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Rasa tidak percaya diri terus dirasakan oleh Esther karena merasa gemuk. Hidupnya biasa saja sampai seseorang (Edward) datang dan mengubahnya. Apa yang akan terjadi dengan mereka? Apakah mereka akan bersama?

Everyone always talks about how amazing it would be to find your mate. For me, that's the last thing I want. I mean when you're held prisoner by some sick bastard, there's not a lot you can offer your mate. No matter who it is, they can't save me from this. All that finding my mate would do is crush my heart and make my life that much more harder. Yet when I saw him at that gas station, I couldn't get him out of my head. I need to stay away, but I don't know that I can. I keep finding myself traveling to him even when I don't mean to. This doesn't bode well for me. *** "I have to go." I told him. "No, wait." He grabbed my hand, causing a strong spark to course through my body. It made me inhale deeply, intoxicating me with his scent. I pulled my hand away quickly, as if he'd burned me. His eyes widened as he stared at me. He had felt the spark too. He furrowed his brows at me, but I let the shadows start to swallow me, disappearing before him. "Please, come see me again." Were his last words to me. ***** Zerena has had one rule all her life, never find her mate. The life she leads is dangerous and not her own. Held captive by a scientist, forced to do his bidding alongside 4 others. Zerena has always known that if she found her mate it would cause her more trouble than anything else. As a shadow weaver, she knows nothing but darkness & cruel fates. She's used to danger, but how will she handle love?

Descended from two lines of assassins, Alina Istrati is one of the most prolific assassins in the world. Always taking pride in her work, the cold nature of her crimes paired with her modus operandi earned her the alias, Blackheart. A new contract that should have been a simple job proves to be more than she bargained for when she finds herself the target of the person who hired her. On top of that, she's stuck babysitting her former target, who intrigues her at every turn. Alina will be put to the test as she fights to uncover diabolical plots and uphold obligations in the assassin underworld while trying to maintain her Blackheart status around the man she was assigned to kill. Follow ADB_Stories on IG for series updates. Codename: Blackheart is the first book in the Codename trilogy.

Seekor burung merpati jantan yang baru saja menemukan kekasih hatinya, mendadak terbangun dalam bentuk manusia. Kaki, sayap, kepala, serta seluruh anggota tubuhnya berubah total! Bulu-bulu yang dulunya dia miliki, habis tak tersisa. Hanya di bagian-bagian tertentu saja yang masih ada. Bagaimana bisa hal itu terjadi? Apa yang harus dia lakukan setelahnya? Dan, kekasihnya ke mana disaat si pejantan berubah?

I see Grandfather, and he knows I see him. The people surround me, their faces red with anger. Grandfather raises his hands, eventually quieting them. "Toby... what have you done?" The colony world of Horus was a blissful utopia... until a curious little boy made one mistake and sent the world into a downward spiral of self-destruction. The world's gods were revealed to be nothing more than computers... and those computers are now failing. To pay for his mistake, Toby Spafford, now a man, must travel the deadly, ruined streets to find three missing keys that can activate a backup system created by his grandfather, Professor Jonathan Spafford. Dogging his every move are various factions that have grown to like the taste of power over the helpless citizens, and they'll do anything to stop him. In his favor, he is determined, intelligent, bitterly stubborn, and resourceful. Unfortunately... so are his enemies.

Fisikbukanlah suatu penghalang sebuah kehidupan, fisik memanglah bukan segalanya. Namun sayang, sepasang mata manusia selalu menuntut leguk fisik yang sempurna, sejatinya peluh dalam kekurangan. Semua terjadi pada seorang gadis yang bernama Linara Putri Atmaja, berjuang keras demi kehidupan yang sebenarnya. Hingga tiada kata Cacat dalam dunia ini, mau fisik ataupun nurani. Seakan ingin Linara musnahkan. Linara hidup dalam keadaan sederhana, kedai Kopi yang dibangun oleh Kakek Aathif adalah suatu wujud bagian kesempurnaan bagi diri Linara, dia begitu menyukai aroma kopi. Tapi, sayang seluk beluk dunia percintaannya penuh dengan cacat. Terjatuh dalam lubang kesalahan yang sama, apalagi dengan keadaan keluarga dalam keadaan cacat sebelumnya. Membuat hidup Linara semakin sengsara, mengakhiri hidup adalah tujuan terbesar Linara, semua itu terhalang dengan manusia yang melihatkan jati diri Linara yang sebenarnya. Apakah layak menuntut sebuah kesempurnaan dalam hidup? Meski terlahir kembali untuk menjadi primadona dunia fana, tetap saja pada hakikatnya manusia memiliki cacat.

He trailed his hand down her face as it flushed instantly, emotions that seemed uncontrolled blooming out. "I love you. You know that right?", he asked, his eyes looking as convincing as ever, as he stared at the naive and lovesick teenage girl in front of him. " I...," she could not make out her words as her legs turned into jelly, making her lean gently on him. "I love you too," she managed to say, and those were the words he needed. It was the final year for the 12th graders in GGIS High School. While happy at the approaching conclusion of their Highschool lives, there was also the fact that they may never see one another again. Now, more than ever was the perfect time to express all the feelings or bury them. For Rachael, it was the perfect time to get rid of her feelings for Zack, her crush and high school bad boy. For Kevin, it was now or never to tell Rachael how he felt about her. Things got complicated as Rachael's best friend developed a crush on Zack, while Kevin is hopelessly waiting for Rachael to reciprocate the feelings he had for her That wasn't easy to do when surrounded by post-puberty bodies nearly bursting with raging hormones with a liking for unwholesome entertainment in their various lives and secrets of their own. Some more than others. Andrew, their friend, in particular, seems to be hiding a secret. With a rift torn between friends, a locked closet full of skeletons, and choices that could either mend their relationships or rip them apart for the rest of their lives. Will they submit to their urges? Will they come to understand their feelings? And work together to find out what the probable skeletons in the closet are?

Hanya diberi jatah lima juta dalam sebulan, membuat aku kerap kali bersitegang bahkan bertengkar dengan suamiku. Entahlah, apa yang ada di dalam pikiran suamiku saat memberi jatah bulanan dengan nominal seperti itu?

Celine Yates is a 25-year-old heiress who was forced to work in a corporate world because her mother has been withholding her inheritance. It has been seven years since her father's death and she felt that her life and dreams have been put on-hold because she could not get the funding she needed on her life projects. To make matters worse, her step-father is accusing her of fraud for presenting a fake marriage certificate to get her inheritance. His reason: Daniel Grant aka husband does not exist in any record. Everyone knows Daniel the geek back in college. He is her friend. How could he not exist? That's her way out every time her mother would arrange a blind date for her. One day, her mother gave her a hard deadline: bring Daniel Grant or get married to Mr. Johnson, one of her step-father's buddy who is twice her age. Out of desperation, she asked her CEO boss Daniel Stevenson to accompany her to meet her mother and step-father in exchange of one month overtime without pay. Will the boss agree? Will she get her inheritance? What would she do if she finds out they have more connection than what she knows?

Abidzar dan Yasmine, dua orang manusia yang terjebak dalam hubungan pernikahan karena kesalahpahaman yang terjadi atas apa yang masyarakat lihat. Mereka dinikahkan secara paksa di rumah Pak RT karena dianggap akan mencemarkan desa mereka bila dua orang anak manusia yang tengah beradegan mesum itu dilepaskan begitu saja tanpa dinikahkan. Padahal hal yang sebenarnya tidak begitu, Yasmine yang tak sengaja melihat Abdizar babak belur berniat menolong laki-laki yang masih memakai seragam SMA-nya itu. Gara-gara itu kini dia harus terjebak dalam pernikahan dengan seorang lelaki yang umurnya beberapa tahun dibawahnya. Apalagi ditambah lelaki SMA itu suka sekali mengomentari caranya berpakaian, hingga membuat hati Yasmine dibuat dongkol olehnya. Bagaimana kisah perjalanan pernikahan mereka? Akankah ada penguji di sana? Ataukah akan bahagia?