Butuh Effort

Sahabat terbaikku, Maya, terbang dari Miama untuk menemaniku di minggu pesta lajangku. Hari-hari terakhir kebebasanku. Dia bersikeras merayakannya dengan acara malam khusus wanita di rumah, memesan semua makanan pesan antar favoritku. Dia memintaku memegang ponselnya dan menunggu. Tiba-tiba, layar ponselnya menyala. Sebuah pesan dari seorang pria. Foto tanpa baju. Aku pun membaca pesan itu. [ Aku butuh kamu malam ini. ] Kemudian, pesan itu disusul foto lain lagi. Foto mainan seks dan perlengkapan bondage seperti yang di film. Wajahku terasa panas. Jantungku berdegup kencang. Tanpa disengaja, aku baru saja masuk ke kehidupan rahasianya. Namun, gambar berikutnya membuatku diam terpaku. Foto close-up dada pria itu. Sebuah bekas luka bergerigi yang kukenal lebih baik daripada diriku sendiri. Itu milik tunanganku, Lucian Caraka.

Nisya, wanita karir yang sukses diusianya yang masih terbilang cukup muda sebagai seorang arsitek juga seorang guru, harus menerima perjodohan yang dibuat oleh sang ayah dengan seorang pria yang berstatus duda dengan satu anak. Dimana keduanya masih sama-sama terbelenggu dengan kisah masa lalu mereka. Nisya yang masih bertahan dengan kenangan bersama tunangannya, juga Ryan yang masih setia menunggu kembalinya mantan istri yang sudah tiga tahun menghilang meninggalkan dia dan putra semata wayangnya. "Aku mungkin bisa memberikan perhatian dan baktiku sebagai seorang istri dan ibu, tapi maaf, aku tidak bisa memberikan hatiku untukmu." —Nisya Kaylandra— "Aku pun tidak butuh cinta darimu, cukup kamu mau hidup bersamaku saja itu sudah lebih dari cukup untuk membalas rasa cintaku padamu." —Ryan Ahmad Salim—

Sinta percaya ia menikah dengan lelaki sederhana bernama Arga teknisi yang jujur, setia, dan penuh ketulusan. Tiga tahun hidup di rumah kontrakan membuatnya yakin cinta sejati tak butuh kemewahan. Namun perlahan, retakan muncul. Telepon rahasia, paket misterius berisi jam tangan berinisial A.M., hingga berkas laptop yang mengungkap identitas asli suaminya: Aditya Mahendra, pewaris keluarga bisnis raksasa. Kebohongan demi kebohongan memaksa Sinta mempertanyakan siapa sebenarnya pria di sisinya. Apalagi ketika nama Maya, mantan tunangan Arga, kembali muncul membawa ancaman. Arga terhimpit antara masa lalu dan cintanya pada Sinta, sementara Sinta terjebak antara bertahan atau pergi. Saat bayangan Mahendra Group dan Maya kian mendekat, satu pertanyaan menggantung: apakah cinta mampu bertahan di atas fondasi kebohongan?

Gilang adalah pria terdahsyat dalam kehidupan bebas dan terjerat cinta seorang perempuan dari keluarga tidak bermartabat. Dia rela meninggalkan segala kemewahan demi perempuan itu. Dia menikah secara diam-diam dan menjalani kehidupan seperti orang kebanyakan, tinggal di sebuah rumah yang tidak lebih bagus dari kandang kuda orang terkaya di daerahnya. Pernikahan itu menimbulkan banyak masalah, sementara urusan masa lalu tidak kunjung selesai. Hingga kemudian dia harus rela menyerahkan istri untuk dinikahi pria lain demi menyelamatkan anak yang butuh biaya operasi sangat besar. Gilang dapat bertahan dengan cintanya tapi tidak dapat bertahan dari ganasnya kehidupan. Haruskah dia kembali ke rumah untuk menjalani kehidupan seperti raja-raja bersama perempuan lain? "Dunia memang iblis bagi laki-laki terdesak!"

In an effort to escape her abusive step-parent, Lyla rejects her pack and flees, but wanders into the Blackhaw pack where she is taken captive alongside other rogues like her and sold to world ruthless alphas. Lyla, now captive of the world's second most cruel alpha, has to find a way to survive or probably escape. But unknowingly and much to her surprise, her every action makes him fall in love with her. Then he gives her a tantalizing offer of freedom or to stay and become his Luna. Becoming a Luna was quite beneficial to her mostly but she runs. Lyla runs because she has no sensual feelings for him and also because he is like a ticking time bomb and could go off any second. And yes he did go off two weeks after she left. This isn't your usual romance book, it is based on survival of the fittest 'regardless' of love, which is exactly what Lyla is struggling to do as a rogue without a master or a pack.

After being abandoned at the border of the Blue River Pack territory, Rain is raised in the orphanage as a witch, where she becomes best friends with Jessica Tompson, a werewolf orphan from the pack. After Jessicas seventeenth birthday, Jessica tells Rain they must escape the pack to save Rain from a horrible fate. But before they can leave, Odett, a five-year-old rogue pup, enters their lives, and they decide to take her with them to ensure she doesn't share the same fate as Rain. After they leave, they run into danger while in the woods as they try to make their way south to New Orleans in an effort to find a witch who will help train Rain to use her magic. But soon, they will discover The Moon Goddess has a plan for Rain and her newly found family. She is pulled from her miserable life and thrown onto a rollercoaster of ups and downs, finding her goddess-given mate, discovering her family's past, and even fighting a war to save all supernatural species. What will their fate entail? Will she find her happy ending?

When her identical twin sister and her mum pass away in a road accident, Araya and her dad move from London to Texas for a fresh start. In an effort to deal with the pain, Araya creates an online account in her late sister's name. In an unexpected twist of events, Pierce, the guy she has a crush on becomes friends with Sky, her online utraego. As senior here begins, the pressure on Araya mounts as she deals with high school, coaching a famous footballer, and running her own players' agency. As she falls more in love with Pierce and it looks like he might return her feelings, she has to decide whether to tell him her secret or not. Things become even more middled when Gunther, Sky's boyfriend whom she also likes gets back into the picture, and Pierce starts falling for both Sky and Araya, without knowing that they are one and the same. Will Araya finally choose herself? Or will she forever live in Sky's shadow?

The woman who settled down as a stripper, call girl, and a gold digger. Her life that goes around in the world of material things, fame and money. She believes that the only thing in the world to survive is money. Her name is Maria Juliet William, she’s a fool blinded by a fake love from a businessman. She’s longing for love, but Robby only wants her to satisfy his lustful needs as a man. She met a guy with a simple living named Victor. The guy who is willing to cherish her and accept her flawed personality. Maria tries to stop Victor, she knew that the man had no money and power to please her material needs. But Victor is always making an effort to win her heart. They become friends with Maria. They have the same dream, to become a ‘Famous Writer’, but Maria chose the path of being a stripper. Victor was inspired by her life story as a stripper. What will be the role of Victor in Maria’s whole life? Will Maria see the value of genuine love rather than money? Or she will stay as a SHOWGIRL.

*Still editing*Sebastian Martinez was a Playboy. Cruel, ignorant, cold, irritable; he all was. Getting married to Adrienne by an arranged marriage, he couldn't learn to be committed to their relationship. Although Adrienne had been really hopeful that he'd change someday, her hope got shattered at a point her effort started to seem like it wasn't reflecting. After a devastating betrayal from Sebastian, she decided to get divorced to him. Happy, he really was. But, would his happiness last forever?Meeting her a few months later, Sebastian felt the need to have this woman back. But well, maybe it was too late for him. Adrienne had a guy who made her happy, who made her forget her past pain. As her love journey became tough, who would she fall for? The guy who liked her, and always made her happy? Or her ex-husband who betrayed her?~Read to know more!❤️

"Tante, aku sudah memikirkannya dengan matang. Aku bersedia meninggalkan Keluarga Buwono dan pergi ke luar negeri untuk tinggal bersamamu." Di ujung telepon, suara Tante terdengar sangat gembira, memberikan nasihat dengan tulus. "Baiklah, Kania, aku akan segera mengurus visamu. Mungkin butuh makan waktu sekitar satu bulan. Manfaatkan waktu ini untuk berkumpul dengan teman-teman dan rekan-rekanmu, karena setelah menetap di Zelandia, kalian mungkin akan sulit bertemu. Jadi, gunakan kesempatan ini untuk mengobrol dan berpamitan dengan baik." "Terutama dengan om kamu. Dia telah membesarkanmu dengan penuh kasih sayang. Kebaikan dan pengorbanannya nggak akan pernah bisa dilupakan. Kamu harus benar-benar berterima kasih padanya." Kania mengangguk pelan beberapa kali. Setelah menutup telepon, dia bangkit dan berjalan dari balkon kembali ke ruang tamu, tanpa sadar menatap foto yang terpajang di atas meja.