Second Husband

I knew they all hated me, I was weak and I had no wolves. They treated me like a slave, I was a disgrace to them, not to mention to my pack. My father, Alpha of the Widfire pack was suddenly rumored to have died. My sister, Arora O'Malley, was made Alpha of the Wildfire pack to replace the weak me. I was the eldest daughter, but I didn't have any rights that I could claim. At the age of 18, my wolf suddenly awoke. I found my mate and I dreamed of escaping this suffocating life. However, he flatly rejected me and chose another woman. I, Ruby O'Malley, just wanted freedom. And it looks like it will come true when Mother sells me to the Alpha King Triplets of the Celestial Dawn pack. I smelled the alluring sweetness, they were my second chance! *** "Are you afraid of me?" A heavy, slightly hoarse voice sounded melodious in my ears. A surprised shriek escaped my lips as my body suddenly levitated. Spontaneously, I wrapped my arms around his neck. He surprised me! Why did he suddenly carry me without any prior notice? "You can look at my face for a long time, but not now. You don't want to keep me and my other two brothers waiting, do you?"

Hunter Stone who is the Alpha of Black Lotus pack lost his human mate Madeline during childbirth. He became a different person. He almost lost his humanity. He found his second chance mate when he traveled to a neighboring pack. When he found out his second chance is half blooded, he made up his mind to reject her thinking the moon goddess is playing a joke on him. Isabella Greene had a normal childhood when growing up just that her mother was not in the picture. She left Isabella and her father when she was just two years old. Isabella knew nothing about her mother disappearance till her father became very sick and diagnosed with cancer. She found out her mother is a werewolf hence making her half blooded. She found herself in a werewolves world to stay with her mother after losing her father.

Eidolon Avenue: Where the secretly guilty go to die. One building. Five floors. Five doors per floor. Twenty-five nightmares feeding the hunger lurking between the bricks and waiting beneath the boards. The sequel to Eidolon Avenue: The First Feast (“a great read...powerful and jarring” - Cemetery Dance) returns to the voracious Eidolon as it savors The Second Feast. A narcoleptic man in apartment 2A battles a vengeful past determined to rob him of everything as he runs from the barbaric disaster of a delusional love. A woman in 2B, reinventing herself to please a callous boyfriend, discovers the horrors that wait in the shadows of her self-renovation. The man in 2C, a teacher at the nearby Catholic girl’s school, collapses beneath the brutal consequences of his lecherous desires. An older woman in 2D, after decades dedicated to the church, is cornered at last by the grisly carnage beating at the hollow center of her faith. And a college student in 2E, hungry to escape an ignored life of invisible anonymity, finds herself captured between the pages of a ravenous book. All thrown into their own private hell as every cruel choice, every drop of spilled blood, every silent, complicit moment of cowardice is remembered, resurrected and relived to feed the ancient evil that lives on Eidolon Avenue. ©️ Crystal Lake Publishing

"Mommy dan Daddy mau ke mana?" "Daddy dan Mommy akan bicara soal adik bayi dulu, Nak. BJ tunggu di sini. Oke?" "Oke, Daddyyy!" Xevia kian menarik cepat tangan Argon. "Apa maksudnya soal Jevon ingin punya adik? Kau tidak memengaruhi anak kita bukan?" Xevia langsung saja mencerca dengan pertanyaan, ketika mereka baru tiba di dalam kamar. "Tidak mungkin Jevon bisa punya ide un--" Xevia tak bisa melanjutkan ucapan karena Argon mendorongnya ke dinding. Lalu, mantan suaminya itu mengungkung dengan tubuh kokoh nan atletis. Xevia tidak bisa leluasa bergerak. "Aku sudah cukup bersabar selama ini, Xe. Aku tidak bisa menolerir lagi ketidakadilan yang aku terima." "Ketidakadilan apa yang kau maksud?” tanya Xevia kesal. "Ketidakadilan soal anak." Argon tetap mempertahankan seringai di wajah. "Setelah kita bercerai, kau bisa setiap hari dengan Jevon. Sedangkan aku? Hanya sendiri tanpa anak yang hidup bersamaku." "Aku ingin kau memberikanku seorang bayi lagi, Xe. Aku kira kita akan impas." Xevia membeliakkan mata lebar-lebar. "Apa yang kau mau? Bayi? Dariku? Bagaimana bisa?" "Kenapa tidak? Kau pernah mengandung anakku bukan? Tidak mustahil memberikanku satu bayi lagi." "Aku cuma ingin punya anak darimu, Xe. Aku tidak mau wanita lain. Apa kau bersedia satu kali lagi memberikanku seorang bayi?" imbuh Argon mantap. …………………… Walau sudah bercerai dengan Argon Davis, nyatanya perasaan Xevia untuk sang mantan suami masih ada. Begitu juga Argon yang hanya ingin mencintai Xevia sepanjang hidupnya. Perpisahan mereka bukan akhir bagi Argon, sebab sekembalinya Xevia ke California dengan anak mereka. Maka, kesempatan untuk bisa bersama Xevia terbuka lebar. Argon sudah menyiapkan beberapa trik kotor agar sang mantan istri mau menikah lagi dengannya. Argon yakin Xevia masih menyukainya. Sebab, wanita itu tak pernah menolak sentuhannya. Dan, ternyata mereka tetap cocok menjadi partner di ranjang. Setiap sentuhan terasa membakar untuk satu sama lain. Tak hanya kepuasaan tercipta, melainkan juga misi untuk menghasilkan seorang bayi. …………..

In front of the orphanage gates, Rebecca Schwartz, the impoverished student I had been sponsoring, stood glaring at me with a face full of disdain. "If you don't let Freddie come along, I'm not going to your house either," she declared, her tone sharp and unyielding. In the past, blinded by love and hopelessly infatuated, I would have caved to her demands, humbling myself just to keep the peace. But things were different now—I had been reborn. Staring at this despicable pair, who had once caused my tragic demise, a tidal wave of fury surged within me. Yet, it settled into nothing more than a faint, icy smile on my lips. "Then stay here," I said, my voice cold and steady. "Rot in this place alongside your precious Freddie. After all, trash like you belong in the garbage heap."

Years spent in a lowly house made her reluctant to leave the comfort of her position, capitalizing on her fame and beauty, to make money. Until suddenly, a woman known as Monica proposed to Nathan while she was about to serve him in room 310. Slightly moved by the promise of freedom that had long been lost, Monica finally accepted Nathan's offer to become his second wife. Who would have thought that her arrival in the family would unravel one mystery after another? There are many secrets in Nathan's family, and who was Nathan's first wife, who had a face similar to his? Were they truly connected?

When delivering food, Fiona Hayes accidentally saved a man. Little did she know, he was Gabriel Robinson, the City's wealthiest tycoon. He was a business emperor, legendary for his ruthlessness and cutthroat methods, a man who valued profit over family. When Fiona saved him, he promised her ten million dollars as a reward. But when the condition for the million dollars to arrive was that she marry him, Fiona suddenly responded, “I only wanted the ten million reward, not you!”

When Hannah Emerson passes away, she realizes that the world she lives in is actually the plot of a sappy romance novel. Her half-sister, Misty Emerson, happens to be the female lead, whereas Hannah is doomed to die a quick, insignificant death.Once Hannah has reincarnated and returned to the time when she's only 20 years old, she decides to start her life anew. This time, she's willing to take Misty's place in an arranged marriage with Darren Winchester, a cripple who has fallen from power. All she wants is to live happily ever after with her loved ones.Meanwhile, Darren is plotting to get back on his feet and regain his lost power. Mark his words. He'll definitely deal with those who dare bully his dear wife!

When Elizabeth takes a new job as a nanny, she assumes she's going to work for a wealthy couple who hired her. But instead of pulling up to their million-dollar estate, she finds herself on the front porch of a humble farmhouse, looking into the eyes of dark and brooding single dad, Jonathan. It's bad enough that Jon doesn't have a fortune to charm out of him, but he's also a police officer. After marrying his college girlfriend only to have her leave months after their baby was born, Jon has sworn off girls for life. All that matters now is taking care of his child. If anyone can break down the tough exterior of the former soldier, it's her. But just when she's close to getting exactly what she wants, she's faced with a whole new challenge. That is to pretend she does not love him.

Unang kita pa lamang ni Elle kay Navid ay nakaramdam na siya ng kakaibang atraksiyon para rito. Who wouldn't get attracted to Navid? Napakagandang lalaki nito. Idagdag pa na napakabuti ng trato nito sa kanya at sa kanyang lola. At dahil sa kabutihang ipinapakita nito sa kanya ay hindi niya napigilan ang sariling mahalin ito. Alam niyang suntok sa buwan ang mahalin din siya nito kaya't itinago na lamang niya ang pagmamahal niya para sa binata. Ngunit dahil sa isang gabing hindi naman dapat nangyari ay napilitan itong pakasalan siya, sa kagustuhan na rin ng mga magulang nito. Ngunit kahit kasal na sila ay tila wala pa ring nagbago sa relasyon nila. Their marriage was merely on paper, nothing more. Nonetheless, ayaw pa ring sumuko ni Elle. She has loved Navid for years, and now that she has the opportunity to make him feel the same way she does, she will not waste it. So she devised the plan of romancing her own husband.