The Black Rose Book

The male postpartum care specialist adjusted his touch with calm precision. Heat spread through my body, leaving me weak against the cushions. "You're quite sensitive," he said quietly. The warmth of his breath near my ear made me tremble, despite myself.

After being away from her childhood home for ten years, Alina returns to find the answers to her darkest questions. But what she finds there might be more than she can handle. With fear in eyes of stone, her past and something else, comes out to play. Who can you trust when your feelings know something your mind can't remember?

On her first day in a new town, Jessica Day saves the life of Oliver King mere minutes after he rescues her from the wolf stalking her in the woods. But there's more to the mysterious young man than his rugged good looks and charming personality. There's something dark and irresistible about him that draws Jessica into his supernatural world. Ollie's next in line to be the alpha of Forest Hills' largest werewolf pack, but a deal with Death herself has marked him for an early grave, and he's not exactly trying to save himself from this grim fate. Unable to deny their mutual attraction and the bond growing between them, it's up to Jessica to rescue Ollie from death's embrace and find a way to free him from his dark destiny before the villainous thing haunting Forest Hills finds her first. (Image in cover by Prettysleepy from Pixabay)

Aragon Gaultier, membangun istana Houston Hill untuk dihadiahkan kepada Puteri Elisa Denova. Sudah jelas dalam benak Elisa tentang tujuannya datang ke Slavidion. Berjalan mendatangi takdirnya. Seperti punya mata ketiga, dia bahkan tahu siapa yang kemudian dicintai dan mencintainya. Pertama kali Elisa melihat William Gaultier, pangeran itu terpukau dengan mawar yang ditanam di Houston Hill. Tanaman yang khusus dibawa Elisa dari kampungnya. Pangeran kecil ini, masih berusia dua puluh tahun saat itu, dia terlalu lugu untuk mengenal cinta. Dia tertegun melihat kecantikan Elisa, tapi kemudian ia memalingkan wajahnya untuk mawar-mawar di depannya. Masih bisa berpikir jernih ketika ingat gadis itu adalah tunangan ayahnya dan kedatangannya waktu itu untuk memperkenalkan diri sebagai calon anak tiri gadis yang mungkin berusia sama dengannya.

They say never judge a book by its cover, something Leo Andre quickly learns when it comes to Eva Martinez. At 29, Eva is a reserved, tightly-wound schoolteacher, juggling single motherhood, a divorce, and a demanding job. To most, she appears timid and put-together, nothing like the rebellious party girl she once was. Cast out by her strict family after getting pregnant young and not knowing who the father is, Eva left that life behind and built a quiet, stable world for herself and her daughter. But just as she finds peace, Leo, an old school acquaintance and the man she’s always found irritating, flips her world upside down. Leo, a successful and charismatic actor in his 30s, is growing bored with the single life and getting pressure to settle down. What he never expected was that the woman he always found dull was anything but that, in more ways than one. To his surprise, she’s also the same unforgettable girl from his past, the one he never truly forgot. As their connection deepens, long-buried secrets come to light, revealing a bond that runs far deeper than either of them realized. But Eva isn’t looking for love, especially not with someone tied to the very world she’s trying to keep her daughter and herself away from. She’s worked hard to rebuild her life and to keep away from the ‘family business’ but secrets from the past come back to haunt her. What happens when a woman who’s given up on love collides with the man who unknowingly holds a piece of her past, and maybe, her future?

Adalah Lisa, siswi pemurung yang hanya memiliki segelintir teman, pelanggan ujian remedial, dan cenderung pesimis dengan hidupnya. Serenina adalah nama karakter dalam game online yang lisa mainkan dengan citra yang berbanding terbalik dengannya di dunia nyata. Pemain tersohor dan dapat diandalkan banyak orang. Hidupnya yang dikira akan begitu-begitu saja, ternyata berubah drastis setelah Lisa menyaksikan kematian sepupunya yang terbunuh karena berusaha melindunginya. Hal-hal tidak masuk akal mulai terjadi, membuatnya terjebak dalam permainan hidup dan mati. Semakin Lisa mencari, semakin dia tidak mengerti, semua kekalutan dan kebingungan seolah berujung pada satu pertanyaan. "Siapa di balik cerminmu?"

Park Hye Jin seorang wartawan muda, tanpa sengaja bertemu dengan para gadis belia yang bertarung dengan dunia kelam. Seolah-olah memperjuangkan mimpi, tetapi berakhir menjadi boneka para pejabat untuk kesenangan. Ketika Hye Jin harus mencari adiknya yang hilang, serta memperjuangkan cita-citanya, ia harus membelah diri dan membersamai gadis-gadis belia tersebut menemukan keadilan. Dunianya campur aduk, terbelenggu, dan terjebak dalam rahasia besar. Tangis yang tertahan, luka yang terpendam, harapan yang tergerus waktu dan menghilang. Hye Jin menelusuri jalannya sendiri. Akankah ia mampu menemukan adik beserta mencari keadilan bagi para gadis belia yang kehilangan harapan? Ataukah ia ikut terjerumus dalam kelam kehidupan yang tidak mampu terjamah nalarnya?

In a world full of skepticism and mystery, two hearts of different principles and personalities teamed up to find the justice they yearn for a long time. But when the worst-case scenario came to challenge each other's trust, are they ready to risk their love to fulfill the long-lost justice?

Following the success of her two novels, Cela receives an offer for the TV adaptation of her stories but a third story has to be written soon to complete a three-story special. She is not in to the project until she rediscovers the paper bearing the address of the meeting place of her supposed first date with Nate. Now that her mother is no longer around to interfere, she becomes inspired to reunite with him after many years and hopefully write the third novel based on their new story. Unfortunately, he is now about to get married in two months. Disappointed with the turn of events, she decides not to meet him again. She visits their old meeting place and finds it a good place to write but unexpectedly meets him there. They agree not to talk to each other if they meet there again but fate leads them to meet again under different circumstances leaving them no choice but to speak to each other. Suddenly, Nate’s fiancée starts acting weird and suggests that he spend the weekend with Cela while she is away. Although it confuses him, he figures that it is her way of helping him get closure. The two spend one Sunday reminiscing the past expecting a closure in the end but the wonderful moment they share this time only makes it harder to achieve that closure so Cela has to put a stop to it saying, “Please don't think even for a second that there is still something left or something new to explore after everything that happened or did not happen. This is not a novel. This is reality. We don't get sequels or spin-offs in real life. We just continue. We move forward and that's how we get to the ending."

In the pursuit of happiness, he yearns for a love uncertain and burns with a fire that sets one man's frigid heart aflame. Will this romance be broken in Brooklyn or made in Manhattan? River Kennedi's heartbreak and a new lease on life sends him neck-deep into the corporate world when a ubiquitous Sebastian Black sets his sights on his skills with numbers and strange luck with making money.