Cara Menyalakan Korek Api

---> if you are interested in my work, please check out my novel The Starving Vulture. Available on Amazon, $3.99 for the Ebook and $14.95 for the Paperback https://www.amazon.com/Starving-Vulture-Miguel-Monta%C3%B1a/dp/1951150899<---------The Pacific Capital. A product of an altered world, the legacy of the dead Philippine nation. A congested megacity holding 50 million people all huddled in what was once Metro Manila. It is the center for Pacific Maritime Trade, the world's largest Tax Haven and one of the few places in the world free from the Draconian but necessary environmental laws that saved the world since Cometfall. Ruled by Megacorporations, Corrupt Politicians, Invested Nobility and Criminals. It is one of the world's most important agricultural and pharmaceutical centers. H-6 is an Arbiter of the Court. As Judge Jury and Executioner, they maintain the essential Power Plant Canals and Massive weather controlled Dome Districts. Two elements that even the all powerful Megacorps need maximize their profits. Making Arbiter's Court the true rulers of the city. But even an all powerful Arbiter of the Court like H-6 knows, that Ambition and Greed will always find ways to ignore the rule of Law. Solus Valentine is a Security Consultant, plying her trade to anyone in need. She is a gun for hire who has the street smarts for the city's underworld. Whether in the gilded halls or the most flooded streets, she's ready for your contract. But while completing a contract, she stumbles into a vast conspiracy that just might threaten the city's fragile power balance, if not the world. She just might need an Arbiter's help for this one. One who might be someone from her past.

Tohawi, seorang pengangguran yang hidupnya penuh kesialan, tiba-tiba terpanggil ke dunia Aetheris sebagai pahlawan. Akankan seseorang yang pengangguran dapat menjadi pahlawan?

Kata orang, aku beruntung bisa menikah dengan seorang Dokter sukses dan tampan. Tanpa mereka ketahui, ada yang kurang dari rumah tangga kami. Sudah dua tahun menikah, namun aku masih perawan. Semua itu karena....

Si Kleer Ronnilaine Cruz, dating anak ng kasambahay sa pamilya Lyverigo ay may lihim na pagtingin kay Arrex Jhames Lyverigo, ang tagapagmana ng pamilya. Nang mapilitan silang magpakasal, biglang nagdesisyon si Arrex na makipag-divorce pagkaraan ng dalawang taon. Ang hindi niya alam, buntis si Kleer sa kanilang anak. Nang malaman ni Kleer ang tunay na yaman ng kanyang pamilya, nagpasya siyang lumipad patungong New York kasama ang kanilang anak para itago ito kay Arrex. Limang taon ang lumipas, bumalik si Kleer sa Pilipinas at muling nagkrus ang landas nila ni Arrex—ibang iba na ito, mayaman na at may kasamang anak. Sa pagbabalik ni Kleer, magbubukas ang bagong mga lihim at pagsubok. Ipapaalam na kaya niya kay Arrex ang katotohanan tungkol sa kanilang anak, o mananatiling sekreto ito magpakailanman?

Ayu dan Rangga, pasangan suami istri yang terpisah jarak, mencoba menjaga api cinta mereka lewat panggilan video yang penuh rindu dan desah hasrat. Malam-malam Ayu yang sunyi seharusnya terobati dengan suara suaminya, hingga sebuah pesan misterius masuk: “Kamu cantik malam ini. Jangan matikan panggilannya… aku sedang menikmati.” Sejak saat itu, kehidupan Ayu berubah. Ada mata asing yang mengintip ruang paling privatnya. Pesan-pesan berani datang semakin sering, penuh godaan dan ancaman tersembunyi. Ayu terombang-ambing antara ketakutan dan gairah terlarang yang diam-diam membangkitkan sisi liarnya. Rangga mencium ada rahasia yang disembunyikan istrinya. Cinta mereka diuji, bukan hanya oleh jarak, tapi oleh kehadiran orang ketiga, penuh obsesi, dan tahu cara menyalakan api hasrat di balik layar. Mampukah Ayu bertahan setia? Atau justru ia akan tenggelam dalam permainan erotis berbahaya yang bisa menghancurkan pernikahannya?

Lidya terpaksa datang ke pernikahan Iqbal--pria yang tak lain adalah suaminya dengan wanita lain yang bernama Irna. Lebih mengejutkannya lagi, di acara hajatan tersebut, ada juga Ibu mertuanya. Itu menandakan, bila pernikahan Iqbal dan Irna sudah direncanakan dari dahulu kala. Lidya yang merasa sakit hati dan kecewa, tak ragu untuk membawakan barang-barang milik suaminya ke acara hajatan, hingga berakhir ricuh, karena Lidya secara sengaja mengakui tentang siapa dirinya. Lantas, apa yang akan terjadi selanjutnya? Akan 'kah Iqbal membalas semua perbuatan Lidya atau justru sebaliknya?

Aku dan adikku mengalami kecelakaan mobil bersama. Aku mengalami rupture jantung dan harus segera dilakukan operasi darurat. Namun, Ibu yang merupakan direktur rumah sakit di sana justru memanggil semua dokter untuk ke kamar adikku demi melakukan pemeriksaan menyeluruh padanya yang sebenarnya hanya mengalami luka ringan. Aku memohon kepada ibu agar menyelamatkanku, tetapi Ibu malah menatapku dengan wajah penuh kekesalan dan membentakku, “Kamu cari perhatian seperti ini tidak bisa lihat waktu, ya? Kamu tahu, adikmu itu hampir patah tulang!” Pada akhirnya, aku mati di sudut rumah sakit tanpa seorang pun menyadarinya. Namun setelah kabar kematianku sampai ke telinganya, Ibu yang paling membenciku itu … justru menjadi gila.

When the factory director’s son dragged my drunk fiancee into the supply warehouse, I pretended as if I did not see them. I just turned around and walked away. In the past, I had ruined my own future by rushing in and beating the factory director’s son up. I was even framed for stealing the supplies from the warehouse. When the warehouse keeper came over with the police officers, my fiancee deliberately ripped her own clothes. She cried and said that she came with the director to stop me from committing the crime, but I beat her up and even defiled her. Everyone despised me, and I became a criminal. My fiancee’s parents could not bear the rumors, and they forced me to marry her. But that marriage was only the start of a hellish life. She lived like a queen at home, yet she told everyone I was starving her. When she got pregnant, she deliberately pushed her belly against the corner of the table. Then, she stood in the courtyard and cried. She claimed I had abused her, and I wanted to kill my own baby. My parents felt bad for me, so they borrowed money from everyone they knew to get her a job. But when she landed on the job, she framed my father for stealing the steel from the factory. Half a year after my father was imprisoned, he passed away in jail due to an illness. My mother could not bear the stress and fell severely ill. She also passed away soon after. When I was pinned under the collapsed brick wall at the construction site, she did not call for help. Instead, she picked up a brick and smashed it into my head. “If you were not so nosy, Jeremy and I’d have been together already. We wouldn’t have wasted so much time!” My head bled, and I was buried beneath a pile of rubble. When I opened my eyes again, I was at the entrance of the supply warehouse. From inside, I heard my fiancee’s soft, teasing murmurs.

She is a housewife, a humble Luna, whose husband set her up, falsely accusing her of cheating with another man and pushing her into the sea. After suffering betrayal and abuse, she decides not to hold back. She takes on the identity of Alpha Logan's Fiancée and joins Logan in his quest for revenge against her ex-husband and the third party. Bullied by someone else?? Ex-husband looking down on you? Big groups coming in for pressure? She rubs her wrist and calmly says, "I hope you won't regret messing with me." Behind her, she doesn't know there is the honorable and handsome Alpha Logan. No matter what she decides, he does his best to escort her without complaint. Contract with My Ruthless Alpha is created by Cara TaleSmith, an eGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.

Rhea is an orphan who spent her childhood in different foster families. When she was 13 years old, she was adopted by the Alpha Angus and brought to his pack. Little did Rhea know she would be living with her four stepbrothers who had bullied her since the first day she arrived and had become her biggest nightmare. When she turned 18, Rhea learned her adopted brothers were her mates. Not two, but four of them. Rhea didn’t want to accept them, but her brothers refused to let her go and told her that they had fallen in love with her a long time ago. Will Rhea believe them? How far will they go to earn Rhea’s trust and forgiveness? What will happen if Rhea learns she is the only heir of the last Silver Wolf? Their Bullied Luna is created by Cara TaleSmith, an eGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.