Robert H Whittaker

“Ayo, kita menikah.” Fayola memuncratkan kopi yang diminumnya mendengar kalimat yang diucapkan Galang. Mereka memang sudah kepala empat dan masih asyik sendiri. Tetapi tidak pernah tebersit dalam benaknya menikah dengan pria jorok yang suka mengupil sembarangan itu. Namun mendengar ejekan adiknya yang akan melakukan lamaran, Fayola keceplosan menyebut dia punya calon suami. Orang tuanya menyambut bahagia dan memprioritaskan pernikahannya. Dia pun terpaksa menerima ajakan Galang. Tentu saja dengan banyak syarat yang harus sahabatnya penuhi. Fayola dan Galang menjalani pernikahan layaknya teman biasa. Keluarga mulai curiga mereka hanya berpura-pura supaya tidak didesak menikah lagi. Mereka sepakat untuk berakting mesra di depan keluarga demi meyakinkan semua orang. Nenek Fayola dan Kakek Galang sengaja bergantian mengundang mereka menginap di rumah untuk memata-matai aktivitas malam mereka di kamar. Orang tua juga sengaja berkunjung pada akhir pekan untuk mengamati gerak-gerik mereka di apartemen. Tidak mau ketinggalan, saudara kandung sering mengajak berkumpul untuk memantau tingkah mereka. Fayola dan Galang sampai kewalahan. Setelah lama hidup bersama, mungkinkah cinta hadir di antara Fayola dan Galang atau mereka akan terus membohongi semua orang dengan menjalani pertemanan dalam pernikahan?

Mefia Andrewi atau Drewi, siswi kelas 1 SMA yang awal kehidupannya di sekolah berjalan dengan datar-datar saja. Dia jatuh cinta untuk pertama kalinya pada kakak kelasnya bernama David Leonardo yang dia beri julukan si Lesung Pipi. Lengkung indah yang selalu muncul di kedua pipi David ketika berbicara, tersenyum atau tertawa adalah alasannya. Berawal dari latihan drama untuk Pensi 17 Agustus di sekolahnya, Drewi mulai mengalami hal-hal yang tidak dia mengerti. Hati yang berdesir, jantung berdetak kencang, gelisah, malu, menangis, menebak-nebak, cemburu dan bingung. Semua bercampur aduk, membuatnya melalui hari-hari yang dulunya tenteram kini menjadi penuh teka-teki, tidak sabar menunggu hari esok. Dibantu oleh Shaniar -sahabatnya yang kadang membuat gemas tetapi di satu sisi sangat sabar menemani Drewi dalam keadaan apa pun- Drewi berhasil menjalani kisah cinta yang malu-malu dan menarik dengan David. Namun, penyesalan pun datang, ketika rasa itu benar-benar akan terungkap di satu momen yang pas, tapi dilewatkan begitu saja. Rasa itu pun terpendam pasrah tanpa ada yang mengobati dan mengurangi. Bahkan semakin parah hingga membuat Drewi benar-benar menutup pintu hatinya karena harapan bahwa suatu saat nanti rasa itu akan terungkap. 6 tahun berlalu, ada kejutan-kejutan istimewa diawali gaun pernikahan yang dikirim ke kantor majalah tempat Drewi bekerja. Disusul dengan kehadiran Dani, Agitha musuh bebuyutannya sejak SMA, Shaniar, Adam dan teman-teman David lainnya serta kakak dan ibu David. Kejutan-kejutan itu yang akhirnya membawanya pada satu video curahan hati David yang direkam sendiri oleh David, 6 tahun lalu. Dari video itulah akhirnya Drewi tahu semua tentang David dan apa alasannya menghilang, membuatnya bimbang dan tidak berdaya. Meski sekalipun rasa antara mereka tidak terungkap lisan, tapi siapapun yang mengikuti kisah mereka berdua, pasti akan mengerti. Tidak perlu kalimat romantis yang terucap empat mata untuk saling tahu dan mengerti perasaan antara mereka. Untuk mengerti bahwa perasaan mereka berdua bertepuk sempurna.

Di Benua Sembilan Langit, orang-orang di benua itu mengagungkan Dao Bela Diri. Sejak usia muda, manusia akan merasakan Qi Asal antara langit dan bumi melalui meditasi, mengolah dan menyajikan Qi untuk memelihara jiwa mereka, menanamkan Teknik pemahaman untuk menjadi seorang Praktisi Bela Diri. Lin Tian, Tuan Muda dari Klan Lin, yang di kenal sebagai sampah dengan tubuh cacat mendapatkan perlakuan buruk dari Tunangan masa kecilnya setelah dia berhasil membantunya memadatkan jiwa Astral. Mereka bahkan ingin membunuhnya dan mempermalukan keluarganya. Bahkan Tunangannya mengatakan bahwa mereka hidup di dunia yang berbeda. Namun yang tidak mereka ketahui, bahwa Lin Tian sengaja untuk merusak meridiannya dan menunggu momen untuk memadatkan jiwa Astral dan menjadi jenius terkuat yang pernah ada.

Feisty Water Princess Miriam has never known anything but her life in the water fae kingdom. Engaged to her best friend Xaviar, and with her brother Mikah backing her, she's never considered that she'd have her whole world turned upside down. Until tragedy strikes her family and kingdom, she takes up a plot for revenge that puts her in the direct path of the Fire Prince. But what will happen when Prince Aro turns out to be more than he appears, both for her personally and as an ally to stop the forces that threaten every Fae Kingdom. Misunderstood Warrior Prince Aro has never been rumored to be a kind man, earning the same reputation as his father for his actions on the battlefield. But dedicated to his kingdom and proving his worth to his subjects kept him from attempting to paint a different picture. Until the revenge-bent water princess collides with him in a skirmish within his borders shortly after discovering tragedy in his own midst. Her story proves that something more sinister is going on. Can they find a way to navigate the plot plaguing the Fae kingdoms, while navigating their own tenuous partnership? Or will the kingdoms tear each other apart? A single misstep could spell disaster for them all.

Humiliated by her lying fiancé and seeing that all those people believed that litany is like having your life exposed. Marriage would save her family from chaos, that is the definition. Linna needed to marry Robert to get dowries and the compensation to save her family's business. However, everything that was going well just fell apart. Robert didn't show up at the wedding, I mean, he showed up when his bride was already at the altar. And he said everything he wanted to say and then some. Stepping out of reality. Ten years later they meet again, now Robert needs help. His company is about to go bankrupt due to misconduct and the checks he owes to his clients. He is left with no other option but to propose being a partner in a growing San Francisco middleman firm. Robert knows that what he needs is a marriage, but well, a woman who has already been left at the altar never thinks about getting married again.

Stephanie has had the life that many girls have dreamt of. The money, the popularity, the looks, the boyfriend…you name it. Growing up with a silver spoon in her mouth has made her to be a very snobby and egotistical person which was perfect for the football star of a boyfriend she carries around with her on her arms; that is until, one day, Stephanie and her boyfriend has a huge argument which makes her rethink their entire relationship. It is then she has an epiphany that her once adored relationship is not genuine at all. This made her realize that maybe she does not know much about love as she once thought. That is, until she met a geeky student by the name of Luca Hawthorne. You have heard about the nerdy girl softening the bad boy’s heart before, but would the story be more interesting if it were to be the geeky boy teaching the cheerleader how to love? And it is so…The two immediately strike a deal so that they can both benefit from the unlikely relationship. Luca will teach Stephanie how to love and Stephanie will pretend to date Luca so that he can get his crush’s attention. I mean, this plan is not bound to crash and burn…right?

Ariana, the rebellious daughter of a CEO, is trapped in a loveless arranged marriage with Robert Stone, Chicago's youngest billionaire. In the past, she secretly loved Robert, even though she knew he was in love with her sister, Flora. After Flora’s mysterious death, Robert is forced to marry Ariana, and their union was a miserable one. They had issues, and Ariana lost their unborn child. Robert became repentant and wants to make their marriage work but Ariana has lost interest. A certain doctor may have caught her eye. ••• I moaned loudly as he unhooked my bra and cupped my breast in his palm. I felt like an electric shot had gone through my body, sending tidal waves of pleasure to the folds in between my legs. I wiggled and squirmed in his laps. “Rob?” I moaned. It was both a question and an answer. He answered by covering my breast with his mouth and I nearly died from the pleasure. His mouth was warm and I could not stay still any longer, I reached for his belt buckle, unbuttoning his trousers…

The Devil You Called Grimace. Hunger. Love like a curse. They say some doors open only once. She opened hers with three red candles, a drop of blood, and a whisper. Lonely nights, overdue rent, and a heart too heavy to carry — that’s all it took to call him through. Malik. The man made of smoke, shadow, and everything her prayers forgot to protect her from. He came smiling, with promises sweet as sin — protection, money, revenge. Every favor he gave her tasted like salvation until she realized he was feeding on her, one piece at a time. A memory here. A dream there. Her laughter swallowed whole. Now he’s the warmth in her sheets and the whisper in her nightmares. The devil she named, the lover she can’t unmake. Because Malik wasn’t summoned. He was chosen. And love — the kind that burns red under candlelight — always demands a body to keep it alive.

Jenar mendekam di dalam penjara untuk kejahatan yang tidak pernah dia lakukan. Begitu menghirup udara bebas, hal pertama yang dia terima adalah surat cerai. Tidak mau kalah untuk kedua kalinya, dia berjuang merebut perhatian suaminya dari wanita lain dan mendekati anak-anaknya yang sudah bukan balita lagi. Dia juga memulai satu per satu pembalasannya terhadap orang yang telah melempar dia ke penjara. Usahanya itu terusik oleh wanita yang memonopoli suaminya dan menjauhkan anak-anak darinya. Keluarga ikut menghalangi niatnya. Karena di mata mereka dia adalah pembunuh berdarah dingin yang mampu menyakiti darah dagingnya sendiri. Para tetangga berusaha keras mengusir dia dari lingkungan. Namun Jenar tidak menyerah. Perlahan kebenaran mulai terungkap menunjuk kepada pelaku yang sebenarnya. Dia mulai curiga bahwa pelaku itu berada dekat dengannya selama ini. Juga dekat dengan keluarganya. Menyadari bahwa bahaya mengancam nyawa suami dan kedua anaknya, Jenar mengerahkan seluruh kemampuannya untuk mengungkap pengkhianat yang telah mengobrak-abrik hidupnya.

**** BOOK 1 OF THE ASSASSIN SERIES**** Selene never wanted a mate, even her wolf agreed that her destiny lay with the assassin's guild. Her work was blessed by the Goddess. Sent by the King to eliminate a threat to the kingdom, the haze drives her to make a fatal mistake. Her target is none other than her fated mate. Alpha Lucas had turned down the King's proposal to wed his daughter. The king was after his land, but Lucas just wanted a true mate. He found her in the darkness, her intent clear before the haze took them and forced the mate bond into completion, but can she overcome the lies whispered by her King and give in to the bond, or will her obsession with duty end them both?