Sandra Brown The Alibi

Di hari pernikahannya, Hana Paramitha harus menelan kenyataan pahit. Calon suaminya ternyata sudah memiliki istri. Parahnya lagi, wanita yang mengaku sebagai istrinya itu kini tengah hamil. Melampiaskan emosinya, Hana akhirnya jatuh ke pelukan atasannya, Romeo Bagaskara; yang juga adalah sahabat kakaknya. Tidak ada yang pernah tahu apa yang terjadi pada malam yang seharusnya menjadi hari pernikahan Hana. Siapa sangka bahwa ia telah menghabiskan malam pertamanya bersama Romeo; seseorang yang seharusnya tidak pernah menjadi pilihan baginya untuk menyerahkan keperawanannya.

[Lereng Gunung Bromo, Hindia Belanda, 1831] . “Lalu untuk apa kau menculikku? Membawaku begitu jauh ke tengah hutan?” Diam. Senyap. Ells menunggu jawaban penculiknya. DIa benar-benar butuh jawaban itu untuk kemerdekaannya. “Ayahmu membunuh kakekku.” Getir suara Airlangga tetap membuat Ells cepat membantah. “Tidak mungkin!” Ells merapikan duduknya. Tidak lagi bersandar, dia duduk tegak menarik kakinya mendekat, bersila. Tatapan menyala penculiknya cukup menjawab. “Papaku tidak pernah membunuh orang!” Ells sungguh tidak terima ayahnya disebut pembunuh. Ayah yang baik, ayah yang lembut, mana mungkin sekeji itu. Namun tatapan Airlangga semakin tajam. *** LANGIT dan bumi, terhalang angkasa yang memisahkan keduanya. Airlangga, anak negeri yang marah, membalas dendam dengan menculik putri seorang penguasa negeri, Daniella Elizabeth van Loen. Perjalanan menerobos hutan, saling melindungi, dan menjaga justru menjadi benih cinta mereka. Sampai akhirnya cinta itu membuahkan janin. Mereka sadar, tidak mungkin selamanya mereka tinggal menyendiri di surga mereka yang bernama hutan. Demi buah cinta mereka, mereka harus kembali ke pusat peradaban. Kembali ke bumi. Kembali membumi. Tapi selalu ada angkasa yang menggantung indah memisahkan langit dan bumi. Haruskah perbedaan itu memisahkan mereka? Apa yang akhirnya Airlangga lakukan untuk membangun pelangi untuk menghubungkan langit dan bumi mereka? Menghilangkan jejak angkasa yang memisahkan mereka. Jika mereka tidak berhasil membangun jembatan pelangi, mereka bersiap untuk tinggal bersama di langit biru. Apakah tidak ada jalan lain? Berlatar masa kolonial Belanda, Airlangga dan Daniella merenda kasih di tengah hutan hujan tropis lereng Gunung Bromo yang cantik. Bertemu binatang-binatang liar. Dengan sedikit penggambaran alam, semoga bisa mengajak pembaca masuk ke dalam cerita, berkelana di tengah hutan di Nusantara abad ke-19. ***

Walang nagawa si Ada nang pumayag ang kaniyang ama na ipakasal sa lalaking hindi kilala. Ang alam lang niya 'tungkol sa kaniyang magiging asawa ay isang bilyonaryo, matagumpay sa pagpapatakbo ng negosyo at nag-iisang anak ng isang kilalang business tycoon. Natapos ang paghahanda para sa kasal, na hindi man lang nagpakita ang mapapangasawa at nagpakilala ng pormal sa kaniya. Sa araw at sa mismong kasal ay nakilala niya ito subalit laking gulat ni Ada, na si Nik pala ang taong iyon. Ang taong nagligta kay Ada nang may magtatangkang gumahasa sa kaniya sa party ng kaibigan at sa lalaking nakasama ng isang gabi sa pagbabakasyon sa La Union. Pero ang Nik na ngayong naging asawa ay ibang-iba sa nakilala at ang tingin nito sa kaniya ay isang babaeng kayamanan lang ang habol kaya nagpakasal dito. Matapos ang unang gabi ng pagiging mag-asawa nila ay iniwan na siya nito kinabukasan at isang taon ang nakalipas ay uuwi na ito subalit para makipaghiwalay sa kaniya. Hindi sila maaring maghiwalay ni Nik dahil magagalit ang Papa niya sa kaniya at kailangan nila si Nik upang iligtas ang palubog na nilang negosyo. Kahit ayaw niyang maging tama ang paningin ni Nik sa kaniya ay kailangan niyang iligtas ang negosyo para sa amang minamahal.

PRISHA Nayara, gadis pemberontak yang sulit diatur. Bekerja sebagai editor di Papyrus, platform kepenulisan milik Manggala Abipraya Sastradinata. Nayara yang keras kepala bertemu Manggala yang dingin dan tak acuh . Itu awal pertemuan mereka. Lalu selanjutnya jalan nasib membimbing mereka ke takdir di masa depan yang ternyata memang tidak bisa lepas dari masa lalu. . Kedua mereka membawa luka masing-masing. Luka yang membentuk mereka menjadi seperti sekarang. Keras dan dingin. Lalu kebersamaan membuat mereka saling mengobati luka itu. Tapi dunia tidak semudah itu ditaklukkan. Kondisi berbalik. Dan mereka kembali harus saling menyembuhkan. . Ini memang novel cinta. Tapi tanpa pernyataan cinta. Hanya ada rasa untuk mencintai diri masing-masing demi bisa mencintai pasangannya. . **"

After three years of living with my wife’s family, everyone thought they could treat me like a pushover. Me? I’m just waiting for her to hold my hand before I can give her the world.

"Jayden, your grandfather gave a promise to Queen Camellia, the mother of King Henry to protect their kingdom after the death of her King consort. And as you know about the backstabbing of Edward II. It seems like we are incompetent in fulfilling the promise of your grandfather. For protecting the throne of Orbloem and giving its actual Ruler back the only way possible is to have a relationship with the Bloemen Royal Family other than Frienship. As Rosaleigh is the crown princess of Orbloem and you're the heir apparent to Swedwish throne. I want you to marry Rosaleigh." Grandmama adjured. Without any further thoughts I stood to my feet and picked up the box from the mahogany table. "Your wish my command mormor." I smiled and bowed at her before leaving the library. Being Born to a royal family is not a cake walk. We're taught to abide by our elder's wish. And here it was about the promise my late grandfather made to Queen Camellia. Or'bloem is a comparatively small monarchy than Swedway. And the only way I see to regain and protect Orbloem's land is to marry Rosaleigh. I am a Royalty and fulfilling my grandfather's promise is my duty. I'll fulfill a NOBLE PROMISE. *** Jayden Alexander Krigston wants to marry Rosaleigh Isabelle Bloemen to fulfill his grandfather's promise. In that attempt he indeed falls in love with Rosaleigh. But as always fate has another plans.. How will Jayden being a NOBLE fulfill the PROMISE? Copyrights © 2020 by B_Iqbal

I could smell his tempting cologne as he walked closer to me. He placed his hands on the wall, caging me between his strong arms. He leaned forward, his honey-colored eyes boring into mine like he was trying to figure something out. On the other hand, I was melting like ice cream in a cone. "You look familiar," he said, biting his lip, deep in thought. "Have we met before?" he asked. Of course, the most popular lacrosse player at Wilford High School would never know me—a girl who hides from the faces of her classmates. Jack Harrison. The most handsome and popular boy in school, the one every girl wishes to have. I've always had a crush on, always wishing he would notice me. Then one day, I found out that a new family was moving next door, and to my utmost surprise, it turns out to be Jack Harrison.

"I want a divorce. " The day before her third wedding anniversary, Fiona sees her husband walking to the obstetrics wing with his arm around his ex-girlfriend, Rowena. Rowena is pregnant. Heartbroken, Fiona rejects Micah, her husband, her mate, the Lycan Prince of the Alastair Kingdom, and leaves the pack. --- However, to Fiona’s surprise, after being rejected, Micah goes crazy looking for her all over the world. Until one day, when he sees her walking down the street holding a little girl, he pins her against the wall. “Is she my daughter?” Micah hisses.

Being the only child to the Queen of Castle Grey, lost within the confines of mount Trenon, Kilvic is made to learn a number of things best suited to the heir to the Elzcrid bloodline at the hands of tutors handpicked by his mother. However, his fifteenth birthday sends him beyond the reaches of his mother’s domain. She has tasked him with the duty of learning more. Understanding greater things than she can teach him, greater things with which to cope with the curse upon his bloodline as she had been taught by her father and mother. Finding himself in a new kingdom, in an academy designed for only the most elite of mages, Kilvic is tasked to survive the new things he will come to learn, while struggling with the chaos of human association, as he comes to understand that while he may know a great deal about the world from the castle archives, it is a different thing to experience them. The association between people isn’t as easily deciphered as the books made them seem. As he struggles with the task of becoming a mage and a student along with surviving new friendships, failure threatens him at every turn and people prove pettier than the books would have him believe. Yet, despite all these, somewhere hidden in the shadows of the kingdom, a creature stirs, taking from the academy the one thing it values most. Kilvic must survive the trials of the academy, keep his friends, best his first enemy, and ensure that what stirs must not cause more damage than the kingdom can bear, lest the supremacy of Castle Grey be called into question in realms beyond that which most know. And all in time to attend the Winter Hall Fest.

Caroline Brooks has spent the last few years working from home. It was easier for her. Safer for her. But everything changes when her friend asks her for a favor. "Are you going to kill me now?" Caroline looks at the twin devils in front of her, half scared and half turned on. She could feel her throbbing with need. "And why would we do that to our wife?" Nicholas smirks at her as Antonio reaches for his belt.