clive cussler's the serpent's eye

I thought I had it all. I thought I’d finally cracked the code. I thought my mom was wrong when she said all men are the same-that all men are scum and will leave you without notice. Well, the saying “Mama knows best…” I learned it the hard way. Because indeed, Mama knows best. I should’ve listened when she warned me. I should’ve been more cautious. After two years of marriage, Nate decided he didn’t want me anymore, and I don’t even deserve to know why. That night, he took everything from me. He turned everyone against me. And just when I thought life was going back to normal, when I was finally picking up the broken pieces, he comes knocking. “I’m sorry, Elara. I want you back. Please, come back to me,” Nate pleads. “I will do whatever you want me to do.”

Ini kisah Nata. Jenata Soebandono. Wanita matang 29 tahun yang belum juga menikah karena sibuk dengan segala goalsnya. Bukan tidak mencari. Hanya saja, sejauh ini dia merasa belum dipertemukan dengan pria yang mau memahaminya dengan baik. Sampai pada di satu kesempatan random, seorang sahabat mencomblanginya dengan seseorang yang sudah ia jamin baik dan tampan. Arkugi Darmawan. Merasa nothing to lose, Nata setuju-tidak setuju mengiyakan ide random di sela-sela jam kantor itu. Dan Komunikasi pun terjalin. Dengan sangat dewasa. Seiring berjalannya waktu, perasaan, dan hal-hal lain yang tidak bisa ditebak, justru hubungan itu malah membawanya bertemu dengan pria lain yang tidak kalah merepotkan perasaannya. Kini, berada di antara dua pria yang sama besar ngototnya, Nata sukses jadi bulan-bulanan pikirannya sendiri. Memilih satu di antara dua tidak pernah sesulit ini, terlebih ketika ternyata kedua pria itu punya hubungan darah. Seperti dibantu keadaan, satu insiden manis pun terjadi. Membawa Nata tidak hanya yakin pada hatinya tapi juga pada keputusan-keputusan krusial yang akhirnya harus dia ambil. Tentu bukan hanya untuk kebaikannya sendiri, tapi juga kebaikan pria yang ia cintai, juga demi kebaikan calon buah hati. Nata hanya tidak menyangka, kalau keputusan-keputusan berat itu mengantarnya pada kehidupan yang tidak pernah dia sangka sebelumnya.

Once bitten, twice shy. This saying motivated me to abstain from things that have hurt me in the past and one of it, is women. I'm Adam, a famous billionaire. I owned multinational companies and funny enough, I have only male employees. I don't let women get close to me. I avoid them like they were a plague but then, it came to a matter of life and death and - she's the only one that can save my son's life....

Amanda Lemaiyan is an heiress with a problem: when she gets back from a short vacation after breaking off her engagement to her cheating ex, she realises that the strange man she slept with at the resort is the new CEO of her company. The problem? He is the replacement of her ex, who used her to rise the ranks of her family's conglomerate. She knows what to do—forget she ever slept with the man and not give him a chance to play her like her ex did. But will her plan work when she can't help recalling how good it felt being in his arms? Especially when he seems hell-bent on getting her back into his bed... Can she give in to the temptation when she risks losing her place in her family's conglomerate if she's caught in another scandal with another CEO? *** His fingertips brushed her wet, soft folds. He pushed his middle finger into her, drew back slowly, then added his index finger. Amanda's breath came in a rush. She stopped their kiss and whispered, "Fuck me already." Oh, he was going to. After he made her tell him what he wanted to hear. "Do you want me inside you that bad?" "You know I do." With the way she was moving her hips? Yeah, he knew. "Last night, when you went home, did you think of me?" "Yes." "Did you touch yourself, thinking of me?" "Lucas," she whined, one hand grabbing his and urging him to go faster. "Tell me and I'll give you what you want." "Yes. Since the resort, you're the only one I think about when I touch myself." "You're the only one I've thought about, too, since we were together. And I've thought about you a lot."

Seventeen-year-old Jordi Adkins' life became both liberating and nightmarish right after he came out of the closet. While enjoying the perks of freedom, he's also being followed by the nightmare in the form of the notorious bad boy Xavier Rockwell. When Jordi finally gathered enough courage to stand up for himself, he got beaten up. Things became clear: Xavier won't stop making Jordi's life difficult, and he has to live with it for the rest of his high school life. Jordi decides to attend a house party and drink his hatred and frustration out. When Jordi wakes up the following morning, he realizes that he just woke up to the craziest plot twist of his life. He wakes up in bed only to find a naked Xavier cuddled right beside him.

A story about a woman behind the mask who agreed to become a private and exclusive prostitute of a man named Cameron Ferrell. The dangerous, ruthless, and heartless mafia lord everyone tries to avoid. What will happen when a sudden turn out of event occur and she'll end up bearing his child which wasn't part of their rule? Will the mask of the beautiful maiden fall off?

The world has been cruel and dreadful to Cleo Remington ever since her father died. She was compelled to leave their province and work her fingers to the bone just to make ends meet. Life is indeed full of unexpected surprises, because in a fortuitous way, her path will cross with Zaccheus Garren Montreal, one of the youngest and most successful business tycoons in town. He's the epitome of power and dominion. A man who has the world wrapped around his fingers. When Cleo met him, she etched it in her mind to keep her distance from him.  Aside from the fact that his rude, blunt, and unfeeling attitude ticks her off, their first encounter was, without a doubt, horrible.  But how can she avoid him when they are living under the same roof and breathing the same air? 

Thelma. Seorang perempuan yang sangat gemar mendengar cerita dari sang pencerita. Hidupnya penuh dengan warna-warni kehidupan dan terlahir dari rakyat biasa. Namun untuk mencari mata pencarian sehari-hari, kedua orang tuanya terpaksa berpindah ke kota. Ayahnya membuka kedai buku atas bantuan ayah kepada isterinya. Walter. Seorang lelaki yang dalam diam mendambakan cinta dari perempuan idamannya. Perasaan yang membuak-buak sehingga dia sanggup buat apa sahaja untuk perempuan idamannya menyedari kewujudannya. Namun ternyata hubungan terhalang dek kerana darjat mereka yang jauh berbeza. Bak kata orang mencintai itu tidak seharusnya memiliki. Dan itu juga yang Walter hadapi saat hatinya menginginkan Thelma, dirinya harus berhadapan dengan pilihan orang tuanya. Baginya hidup seorang manusia itu, bila mencari pasangan sehidup semati, tidak harus memandang pada darjat atau kekayaan semata. Tapi cinta. Namun pelbagai dugaan harus ditempuhi. Hubungan cinta mereka diuji dan Thelma memilih untuk pergi saat dirinya jatuh tersungkur. Adakah kesudahan bahagia menanti mereka berdua? Disaat seorang dari mereka beralah pergi, akan adakah peluang kedua untuk cinta mereka menyatu kembali?

On the day we decided to get a divorce, I saw Miranda’s account book while I was packing up my stuff. Aside from our daily expenses, Miranda had also set up a scoring sheet for me. Miranda had taken notes of all the things I had done ever since we started dating. Some of them were such miniscule things that even I had forgotten. She took note of them all with a red pen, and she scored them by either awarding me points or deducting them. However, the further down the sheet, the more points were deducted. In the end, I saw Miranda add one line in black ink. [He’s no longer the Henry Jones who used to love me: -100]

"I'm not asking you to love me back, but to give me a second chance to make things right and prove to you how much I love you." "I can't. You broke me beyond repair, and I never want to go through such again." In a world where a fated mate does not exist, Emily finds herself in an abusive marriage after her husband the famous Alpha Tyler claims to have found his fated mate. At first, it felt like a dream but it soon became a nightmare. He had promised to love her, yet with another lady by his side and with the constant persuasion of his mother. Emily's life is taken away in her abusive home which was once loving. Given another chance by the moon goddess, Emily returns, not to find her fated mate, but to seek revenge. Unfortunately, there are other plans set aside for Emily as fate decided to give her the life she never wished for again after once robbing her of joy.