was throwing away this filthy baby… and this false marriage.

For three years, Rachel lived a double life—his wife in private, his secretary in public. Bound to billionaire Slade Pierce by a secret marriage contract, she followed two impossible rules: no children, no falling in love. She broke them both. With the contract’s final days ticking away, Rachel discovered she was pregnant. Afraid of shattering Slade’s trust and certain he was meant to marry another, she signed the divorce papers and vanished, determined to protect her unborn children from a love she believed was never real. Then fate intervened. A tragic accident stole her memories, her name, her life. To the world and to Slade, Rachel was dead. Years later, Slade still lives with her ghost. He’s built an empire, but his heart never healed. Until the day he sees her again—alive, breathing, and looking at him like he’s a stranger. Rachel doesn’t remember the secret marriage. She doesn’t remember the nights they shared or the promises they broke. Yet something deep inside her stirs whenever he’s near, a connection she can’t explain, a pain she doesn’t understand. As fragments of the past begin to surface, so do the secrets that tore them apart. Will she remember the man who never stopped loving her? Can love survive even when memory is gone, or is fate about to take her away all over again?

“Get on your knees, my little pet," Jerome growled, his voice rough with command. His fingers tangled in my hair, guiding me down as my pulse roared in my ears. The heat of his body pressed closer, and I trembled not from fear, but from the dark thrill of surrender. "Show me how hungry you are." Rachel is a college senior studying art and design, and her life feels dull and uninspiring. She has been dating Jack since freshman year, but their relationship is lukewarm he doesn’t ignore her, but he doesn’t truly care about her either, especially since he’s always eyeing her best friend, Jessica. Rachel feels stuck in a routine, going through the motions without any real passion until everything changes when her drawing teacher gets into an accident. The school brings in a substitute Jerome, a young, breathtakingly attractive artist who immediately commands the room. Rachel tries to ignore the way her body reacts to him, but the pull is too strong. His gaze lingers on her a second too long, his voice sends shivers down her spine, and when he gets close, she can’t think straight. She knows it’s wrong teachers and students can’t be together but she can’t resist. Then she discovers Jerome’s secret he’s a werewolf, part of a powerful pack with three other dangerously seductive men Dante, Kade, and Elias. They’ve been watching her, waiting, and now that she’s near Jerome, their instincts take over. They growl, they claim, and Rachel, despite her fear, finds herself drawn deeper into their world. Drawn into a world of forbidden desire, Rachel surrenders to a passionate affair.

Novel ini bisa di baca secara terpisah meskipun saling berkaitan. Ini adalah kisah cinta tiga wanita dalam menemukan pasangan hidupnya. Kisah yang ringan dan manis, tentunya dengan sedikit bumbu-bumbu konflik yang membuat jalan cerita lebih hidup. Buku satu berisi tentang kisah cinta Alya, di mana dia menemukan cintanya dengan cara perkenalan dengan orang yang belum pernah dilihat dan dikenal sebelumnya. Menikah dengan pria yang baru dikenal beberapa bulan tentu saja ada hal-hal yang belum dia ketahui tentang suami maupun keluarganya. Shock culture menjadi bumbu manis dan kedatangan mantan pacar dari suaminya menjadi konflik yang memanaskan suasana. Buku dua berisi tentang kisah cinta Mayang, di mana gadis itu mengejar dan mencari pria yang mungkin menjadi jodohnya. Namun ternyata Allah lebih tahu apa yang terbaik buat dirinya. Ini kisah manisnya Mayang dalam menemukan jodohnya. Buku ketiga berisi tentang pernikahan yang terjadi dengan terpaksa antara Fitriana dan Davin. Pernikahan yang tentu saja tidak disukai oleh Fitriana karena Davin bukanlah pria yang menjadi tipe idamannya. Mungkinkah Davin bukan jodoh dari Tuhan buat Fitriana. Novel ke empat berisi kisah pemuda yang dikhianati oleh kekasihnya setelah dia berkorban banyak hal demi cita-cita sang wanita.