18th Birthday 18 Debut Program

“Ayah Angkat, ada sesuatu yang keras menusukku di bawah sana.” Di dalam mobil latihan, untuk mengajari putri angkatku mengemudi, aku menyuruhnya duduk di pangkuanku. Mengajarinya langsung dengan bimbingan tangan ke tangan. Siapa sangka, mobil baru saja mulai malah langsung mati. Membuat seluruh badan mobil berguncang hebat. Dua belah pantatnya yang montok dan bulat sempurna itu, menempel erat di pangkal pahaku. Yang lebih membuatku deg-degan adalah dia hanya mengenakan rok mini yang sangat pendek.

Aku seorang mahasiswi cantik yang kecanduan. Saking kecanduannya, akhirnya studi, kehidupan pribadi dan hubungan dengan pacarku menjadi terdampak. Karena aku benar-benar tidak tahu lagi harus bagaimana, aku akhirnya menuruti saran pacarku untuk ke klinik kampus dan mengobati kecanduanku. Ternyata dokter kampus yang merawatku adalah seorang pria bertubuh kekar dan kuat, teknik-tekniknya membuatku takut. Dokter itu pun mengikatku di atas kasur pemeriksaan. Aku yang benar-benar merasa ketakutan hanya bisa menangis sambil memohon kepadanya. Akan tetapi, pria itu malah mengangkat kedua kakiku dengan kasar ....

Namaku Sarah Gibson, seorang perempuan berusia 30 tahun yang sudah menikah. Tekanan pekerjaan yang terlalu besar, membuatku mengalami insomnia dan sudah berhari-hari tidak bisa tidur nyenyak. Setelah mengetahui hal itu, adik sepupuku dengan perhatian mengenalkanku pada seorang hipnoterapis. Katanya, dia bisa membantu meredakan kesulitan tidur dan stres yang aku alami. Memikirkan bahwa insomnia ini makin parah dan sudah memengaruhi kehidupanku, aku pun memutuskan untuk mencobanya. Hanya saja, yang tidak pernah kuduga adalah... Hipnoterapis ini membuatku begitu sulit untuk menahan diri...

Cammy has spent her life hiding a dangerous secret—she is not just a werewolf but a rare and deadly hybrid, part vampire and part wolf. As her 18th birthday approaches, she yearns for a normal life, but fate has other plans. The moment she meets Kai, the cocky and infuriating future Alpha King, their mate bond ignites with fiery passion. He’s a notorious playboy, unaccustomed to true commitment, but Cammy’s presence shakes his world. Their connection is undeniable, but Kai’s pack harbors dark secrets—secrets that threaten everything Cammy holds dear. When she discovers their true nature, her own hidden bloodline pulses with fury. As she and Kai navigate their dangerous attraction, outside forces conspire to tear them apart, threatening not only their love but their very lives.

Living her life by the rules and limitations because of her disorder, Hailey Leigh Alvarez, a 17-year-old girl with ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) wants to be free. She wants to experience being able to live. Living for her is being able to shout whatever you want without worrying about the side effects. On her 18th birthday, she made a decision that made her life different. She met people with the same desires as hers. Painting. That summertime, she decided to let go of all her worries and live her life as if she'd die tomorrow. What awaits Hailey beyond her boundaries? What will happen to her if she finds out something that turns her life upside down? "You are not living. Living is different from just existing."

Seventeen-year-old Trixie has always believed she’s just a normal teen, adopted into a loving middle-class family and never curious about her biological roots. That all changes just weeks before her eighteenth birthday when a night out using a fake ID brings her to a nightclub—and directly into the path of Trevor, Alpha of the Bloodmoon Pack. Unknowingly, Trixie has stepped into the heart of a werewolf territory, setting off a chain of events that will change her life forever. As the events following that night unfolds, she begins to discover that she is far more special than she ever imagined. Destined to join the pack, Trixie is fated to shift for the very first time on her 18th birthday. But she has no idea what’s coming—or how much her world is about to be turned upside down.

Selene Dakota is the only child of the powerful Alpha of the west crescent pack, but she's constantly bullied and humiliated by her pack members, including her own father, who she had hoped would protect her. Her father, disappointed that Selene's mother was an omega, treats her terribly, making her life a living hell. On her 18th birthday, Selene's father demands that she marry Alpha Damon of the Green moss pack, a man whom she believes to be cruel and cold. However, fate has other plans when Selene discovers that Alpha Damon is her true mate. But her happiness is short-lived when he rejects her in front of her father at a wolf conference meeting. Selene wonders if her destiny is to suffer and whether Alpha Damon will ever accept her as his mate.

The evening of her 18th birthday Liberty's wolf comes forward and frees the young slave from the abusive Alpha Kendrick. He should have known he was playing with fire, waiting for the girl to come of age before he claimed her. He knew if he didnt, she would most likely die. The pain and suffering she had already endured at his hands would be the tip of the iceburg if her wolf, Justice, didnt help her break free. LIberty wakes up in the home of The Alpha twins from a near by pack, everyone knows the Blacks are even more depraved than Alpha Kendrick. Liberty's life seems to be one cruel joke after another. How has she managed to escape one abuser and land right in the bed of two monsters?

On the night of her 18th birthday, under a blood moon, Aurora’s world is shattered. For centuries, a cruel tradition has ruled the land: when a girl turns eighteen, she is summoned to the palace for the Mating Ceremony—a night where bloodlines are bound, and the ruthless Alpha King hunts for his destined queen. None may refuse. None return the same. Behind the palace walls, whispers speak of broken hearts, shattered minds, and a throne soaked in centuries of suffering. Now, it’s her turn. Will she survive the claiming… or become just another name lost to the shadows of the crown, she comes face to face with the Lycan King—a beast of legend, forged in war and drowned in blood. Will she tame the darkness that rules him, or be consumed by the savage fate that awaits all who dare to defy his reign?

From the time I was ten until I turned eighteen, my parents made me write 299 IOUs. Every time I needed money, I had to borrow it and pay it back as an adult. Then I got into a car accident. I needed money for surgery but was still short by 3,000. With no other options, I went to my parents for help. But they just gave me cold smiles. “Clara, you’re eighteen now. We have no obligation to give you money anymore. If you need it, write another IOU.” While holding back tears, I wrote my 300th IOU. After my surgery, I saw my adopted sister’s social media post. In the pictures, she was celebrating her 18th birthday on a cruise. She was the center of attention, like a princess. My parents had given her a luxury apartment in the city and a Maserati as birthday gifts. Even my childhood friend was looking at her with love in his eyes. She said they were the ones she loved and thanked them for giving her the best of everything. I looked down at the crumpled IOU in my hand and suddenly laughed. Once I paid off my debt, I would no longer need such a family.