the secret life of bees novel

In the grand church where her dreams are meant to come true, Belva Moguel’s world shatters in an instant. A damning video plays—Pascha Romanov, the man she’s about to marry, tangled in betrayal with her best friend. The vows remain unspoken, the promises broken before they even begin. Heartbroken, Belva walks away from everything: the man she thought she knew, the family she cherished, and the perfect future she had once envisioned. Five years passed. In San Francisco, Belva rebuilds her life from the rubble of the past, living peaceful days with the big secret she’s been hiding: a little boy the world has never known, let alone his father. Yet, her fragile peace crumbles when destiny thrusts her back into the path of the man who once shattered her heart. A ghost from her past who ignites chaos with a single, reckless night of passion. His intoxicating charm pulls her into a whirlwind she swore she’d never revisit, leaving her reeling from the thunderous echoes of her mistake. Pascha is no longer the man she knew. He has turned into a cold, vengeful figure with a dark charm that shakes Belva's walls. Amidst the chaos, Belva must face the fact that Pascha has another woman by his side, while she desperately protects the secret about their son. As past and present collide, Belva is caught between love, betrayal, and a choice that could destroy everything. Can she hold on to the world she has built, or must she give up everything, once again?  

William Wang pewaris tunggal Wang Interactive sebuah perusahan yang bergerak dibidang content provider. Ia dijadikan CEO oleh orang tuanya yang lebih memilih pensiun dari bisnis. William pun sudah dididik dengan baik oleh ayahnya. William yang menyelesaikan pendidikannya di Universitas Harvard AS ternyata menyimpan rahasia kelam yang tidak diketahui oleh siapapun juga. Pertemuannya dengan salah satu model yang dikontrak oleh perusahaannya menimbulkan rasa cinta terlarang pada model pria pendatang baru tersebut. Sean Ho model muda yang sudah terbuka dengan orientasi seksualnya sebaga i seorang gay. Ia berjuang kuliah sambil bekerja seorang diri, karena harus kehilangan kedua orang tuanya akibat kecelakaan mobil beberapa tahun lalu sebelum ia membuat debut sebagai model. Ia yang bertemu dengan seorang kawan yang akhirnnya membawanya pada dunia model yang membuat dirinya berhasil meraih kesuksesan. Adeeva Seorang wartawan wanita yang sangat ambisius dan memiliki obsesi yang tinggi pada pekerjaannya sebagai awak media. Ia yang akhir-akhir ini mengalami tekanan dari atasanya karena dinilai kurang mampu mengangkat berita yang bisa menjadi treading topic di masyarakat. Berita yang berikan Adeeva dinilai tidak menjual maka posisinya sebagai wartawan senior pun terancam diturunkan. Ditengah tekanan tersebut ia melihat sebuah kejadian yang ia pikir akan mampu membuat namanya naik kembali jika ia mengangkatnya dalam sebuah berita yang ia tulis.

Kamila dan Bimasakti harus berada pada keadaan yang membuat mereka bersama untuk waktu yang lama. Hingga perasaan mereka diam-diam saling menyembuhkan satu sama lainnya

WARNING : Matured contents !!! 18+ This book contains a lot of steamy contents and profanities, it doesn't get boring, it only gets hotter. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK. "You know," Octavia mused, "we both have these intense sexual urges, but we're terrible at picking partners. What if we just became friends with benefits? No strings attached." Keir raised an eyebrow, his piercing blue eyes meeting hers. "Friends with benefits, huh? Are we sure we can keep it that simple?" Octavia Cosmo and Keir Hydra are childhood friends, they come to a compromise that after being in a series of unhealthy relationships with their past partners, they should be friends with benefits to satisfy their sexual urges. But as weeks of intense passion and lustful acts turned into months, Octavia's heart began to betray her. She found herself thinking about Keir not just in the heat of the moment, but at the most unexpected times. Love had stealthily crept into their friendship, but she was afraid to admit it. One night, as she lay on Keir's chest after a night of pleasure, she finally mustered the courage to speak. "Keir, there's something I need to tell you," she began, her voice trembling with vulnerability. But before she could continue, Keir gently interrupted, his voice laced with regret. "Octavia, we need to talk. I've been thinking... I want to call off our agreement." "What?"

Alexandra is moving to a new town to live with her cousin Clarissa. Her life is all party and no pressure, but she is tortured by naughty dreams and thoughts about her handsome, but mysterious boss Michael. What will happen when he let Alexandra close enough to learn his secret? Can she handle his dark past, can she trust him? How long can Michael resist his alluring employee? Read to find out. "I knew since the first time I saw her that it would be difficult to be around her and not grab her and take her upstairs to my bed. I knew that I would suffer from that, and I hired her, ignoring my gut feeling. I couldn't be with her. I couldn't be with anyone. At least not at the time. I bet she wouldn't even want to be near to me if she only knew what my secret was, the reason I sold my house and left my hometown to come here."

Leon, seeorang pria dingin yang sangat cuek dengan sekitar, memiliki kehidupan yang sangat mewah. Kemudian semuanya berubah saat dia menyelamatkan seorang gadis yang sedang di kejar-kejar oleh mafia. Gadis tersebut tidak mengetahui ternyata pria yang menyelamatkannya adalah anak dari mafia yang terus mengejarnya. Mulai dari pertemuan mereka yang tidak di segaja tersebut, dapat merubah kehidupan keduanya. Ketika semua kebenaran yang begitu pahit terungkap jelas dan semua masalah mulai muncul menghadang keduannya. Apa saja kebenaran pahit tersebut? Akankah keduanya sanggup menghadapi semua masalah yang muncul?

My husband's childhood friend says she wants her crystal beads to soak up some of the good luck in our home. Because of that, he scatters the beads on the floor, making me slip and miscarry. I'm in agony as I lie on the operating table. I call my husband incessantly, but all he does is block my number. I lie in the hospital ward after the operation. I see my husband's childhood friend's social media update—a photo of him worshipfully holding out a certificate while getting down on one knee. It's captioned, "He loves me so much! I said I'm interested in running a business and he actually set up a company for me!" On the day of the branch company's grand opening, my husband's childhood friend wears an expensive custom-made gown. Meanwhile, I wear her discarded goods. I'm barred from even entering the building. I suppress my bitterness and call my lawyer. "Are the divorce procedures done?"

Haidar bastian seorang pria muda sukses, pemilik salah satu perusahaan ternama di sebuah kota Jakarta, terpaksa menikahi seorang gadis culun yang sederhana demi mematuhi adat istiadat keluarga besarnya, yang mana tidak akan terjadi pernikahan seorang adik, sebelum kakaknya menikah. Helena quirin, itu lah nama gadis yang harus ia nikahi, tak ada pilihan lain, karna hanya dia lah yang bersedia tanpa syarat. "Akan aku mulai dari diri mu, Bastian." ucap Helena dalam hati. Siapa Helena? Mengapa ia mau menikah dengan Bastian?

RAIN CRISTOBAL, she's a woman with a twisted life who will meet ALEXANDER STORM HARRISON that will devised her as his Fake Girlfriend. What will happen to their so-called affectation? Will it end with a common ending where they will both fall in love with each other and live happily ever after? Or, will their relationship end as just employee and employer bond with the contract they'd signed? Rain survived a hit and run accident, a car accident, and even survived on an Island alone for one day. She even had a painful past that tore her heart into pieces. But can she be able to survive from a heartbreak caused by love-I mean affectionate love they started?

"The CEO and her secret lover" focus on the beautiful daughter of blackwood ..who found her self in love with someone that's forbidden by her family..But their love was so strong that they didn't mind going against their family and facing the challenges that comes their way...