The Woman In Gold Novel

“I am sorry, Mr. Thomas, but I am married—" "To an asshole," Thomas interrupted, his voice dripping with disdain. My eyes flashed with anger. "To my husband," I corrected. Thomas raised an eyebrow. "Your husband doesn't know or care that you're crying because he's in there flirting with another woman." My face burned with shame. "He's just socializing," I defended, frustration betraying my words Thomas snorted. "By trying to get into her pants." He smirked, moving closer while I retreated, the space between us shrinking with every step. "I am sorry, Mr. Thomas, but my marital life is none of your business." "Only I can decide that." He said, his smirk twisting into a snarl I opened my mouth to protest, but he cut me off. “Say one more word and I'll have you right here and now" he said, his voice a low, husky growl. His finger traced the curve of my face, my heart racing and I felt my defenses crumbling. In a lightning-fast move, his lips slammed into mine, crushing me with a kiss that was both savage and intoxicating. ****** Two people, different worlds, with just one thing in common - Secrets. What happens when formidable sparks begin to brew and secrets threatens to unravel?

Mira, Sera, dan Lia, ketiga gadis cantik yang baru saja lulus dari bangku kuliah dan telah diwisuda di sebuah universitas ternama di Jakarta. Ingin merayakan kelulusan mereka dengan bertualang di laut. Ketiganya telah menyewa sebuah kapal kecil untuk membawa mereka berkeliling perairan laut mengarungi samudera biru. Namun disaat ketiganya sedang asyik berlayar dan menikmati keindahan lautan di perairan Indonesia. Tiba-tiba saja cuaca yang tadinya cerah seketika menjadi gelap. Angin kencang mulai memainkan perannya. Gelombang laut pun mulai pasang. Sekoci kapal yang mereka sewa juga rusak. Yang membuat kapal mereka terombang-ambing di lautan luas. Setelah beberapa hari melayang-layang di atas lautan biru, ternyata ada kapal lain yang juga mengalami nasib yang sama dengan mereka. Di dalam kapal itu ada tiga orang pria bernama Edu, Hezki, dan Ronald. Kondisi kapal Lia, Mira, dan Sera telah bocor karena terkena batu karang yang keras. Membuat mereka harus pindah ke atas kapal yang ada tiga orang pria tadi. Beruntungnya, kehadiran ketiga gadis itu disambut baik oleh para pria tersebut. Akankah keenam orang itu dapat selamat dari amukan lautan bebas itu? Dapatkah mereka bertahan hidup selama berada di atas samudera yang luas? Mungkinkah mereka akan menemukan daratan? Ataukah kapal mereka akan tenggelam? Plagiarisme melanggar undang-undang hak cipta nomor 28 tahun 2014.

Ayon kay Lao Tzu, a Chinese philosopher, be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you—na siyang isinasabuhay ko. I only have my mother and my two friends, Charlynn and Reisha. My mother works for Charlynn's family. We are not really poor and definitely we're also not rich but we're living comfortably. Nevertheless, I am contented with my life. But, after meeting the man that I like, I started to dream for more. I started to ask for more just to equal his riches even though I know for sure that it was impossible. Life is meaningful. Full of life lessons, full of challenges, and battles that you need to surpass. Pero no'ng nawala sa akin si Mama, iyon ang hindi ko kinaya. Sinisi ko sa lahat ang pagkawala niya. Nagtanim ako ng galit sa pamilya na tinuturing kong pangalawa kong pamilya. And he was there, just accepting my madness. But, what if everything that I believed was all a lie? Paano kung lahat ng sinisi ko, maling tao? Would I be able to get to his life again? Or our memory will remain just like how we first met? Dark.

Violet Harper, an actress, has just about anything going wrong in her life. That is until she's offered a deal that she can't possibly resist: pose as the long-lost sister of billionaire CEO Clyde West to fulfill his father's dying wish. But the moment she plays the obedient daughter, the line between reality and fiction blurs. The longer it takes Clyde to get infatuated with his fake sister, the more Violet is stuck deep into a web of deceit, torn between the role she is playing and the truth she's hiding. Told against a backdrop of clashing family secrets, taboo love, and lethal alliances, the choices Violet and Clyde make dictate the measure of their devotion to their own hearts-and one another.

Enzo Corretti is a monster. He runs the most powerful crime family in the world. Being ruthless and unfeeling is in the job description but nowhere in the handbook did it ever say how to deal with someone like Dylan. She may look like a saint but underneath her pretty doe eyes there's a monster in waiting. Dylan Monroe is a Saint. That's what everyone always said about her. Growing up in violence and tragedy, she managed to live a normal life despite it. Well, that was until eight men showed up in her house with seven guns aimed at her head and the most vicious of them all, Enzo Coretti claiming she had something that belonged to him. Maybe she did. But Dylan knew if she gave it to him, it wouldn't end well for her.

Dad attends a banquet with his ex-girlfriend, and they make headlines. Everyone mocks Mom for this, saying that she hasn't gotten anything out of her relationship with Dad. They make fun of her for giving up her successful career for his sake to end up with nothing—she can't even tell a homewrecker off. Mom looks at me tiredly after bawling her eyes out. "He let me down first, so I don't want him anymore. Do you want to leave with me, Rosie?" Just then, my phone pings. I've received a text from my boyfriend of seven years. "I'm just going through the motions and registering my marriage with someone else, Rosalie. You'll still be my girlfriend!" After a brief silence, I nod and tell Mom I'll leave with her. On the day of the double weddings, Mom and I disappear after a fire at our villa.

I'm undressed and bound to a testing table when my family comes to pick me up. A thick, sharp needle pierces into my neck. A drug is administered into my blood, and the pain almost makes me lose consciousness. Behind me, I can feel a man's cold hands stroking my skin amorously. Before me, several people are staring at me. They point at me and treat me like an educational instrument. I tremble in fear and curl up on the testing table in pain. Three years ago, my brother sent me to Mykorra's war zone to stand up for Yvette Sanders. Those were the three most insulting and torturous years of my life. They burned away my hope for kinship but not my desire for survival. As the hands roam lower on my body, I bite my lip so hard that I almost draw blood. As the hands start to go overboard, someone knocks on the door. "Wendy Sanders, your brother is here for you."

Venice's married life was like an empty bottle.Hindi niya kailanman naramdaman ang tunay na pagmamahal ng kaniyang asawa.She can't escaped herself from asking kung saan siya nagkulang.She gives everything, her eternal love but still, not enough.Until their marriage was suddenly turned upside down.Nakipaghiwalay sa kanya ang kanyang asawang si Diego.Hindi niya matanggap ang kinahinantnan ng pagsasama nila.Hindi niya alam kung paano iibsan ang sakit na naidulot ni Diego sa kaniyang puso. Hanggang sa dumating ang araw na hindi niya inaasahan.Muling nagbalik si Diego asking for forgiveness and begging to love him back again. Tatanggapin pa kaya niya ito sa kabila ng lahat ng sakit na idinulot nito sa puso niya? What if one day she find out na, ang lalaking bumalik at nagmakaawa sa kanya ay hindi naman pala ang dati niyang asawa? Sino ito? At bakit kamukhang-kamukha nito ang kaniyang asawa? Ano nga ba ang itinatagong sikreto sa likod ng dalawang magkaparehong mukha? Paano kung napamahal na siya sa mapagpanggap na binata?Will she let go of him ngayong ilang beses niya nang ibinigay ang kaniyang sarili dito?

After receiving the news that her husband had died during a mission, my sister-in-law collapsed from the shock. When she woke up, she'd lost her memory. She clung to my husband and refused to let go. Our husbands were twin brothers. The doctor said she couldn't be triggered, so my husband and mother-in-law sat me down and begged me to play along until she got over this. Every time I brought it up again, they shut me down. "This is only until she gets her memory back!" So I watched as my husband and his widowed sister-in-law eat, sleep, and live under the same roof. Even our daughter could only stand by and watch her cousin call him "Daddy". One day, my daughter spiked a high fever and wouldn't wake up. I begged my husband to take us to the hospital. Unexpectedly, his sister-in-law went berserk over it and threatened to kill herself. In the chaos, I was stabbed in the heart by the scissors she swung around. When I opened my eyes again, I found myself back to the day my husband agreed to play the role of a substitute husband.

Kim Ara woke up in a hotel room, and realized that she had become a herself. When she tried to run away, she met Ozgur Doğan instead. The Middle-East Godfather! "Back there and be his whore, or here and be mine?" -Ozgur Doğan- ***** Ozgur Doğan is a bad man who manipulates his identity, so that made his accepted as the son-in-law of the Kim family. His life is filled with lies after lies. So that it makes many people fall into his bad life. Slowly, all of his lies began to be exposed. "Do you believe in life after death? Maybe, reincarnation?" -Kim Ara- ***** Does he still deserve to live happily? Or is he more deserving of being in hell? Here tells about the bad son-in-law!