The Marriage Business Novel

Ini seperti mimpi buruk yang berlangsung lama. Saat Stella harus menikah dengan Dosen Killer di kampusnya. Tidak pernah sekalipun terpikirkan ataupun terbayangkan dirinya akan hidup bersama dengan orang yang dia benci. Apakah yang akan terjadi saat kedua insan yang saling membenci harus bersama karena sebuah perjodohan. Akankah Stella bertahan hidup bersama dengan sang Dosen Killer?

Si Kristine ay masunuring anak at hindi mahilig makipagtalo sa kahit na sino. Maraming pumupuri sa kanya dahil sa kanyang magaling na pakikisama, kaya malaking tanong para sa kanya kung bakit hinayaan ng Diyos na mangyari sa kanya ang kanyang mga pinagdaanan? Ang second year anniversary nila ng two years boyfriend at planong pagbibigay ng sarili rito dahil sigurado na siyang ito ang lalaking gusto niyang maging asawa ay nauwi sa isang malaking eskandalo. Ang lalaking namulatan niya sa kama ay isang guwapong C.E.O. ng isang steel fabrication at inaakala naman nitong isa siyang prostitute na inarkila nito. Mabilis ding kumalat ang scandal nila na hindi rin niya alam kung paano nangyari at sino ang may gawa. Dahil doon, pilit siyang pinahihiwalay ng ina ng kanyang boyfriend sa anak nito at pinagbantaan. Maging ang kanyang ama ay galit na galit sa kanya at sinabing hinding-hindi na siya makakatungtong sa pamamahay nila hangga't hindi niya dinadala ang lalaking kasama niya sa scandal at nang araw din na iyon, nakipaghiwalay sa kanya ang kanyang boyfriend. Nagpakalayo-layo siya dahil sa kahihiyan pero maliit ang mundo dahil ang boss niya pala sa bagong trabaho ay ang mismong nakatabi niya sa kama, at ito rin ang unang nakaalam na buntis siya at ito ang ama. Pinipilit din ng lola nito na panagutan siya o aalisin ito sa kompanya. Kung magiging asawa niya ito matutuwa ang kanyang ama na isang investment ang tingin sa kanya. Magpapakasal lang sila dahil pareho nila iyong kailangan. Para kay Kristine, ang magulang na lamang niya ang mayroon siya, kahit para na lamang sa katuwaan ng mga ito ay magpapatali siya sa lalaking kasama niya sa naganap na bangungot ng buhay niya.

"What do you mean we got married?" I asked him my voice raising a bit. "I don't like repeating myself but all I know is that we are in this mess because of you." he glared at me as his hands were balled up into fists. "Look Mister I don't know what you are talking about but I came here to audition as a runaway bride so stop with this nonsense." It all started with trying to get a job and ended with her getting married. When rushing to get at auditions for a runaway bride Alexandria finds herself at the wrong address but at the right time

Pernikahan politik adalah hal biasa di keluarga elit. Namun Selene Cromwell tak pernah menyangka, ia yang akan dipilih sebagai tunangan Leonard Romano, CEO Romano Engineering Group. Bukan karena perusahaannya bangkrut. Bukan pula karena paksaan. Melainkan karena Leonard justru memilih Selene dibandingkan adiknya, Rosette, yang hidup di dunia sosialita. Awalnya, Selene kira Leonard akan sama seperti laki-laki berkuasa pada umumnya, yang hanya menginginkan 'istri pajangan', tetapi... “Selene, kau tunanganku. Aku berhak mengkhawatirkanmu.” “Mari kita bicara dengan kepala dingin. Aku tidak ingin tidur saat kau masih marah padaku.” “…Moonlight, jangan tinggalkan aku.” Selene tidak mengerti kapan hubungan ini berubah dari kontrak menjadi sesuatu yang lebih berbahaya. Namun satu hal pasti. Ia tidak akan menolak perhatian suami tampan ini!

The two of them had long been crossing paths with each other in awards shows and galas and other social events, and fates seemingly decided that they’ve had enough. One encounter led to another, and unbeknownst to them, they’ll become two important pieces and a part of each other’s life. In the face of too many adversaries and challenges that will test their love and relationship, will they be able to escape unscathed? Would their love be enough to keep them together? Or will they give it up in order to protect their interest and survive in this crazy and scary world of showbiz? “Love is not easily hindered, nor restrained. It could not be stopped or contained for it is untamed.”

Skylar Miller, a 21 year old daughter of a drug addict, always loved her boyfriend, Ray in her own way despite always being busy. They have been together for four years, and he suddenly dumped her and it was all her boss's fault. Zane Hills, was the most ruthless CEO and the most powerful, influential and richest in the whole country. After schooling abroad most years of his life, he came back four years ago and took Skylar as his secretary ever since. Accidentally having a one night stand with Skylar when drunk, he proposed a fake marriage contract. She would help him keep blind dates his mother was setting up for him away while she could get the life of comfort without stressing about money which she wanted. But he started to realize he was drawn to her despite agreeing to never fall in love with each other. How long would he be able to resist her? And with danger and dark forces lurking around, would they be able to fight for their love?

My mother, Mariana Heimann, has terminal cancer. She wants me to get married before she dies. It takes 57 days of me pleading with my boyfriend, Hayden Weatherford, before he finally agrees to marry me. On the day we agreed to register our marriage, he's a no-show even after the city hall staff have clocked off from work. At the same time, Hayden's childhood friend, Scarlett Needham, shows off a photo of her and Hayden holding up their marriage certificate. It's captioned, "Time sure flies. In another week, we'll have been married for two months." It dawns on me that Hayden and Scarlett were married on the day I first begged him to marry me. I receive a message from Hayden on my phone. He apologizes, "Scarlett's family members were forcing her into marriage, Lucy. I couldn't stand by and watch her suffer, pressured into marrying a stranger. We'll get divorced in a week, after which you and I can get married." … One week later, I send Hayden a message as he waits for me in front of the city hall, dressed in a suit. "We'll never meet again, Hayden."

Salvatore Greco is genius and monster. As the right hand man and brother of the Capo of the D’Angelo, his lack of feelings is a blessing, not a curse – until his brother asks him to marry for the sake of the D’Angelo. Celestina Romano, cousin of the Capo of the New York Famiglia, is chosen to marry Salvatore Greco to prevent war with the D’Angelo, but what she hears about Las Vegas makes her veins pulse with terror. After her father betrayed his Capo and paid with his life, her family thinks marriage is her only chance to bring honor to her name; but only Celestina knows she’s a faulty prize given in return for peace.

Even though she doesn't love Jacob, Daphne decides to wed him in order to get the money she needs for her grandmother's surgery. She was treated more like a servant than a wife, but she is powerless to change it because it was her decision. But because they both got wasted that evening, something happened between them, and the result was that she became pregnant. Given that she is aware of Jacob's lack of love for her, does their relationship still have a chance? How is she going to accept the fact that their union is based more on the advantages they would receive from one another than on their shared love? What if she developed feelings for Jacob but his ex-girlfriend showed up again?

“เธอ” ทิ้งความเจ็บปวดไปเรียนต่อต่างประเทศ กระทั่งกลับมาเเละรู้ว่าครอบครัวกำลังล้มละลาย เเต่อยู่ ๆ เพื่อนของบิดาก็ยื่นข้อเสนอมาพร้อมการช่วยเหลือ โดยมีเงื่อนไขคือ การเเต่งงานกับลูกชายของเขา ทว่า...เจ้าบ่าวของเธอคือ “รุ่นพี่” ในความทรงจำที่เจ็บปวด ! การเเต่งงานที่เกิดขึ้นเพราะหนี้สินครั้งนี้... จะทำให้เขาหันมารักเธอได้หรือไม ?!