Rachel Ward

He married into power—but he wasn’t powerless. Everyone thought Julian Ward was just the quiet husband in the shadow of the mighty Lancaster family. A live-in son-in-law, tolerated at best. Disposable at worst. But when enemies close in from all sides—corporate titans, crooked politicians, even his own blood—Julian doesn’t just endure. He retaliates. In a world where family is everything, this one doesn’t protect its own—they protect him. And together, they become a force no one can touch.

A chance ride. A forgotten night. A secret that could change everything. Five years ago, Rachel Allen lost everything in one devastating night—drugged, betrayed, and left pregnant. Now she works two jobs to raise her daughter Cora alone, driving a taxi through the night to survive. Kellan Elliott is Blackwood City's most ruthless CEO, haunted by insomnia and the mysterious woman who disappeared from his hotel room five years ago—the only night he ever slept peacefully. When Rachel picks him up in her taxi, she doesn't recognize the man whose child she's been raising. But Kellan notices everything—the red mole on her neck, the sleep that finally comes in her presence, and the five-year-old girl who looks unsettlingly familiar. As their worlds collide, the truth threatens to surface. Can a struggling single mother and a powerful CEO find their way back to the night that changed everything—and toward the family that was always meant to be? A story of second chances, hidden truths, and destiny that won't be denied.

The last thing Lark Ward wants to do is return to Lovell. In a small town that keeps a big secret and memories of her unhappy childhood.For the sake of her aunt, she returns to where those who call themselves her family live, but they are not. They do not recognize her as their own, but one of them saw her as his mate. But she's not one of them. How to break the imposed connection? Will she be able to ignore someone else's life? Can he escape fate?

DISCLAIMER! MM ROMANCE ! Caleb Foster is late. Again. Snow is still melting in his hair when he pushes open the classroom door, the cold from the rink clinging to him as thirty students turn to stare. At the front of the room, Professor Elliot Ward pauses mid-sentence. His gaze drifts to the attendance sheet, then back to the broad-shouldered hockey captain standing in the doorway. “Mr. Foster,” he says calmly. “I assume the ice rink does not operate on the same schedule as my classroom.”

Cerita berawal dari 8 orang yang sudah bersahabat sejak kecil bahkan sudah ada yang akhirnya menjalin hubungan. Tiba-tiba salah satu temannya bernama Javas menghilang tanpa kabar dan tampaknya itu membuat Rachel sedikit terpukul. Akhirnya Rachel juga memutuskan pergi untuk menenangkan diri menjauh dari teman-temannya Sekitar 3 tahun kemudian Rachel kembali dan tak disangka Javas juga kembali setelah adiknya, Haniel, memaksa papanya untuk memperbolehkan dia, kakaknya dan kakak sepupunya kembali ke Indonesia. Mulai lah dari situ muncul beberapa masalah dalam pertemanan mereka, rasa yang mereka pendam selama ini. Cinta yang bertepuk sebelah tangan, mencintai dalam diam dan rahasia kelam yang mulai banyak terungkap. Sampai akhirnya hubungan yang tadinya baik-baik saja harus putus karena saling berkhianat dalam pertemanan sendiri. Ada akhirnya yang harus kembali meninggalkan pertemanan mereka dan pergi menjauh karena hubungan yang sudah tidak sehat diantara mereka. Mulai juga terungkap rahasia gelap bahwa salah satu temannya terlibat dalam jaringan mafia yang ternyata berhubungan dengan masa kelam salah satu orang tua mereka. Jaringan mafia itu mulai membabi buta sampai harus membunuh orang tua temannya yang lain dan menculik sahabat mereka yang lain supaya dendam mereka terbalaskan. Pilihan mereka adalah menyelamatkan yang satu dan mengorbankan yang lain atau tidak egois dan menyelamatkan diri sendiri. Mereka memilih untuk tidak memilih tapi tetap saja konsekuensi aneh sudah menunggu di depan mata, mereka akan tetap terluka dengan pilihan yang mereka buat itu.

While I was nine months pregnant, the apple of my husband’s eye moved into our house. Whenever she saw me, she would make a sad face. My husband was sure that I was flaunting my pregnancy to make her angry. “Rachel is frail, and she can’t get pregnant, yet you’re walking around making her upset?! Do I seriously have to teach you a lesson?!” He ordered the bodyguards to lock me in the attic that had not been in use for a long time and told them not to give me food. I pleaded for mercy and told him that the ultrasound scan showed that the twin babies were too big. I told him that the doctor had claimed that I had to be hospitalized while I waited for my delivery. But he laughed as if he had heard the world’s greatest joke. When he spoke, his voice was as cold as ice. “You’re still three days away from your delivery date! Enough with the pitiful act! Repent while you’re in the attic! This is what you get for making Rachel upset!” The contractions hurt so much that I clenched my fists to the point that my nails broke, but no one unlocked the door to the attic. My piercing screams echoed in the attic for a long time until my whole body was soaked in blood, and one of my babies was stuck between my bloody legs. Three days later, my husband ate his breakfast that was not up to his taste and said, “Have Jane make breakfast for me, then have her apologize to Rachel with a gift. If she’s sincere enough, I’ll send her to the hospital to deliver the babies.” But no one dared go up to the attic because the blood that flowed down from it had already reached the second step of the stairs.

Menikah karena terpaksa, itulah yang terjadi pada Noura ketika ia tak ingin masuk penjara sebab tuduhan kejam yang seorang Dean Waverly lakukan kepadanya. Semua karena Rachel —wanita yang seharusnya menikah dengan Dean, tetapi tewas dalam sebuah kecelakaan. Lantas, apakah yang sebenarnya terjadi hingga Noura harus menikah dan kemudian akhirnya mendapatkan perlakuan tak mengenakan dari Dean?

All he wanted was to make her life a living hell after an ugly encounter, but he did not just end up falling for her, he made her the mother of his son. Follow the love story of Billionaire CEO, Alex Steele, who hires Rachel, a hotheaded young lady as assistant in his bid to make her regret her actions. Their story change from that of hate to love, and they flourish in the face of conflicts and criticism.

Angkasa adalah anak dari seorang pengusaha terkaya di negaranya. Perusahaan Ains-soft yang telah di dirikan oleh kakeknya puluhan tahun silam. Wajah tampannya membuat dirinya sangat digilai oleh kaum wanita. Namun ia telah memilki kekasih yang berprofesi sebagai model. Perjanjian keluarganya di masa lalu membuatnya terpaksa untuk menikahi wanita yang baru dikenalnya dan terpaksa harus meninggalkan kekasihnya. Rachel adalah seorang gadis yang sangat ceria. Terlahir dari keluarga yang biasa saja. Kecintaannya terhadap seni, membuat Rachel memiliki cita-cita untuk menjadi seorang pelukis profesional. Namun di tengah perjalanannya ia harus menghadapi kenyataan pahit untuk menikah dengan seorang pewaris Ains-Soft. Dan karena krisis ekonomi yang dihadapi keluarganya membuat dia tak bisa menghindari pernikahan itu. Bagaiamanakah kisah rumah tangga mereka yang berawal dari sebuah perjanjian orang tua? Bertahankah mereka hingga akhir dalam lika-liku perjalanan pernikahan yang tidak di dasari dengan cinta?

Foolish innocence and wicked deceit took her from the man she loved. Orphaned at the tender age of eight years, Elizabeth is raised as a ward in the loveless home of her uncle. Stuck on the desire for freedom from oppression and unfamiliar with the concept of love, she flees from her husband of an arranged marriage with the assistance of an old family friend. Sadly this friend was no match for the perils that awaited in the new world. To add to her misery, she realizes that she loved the man she'd married and just didn't recognize that love.