Ransom Canyon Jodi Thomas

'FEATURED IN CANDY MAGAZINE ARTICLE'" kill or be killed." That's the only thing you should know once you're in The Arena. Jodi was having the time of her life until she was abducted, taken away, and forced to fight with other terrified young women to the death.A hyper-realistic tale of fighting for survival and struggling with choosing simply die to end it all or to fight and eventually be freed from The Arena and in turn unearth the grisly underground operation.

Thomas Dustin terjebak dalam trauma masa kecilnya. Tumbuh dewasa sebagai laki-laki yang tidak segan "bersenang-senang" dengan para wanita. Hanya saja, Thomas punya kebiasaan buruk sebelum melakukannya. "Tunjukkan KTP-mu." Jika wanita itu tidak bersedia menunjukkan, Thomas akan tahu dia sudah menikah. Dan Thomas tidak ingin bersenang-senang dengan istri atau mantan istri orang lain. Bagi Thomas, satu-satunya wanita terbaik untuknya di dunia ini adalah May. Gadis pendaki gunung yang berani dan murah hati. Tapi May telah pergi meninggalkannya dan Thomas tak akan pernah membuka hatinya untuk wanita lain. Dia takkan mengikat dirinya secara romantis dengan wanita lain. Thomas pikir begitu sebelum bertemu dengan Gesa Edrei, gadis yang waktu kecil salah mengeja namanya menjadi Ei-Bree. Dia tidak hanya menyimpan rahasia masa lalu, tapi juga menyegel rapat-rapat rahasia masa kininya. Dan saat rahasia itu terbongkar, Thomas merasa dikhianati. Akhirnya seorang pengkhianat tahu rasanya dikhianati.

For the ninety-ninth time, Thomas Wells brought a strange woman home. Following his instructions, I was washing Chloe Brooks's feet. Without warning, she kicked the basin violently, sending hot water splashing onto my face. "Thomas, Ms. Harris just pinched my foot! My feet are for ballet—I'm in so much pain. What am I supposed to do for tomorrow's competition?" Thomas flew into a rage. To punish me, he had someone bring a brazier, and I was forced to press my foot into the burning coals. The smell of burning flesh filled the entire living room in an instant. Thomas paid no attention as I collapsed to the floor, curling up and breaking out in a cold sweat. He turned away, carrying Chloe off to the bedroom. Shortly afterward, I called Thomas's sister, Tracy. "Tracy, I'm sorry. I don't intend to be with Thomas anymore." After that, I left and vanished from his life. Later, I heard that Mr. Wells of the Wells family had gone mad.

I am heading to my job interview when my close friend, Thomas Lang—the same guy who always cautions me about meddling in other people's business—suddenly throws caution to the wind and sprints toward the wrecked limousine. I instantly realize that Thomas has been reborn, too. In my past life, Thomas and I were the top two graduates of the finance department, both making it to the final round of interviews at a Fortune 500 conglomerate. Yet, on the day of the interview, we suddenly came across the CEO, Ruth Gibson, who had just gotten involved in a car crash. I abandoned the interview to save her, while Thomas hurried off to the interview. In the end, Thomas landed the offer, while I lost my shot at working at the top conglomerate. I received sympathy from everyone around me. However, Ruth sought me out eventually, and in the spirit of profound gratitude, she presented me with an immediate proposal of marriage. I became the man who would marry Thomas' superior, achieving incredible status overnight. Meanwhile, Thomas stayed an ordinary worker, perpetually crushed by impossible metrics and corporate pressure. I was enjoying the heights of my privilege at the annual dinner, standing beside Ruth, while Thomas lurked in the background. He was a miserable face lost among the nameless guests. Consumed by jealousy, he brandished a knife and stabbed me to death right there. I suddenly open my eyes and realize we are both back at this single, pivotal day of Ruth's accident.

When Myra is abducted as ransom for her mother's debt, she has to device a plan to escape the infamous Miguel Carvarlho even if it means aiding the enemy. But she soon learns that every betrayal comes with a cost. When the line between passion and rage blur she is torn between two choices. Family or Love...

I'd loved Jeffrey for seven years. When I was kidnapped, Jeffrey didn't pay the ransom because of Joanna. He wanted me to behave myself. After I endured hellish torture, I gave up Jeffrey as he wished. But he begged me to give him a second chance.

"Operasinya berjalan dengan lancar, janinnya sudah dikeluarkan, nggak ada sisa di dalam rahim." Pada hari peringatan tiga tahun pernikahan, anak Tracy yang belum sempat lahir telah tiada. "Tracy! Gimana keadaanmu?" Sahabat karibnya, Shelly, mengenakan jas putih dan bergegas mendorong pintu masuk, bertanya dengan penuh rasa iba. "Thomas selingkuh." Ekspresi Tracy tampak suram. Tiga tahun lalu, pada hari dia dan Thomas mendaftarkan pernikahan mereka, dia pernah berkata kepada Thomas, "Kalau kamu selingkuh, aku akan meninggalkanmu selamanya." Saat itu, Thomas bersumpah dengan sungguh-sungguh, "Kalau aku selingkuh, biarlah reputasiku hancur dan biarlah aku nggak pernah bisa bertemu denganmu lagi!" Namun, baru kemarin Tracy mengetahui bahwa ternyata Thomas sudah diam-diam hidup bersama Yasmin selama lebih dari setengah tahun. Bahkan Yasmin sama sepertinya, juga sudah hamil dua bulan.

Deja should have died. But instead, she fell into the clutches of her enemies. Ruthless and bloody killers. Werewolves. How can she live among them? How to be saved? She can't give what they want, but she'll never be let go. They do not need a ransom, neither in gold, nor in earth, nor in magic. She is their property.

Jason Reed had been my boyfriend for seven years. He suddenly disappeared, and the last place I was able to trace him was Melvaris. That night, I received a video call. In it, a man holding an electric baton yelled, “Bring 50 million dollars as ransom to the industrial zone. Otherwise, don’t expect him to return alive.” Jason was beside the man. He was covered in blood. He pleaded desperately, “Clara! Save me! They promise to let me go if we give them the money!” Without thinking twice, I did as I was told. However, when I arrived, I was drugged and knocked unconscious. In the end, I was tortured to death. What hurt the most was not that. Jason took one-third of the ransom I had prepared. Then, he returned to Caldovia and married Hannah Blake, the student who had received financial assistance from my family. But when I opened my eyes again, I found myself back on the day he went missing.

Thomas memiliki penampilan yang berbeda dari teman-temannya, ia berambut pirang serta sepasang mata unik—satu biru dan satu hijau. Ia kemudian menyadari bahwa ia memiliki kemampuan membaca pikiran orang lain hanya dengan menatap mata mereka. Kekuatan ini membuat Thomas semakin yakin bahwa ada sesuatu yang tersembunyi tentang masa lalunya. Thomas memulai pencarian untuk mengungkap kebenaran di balik asal-usulnya.