There Is No Free Lunch

Ditinggal nikah pas lagi sayang-sayangnya karena sudah menghamili wanita lain, akhirnya membuat seorang gadis bernama Kartika ini frustasi berat. Setiap hari hobinya makan, terus gadang sampai tubuhnya menyusut drastis. Namun, untungnya selalu ada tiga teman yang kerap memberinya nasihat. Sehingga gadis berwajah ayu ini bangkit perlahan-lahan. Karena tak ingin berlarut-larut dalam kesedihan, gadis ini pun akhirnya memutuskan untuk kembali mencari cinta sejati. Akan tetapi, siapa sangka kalau jodohnya justru adalah orang yang sudah begitu dekat dengannya selama ini.

My husband was sterile. Necrospermia, they said. His brother was in a coma and had no partner. Their mother wanted me to sleep with both of them and get knocked up with the family's heir. I refused and applied for a divorce. Ninety-nine times. Ninety-nine failures. Then, I put in the hundredth application. When that failed, I agreed to my mother-in-law's request, holding a pregnancy test result. My husband disagreed. That night, he stopped me before I could sleep with his brother. Harshly, he said, "My mother was just testing you. I can't believe you'd get pregnant with the illegitimate child." I was amused and annoyed. "You're the one who said yes, as long as I could get pregnant with your family's heir."

Isha dan Satrio tepergok berduaan di dalam kontrakan dan dituduh berbuat mesum. Keduanya dipaksa menikah saat itu juga atau akan diarak keliling kampung dan diusir dari sana. Mau tak mau Isha menikah dengan Satrio yang dianggap penganguran dan tidak jelas pekerjaannya. Setelah menikah Isha dan Satrio tinggal di rumah orang tua Isha. Keduanya terus-terusan direndahkan dan dianggap remeh oleh ibu dan Vita, adik tiri Isha. Satrio selalu dibandingkan dengan Surya, pacar Vita, yang bekerja di perusahaan besar dan punya jabatan bagus. Satrio tetap diam saat dirinya direndahkan, tapi dia selalu membela saat Isha direndahkan. Bagaimana cara Satrio membela istrinya dan membungkam orang-orang yang merendahkan mereka?

Jadi... Kau ingin mati? Atau ingin diselamatkan? . . . Ava menemukannya. Dia menemukan dirinya. Seseorang mengajarinya. Jika kau berpikir mati adalah satu-satunya pilihan, maka tetaplah hidup. Dengan begitu kau akan mulai menyadari, jika kau tetap hidup, maka pilihanmu bukan hanya mati.

By accident, I stumbled upon my husband's secret. There were cameras covering every corner of our house, but I stayed silent and pretended not to know about them. One day, I faked leaving home and hid in the closet, only to hear my husband fooling around with his mistress. Jared's breath was short from exertion. "Faster. We have less than 20 minutes before Vanessa gets back." His mistress giggled. "Relax. Her eyesight is terrible." Jared growled. "Shut up! Vanessa is my wife. Say another thing about her, and I'll throw you out!" What he didn't know was that my eyesight had been cured. My vision was as sharp as anyone else's. I stepped out of the closet with a choked sob and called my brother. "I'll go to Murica."

"Kita akan menikah selama dua tahun. Dalam dua tahun pernikahan ini, aku akan melindungimu dari Keluarga Meyer dan memberikan sejumlah uang padamu setiap bulannya. Namun, kau jangan mengharapkan lebih dariku apalagi sampai berharap aku mencintaimu!” Valerie yang seharusnya mati menemukan dirinya terbangun kembali di kehidupan pertamanya, tepat sebelum sebuah tragedi yang merenggut nyawanya terjadi. Tragedi yang membuatnya mati berhasil dihindari, tetapi Valerie malah menemukan dirinya terkena skandal cinta satu malam dengan Cedric, seorang pemuda misterius dengan identitas yang tidak biasa. Dan skandal itu membuat Cedric dan Valerie melakukan pernikahan kontrak. Valerie berpikir kalau semuanya akan baik-baik saja, tetapi gadis yang tidak beruntung itu juga menemukan kalau waktu hidupnya tidak lama lagi. Drama demi drama menerpa kehidupan Valerie, menguji ketegaran hatinya. Apa yang harus Valerie lakukan untuk bertahan hidup? Lalu bagaimana dengan hubungannya dengan pemuda misterius yang bernama Cedric itu?

[COMPLETED] Atlanta telah menjalani kehidupan pernikahan bersama Dylan selama dua tahun. Keduanya menikah menggunakan identitas palsu. Dylan yang bekerja sebagai agen Interpol menyelidiki kasus yang berujung pada istrinya sendiri sebagai tersangka utama. Bagaimana nasib pernikahan Atlanta dan Dylan? Akankah pernikahan mereka bisa bertahan dalam kebohongan?

"Sheltered her entire life, Jubilee Thornton yearns to spread her wings and fly after a childhood marked by illness. Her first goal? To attract the attention of the handsome schoolteacher she’s had a crush on for years, Heath DiMarco. One fateful night, Jubilee throws caution to the wind and kisses Heath—until he pushes her away and tells her they can never be together. Heartbroken, Jubilee vows to forget Heath and live the life she’s always wanted. In a fit of inspiration, she creates a list of resolutions: to go skinny-dipping, to go on dates, and to finally lose her virginity. Heath DiMarco moved to the small town of Fair Haven seven years ago to escape the memories of his past. Now a well-respected elementary school teacher, he can’t afford to have a dalliance with the youngest sister of his best friend, no matter how much that single kiss on Halloween night shook his world. That is until Heath finds Jubilee’s list of risqué resolutions. He can’t bear the thought of her with any man but him. Yet he knows he can’t have her himself. Instead, Heath decides he’ll vet the men Jubilee wants to date. Jubilee agrees, but only if he teaches her how to flirt—and how to kiss. He knows he should tell her no, but he can’t resist the temptation she presents. As desire heats to a roaring flame between them, secrets threaten everything they both hold dear. Unless they untangle themselves from a dangerous web of lies, they will face heartbreak—or be transformed by a passionate love."

They grew up in a cult community that as a culture killed Russians, Bonnie, Donald and Dr. Markus are Russians. This is because 1000 years ago there was a war and before the war Russians used to oppress the black people so the black people rose up, some good Russians helped the black people rise up and for a time after the black people won the war and got into rule they made laws to stop the oppression and things got calmer and people were arrested for racism. One day, 1000 years later, a black ruler was dying so he gave his crown to his nephew who hated Russians and the nephew turned black people against the Russians and created a whole culture of hating the Russians, this started tensions between the two races and literally got babies killed, mixed people were killed along with their Russian parents, black people who made babies with them would be kicked out of the community that used to be Christians and the nephew's son started a culture of killing Russians 1 time a month on the 13th day of the month. RedBeeSAndAmber2's Real Name is Treasure Marie Denise Jackson and I am her, I collaborated with GOD A.K.A. Jesus Christ To help me write this book. The Writer is an African-American. _________________________________________________________________________ This story is copyrighted. (Copr. ©) The copyright symbol, or copyright sign, ©, is the symbol used in copyright notices for works other than sound recordings. The use of the symbol is described by the Universal Copyright Convention. Copyright refers to the legal right of the owner of intellectual property. ... This means that the original creators of products and anyone they give authorization to are the only ones with the exclusive right to reproduce the work.

It's not what you think. Two social worlds collide with words, feelings, behaviours and ideas most unexpected to bring an even more unpredictable end. Lacey Atkins leaves school for a tear and comes back wanting nothing more than to be left alone. Alone in a classroom, Tom Wade sees Lacey and soon comes to want nothing more than to be with her. Her weird and unusual ways all make him the more curious and drawn in.