a lesson in thorns

Contains strong language: My parents died, my sister died, my brothers left, and I was left to a man who thought we were pawns in his play. You know the type of people who say "it gets better" they're lying to you, because it just keeps getting worse. How the hell did I end up in a gang? Well, this is that story

"Di sebuah istana hiduplah raja dan ratu mereka memiliki kerajaan yang makmur dan tanah yang subur". Namun setelah sekian tahun raja dan ratu tidak di karuniai seorang anak sampai akhirnya sang ratu mengandung dan melahirkan anak perempuan yang di beri nama Erika. Tak terasa gadis itu tumbuh menjadi seorang remaja yang cantik serta di didik dengan baik, kelak dia akan menjadi seorang ratu di istana tersebut. Tetapi sang putri di lahirkan dengan memiliki kekuatan sihir, hanya dia satu-satunya manusia yang memiliki kekuatan sihir di kerajaan itu, karena yang memiliki kekuatan sihir hanyalah peri dan hewan tertentu yang jauh bersembunyi di dalam hutan. Putri yang memiliki kekuatan sihir itupun di sembunyikan rahasianya bahwasanya dia adalah manusia normal supaya tidak ada yang menyalahgunakan kekuatannya. Hari demi hari ia harus bisa belajar mengendalikan kekuatan sihirnya yang di bantu oleh para peri. Sampai suatu hari penyihir jahat datang ke istana dan ingin menjadi ratu di kerajaan tersebut, ia menggunakan tongkat sihirnya untuk menghipnotis para pengawal kerajaan, ia menjebloskan raja dan ratu ke penjara bawah tanah. Fina sang pendamping putri Erika membawa putri Erika jauh pergi ke dalam hutan untuk menemukan hewan sihir untuk membantunya melawan sang penyihir jahat. Akankah mereka berhasil menemukan hewan tersebut?

Maximilian McTavish is a 35-year-old billionaire who seems to have the world in the palm of his hands, but his life comes crumbling down when he catches his fiancée in their bed with another man. Hurt and angry, he closes off his heart and himself from the notion that he'll ever find love again. He occupies himself with his work, putting women and dating aside, until one weekend his best friend, Paxton, takes him on a trip to Las Vegas, where he invites him to a private party. There he meets an extraordinary girl, Meredith Carver. *********** Meredith Carver is a 20-year-old waitress who dropped out of college to take care of her sick mother. She is barely making two ends meet, but her luck changes after her best friend's Sugar Daddy offers Meredith a job as a bartender that caters to the rich and famous. One night, while serving at one of those prestigious events in Las Vegas, she meets 35-year-old Max. They spend a steamy night together and she wakes up the next morning to an empty bed with a check on the night stand and a thank-you note. Feeling cheap and used, Meredith keeps the encounter with this Max a secret until a week later, when he finds her with a contract and an offer she would be a fool to refuse. He wants her to be his Sugar Baby. He promises to pay her five million dollars. Half now and half when he chooses to end the contract. Will Meredith sign the contract, or will she let a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity pass her by?

Krystal Wallace never thought her life would have any dent on it, until she caught her long-term boyfriend cheating on her with another lady, during their trip to Vegas. Heartbroken, Krystal opted to vent her anger on alcohol at a local pub nearby. A decision that got her drunk and landed her on the bed of a stranger, after a one night stand. Having no recollection of what'd happened, Krystal returned home with a mantra, "What happened has happened and it account to nothing." However, what happened in Vegas doesn't always stay in Vegas, because, it didn't take long for Krystal to realize that the stranger she'd had a one night stand with, was Lucas Vanowen, CEO of the multimillionaire Vanowen Groups and he'd left his seed growing inside her.

In the year 2020, the world faced Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2, and took several years to slowly recover from its immense effect. Thirty years after, another virus rose and affected the world's population in just a few weeks. The health workers couldn't determine what exactly the virus is, its type, and the way it is being passed from person to person despite the advanced and improved technology. Because of this and the sudden virus outbreak, the World Health Organization assigned Richforte Medical Team for a research mission for the virus and find a cure for it as soon as possible. Would they be able to accomplish this mission if, in the next few hours, the world would have what they called Zombie Apocalypse?

KODE ETIK MATA-MATA: "Seorang mata-mata tidak boleh jatuh cinta sembarangan, apalagi pada targetnya sendiri." Itulah yang sedang dialami oleh seorang mata-mata junior bernama Suri Stoka. Hidupnya berubah ketika ia jatuh hati pada cowok yang menjadi target misi rahasianya. Ketika cowok itu menatapnya dari dekat. "Bolehkah aku tahu siapa namamu?" Suri jadi bingung harus menjawab apa, karena sepanjang karir pendidikannya di sekolah mata-mata, belum pernah ada yang mengajarinya cara menghadapi target setampan itu, apalagi ketika cowok itu mengajaknya untuk bertemu sekali lagi. Dan bagaimana jadinya jika sahabat Suri yang kena friend-zone mulai merasa tidak aman dengan posisinya, dan menginginkan lebih dari sekedar persahabatan?

Alexandre Hilman. Tampan, kaya, memikat. Dengan segala kemewahan dan keberuntungan yang ia miliki. Ia memiliki hubungan yang begitu rumit dengan 2 orang wanita. Surie Givanny yang merupakan mantan istrinya, dan Fey yang merupakan tunangannya saat ini. Ini adalah cerita tentang seorang laki-laki dan cintanya.

“Trouble... Trouble is my middle name “gabby smiled “now keeping me out of trouble is your problem husband “she said cheekily and winked at sin”Now kiss me like you mean it” What would you do if you found out that your life is filled with lies , secret, and deceit.around every bend someone is trying to use you to suit their needs . There is no one you can trust because everyone around you has their own hidden agendas and your only a mere pawn in their sick and twisted games. When Gabriella Santiago ‘s world comes crashing down around her . She is fired for being is the only person in the town. To be brace enough to go after the True identity of the notorious cities crime boss. The crime boss known on the streets as “The Surgeon.” she gets over her head in her quest to find out the only thing that matters in her life “ the truth”. Gabriella finds out this is not just some Her ordinary story it becomes personal. when the surgeon tries at anything to silence Gabriella at any costs.When Everyone close to Gabriella is a suspect. She doesn't know who to trust or believe. Will she find out who the surgeon true identity is or will she become one of his/ hers next victim. You have to read to find out what happens.

Hazel White is a british belly dancer based on Dubai. She is sunk in debts and needs desperately a way out of her problems. Jonathan Turner, a bilionaire engineer, who has just arrived in Dubai, appears as her saviour. He also need some help. Jonathan is a BDSM dominant without a girlfriend in a traditional society. Being married can be crucial for his businees with the Skeik. As a solution for his problem a friend came out with a proposal, that can help both, Hazel and Jonathan. He is a billionaire, powerful and handsome guy and she is a stunning belly dancer. They will face emotional problems in their agreement. They will slowly start to have feelings for each other. But they try to honour their own words as the agreement says "no sex, no personal relationships".

Natasha is single mother who works as a waitress at a nightclub to make ends meet. The one thing she can't stand are people who get everything handed to them, like the rich, snooty patrons she have to wait on night after night. However, when a handsome and charming clubgoer becomes smitten with her, she find herself drawn to his enigmatic way. After a few coffee dates, she wonder if this could be the one, but then she learns that he's actually the club's billionaire party boy owner—a man she has heard about and hated from afar for years. He swears he's changed and that he has fallen for her, but she is not convinced: Can she trust him to leave his partying lifestyle behind to become a family man?