Trauma

My twin sister, Rebecca Shaffer, was kidnapped while saving me. The trauma left her with a mental illness that made her lash out at everyone around her. The only person who could get close to her, the only one who could calm her down, was my husband, Ezekiel Roberts. For the sake of her recovery, my parents insisted that Rebecca move into the master bedroom of my newlywed home. Whenever Ezekiel and I were intimate, Rebecca would lose control and throw things at me. Then, Ezekiel would scoop her up in his arms and carry her into the bedroom, soothing her with gentle words. Everyone kept telling me the same thing. "If Rebecca hadn't tried to save you, she wouldn't be like this now. You owe her this much!" I had no response to that, so I gave in again and again. That was, until I accidentally overheard a conversation between Rebecca and my parents. "How much longer do I have to keep pretending to be crazy? I'm so sick of sneaking around like this!" My parents looked at her with sympathy in their eyes. Ezekiel gently caressed her stomach and said, "Don't worry. I won't let Rebecca or the baby suffer even a little bit. Once I have Maisie completely under my control, I'll make everything public." I clutched the pregnancy test report in my hand and let out a bitter laugh. From now on, they would not need to keep up their elaborate charade. I would leave on my own.

"Ingatlah bagian tak terlupakan dari diriku untuk beberapa tahun yang akan datang." -Samuel Ariston . "Untuk beberapa tahun yang akan datang, rindukan saja aku sebanyak yang kamu bisa." -Dipta Mahendra . "Lupakan mereka untuk beberapa tahun yang akan datang dan kita akan terus bersama." -Yose Abirama ~ Sella Lorinia tak pernah menyangka mencintai Samuel Ariston akan membuatnya kehilangan orang tua. Kecelakaan tragis yang dimanipulasi keluarga Ariston membuat Sella terperangkap dalam labirin trauma tanpa jalan keluar. Ia pernah terluka karena Samuel. Tapi ia juga pernah mencintai Samuel sebelum akhirnya terbang jauh untuk melupakannya. . Begitu rasa sakitnya reda, Sella baru menyadari bahwa pelariannya bertahun-tahun telah melukai hati Dipta Mahendra, sahabat yang tulus mencintainya. Di sisi lain, Sella sudah telanjur nyaman menjalani kehidupan baru di Bali bersama Yose Abirama, laki-laki yang menyembuhkannya. . Sella ingin kembali pada Dipta seperti dulu tanpa melepaskan genggaman Yose di hidupnya. Sella berpikir hidupnya yang penuh ketakutan akan berubah menjadi lebih baik, sampai suatu hari takdir menyadarkannya bahwa ia terlalu serakah. . Pertemuan Dipta dan Samuel mengantarkan kedua laki-laki itu terlibat dalam masalah pelik yang mengancam hidup Yose. Hidup Sella jungkir balik, ia harus menyelamatkan tiga laki-laki yang ia cintai tanpa melukai satu pun mereka. Sanggupkah Sella melakukannya?

TRIGGER WARNING: The book contains highly explicit and detailed depictions of sexual abuse, including childhood abuse, grooming, and assault. It also addresses severe trauma, self-harm, suicide, physical violence, substance abuse, and emotional and physical pain. Reader discretion is strongly advise. -------------- Tales who have a strong obligation to live no matter what, was taken as a sex slave because of his mother's debt to an organization, and he was being subdued by what he despise the most, gangsters, but because of his poor physique he was tossed aside and will likely be killed. That's when he tried to murder the boss, if he'll gonna be dead, might as well take the boss to hell with him. His naive thinking and strong sense of living captures the interest of the delinquent Ra Ja. 'You completely turned me on. ' Is what he said after being stabbed by Tales on his left hand. Ra Ja then makes him as his personal bodyguard. Can't figure out what the man is thinking, Tales can't help but be wary as he devise a new plan to escape the lion's den while carrying the head of the leader. Will his plan be successful or will it go astray and takes him to unfamiliar bloody dark path? A lot of secrets will be uncovered. What he thinks he is now might not actually be him. But seems like he's not the only one scheming the next move. Raja kept making actions that will drive him mad, crush his will and push him to the corner with no escape. A thug of war with rotten love, prideful altercation and bloody relationships.

*This is a VERY dark, age-gap, stalker romance* What Harley Savage doesn't know is who he is or that he's been watching her for years. What he doesn't know is that on the night of their first encounter, she plans to end her life. Brixton Steele, her admirer, hates seeing the tortured, broken girl in front of him, so he devises a clever plan- or so he thinks—to whisk her away to the safety of his secluded house outside of city limits and keep her for himself. Forever. When she realizes she isn't going home anytime soon, she begins to accept her fate with the troubled, tattooed, Greek god, who wants nothing more than to save her precious soul. Captivity suits her well, though, and she finds herself not wanting to escape his terrifying clutches. Instead, she tries to help fix the broken shell of the man who kidnapped her, in hopes that he’ll be able to heal from the trauma that suffocated him for so long. They say everyone has that one person in their entire life who was made specifically for them. Is he her person? Is she his person? When two very different worlds collide, can they put each other's broken pieces back together and learn how to help each other heal? Or will his plan backfire and end with him losing the girl of his dreams, never getting a chance to try to save either of them from themselves?

After years of being in love with her husband, Evelyn Summers faces a shattering betrayal when his ex-girlfriend, Jade, returns and manipulates her way back into his life. When Evelyn learns she’s pregnant, she’s ready to fight for their marriage ,until her husband accuses her of cruelty and sides with Jade in a public scandal. Heartbroken, Evelyn files for divorce and disappears, leaving behind her old life. Three years later, Evelyn returns to New York as a renowned doctor and single mother. Her life takes a dramatic turn when her ex-husband, Landon Byers, is rushed to her hospital after a severe accident. Landon, now filled with regret, is stunned to see his ex-wife transformed and with a child who bears a striking resemblance to him. Determined to win Evelyn back, he begins to pursue her, unaware of the dangerous schemes Jade has set in motion to keep them apart. As Landon grows closer to Evelyn and her daughter, secrets from the past start to unravel, and a passionate rivalry emerges between him and Evans, a compassionate cardiologist who’s fallen for Evelyn. When Evelyn and her daughter are kidnapped by Jade’s criminal associates, Landon and Evans work together to rescue them, uncovering the truth behind Jade’s lies. In a climactic rescue, Evelyn must confront the trauma and betrayal of her past, ultimately choosing the man who will fight to protect her and her child. Filled with suspense, betrayal, and a second chance at love, Reclaiming Evelyn is a journey of redemption, forgiveness, and the power of true love.

Angela Kawsya adalah perempuan yang memiliki alur kehidupan yang cukup rumit. Orang tuanya mengalami bankrut dan saking tidak bisa mengontrol keadaan, mereka bunuh diri meninggalkan Angela sendiri di dunia yang sulit ini. Angela memiliki seorang pacar bernama Bryan Monav. Ia adalah seorang CEO perusahaan yang bergerak di bidang real estate and property. Bryan selalu menuruti kemauan Angela, namun setelahnya harus ada imbalan yang diberikan oleh Angela sebagai balasannya. Suatu hari, Angela menemukan Bryan sedang berselingkuh dengan perempuan lain di depan matanya. Angela berusaha diam karena hanya Bryan lah yang dia punya. Namun, ternyata selama ini Angela hanya dimanfaatkan oleh pasangan kekasih itu. Angela sudah beberapa kali mencoba berhubungan pria lain selain Bryan, dan memiliki akhir yang cukup sama hingga akhirnya ia bertemu dengan laki-laki yang cukup tua darinya. Pria tua yang keji, kasar, namun mengayomi Angela dengan sikapnya. Angela yang trauma dengan sebuah hubungan, bisa merasakan indahnya cinta lagi dengan pria itu. Ini bukan kisah tentang perempuan yang mengejar kekayaan dan kemewahan dari seorang pria tua yang kaya raya, melainkan ini adalah kisah tentang pengampunan pada diri sendiri seorang Angela. *** "Aku mencintaimu, My Sugar Daddy!"

Twenty-four hours. Half a million dollars. Or his mother dies. Omega Caelen Ryn is out of options: his mother is dying, treatment costs half a million dollars, and loan sharks are closing in with brass knuckles and threats. Then a lawyer appears with an offer from Alpha billionaire CEO Aldric Fenmore: marry him for two years, every debt disappears, and his mother will be saved. The rules are brutal: separate bedrooms, zero feelings, don't fall in love. Their marriage is a transaction. Nothing more. Their first kiss is for the cameras. In public, they play devoted spouses. Behind closed doors, they're strangers. Until Monaco. When Aldric's race car spins out at 200 mph, Caelen realizes the truth-he's fallen in love with his husband. And when Aldric kisses him after his victory, raw and desperate and real, the contract between them shatters completely. They broke every rule. They fell impossibly in love. Aldric's ex returns, the man who destroyed his ability to trust, bringing a ruthless business rival and a plan for revenge. What starts as sabotage escalates into kidnapping, violence, and a premature labor that leaves both their lives hanging by a thread. In the trauma room, as Caelen bleeds out, the doctor delivers words that break Aldric completely: "You have to choose. We can only save one." The husband he loves. Or the child they never planned for. In that impossible moment, every vow they made, every sacrifice they offered, and every fragile dream they built together came down to a single, devastating choice. A contract that was supposed to end. A love that refused to.

Olivya adalah seorang gadis lugu yang masuk dalam kehidupan seorang mafia. Ia terserang oleh obsessi dan cinta dari mafia yang telah menculiknya. Trauma akan mafia, perlahan akan menghilang sejak ia mengenal sosok Madrick Vallencio yang menjabat sebagai mafia kejam. Kehadiran sosok pria yang tak dikenalinya, membuat hidup Olivya berputar jauh delapan puluh derajat. Kehidupan yang semakin membuatnya takut akan semua kegelapan yang nyata, sebuah takdir yang buruk, dan hidup yang nyata penuh dengan musuh. Olivya harus menjalani kehidupannya dengan seorang mafia yang terkenal akan segala kekejamannya. Mengikuti segala alur kehidupannya yang tak seberuntung orang lain. Ia diculik, bukan untuk dijadikan seorang pelacur, tetapi untuk sebuah cinta dan obsesi semata dari seorang mafia. Madrick Vallencio, pria itu selalu kekeuh dengan segala pendiriannya. Tak mengenal lelah ataupun letih. Impian yang sudah impikan harus menjadi kenyataan. Mafia sebagai jabatan yang ia pegang, tak akan bisa memberhentikan segala niat baik maupun buruknya. Tujuh tahun silam, ya, ia mencintai seorang gadis yang ia temui tujuh tahun lalu. Obsesi dan cinta menggebu-gebu dalam dirinya. Mad ingin menjadikan Olivya hanya miliknya seuntuhnya dan selamanya. Penghalang? Tangannya yang kosong akan siap membunuh penghalang itu.

​"Kadang, musuh paling berbahaya bukan mereka yang memegang senjata, melainkan memori yang menolak untuk mati." ​Kelly mengira suaranya adalah satu-satunya hal yang ia miliki untuk menjaga kewarasannya di tengah trauma masa lalu yang kelam. Namun, ketika Elias Costra kembali ke hidupnya, keheningan yang selama ini ia bangun runtuh seketika. ​Elias bukan lagi anak laki-laki yang memberinya koin perak di tengah kobaran api sepuluh tahun lalu. Ia kini adalah "Sang Viper"—pria dingin, predator puncak di Veridia, yang mengendalikan maut dengan satu jentikan jari. Pria itu mengklaim Kelly sebagai miliknya, melindunginya dengan cara yang begitu posesif hingga batas antara perlindungan dan obsesi menjadi kabur. ​Di bawah bayang-bayang organisasi rahasia dan desingan peluru di Siberia, Kelly harus berhadapan dengan kenyataan pahit: Apakah Elias adalah penyelamat yang selama ini ia tunggu, atau justru dialah alasan di balik semua api yang pernah menghancurkan hidupnya? ​Dalam dunia di mana cinta terasa sama mematikannya dengan pengkhianatan, Kelly harus memutuskan—apakah ia akan tetap menjadi burung yang berlindung di balik sayap sang predator, atau menjadi api yang membakar habis seluruh rahasia sang Viper? ​Hanya ada satu tempat untuk berlabuh, namun dermaga itu berlumuran darah.

Nanny Bil-aries: A Collection Overview 18+ WARNING This is a set of high-stakes, dark romance shorts that delve into toxic entanglements between driven nannies/managers and morally complex billionaires, replete with mature themes, explicit content, and power dynamics. Blackwell's Nanny: Private investigator Kathy Montalvo seeks revenge on twin billionaires Basil and Baxon Cavendish, but her mission goes awry when she and the twins fall into an explosive, unprotected sexual dynamic. To the twins, she is merely a womb to carry on their dynasty, while to her, she races against time to expose the "green file" and Blackwell Vault before being dragged down by the poisonous war in the Cavendish world. TROPES: Dark Romance, Reverse Harem RH, Twin Brothers, Dubious Consent, Pregnancy Risk The Billionaire's Emergency Contact: Broke medic Maya Rossi becomes 'crisis manager' for billionaire Xender Zang's traumatised son Leo. Their clash at work culminates in a secret, forbidden romance. When Xender's family betray Maya, a surprise pregnancy pushes them to a final confrontation demanding shared vulnerability across class lines. TRROPES: Surprise Pregnancy, Trauma/Healing, Class Clash, Single Father, Military Heroine Nanny and the Beast: Nanny Varisa Romero's bond with London mogul Alistair Whitlock and his daughter Sophie is threatened when his manipulative ex-wife, Liliy, shows up. Liliy orchestrates Varisa's father being arrested. Just as Alistair commits to helping, a targeted shooting leaves him severely injured, plunging Varisa into a deadly conspiracy threatening the entire Whitlock family.