open season c. j. box

Ariel Anata yang telah menghabiskan malam bersama dengan cinta pertamanya di malam sebelum pernikahannya, akhirnya menikah dengan seorang pria jutawan, bernama Richard Edward. Namun, malam pertama mereka tak seindah layaknya malam pertama pasangan pengantin sehingga membuat Richard kecewa dan murka padanya. Lima tahun pun berlalu, namun hubungan Ariel dan Richard tak kunjung harmonis walaupun mereka telah dikaruniai putri yang cantik. Richard pun telah memiliki istri kedua dan bayi mungilnya tapi itu tidak membuat dia ingin menceraikan Ariel. Pada suatu hari, tanpa sengaja Ariel bertemu lagi dengan Dhani, cinta pertamanya, yang ternyata telah menjadi seorang duda. Mereka pun mulai menjalin komunikasi karena permasalahan keluarga Ariel dan Richard. Karena perasaan keduanya masih sama seperti dulu, mereka melakukan hubungan terlarang yang rahasia.

Feng Shaotian was a simple guy who desires nothing but peace. Even though his life wasn't that great after the death of his parents. The only comfort he got was the existence of his loyal dog, Ding Bang. He tried to take his life by jumping on the highest bridge in their place but Ding Bang stopped him. As long as he tried to commit suicide, Ding Bang was always there to stop him. Out of sympathy to his dog, he decided to stop commiting suicidal acts. Unfortunately, it wasn't enough. He found no purpose in living, everything felt empty as if something was missing. One day, he finally decided to do something he kept on hold for months for his dog's sake. Suicide... But it was wishful thinking, just as he laid in his bed for his last sleep. A phenomenon happens that change his life. Something magical that only happens in novels. A transmigration to another world. But what will he do when he found out that this place is full of bloody fights? A place where the strong preys the weak. Will the peace lover from earth be able to survive this insane place? Or die like a mob in wilderness?

"You’re worthless, Evelyn. Tell me, what real Alpha would stay with a barren woman in this world?!" With trembling hands, I wiped away the tears streaming down my face. My body was weak from days without food in the cold dungeon. Evelyn’s life has never made sense. Rejected by her first mate at eighteen, she becomes an Omega slave. Fate offers her a second chance with Alpha John Xavier, who marries her, but the marriage is no better. She is treated like a servant, and two years later, his first love, Diane, returns to reclaim her place in his heart. John lavishes Diane with the affection Evelyn longs for and ultimately rejects and divorces her. Thrown into a cold dungeon as punishment, she endures days without food and water, all because of Diane who was later revealed to be pregnant for John. Just when she thinks John might have a change of heart, he demands that she sacrifice her kidney for Diane. Evelyn discovered a secret that changed everything, she was carrying John’s child. Now, five years later, Evelyn and John meet again as business partners, working together to save his struggling pack. John, filled with regret, is desperate to win her back. But there’s another man who loves her and is willing to keep her by his side. Will Evelyn forgive John and give him a second chance or will she choose the man who has vowed to never let her go?

Warning ***Excerpt, Mature contents*** "Why did you have to make me suffer?" I paused, "Do you hate me that much?" "Isabelle," Dimitri hisses with such venom in his voice. "You might want to watch your words carefully." "Don't worry, I'll free you from this burden." I spat. "Enough!" Dimitri growls "I'm going to reject you." "Enough!" He roars, making me stop. He grabs my arms, corners me against the wall. My heart is beating rapidly. I see fire in his eyes as he lock me with his body. "Fuck this! I'm done running from what's has already been decided by fate." With that said, he captures my lips in a fierce kiss. Isabella Rosa Santacruz, a witch on the run, she has a dark past and a even darker destiny but worst of all she has been chased her entire life by things that want her dead. When a prophecy is etched in stone that her blood holds the keys to the universe every monster and myth known and unknown on the planet wants to have her for their own personal desires. But her fate soon changes when she stumbles across the powerful lycan Alpha, her mate. And he is Dimitri Axel Castellan, the most ruthless and feared lycan Alpha famously known as the Blood Alpha. He is also the Alpha of the Blood moon pack, a pack cursed by a witch's dying breath to cease to be of existence on the eleventh blood moon. What would happen when fate pins in his path the one he hoped he would never find? She is the air that he can't give up, even if it would cost him everything he has, including his life. Will they fall in love? Or will they be able to save themselves from their impending chaos.

Xiao Jing Wu adalah sosok anak laki-laki yang cerdas dan sangat tertarik dengan ilmu beladiri. Namun, keinginan untuk belajar bela diri tak direstui oleh pamannya, Yang Zhou, karena tak ingin Xiao Jing Wu seperti mendiang ayahnya yang menyalahgunakan ilmu bela diri demi ambisi. Akibatnya, Xiao Jing Wu tak luput dari penyiksaan yang dilakukan oleh anak seusianya, termasuk anak dari Yang Zhou, bernama Yang Zi. Suatu ketika Xiao Jing Wu bertemu dengan Kanibal, salah satu iblis dari lembah sepuluh iblis. Kanibal tertarik akan kecerdasan dan tingkah jenaka Jing Wu. Jing Wu memilih kabur setelah melukai Yang Zi dan ikut bersama Kanibal ke lembah sepuluh iblis dan belajar bela diri kepada lima iblis terkuat di lembah itu hingga Jing Wu berusia remaja. Kanibal mengatakan pada Jing Wu bahwa Jing Wu tak akan menjadi lebih hebat jika ia tetap berada di lembah iblis, oleh karena itu ia menasehati Jing Wu untuk keluar dari lembah iblis dan bertemu dengan pendekar hebat lainnya.

The Fated Alpha King Aria Nightshade, the 18-year-old daughter of the powerful Crescent Fang Pack Alpha, feels trapped by her predetermined future. Expected to marry for alliances and obey her father’s will, she longs for freedom and true love. As rumors spread of an alpha king who will unite the packs, her world is turned upside down when she meets Kian, a mysterious rogue with an intoxicating presence. Their forbidden connection grows, but their bond is discovered, threatening Kian’s life and Aria’s reputation. As tensions rise between the fractured packs , will Aria choose her duty or her heart, and risk everything love

Kristin is forced into a contract marriage to birth a child for the comatose billionaire Lucas, by her stepmum, to raise funds for her father's surgery bills. Unknown to her, it was all a planned game. Her mother killed her father for his company when she saw that he willed all his properties to Kristin and connived with Lucas's uncle to get the cancer cure research document he was working on before his illness. Beginning in a forced marriage, Kristin had to endure all forms of verbal abuse, but later on, Lucas finally falls in love with her. But betrayal and secrets lurk behind—will true love prevail?

Investigative journalist Justine Sky will go to great lengths to find out the truth. Even if it means rubbing elbows with the city's most feared billionaire. As a prime time crime solver, she’s tackled a great deal of scandals during her career, but nothing could prepare her for a life with Bentley Thomas. Because of his criminal past and merciless ambition to get to the top, Bentley has been the scapegoat for the people of Westlake, Texas. With all fingers pointing to him as Ivy Smith’s slayer, Justine becomes hellbent on exposing him. After pulling strings to get an invite into his mysterious world of luxury, Justine enters, thinking she'll be met by a cold and vicious mobster. Instead, he reels her in with soft charm and a passion that catches her off guard. Their chemistry is automatic, and Bentley is more of a hopeless romantic than she ever thought he could be. However, even though he's quite the charmer, Bentley does harbor secrets of his own. When Justine learns that he might have been the last person to see Ivy alive, her doubt settles in once again. It's her relentless fight for the truth and growing love for Bentley that makes her dig deeper. Only to find out that the killer is someone she knows very well. As the danger of the investigation sneaks closer, Justine is caught in a deadly game of ransom, and Bentley doesn’t hesitate to risk everything he has to save her. In a world full of lies, secrets, and betrayal, she has to trust someone. But is Bentley her most dangerous enemy, or the only one who has been telling the truth?

Skylar Miller, a 21 year old daughter of a drug addict, always loved her boyfriend, Ray in her own way despite always being busy. They have been together for four years, and he suddenly dumped her and it was all her boss's fault. Zane Hills, was the most ruthless CEO and the most powerful, influential and richest in the whole country. After schooling abroad most years of his life, he came back four years ago and took Skylar as his secretary ever since. Accidentally having a one night stand with Skylar when drunk, he proposed a fake marriage contract. She would help him keep blind dates his mother was setting up for him away while she could get the life of comfort without stressing about money which she wanted. But he started to realize he was drawn to her despite agreeing to never fall in love with each other. How long would he be able to resist her? And with danger and dark forces lurking around, would they be able to fight for their love?

At the Mating Ceremony, my mate Alexander rejected our mate bond in front of the entire pack, then turned around and marked Sarah instead. While I endured the excruciating pain of rejection and the pack's vicious gossip, Alexander's brother Ethan walked into our ceremonial grounds. He presented me with nine hundred and ninety-nine Moonflowers, confessing he had secretly loved me for years. His wolf had recognized me as his mate, and he'd dreamed of making me his. I was shocked to discover he was my second chance mate, and touched that he saved me from humiliation. I immediately nodded in agreement. Five years into our marriage, I had miscarried five times, and had finally managed to conceive again. Ethan held me carefully, spinning me around with joy, promising to take good care of me and the baby, even if it cost him his life. Four months into my pregnancy, I overheard him talking with the pack healer: "Alpha Ethan, just like the previous five times, the miscarriage drugs have been added to your wife's pregnancy supplements." "I don't understand. Sarah was able to bear your child, so why not your wife?" Ethan laughed bitterly: "Only those who produce an heir can inherit the Alpha position. Alexander is infertile, and I want Sarah to fulfill her wish of becoming the pack's Alpha Female." Alexander and Ethan were the children of our pack's Alpha. The Alpha had declared that whoever produced an heir first would become the next Alpha of the pack. All those passionate vows and promises were nothing but lies. The brothers, Alexander and Ethan, both loved Sarah. If that was how things stood, I would leave. I returned to our bedroom and secretly took out my phone, dialing a number I thought I would never contact again: "I agree to return and inherit the Shadow Pack. But I need you to do me a favor."