Thomas Brodie Sangster The Queen's Gambit

Alice is the Don of the Russian Mafia. In a world full of evil, she fought her way to the top and became the most respected woman in the whole of Russia. People shivered in fear when they heard her name. She was the law herself and no one dared to go against her, except one person. Her father. He was her worst nightmare. He agreed with the American Mafia to marry her off to their Don. Matt Salvador on the other side didn't care about the marriage. All he wanted was to make his Mafia the strongest. He has never seen his supposed fiance before but he heard a lot about her. Toiling with the idea of breaking her, what happens when the two of them meet? Will they find love or kill each other?

Emmi: The princess of Solace City, has grown up knowing that the deal her parents agreed with The Wolversons before she was born means she has no escape from the life ahead. Growing up knowing she is going to be sent to The Wolversons city to marry one of the brothers, she has fought to find ways to avoid it, especially as being the princess of Solace city means no man has ever touched her, and the thought of living with these unknown men while being a virgin worries her. She has never once met any of the Wolversons brothers. But her rebelling forces her family to send her to the Wolversons sooner. As Emmi tries and figures out a way to escape this arranged marriage to pay off her parent's debt. She soon realises, that her own family has lied, and is willing to hurt her in any way possible to get to The Wolversons to win their city from me. Facing the reality that her family are trying to kill her, she agrees to side with The Wolversons to stop them even if it means losing her family forever. The biggest battle, however, is she needs to choose one of the brothers to marry, but she can't pick as she finds herself falling for them all. Is love enough though? When the brothers offer her freedom and a way to escape both families and cities, will she take the escape and leave them all behind or stay and finally make a choice of who to marry?

Hanes, Sagma, Gian, Dima, Sandya, Leo, Wira, dan Rafa adalah delapan anak laki-laki yang terikat tali persaudaraan atas kesamaan nasib berakhir di panti asuhan tanpa ada yang memerdulikan mereka. Ketika harapan delapan bersaudara untuk diadopsi akhirnya terwujud, mereka terlampau senang dan tidak sabar untuk menjalani hidup di rumah baru bersama ibu angkat mereka. Namun semua kesenangan itu berakhir ketika Mama memperkenalkan mereka kepada boneka-boneka buatannya. Hal-hal janggal mulai menimpa delapan bersaudara itu dan melibatkan boneka-boneka Mama. Rahasia Mama yang selama ini disembunyikan akhirnya terkuak, termasuk alasan mengapa ia mengadopsi delapan bersaudara itu. Delapan bersaudara itu pun sadar, seharusnya mereka menolak ketika Mama hendak mengangkat mereka sebagai anak-anaknya.

Kerajaan kertas awan, salah satu kerajaan yang memiliki nama lain Paper Royal Castle ini terletak di dalam hutan larangan. Paper Royal Castle memiliki seorang Raja dan Ratu yang selalu ramah dan bijaksana dalam mengatur rakyat-rakyatnya. Pemukiman di sekitar Paper Royal Castle juga tentram dan nyaman. Karena rakyat di sana memiliki tata krama terhadap tamu-tamu kerajaan ataupun tamu luar yang datang. Raja Agresto, dan Ratu Grittel memiliki putri kembar yang bernama Guenloie Grizelle Shaenette dan Zeline Zakeisha Grizelle. Shaenette memiliki paras cantik, namun sikap tertutupnya membuat semua rakyat selalu berpikir jika Shaenette adalah gadis sombong. Ia juga jarang mengikuti pertemuan Raja-Ratu kerajaan lainnya. Dan itu juga membuat nama Shaenette tidak terlalu dikenal oleh kerajaan lain. Sementara Zeline juga tak kalah cantik dibandingkan Shaenette. Ia memiliki sikap ramah kepada semua orang, selalu membantu rakyat berkebun, berkuda dengan sang Ayah, dan memanah. Zeline memiliki kemampuan bela diri, dan ia juga mampu mengikuti pelatihan-pelatihan para Ratu dalam acara Tujuh Puteri untuk mewakili kerajaan.

Killian was raised by an alpha but never dreamed of actually being one. When he is given the honor of being alpha, he takes on more responsibility than he ever wanted to have. When he meets his mate and is unable to rescue her, he knows being a hardened alpha will be the only way to save her. Crystal grew up knowing her life was a living hell. She was beaten and abused by everyone but mostly by those who were supposed to protect her. When she sees Killian for the first time and feels the pull of the mate bond, she thinks her life just got worse. Soon she realizes that Killian is the only one that can save her. She knows she will risk her life like never before in order to be with him in his protective embrace. Killian swears to protect his mate at all costs. Even from those who claimed to be her family. Crystal soon learns that Killian would lay down his life for her, and so would her new pack. She finds out quickly that being Luna, even of a military pack, is exactly what she always needed.

"Look at me properly and try to remember." He implored her, his silvery eyes boring into hers. Maya raised her nervous eyes to meet his. Searching her head, she tried to remember where she may have met this man before. As she stared at him, a sense of familiarity began to settle. Those eyes... she'd seen them before. Where has she seen them? One by one, the images came. The pictures from a time she had forgotten. She had helped someone with eyes just like this. Still in his embrace, a daunting realisation began to set in. She'd met this man before. Long before he even dreamed of being a king... **************** A tyrant king conquers a kingdom so he can get married to her forgotten princess. People expect a marriage filled with strife and everything but none of that happens. Instead he treats her right, worships her and kisses the very ground she walks on. Why is that? People wonder. The reason is quite simple. Years ago, the same princess had saved his life from the bitter hands of death when he was betrayed by his half brother, the crown prince of Madonia.

In the future, humanity went into all-out war, leading them to the brink of destruction. Causing chaos to come to this world. Blessing some with the magic of chaos. Life has restarted, and we now live like we did in medieval times. Vampires and werewolves amassed great wealth and power, controlling vast areas of land and making humans and witches choose sides. Their only option is to choose the lesser evil, so they can at least live peacefully. There is a war of purity going on between werewolves and vampires. Both sides are looking to unlock a greater power and to ensure this, marriages to witches became more common. It is such a world that Tempest lives in. Her mother's ancestors were from a place they called Haiti before the war and explosions. Her ebony brown skin and ice-blue eyes make her the rarest kind of chaos wielder. A witch and a wielder of water. Tempest is thus a rare symbol of power. Tempest is the bastard daughter to Lord Bennet, the alpha of a smaller group of African werewolves. Where they believe purity in the pack matters. When she became a witch instead of a werewolf, she was given away to a coven of witches. The coven of witches sold her to the new ruler of the land, Alucard, a vampire with amber eyes and long pale blond hair, an immortal with the capability and strength to change the future Whether he has to be cruel or not. Can Tempest deter his sadistic ways and deliver her people from fear?

Dunia kegelapan mengenalnya sebagai Ratu Iblis yang tak terkalahkan, pemimpin yang memerintah dengan tangan besi dan kekuatan tak terbantahkan. Namun, sebelum menjadi sosok yang ditakuti, Zhefora hanyalah seorang gadis kecil yang dikutuk oleh takdir. Ia lahir sebagai putri dari penguasa kerajaan iblis, tetapi sejak kecil ia dijauhi karena cakra iblis yang mengalir dalam tubuhnya—sesuatu yang bahkan kaum iblis sendiri takuti. Dibandingkan dengan saudara-saudaranya yang disanjung dan dihormati, Zhefora tumbuh dalam bayang-bayang ketakutan dan kebencian. Jika ia terluka, orang-orang menghindar. Jika ia tersenyum, mereka menatapnya dengan ngeri. Jika ia menangis, dunia seolah menertawakan kelemahannya. Maka, ia berhenti tersenyum. Berhenti menangis. Berhenti berharap. Di usianya yang ke-16, ibunya meninggal secara tragis, dan ayahnya menghilang dalam perang yang tak pernah dimenangkannya. Takhta kerajaan jatuh ke tangannya—bukan karena ia menginginkannya, tetapi karena tidak ada pilihan lain. Zhefora, yang dulu hanya seorang gadis kesepian, kini berdiri sebagai Ratu Iblis yang ditakuti. Ia menguasai kerajaan dengan kebijaksanaan dan kekuatan, tetapi hatinya tetap kosong. Hanya Erem, tangan kanan dan penasihatnya, yang setia berada di sisinya. Namun, kekuasaan selalu membawa ancaman. Dalam sebuah ekspedisi untuk memperluas wilayahnya, pasukan kerajaan iblis terjebak dalam serangan brutal dari musuh yang tak terduga. Zhefora yang selama ini tak pernah goyah, untuk pertama kalinya menghadapi kemungkinan kekalahan. Di saat itulah ia melihatnya—Aroo. Seorang pria muda dengan kekuatan yang bahkan tak bisa ia duga. Ia bukan iblis, bukan manusia, bukan makhluk yang bisa Zhefora definisikan dengan mudah. Dengan satu gerakan, Aroo membalikkan keadaan. Pasukan musuh yang nyaris menghancurkan mereka, kini bertekuk lutut. Zhefora memandangnya dengan mata tajam. Siapa dia? Mengapa ia membantunya? Dan yang lebih penting... mengapa kehadirannya membuat hati Zhefora yang beku mulai retak? Seiring waktu, hubungan mereka berkembang—dari sekadar ratu dan panglima, menjadi sesuatu yang lebih berbahaya. Zhefora yang selama ini hanya mengenal kesepian, mulai merasakan sesuatu yang lebih dalam.

Di tengah gemerlap Istana Landbird, Ratu Elea dikenal sebagai simbol kebijaksanaan dan kekuatan. Selama bertahun-tahun, ia setia menjalankan tugasnya sebagai ratu, menjaga kestabilan kerajaan dan mendampingi Raja Flynn. Namun, kehadiran Beatrice, selir yang ambisius, mengguncang tatanan itu. Dengan kehamilannya, Beatrice tidak hanya merebut perhatian Flynn, tetapi juga mulai merongrong posisi Elea sebagai ratu. Ketika Flynn yang dilanda cinta buta melayangkan gugatan cerai pada Elea, dunia sang ratu runtuh. Tuduhan palsu, fitnah tentang kemandulan, hingga penghinaan di depan para bangsawan membuatnya semakin terpojok. Namun, di balik semua itu, Raja Alaric dari Veridion muncul sebagai sekutu yang tak terduga. Dengan perasaan yang tumbuh untuk Elea, ia bersumpah untuk mendukungnya menghadapi cobaan yang mengancam menghancurkan kehormatannya. Di antara cinta, pengkhianatan, dan intrik politik, Elea harus memutuskan apakah ia akan bertahan demi kerajaannya atau mengambil jalan baru untuk membangun kembali hidupnya. Sementara itu, hasrat dan dendam membara di hati Flynn, Beatrice, dan Alaric, menjadikan permainan takhta ini semakin berbahaya. Ketika cinta menjadi senjata dan tahta menjadi medan perang, siapa yang akan keluar sebagai pemenang?

GENRE: War/Military/Historical Fiction SETTINGS: Alternate world THEME: Ancient China SAMANTHA Corey died from explosion together with her younger sister Shereen, and beloved Marco. Her death, as she found out before dying, was orchestrated by her bestfriend, Diana, who had long been eyeing the highest seat in their secret organization, the Black Council. Out of Samantha's expectation though, she had woken up in the body of Emerald Hans from Royal City which miles away from Grey City. This Emerald Hans had a very awful life experiences, even more terrible than her own. Just months ago, the lady became an orphan after her father died due to an accident. And as if her life wasn't miserable enough yet, she was pushed from a wild torrential river by her step-siblings. Obviously, the original Emerald Hans had already died so Samantha decided to take over her life and body and go back to Grey City. There she lived together with the family of General Francis Hans, Emerald's paternal uncle. She became their precious niece and she warmed up to them like her own family. Behind the scene though, Samantha had been slowly getting her chess pieces back in the game. Soon, she had delved into the real life chess game against her ex-bestfriend Diana. Read on and see how Samantha played real life chess games against her enemies at the same time, finding a new family, new friends and maybe... a new lover too. ***