Surviving In The Desert

I burned my painting right in front of the students and university staff. Thunderous applause filled the hall. Everyone thought it was some kind of performance. But my senior in the graduate program panicked. He rushed forward and grabbed my wrist, his voice tight. “Connor, have you gone mad? This is your only shot to prove yourself!” I shook him off, cold. A chance? That was his chance, right? During my past life, he stole the painting I poured my heart and soul into and entered it in the competition ahead of me. The composition, the colors, even my original technique… He copied all of it. He won the Gold Award for the National Youth Art Competition, signed with a top gallery, and basked in glory. Meanwhile, I was branded a shameless plagiarist. The insults and curses overwhelmed me completely. "Get out of the art scene already!" “A plagiarist like you should just die!” His fans stormed my studio, smashed my tools, and broke my right hand. With my world in ruins, I jumped off the studio roof. Opening my eyes again, I realized I had returned to the day my senior accused me of plagiarism.

Ava was born and brought up in the Voltrons pack, she had lived her whole life among them although she did not know who her real parents were. She was later betrayed by her best friend Lina who accused her wrongly to the entire pack. Ava tried to prove her innocence but no one believed her, not even her love interest Theodore. She was forced to leave the pack to go and make a life for herself elsewhere. She later met and fell in love with Alpha Lesley, the Alpha of the Luna pack who she was later to discover was her mate, he is all powerful and most feared among other alphas. He took her into his pack and she was accepted as one of them. She vowed to take revenge on the people that had betrayed her with her new acquired power. Along the line, her former pack was attacked by another powerful pack, she was moved to pity, and the realization that all the pent up anger and hatred she had gathered for them were not as strong as she thought. She made up her mind to forgive and save them. But she was later to discover that saving them would also mean going against her current pack, and the people that had saved her from exile when she was rejected, and also betraying the love of her life. Would Ava leave everything that is important to her behind including betraying her true mate just to save the people that had betrayed and rejected her in the past?

“What’s your name?” His deep voice resonates in her ears and he eyes her with interest. “H-Halsey S-Scott!” She manages to say. “Is that girl looking at us?” He tilts his head to indicate his ex-girlfriend who’s glaring at them. “Yeah…” “Good.” Without another word, he kisses her on the lips. A kiss which sealed their fates. One kiss from the school’s bad boy and it was over for her. Ever since her parents died, Halsey Scott prefers to live a quiet life. Shy and quiet, Halsey is only free around her best friend, Lincoln Wright, the school's rising basketball player. But what happens when she catches the eye of the notorious bad boy? Nathan Jacobs doesn't believe in love. He only cares about his popularity and is a bully. Harboring an intense hatred towards Lincoln, Nathan will do anything to hurt his rival. And the only way to hurt Lincoln, is to crush Halsey's heart. Initially scared of Nathan, Halsey soon finds herself torn between her loyalty to her best friend and her dangerous attraction for the bad boy. What will happen when Nathan's plans are revealed? Will he succeed in breaking Halsey's heart? Or will the bad boy finally fall in love?

Czarina Melody Ocampo believed her biggest mistake was crossing paths with the powerful zillionaire Damion Marquez. On their wedding night, she gathered her courage to speak. “Mr. Marquez, a forced marriage isn’t sweet. Hindi tayo bagay sa isa’t isa.” But Damion only leaned back with a cold smirk, his words sealing her fate. “Sweet or not—you’re already mine.” She thought their marriage would stay a loveless arrangement… until he started entering her room, claiming her bed, her nights—and slowly, her heart. That’s when she realized: escape was never an option. Can Czarina resist a man who refuses to let go? Or will she be forever trapped in the zillionaire’s dangerous yet sweet obsession?

(21+) Christopher Alexander. Pria berdarah dingin keturunan Asia yang tak akan segan membunuh siapa saja yang akan menghalangi jalannya dan mengganggunya. Tampan dan digilai banyak wanita. Tapi tidak ada yang tau bahwa pria itu sangatlah kejam tidak berperasaan. Lalu pertemuannya yang disengaja dengan gadis berkebangsaan Rusia yang saat itu sedang berkunjung ke Thailand. Sarah Alana Benjamin, orang-orang terdekatnya memanggilnya Cala. Gadis ceria yang menyukai Travelling. Seketika keceriaan itu sirna ketika dirinya bertemu dengan Christopher. Pria kejam berhati iblis. Dan Cala sangat membencinya. Selamat menikmati kisah Christop dan Cala

“Hindi na sapat ang pagmamahal lang.” Para kay Dean, masaya na siya at kuntento sa tahimik at simple na buhay na mayroon sila ng kanyang asawa na si Niah. Isang klase ng buhay na kasulangat ng kanyang kinagisnan. Ngunit hindi niya inakalang hindi ganoon ang nararamdaman ng kanyang asawa. Niah wants a luxurious and extravagant life. Isang bagay na hindi kaagad maibibigay ni Dean. Kaya noong makahanap ng lalaking magbibigay sa kanya ng buhay na pinapangarap, kaagad na nagdisisyon si Niah na hiwalayan ang asawa. She filed a divorce, dumped Dean, and hooked up with a rich man. Masakit iyon para kay Dean, pero hinayaan niya ang asawa sa kagustuhan nito. He loves Niah so much that he can do everything for her. Kaya noong inakala ng lahat na bumitaw na siya, doon siya kumilos at gumawa ng paraan. And what he did gradually surprised everyone, including his wife. Sa unti-unti niyang pagpapakita ng kanyang kakayahan bilang isang asawa at lalaki, dahan-dahan niya ring ipinakilala ang kanyang tunay na sarili. Would his wife, Niah, come back to him? And if she does, would he still accept her? Or would he move on upon realizing that his wife only loves him because of the things that he could give, and not because she loves him genuinely?

Each year 20 girls and 20 boys are invited to become part of the esteemed Werewolf Academy alumni. The school focuses on training each individual to handle anything and everything that could be thrown at them in pack life. These boys and girls aren't your regular omegas. Each of them has Alpha blood running through their veins. Now meet Yvonne. She's a sweet girl, who's father is the Alpha of her pack. Yvonne doesn't normally get involved in the political affairs of the pack. Instead she takes more of a warrior role. She loves her pack members and they love her. When Yvonne receives a letter from the Werewolf Academy, she has no choice but to accept. Sophie never thought the Werewolf Academy would want anything to do with her. She wasn't even next in line for the Alpha position, her older brother was. Sophie will make new friends along with some old ones, and she would eventually have to get a mate , How would she co relate with other wolves ? What kind of mate would Yvonne end up with ? Would she be able to keep up or quit the academy? Read on to enjoy the drama ! Romance ! and action .

Blurb: Lily Rose, a creative and independent artist who has faced numerous challenges in life, finds herself in a predicament where she is named the sole beneficiary of the vast empire of Richard Thompson, the great billionaire, who happens to be the only uncle to Alexander Thompson. Alexander Thompson had longed for the CEO position in his uncle's empire and was both livid and dumbfounded when he found out his uncle had chosen an unfamiliar stranger over his own nephew. Driven by the desire to understand this unexpected decision, he embarks on a mission to find Lily. As they confront each other, intense emotions surface and they must face their true feelings. Will this task prove easy for them or will they find it impossible to overcome the barriers created by wealth and privilege?.

In every love story, there's always a vengeful and venomous ex who was engaged to the wealthy and handsome CEO that fell for the poor, but gentle and innocent female lead. In the CEO's greed for the new female lead's affection, he broke her heart and drove her to the brink of insanity, all in the name of love and consideration for his new partner. No one ever cared about how the ex felt. Ariana Montmorency, a British Heiress, was prepped her entire life to marry one man, but suddenly, his heart was captured by another and everything went wrong. She was scorned, destroyed and disowned by everyone she knew after all the sacrifices she made for the man she loved. It took 365 days and a harsh awakening for her to finally understand her past mistakes and now it was time for her to be the female lead of her own story. ••••••• Elliot Navarro and Ariana Montmorency. The King of the Business Empire and the Fallen Heiress. Incredibly wealthy and powerful, yet ruthlessly cold and unforgiving, not a single soul dared to offend Elliot Navarro. Many have tried, but none had succeeded in gaining his attention. That is, until his path unexpectedly collides with the British Heiress. He turned her world upside down from painful to painless and she changes his world from unstable to stable. While they seem like a match made in heaven, what is a love story without disturbance? Challenges will arise, chaos will commence, and drama will ensue and it's a test of whether two halves can make a whole and remain whole.

With great power comes great responsibility, this a famous saying that attached a sudden hold of power attainment or at least having it with you own effort without anyone's help . but society needs the stigmatization of righteousness and its every elements that are compose of it, to merge this righteous system with its values and costumes that are commonly agreed open by its society,in a way or another our protagonist was living a fringe life, but with the sudden possession of power, he refused to live a mediocre life under the disguise of a hero , he think if the word doesn't give a damn when he is down than let the word be damned, there no real relationship nor real peoples, every thing is based in benefits . so better the world yeald between my claws and become my own playground or get destroyed under my infinite rage”.