1987 Pulitzer Prize-winning Novel

"Saya nikah dan kawinkan Kirana binti Wijaya Kusuma dengan mahar 500 perak dibayar tunai." Ucapan Aditya barusan menggugah rasa terkejut di antara tamu undangan sekaligus keluarga masing-masing mempelai. Kirana, istrinya, menunduk malu saat mendengar itu. Dia menghela napas. "Kenapa hanya 500 perak? Apa menurutmu pernikahan ini main-main?" Aditya tidak menjawab pertanyaan Kirana. Dia hanya tersenyum tipis. Pria itu menyembunyikan sesuatu dibalik mahar yang dia berikan pada pasangannya. Sebuah rahasia yang menjadi pegangan hati selama ini. Rahasia yang membuat hati semua orang merendahkan dirinya karena mahar yang dia berikan tanpa tahu bahwa dibalik itu semua ada hal paling berharga dalam hidup.

Arkadewi Lintang Bestari--menghirup napas di bumi ini selama dua puluh tiga tahun, tetapi belum pernah sekalipun mengenalkan seorang kekasih kepada keluarga karena larangan dari orang tuanya. Caraka Altair Abimana--terpaksa kembali ke Indonesia lebih cepat dari perjanjiannya dengan keluarga Bestari untuk mengurus istrinya yang tidak tahu-menahu tentang pernikahan mereka. Mengapa Arka tidak tahu kalau dirinya sudah menikah? Perjanjiaan apa yang dimiliki Caraka dengan keluarga Bestari?

Selama 10 tahun terakhir, Hana selalu menjadi pacar yang setia menemani Farhan sejak SMA sampai pria itu menjadi seorang dokter di sebuah rumah sakit ternama. Apabila Farhan kekurangan uang, Hana pasti memberinya. Padahal perempuan itu hanya bekerja di sebuah catering. Hana dipaksa untuk menerima kenyataan ketika Farhan memutuskan hubungan mereka dengan alasan ingin melanjutkan kuliah. Kemudian, hidup Hana berubah setelah dia bertemu dan membantu Ibu yang dijambret di dekat sebuah rumah sakit lalu menikah anaknya dengan Hana. Pria itu adalah Akbar Aria Bramantya, seorang direktur rumah sakit tempat Farhan bekerja. Apa yang akan terjadi selanjutnya?

The day I found out I was pregnant, they threw me in the cold room. Ninety-nine calls later, Sandro Vaitti finally picked up. "The Family made that call," he said. "It was Genny's birthday. She got a fever because of you. This is your punishment. Just wait—once you're out, I'll marry you." Sandro's favorite line? 'Just wait.' His mafia family hated me. He swore once he gave them their precious heir, he'd cut ties and choose me. I bought it. Waited two years. Waited while he hooked up with Helga Cicili and had a kid—Genny. Then came the kicker: A daughter can't carry the Family name. He had to have a son with Helga. And yeah, I believed him. Again. Waited another year—until Helga got pregnant with his golden boy. I thought, 'Finally. Done waiting.' Then plot twist—I was pregnant too. Day before the wedding. Felt like fate. Didn't even get to tell him. They locked me up. Cold room. I curled up, shaking, barely breathing. When the door creaked open, I knew— I was done. Done waiting. Done begging. I'd leave. And I'd take my baby with me.

I am the white wolf princess of the Coyote Pack. By the Moon Goddess’s decree, Barry was meant to be my fated mate. But during the peace negotiations, he gave me away—to Bayport’s crippled warrior, Colin—as a “hostage bride.” Barry smiled carelessly, his voice cruelly tender. “Emily, let me complete the bond with Evelyn first. This is just a deal. You are still my true Luna.” My nails bit into my palms, pain hollowing out my chest. Evelyn was nothing but a low-blood she-wolf he had rescued from the border. Yet for her, he used a truce marriage alliance to force me into surrender. Later, when I sought him out, I found him tending Evelyn’s wounds, wrapping her with gentle hands. He looked up, his tone light as if it cost him nothing. “If you let Evelyn be my mate alongside you, and divide half of your inheritance for her, I will withdraw the marriage alliance order.” I took off the bone pendant he once risked his life to give me and held it out to him. But he let it slip from his hand, shattering it against the floor. “If you don’t want it,” he said coldly, “then throw it away.” On the eve of the wedding alliance, Evelyn fell to her knees before the pack, sobbing as she accused me of hiding the Alpha’s Contract Stone—to help Colin breach our borders. The crowd erupted in whispers. Barry admitted it was he who had gifted me the stone, yet still turned on me, demanding: “If I ask for it back, will you return it?” At that moment, I finally let every hope die.

My fated mate, Alpha Rylan, turned cold the moment our bond snapped into place. They all say I'm just a lowly omega. That I'm not good enough for him. I started to believe them. To think my wolf was broken. Maybe this wasn't a mate bond at all, just a pathetic crush. Then, on the day I finally decided to give up, a second wolf awakened in my mind: Echo. She screamed at me that Rylan craved me. That he loved me. And just like that, my hope was rekindled. He hurt me ninety-eight times in seven years. Seventy-seven of those were for his adopted sister, Morrigan. Each time, Echo insisted he just didn't know how to show his love. And favoring Morrigan? That was just to make me jealous. To see that I cared. But the ninety-ninth time was the last straw. He left me for dead in enemy territory. When I woke up, the gift he'd prepared for me was in Morrigan’s hands. I was done. Finally. I called the Elders with a single request: "I want to sever my bond with Alpha Rylan. I'm leaving. For good."

I was with a fishmonger for seven years. Every night, he pinned me beneath him, reckless and wild. Until one day, he took off his bloodstained apron and came clean–he was getting engaged to Sophia, the Bilotti heiress. Only then did I learn that he was the Don of the Colleo family. “Hahaha! You fooled around with Ms. Mancini for seven years, only to take another delicate young lady’s hand in marriage. Surely, she’s going to come at you.” “Don Colleo, you should keep things sweet with her.” His men’s laughter echoed in my ears. “What’s the rush? I’ve broken her well enough these past seven years. If you don’t mind, you can have her for a couple of days. Evelyn… flexible.” On the day of Vincent’s engagement party, I handed the evidence of his crimes to the police. As the sirens ripped open the city night, someone called out my name. I smiled and leaped from the eighteenth floor.

Nadia hanya ingin hidup santai sebagai fangirl, tapi orang tuanya malah menjodohkannya dengan seorang dokter muda. Awalnya, dia pikir suaminya adalah orang paling normal di dunia. Sayangnya, dia salah besar.

Amel adalah karyawan baru di sebuah perusahaan. Pesonanya dapat membuat banyak lelaki suka dengannya. Bahkan, empat sahabat lelakinya jatuh hati pada Amel. Semua kebaikan teman lelakinya, Amel respon dengan baik. Sampai, Eni, sahabat Amel, bertanya hatinya tertuju pada siapa. Tapi Amel selalu menjawab, jika semua hanya teman saja. Pada akhirnya, Amel mengumumkan acara pernikahannya. Apakah Amel memilih di antara empat lelaki itu, atau justru Amel memilih orang lain?

Apa jadinya jika seorang perempuan yang sudah lama dicari dan dicintai, ternyata malah menjadi istri dari sahabatnya. Semua itu terjadi pada Haidar. Berusaha melupakan cintanya pada Hazimah, tetapi semesta malah menyatukan mereka, sedangkan Haidar sendiri sudah memiliki pasangan hidup. Apa yang harus Haidar lakukan?