Arti Cunning

Being the bastard daughter of a mafia capo taught me to live in the shadows. Living was my only option... until Alessandro D' Amato, Italy's most feared criminal leader, had me in his sights. Not only is he a cunning and ruthless mafia capo, he's also an alpha werewolf, and from the moment he saw me, he claimed me as his own. The last thing I need is to be tied to someone as dangerous as Alessandro, but my blood and my past hide a secret that could destroy everything. Now, with the mafia and supernatural clans on the brink of war, I'm the weapon everyone wishes they had... and Alessandro doesn't plan to share. Even if I resist the Alpha, he always takes what belongs to him.

Raga, pria berusia 25 tahun, memilih hidup sederhana sebagai penjaga sebuah kos putri di pinggiran kota. Di mata orang lain, ia hanyalah pemuda biasa yang bekerja demi menyambung hidup. Tak ada yang tahu, Raga menyimpan masa lalu kelam yang membuatnya menyingkir dari kehidupan sebelumnya. Hari-harinya terlihat tenang, hingga kedatangan para penghuni baru mengubah segalanya. Gadis manja, janda muda, hingga wanita pekerja keras—semuanya tinggal di bawah atap yang sama, dengan rahasia dan kehangatan masing-masing. Godaan datang tanpa henti. Senyum samar, lirikan penuh arti, dan momen-momen intim yang tak sengaja tercipta membuat Raga harus berjuang menahan diri. Namun semakin ia menolak, semakin kuat tarikan yang menyeretnya ke dalam hubungan terlarang dengan para penghuni kos. Bisakah Raga bertahan menjaga batas, atau justru tenggelam dalam gairah liar yang siap membakar dirinya?

Masa kecil penuh trauma membuat Laura percaya bahwa cinta selalu berarti luka. Baginya, dicintai adalah disakiti. Dan menerima rasa sakit dari orang terkasih adalah hal yang wajar. Keyakinan itu membawanya pada Reve, pria dengan sisi gelap yang tak pernah ia sembunyikan. Di rumahnya, Laura terjebak dalam hubungan penuh gairah sekaligus penyiksaan, hingga sulit membedakan antara cinta dan obsesi. Pengkhianatan Reve membuka matanya. Untuk pertama kali, Laura meragukan pemahamannya tentang cinta. Ia memutuskan pergi, mencoba keluar dari lingkaran yang menghancurkannya. Namun Reve tak rela melepaskan. Baginya, Laura adalah obsesi, candu, dan alasan untuk tetap bertahan dalam kegelapan. Laura harus memilih: menerima pria itu lagi, atau mencari arti cinta yang sebenarnya. °°° Hai kakak-kakak pembaca tersayang, penulis akan sangat berterima kasih jika kakak semua berkenan meninggalkan jejak komentar, ulasan dan menambahkan cerita ini ke pustaka. Love <3

Hidup Dina seakan hancur berkeping-keping ketika kebenaran terungkap: Danang, lelaki yang pernah ia percayai sepenuh hati, tega mengkhianati pernikahan mereka. Cinta yang dulu ia rawat dengan air mata dan doa, runtuh hanya karena satu kata—selingkuh. Perceraian itu bukan sekadar perpisahan, melainkan luka yang menggores jiwa, meninggalkan perasaan hampa sekaligus marah yang tak mudah terobati. Namun, di tengah kehancuran itu, Dina harus tetap berdiri. Demi ketiga anaknya yang masih membutuhkan pelukan, ia menelan pil pahit dan menatap dunia dengan mata basah tapi hati yang mulai dikeraskan oleh kenyataan. Dari seorang istri yang dikhianati, ia bertransformasi menjadi seorang ibu yang berjuang sendirian. Kini, setelah semua badai di season pertama kehidupannya, perjalanan baru terbentang di hadapan Dina—perjalanan yang tak hanya menguji kesabarannya, tapi juga keberaniannya untuk kembali percaya pada arti kebahagiaan.

Terkadang cinta itu datang tanpa alasan, kemudian bertahan di ruang hati tanpa seorang pun mampu menghalangi. Terkadang harta hanya sebagai pelengkap dunia tanpa arti, ketika terkalahkan oleh rasa yang sulit dimengerti. Terkadang tahta bukan lagi suatu kebanggaan yang patut dipuja ketika sesuatu yang lebih mulia menguasai jiwa. Pramudya. Karena prestasi dan dedikasinya yang tinggi sebagai seorang tenaga pengamanan sebuah hotel, ia mendapat tugas khusus mengawal seorang artis segudang sensasi bernama Aura Cinta Anastasia. Ternyata bukan perkara mudah menghadapi arogansi Cinta yang setinggi gunung berapi. Berkat kesabaran dan ketenangan jiwa yang stabil, ia mampu mereduksi segala kelakuan Cinta yang selalu mengundang kontroversi. Namun, ketika cinta tumbuh diantara keduanya yang berbeda strata, siapa yang patut dipersalahkan? Sanggupkah Pramudya dan Cinta mempertahankan perasaan suci itu di saat berbagai misteri masa lampau terkuak?

Di sebuah dunia fiksi zaman dahulu, Desa Cindua menjadi saksi perjalanan seorang pemuda bernama Mukhayyam Hafiz yang berjuang menemukan jati dirinya sebagai pemimpin tanpa takhta. Dibesarkan oleh orang tuanya, Rasyid Ghazali dan Syarifah Azurah, Mukhayyam tumbuh sebagai pemuda dengan keberanian besar, tetapi terjebak dalam misteri kitab kuno dan peta rahasia yang diwariskan kepadanya. Dihadapkan pada rahasia kelam di balik Gunung Cindua dan ancaman sosok-sosok misterius, Mukhayyam harus mempelajari ilmu bela diri dan kekuatan batin untuk melindungi desanya. Dalam perjalanannya, ia tidak hanya mempelajari seni bertarung, tetapi juga menemukan arti kepemimpinan sejati, nilai keadilan, dan pengorbanan. Raja Tanpa Takhta adalah kisah epik tentang mimpi, perjuangan, dan kekuatan jiwa yang menginspirasi, penuh dengan intrik, percakapan mendalam, dan aksi mendebarkan. Akankah Mukhayyam berhasil melampaui tantangan yang mengancam dunia yang ia cintai?

Theodore Maxwell, a ruthless business tycoon driven by vengeance, plots to marry Alina Roosevelt, to kill two birds with one stone; get revenge on her father and, to inherit everything that was rightfully his. Alina, a budding author with a heart as pure as her prose, was blissfully unaware of Theodore's ulterior motives when she said "I do." As Theodore's cunning plan unfolded, he found himself captivated by Alina's charm and kindness. Despite his initial intentions, he couldn't help but admire the woman he had married. But just as unexpected love began to blossom, everything crumbles with Alina’s father, who devised a cunning scheme that shattered the fragile peace in their marriage. Consumed by rage and betrayal, Theodore divorces Alina, blaming her for her father's deceit. It's too late to realize that Alina was a mere pawn in her father's malicious game. Regret gnawed at his heart as he desperately searched for her, but she had vanished without a trace. Haunted by the memory of his cruel actions, Theodore is set to find Alina and make amends. And he will stop at nothing. How long will Alina be successful in keeping her little secret hidden? ----------------------------------------------------- “I’m not your wife anymore, Theodore!” I yelled, shoving him away from me. He had absolutely no right to march back into my life. “Here’s where you are wrong Alina,” he took dangerous steps towards me until I was pushed against one of the walls, as he held me captive. “You were mine, then. You are mine now. And you, most definitely, will stay mine in the future. Not even you can separate yourself from me Alina, because you were born to be mine!” And that’s when he smashed his lips against mine in a furious kiss.

Abandoned by her mother, Vivian worked alone to raise her younger brother. Determined to change her life, Vivian becomes a cunning schemer when targeting Jaime Miro, heir to a fortune worth millions of dollars and a large company. When Jaime falls in love with Vivian and marries her, her life becomes tense when she discovers that the mother who abandoned her before is now Jaime's stepmother, and is about to become her mother-in-law. Vivian takes advantage of her marriage to get her way, but when Jaime discovers she only married him for money, the peace in the house is destroyed, and she is thrown out. That night, a fire broke out at Vivian's apartment complex. Jaime thinks she's dead, but two years later she reappears, will he get revenge?

‘’If I had known from the start, that he was the man behind the pain and hurt ‘’. I would have slayed him from the very beginning’’ Arianna’s voice growled as her eyes were bloodshot. Arianna’s life took a drastic turn when she gets raped by an unknown stranger, fate plays a cunning trick on her when she realizes that she is pregnant as she has no idea who the father of the child is. However, unknown to Arianna, the father of her child is none other than ‘’Wayne Knight’’. What would Arianna do when she discovers that the father of her child is none other than her boss? Would she allow revenge to take solely over her life when she has finally fallen in love with the man who has hurt her badly?

Get ready to be immersed in a world of shadowy intrigue and forbidden passion in this mesmerizing tale of The Devils Game. As the inky cloak of night descends, a notorious mafia don finds himself inexplicably drawn to an ambitious lawyer, and their unlikely love story unfolds amidst the seedy underbelly of the criminal underworld. This thrilling narrative is set in the heart of the mafia's bustling hub, where power and money reign supreme, and brutality and mayhem lurk around every corner. Our protagonist, the compelling and multi-layered mafia don, is a magnetic force of nature – his commanding presence hides a dark and dangerous side. Renowned for his cunning and ruthlessness, he yearns for something more meaningful and less fleeting. Read this fascinating journey into the murky depths of the mafia's world, where tension and danger abound, and love and desire have never been so potent.