the first night with the duke

Eidolon Avenue: Where the secretly guilty go to die. One building. Five floors. Five doors per floor. Twenty-five nightmares feeding the hunger lurking between the bricks and waiting beneath the boards. The sequel to Eidolon Avenue: The First Feast (“a great read...powerful and jarring” - Cemetery Dance) returns to the voracious Eidolon as it savors The Second Feast. A narcoleptic man in apartment 2A battles a vengeful past determined to rob him of everything as he runs from the barbaric disaster of a delusional love. A woman in 2B, reinventing herself to please a callous boyfriend, discovers the horrors that wait in the shadows of her self-renovation. The man in 2C, a teacher at the nearby Catholic girl’s school, collapses beneath the brutal consequences of his lecherous desires. An older woman in 2D, after decades dedicated to the church, is cornered at last by the grisly carnage beating at the hollow center of her faith. And a college student in 2E, hungry to escape an ignored life of invisible anonymity, finds herself captured between the pages of a ravenous book. All thrown into their own private hell as every cruel choice, every drop of spilled blood, every silent, complicit moment of cowardice is remembered, resurrected and relived to feed the ancient evil that lives on Eidolon Avenue. ©️ Crystal Lake Publishing

After spending a night with a strange man on the night before her wedding, Arianna left the city to start her life afresh. The 22 year Arianna Jason lived her life pleasing those she loved the most, without knowing she was simply a prey that was being nurtured against the day of her ruin. She had tasted the bitter pill of betrayal. She wants to give back to the World and the society what it gave her. But how can she change her sweet, innocent personality to fit into a cruel world and society? Can her sweet nature be contaminated or will she make it through, paddling on the right path?

Maxine Ysabell De Lara.Nag-iisang babae sa angkan ng mga De Lara. Itinururing siya ng mga itong 'A gift of God'. Lumaki siyang sinusunod ang kaniyang magulang at kailanman hindi siya sumuway sakanila. Subalit, dumating ang gabing nagpagabo sa buhay niya. Roswell Dylan Montefalco. The Most Successful Young Businessman. Business Tycoon. And Workaholic. May iisang babaeng minahal. Si Fhreaya Flores. Ang babaeng inalok niya ng kasal, ngunit iniwan siya sa ere. Dahil sa labis na pagmamahal sa dalaga. Napagkamalan niya nasi Maxine De Lara ang babaeng bumigo at nang-iwan sakanya. Pinilit niyang makatalik at buntisin ito 'nang sa ganon ay hindi na siya nito iwan. And he got her virginity. Tatlong taon siyang hindi pinatahimik ng konsensiya. Ginawa niya ang lahat para matagpuan ang babae. Ngunit, isang iraw ito mismo ang nag-apply ng trabaho sa kanyang Kompanya. Magagawa kayang pagtagpuin ang kanilang mga puso ng nag-iisa nilang koneksiyon? Magawa kaya ni Maxine na masungkit ang puso ng lalaking may matagal ng minamahal? O kahit anong gawin niya, tingin lang nito ay ina ng anak nila?

Sirena harus menikah dengan Duke Arsenio Orlan dari wilayah Utara untuk menyelamatkan Keluarga Count Sharon yang hampir bangkrut. Namun kediaman Duke Orlan adalah tempat yang berbahaya. Arsenio telah menikah sebanyak dua puluh tiga kali dan setiap pernikahan berakhir dengan kematian istrinya. Setelah menjadi Duchess, Sirena mengetahui fakta bahwa suaminya adalah cawan jiwa Raja Iblis yang membutuhkan jiwa wanita sebagai korban untuk menyegel kekuatannya. Sebagai istri ke dua puluh empat, mampukah Sirena menyelamatkan diri dari kematian?

Keluarga terlilit hutang, membuat Kimberly dipaksa menggantikan kakak tirinya menikah. Kabarnya Grand Duke bernama Yuksel itu, alias suami Kimberly merupakan seorang adipati agung berdarah dingin. Setiap malam pertama, semua Grand Duchess akan dimakamkan. Hal serupa yang terjadi pada semua Grand Duchess pun menimpa Kimberly. Setelah dipaksa bercumbu, denyut nadi Kimberly langsung berhenti total. Tapi, saat dikuburkan secara diam-diam, Kimberly justru terbangun dalam kondisi sehat bugar. Entah apa yang membuat tubuh Yuksel menjadi beracun, juga Kimberly yang kebal terhadap racun itu. Tapi yang jelas, berkat kekebalan itu, Yuksel menjadi memanfaatkan Kimberly dalam urusan harem. Apalagi ketika cinta hadir tanpa permisi, membuat Yuksel antusias dalam mengekang Kimberly. Bisakah Kimberly terus bersama sosok Grand Duke yang ketika menyentuh akan membuatnya berujung pada kematian berulang? Terlebih, Kimberly harus berbagi suami dengan para istri dari Yuksel.

Deep in the night, the ballroom was filled with splendor and dazzling Jewells. Young women showed off their slim figures wearing tight-ass corsets. Eloise shrunk to the corner, adjusting his boobs in her makeshift bra. ‘Fuck who is crazy enough to wear a corset. They want to destroy their ribs, don’t they….’ “Eloise,” a middle-aged woman happily waved at her from the center of a huge crowd. Eloise back away. “that’s my cue to leave. No way am I going over there,” she subtly ran out of the ballroom into the hallway. The cold wind and salty droplets hit her face as she moved closer to the edge of the ship. Suddenly a man in a majestic three-piece suit walked up to her. It was duke Raymond. ‘he must have been chased around by girls. Poor guy having such a handsome face is also dangerous,’ she thought, casually sipping her wine. he moved dangerously closer, panting softly. “Duke you are too close.” She reminded him. He suddenly cupped her face and kissed her lips. His sharp tooth tore into her bottom lips. “hmmm!!” Blood dripped down their connected faces, staining her beautiful white dress red. Eloise pushed him away hurriedly. “Duke! What the hell…” Glancing up, she froze. His eyes were blood red. “I want your blood, Eloise… I want you so bad.” “Huh! I thought you were gay! Hey!”

Adeline Monteiro, An humble, Smart, Beautiful yet extremely broke lady. Living in a worn-out crabby-looking one-bedroom apartment in Manhattan and on the verge of being kicked out, Fed up and tired of her life, She goes to a club and drink her sorrow away. She ends up having too much to drink as she spends the night with The one and only Alexander McGuire. Imagine her surprise when she finds out that her one-night stand is her boss? The President of the Ashford group of companies Is she fucked? No, she’s doomed! Alexander wants Adeline by all means and he won’t be giving up so easily.

Do you think you can have any girl you want? I don't even know you, and you asking me to marry you just because we had a one night stand. meet Elsa, a non- famous actress that can do anything apart from sex to secure her job. and meet Raymond Yates, a heir and a business man, who thinks his money can get him anything. will Raymond be able to get Elsa to marry him? and would she be able to fall in love with him? join me as we ride into this love story.

Ironi. Bagaimana mungkin aku hidup kembali dan menjadi salah satu karakter dalam novel yang pernah aku baca? Di saat aku pikir kehidupanku berakhir, ternyata aku merasuki tubuh seorang Putri Bangsawan dan menjadi Guinevere Corette Luvena (Cette), yang ditakdirkan mati di tangan Grand Duke dingin yang di akhir kisah akan merebut takhta dan membunuh Putra Mahkota. Grand Duke itu bernama Morrigan Cavelio Glenn (Morgan) yang mendapat julukan 'Pria Musim Dingin'. Saat aku sibuk membuat berbagai rencana untuk menghindarinya, Morgan mendatangiku dan memintaku untuk menjadi tunangan kontraknya. Apa dia gila?

Nagsimulang gumulo at manganib ang buhay ni Lilliane nang sapilitan siyang i-arrange marriage ng kanyang pamilya sa isang 68 taong gulang na media magnate na si Arnulfo Fuentes upang maisalba lamang ang kanilang kumpanya mula sa nalalapit nitong pagbagsak. Dahil sa desperasyon, at hindi niya maatim na ito ang makikinabang sa kanyang batang katawan, nagdesisyon siyang ibigay ang kanyang puri sa isang mas batang lalaki. Ngunit ang konsekwensya nang gabing iyon ay higit pa sa inaasahan ni Lilliane. Sa takot kay Mr. Fuentes at sa kalalabasan ng lahat, sumira siya sa kasunduan. Tinaguan at tinakbuhan niya ang kanyang malupit na pamilya at maging ang mapangangasawa. At hindi titigil ang mga ito sa paghahanap sa kanya lalo na si Fuentes hangga't hindi nito nakukuha ang 'kanya'. Subalit hindi lamang ang kanyang pamilya at si Mr. Fuentes ang naghahanap sa kanya kundi maging ang guwapong estranghero na pinag-alayan niya ng kanyang pagkababae matapos nitong mabasa ang article tungkol sa pagpapakasal niya sa kilalang media magnate. Mas higit pa itong nagkainteres kay Lilliane dahil sa talino, tapang at husay nitong magtago at tumakbo mula sa mga humahabol dito. Habang patuloy na bumabagsak ang negosyo ng kanyang pamilya ay mas lalong nagiging determinado rin sila Mathilda na mahanap siya upang maituloy ang kasunduan na pilit tinatakasan ni Lilliane. Ngunit hindi makapapayag si Lilliane lalo na at nakataya ang lahat sa kanya—kalayaan, ang kanyang kinabukasan, at ang batang nasa kanyang sinapupunan—kailangan niyang lumaban at protektahan ang mga bagay na mahalaga sa kanya. Sa isang mundo na kung saan ang kapangyarihan, pera, kasakiman, at pagtataksil ang namamayani, makakaya bang lampasan ni Lilliane ang mga taong nais siyang kontrolin para sa mga pansariling interes, o mahuhulog siya sa mga kamay ng mga taong sinusubukan niyang takasan o sa taong ama ng ipinagbubuntis niya?