Rosa Centifolia

"Aku tidak pernah menganggap diriku pahlawan dalam cerita siapa pun. Bahkan dalam hidupku sendiri, aku adalah pecundang yang menyerah pada keadaan." Lucas Mahendra Putra. "Lucas, pria yang dingin, angkuh, dan penuh aturan. Tapi entah kenapa, di balik semua itu, aku merasa dia bisa jadi tempatku berlindung. Sayangnya, tembok yang dia bangun terlalu tinggi untuk kugapai." Sera Aluna Pratama. *** Sera tidak pernah meminta dilahirkan dalam keluarga yang menghancurkan hidupnya. Sejak remaja, dia dipaksa menanggung dosa-dosa ibunya yang kecanduan judi dan alkohol. Ibunya menjual Sera kepada Rosa, pemilik bar sekaligus mucikari, untuk melunasi utang. Sebagai pelayan bar, Sera bekerja tanpa upah, menjalani hidup penuh tekanan. Meski terus dipaksa oleh Rosa untuk menuruti kehendak pelanggan, Sera gigih mempertahankan kehormatannya. Hidup Sera berubah setelah pertemuannya dengan Lucas, pria kaya yang dingin dan tidak percaya cinta. Pertemuan itu membawa mereka pada kesepakatan yang tidak biasa. Pernikahan kontrak untuk saling memenuhi kebutuhan masing-masing. Lucas ingin menyelamatkan warisannya, sementara Sera butuh kebebasan dari masa lalunya. Namun, hubungan mereka tidak semulus itu. Tembok yang Lucas bangun untuk melindungi dirinya perlahan runtuh saat Sera masuk ke dalam hidupnya. Tapi masa lalu yang kelam, kesalahpahaman, dan trauma mendalam menguji cinta mereka. Ketika cinta mulai tumbuh, sebuah pengkhianatan membuat segalanya hancur. Sera pergi dengan hati yang remuk, sementara Lucas didera rasa bersalah yang tidak berkesudahan. Perjalanan mereka tidak berhenti di sana. Dalam upayanya menebus kesalahan, Lucas berusaha mencari Sera yang menghilang tanpa jejak. Di tengah pencarian itu, Lucas mulai memahami betapa berharganya Sera dalam hidupnya. Ketika mereka akhirnya dipertemukan kembali, cinta yang sempat terhenti perlahan tumbuh kembali. Namun, kebahagiaan itu kembali diuji oleh kenyataan pahit yang sulit diterima. Mereka harus memilih. Bertahan dan melawan semua rintangan, atau menyerah dan kehilangan segalanya. Bisakah cinta menyembuhkan dua jiwa yang terluka, atau justru menyeret mereka kembali ke jurang penderitaan?

Sawyer Moon, daughter to the late Alpha Felix Moon and Luna Sasha Moon, before another ruthless Alpha killed them and took over their pack. Unfortunately, Sawyer was only 3 years old at the time. She was left in the care of her aunt and uncle, Rosa and Phil Handler. They lived away from any packs, blending in with the humans in a small town called Hope Springs. Sawyer has no idea she's a werewolf. Her aunt and uncle had a pendant necklace made for her to stop her from shifting. She's been told to never take it off as it symbolizes protection and was given to her by her late parents. Her aunt and uncle have always treated her with lots of love, raising her as their own since they couldn't have children. But to protect Sawyer from Alpha Tristan Lake, the man who killed her parents, they've had to hide her and raise her as a human. Will her safe human world come crumbling down when she discovers who she really is or will her powers be released.

Bagai jatuh tertimpa tangga hidup Gamma Pranadipta dilanda masalah bertubi-tubi. Malam selepas menyaksikan pengkhianatan yang dilakukan Rosa, calon istrinya, Gamma berniat melampiaskan amarahnya dengan menyewa seorang dewi malam. Namun, karena terlalu mabuk ia tak menyadari bahwa bukan dewi malamlah yang ia ajak bersenang-senang melainkan seorang pelayan baru di hotel yang ia sewa bernama Serra. Ironisnya kesalahan malam itu menumbuhkan janin tak bersalah di rahim perempuan tak berdaya. Gamma harus menikahi Serra agar tak merusak citra baiknya sebagai seorang ternama. Sementara pelayan hotel itu terpaksa menerima pinangan Gamma karena tak sanggup membiayai hidupnya. Pernikahan mereka hanya sebatas hitam di atas putih. Lantas bisakah keduanya menjalani pernikahan tanpa cinta itu? Dan bagaimana jika Rossa, mantan kekasih Gamma kembali muncul mengusik rumah tangga mereka? Follow instagram author: @sinarrembulann untuk mengetahui perkembangan novel ini yah🤍

Después de cuatro años de matrimonio, Alejandro Giraldo, quien nunca publicaba en redes sociales, sorprendentemente subió un post: «¡Vaya, gatita golosa y antojadiza!» La foto mostraba a una chica con una diadema rosa de orejas de gato, comiendo barbacoa y sacando la lengua con las mejillas rojas por el picante. Era Mariana Ospina, la nueva presentadora de su empresa. En menos de un minuto, un amigo en común comentó: «¡Te olvidaste de cambiar de cuenta!» Así que la nueva publicación de Alejandro desapareció sumamente rápido, pero pronto reapareció en las redes sociales de Mariana. Poco después, entró la llamada de Alejandro. Antes, yo habría guardado capturas de pantalla y lo habría llamado primero para reclamarle; definitivamente no habríamos terminado sin una pelea. Pero, esta vez, muy consideradamente, esperé hasta que la llamada se cortara sin contestar.

With flights suspended at airports, Berat tries to escape by car from the harsh Turkish winter and the pain of having lost his wife, traveling with their two children: Ferhat, four years old, and Volkan, two, to Georgia. Unexpectedly, a rock slides across the road, causing it to overturn and leaving Berat and the children trapped by their seat belts. Efé, who was returning from a family wedding, next to his wife and also their six-month-old twin children, did not think twice before parking the vehicle on the side of the road and saving that man and his children. After saving Berat and the boys from death, a strong friendship begins between them, making both sign a Marriage Contract between their children Ferhat and Luna. Twenty-one years pass, Ferhat and Volkan study and graduate in the USA and when they return to Turkey they start working at their father's Automobile Company. Volkan became a famous basketball player, but abandoned his career to be his father's right-hand man in business. His brother Ferhat despite being the eldest son, is nothing more than a seductive bohemian, who will steal the heart of Rabia, the daughter of his father's partner. The beautiful Luna will grow up knowing that one day she will have to marry a man she has never seen, but destiny will cross her paths with Volkan in a charity basketball match, in favor of the homeless of the earthquake, making a beautiful story of love start for them. Never having been touched by a man, Luna will be kissed by Volkan, who will fall madly in love with her. Upon discovering that Luna is his brother's betrothed, Volkan will despair and will do the impossible for the Marriage Contract to be undone and for him to marry in her place.

She returned to bury her father. Instead, she was forced to marry his enemy’s son. - Rosalind Marlow returns to New York to settle her father’s affairs, once one of the city’s most feared mafia bosses, only to find he died beside his greatest rival… and left behind a contract binding her to the rival’s son. Viktor Marino is cold, calculating, and infuriatingly magnetic. Rosa has no intention of becoming anyone’s pawn, not in grief, not in business, and definitely not in bed. But Viktor plays a long game, and with every stare, every challenge, he pulls her deeper into a world of secrets, power, and heat. She was raised to be untouchable. He was born to conquer. And in the space between vengeance and desire, who is going to lose control first? (Contains mature and dark content) ***** EXCERPT ‘Why would you want to leave this behind?’ he growled in my ear, his chest rumbling against my back. Because I can’t trust you. Because I don’t know what I want. ‘Because it’s cruel,’ I whispered. And then he pulled away, leaving me trembling, desperate, and furious.” ❦

Four years of endless back-to-back IVF and pack doctor appointments, and Rosa Gates, the Princess Luna of Everwoods pack, is ready to wave the white flag to ever getting pregnant. She is pushed aside and regarded with deep disdain by many pack members for being a ‘cursed childless husk’ and a threat to the Royal lineage. Her only consolation, the balm to her breaking heart was her mate Alpha prince Kelvin. That is, until he becomes the thorn in her flesh. He impregnated her best friend, who was also his secretary, and split her world down the middle. She leaves with a heavy heart and a burning desire to start anew, not knowing that something had already changed about her–three innocent lives were growing within her. She returns after seven years, stronger than all those who had stomped on her and ready to conquer. Kelvin, still childless and buried in debt, tries to crawl back into her life but she turns around and entwines her arms with his biggest rival, his older brother, the crown prince, and says; “It's too late my children already have a father,”

"The deal was to become the fake mother of your twins, live with them and act like their sweet, perfect bossom only. Follow the contract and fucking let go of me" she glared, her hazel eyes wavering as she lay trapped under the devil, on his king-sized bed. "Say that again" his dulcet voice ran deep into her veins, his hand trapping her wrist above the headboard. "Let. Go. Of. Me!" She spat but her breaths hitched when the man slipped his fingers in between her sinfully-soaked thighs. "Aren't you such a bad little liar, dolcissima?" --- Violette La Rosa wasted five years of her life loving a man who saw her as nothing but his financial fountain. On the day of her wedding with him, she found out a secret which shattered her. Stung by the fatal venom of betrayal, Violette resorted to stabbing Dominic on the alter. Jail was inevitable, but in the wild turnaround, she got an offer from the most devilish mafia living—Massimo Visconti,, boss of the Cosa Nostra. Desperate Violette grabbed the offer with her two hands, but can she get used to living with the devil and his spawns?

The love triangle spans between Greg & Denise who were once childhood and college sweetheart. After the death of her father and Greg's disapperance leading to her psychosis, her mother pressures her to marry her college billionaire, Colin De La Rosa, who was also formerly a friend of Greg. Her life became serial hell and no option of backing out laced with subtle abuse. In what seems like Business date, Colin asked her to dance to the investors to entertain them to win their heart in other for them to invest in his company which was already going south (bankrupt). She was pushed by Colin' mistress from the lounge stairs while pregnant unknown to Colin and bleeding profusely. When the party goers saw her falling, they all cheered in the fun of it. A man whose touch was familiar rushed her the hospital. However after divorcing her husband, who failed to visit her on her hospital bed after her near death experience, will she forgive the man Greg, her former lover who took her to the hospital and accept his proposal to start a new beginning? Even after accepting the proposal, if she get to find how Greg truly made his money will she continue to love him? Find out on this beautiful story.

"Why did you put me through that?" I asked, taking a moment to delve into his intense gaze. "Do you really despise me that much?" Dimitri hissed, his voice sharp like a knife. "Isabelle, be careful with what you say." "Why should I even try?" I shot back, matching his intensity. "That’s enough!" Dimitri growled, his voice low and menacing. Before I could respond, he roared, halting my words in their tracks. He seized my arms, pushing me against the wall. My heart raced, and the fire in his gaze intensified. This is unbearable! There’s no escaping destiny anymore. His lips crashed onto mine, stealing my breath and breaking through all my defenses. --- Isabella Rosa Santacruz is a witch on the run, her blood linked to a prophecy that positions her as the key to the universe. Throughout her life, she has evaded monsters and myths, always staying a step ahead—until now. Dimitri Axel Castellan, known as the Blood Alpha, is feared, ruthless, and weighed down by a cursed pack fated to perish on the eleventh blood moon. However, when he encounters Isabella—the one person he never expected—everything shifts. She becomes the air he can’t breathe without, even if loving her means sacrificing everything, including his own life. Will their connection protect them from the impending chaos, or will it pull them apart?