52 Book Club 2024: #1 Locked-room Mystery

Ano ang gagawin mo kung sa murang isipan nasaksihan mo na ang karumaldumal na sinapit ng pamilya mo? Pinatay sa harapan mo. Maghihiganti ka rin ba pagdating ng araw? Sa edad na sampung taong gulang nasaksihan ni Brianna Smith kung paano patayin ang kan'yang magulang at kambal na kapatid sa mismong harap niya. Nakita niya kung paano tumagos ang bala sa ulo ng mga ito. Sinunud siyang barilin ng mga hinding kilalang tao, pero sa kabutihang palad hindi siya tuluyang na sawi. Sa kan'yang pagbabalik bilang si Alexandra Lewis, dala ang galit na bumalot sa kan'yang puso na siyang nag-udyok sa kan'ya upang gumanti. Sisingilin niya ang buhay na inutang ng mga taong sangkot sa pagkamatay ng pamilya niya. "Buhay sa buhay Mr. Lim, pababagsakin kita! Pababagsakin ko ang systema mo, hindi lang systema ng katawan mo kun'di pati ng pinakamamahal mong kompanya! Take my hard revenge..."

For Xabrina, the only thing she wanted was to get revenge for the death of her family. However, destiny got her attention and played with her life. Agony was been her life in almost 2 years in living with the predators. In that whole years, she spent her life crying and hoping that someone would help her.She was so hopeless yet she was still fighting for her life. Two men heard her prayer and became her knight and shining armor. Two men wanted her love and attention. Two men with the same blood flowing in their veins fighting for her. They're twins but they're different. A human and a werewolf. Different worlds were fighting for the love of their life.However, is love enough to heal the aching soul of her? Secrets and mysteries appeared. Betrayal happened. Blood was everywhere. Who will going to survive? Who will continue his life with the love of his life? Can they achieve the happy ending? Everything has been written in the book of life. If you want to follow them, continue to walked through the path of life. Let your imagination wander in the enchanted book of love.

Melati hanya bisa pasrah ketika orang tuanya memaksanya menikah dengan iming-iming 1 milyar. Pak Fabian dikabarkan adalah pengusaha kaya raya yang butuh wanita sekedar untuk memenuhi kebutuhan biologisnya sementara sang istri sudah tiga tahun koma.... Hanya saja, mengapa Melati tak menemukan sosok pria yang mengerikan? Lalu, bagaimana kisah mereka bila istri Pak Fabian tersadar dari koma nanti?

Nathalia Sarmiento is enjoying her peaceful and simple life to the fullest. She's just one of those ordinary teenagers, who wishes to graduate from college to help the people she treated as her real parents. Everything seems to be perfect. She had a bunch of good friends, loving parents and comfortable life. Not until her eighteenth birthday comes. She's about to go home when suddenly, a black van stopped right in front of her. Before she could even react, a group of men came out and took her away. The next thing she knew is that she arrives from a familiar mansion. When she finally met the one who planned it all, the realization hit her hard. She was captured by the mafia boss. It's not just it. To her surprise, he even had the pair of her shoes that she lost before.

Si Hara Del Puedo ay kilala sa buong hacienda bilang pinakamabait, pinakamadaling lapitan at higit sa lahat ay pinakamatapang na apo ni Don Ernesto. Iginagalang at minamahal siya ng mga tauhan nila. Sa edad niyang bente anyos ay marami na siyang naranasan katulad ng isang insidente limang taon na ang nakakaraan. Dahil dito ay umalis ang dalaga sa Hacienda Del Puedo upang makalimot. Ngayon, nagbabalik na si Hara sa kaniyang bayang sinilangan upang harapin ang malagim na trahedya ng kahapon. Sa kaniyang pagdating ay may isang Xandro na naghihintay sa kanya. Kasabay ng mga alaalang muling nanunumbalik ay ang pagkahulog ng loob ng dalaga sa lalaking katulad niya ay may amnesia rin. Sa tulong ng binata ay gagawin ng dalaga ang lahat upang hanapin ang mga totoong salarin sa Hacienda Del Puedo massacre. Unti-unting makakamit ng dalaga ang hustisya ngunit maraming hadlang ang sa kaniya'y naghihintay. Pakiramdam ng dalaga ay pilit ibinabaon ng sinuman ang katotohanan upang wala siyang matuklasan. Gamit ang tatag ng loob at determinasyon ay malalaman ni Hara ang mga lihim ng kahapon kasama na rin ang mga sikreto ng mga taong nakapaligid sa kanya. Ang katotohanang akala niya ay magpapalaya sa kaniya ay muli palang susugat sa puso niyang durog na durog na kaya gagawin ni Xandro ang lahat upang muling mabuo ang dalagang ngayon ay hindi na kayang magtiwala pa sa kahit sino man.

Katanaya Sandoval ang nag iisang tagapagmana ng pamilya Sandoval. Pamilyang kinatatakutan ng marami dahil sila ang kanang kamay ng Reyna. Ngunit ang lahat ay nagbago nang mamatay ang kaniyang magulang at mapadpad sa Low Town kung saan lahat nang nakatira doon ay mahihina at patapon. Ano kaya ang magiging reaction nila kapag nalaman nilang nabubuhay pa ang kaisa-isang Sandoval at sasali sa survival game na Code:Hero. Will she be able to find the Code or she will be killed inside the Game? Let's find out.

TGLES #1 Xander Redent x Athena Lemiere Xander Redent is the son of Jordan Redent a.k.a the owner of the York Company which makes him very very rich. Not only rich but he was blessed with a brilliant brain and charming face. Of course with that package of perfectness, he's a playboy. Athena Lemiere is the daughter of Matthew Lemiere. Just like her dad, she's cold, tough and a rock head but she has her clumsiness from her mom which makes her very attractive. Her dream is to be a mechanic, she loves dealing with cars since she was a little kid. She can spend time in the garage for hours to learn about it.

Rhian Santos, supposed to celebrate their Graduation on a Club but why does it goes wrong? The simple celebration turns to be steamy and intense night that wasn't her intention. That night she met the Business Tycoon Ryker Brown. The man who took her innocent, she just woke up beside him. It didn't end there on what happen between them. He proposed a deal with her, she declined it but her body tells otherwise. Everything was on the right place until her biggest fear happen! She fall inlove with him! And brings her to jeopardize that breaks her heart! Falling inlove with him was the thing she fear the most, cause she know's every part of him. He is heartless, a man who doesn't know how to be serious and always look at things like a business! Is there's still a chance that he would loved her too? Knowing that Ryker Brown the business tycoon has perception that 'Woman are just like contract that have an expiration'

Ellie, a demigod who's identity has been hidden for couple of years. She feels empty everyday. She feels like there is something missing. She and her friends have one tattoo on their body but they did not know the meaning behind those tattoos. They don't pay much attention about their true selves. Not until one of their friend found a page of an old book at their house. Their parents refuses to tell the truth. They hide every single detail about them. But, they did it for a reason, and it is to protect them. But, that day will come. The time that they're afraid the most even the Gods. Would they be able to succeed?

Hendry Arnaud Camden came from a long line of wealth. Hendry was groomed to be one of the successors of his family's wealth. With all the strict rules and family values he developed a certain way of thinking. Nothing was beyond his grasp and when a certain beautiful woman catches his eyes, he'd do anything, literally anything to get her. ***** Callie was betrothed to her childhood best friend, Brody Anderson Curran. But then his best friend Hendry started to flirt with her, and when she started to fall for the temptation she was conflicted with her choices. ***** Since his college days, Brody had always been secretly in love with his best friend Hendry. He never thought of himself as gay, but Henry was always too charming to ignore. They had fooled around in college and Brody was a goner for his buddy. Knowing that he would never get anywhere with his crush, Brody decided to listen to his parents and dated Callie. All was well until his best friend Hendry took interest in Callie also. ***** Being an assistant to one of the boss's billionaire heir sons was a dream come true for Sloan Bryson. He had always considered himself sexually fluid. Never identify himself as gay, but not quite as hetero as his girlfriends would say. One thing is for sure, Sloan was deeply infatuated with his boss Hendry. To make things worse for himself, Sloan would imagine how it would feel like being with Hendry and his bestie Brody. The two men dripped with confidence and Sloan had always been a sucker for gorgeous men with the power to abuse. **** Will Hendry get what he wants? Will Callie fall for the right man? Will Sloan and Brody ever get together? Too many possibilities of steamy encounters?