Resensi Tenggelamnya Kapal Van Der Wijck

Yo solo era una estudiante que no podía pagar la colegiatura. Durante cinco años, también fui la amante secreta del jefe de la mafia Dante Costello. Públicamente, era su restauradora de arte personal. En privado, pasaba las noches haciéndome suya, abrazándome fuerte y besándome hasta dejarme sin aliento. Entonces su familia arregló su compromiso. Con Isabella Rossi. Una princesa de una familia rival. En su fiesta de compromiso, Isabella me clavó un fragmento de cristal roto en el dorso de la mano. Me obligó a disculparme. Con ella. Por haber hecho una escena. Conteniendo las lágrimas, incliné la cabeza ante Isabella. Cuando ella perdió una apuesta y tuvo que jugar a la ruleta rusa; una bala, seis recámaras, él me obligó a tomar su lugar. Me temblaba la mano mientras me apuntaba con la pistola a la cabeza. —Una vez me salvaste la vida —le dije—. Ahora te la devuelvo. En el momento en que desaparecí de su mundo, el despiadado jefe de la mafia que lo tenía todo bajo control... perdió la cabeza.

Ever thought you were different from the world, that no matter how you tried, you just never fit in? That no body would accept the real you? Things felt the same for Ariana Bliss. It never got better after she realized the head agent of her defense academy that everyone answered to was the most annoying schoolmate she could ever come across. ******************************. "It's gonna be like this for a month." He smiled. Punch him. Break his nose or finger, dislocate his leg, shove a book in his mouth, stuff a pen into his nostrils. Ari's mind kept thinking of several possible ways to hurt him. "You don't know how much I wanna hurt you." She mumbled truthfully. "You can't, cos I'm gonna beat you again. Just like earlier today." He smirked. Arrrgh! "Just ignore. I'm just gonna ignore you for the rest of my life. " She said and the teacher walked in.....

Dahil sa pagkabigo sa pag-ibig, she ends up agreeing to a two-year marriage contract with a man she met on a drunken night. Siya si Ashanti Gonzalez, panganay na anak ng mga Gonzalez na nakatakdang ikasal sa isang tagapagmana ng isang mayamang pamilya. Ngunit dahil sa isang pagkakamali ay lahat ng ito ay magbabago. Kaya naman nang makilala niya si Vince De la Mora sa isang gabing hindi inaasahan ay agad n’yang tinanggap ang alok nito. She signed the contract expecting him to be just a normal guy, but he turned out to be a wealthy CEO and the big boss of the Empire Group. He kept his true identity hidden from her, but why? Ilang kasinungalingan pa ba ang kaya niyang itago para lang sa pagmamahal? Ngunit, paano kung hindi lang pala ito ang pagsubok na kanilang susuungin? Kakayanin kaya nila para sa ngalan ng pag-ibig? Make sure to fasten your seatbelts because we are about to witness the rollercoaster life of Ashanti Gonzalez and Vince De la Mora.

(Romance - Mystery) Ivy Anderson, wanita beranak dua yang harus mendapatkan kesialan serta takdir buruk setelah bertemu dengan Ben Clayton, CEO Clayton Group yang paling berpengaruh di New York hanya karena kesalahan kecil. Ben yang terobsesi pada Ivy menghalalkan segala cara untuk mendekati Ivy, dimulai dari menaklukan si kembar Terra dan Terry maupun menggunakan cara kotor untuk mendapatkan Ivy. Apa motif Ben yang sebenarnya? Mampukah Ivy melepaskan diri dari Ben yang terobsesi padanya? "Bertekuk lututlah padaku jika kau ingin kedua anak kesayanganmu selamat dari cengkraman ku, Miss Ivy," "Tapi mereka adalah—" "Satu saja perintah dariku dilanggar, maka bersiaplah kemungkinan buruk yang menimpa mereka berdua. Bagaimana jika kita mulai dari si little devil, Terry Anderson?"

Hera became an orphan at a young age and because of this, she had no choice but to live with her maternal grandmother who works as a nanny in a wealthy family that lives on a ranch. And there she met the boy who captured her young heart. Alexander, the eldest son of the Cullens has everything the world can offer, at a young age he already knew what he wanted in life and that’s the girl who captured his young heart. As time passed by, they became closer than they could imagine. Feelings started to evolve from young love to fiery love but life is not always a fairytale. Life challenges their love for each other. And the most difficult one is when Alexander’s life is on the verge of death. Young love, will it last?

An ordinary girl accidentally met a disabled man. "It's really hard to live. I hope one day someone can save me from this really dark life of mine" he said. Dahil sa isang accident na bago ang lahat, nawalan na ito ng ganang mabuhay takot makipag salamuha sa ibang tao dahil sa kanyang kapansanan gayunpaman, nanatili parin ito natatrabaho nag papatuloy sa buhay, he never expect to have a relationship to anyone, but then cupid's cafe ang naging instrumento para mabago yung pananaw nito sa buhay lahat nag bago ng isang iglap. Ito’y pandalian lang ba? mananatili parin ba kaya ito pag katapos ng kanyang natuklasan sa mismo araw na pinaka-aayaw niya matatanggap niya kaya ito? mananaig parin ba ang pag mamahalan na patuloy nilang pinaglalabanan.

Noah Stark was supposed to marry Genevieve’s cousin but was forced into the arms of Genevieve because his future wife's family treated him awfully, like a criminal, and looked down on him as the dirt underneath their boots until they found out who he was. For a moment, Mr. Cornell stared at Noah, and then he looked down at the resume in his hand, it took him a while before the light bulb spiked in his head, and he shouted, “Cease him!” Immediately, a guard fist slammed into Noah's jaw, and another struck him in the face, gashing his lip and causing Leo to scream and cry louder. ‘Glenn,’ Noah thought as his jaw tightened at the sight of his future wife, sensing his only emotion for her was a feeling of annoyance. “A house help… Cousin, your standard has dropped after your husband's death… How can you degrade from a CEO and governor's nephew to this thing right here.” Glenn said, her tone full of disgust. “Can you please stop, Glenn!” Genevieve snapped at her, tired of the constant smug remark from her cousin. “Watch it, Genevieve.” Mrs. Carnell warned her coldly. “My daughter is right. While Glenn is about to get married to the only heir of the Stark family, you are here fooling around with an idler. If word gets out about this, who would want to marry you again? You are already a widow, and now you are sleeping around with a ‘nobody! You should get remarried quickly to save face before any more scandals appear in the press and ruin this family!’”

Three generations of the Wright family were all notorious mafia. And of course, when he started to inherit the family property, the area police immediately noticed him, 24/7 took advantage of the opportunity, consecutively stalked and waited to catch him. Life for him was so stressful and boring! Until he met Jenny, he seemed to have found the treasure of his life. But Jenny was a police officer sent to investigate him in secret. No matter how much he proved, how clear the evidence was, she never believed him. What if love consisted only of sex, without trust in each other?

Isaac White, future alpha of the Ozoic pack, joins his friend Oscar Shine, alpha of the Pearlwood pack, at his Luna ceremony along with his beta, Liam Slayer. Isaac will soon become the alpha of his pack, but before that he has to find his mate. Despite being 27 years old, he covered almost all the nearby packs to find his mate but always failed. Anahita Ivanov also attended this ceremony with her only friend, Natalia. Isaac almost forced himself on Anahita due to misunderstandings.Thankfully; she escaped, but not exactly. When Isaac wakes up the next morning, he realizes that he found and lost his mate last night. Along with Liam, he sends his best hunters to find her whereabouts.

"Tugasmu adalah untuk melahirkan anakku, jangan berharap lebih dari itu," ucapnya tanpa ekspresi. Anderson Gretchen, CEO di perusahaan tempat Melody Gray bekerja. "Tentu saja." Melody menjawab dengan singkat. Anderson Gretchen tersenyum lebar, sepertinya dia membayangkan seorang anak yang telah lama dia damba. *** Petaka ini terjadi tanpa Melody minta, ayahnya yang kabur dengan meninggalkan hutang yang terus membengkak. Melody pun harus menanggung hutang tersebut sementara ada adik yang memiliki penyakit jantung bawaan dari lahir, yang harus mendapat perawatan intensif di rumah sakit. Hari naas itu kembali menerpanya, saat jantung Mike—adiknya— makin memburuk dan harus dioperasi dalam waktu dekat. Di saat pikirannya kalut dan buntu dengan dua hal itu, Diana—istri Anderson— datang menawarkan penawaran yang tidak bisa Melody tolak. Gadis itu akhirnya terpaksa menikah dengan Anderson. Menjadi istri kedua dan harus dituntut untuk memberi keturunan bagi keluarga Gretchen. Menjadi istri kedua, bukan hal yang Melody harapkan. Apa lagi pernikahan tanpa cinta. Hanya napsu yang ada. Akankah Melody sanggup bertahan hingga akhir?