Another Word For Sound

Lisa tidak menyangka masa remajanya menjadi runyam setelah bertemu dengan Pramana. Lelaki bermata coklat seperti kayu yang merebut novel semi pornonya saat di toko buku itu ternyata guru olahraga di sekolah barunya! Di sisi lain, Pramana mulai menyadari ada sosok cinta lamanya dalam diri siswinya itu. Semua pilihan yang datang seketika nampak abu-abu baginya. Ia mulai mempertanyakan profesionalitasnya sebagai guru setelah peristiwa kelam itu terjadi.... "Sekali lagi kukatakan, akulah biang keroknya." "Jika kau tidak ingin membantuku, maka aku sendiri yang akan menghilangkannya dari bumi."

Oza suka mencuri pandang ke arah Bahrain jika mereka disatukan kala bertugas sebagai penegak disiplin. Gadis itu bukan orang yang suka mengumbar rasa suka pada orang lain. Kecuali kalau orang terdekatnya. Cara Oza memandang Bahrain tentu orang lain tak akan tau jika gadis itu menyukai pemuda yang sudah memiliki kekasih tersebut. Sampai suatu saat dihari ulang tahunnya. Pemuda itu mengajak sang kekasih datang ke acara ulang tahunnya. Dan itu membuat hatinya patah, sang kakak yang dengan sengaja memperkenalkan temannya itu membuat gadis itu merasa shock hingga tak bisa berkata-kata. Bahrain yang memiliki masalah dengan sang ayah mau tak mau mengurus anak perusahaan dari milik ayahnya. Karena dipaksa untuk meneruskan usaha orang tuanya, Bahrain merasa malas ketika mengurus hal itu. Namun demikian ia terkejut dengan kedatangan peserta didik pekerja lapangan yang dikirimkan oleh sekolahnya adalah adik kelas yang ia kagumi. Cinta Oza gak sampai di sana. Gadis itu sering sekali ambyar hanya dengan perhatian kecil yang ditujukan untuknya dari Bahrain. Gadis itu suka bercerita tentang kisah asmaranya pada Badra dan membuat pemuda itu merasa tak suka. Badra meninggalkan Oza disaat gadis itu mulai sayang dan melupakan semua kenangan tentang Bahrain. Badra yang terpaksa pindah harus rela menahan rindu selama belasan tahun. Karena sudah lulus sekolah. Bahrain masih tetap mencoba merebut perhatian dari Grilloza walaupun ia tau cinta itu bukan untuknya lagi. Bahkan pemuda yang sering datang kerumahnya itu, suka membawakan hal-hal yang memberikan efek-efek kenangan indah pada Badra. Cidera hati Oza tak mungkin lagi bisa disembuhkan. Gadis itu sering kali melamun sendiri dan memikirkan orang yang sudah tak ia harapkan lagi. Arasya tak menyangka bahwa pertemuan tersebut membuat hati sang adik patah sedemikian rupa. Dampak yang diberikan oleh Badra luar biasa dahsyatnya. Sang adik bahkan rela gap years demi menunggu seseorang yang tak pernah tengok dirinya lagi. Hingga suatu masa, Badra.

A young werewolf has been cast away by his peers because of his uniqueness. Kinsley has been unable to mindlink anybody within his pack, the Silver Pack. With this disability, he only hoped that one day, his own mate will accept him for how he was. While waiting for that fateful day, will Kinsley find solace in the eerie sound of silence?

Paisley Brooke is a 29 year writer who lands a contract with one of the biggest publishing companies in the world. Despite her best friend's advice to date and get married, Paisley is only interested in her career and dislikes the concept of family. Everything changes when she meets a single and irresponsible dad; Carter Reid. Meanwhile, Kori Reese is Paisley's best friend and has been married to the love of her life for over three years. There's just one problem, they have no children, despite all their effort. Being pushed daily and interrogated by her husband puts a strain on their marriage and she finds herself faced with the choice of staying, or leaving.

Jason Trujilo employs Cara Thompson as a worker in his exclusive club in order to pay back the money her father owed. Once she paid off the debt, Jason tells Cara that she is free to go. Six months later, Cara is doing well for herself, until Jason comes crashing back into her life, demanding that she leave with him. Cara refuses to leave her new life, and Jason is hell bent on having Cara under his control. So how will this story end? ------------------------------------------------- SNEAK PEEK: Thirty minutes prior to lunchtime, Cara knocked on Jason's office, and after given permission, she entered the office with a stapled packet. Jason looked at Cara swiftly before focusing back on the blank screen of his laptop. She sat on one of the chairs, and stared at him from behind her glasses, waiting to be acknowledged. A princess she was, but Jason didn't care to be her knight in shining armor. No. He would rather be the villain who trapped her in a tower and punished her for being so innocent and yet spoiled and self-centered and confident.

The year Lawrence Scott and I were most in love, he died in a car accident. Everyone thought I would fall apart, but I did not cry, and I did not scream. Two years later, I ran into him at a private lounge: Lawrence was there, holding a young girl in his arms, kissing her passionately. His friends hurried over to explain: "Back then, Lawrence was badly injured in the crash and fell into a coma. He just woke up recently but lost his memory. We didn't tell you because we didn't want you to worry." Lawrence pushed the girl aside, frowned slightly, and looked straight at me. "So you're the fiancée I supposedly forgot? I don't remember you, but since you never gave up on me, I'll honor my promise to marry you." I smiled faintly and said, "They lied to you. We don't know each other." What Lawrence did not know was that on the day he faked his death, I received a video. In it, he was laughing and saying to his friends, "The thought of spending the rest of my life with only Yoana drives me crazy. I'll fake my death, take a few years off to have fun. Just keep her company so she doesn't do anything stupid." He also did not know that during those two years he was 'dead,' I had found someone else.

Buried in silence for centuries, Theron was meant to be forgotten—locked away as penance, left to starve until even memory surrendered. But when Nyssa tears open his tomb, she does more than wake an ancient hunger. She binds herself to the very ruin she thought she could resist. His blood vow is simple: protect her, claim her, keep her. But Theron’s protection is as dangerous as it is consuming, and every moment in his shadow tangles Nyssa deeper in a bond that demands surrender. She feels his hunger in her veins, his voice in her thoughts, his vow echoing sharper than any chain. And behind every promise is a reminder: Theron is not tamed. He is a killer, as merciless as the centuries that shaped him—and loving him means loving the ruin he brings. Torn between terror and desire, between the fragile life she knows and the eternity Theron offers, Nyssa must decide if she is strong enough to embrace the darkness she freed—or if his devotion will destroy them both. Because forever with a monster is not a promise of peace. It is a promise of hunger, obsession, and the kind of love that cuts as deep as it heals. A dark paranormal romance about hunger, obsession, and the thin line between protection and possession, The Sound of Ruin is for readers who like their monsters unrepentant, their heroines defiant, and their tension sharp enough to bleed. Expect enemies that burn into lovers, blood-soaked vows that refuse to break, and a gothic fantasy world where survival demands surrender and love is the most dangerous risk of all.

Georgina Meredith Sy is living the life. She grew up in comfort. Hindi na niya kailangan ng kahit ano. She's got a loving family; she's pursuing her passion and she's content with the few friends she has. But things changed when Austin Javier Uvero came into her life. No warning, no sign, no nothing. For the first time, she felt that her life isn't complete and is yet to be fulfilled. Everything started to feel right. Everything seems to feel like something straight out of a movie. But everything ends, right? The day ends. Time passes. People grow. Permanence is a myth. And when things start to fall into a swirl of betrayal, pain and breaking hearts, Austin Javier will have to hear the sound he never once dreamed of – Georgina's sound of walking away.

He died two years ago. Tonight his perfect replica whispered the safe word only the real him knew. Now she must decide: keep the lie alive… or lose him forever.

Even though this is my eighth time proposing to Beverly Galvan, she still coldly turns me down again. She says that she isn't ready yet and that she needs more time. Since that's the case, I tell myself I will wait as long as it takes. That's when I see it—her and my brother's marriage certificate, posted for everyone to see on her social media. When I question her about it, she merely says in a calm voice, "Timothy's unwell. He can't get too upset, so you'd better not start anything!" They are wearing wedding rings in that photo, and there is a barely visible bump on her belly. In that moment, the storm within me dissipates. Hitting the like button on the post, I type out a comment. "I wish you both a lifetime of joy. May the two of you grow old together!" A year later, a desperate-looking Beverly shows up in front of me, begging that we get back together. Unfortunately for her, her best friend, who was clearly pregnant, steps in with a smile and pushes her aside. "Give it a rest, will you? My husband already has a wife. We can have kids of our own. There's no need for him to be someone's fallback guy."