Anastasia American Doll

Brian Bolton, miliarder top Bolton Enterprise dari New York City baru-baru ini pindah ke kantor cabangnya di San Francisco. Meninggalkan New York City adalah suatu hal yang harus dia lakukan setelah menghabiskan bertahun-tahun merawat tunangannya. Dia ingin fokus mengembangkan perusahaannya untuk pasar Asia-Pasifik tetapi hidupnya berubah drastis setelah dia menaruh perhatian pada satu karyawannya, Anastasia Berg. Anna adalah karyawan yang berpenampilan biasa selama jam kerja tetapi dia berubah menjadi wanita seksi saat keluar malam. Setelah melihat Anna untuk pertama kali di bar, Brian tidak bisa menghilangkan keinginannya untuk memiliki Anna. Keduanya saling jatuh cinta, namun seks yang panas tidak cukup solid untuk membangun sebuah hubungan. Baik Anna atau Brian, keduanya memiliki masa lalu yang pahit dalam menjalin hubungan percintaan. Tak bisa dipungkiri, kepahitan dari masa lalu akan mengguncang hubungan mereka.

Anastasia Noire, penyanyi top yang jatuh dalam sekejap akibat fitnah kejam, mendapati dirinya diasingkan oleh semua orang yang pernah ia percaya. Di tengah keterpurukannya, ia menyelamatkan seorang pria sekarat dan terpaksa mengklaim pria asing itu sebagai suaminya untuk melindungi dirinya dari tuduhan yang lebih buruk. Namun, dunia terkejut saat pria yang mereka hina sebagai "pengemis" ternyata Maximilian Kingsley, miliarder misterius yang menyimpan rahasia besar. Di tengah kebohongan dan pengkhianatan, Anastasia harus memilih: mempercayai pria yang tak ia kenal atau menghadapi dunia yang ingin menghancurkannya. Apakah Maximilian adalah musuh atau penyelamat? Dan, bisakah Anastasia mengubah nasib yang telah ditakdirkan untuknya?

Anastasia Danish Lily Mondragon was born differently. Unusual, for she never shed a tear even after months of being born. When her mother looks at the infant staring back at her blankly, her heart is filled with pure hatred. She believes she is a monster in child's clothing. When Anastasia was eight, she was abducted by a group of researchers. Yet no one knew what she had suffered at the hands of those cruel humans. After a few days, she returned home. Barefoot and bruised, she walked home and landed in her worried mother's arms. She was in a state of coma for more than five months, her body responding weirdly. Anastasia woke up after twelve years. Her body recovered, but all her memories were lost. The worst tragedies happened not so long after. Clueless Anastasia was treated badly by her father, and her mother left without a trace. Now that she's twenty, Anastasia has become more curious about her past. As if something unknown haunts her until dawn. Fierce and determined, she started to make a move toward regaining her memories. But to know the truth, she has no choice but to take a dangerous path. She will meet a being that is supreme to all human beings. Is she willing to take the risk and gamble her life for the sake of bringing back her lost memories?

Isang simpleng deal lang sana. Three months. Walang commitment, walang komplikasyon. Pero hindi ganun kasimple kapag si Adrian ang kaharap ni Camille—mapang-asar, mapang-akit, at unti-unting gumugulo sa mundo niya. Pero paano kung sa gitna ng kontrata… mabuntis siya? At sa halip na aminin, pinili niyang magsinungaling—na inabort niya ang bata. Galit. Poot. At isang Adrian na tinalikuran siya. Taon ang lumipas bago bumalik ang nakaraan. At ngayong alam na ni Adrian na hindi pala ipinalaglag ni Camille ang anak nila… paano pa nila mabubuo ang isang pamilyang matagal nang itinanggi?

Anastasia wants to love and be loved by the man she chose. She dreamt of being with her prince charming and saved by her knight in shining armor. That’s why she asked her father to make Craig marry her. And because Craig owes Anastasia’s father so much, he agreed to marry her. But fairytales aren’t true and happy ever after only happens in movies. For how long Anastasia will hope that the man of her dreams will love her? How long will she pretend not being hurt? Or will she just let go the man she loves and move on? Because the man of her dreams is inlove with someone else. Will Anastasia fights for her love towards Craig? Or will she just agree with the annulment he’s asking for? Can a heart that truly love let go the man she loves the most?

Jika suami hilang, carilah di novel ini. Novel berisi peta buat menemukan di mana dia berada. Suami gila jablay. Jangan dikonfrontasi! Jangan labrak jablaynya! Tolong dia, menangkan hatinya. Novel ini jadi bahan referensi Moms menang melawan kuntilanak, menelanjangi pamor yang mereka pakai memikat suami celamitan karena istrinya kurang wawasan. Aksi ngelabrak, jambak rambut, gelut di depan umum hanya memuaskan sesaat. Suami Moms malah bersemangat membela jablaynya, karena 'mata'nya sedang dibutakan oleh daya tarik sang jablay. Suami Moms sedang 'dihancurkan' pelan namun pasti. Ada strategi memenangkan hati suami disajikan oleh novel ini. Mari, pakai otak ! Jangan emosi! Kisah pernikahan Olive dan Refan, mengajarkan Moms memenangi perang urat syaraf rumah tangga dalam prahara. Olive berhasil menolong Refan, suaminya lepas dari jerat sex penari striptis, Rita Anastasia yang menawarkan daya tarik seks bukan service ranjang biasa. Kenikmatan sex yang disajikannya dibawah pengaruh narkoba. Butuh 3 tahun membebaskan suaminya dan harganya mahal. Refan nyaris menghuni rumah sakit jiwa akibat konsumsi ekstasi jangka panjang. Karirnya hampir hancur terseret masuk bui. Harta disita negara. Perjuangan Olive selidiki perselingkuhan suami melelahkan, membuatnya putus asa. Pernikahan itu kemudian menjadi jerat sangkar burung (baca: karier) buat Olive, mengurungnya harus bertahan. Untung ada Tubagus, sahabat yang mendukungnya. Olive bukan detektif. Namun intuisi seorang istri menuntunnya bergerak melakukan investigasi, berhasil meringkus Rita, menyerahkannya ke gerbang neraka dunia. Masuk penjara. Novel ini mengisahkan sisi lain daya tarik para PSK. Fenomena jamak yang tak banyak dipahami khalayak. Sebab daya tarik mereka memang bukan service ranjang biasa. Menitipkan pesan edukatif bagi para istri yang berada di bawah ancaman prahara rumah tangga, juga bagi para suami yang mau coba-coba masuk mencicipi relaksasi dunia malam. Mereka harus tahu daya pikat para PSK mengacaukan hidup mereka dengan pamornya. Sisi lain kehidupan para mafia narkoba terwakili dari sosok Rita Anastasia dikupas habis di novel ini. Petik hikmahnya. Selamat Membaca.

What does love mean? What does it takes to love? How do you prove your love? What can make love last? Love is magical. Love makes us complete. Love gives us happiness. Love makes us live. But love is also a battle. A battle you need to fight. A battle you need to win. But how will you succeed it? And when do you win? Have you win after hearing the 3 words from the person you love? Have you win when you get a label? Have you win already when you now have a ring on your finger? Have you win after hearing the priest says, "You may now kiss the bride?" When do you exactly win? Does the battle end after the wedding? Actually, no. It's just the start of the battle. The real battle starts after the wedding. Nicholas Kalle Morton and Quiva Anastasia Morton battle, begins now.

Betsy Makabayan is your 'not so' typical bente-singko anyos raketera girl. Paano ba naman kasi maliban sa pagiging isang call center agent at sa iba-ibang raket na pinapatos niya, isa rin siyang magaling na artista. Isang araw, hiningan siya ng pabor ng isang babaeng haponesa, sa sa mga naging clients niya. Kapalit ng malaking halaga, si Betsy ay pumunta ng New York at nagpanggap bilang si Yuri Haruko. Kahit na walang kaalam-alam sa business world, naglakas loob lamang siyang magtungo doon. There she met Jack Wills, an American rugged looking guy who's convinced that Betsy is not the person who she said she is.

Mendengar kabar ayahnya terjerat hutang 500 juta, Sekar memutuskan untuk mencari uang dengan menjadi LC. Tak disangka, dia malah bertemu Aditya, anak konglomerat yang pernah diselamatkannya secara tak sengaja di masa lalu. "Menikahlah dengan saya. Saya akan memberimu 50.000 dollar."

Sa isang marangyang party kung saan alak ang hari at kasiyahan ang batas, nagtagpo sina Megan Anastasia Davis at Primo Rafael Giovanni—isang simpleng babae at isang bilyonaryong sanay sa luho. Sa kalasingan at kapusukan, nadala sila ng laro ng tadhana—isang “pekeng” kasal na tinawanan lang nila noon. Pero paggising nila kinaumagahan, isang legal at totoong marriage certificate ang bumungad sa kanila. Kasado. Pirmado. Walang atrasan. Gulat. Panic. Hindi makapaniwala si Megan. Paano siya napasok sa isang kasal na hindi niya ginusto? Ngunit hindi doon nagtatapos ang gulo. Habang pilit niyang hinahanap ang paraan para makawala, isang mas malalim na sikreto ang kanyang nadiskubre—si Primo ay engaged na pala sa iba! Isang arranged marriage na matagal nang planado, pero hindi niya kailanman ginusto. Ngayon, may isang babaeng lumalaban para sa lugar niya bilang legal na asawa. May isang pamilyang nagdidikta ng kapalaran ni Primo. At may isang pusong unti-unting nahuhulog, kahit na pilit lumalaban. Tatakas ba si Megan mula sa isang pagkakamaling naging totoo? O haharapin niya ang laban para sa lalaking hindi niya inaasahang mamahalin? Samantala, si Primo—mananatili ba siya sa buhay na pinili para sa kanya? O pipiliin niya ang babaeng aksidenteng dumating pero hindi na niya kayang pakawalan?