East Indian

At twenty-eight, I held the dubious honor of being the last unmarried socialite on New York's Upper East Side. Everyone around me was growing increasingly anxious about my single status. In my previous life, my mother arranged a matchmaking cocktail party, where I was told to choose a husband from ten handpicked elite bachelors. I bribed the event planner to place Mark West's profile at the very top—and as I had hoped, I chose him. After we married, Mark treated me with what seemed like tender affection. He even bought me an oceanfront villa in the Hamptons, making me believe I had finally found true love. But that illusion shattered the day I was nine months pregnant, just hours away from giving birth. Mark drove a scalpel straight into my abdomen—then, right in front of me, hurled our newborn onto the floor. "If you hadn't forced me into this marriage with your family's power, Sofia wouldn't have been heartbroken enough to go drinking and get drugged and assaulted. This… this is what you owe her!" He tossed the scalpel aside, then calmly let his private doctor pin down my blood-soaked body. I fought through excruciating pain for six agonizing hours, until I finally bled to death. Afterward, Mark dumped my corpse into the Hudson River. But for Sofia, he hosted a grand funeral—funded with my money, under my name—and paraded himself to the world as a grieving, devoted widower. Given a second chance at life, I refused to step foot in that cursed matchmaking event. Instead, I went straight to my mother with a demand: marry me to Robert Black—the most ruthless, cold-blooded titan of Wall Street, whose scarred face was feared by all. In the end, stripped of my financial backing, Mark's hedge fund collapsed. He became a disgraced fraudster, spat on by everyone on Wall Street.

Si Bonita Georgina Martinez aka Borge ay isang scholar student sa High East International University at nagmula sa probinsiya ng cebu. Dahil panganay sa pitong magkakapatid at nagmula sa mahirap na pamilya ay nagsumikap siya. Bukod sa pagiging scholar ay working student din siya. Para makapag- padala ng pera sa kanyang mga magulang at makatulong sa mga ito. Minsan din ay sumasali siya sa mga beauty pageant para may ipangdadag sa kanyang mga pambili ng mga projects. Morena beauty, matangkad at matalino. Dahil sa nag- iisa lang siya sa maynila ay wala siyang masyadong kakilala kundi ang kanyang mga professor at mga kaklase. Dahil sa kapabayaan ng isang tenant ng kanyang bording house na inuupahan ay nasunog ang kanyang tinutuluyan. Kaya naman nang malaman ng isa sa kanyang professor na si Mrs. Trina Cruz ang kanyang sitwasyon ay inalok siya nitong tumira muna sa kanyang bahay dahil wala naman daw siyang kasama sa bahay. Dahil ang kanyang mga anak ay sa condo unit nakatira. Pero hindi niya naman aakalain na ang isang anak nito ay isang sikat na celebrity ng bansa at ang kanyang ultimate happy crush! At nakilala niya ng personal si Kristoff Dale Cruz aka Toffy Cruz ang kilabot ng mga kolehiyala dahil sa galing nitong kumanta at umarte sa harap ng camera. Modelo at endorser ng iba’t – ibang mga sikat na produkto sa bansa. Dahil sa isang kontrobersiyal na kinasangkutan nito ay nagpahinga muna ang binata sa showbiz at maninirahan kasama ang kanyang ina. Matatagalan kaya ni Borge na tumira sa bahay ng kanyang professor kasama ang kanyang ultimate happy crush…??? Paano kung ma- inlove sa kanya ang isa Toffy Cruz??? Paano niya haharapin ang mga fans ng loveteam nito na magiging bashers niya?....

Chuck Bassett, heir to an Urbington East fortune in Nuvark City, has dated 42 girlfriends—all foreign, all in white dresses, every single one with a mole at the corner of her eyebrow. People joke about his obsession, saying he'll never get over his first love, Lylith Fowler. Then, Lorrie Scarrow shows up. She's sharp, short-haired, hates dresses, and her eyes are clear and bright. She's nothing like the women he's dated before. Chuck buys her a private island. When she mentions how much she loves the stars, he fills the sky above their estate with millions of drones, crafting a shimmering galaxy just for her. He even gets her initial tattooed beneath his collarbone. Everyone is amazed. Chuck has finally moved on from the past. Even Lorrie starts to believe it. Until she spots him in the red-light district, shelling out a fortune to book a hostess for a whole month. The woman has short hair and a button-down shirt. She looks just like Lorrie. Chuck's friends are floored. "Have you lost your mind? Lylith changed her look, and now you're after someone who looks even more like her? Remember how she dumped you for that wealthy foreign businessman when she thought you were broke? "She only came crawling back after she found out you're the heir to one of the Four Great Families. You've always said there's nothing you hate more than women like that!" Chuck knocks back the shot. "I hate her, and I love her. She pulled me out of a fire ten years ago. No one else can ever replace her in my heart." "And what about Lorrie? You proposed to her! She gave up a career at one of the world's top design firms for you. Aren't you worried she'll walk away when she finds out?" Chuck leans back on the couch, his expression cold. "I won't marry a traitor. Lorrie's pure, innocent—the closest thing to how Lylith used to be. So I'll still marry her. She loves me too much to walk away." Unseen in the shadows, Lorrie stands frozen, her heart plummeting. Turns out, she's just another her.

Tersesat- sebuah judul dari novel tentang kisah seorang gadis muda bernama Naya Maharani. Dia terpaksa bekerja menjadi TKW di Middle East karena keluarganya memiliki masalah yang hampir merenggut nyawa sang bapak. Dia sudah lima belas kali berganti majikam dalam jangga dua bulan, karena memang dia tidak bisa menjadi pembantu seperti pada umumnya. Di sinilah masalah muncul hingga ia ditenggelamkan ke dunia hitam. Walau akhirnya dia tidak sampai menjadi hitam. Nay justru menjadi gadis muda yang semakin tangguh. Nay tidak pernah tahu bahwa Zimat-ayahnya- adalah keturunan dari salah satu kerajaan di Madura, salah satu orang yang mewarisi city dusun. Hanya saja dalam garis keturunan keluarga Zimat, anak perempuan tidak diakui dan tidak dicatat dalam silsilah keluarga. Zimat sengaja merahasiakan hal ini dari anak-anaknya. Saat nyawa Zimat terancam Kasumi-istri Zimat-mengirim pesan khusus melalui adiknya-Safawi-kepada nenek Zimat. Nenek Zimat yang menerima pesan dari Kasumi mengirim salah satu orang terbaiknya untuk membantu Safawi, termasuk membiayai pelarian Zimat. Semua tidak semudah yang dibayangkan, karena kali ini Zimat harus menghadapi musuh yang tangguh termasuk musuh dalam selimut yang pada akhirnya Zimat harus melarikan diri ke tempat yang lebih jauh dan mengasingkan diri. Sekarang masih ada tugas yang jauh lebih besar di pundak Nay, karena ia anak pertama. Ia harus menggantikan tugas Zimat menjadi tulang punggung keluarga. Selain itu, dia masih harus menghadapi musuh-musuh Zimat termasuk harus membayar hutang sebesar 58.000 US Dollar, seperti yang tercantum dalam surat hutang yang terpaksa ditandatanganinya. Kisah ini agak panjang tapi Nasura mampu merangkum dengan manis, mengaduk-aduk emosi dan perasaan. Sedikit dibumbui horor dan kisah mistis karena tokohnya memang memiliki kelebihan di luar nalar. Sisi manis dan menawannya adalah meski para tokoh memiliki kelebihan, mereka ikhals menjalani fitrohnya sebagai manusia. "Aku ditenggelamkan ke dunia hitam tapi dia tidak pernah jadi hitam." Ucap Naya Maharani mengawali kisahnya. Ingin tahu endingnya? Baca sampai tuntas.