Unbreakable Kami Garcia

What does being a powerful woman mean? This question is at the core of this book where we see every female protagonist from different circumstances go through various challenges and do their best to navigate them. Our adventure starts with Patina Garcia, an artist who falls into poverty after her grandparents pass away but encounters a surprising new destiny when she discovers a Bothy in Scotland for sale. Then we meet Rose Marley, an elderly widow whose life takes an unexpected yet drastic turn after buying a Bothy. Then there is Clarissa Gould, a woman escaping domestic abuse after a fist fight with her narcissistic ex-boyfriend that leads her to a new home in the mountains. Further on, we meet Kendrick Samuel's, a happily married expectant mother whose life is turned upside down when she finds out that her husband is a hybrid on the run. Next, we have Maria Morgan, a woman on the run after being broken out of a sanitorium that she's spent the last year in after being accused of murder. Finally, we meet Audrey Willow, an unsatisfied housewife who battles a drug, and alcohol addiction before meeting a politician who changes her life forever.

"Why are you angry?" I asked him. "It's not like we're a couple." He stopped, and stared at me, boring my eyes with his emerald eyes. "If we are…" He paused, clenching his jaw, "then am I allowed to be angry?” I looked at him like he was insane. “Then we'll take it to that level." He continued. "I'm serious. I want you.” Leizel Snow Garcia Waterstrings is not just fierce. She's more than that. Ending up as an ice cream worker in a local ice cream shop, it was her one step of becoming a strong and independent woman. And that's when a cold-hearted stranger came in view. Eion Aurelio Hudson. Out of seven billion people in the world, the two hard-headed people crossed paths, making her "strong and independent woman" facade slowly fall apart. With all the dramas, free food, forgotten birthdays, Robot handling, idiots around, and emotional crisis, will she be able to melt his winter heart with her blazing fire or will this fire be put away instantly? ``` ``` One Blazing Head. One Winter Heart. Two Hard-headed people. A huge disaster. (Book 1 of Hearts Series but can be read as standalone)

Aku berada di titik terendah dalam pernikahanku dengan Mas Angga. Kami seperti orang lain yang terikat dalam sebuah pernikahan, tapi berjalan di takdir yang berbeda. Lelaki yang aku kenal dari sebuah media sosial, pelan tapi pasti mengisi ruang-ruang kosong yang entah sejak kapan tidak penghuni. Ia bagaikan penyelamat yang menenangkan jiwaku yang kesepian dan aku memutuskan untuk berselingkuh dengannya. Tapi siapa sangka, saat aku tengah bahagia bersama selingkuhanku justru hal buruk terjadi padaku. ____

Aku tahu Karen sudah dekat dengan teman masa kecilnya selama belasan tahun, tapi aku tetap nekat mendekatinya. Sampai hari pertunangan kami, Karen menerima telepon bahwa teman masa kecilnya pingsan di rumah sakit. Dia langsung meninggalkanku dan pergi. Nenek yang melihat kejadian itu dari bawah panggung segera mengejarnya, tetapi malah tertabrak mobil. Nenek dilarikan ke rumah sakit, tetapi nyawanya tidak tertolong. Saat itu aku sadar, jika memang bukan milikku, untuk apa aku memaksakannya?

Ketika sedang membantu suami membersihkan laptopnya, aku tak sengaja membuka sebuah folder. Ada ribuan video vulgar di dalamnya. Pemeran utamanya adalah suami dan sahabat baikku. Setelah melahirkan, suamiku bilang ada masalah kesehatan pada tubuhnya, sehingga tidak bisa berhubungan intim. Jadi, dia tak pernah menyentuhku dan kami hanya menjalani cinta platonis selama empat puluh tahun. Aku menghabiskan sepanjang hidup dengan kerja keras, melahirkan dan membesarkan anak-anak. Pada akhirnya, semua ini ternyata adalah sebuah kebohongan besar.

"Diam dan temani kami minum. Aku akan mengganti waktumu yang hilang dengan semua uangku!" Ryan Smith seorang billionaire yang tak mengenal cinta. Donjuan sejati yang setiap malamnya bergonta ganti pasangan. Rasa angkuh dan arogannya, menutupi hatinya dari cinta. Ketika takdir mempertemukannya dengan Raline. Si bastard Ryan, berubah mengenal kata cinta karena Raline. Meskipun masih sangat menyebalkan karena dia masih se protektif itu kepada Raline. Bagaimana Raline menghadapi kekasihnya yang super menyebalkan itu?

Ibinigay ko ang lahat ng mayroon ako para sa kaniya, dahil ganoon ako magmahal. Ang tanging hangad ko lamang ay isang masaya at buo na pamilya kasama siya, ang magkaroon kami ng anak, ngunit tila sa iba niya na pala tinutupad ang aking pangarap para sa amin. Ano nga ba ang kaya mo gawin kung ang lalaki na siyang nangako sa iyo sa altar na mamahalin ka ng tapat, ay patago ka na palang ipinagpapalit?

Saat menyewa rumah, apa kalian pernah bertemu dengan pemilik rumah yang cantik? Aku dan pemilik rumah tinggal berseberangan. Awalnya, aku mengira dia adalah perempuan cantik yang sifatnya cukup dingin. Namun, suatu hari aku benar-benar melihatnya memutar pinggangnya saat menyapu tangga. Belakangan, kami menjadi akrab satu sama lain, bahkan dia dengan ramahnya mengundangku mengunjungi rumahnya. Hingga suatu hari, aku bersembunyi di lemari di rumahnya, menyaksikan dia dan suaminya saling bercengkerama dengan mata kepala sendiri.

Ikinasal ako sa taong hindi ko gusto. Like the other arranged marriage love story, we end up loving each other. However, a dark secret behind our marriage was revealed. Can we continue to feel the warmth of love we have, and stay in each other's arms, knowing that that secret has deeply inflicted us the most painful event of our lives? Are we ready to find out the truth? May happy ending din ba kami katulad ng mga taong nagsimula sa arranged marriage? "Unmarry me." "Okay."

She vanished from her past, became an ex-convict to save the billionaire BlackVale heir, Ethan. But little did she know that Ethan was sleeping with her stepsister, and his plan to marry her was only for his devious reasons. She smartly escaped her shadowy legacy to reclaim her birthright as the trillionaire heiress. Now, Isabella Hartman returns, fierce, unbreakable, and poised to dismantle the empire that betrayed her. Her enemies wouldn’t let her strive and now, there was a new love interest for in her in the same family she was once betrayed. Would she risk her empire to team with this BlackVale blood who swept her off her feet in style? “Hi, I am not Ethan BlackVale, I am Elijah Black.” Some legacies aren’t just inherited, they’re hunted.