a lesson in thorns

Di dunia yang porak-poranda setelah peristiwa Eclipse Paradox, realitas bergeser, dan dunia menjadi arena hiburan bagi entitas maha kuat yang dikenal sebagai Konstelasi. Mereka menciptakan Skenario yang harus diselesaikan oleh manusia-manusia terpilih yang diberkahi peran. Namun, bagi sebagian besar manusia, termasuk Ardi, seorang pegawai minimarket yang biasa saja, hidup hanya berarti bertahan tanpa tujuan, dianggap tidak lebih dari "penyintas" dalam permainan para konstelasi. Ketika Ardi tanpa sengaja terlibat dalam salah satu Skenario bersama Raka, orang yang di berkahi peran, dia mulai memahami bahwa dunia ini lebih rumit daripada yang dia bayangkan. Dengan Relik, artefak misterius yang dapat menjaga keseimbangan dunia, mereka harus menghadapi tantangan mematikan di setiap langkah—dari Voidborn, makhluk dari dimensi lain, hingga perang antara entitas legendaris. Namun, semakin jauh Ardi terlibat, semakin dia menyadari bahwa Skenario ini hanyalah alat Konstelasi untuk menghibur diri. Dengan keberanian yang tidak disengaja, Ardi mulai menolak peran pasifnya. Meski tidak memiliki kekuatan atau peran besar, dia bersumpah untuk bertahan hidup dan melawan takdirnya sebagai "penyintas." Dalam perjalanan yang penuh dengan petualangan, Ardi dan kelompoknya tidak hanya melawan makhluk mematikan, tetapi juga menghadapi pertanyaan besar: Apa sebenarnya tujuan dari Skenario ini? Bisakah manusia melampaui peran mereka dalam Skenario? Atau akankah mereka terus menjadi pion dalam konflik para entitas yang menganggap hidup mereka sebagai hiburan semata? "Pengamat Takdir: Pemegang Kendali Tersembunyi" adalah kisah tentang perjuangan bertahan hidup di dunia yang tak lagi mengenal aturan, di mana bahkan yang paling tidak penting dapat menjadi ancaman terbesar.

Only one girl in an all-boy athletics high school... Pretending to be a boy... What is her secret.... Will anyone find out that secret of hers... What is her reason... Can sustaining her identity will be easy when this handsome fella becomes her roommate, who has some kind of connection with the beautiful part of her tragic past...

Moana, wanita pekerja keras yang tidak mudah menyerah tiba-tiba diculik oleh segerombolan pria berseragam hitam. Ia diantarkan ke sebuah mansion--tempat tinggal seorang pengusaha sukses dan pewaris tunggal keluarga Alfonso. Heros Huxley Alfonso--pria yang sering terlihat di Televisi sebagai Sponsor dan Investor-- ternyata yang menculiknya. Pria itu memaksa untuk membatalkan pernikahan mereka berdua yang jelas-jelas tidak Moana ketahui. Moana diancam bahkan disakiti. Namun Moana tidak bisa apa-apa saat sebagian seserahan dipakai banyak oleh ibunya. Mereka terpaksa harus melakukan pernikahan yang tidak mereka inginkan. Sampai ketika mereka sudah menjalani kehidupannya, banyak hal aneh terjadi. Heros tiba-tiba bisa merasakan apa yang Moana rasakan. Sama dengan Moana, wanita itu bisa mengetahui apa yang akan terjadi pada Heros.

My son was no longer with us. His heart, while he still breathed, was cruelly harvested and given to someone of influence—Michele Finnen, the wife of Scott Langley. Just because she had heart disease and was powerful, she sent people to snatch my son away. As an orphan and now a single mother, my son was all the family I had. He would curl up in my arms and whisper, "Mommy, don't be scared. I'll protect you when I grow up!" He was the center of my universe. Consumed by a seething hatred for Michele, I craved vengeance. I was determined to reclaim my son's heart myself, ensuring he would leave this world whole. To do that, I set my sights on Michele's husband, Scott. He was still enamored with his first love. But fate played a cruel joke: suddenly, out of nowhere, that very woman experienced a car accident. And the strangest part? I looked almost just like her.

Hannah and Zachary are pulled into an uncanny union when their parents have to merge companies. Their marriage has a rocky start and Hannah somehow falls pregnant and realizes she doesn't want to remain in an unhappy union. But Zachary wants his child and proposes that they try to act like a real couple and decide their marriage's fate after the child is born. Sparks soon begin to fly even in the midst of chaos. Would they work things out despite Zachary's dark past that continues to haunt her even while having nothing to do with it? Or would they have to be co-parents for the rest of their lives? Would they even survive the several attacks on their lives especially Hannah's? Read to find out,.

I've been married to Shawn Ford for three years, and he's humiliated and insulted me throughout. When he's with his friend, he brags, "The woman my Uncle Cameron can't have is licking my boots. I want to laugh whenever I see her sucking up to me." It wouldn't ever occur to him that I'm frequently in his uncle's bed, covered in hickeys and love bites he leaves on my body.

Apa yang terjadi jika kamu menikahi seseorang yang bahkan tidak kamu ketahui asal usulnya dengan jelas. Pertemuan yang tidak disangka-sangka, kejadian yang sangat tidak masuk akal, dan lebih parahnya lagi. Dia adalah seorang gelandangan!

I sighed again. "I understand. I'm sorry for using the tone I used before." I ran a hand through my hair in frustration. "Why didnt you tell me about your problem on day one? I would have spoken louder. I wou-" She shook her head. "That's not necessary." "Why isn't it?" "T-t-there's something about your voice," she stammered nervously as she gently tugged at her fingers. "My voice?" She nodded again. "It's hard to ignore." "I don't understand where you're going with this." "Your voice," she looked down as a light blush stained her cheeks, "is the only voice that I can hear perfectly." ~ Alexia Dawson is a partially deaf woman who struggles to fit in with the other staff at her workplace. Being heterochromic as well, she is the main target for gossip and this makes her very insecure. One night, she is humiliated during a party by one of her coworkers and leaves the building in tears. In the parking lot, she meets a stranger who listens to her troubles and this man later turns out to be the boss' son who happens to be taking over the company the following week! As these two come together in this beautiful romance, a jealous younger brother and ex fiancée get thrown into the mix! What will become of this pair of lovers?

Sebuah kisah sederhana tentang seorang wanita bernama Gadis, kesederhanaan dan paras cantiknya membuat Gadis terjebak dalam sebuah hubungan yang ambigu. Awalnya semua berjalan mulus sampai seorang dokter spesialis bedah tulang yang muda dan tampan menjadi pacarnya ia lah David, semua berjalan indah dan sempurna Sampai suatu saat.... “Oh tentu saja Tidak dia bukan pacar ku. Gadis? oh bukan dia hanya jadi mainan ku, karena paras nya yang cantik saja membuat ku penasaran hahahaha” Jlebb..., David, karena David sang luka sekaligus cinta pertamanya membuatnya kini harus menelan pahitnya sebuah hubungan, tapi hal anehnya kenapa saat ia sudah melupakan semuanya ia menemukan David sebagai keluarga pacar barunya (?)

They had each other, but now they wanted just about every one they saw.Chelsea Davenport threw the door open wide to sexual adventures as, with her husband, Darren, she rushes into the swingers lifestyle. At first timid, Chelsea soon finds her footing, as well as her favorite position, as together, they explore the steamy prospects in the bedroom - or in the pool, in the car, or on the side of a building. With each story, the heat level rises as partners become playmates and friends and adventure could happen with a casual wink in this collection of wife-swapping tales of exotic freedom.Adventures in Swinging is created by Avery Rowan, an eGlobal Creative Publishing Signed Author.