Café Funiculi Funicula

"Kamu ingin bersembunyi dan meminta pertolongan Kak Bayu?! Dasar, jalang! Kamu seharusnya mendengarkan celaan orang-orang di kantor, bukan malah bersembunyi. Kamu pantas mendapatkan hinaan itu.” Rinata Haris Anwar baru berusia 16 tahun ketika ia memasuki kediaman keluarga Dirgantara dengan segudang misteri yang melibatkannya. Celaan dan hinaan sudah biasa ia dapatkan. Tetapi dibalik itu semua ada hubungan yang tak tersirat dengan anak sulung keluarga Dirgantara, Bayu Putra Dirgantara. Sampai suatu pengumuman mengejutkan pada satu acara pesta Dirgantara membuat kekacauan lebih buruk pada hidupnya. Dan siapa sangka seorang Manager Café pengganti, Dandy Nichola Pieterson, akan memiliki banyak andil dalam kehidupan barunya.

Pria is a struggling university student working night shifts at a café while facing relentless bullying on campus. Life hasn’t been easy, but she’s determined to fight for her dreams. Luna, a cold and brilliant heiress, is about to become CEO of one of Asia’s largest corporations. As Pria’s professor, she keeps her distance, but beneath her icy exterior lies a complicated heart that begins to notice Pria’s quiet strength. When Luna’s harsh facade starts to crack, and jealousy and hidden tenderness emerge, Pria must confront her fears about love and trust. With Luna’s family drama and their vastly different worlds threatening to keep them apart, can these two women break down the walls between them, or will their fears keep them apart forever?

Lena had been infatuated with Ethan for almost a year, admiring him quietly from the sidelines. They worked in the same building, but their paths rarely intersected. Ethan was the kind of man who effortlessly commanded attention-confident, striking, and possessing a grin that could leave anyone speechless. Despite her constant daydreams, Lena had never mustered the courage to speak to him. But today was different, she told herself. Today, she would finally make a move. Or at least, try not to embarrass herself like usual. As she hurried into the bustling café, determined to be bold, her nerves began to unravel. She spotted Ethan standing at the counter, casually scrolling through his phone as he waited for his order, exuding that effortless charm she found so magnetic. "Alright, Lena," she muttered under her breath. "You've got this." Unfortunately, she didn't.

Canary Lienne is playful, skips classes and never serious in her studies. 'You only live once' is the title of the song she thought of as her motto to believe. Then with just one reservation at a café, she met Samuel. He is mature, silent and an adult. Samuel is her first crush. Isn't it great that they both like each other? As she grows up and faces independence, learns of things she never knew, will the bad little girl Cana remain? Or does Samuel's love and care make her the good girl she has always wanted to look up to? A warm cup of coffee in the summer and a slice of romance, a story of growing up, family, friendship, betrayal, bullying, coming out and the first struggles of teenagers. This is solely based on the experience of the author's teenage years with peers. Disclaimer: The names, characters, setting and scenes are fictional.

Lily Harper’s life is perfectly brewed, running her café in Boston, surrounded by the comforting scent of fresh coffee and pastries. But everything changes when Atlas Caldwell, the boy she once loved, walks back into her life after years of silence. As their past collides with her present, Lily’s world is turned upside down. But she’s not alone, Ryle Kincaid, a charming and intense neurosurgeon, has his own plans for her heart. Torn between the memories of a love lost and the possibility of a future with someone new, Lily must navigate a tangled web of old emotions, unexpected desires, and choices that could change everything. Will she open the door to a second chance with Atlas, or is the path forward with Ryle, who’s already staked a claim on her heart, the one she should follow? A captivating story of love, loss, and the crossroads of life.

Amelia Starling lived a normal life in the city of Michigan, working as a waitress in a very fancy café she lived a single life her only stress was to go to work and cater for her grandma as she was an orphan, but all these changed the moment she witnesses a gunfight between two mafia gangs which causes an uproar in her life, one that went from a prickly nightmare to a flowery soft dream. Damon Morningstar, the Don of the highest mafia gang in the states, was referred to as the Mafia King, he has both the looks and the money, ladies fell at his feet, and he was called the Mafia king, death himself. Known for his ruthlessness and popularity he holds a great standard in the mafia society and outside, he meets Amelia at the gunfight and makes it his mission to get her as his. Two to tango they both take off into a world of hate, love, and death.

Wynter Aguilar is ordinary woman and a café owner. Isang lang naman ang tanging hiling niya sa buhay. Ang maayos at tahimik ang buhay na ibinigay naman sa kaniya. But everything changed when she met the man named, Cassiuz Velasquez. A drop-dead gorgeous man, rich and ideal man to every woman’s dream. Hindi lang maintindihan ni Wynter kung ano ang nagawa niya sa lalaki at lagi itong nakasunod sa kaniya. What she didn’t know that Cassiuz Velasquez will like her to the point of no return. Hindi rin naman maintindihan ni Cassiuz ang sarili dahil unang beses na pagkakita niya pa lang kay Wynter, nahulog na agad ang loob niya rito. Right at the moment, he wanted to make Wynter as his wife and he starts pursuing her. “You’re the one whom I want to be with.” – Cassiuz Velasquez.

When Aria Hudson, a small café owner in the city of New York, clashes with Damian Cole, the lawyer in charge of serving her eviction notice, neither expects sparks to ignite. But when Damian is assigned a new case he discovers that Aria is the missing heiress to a billion-dollar empire. Aria is suddenly thrown into series of events as she has to juggle between her love life and dangerous family feuds. With greedy relatives and secrets buried deep, Aria must decide whether to step into her mother’s abandoned legacy or lose everything. Damian finds himself becoming her protector,and in the midst of all the stormy events happening all around them, attraction blurs into something deeper. But when the truth surfaces, that her own uncle is behind her mother’s death, the battle for the empire turns deadly. Will Aria claim her rightful throne and find love in Damian’s arms, or will betrayal and bloodline greed destroy her before she can?

“You are going to be my wife because of the agreement that your parents and my uncle Jack arranged. You can keep running your café business and I can make my uncle happy. It is a win-win situation for the both of us. Nothing's going to change really, you can do whatever you want and of course same goes with me. However, you are going to carry my surname. I won’t do anything to embarrass you and I expect that you will do the same.” I felt a knife stab my heart after saying those words, but it stung more when Lucy said “Of course, I completely understand. I know my role and I know my place. I may not be as rich as you are nor have the stage that you are on, but I am absolutely capable. Do not underestimate me Mr. Lowell or shall I say my future husband.”

Elle pensait avoir touché le fond. Un café minable, une tante droguer, des journées sans fin à survivre dans l'ombre. Mais le pire n'était pas encore venu. Il est apparu, vêtu de rouge et de silence, avec le pouvoir d'un roi et le cœur d'un monstre. Sans choix, sans issue, elle s'est retrouvée prise au piège d'un mariage arrangé, dans une maison où chaque regard est une menace, chaque sourire un mensonge. Il veut un héritier. Elle veut sa liberté. Mais entre la haine, le désir et la douleur, les règles ne tiennent jamais longtemps. Et quand l'amour naît là où il ne devrait jamais exister, tout peut basculer.