Tastes Like War

“Show me,” he said, voice low and rough, “how good you're willing to serve me.” I should’ve spat in his face. Except, I nodded…because outside that tent, his men waited. The ones who’d tear me apart piece by piece if I said no. The ones I’d be handed to. I slid my palm between my thighs, breath hitching at my own touch, just a warning stroke and to stay alive. But when I brushed again, deeper this time, I gasped. “Keep going,” Malrik said, leaning back, watching like I was the most fascinating sin he’d ever seen. So I did. With shame thick in my throat and my heart pounding against cracked ribs. I did it for my sister, for survival, for him. *** Kaelith thought being rejected by her mate was the worst thing that could happen but she was wrong. Sold to a rogue warlord as leverage, branded like cattle, and forced into a savage camp where women are broken for sport and pleasure, Kaelith expects to die or worse. But she ends up in the mercy of Malrik Dren, the warlord himself. What happens when a broken girl becomes a weapon, and the monster meant to break her starts to fall?

Kane Porter was as boring as his name implied. Of all the financial coordinators under me, he was the one least likely to be interesting on an intoxicated evening. Kane was quiet, well-mannered and nobody was friends with him. I was his boss and I got along well with everyone until I came across a problem. The account I’d been skimming from had a good hunk of change missing now. Not good. How could I have it investigated without flagging myself for the ten thousand dollars I’d ‘borrowed’? There was only one thing I could do. Porter was a nice guy. He’d help me out. No one could be safer to ask…

A man breathless, standing valiantly before all his enemies. He was called Chyou Chen, a swordsman who earned an unrivaled title. After being trained by nine demon swordsmen.

Rengganis, seorang calon desainer yang sedang kesulitan keuangan, sontak saja kaget saat dia mengetahui bahwa dirinya adalah pewaris dari harta dan rumah mewah Tante Nirmala yang kaya raya tapi misterius. Terusir dari rumah sewanya, Rengganis memutuskan untuk tinggal di rumah warisannya. Rumah mewah yang berada di pinggiran kota itu ternyata menyimpan banyak harta sekaligus misteri. Terutama, kehadiran lelaki yang tinggal di sana yang mengakui bahwa ia termasuk ke dalam warisan Nirmala. Wait—what?! “Wilujeng Sumping, Nyai Rengganis. Mulai saat ini saya adalah suamimu.” Buku lainnya: Pengantin Pesanan | novelbyserafina WARNING!! Some scenes contained adult content that is unsuitable for children. Viewer discretion is advised.

My childhood friends switched their university of choice behind my back. Going to the capital, they enrolled in an elite university with an exchange student. To them, I was just a tool who could not survive without them. That impression lasted until the opening ceremony of an Ivy League university. As the representative of the new students, I stood at the center of the hall. Meanwhile, the youngest PhD advisor in the entire country watched me as he smiled. Beyond the world of the novel I lived in, the readers’ comments went wild. [Shouldn’t she be crying back at home? Why is she in an Ivy League university?] However, the next part was even crazier. That man actually asked me to be his girlfriend yesterday. He was Professor Samuel Grant, the one who had rejected my four childhood friends from studying under him. When my childhood friends left me behind to chase after that manipulative witch, they never expected me to cast aside my role as someone running after them. I ended up holding a full-ride scholarship and reached heights they could never touch.

Vanilla mendapati namanya diucapkan oleh Kian dalam ijab qobul. Ega, tunangannya yang telah menjalin hubungan lima tahun dengannya tak datang. Vanilla dilanda amarah meluap karena ditinggalkan oleh Ega begitu saja. Kemarahannya semakin besar ketika namanya ada di dalam surat wasiat tunangannya. Bukan sebagai penerima warisan, tetapi sebagai barang yang diwariskan. Iya. Nama Vanilla ada di dalam surat wasiat untuk diwariskan kepada lelaki lain. 

Roho walked into the training center as she did every morning but this morning things seemed to be pretty tense around the entire pack and it spread even to the warriors "what's going on?" "haven't you heard Red? the Alpha King is demanding every pack send members to undergo trials to join his army, they're saying the Reapers Nation seem to be on the move again so he wants to be prepared just in case they attempt to do what they did 76 years ago" "oh come on, you don't think that's really going happen do you Pete" " well, whether or not it's going to happen, the king has sent his degree, so the Alpha will hold a meeting tonight to announce the chosen ones to be sent to take part in the trials" A chance encounter between two mates, one yearning and the other is defiant and fights against their bond, what will happen when they are put to the test and all they have to rely on is each other.

Di desa kecil bernama Kamashiro, hidup seorang bayi bernama Kuro, pewaris terakhir dari kekuatan kuno yang diwariskan turun-temurun dalam keluarganya. Ayahnya adalah penjaga Naga Emas bernama Gidi, makhluk legendaris yang setia kepada keluarganya selama berabad-abad. Namun, kedamaian desa itu hancur ketika musuh yang haus akan kekuasaan menyerang, memburu Kuro demi menguasai kekuatan besar yang tersembunyi dalam dirinya. Dalam pertempuran terakhir, ayah dan ibu Kuro, bersama seluruh penduduk desa, mengorbankan diri mereka untuk melindungi Kuro. Ayahnya memanggil Gidi untuk menyelamatkan putranya, memberikan perintah terakhir agar naga itu menjaga dan melatih Kuro hingga siap menghadapi takdirnya. Dengan berat hati, Gidi membawa Kuro terbang menjauh dari desa yang telah menjadi abu. Dibawa ke tempat persembunyian di puncak gunung, Kuro tumbuh besar di bawah perlindungan Gidi. Naga Emas itu menjadi pelindung, pengasuh, sekaligus mentor bagi Kuro, mengajarinya cara bertahan hidup dan melatih kekuatan besar yang mulai muncul dalam dirinya. Namun, perjalanan mereka penuh bahaya, karena musuh yang menghancurkan desa Kamashiro terus mencari jejak mereka. Saat Kuro mulai menginjak usia remaja, dia harus menghadapi kenyataan pahit tentang warisannya, kekuatan dalam dirinya, dan takdir besar yang harus dia jalani. Bersama Gidi, Kuro memulai perjalanan epik untuk mengungkap rahasia kekuatan kuno, melawan musuh-musuh yang tangguh, dan membuktikan bahwa dia layak menjadi pewaris terakhir keluarga Kamashiro. Namun, mampukah Kuro menguasai kekuatannya sebelum segalanya terlambat? Atau, akankah musuh yang menghancurkan keluarganya kembali merebut segalanya darinya?

Kisah seorang wanita muda yang memiliki kemampuan istimewa melihat warna hati. Kisah cinta yang menemui banyak rintangan, terutama dari diri sendiri.

For the sake of your husband, you chose to be a submissive wife, giving him everything without a second thought. But just as his world began to flourish, he brought another woman to usurp your place. "She is the daughter of an Alpha, a premier warrior. You are just a useless housewife. How could you ever be worthy of being my Luna?" Reduced to a shadow, mocked by the entire Pack, you finally remember who you truly are—the strongest warrior, the Selene-Blade, a Sovereign Alpha in her own right. Now, it is time to take back everything you gave them...