52 Book Club 2025: #2 - A Character With Red Hair

Dr. Jean S Nicole, assistant professor at the Kiiing's University. The person with great thoughts, great personality and the role model for many. One day some backbenchers were smoking cigarettes, and one of them saw something unusual in the back of the main building of the university, Dr. Nicole was hanging from the roof. They called the Chairman and other staff, after a while police came and started to investigate. At first everyone thought it's a suicide case but police get something weird about VC. Dr. Sapphire and Dr. Nicole both were fighting last week, and the result came as murder. Dr. Sapphire killed his colleague by strangling and then he brought him to the back of the building and hanged him by the roof. Dr. Sapphire, VC of the Kiiing's University get arrested in the murder case of his colleague. Everything changed when the postmortem report came in sight of the investigation officer Clark Black. But it was too late because the Vice Chancellor got hanged by the court. People started to protest against the judiciary and lawsuit because VC was not the actual suspect. Then the question is who's the real suspect, who killed Dr. Jean. After two weeks of this case another suicide case came as a mystery. In this case, the victim was killed by thousands of nails. Most interesting thing was there was no mark of blood after getting a thousand holes in the body. Back in the case of Dr. Nicole's murder, investigation officer get to know in postmortem report that there was no blood in the body of victim. It was strange but it wasn't the end, in just ten days there were thousand cases in which the victims were killed in different ways and every case seemed like suicide but it wasn't.

"Sebentar!" Dia menahan kedua sisi tubuhku, saat mendorong bahu lebarnya hingga setengah telentang. "Kamu salah paham, bukan jasa semacam ini yang saya inginkan." "Terus?" "Saya punya istri, dan hanya butuh anak." Aku hanya bisa tertawa saat pertama kali dia datang, menawarkan sesuatu yang lebih berharga dari intan permata. Menceritakan tentang ketidakberdayaan istrinya, dan keputusasaan menghadapi masa depannya. Dia menjanjikan komitmen yang dibalut kesepakatan pernikahan. Kontrak setahun yang bernilai milyaran untuk mengandung anak yang kelak akan mewarisi banyak harta dari dua keluarga kaya yang diuji dengan ketidaksuburannya.

Ketika sebuah rumah meledak, semua orang berpikir bahwa itu hanyalah kelalaian belaka. Tapi saat kepolisian mengetahui bahwa ada pasangan suami istri di dalamnya yang tewas, secara tak sadar itu membuat komisaris polisi panik. Di tambah dengan gadis kecil yang tidak diketahui keberadaannya menghilang, seluruh jajaran kepolisian dan ketentaraan mulai gemetar ketakutan. Karena akhirnya dia kembali! Orang yang bisa membuat pejabat besar gemetar dan suatu negara siaga darurat telah kembali. Dia kembali untuk membalas dendam! Membalas dendam pada pelaku yang telah membunuh orang tua, serta menculik adiknya. "Aku tidak peduli siapa dan apa, karena kalian berani membunuh orang tua dan menculik adikku, akan kupastikan bahwa dunia ini tidak akan aman lagi bagi kalian." "Sekalipun nama Red Everlasting Dragon kembali mengguncang dunia, aku bersumpah akan menemukan dan menghancurkanmu!" Bagaikan binatang buas, ketika dia sudah mengeluarkan amarahnya, tak ada seorangpun yang bisa menghentikan atau menghalanginya. Datang dari timur ke barat, semua orang mengenalnya sebagai R.E.D. Seorang pemuda berusia 27 tahun yang dapat membuat suatu negara ketakutan. Itulah dia, Raja Dunia Bawah dengan Tato Naga di tubuhnya. Red Everlasting Dragon.

เมื่อนางแบบชื่อดัง ต้องมาอยู่ในร่างของ ท่านหญิงผู้อ่อนโยน ที่ถูกสามีมองข้าม เมื่อเขาว่านางร้ายกาจ เช่นนั้นนางจะแสดงให้เขาได้เห็น ว่าสตรีร้ายกาจที่แท้จริงเป็นเช่นไร

Michael Angelo Abaroa is already in his fourth year as a Respiratory Therapy student. His main goal is to pass the Internship and make it to medical school. But things turned upside down when he met Adaleyza Duran. Adaleyza Duran is one of the patients in St. Luke Medical City. Despite having Leukemia, her views in life are positive. She longs for someone who can stay with her despite her condition. Somehow, these two happened to cross their paths. It all started when Adaleyza has mistakenly crashed Michael’s car window. Just like Michael’s shattered car window, will he also let Adaleyza break his heart into shards? Or will he stop her and guard himself up? Will he take Adaleyza’s hand and invite her to the passenger seat as they take their journey together? Or will he drop her off and venture his life journey alone? Dream or Love? Which is which?

Travis Villaflor is a hotshot business magnate who seemingly has it all: Olympian god-like looks, wealth, fame, and power. Women flock to him, yet he remains loyal to his first love, his girlfriend, Cathyrine Reva. Raine Montemayor has long been in love with his brother’s friend, Travis. He gave him his body, soul, and heart, confessing his love, only to be seen by Travis as the little brother he never had—insisting he was “as straight as an arrow.” Heartbroken, Raine decided to fly to Canada to heal his wounded heart. But upon Raine’s return to the Philippines, Travis never expected things to change. This was no longer the cheerful fifteen years old boy who had given him everything and was rejected when he was twenty-five. Now, Raine is a handsome and sophisticated man, desired by everyone, women and men alike. Every glance from Raine ignites a burning desire in Travis, a fire that spreads through his entire being. But it feels so wrong because he has a girlfriend and claims to love her or does he? On top of that, he keeps insisting that he’s straight. But does he really mean it? Will Travis give in to the scorching temptation that Raine now represents? And will the flames of desire between them ignite once more?

"I'm a dominatrix, Harry. I need control! In business, in life, in my home... in sex." She looked at him, who now had his eyes fixed on her. It wasn't that he had become less shy or more comfortable, he simply continued to follow orders, without even understanding why he was doing it. "But the club tired me... the submissive guys at the club tired me." She returned to the sofa, then moved much closer to him, bringing their knees together, and took a firm hold of his chin when, for a second, he dared to look away from her. "So I really wanted to try something new, Harry." Kath took a deep breath and said a few words that would have the power to radically change two stories. "I want YOU to agree to be my new submissive."

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.

Master Gao Qiang was one the most strongest fhter in China. He was really good at martial arts. Master Qiang also had some secret ss. Two of his students wanted to him to get the book of his secret ss. But master Qiang gave the book to his another student and told her to run away.

Hanna is an ordinary girl with a terrible destiny. Her mother died leaving her with so much debt that she was charged by a loan shark who wanted her body as collateral for the debt. Because she didn’t want that, Hanna ran until a truck passed by and hit her body. Miraculously, Hanna came back to life! When she woke up, someone told her that she was not an ordinary human and became the mate of an Alpha who was known to be cold and could not be touched by women. Not accepting? Of course. Fate seemed to be laughing at the distressed Hanna. On the other hand, Hanna also has a destiny that goes against the laws of nature, which is to become a Luna for two Alphas at once! Ironically, the two Alphas who become Hanna’s Mate are related by blood! How will the story of Hanna who must become a Luna who has two Alphas continue? Will her life be happy or is there another destiny waiting for her?