read hold me tight

Set in the mid-19th century, a masked benefactor purchases a supposed 'satanic' creature on London's black market. What he gets instead, however, is someone he never knew he would fall in love with, much less be loved back. As they both heal from the scars of their past, they find their fates are more interwoven than either would have ever imagined. *Contains themes from Beauty and The Beast, Phantom of the Opera, and Frankenstein* (I do not claim rights to the cover image)

Love is undefined, unbound by rules. It is something that no person could actually give meaning to until he finds that one human being who gives him the exact definition of it. But is love enough to keep two people together? Or is it just another ideology that somehow got wired into everyone's brain? Or maybe people who are in love are simply blind enough to see the reality and would rather continue living in that paradise dream?

We all know how it ends, the story of the sexy cheerleader and the captain of the football team. But this is different. Every cheerleader always dates every guy on the football team it is a "high school achievement". You know how it feels to walk down the hall and have all eyes on you, most of them envy you, some wish they were you, some wants your man and the few just would stop at nothing to drag you down. Well that's a "high school challenge" one way or the other student see school as a battle field in other to meet up with the high status, keeping up appearances, expressing themselves and getting high. Keeping up good grades is only secondary. PROM, PROM, PROM, that's what's on every girls mind and it will be embarrassing when your girls ask "who are you going with" and you say "with no one", "that's a high school walk of shame". High school is like a bed you lay. You can choose how you want to lay it, what matters is you lie on it eventually. By The story of the sexy cheerleader and the captain of the football team are just like the fairy tale story of Cinderella and her prince charming but the question is, does every story end up like that? Still, standing at the far end of the hallway was a simple introvert, trying to cook up the courage to say one word to her. He could see her laugh at her friends jokes, but can she SEE him?

"Was it so hard for you all to accept me without thinking about my second gender? You abandoned me to the very moment you discovered that I'm an omega. You gave me away even though I am your son! I share the same genes, flesh and blood as your daughter, and we are twin! And yet you turn your back on me. I will make sure to take everything back that every single one of you took from me. You will all regret everything that you did to me."Eiji was the only son of the Suzuki Jiro and Mira, the twin brother of their daughter Melissa. For so many years that he had lived, he had always wondered why was it easy for his biological parents to give him away. Not even a little bit of love was given to him the moment they met him again after so many years. He only wanted to love the one that was destined to him but just like parents, his supposed destined alpha hide their relationship. The only thing that could bind them together was a single bit in the neck of eiji and yet it was never given to him. A one sided love as everyone could tell, an omega that was never loved by his destined alpha. Will he be able to love again after so much painful love that he had gone through? Will there be somebody who will love and accept him whole-heartedly without any care of their second gender.

"No please...Don't do this to me...I am your LUNA!" "You are no shit. Your husband abondoned you! You are our whore now." -- Aurora's life took a drastic turn when she was crudely expelled by her husband Damien's scheming mistress, Chloe. Betrayed, wronged, and nearly killed, Aurora found herself on the brink of death until her brother, Alpha Jace, rescued her. Reclaimed by her true family, Aurora underwent a profound transformation. A year later, she was back not as the pathetic victim, but as a noble princess, backed by a powerful pack. With newfound strength and determination, Aurora returned to seek vengeance against those who wronged her.

"Good morning, sir," she said with a smug smile and glanced at the man who was standing in front of the class-Zachary Villarreal, her ex-boyfriend. Angered for her family, Atasha returned to the Philippines after a two-year stay in America. She had heard of her half-sister's upcoming wedding and could not accept it. She could never accept that the people who ruined her life-her unborn child's life-would be happy. She wanted them all to live the same miserable life as hers. "Beg at me, Professor, as you serve my wrath," she mentally noted.

[TRIGGER WARNING: BULLY & SUICIDE] Kata orang, kehidupan masa SMP itu menyenangkan. Benarkah begitu? Jawabannya adalah "ya" dan "tidak". Awalnya kehidupan SMP ku sangat menyenangkan. Akan tetapi, kehidupan indah itu berakhir dalam sekejap sejak semua orang mengetahui 'perbedaan' yang kumiliki. "Bagaikan belum cukup membuatku menderita, kehidupan memberikan aku 'kutukan' lain," gumamku sambil tertawa lirih. " ... kehidupan membenciku."

WARNING! 18+ ONLY! "Emily! Kau tidak boleh keluar dari ruangan ini atau membelakangiku!" Alis Emily berkerut, tidak mengerti apa yang Jason inginkan darinya. "Apa maksudmu?" tanya gadis itu, mulai kesal. "Kau tetap di tempatmu, menghadapku!" perintah Jason. "Kau tidak boleh memalingkan muka sama sekali dan harus menyaksikan apa yang aku dan Tamara lakukan dari awal sampai akhir!" *** Emily Karlton terpaksa menjalani pernikahan tanpa didasari rasa cinta dengan Jason McKennel, yang merupakan saudara angkatnya. Perasaan yang seharusnya ditujukan kepada kakak laki-laki Jason, ternyata salah sasaran. Apalagi ketika sang ayah angkat mengambil keputusan yang layaknya hukuman mati untuk keduanya. Jason telah menjalin hubungan dengan seorang wanita yang sudah menikah, tetapi terpaksa menuruti keinginan sang ayah untuk menikahi Emily demi mendapatkan jabatan sebagai pemimpin perusahaan. Namun, di balik itu, ia tetap menjalani kisah cintanya secara diam-diam dengan sang kekasih. Sementara Emily berusaha menjadi istri yang baik, begitu pula dengan Jason yang berusaha untuk memupuk cinta untuk Emily, harus terganggu dengan kehadiran sang kekasih yang terus mengganggu pernikahan mereka dan segala usahanya jadi sia-sia. Akankah Emily berhasil mendapatkan hati Jason? Ataukah hubungan keduanya harus berakhir karena tidak ada cinta yang tumbuh di antara mereka?

Serry thought that her romance would be the same as the other werewolf couples. However, she seemed to be slapped by reality because her Alpha hated her even rejecting her presence. Her struggle seemed to be in vain when the Alpha actually looked happy with another Omega. Her heart throbbed with pain to the point that it felt like she wanted to die. Did Serry give up on her destiny? Or is it even more painful when a big fact that Alpha keeps is revealed? Take a look at the love story of werewolves of different statuses who struggle in the bonding destiny outlined by the Moon Goddess.

In the pursuit of happiness, he yearns for a love uncertain and burns with a fire that sets one man's frigid heart aflame. Will this romance be broken in Brooklyn or made in Manhattan? River Kennedi's heartbreak and a new lease on life sends him neck-deep into the corporate world when a ubiquitous Sebastian Black sets his sights on his skills with numbers and strange luck with making money.