Strong Suits

Mature content. Bijak dalam membaca. Kiana adalah wanita gila. Itulah kalimat yang melekat padanya saat orang yang dicintainya, memasukkan dia ke dalam rumah sakit jiwa, namun semua itu tidak akan terjadi jika bukan karena kesalahannya sendiri. Membunuh, dan merencanakan pembunuhan. Harusnya, tempatnya adalah penjara, tapi mereka malah memasukkannya ke dalam rumah sakit jiwa. Kiana memang depresi dan dia sedikit nekat, tapi rumah sakit jiwa bukanlah tempatnya. Akalnya masih sedikit waras, namun sebuah vonis menyatakan kalau dia gila. Ditambah, kehadiran seorang psikiater bernama Rafael, membuat Kiana seperti dipaksa menjadi orang gila sungguhan. Sampai semua hal itu membuatnya menyadari, kalau dia berada dalam permainan Rafael. Psikiater yang menahannya dalam penjara tak terlihat. Kiana berusah menjauh dari Rafael dan memulai hidup barunya bersama Andrew. Satu-satunya orang yang selalu mencintai dan menjenguknya di sana. Tetapi, Rafael sama sekali tidak berniat dan tidak mau melepaskannya. Ada suatu alasan kuat tentang mengapa Rafael melakukan semua ini. Bisakah Kiana pergi dan hidup bersama Andrew? Melakukan penebusan dosa atas apa yang pernah dilakukannya di masa lalu? Atau justru, dia harus membayar dosa lain yang tidak diketahuinya dengan berada di sisi Rafael?

*Book 2* Mei Liu learned suffering from an early age. After experiencing great loss, she spent years enduring abuse at the hands of a sadistic pack of wolves, while hiding her identity. All until the day she was saved by her fated soulmate arriving at her doorstep. Mei was finally free, loved and accepted, with her happily ever after on the horizon. But an unknown enemy has been searching for her and once he finds her he has no intentions of letting her go. Dark secrets will be revealed, and she will be pushed beyond her limits. Can she rise up and fight back and become the strong woman she was destined to be? Or will it all be too much for her to handle? A Queen Among Snakes is the second book in the Queen Among series. Each story is set up in the previous book, so reading the books in order is recommended. Here are the books in the series: A Queen Among Alphas - Book 1 Bite-Size Luna - A Queen Among Alphas Prequel A Queen Among Snakes - Book 2 Runaway Empress - A Queen Among Snakes Prequel A Queen Among Blood - Book 3 Whole Again - A Queen Among Alpha's spin-off A Queen Among Darkness - Book 4 Dark Invocation - A Queen Among Darkness spin-off A Queen Among Tides - Book 5 Valor, Virtue, and Verve - A Queen Among Tides Prequel Spin-off A Queen Among Gods - Book 6 A Queen Among Tempests - Book 7

After waking up from coma, Sandhya found herself on this planet called “Twin earth”. She has awakened magical powers thanks to a certain mad scientist. Determined to help in eradicating them will she be able to protect that is dear to her? In this game of cat and mouse would Sandhya be able to destroy them before they destroy her? It was already a living hell for Sandhya. She woke up in another world, have these troublesome powers, now has to deal with her desk mate too! He has this permanent scowl plastered to his face as if the world is a criminal. And now she has to share a house with him too… Just her luck! Authors Note: It's a slow burn story so have some patience with this little author. Because it's an original novel turning the ideas into the form of writing takes time. If there's no update then don't get angry, please. The source for the cover for the story is Pinterest. I am using it after editing it a little. My Instagram ID- lovely_pdoraemon

This is the second book to the Bloodstone series. It can be a stand alone, but some characters and part are linked the first book, Alpha Erik. *** When you have been prepared your whole life for a future you don’t want. Do you fight it and avoid your destiny at all costs. Do you swallow your pride and follow through with the arrangements. Imelda is destined to marry the king of the underworld. A life she has been trained for since she could speak. Her parents may rule all the realms above ground, but when she is mated to the King of all evil, all bets are off. Will she love the man she is destined to marry or will she fight him until the very end, for her freedom and the dreams of exploring all the world has to offer. Mate or not, the crown is in her hands, more warrior than princess, what will she decide.

Being young and naïve, she was just that open-minded and what she desired was not something much but to be with that one person she strongly admired. Having a crush on someone she couldn’t easily attain; Selena could only watch as a spectator and pray for her beloved to smile at her even if he didn’t mean it. Dreaming to become strong, happy, and live with the people that she loves, meeting him changed everything. Her naiveness and her love for him made her muddleheaded that she unknowingly fell into a trap that he made for her. Selena found herself living in the dream she never thought she will be, having a contract marriage with the man of her dreams, falling for him deeply every single day, she knew that she was done for. However, despite the circumstances that brought the two of them together, Selena wasn’t going to just give and be comfortable with what she had. What she wanted was his heart, soul, and body and no one was going to stop her from being with the man she sets her heart on. Who cares if she is poor? As long as her heart is rich with love, she was satisfied with that.

The Warner Sisters Sutton, Blair and Keira - Three stories in one In Bed With Her Shithead Boss - Blair comes home to find her fiancé in bed with her cousin Laura. She is determined not to let it destroy her. She is a strong capable woman. What she hadn’t planned on was drinking too much then sleeping with her boss. Roman shows her things she had never experienced before. Didn't even know she would enjoy. The next morning in the cold light of day and sober, Blair wants to pull away and call it a one-night stand. Roman has other ideas. He just doesn't want her for one night he wants her period. CEO's Runaway Mistress - When model “Audrey” discovers she’s pregnant with billionaire Luca De Santis’s baby, she’s terrified to tell him. Their eleven-month affair has been passionate but uncommitted. Before she can find the right moment, Luca brutally ends their relationship, revealing he’s engaged to a teenage heiress and cruelly accusing Audrey of trying to trap him when she reveals her pregnancy. Heartbroken and alone, Audrey vanishes, returning to her real identity as Sutton Warner. Months later, a twist of fate brings them face-to-face again when Luca acquires the tech company where Sutton works. He’s stunned to discover the truth: not only is she carrying his child, but “Audrey” never existed. She’s actually Sutton, a gifted programmer with a mind as beautiful as her face. As corporate sabotage threatens to destroy everything they’ve built, Luca and Sutton must navigate their complicated past while fighting their still-burning attraction. But with his cruel rejection still haunting her and her fierce independence at stake, can Luca convince Sutton to give him and their family a second chance before it’s too late?

A cosmic sentient species that called themselves "Deities" made the first contact with humans out of necessity. 100 Years later, humans have discovered fractures deep within space-time. Inside these fractures, undefined concepts redefine themselves, the rationale is irrational, life is an enigma, and time is tangled. Is it a realm of God or a sanctuary of Cthulhu? Humans call them "Akashic Glitch". A 16-year-old Cadet, Creed Gryffon at the bottom of the hierarchy, finds a forbidden artifact that might have the potential to disrupt the entire power balance.

Josh, a university student, had known nothing but the harsh embrace of poverty throughout his entire life. Each day, he endured the relentless scorn and derogation from those around him. One day things took a turn for the worst, when he lost his job and his  girlfriend also betrayed him the same day. Josh's heart was shattered into a million pieces, leaving him in a deep state of hopelessness and sadness. Just when he thought things were only going to get worse for him, a sudden revelation changes his life for the better.

Diana, the princess of the Xenon pack also known as the Hidden pack, was accused of attempting to kill the new alpha's, her half-brother's mate and was thrown out of the pack. Her step-mother whom she loved more than her actual mother hired rogues to kill her, but she was saved by a brothel owner and taken as a courtesan. This was where everything in her life went upend. There, she found her mate who loved her and took her out of that hell and also the man whose obsession for her led to a war where he killed her mate, destroyed her pack just to claim her. An obsession that led to her death. ---------------- But she was given a second chance to life and reborn right when her life took the wrong turn in the past. Determined to not repeat the mistakes of her past and become a strong and independent woman, she starts her life once again. This time she wanted to protect not just herself, but her mate and his pack as well. But in her path to strength and independence was the patriarchal society where an unmarried woman wasn't allowed to go out of the pack without her mate or husband. "Kill the intruder!" My father and the alpha of Xenon pack sentenced a handsome young man covered in rugs and dirt. The soldiers were about to take him to the gallows when... "Mate!" I yelled, getting up from my seat and the whole court froze. I had been searching for a powerless man who could be my ticket to independence and I saw one right before me. I walked to him and hugged him. "If you want to live... fake this mate bond with me." I whispered to him.

"Menurutmu, apa hukuman yang pantas untuk seseorang yang berani menyentuhku tanpa izin, Riel?" Suara dingin itu menusuk, membuat tubuhku gemetar tanpa sadar. Rigen Ataraka—suami koma yang baru kunikahi pagi ini—berdiri menjulang, matanya penuh ancaman. Aku bodoh. Aku terlalu terpesona oleh ketampanannya hingga tanpa sadar mencium dan memeluknya, berpikir dia akan koma selamanya. Tapi pria ini tidak koma. Dia sadar. Segar bugar. Dan sekarang, dia ingin menghukumku. "Maaf, Rigen. Tapi… kita suami istri, kan?" Dia tak menjawab, hanya melemparkan dokumen ke arahku. "Tandatangani." Aku menatap kertas itu—pernikahan kontrak. "Jangan pernah bermimpi mendapatkan apa pun dariku," suaranya tegas. Begitulah aku menjadi istri kontrak Rigen Ataraka, menanti hari perceraian yang semakin dekat. Aku bahkan sudah bersiap dengan tunjangan dan rencana pergi jauh. Namun, saat aku menyerahkan surat cerai.… "Mau ke mana, Riel?" Rigen merobek surat itu tanpa ragu, matanya tajam. "Kamu tidak akan bisa meninggalkanku. Aku terlalu kuat untuk kamu tinggalkan, Ariella."