52 Book Club 2023: February Mini Challenge - Set In Winter

Maya Reyes is twenty-six, quietly resilient, and out of options. When she takes a live-in nanny position for a Manhattan billionaire, she expects a difficult employer and a lonely child. She gets both, but she also gets Ethan Cole. Ethan lost his wife eighteen months ago and has been managing the grief the only way he knows how: by controlling everything around him. His apartment is spotless, his rules are laminated, his daughter Lily is the only crack in the armour he has built around his life, and it is through Lily that Maya begins to see the man underneath. What follows is not a dramatic love story, it is a quiet one. He carries her to her room when she falls asleep on the floor, he heats her soup when she hasn't eaten. He holds her hand in a dark car and lets go like it never happened. She cooks for him, confronts him, tells him truths no one else will, and slowly without either of them naming it, they become the most important person in each other's lives. But grief doesn't move in straight lines. When Ethan's fear gets the better of him, he tries to restore the distance, and nearly loses the one thing that has made him want to come back to life. It will take a four-year-old's unfiltered honesty, a letter Maya writes from the floor of her room, and a man finally choosing to stop running, for both of them to find their way to the other side of it. When Winter Blooms is a story about what love looks like before anyone admits it exists, and what it costs to let it.

On a beautiful island not so far away, filled with snow and light, lived a simple yet powerful ,beautiful fairy called Elena in the kingdom of Winterfell. She grew up as a winter fairy, very close to Gardiana, the home of Winterfell where all super naturals came together to discover their powers. As she was the only fairy that was born in winter. Her powers were so extraordinary which anyone had never ever seen , though she found it difficult to control them within but with her best friend called Elvenia she learnt to control her powers. Despite many challenges she faced along the way, she fell in love with one of Elvenia's servant called Terence. A grievous news was spread far and wide in the kingdom that the queen of Winterfell died. As Years passed by thing’s got worse , slowly bringing Winterfell back to the way it was once again . With Winterfell not having a queen all hope is Lost and the dark forces which have broken free now move around, Unraveling demonic super naturals all over Winterfell. The only way the kingdom of Winterfell can be restored and taken back, is to find someone born of lilies blood who would come and bring back peace and order again. With no time to spare , they went out on a journey hoping to find the chosen one but came across a mysterious stranger who took them to another realm they had thought never existed. Encountering different mythical creatures, they got help to find the chosen one but a sacrifice was made on the way. The question now remains who….? The sudden death of the queen, the mysterious stranger , the sacrifices and the suffering of a kingdom now brought down to its knees filled with dark forces, betrayal, lies and mysteries.

DEWASA / 18+] Kesalahan satu malam yang mereka lakukan telah melahirkan obsesi dalam diri Sebastian Winter. Ia menjadi dahaga pada sosok Rana, ia ingin menjadikan wanita itu miliknya. Pertanyaannya adalah, akankah dahaga itu bersifat sementara, atau akankah dahaga itu tumbuh menjadi suatu rasa yang berbeda, sesuatu yang lebih serius dan mungkin, lebih gila? Mampukah Rana dengan segala kewarasannya menghentikan obsesi Sebastian sebelum ia kehilangan segalanya—termasuk akal sehatnya? Atau, akankah Rana membiarkan dirinya terjerumus dalam api gairah pria itu dan melupakan rasionalitasnya?

Ava Gray is at a crossroads, giving up being "The Call Center Girl" for a job as an assistant in a very important hotel outside of New York City, she knows that she could improve her limited economy, even fill her refrigerator and pay bills at the end of the month, but when he goes to the interview, the warning bells ring inside his head, he feels the need to flee, but is prevented by that man, the billionaire of the club. Bilogy #ElBillonario

“ซี๊ดดดด...ผะ...ผอ.ขา...หนูว่า...” “ไม่เป็นไรหรอกน่า ไม่มีใครเห็นหรอก” น้ำเสียงของผอ.เด่นชัยเหมือนปลอบประโลม เป็นน้ำเสียงของชายที่อายุมากพอจะเป็นพ่อหล่อนได้แล้ว เสียงนุ่มนวลทุ้มลึกและไม่น่าเชื่อว่าข้าวหอมจะยอมปล่อยให้ผอ.ลูบเล่นน้องสาวของหล่อนได้ หญิงสาวกัดนิ้วตัวเองและมีสีหน้าเหมือนหวั่นกลัว แต่ก็ยอมแยกขาออกแต่โดยดีทำให้เนินโหนกนูนเผยเนื้อในสีแดงออกมาแจ่มแจ๋ว

(BOOK ONE: THE LAST WALTZ) Naniniwala siyang ang lahat ng nangyayari gaano man kasakit ay may magandang dahilan. At para kay JV ay si Vinnie iyon. Everything was so perfect at tanging sa piling lang ni Vinnie niya naramdaman iyon. Pero noon naman biglang pumasok sa eksena ang kuya ni Vinnie na may malalim palang galit sa kanya. At iyon ang naging dahilan kaya nalagay sa panganib ang buhay ng pinakamamahal niya. (BOOK 2: UNCONDITIONALLY) Si Dave? Sa unang tingin mukha itong suplado. Notorious playboy type. At siguro kung ganito kagwapo ang boyfriend niya, ready siyang umiiyak ng kahit ilang beses pa! Pero hindi siya pinaiyak ni Dave. Dahil higit pa yata sa kayang gawin ng sinomang lalaki ang ginawa nitong pagpoprotekta kay Audace. Pero hanggang kailan siya kayang sagipin ni Dave? Lalo't nagbalik si Alfred at nakahanda siya nitong bawiin. (BOOK 3: FRAGILE HEART) Unlike his friends, naranasan na ni Lemuel ang magmahal ng totoo. Ang kaibahan nga lang, hindi niyanagawang aminin sa babaeng iyon angnararamdaman niya. Until dumating si Careen na sa unang pagkikita palang ay nagkaroon na ng espesyal na lugar sa puso niya. Pero muli nanaman siyang sinorpresa ng pagkakataon sa pagbabalik ni Bianca. (BOOK 4: INSEPARABLE) Sa kanilang apat siya ang pinaka-babaero. Pero nagbago ang lahat nang makilala niya ang anak ng babaeng pinakasalan ng Daddy niya, walang iba kundi si Louise na sa kalaunan ay narealized niyang ilang beses narin pala niyang nakatagpo. Hindi lang ang protective instinct niya ang pinukaw ni Louise kaya minabuti niya itong bakuran sa SJU. Kundi mas higit ang mailap na puso niya, dahil ang totoo hindi niya napigilan ang unti-unting mahulog at kalaunan ay mahalin ang dalaga. Gusto niya itong maging masaya, gusto niya itong protektahan. Pero paano niya gagawin iyon kung siya mismo ay may sariling kinatatakutan?

Aluna Prameswari hidup dengan dua wajah. Siang hari ia mahasiswi berprestasi. Malam hari ia bekerja di Eden Club—tempat yang dulu merenggut ibunya. Segalanya masih bisa ia kendalikan sampai seorang VVIP meminta dirinya. Tidak untuk minum. Tidak untuk ditemani. Tapi untuk dimiliki. Dan lelaki itu adalah Sagaras Mahendra Adiguna— pemilik baru Eden Club sekaligus dosen muda paling karismatik di kampus. Di hadapan mahasiswa, ia panutan. Di balik pintu klub, ia ancaman yang membungkus diri dengan rayuan dan kekuasaan. Terjebak antara ketakutan dan kebutuhan, Aluna dipaksa masuk ke dunia di mana batas antara cinta, kendali, dan kehancuran menjadi kabur. Akankah Aluna kembali menapaki jejak ibunya?

“หวานยั่วอะไรคุณน่ะคะ หวานยังไม่ได้ทำอะไรเลยค่ะ...อา...อา” หวานตาก็ชักเริ่มเกิดอารมณ์เมื่อถูกพิทักษ์ซุกไซ้ไปตามซอกคอ หลังหูแถมมือมือไม้ของเขาก็ไม่อยู่นิ่ง มันตะปบบลงบนหน้าอกของหล่อนแล้วยขยี้ยขยำเหมือนเขากำลังกลัดมันเต็มที่

โฉมนางได้แต่ส่ายบั้นท้ายไปมา กระดกบั้นท้ายของหล่อนขึ้น ๆ ลง ๆ เป็นสัญญาณว่าอยากจะให้บอสเล่นของใหญ่กว่านั้น ปรินทร์ยังยั่วเย้าหญิงสาวด้วยการเพิ่มนิ้วที่กำลังขยับโยกจากหนึ่งเป็นสอง ขยับถี่ ๆ แล้วเพิ่มเป็นสาม พอโดนเข้าหลายนิ้วมันก็ยิ่งทำให้เนื้อแน่นของโฉมนางคับจนแทบปริ หล่อนส่งเสียงอื้ออึงในลำคอและมีเหงื่อแตกเต็มแผ่นหลัง “โอวววว...หนูจ๋า...ฉันว่าเรามาเล่นอะไรที่สนุกกว่านี้จริง ๆ กันดีมั้ย นี่แหละงานของหนู และตอนนี้ฉันก็จะสอนให้หนูรู้จักกับจุดไคลแม็กซ์ของงานที่ต้องทำซะที”

เรื่องราวของ 4 พี่น้อง จากตระกูลมหาอำนาจ มาเฟียใหญ่ 4 เรื่องราวความรักของคนทั้ง 4 คน มีทั้งเศร้า ดราม่า รักหวานชื่น และโหดร้ายในเวลาเดียวกัน ทั้ง 4 คน แม้จะเป็นพี่น้องร่วมสายเลือด แต่นิสัยก็ใช้ว่าจะเหมือนกัน ต่างคนก็ต่างนิสัย สิ่งเดียวที่เหมือนกันคือความโหด ดิบ ดุ และเถื่อน ถ้ายังรักชีวิตก็อย่าลองดี ไม่ควรท้าทาย