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Tristan Satria Adinata, seorang laki-laki tampan dan mapan berusia 35 tahun, terjebak cinta pada gadis belia berusia 15 tahun bernama Grizelle Lasmaya. Grizelle adalah seorang gadis remaja yang masih duduk di bangku SMA. Gadis itu selalu membantu orangtuanya bekerja di kantin sebuah perusahaan yang dikelola oleh keluarga Adinata saat sepulang sekolah. Paras Grizelle yang rupawan ternyata membuat Tristan jatuh hati hingga tidak ada tempat untuk wanita lain. Meski sudah berkali-kali mencoba melabuhkan hasrat pada wanita lain, tapi laki-laki yang menjabat sebagai CEO di perusahaan itu tidak juga mendapatkan kepuasan batiniah. Ingin mencoba mendekati Grizelle, tapi Tristan sadar mereka terpaut usia yang cukup jauh. Maka, laki-laki itu mengambil keputusan untuk menunggu Grizelle paling tidak sampai usianya 18 tahun. Tiga tahun menunggu kuncup itu mekar, membuat Tristan semakin arrogan. Sebab Grizelle tak pernah sekalipun menunjukkan rasa suka padanya. Dan kemarahan Tristan memuncak ketika dia mengetahui Grizelle sudah memiliki seorang kekasih. Laki-laki itu dengan serta-merta mengancam Grizelle agar mau menikah dengannya, namun Grizelle menolak mentah-mentah. Tapi Tristan tidak kehabisan akal. Laki-laki itu mengancam akan mengusir Grizelle dan orang tuanya dari kantin yang menjadi sumber kehidupan Grizelle dan keluarganya selama bertahun-tahun, jika Grizelle tidak mau menikah dengannya. Tristan juga mengancam Grizelle dengan dalil hutang piutang orang tuanya. Apakah Grizelle akan rela dinikahi oleh pria arrogan yang usianya terpaut 20 tahun lebih tua? Yang tentu saja sama sekali tidak dia cintai ....

Trigger warning: Hardcore and 18+ content, reader discretion is advised. Lavinia is the Alpha's daughter but she has been locked up in a cottage in the forest her entire life. She was never told the reason why and the extent of her full potential was hidden away from her. After 18 years of being hidden away, she is finally allowed her freedom but it comes with a price, she'll have to marry the Prince of a rival pack. She makes the sacrifice for her freedom and meets Rylan, her arranged mate. He seems to be all that she could have ever dreamed of, her life seems to be going perfectly for the first time but is everything truly as it seems? What dark secrets could they be hiding from her? What exactly is the mystery behind the cursed wolf?

One heart is broken and one heart is just finding for lust and heat, the two of them met in an unexpected place—wherein the undeniably insane connection and lust between them started. *** Eura Vegaz was a widow for two years. After her husband’s unexpected death she found it hard to fix her broken self. She decided to have a trip to gather herself again. Then, she found herself in El Paraiso, a small town with breathtaking beauty. El Paraiso was ruled by the Saldieguez, from politics to business. Her path crossed to the CEO of Nirvana Hotel and the youngest of Saldieguez named Luther. In Paradise Club, where all fantasies happened, the two of them had an agreement—to be “Strangers with Benefits”. With Eura being a brokenhearted widow and Luther as a troublesome playboy CEO, will things work between the both of them? Will the “Strangers with Benefits” contract between them work? Because the both of them know, at the end of the day . . . they’re just strangers to each other.

As an Omega, 17-year-old Sarah is used to being at the bottom of the pecking order, even in her new pack and new high school. But her usually-boring life changes when she turns 18. She expects to shift—and nothing happens.Now, as if being an Omega isn’t bad enough, Sarah is also human. But Sarah, to her surprise, soon finds her mate: in the pack’s handsome and compassionate Alpha. And the lowly Omega finds herself rocketing to the top of her pack’s status as the new Luna. Just as it seems that life is finally going her way, Sarah learns of a terrible betrayal that results in tragic death, exile, and upheaval of what should have been her storybook ending… Or does it?Sarah continues her journey, as she is put to the test with just how many life-shattering changes she can take. Will she live as an outcast? Or as the most respected member of her pack?Sarah joins forces with her trusted and true friend, Ayala. Together, they search for Ayala’s true mate, attempt to unlock her shifter powers, and fend off threats from the deadly Coello. Can they escape his mercenaries, Isaac and Regan? Or will Sarah and Ayala fall prey before they can find their true mates?Ayala, 18, has always been a hopeless romantic and a dreamer. After a whirlwind year, she’s ready to settle into her new life at the Santa Cruz tree house, with Jasper, Isaac, Regan, and the other members of the pack. When she suggests they host a bonfire, Jasper and the rest agree. It seems like a magical night. But when Ayala leans in to kiss Jasper, he backs away. She’s ready to give up on him as her mate when fate forces them into a cross-country road trip together. Soon, they learn they have more in common than they thought. Might he be her true mate after all?

Luke Mason, an average teenager who just turned 18, who lived with her mother, Angela, in the suburbs of Cebu City. He acquired his scholarship to study in a prestigious school, the University of San Carlos. A school unaffordable for low-class families like him. The scholarship made it possible for Luke to study in that school for free. His father, Erik Mason, left them four years ago for matters that he did not yet understand. Before his leaving, his father promised Luke to give him a gift if he turned 18. Luke met Maria Cruz at school and fell in love in secret. Maria was mysteriously beautiful, rich, and popular. But Luke sensed something peculiar about Maria and in one incident, Luke found out that Maria is a witch. The secret stayed between them and they eventually became friends. Months after Luke's birthday, his father Erik, visits them back home. Erik explained to his ex-wife, Angela, the purpose of his visit, to give Luke the long-time promised gift. Erik handed him an attache case. In it was a Moonstone Pendant and a dagger, weapons in killing witches. Luke then knew that his father is a witch hunter that came from a long lineage of witch hunters, called the Keepers. The Founders of the Keepers held a tradition to pass down their legacy to their children when they reached 18 yrs of age. The events now twisted as Luke tried to weigh his options, to kill Maria and her family of witches or leave them be, imposing danger to society.

Irish the unwanted child, has been marked as the daughter of traitors, and she has been suffering since a long time ago, she was the hybrid daughter of the werewolf witch turned 18, and the peak of suffering in her life was the abuse committed by her uncle, she tried to escape leaving all the wounds and memories that had tortured her since a long time ago. Until one day she met the Maxwell family and was appointed by that rich family, Irish continued to study diligently to get all the best things in her life, but the presence of the two sons from the Maxwell family entirely changed her life, Sergio Maxwell and Anthony Romano. The two sons of a conglomerate who inherited a large company and also have an intense love only for the Irish, this becomes an unavoidable conflict between them, until the relationship and their love bond are stronger for the one woman they are fighting for, namely Irish. She can feel deeply in love, disappointment, betrayal, healing for her soul, and falling in love again, after many obstacles she has to face. Sergio and Romano have the same feelings for the Irish and with their werewolf's abilities, they can see that the Irish are their mate, how can they do this if both fall in love with the same woman? And of course, the strongest will survive and Sergio also tries to protect Ireland from all the dangers that have occurred in her life with many conflicts that have occurred.

"Her life changed when she realized that monsters were protecting her." Si Molly Cabrera ay lumaki sa isang mental facility, hindi dahil baliw siya, kundi dahil doon siya iniwan ng kaniyang ina noong siya'y sanggol pa lamang. Subalit sa pananatili niya roon ay nagaya na rin sa iba ang kaniyang pag-iisip— na mas malala pa. Sa kaniyang paglabas ay nakilala nito ang isang CEO na si Linus Hudson na siya ring Presidente ng isang malaking kumpanya, Hudson Apparel. Sa kanilang pagtatagpo sa kakahuyan ay sinong mag-aakalang pagbibigkisin sila ng tadhana? Ang kwento nilang patungo sa magandang love story ay lumihis ng landas matapos malaman ang katotohanan, na magkapatid sila. Ating tunghayan kung ano-ano pang katotohanan ang matutuklasan ni Molly sa bawat kabanata ng kaniyang buhay. Alamin ang puno't dulo kung bakit siya napadpad sa isang mental facility, at kaya nga ba talagang mahalin ni Linus si Molly, gayong isa itong tanyag na... SOCIOPATH?

Vita ditertawakan oleh kakak ipar karena amplop lebaran yang dia beri hanya berisi sepuluh ribu. Di saat keluarga sendiri menganggap sampah, keluarga mertua malah sangat sayang. Saking sayangnya sampai ibu mertua membelanya saat suami selingkuh. bahkan dia dijodohkan dengan adik ipar

"You’re mine, Adaira. When this night is over, and when your voice is hoarse from screaming my name, I won’t have to remind you who you belong to.” ~ After getting rejected by her chosen mate at 18, Adaira is devastated and she flees her pack in tears. It took her an entire year to pick up all her pieces, and Raed is the one who comforted and repaired her, the one who made her believe in happiness again. They were planning to get mated when a half wolf, half demon hybrid abomination destroyed her pack, killed Raed and marked her forcefully. Fate played a cruel trick on her when the truth was revealed and this murderer is her true mate. After all these things, he still expects her to bend to his will. But even with her body craving his touch, she has only one thing in mind for him… revenge. ~ WARNING: This book is rated 18+ and therefore contains sexually explicit content. It is also a dark romance so there are some themes that may be triggering and is therefore not for the faint of heart. Gavrael is not a prince charming neither is he a gentleman. P.S; please don't forget to drop a comment as you read, thanks.

Failing College isn't the worst that could happen to you is it? No. No. You could get kidnapped by some crazily handsome lunatic from another world who claims to be an emperor. And not only that but force you to basically help him become a popular one at that?Well, that's exactly where Alexis' life is currently headed as she's held captive in a strange mystical world in the clutches of one of the most not-so-powerful-but-still-powerful And not to forget charming man alive.Enter Alastair, a half blood king, framed with the murder of his 18 half siblings by his own family who wishes for his beheading and his only hope is a mouthy girl from another world who he seems to have taken a liking to.Where will this adventure lead these to? At the end of tragic romance? Or with both of them six feet under?“You belong to me until this year is over”.