your cross to bear

"Two hundred pieces of gold." I whipped my head in the direction of the voice. It was sexy and authoritative. "No. Make it three hundred pieces of gold. I want that woman." The crowd gasped. My eyes frantically looked for that person and came face to face with a man whose hair reminded me of the ashes after burning the wood. His gray eyes bore into mine. 'Mine,' my wolf uttered. "Going once. Twice. Thrice. Sold!" Master Henderson was all smiles. "The item goes to His Majesty King Elio. You will never regret it, Your Majesty." King Elio? I knew that name. The Lycan King was my mate? ------------------------------- Flora was desperate to look for Sabrina, her sister who was suddenly missing five years ago. She believed it had something to do with the Lycan King. 'Cause why not? Their cruel custom of selling or killing unmated she-wolves every five years started because of the Lycan King.

At first it was a contract, made to meet two ends but when she gets booted out by surprise, the best thing to do is to get a divorce, right? Wrong! Drake doesn’t want her gone, doesn’t want the baby and doesn’t want the divorce and yet doesn’t want to love her, so what can Valerie do? And when she tries to impose the divorce, he cruelly threatens the one thing that she cares about, a secret she thought she had hidden so well… if he can go to such lengths, what would he do when he finds out about a baby that wasn’t supposed to happen.

"Just steal my fiancé. Seduce him. Make him love you. And then... break his heart." Halos umigtad si Rosette Valentino sa sinabi ni Juliette Mortez sa kanya. Para sa pera at sa kompanya niya, pinasya niyang magpanggap bilang secretary ng fiancé nito. Ito lang naman ang sikat na bilyonaryong si Elliot Jon Mallary. Misyon niyang nakawain ang puso nito at saktan sa huli ayon sa kasunduan nila ni Juliette. Gusto kasi nitong maghiganti sa pamamagitan niya at makasama ang lalaking gusto nito. Ngunit habang unti-unting nalalapit siya kay Elliot, napagtanto niyang nahulog na siya rito. Hanggang pareho silang nagkagusto sa isa't isa. At nakalimutan niyang nagpapanggap lang siya. Hanggang dumating ang araw na natuklasan nito ang totoo tungkol sa kanya. Matindi ang galit nito sa kanya at napagdesisyonan nitong alisin siya sa buhay nito. Makakahanap ba ng paraan si Rosette upang ipakita ang kanyang tunay na pagmamahal o tuluyan na bang mawawala ang kanilang pagkakataon sa pag-ibig?

Apa yang terjadi kepada Houran adalah impian yang diangankan semua orang. Sebelumnya, ia hanyalah seorang pemuda yang lahir dalam keluarga dengan peternakan dan lahan pertanian sebagai warisan turun temurun. Kemudian dalam upaya untuk menyelamatkan seekor anjing berwarna hitam dari tanah yang longsor, Houran, seorang pemuda yang menghabiskan hidupnya untuk lahan pertanian dan juga masih lajang, harus berakhir dengan terkubur dalam longsoran tanah itu. Tiba-tiba, Houran terbangun dalam tubuh seorang anak berusia lima belas tahun, dengan tubuh pendek dan kulit yang semulus boneka. Ditambah dengan fakta tubuh ini adalah anak bungsu kesayangan keluarga bangsawan. Ia menjadi kaya raya dalam sekejap mata. Tetapi, apakah yang terjadi kepada kedua orangtua itu? Tampaknya mereka berencana untuk berpisah,dan sebagai seorang pria sejati, Houran tidak akan membiarkan keluarganya terpecah.

SHE ONLY WANTED TO TASTE REAL HAPPINESS A wedding day was supposed to be a joyous day. But not for Sunshine. Right when she walked down the aisle, Alpha Knoxx, her stepbrother showed her pictures of Alpha Jericho, her mate kissing someone else. Was it an act of mercy or a way to get at her because Knoxx hated her? She was not sure. Heartbroken, Sunshine rejected her groom in front of their guest and ran away, while hating her stepbrother even more. IT WAS HIS GOAL TO MAKE HER LIFE MISERABLE Alpha Knoxx of Heartstone Pack had no love for Sunshine, his hybrid stepsister. In his eyes, she was the reason why his Father had forgotten his mother and married Sunshine's mother. He promised to ruin her stepsister’s happiness. But it seemed like fate had another plan for them ‘cause the moment she rejected her mate, his wolf was calling Sunshine HIS.

When she turned eighteen, Sab was delighted to learn who her mate was, until it turned into a nightmare. He greeted her, gave her a gift, and that was it. It was as if he doesn’t recognize her as his mate. Clyde is the next alpha of their pack. He’s a few months older, so he must know already…. but no. It became clear he’s not feeling the mate bond. Her experience is unique and it made her afraid to tell anyone. She was forced to tell Clyde when she heard he’s planning to choose a mate from another pack. As she expected, he didn’t believe her and it hurt her greatly when he asked her to reject him. He thought she was a liar. When she agreed to his request, she tried to bury her feelings and move on. Ice, her best friend and his twin, helped her with training and she thrived in it. Years later, Clyde began to notice her presence due to her ability and improvements. He fell for her and though he initially tried not to give in to his feelings, he realized he wants her. But his rejection was deeply engraved in her heart. Sab couldn’t accept him and tried to turn him away. Clyde knew it wouldn’t be easy to convince her but he would do whatever it takes to make her his mate. ******* Each book in the Snow Mountain Pack Series can be read as a stand-alone. If you'd rather not have any spoiler, the sequence is as follows: Book 1 - Begging His Luna Book 2 - Fated to a Human (unavailable on GN) Book 3 - His Unknown Mate Book 4 - Marked Against Her Will Book 5 - Alpha King's Mysterious Mate Book 6 - Rejecting Her Rejection Book 7 - The Vampire's Lone Wolf

Siapa sangka, liburan yang awalnya terasa begitu menyenangkan tiba-tiba berubah menjadi sebuah bencana? Tiba-tiba Tante Ariane dan Om Frank melamarku untuk dinikahkan dengan Aldert, anak angkat mereka. Kami sedang berlibur di Brussel waktu itu terjadi, mengacaukan daya kerja otak, jantung dan pernapasanku secara total. Menjajah kebahagiaan yang selama hampir satu bulan kudapatkan di Netherlands, tentu saja. Merubah istilah holiday menjadi broken day. Apakah aku tidak berusaha untuk menolak? Sudah. Mati-matian bahkan, dengan mengerahkan seluruh kekuatan jiwa dan raga. Tapi mereka ditambah dengan Mama justru semakin gigih untuk mengalahkan pendirianku. Oh, sebenarnya aku mengalah---pada akhirnya---karena Batik tak merespon sama sekali ketika aku berterus terang dan meminta pendapatnya. "Jadi, gimana ini, B?" tanyaku setengah menjerit di saluran telepon yang tak bisa dikatakan jernih, "Aku harus gimana, apa yang harus aku lakukan?" Klik, tut tut tut, tuuuttt! Dia malah memutuskan saluran telepon yang sangat berarti dalam hidupku saat itu. Ujungnya, dalam kebingungan yang semakin memuncak ke langit, aku meminta pendapat Uta. "Jangan bodoh kamu, Hill!" Uta mengingatkan dengan ketegasan level tinggi saat aku mengakui kalau tak enak dengan Batik, "Ingat, kesempatan emas tak datang untuk yang ke dua kalinya. Menikahlah dengan Aldert dan berbahagialah, Hill!"

Freya's life turned three hundred sixty degrees when she found out her mate and boyfriend, Dominic cheated on her. As a sort of revenge, she rejected Dominic right in front of the crowd after being installed as an alpha of their pack and ran away until she bumped into some mysterious man who looked like Dominic and turned out to be her ex' uncle namely Alpha Percy of the other neighboring pack. Alpha Percy was deeply smitten with Freya even when at first met. He was one of the sought bachelors among all the alphas in the north, but no woman appealed to him. Until he met Freya. There was one problem— regardless of offering her the world, she continued driving him away saying he was too old for her. And Alpha Percy vowed to show her what an old man was capable of. He will have Freya regardless if she is his nephew's mate.

Due to a booking mistake, a French billionaire man who had been arranged to marry someone out of his interest was forced to spend 30 nights on a yacht with a Japanese billionaire woman who had recently lost a fiancé in a shooting incident. Would a spark of true romance be conceivable regardless of the reality that they practically lived in two very different situations? Given the complications that would arise if a forbidden romance began, would their love be worth the risk?

You are nothing but a tool” Philip growled in her ear. Goosebumps rose up her arms as she fought back the tears. “Why are you doing this to me?” She asked with a small voice staring at her best friend across the room who was trying to conceal her smirk. “I can do whatever I want because I am the alpha!” his boomed across the entire room.... Anastasia has to decide her fate. She discovers the purpose she is mated to Alpha Philip; bring prosperity to the pack. She is reduced to nothing but a tool as a rare white wolf. Betrayed by the only family she has ever known she is confused and alone. She breaks free before it can ever happen but fate has other plans for her by making her cross paths with her one true mate. As they try to deny fate so many obstacles fall in their path, will Anastasia accept these feelings of hers? Or will she go against fate with her newly found freedom?