Soberish For October

Bain and Gia met in Sizzling Strip, a pub along Times Square where Gia works. Bain is hunting for the perfect woman to propose a deal to—be his girlfriend and convince his mother he is in love with another woman so she will help extricate him from an arranged engagement with a socialite he wanted to back out of. Gia can’t believe the exorbitant fee she is going to get paid with, until he informed her there will be—possibly—a marriage contract should it come to it. And the reason she was qualified for the job? Not only did he like her, he feels she is attracted to him, too. But Gia has important reasons to accept the proposal--her mother has cancer and needed money for treatment, they're going to lose their house and her nanny, and she is a semester away from graduating college. It isn't like it’s going to be hard pretending to be the girlfriend of a wealthy, hot and sexy businessman. So the contract is signed and all and she is set to follow her boyfriend to Texas to start the game and meet with his mother. Whatever else could go wrong?

Takdir seolah mempermainkan Clarissa Anastasya. Gadis manis baru saja lulus SMA dan mencoba peruntungan mencari pekerjaan untuk menghidupi dirinya dan sang kakak. Naasnya Cla tak tahu jika saudarinya meminjam banyak uang pada rentenir dan harus membayarnya. Helena sang Kakak memiliki riwayat penyakit asma, dan Cla tak tahu harus bagaimana. Tawaran menjadi seorang pengantin justru datang dari seorang lelaki tua. Dia Abraham Reevand. Rela menyerahkan hartanya dan membawa paksa Cla ke istananya. Siapa sangka di istana itu juga di tinggali oleh 3 pewaris keluarga Reevand. 3 lelaki tampan yang kaget dan tak setuju jika kakek mereka menikahi seorang gadis bau kencur. Salah satu dari mereka justru berusaha untuk menyelamatkan Cla dari mimpi buruknya. Siapa lelaki tersebut? Mengapa dia rela berkorban? Simak kisahnya dan jangan lupa tinggalkan jejak.

As the respected Luna of the Clearwater Pack, Kara’s life is a lie. She’s a powerful secret Omega, bound to her Alpha not by a true mating mark, but by a hollow engagement ring and a desperate reliance on heat suppressants. Her world implodes when her Alpha, Kael, returns with his true fated mate. In a brutal act of cruelty, he publicly exposes Kara's secret and confiscates her suppressants, leaving her marked for ruin as her dangerous heat approaches. Hunted and broken, Kara escapes into the wilderness, where she is found by an alliance of powerful outcasts—a Lycan King, a loyal warrior, and a gentle healer. Unlike the pack that discarded her, they cherish her Omega nature, seeing it as a source of immense power to be protected. With the devotion of her new mates, Kara sheds the shame she was taught and embraces the strength she always suppressed. She rises as a queen in her own right, determined to forge a new destiny and dismantle the corrupt pack that threw her away. It is a story of a woman who finds her true pack by embracing the identity she was forced to hide, proving that real power isn’t given, but forged in fire.

Suzy’s life changed because of an unexpected event—one that caused a life to be lost. She was once a young woman filled with love, finding comfort in the warmth of her neighbor and in Alexander, the grandson who had returned from America. What started as simple, innocent admiration slowly ignited like fire, growing into something deeper. But all of it was taken from her because of a single incident. Now, Suzy lives haunted by memories she cannot escape. The warmth in Alexander is gone, replaced by cold hatred. In his eyes, she is the reason a life was lost. Desperate for forgiveness, she kneels before him—unaware that it is the wrong move. Alexander wanted to marry her, not to love or cherish her, but to slowly destroy her and she agreed, thirsty for forgiveness and love. After claiming her in a moment of weakness, he leaves for America—returning to the woman he truly loves. She thought she could endure everything. Until she discovered that another life was growing inside her. Terrified that her child would grow up surrounded by hatred… afraid that the little one would suffer for sins it did not commit, Suzy makes a heartbreaking choice. She runs. Because sometimes loving someone means protecting them— Even if it means disappearing from the man she loves.

Kehidupan pernikahan selama 4 bukan ke depan yang di jalani Nea menjadi mimpi buruk untuknya. Ia harus bersikap bak istri yang baik di depan semua orang, kecuali saat mereka berdua. Niko yang merupakan sahabat Nea, tentu saja terkejut dengan berita sahabatnya itu akan menikah. Di saat-saat seperti inilah ia menyadari bahwa selama ini Niko memiliki rasa untuk Nea, tetapi semuanya sudah terlambat. Setelah lamaran Nea baru mengetahui bahwa Aciel memiliki anak, bukan anak kandung melainkan anak dari almarhumah kakaknya yang meninggal tiga tahun yang lalu. Pada awalnya ia sangat sulit untuk dekat dengan anak Aciel, tetapi lama kelamaan mereka seperti ibu dan anak. Selain itu, ibu Aciel tidak menyukai kehadiran Nea. Ia cemburu setiap kali Nea berada di dekat putranya, padahal Nea adalah istrinya. Kecemburuan itulah membuat Nea selalu mendapat perlakuan tidak enak dari ibu mertuanya. Tidak sampai di situ, Nea harus hidup dengan berpura-pura menjadi istri Aciel. Inilah beban terbesar Nea.

Charlotte Viscount, sang wanita berdarah bangsawan akan menikah dengan Gabriel Addison, sang Pangeran kerajaan Godnation yang merupakan cinta sejatinya semenjak dulu. Namun, sehari sebelum pernikahan, tiba-tiba terjadi suatu musibah jatuhnya pesawat jet kerajaan yang menimpa Pangeran, sehingga menggemparkan seluruh negeri dan sang kekasih. Dikabarkan Pangeran dan sekretaris pribadinya menghilang tanpa adanya jejak. Suatu hari, Charlotte dan temannya menyadari bahwa kecelakaan tersebut bukanlah kecelakaan biasa. Maka dari itu, mereka menjalankan sebuah misi bersama untuk mencari dalang dibalik insiden ini dan motif pembunuhan sebenarnya. Apakah Charlotte dan lainnya mampu memecahkan semua misteri ini? Apakah sang Pangeran sungguh lenyap dari muka bumi? Apakah Charlotte akan menemukan kebahagiaan barunya atau tetap setia dengan cinta sejatinya?

Nakilala ni Angela Bautista ang dalagang mahilig sa pocketbook na si Heart Del Rio. Bitbit nito ang mga libro nito nang lumapit ito sa kaniya at binago ang takbo ng kaniyang mundo. Simula noon ay naging anino na niya ang dalaga. Naging maayos naman ang pagkakaibigan nila, ang kaso, pumasok sa eksena ang walang modo nitong kapatid na si Brian Del Rio. Inutusan siya ni Brian na layuan niya ang kapatid nito sa hindi niya maintindihan na dahilan. Kahit labag sa kaniyang loob ay sinunod niya ang binata at doon nagsimula ang kalbaryo ng buhay niya. Naging mas makulit pa si Heart at panay padala ito sa kaniya ng kung ano-ano na naging dahilan bakit na-chismis sila sa campus. Brian Del Rio to the rescue. Nagpanggap ang binata na ito ang nanliligaw sa kaniya para lang matabunan ang issue nila ng kapatid nito. Isang pagpapanggap na hindi dapat siya sumang-ayon. Maraming binitawan ang binata na mga pangako sa kaniya, but promises are meant to be broken. Hindi natupad dahil bigla na lang itong nawala at hindi na muling nagpakita pa sa kaniya. Dapat pa ba siyang maghintay? O dapat na siyang mag-move on dahil pagpapanggap lang talaga ang lahat?

Pushed off the cliff by her step-sister, Eve Knew no life other than pain and betrayal, and as she plunged to her death, she swore she was going to make all who hurt her pay. Years later, she's back with a new face and a new name and there's only one thing on her mind. Revenge and she was going to get it, no matter what it took. But she is not the only one with a thirst for vengeance... Raphael Batista was framed for Eve's alleged suicide and he knew exactly who framed him and was going to make them pay, his revenge was also going to extend to anyone who tried to help them out, even if the person was a woman who made his blood burn with fierce passion and reminded him a lot of Eve who was supposedly dead. There is no going back for them, or is there, especially when the truths are coming out to light and their antagonist is someone who would do anything, even kill to keep what they'd taken.

My sister-in-law, Sabine Vire, deliberately swapped my prenatal medication with abortion pills. As a result, my eight-month-old baby was gone. As I cried until I nearly collapsed from grief, my husband, Cassian Thorne, held me tightly and murmured, "Don’t worry. You’ll have another child." Three months later, I became pregnant again—this time with triplets. Overwhelmed with joy, I was just about to share the wonderful news with Cassian when I overheard a conversation between him and his friends. "All five of you didn’t use protection, right? I want to see how many brats her belly can carry. The wager is $50 million." "I bet three." "I bet one." Cassian burst into laughter. "If we’re betting, then we’re going big. I bet six. Who told her to slap my precious Sabine? If she can pop out a few brats to make Sabine happy, that’s her blessing." Sabine, the very woman who had fed me the abortion pills, was Cassian's beloved.

Si Elina ay ang anak ni Demeter at mag-isang naninirahan sa gubat ng Elusian. Sa loob ng mga taon ay hindi bumalik ang kaniyang ina sa hindi matukoy na kadahilanan. Sa kaniyang pag-iisa sa buhay ay lungkot ang naipon sa kaniyang buhay. Hanggang sa mayroon siyang nakilalang misteryosong binata. Isang binatang malamig ang puso. Hindi niya tinulungan ang dalaga na maka-alis sa malawak na gubat. Pagkatapos ng araw na iyon ay tumindi ang lungkot ng dalaga sa kaniyang buhay at siya'y nawawalan na ng pag-asang may makatagpo muli. Sa hindi inaasahan ay biglang may pangyayari na hindi maipaliwanag. Ang mga nagliliwanag na paru-paro ang nagtipon-tipon sa kalangitan at patungo sila sa hilagang parte ng gubat. Iyon ang gubat ng Nysa. Ang mapanganib na parte ng Elusian. Hindi nagdalawang isip si Elina sa sundan ang mga ito, hanggang sa nakita niya ang bukid ng mga iba't-ibang uri ng bulaklak. Gayundin ang nagliliwanag na pulang bulaklak. Ito'y mahiwaga. Nang bunutin ito ni Elina, ang kaniyang buhay ay biglang nagbago. Nakarating siya sa puder ng Mundong Ilalim, at nakilala ang diyos na namumuno dito, si Hades. Laking gulat ni Elina na ang diyos na nasa kaniyang harapan ay nakilala na niya noon. Nag-alok si Hades ng kundisyon sa kaniya, kapalit ng inutang na buhay. Ang maglingkod siya habang-buhay. Lumipas ang mga araw ay nakilala ni Elina ang totoong si Hades, at ang hindi inaasahan ay ang mahuhulog ang kaniyang loob sa kilalang malupit na diyos. Nagdaan pa ang mga araw na magkasama sila at ang mga pagbabago'y namumulaklak na tila mga rosas sa dilim. Ngunit, titibay ba ang kanilang pag-iibigan sa mga dadaang pagsubok sa kanila? Credits: Pinterest [ Book's Cover ]