Good Rap Battle Lines

After my mother shot down my pleas to cover my medical bills the 100th time, I clutched my bone cancer diagnosis papers and trudged to the crematorium. "Hi, I'd like to reserve a cremation slot ahead of time," I muttered to the clerk. Half an hour ticked by before my parents and adopted brother arrived in their car. My dad, a forensic pathologist, cracked me across the face. "You're pulling a fake-death stunt now, just to steal the spotlight from your brother?" My mom, a hospital director, snatched the papers from my hands and shredded them into confetti. "Faking records using my credentials and tying up hospital resources? You've crossed the line!" My brother cried, tugging at their sleeves. "It's all my fault. I'll skip the amusement park forever. I don't need a thing. Just quit riling up Mom and Dad." I spun around, my hand pressed against my throbbing chest, and begged the crematorium staff. "Please, when it's time, cremate me and scatter the ashes in the river. I've got no family left in this world."

My husband, an anesthesiologist, deliberately increases the sedative dosage on an accident victim so he can get a new heart for his first love, Selena Quigley. After her operation, he cares for her and celebrates her rebirth. He only remembers to contact me after she's recovered. "It's been three months since we saw each other, honey. You shouldn't be mad anymore, right? Why don't you book a flight for tomorrow so you can come home? I'll pick you up at the airport." I won't be going home anymore, though. Not now, not forever. I've already died on his operating table.

Everyone knows I'm Brooke River's bootlicker—I've stuck by her side for the past ten years. Now, she's getting engaged to someone else, and everyone's waiting to see me make a fool of myself. The problem is… I already got married three years ago.

Ashley Mills had kept her traumatic past hidden for seven years, and the thought of returning to her hometown filled her with dread. However, her boss assigned her to assist someone she didn't expect to be the sibling of the man she had vowed never to see again.

When Jeremy thinks life couldn’t get any worse after catching his boyfriend cheating, his parents who hadn’t spoken to him in six years suddenly reappear. But they don’t come with apologies. They come with threats. And an ultimatum. Enter an arranged marriage with a man he doesn’t know… or watch the only people he cares about lose everything. Thrown into a cold, loveless union, Jeremy braces himself for more heartbreak. But the mysterious man he’s forced to marry is hiding a dangerous truth. A truth that whispers of power, blood, and the the moon. The deeper Jeremy is drawn into his new husband’s world, the more secrets unravel about his partner, his family, and himself. Because Jeremy isn’t as human as he always believed. And the life he thought was his… was never his at all. Now, caught between betrayal, forbidden desire, and a destiny he doesn’t yet understand, Jeremy must decide if he will resist the beast within — or embrace it.

Danastri merupakan gadis yang hidup sendirian untuk memenuhi kebutuhannya dirinya menjadi penari di kraton, sampai suatu hari sebuah pagelaran yang diadakan di kraton berhasil menarik perhatin seseorang setelah melihatnya menari. Dia adalah Kaningrat, salah satu pangeran yang hidupnya sangat tertutup. Kehidupan Danastri mulai sedikit berubah setelah bertemu dengan Kaningrat, laki-laki bangsawan dekat dengan seorang penari merupakan hal yang tidak wajar. Namun, kedekatan mereka membuat Danastri tidak nyaman berbeda dengan Kaningrat yang merasa nyaman di dekat Danastri. Sampai akhirnya suatu peristiwa membuat Danastri harus pergi dari desanya dan berpisah dengan Kaningrat.

“Come on baby, be obedient to Daddy and spread it widely,” Being her sister’s identical twins has always landed Lena Morgan into big trouble but never did she imagine being entrapped by the mafia because of a crime her sister commited. Things took another turn when the mafia got obsessed with her, forcing her to feel the same for him while breaking all her safety barriers but all she wants is revenge, how could she love a man who ruined her life?

After being reborn, I decide to return my fiancé to his true love. When he holds a singles party for her and doesn't want me to disturb him, I go to Faldora alone. He says I'm an annoyance, so I quit my job without hesitation. He doesn't feel good being in the same country as me, so I immediately migrate abroad. In the end, he tells me he wants to make his true love feel secure. I nod and accept someone else's proposal. Why am I so obedient and compliant? It's because of my past life. In my past life, his true love ended her life after I married him. He blamed me for separating them and subjected me to inhumane torture. This time, I just want to live my life. Later, when I'm taking a stroll with my family, he kneels before me and sobs in earnest. "I promise I'll be with you as long as you leave them, Audrey."

Nara Anjani adalah asisten strategis brilian di balik kesuksesan gemilang Alex Kael, CEO termuda dan paling ambisius di Aldebaran Corp. Di balik pintu-pintu kaca mewah, mereka berdua adalah kebenaran yang berbahaya terikat dalam gairah terlarang yang tak terucapkan, hanya meledak dalam bisikan rahasia setelah rapat-rapat larut malam. Alex, terperangkap dalam pernikahan sempurna yang disandiwara demi kekuasaan dan ambisi ayahnya, menjadikan Nara satu-satunya oasis dari kehampaan. Bagi Nara, Alex adalah kontrol yang ia dambakan dan penyiksaan yang ia nikmati. Setiap sentuhan yang dicuri, setiap janji yang dilanggar, justru memperkuat ikatan berbahaya mereka. Namun, ketika Nara menuntut kebebasan dari ikatan sensual mereka, Alex membalas dengan hukuman yang brutal: ia menikah. Nara pergi, membangun kerajaannya sendiri di Eropa, meyakini ia telah mengakhiri obsesi mereka. Takdir berkata lain. Krisis Deep Tech yang dipicu oleh intrik Ayah Alex mengancam akan menghancurkan Aldebaran. Hanya Nara, dengan kecerdasan strategisnya, yang bisa menyelamatkan Alex. Terpaksa kembali ke Jakarta, Nara menerima tawaran Alex: kendali penuh atas Aldebaran, dan kendali penuh atas hasrat Alex. Di tengah tekanan korporat yang kejam dan pengawasan istri Alex yang mencurigakan, Nara dan Alex kembali terjerat dalam kedekatan yang menyiksa. Sentuhan terlarang kini menjadi senjata dan hukuman. Alex bersedia menyerahkan segalanya pernikahannya, reputasi ayahnya, bahkan jiwanya demi kebebasan Nara, asalkan ia bisa tetap berada dalam orbit wanita yang ia cintai. Obsesi Setelah Rapat Malam adalah kisah tentang gairah terlarang yang bermetamorfosis menjadi kendali mutlak. Sebuah novel dark romance yang penuh intrik, di mana cinta adalah kekuatan, kebebasan adalah harga, dan satu-satunya cara untuk bertahan hidup adalah menari di antara kehancuran dan gairah yang tak terpadamkan.

Jake Ryan had been best friends with Jay Morgan since they were in middle school. Jake had always valued being an only sibling, especially when Jay’s younger sister, Rachel, was always in the picture. Her personality always rubbed Jake the wrong way, and the fact that she always had to butt into her big brother’s business annoyed him more than he could say. Rachel, on the other hand, had way too much fun bothering Jake, he let it be known that she always rubbed him wrong, and she took great joy in making sure to always let it happen. Even after their drunk, and oh stupid night, she still teased him. But when the Jake came to be her personal one man rescue mission to help her out of a blizzard, she wanted no part of it. And a few minutes too long of arguing and annoying each other meant that they were stuck in her family cabin until help came, if they came. What could happen with two people, who clearly hated each other, were forced to spend the unknown amount of hours together? Could they get over the bickering along enough to figure out how to get help? Could they actually pull together and work through their problems? Better yet, could they finally stop denying the attraction they’ve both buried since high school?