A Good Novel

Ever since we were kids, I'd always known how to make use of my gentle childhood friend for things like sending him on errands, and borrowing his allowance. He never complained. Just silently indulged me. Things continued the same way until the day we got engaged. That's when everything snapped into place. That was the day we both woke up. I was just a throwaway character in a novel. He was the male lead—fated to fall in love and end up with the novel's heroine. I was stunned. Ready to walk away. But he was furious. Jaw clenched, eyes wild. He grabbed my hand and dragged me straight to City Hall. "Screw the novel. Screw the plot. The only thing I know is that I love you, and I want forever with you." After we got married, he treated me like I was made of glass. Gentle. Meticulous. We worked side by side, building a reputation as a power couple in the business world. The events of the novel faded into the background. I fell deeper in love with him. Three years later, the youngest daughter of a real estate tycoon started her internship at our company. That day, there was a fire in the office. In the chaos, the girl stumbled into a shelving unit. It came crashing down, headed straight for my husband. I didn't hesitate. I threw myself in front of him. Pain exploded in my skull. Blood poured down my face. The girl, in her panic, had fallen to the ground, crying out, "Aaron, help me!" My husband's face went pale. His expression—pure terror—as he ran toward her without a second thought. "Grace!" he cried. Lightning split through me. My face drained of color. The heroine in the novel—her name was Grace.

On the day my sight returned, our family doctor, Anna Leone, stood right in front of me and mouthed to my husband, Don Marco Vitale, "Double the lubricant tonight. I promise it'll send you straight to heaven, my Don." Marco pressed a gentle kiss to my eyes. Then he turned away and replied with the same silent lip movements, "You little tease. That mouth of yours—and the one below—I'm crazy about them both." The two of them exchanged a knowing smile, convinced their secret was flawless. What they didn't know was that not only had my vision fully recovered—I was also fluent in lip-reading. My gaze drifted to the bottle of lubricant sitting brazenly in the wall cabinet. I said nothing. Instead, I quietly sent a single text message: [Papa, I've decided to come home.] In three days, I would vanish completely. All I would leave behind for them would be the hollowed-out fortune of billions—and that bottle of "lubricant" I had replaced with high-strength industrial superglue.

Keyra Azzahra, seorang gadis berusia 17 tahun yang masih duduk di bangku kelas 3 SMA, dibawa ke kota oleh ayahnya dengan alasan akan di sekolahkan. Tenyata dirinya hanya akan dijadikan pengganti kembarannya dalam pernikahan yang sudah dijodohkan. Karena diancam menggunakan nama Ibunya, Keyra menuruti kemauan Ayahnya untuk menikah dengan pemuda bernama Abizar Bimantara yang merupakan Ketua OSIS dingin di sekolah barunya. Namun tampaknya Abizar tak suka padanya karena kecewa yang menjadi istrinya bukanlah Keyla, kembaran Keyra. Posisi Keyra seperti kata pepatah “Sudah jatuh, tertimpa tangga pula” Sudah dipaksa menikah tidak dicintai pula oleh suaminya. Lantas apakah hubungan mereka akan bertahan lama? Dan, Bagaimana cara mereka menjaga rahasia pernikahan itu agar tidak ketahuan oleh pihak sekolah?

(Spinoff novel Terobsesi Dosen Cantik) Aurelia Citra Purnamasari, 20 tahun, seorang mahasiswi tengil yang playgirl. Sekalipun otaknya encer, tetapi terkadang isengnya itu nggak ketulungan. Hingga pada suatu saat dia menggembosi ban mobil Lexus LS500 milik kakak angkatannya di parkiran kampus. Naasnya aksi tersebut terpergok oleh sang pemilik mobil mewah berharga selangit itu. Biyan Alexandro Jatikusuma, 24 tahun, kakak angkatan Aurel, si pemilik mobil Lexus tadi menuntut gadis itu ganti rugi dengan menjadi pacar sementaranya. Sekadar untuk seru-seruan awalnya karena dia jomblo. Namun, lama kelamaan Biyan justru makin menginginkan Aurel ditambah lagi dia harus bersaing dengan salah satu dosennya di kampus yaitu Profesor Reynold Putra Hartanto Siregar. Ketika Aurel diculik dan disekap di sebuah pulau pribadi milik Biyan, akankah dia menerima situasi di mana dia dipaksa jatuh cinta kepada pria yang tak disukainya? Bahkan dia harus mengandung benih dari tuan muda putera konglomerat tersebut? Bagaimana kisahnya dengan Profesor Reynold akankah kandas? Ikuti keseruan kisahnya dalam novel Dipaksa Jatuh Cinta karya Agneslovely2014.

A week before the wedding, my fiancé, Luke Graham, announced that he needed to marry his first love, Mandy Lynch, before marrying me. “It’s because her mother passed away,” he explained, “and her dying wish was to see Mandy married to a good man. I’m just fulfilling an elder’s final request. Don’t overthink it.” But the company had already planned to launch the “True Love” jewelry line on the day of our grand wedding. Impatiently, he dismissed my concerns: “It’s just a few million. Does that compare to Mandy’s love for her mother? If you’re so eager to make those millions, go find someone else to marry.” Hearing his cold and heartless words, I understood everything. Without another word, I turned and dialled my family. “Brother, help me find a new groom.”

Three years after graduation, I was waiting tables at a restaurant when I happened to run into some of my old classmates having a private dinner there. The moment they saw me carrying trays, they burst out laughing. My old rival Elliot sneered that I was a useless nobody, then pulled out 50 bucks and tossed it in front of me, telling me to lick the food scraps off his shoe. "Clean my shoe, and that fifty's yours!" Even my ex-girlfriend joined in to humiliate me. "I can't believe this is what you've become three years after graduation, Chase. Good thing I dumped you when I did—I'd hate to be the girlfriend of some broke loser." Elliot and a few others pinned me to the floor, forcing me to kneel and even bark like a dog. My ex clapped her hands, laughing. "Chase, you really do look like a dog when you're on your knees." Then, the restaurant manager rushed in. The moment he saw me, his face went pale with shock. "M–Mr. Levine… are you all right, sir?" Blood dripping down my forehead, I pointed at everyone in that room. "No one leaves this room tonight."

Susan Miller, my father's caretaker, often complains that the supplements keep running out. The wild kingroots that are worth 500 thousand dollars are completely used up even though Susan has only made soup with them twice in a row. As I filter through the medicinal residue with a frown on my face, Susan sinks down to her knees and begins slapping herself. "They must have melted in the soup because of my lack of attention! Please dock my pay, Ms. Lawson, but please don't fire me!" But that night, I come across a post uploaded by Susan's son, Roman Cox, on Instagram. "Hi everyone! Today, I'm challenging myself to eat two wild kingroots in one go!" When I see Roman picking up a familiar-lookng giftbox, I feel my temper flaring instantly. Then, I order a packet of potent aphrodisiacs meant for animals on the spot. It turns out that Roman intends to chug down my prized Romanee-Conti in the next episode of his stream. Well then, I'll let him have his feel of drinking something else!

WARNING 18+ ADULT CONTENT! Marcia kecil sejak berumur 3 tahun di asuh oleh Keluarga Tjahyadinata. Pasangan suami istri Tjahyadinata sangat menyayangi Marcia dan sudah dianggap sebagai putri kandung mereka. Killian Tjahyadinata, umur 18 tahun si playboy yang ramah dan ketampanannya selalu berhasil memikat gadis-gadis mencintai Marcia, gadis yang sejak kecil tinggal di rumahnya dan yang sangat di sayanginya. Sangking takutnya ketika dia menyadari telah jatuh cinta pada Marcia si gadis kecil yang sudah menjelma menjadi remaja cantik, polos nan ceria, Killian sampai lari ke New York dan tinggal disana bertahun-tahun. Playboy sepertinya jatuh cinta? Never! Yang benar saja! Aku bukan pedofil! Setelah 15 Tahun pelarian yang panjang atas perasaannya, akankah cinta Killian bertahan? Apa yang terjadi pada kedua orang tua Marcia? Mampukah Killian mendapatkan restu dari kedua orang tuanya? Cover designed by @Paponggraphic.id and Owned by Phoenixia

Semua berawal dari perkenalan tak sengaja antara Hyun Myungsuk, seorang komikus amatir dan Bae Jihyun, penulis novel pendatang baru di sosial media. Keduanya meet up di Seoul untuk membahas rencana kolaborasi project gabungan mereka. Sayangnya, rencana itu tidak berjalan dengan mulus, karena Myungsuk dan Jihyun mendapat gangguan dari berbagai pihak. Sebut saja Jang Beomgyu, editor yang meragukan hasil karya mereka dan diam-diam menaruh rasa pada Jihyun. Lee Dantae, pacar Jihyun yang punya rahasia besar di balik ketenarannya, juga mulai cemburu pada kedekatan Jihyun dan Myungsuk. Lalu ada si barbar Kim Sunmi, komikus profesional yang merupakan kekasih Myungsuk. Sifatnya posesif, cemburuan dan kekanak-kanakan. Tekanan dari berbagai sisi membuat keduanya harus mencari cara agar kolaborasi terbaik mereka membuahkan hasil maksimal. Masalahnya kian pelik, saat Kim Wooseok, seorang rapper yang punya brand pakaian terkenal, meminta Sunmi mencari model yang pas untuk dipotret bersama Lee Dantae. Sunmi kemudian mengajukan sebuah permintaan pada Myungsuk. Dan hal-hal yang berkaitan dengan Kang Wooseok ini, pelan-pelan menyeretnya pada masalah kejelasan hubungannya dengan Ji Seojin, kakak Sunmi. Till The End Of The World, tiga kisah dengan masing-masing konflik yang membelenggu mereka. Menyadarkan Jihyun bahwa semua yang M katakan, seorang penyiar misterius di stasiun radio Daegu, benar adanya. Bahwa hubungan yang baik butuh banyak pengertian dan pengorbanan.

My daughter, Tina, locked herself in her room, crying so hard her body shook. I pried the door open and saw that she was clutching a test paper that was torn to shreds and pieced back together. It was a math Olympiad selection test. She should have gotten a perfect score, but was given a score of zero instead. "Mom," she sobbed, "the teacher said 3x5 is not equal to 5x3; that it's taking shortcuts. She tore my paper up in front of everyone, revoked my eligibility for the competition, and told the whole class not to talk to me…" I looked at the deep red scratch marks on my daughter's wrist and immediately picked up the phone to call the principal. "What good does it do for your school's reputation to drive a kid who loves math to their breaking point?"