Icarus Has Fallen

[ Mature Romance 21+ ] Lula tidak peduli lagi dengan prinsipnya. Apabila dia dapat menghancurkan kebahagiaan keluarga baru ayahnya dengan menjadi WANITA KEDUA dari tunangan “putri kesayangan” ayahnya itu, dia rela melakukannya. Tubuhnya berhasil menjerat si tunangan tampan. Pria itu bahkan sulit melupakan dirinya. Namun, apakah rencana balas dendam pada ayahnya akan berhasil? Bagaimana jika hatinya juga terjerat oleh pria itu?

As a result of a dispute of two packs, two best friends, heirs to the alpha positions, turn to great foes. Kathrina Salvador is a seventeen year old girl who turns out to be the human mate of both the alphas of different packs. Alpha Hayden is the alpha of the Ruby Blood Pack. However, due to a one-side misunderstanding, his friend Rylan becomes his enemy. Alpha Rylan is the crowned alpha of the Black Moon Pack, who seeks to have revenge on Hayden and uses Kathrina who loathes him. On a night, Kathrina's soul gets tampered with by some nomadic vampire, but what is the truth? What is this misunderstanding that would later breed war? What would happen when both Alphas get to know that they are fated to one mate? Who would Kathrina be with? These questions need you to follow up, so follow through their lives, as they encounter war. With an enmity filled with grief, sorrow, bloodshed and mixed with romance.

"Do you love him?", He asked I again tried to speak but he cut me off. "YES or NO". I nodded in YES. I love him in a brotherly way. "I thought that you were different, but I forgot about your background. I had purchased you from the red-light area. Soon or later, whore like you would have surely shown their true color, isn't it?" He drily laughed. And then, held my arm harshly and started dragging me, god knows where? He didn't even care that I was in pain. I keep staring at his face. I can't believe the day which I always wanted to come i.e. when I will actually be free from this cage, will come. But I was not feeling about him. It made me feel that I had started loving this cage...He pushed me away, and two arms collected me before I could have fallen down. I know that it belongs to my brother. Struck by physical pain and mental shock, I could bear it no longer and fainted in his arms. I finally understood that the most intolerable thing in a relationship was cheating. Without trust, our relationship was so vulnerable!

Yūri: I was raised in this world of shadows, violence, and blood. It isn't the life I would choose, but I don't get a choice. I'm my father's only child and heir. I've been groomed to lead our clan's yakuza. I want to be free. And one way or another, I'm going to be. I just need to get away from my family and avoid the sexy detective who's on my tail. Hibiki: This case could make or break my career. I'm pretty sure my captain gave me the Kitsune case just to see me fail. No one has been able to catch her, and now I'm expected to. It would be easier to focus on the case if I could stop daydreaming about that naked protestor. I didn't even get her name. This book is a prequel/sequel to The Princes of Ravenwood. You do not need to have read The Princes of Ravenwood to enjoy this book, but it is encouraged. Ravenwood Series Reading Order: Book 1 - The Princes of Ravenwood Book 2 - Chasing Kitsune Book 3 - Expect The Unexpected Book 4 - Out Of My League Book 5 - Man's Best Wingman

She ran from his world of money, power, and pain. Now, she’s the only thing he can’t buy back. When billionaire CEO Rowan Prescott’s runaway wife suddenly reappears, she’s not the quiet woman he once ignored. Sloane Prescott has learned to live without him, but Rowan has no intention of living without her. Love. Regret. Obsession. Their marriage may have started as a promise, but it’s about to become a war.

Seventeen-year-old Isla Morgan has lost everything—her mother, her home, and her place in the world. When a mysterious invitation leads her to Moonridge Academy, a hidden school tucked deep in the Oregon woods, she thinks it’s a chance to disappear. But Moonridge has other plans. Drawn to four powerful Alpha-blooded males, Isla begins to unravel secrets no one dares speak aloud. She’s not just another student—she’s the reincarnation of Elara, a long-dead Omega whose power once threatened to unite—or destroy—the shifter world. Now, hunted by a rogue faction, haunted by fragmented memories, and bound to four mates with ties to her past life, Isla must decide: Will she repeat history—or break the curse that’s doomed every Omega before her?

‘The daughter of a traitor will always be a traitor also.’ Before the age of twenty and almost taking a big step of her life, the truth about Inez’s life was revealed to the world and she was put in a chokehold. Not to talk about the three Alphas that she is bonded down to and she is to pick one before her birthday. But who could she possibly choose? The Alpha that is bipolar and has no say for himself? Or the Alpha that thinks he runs the entire world and doesn’t care a bit about her feelings? Or the Lycan Alpha that showered her with love, even at his weakest point? Join Inez as she unraveled her long story journey.

Bagaimana rasanya ketika kehidupan justru menjatuhkanmu dan membuatmu terpuruk? Apakah tidak ada seseorang yang akan menolong? Apakah mereka akan tetap peduli meskipun kamu jatuh sejatuh-jatuhnya? Bagas, seorang remaja laki-laki yang harus bertarung dengan batin dan kehidupan di sekelilingnya yang cukup kejam, ayahnya dipenjara dan ibunya bunuh diri. Ia hidup terhina dengan beban dan penghinaan akibat kelakuan dari kedua orang tuanya, terpaksa ia harus hidup dengan wajah lain di dunia yang kejam ini. Sampai pertemuannya dengan seorang gadis yang memiliki kepribadian tenang layaknya air. Intan, nama gadis itu. Pertemuan dengannya sontak merubah garis hidup Bagas dan mengembalikan dirinya yang terkubur menjadi seseorang yang sejati. Kedekatan keduanya semakin terjalin dengan baik, meskipun mereka belum tahu kehidupan masing-masing, termasuk latar belakang keluarga Bagas yang sangat buruk dan bukan tidak mungkin membuat Intan berpikir dua kali untuk dekat dengannya. Apakah hubungan mereka akan terjaga dengan rahasia mereka yang terpendam?

Tak semua perjodohan membawa kebahagiaan. Hal ini terjadi kepada Julius Rochman dan Jhulie Valentina. Keduanya menikah atas kesepakatan antar keluarga. Namun tiga tahun menikah, tak pernah ada kebahagiaan di antara mereka. Hingga suatu hari, pasangan suami istri tersebut pindah ke rumah baru, karena rumah lama mereka sudah tidak layak ditempati. Dan keretakan rumah tangga mereka berawal dari rumah baru tersebut. Saat itulah Jhulie menjadi sosok yang berbeda, saat dia mengenal seorang pria bernama Antonio. Puncak permasalahan, kala Rochman melihat dengan mata kepala sendiri, manakala Jhulie berselingkuh dengan tetangga barunya itu. Hingga akhirnya, Julius Rochman berubah menjadi pria cassanova dan menjadi PEBINOR sebagai pelampiasan sakit hatinya, lantaran ditinggal selingkuh oleh sang istri hingga terjadinya perceraian.

Lima tahun berlalu setelah kejadian itu merenggut keluargaku secara paksa. Kejadian yang membuatku harus hidup sebatang kara dalam kemiskinan dan kesulitan. Membuat duniaku seketika menjadi kelam dan hidup dalam bayang-bayang masa lalu. Tiada hari tanpa penyesalan atas keputusan yang kuambil waktu itu….hingga akhirnya aku bertemu dengan seorang kakek tua yang menjadi pelanggan setia di tempatku bekerja. Namun siapa sangka dia malah memintaku untuk menikahi salah satu dari tiga orang cucunya. Dia membual akan mengembalikan kehidupanku yang dulu. Hey! Pernikahan bukanlah perkara mudah seperti membeli gorengan hangat di pagi hari. Sejujurnya jauh dari lubuk hatiku yang dalam, aku tak terlalu suka kehidupanku yang dulu dan tak lagi menginginkannya. Tapi pertanyaannya adalah siapakah yang akan jatuh hati pada gadis miskin dan tak terurus sepertiku ini?