Independent Novel Study

Clairol Tampson is a teacher and a stand-in-second mother for her students in school. She was already contented from her life. A job that meant for her, a peaceful life despite of receiving a hostility from the people whose hated her for no reason. However, her peacful life was ended when she accidentally committed a big mistake that makes everything hard for her. She got a one night stand with a stranger man and got pregnant. Unfortunately, to make it worst. She found out that the man she was spending that hot night was one of her new transfered student's father! Draven Velasquez, a CEO and a single dad. After losing his other half, he didn't believe in love and even marriage again. His daughter was the only fragments left from his late wife. Not until he will met this woman who looks alike to his deceased wife from a strange encounter. He thought his heart will never beat again and fell from one of the cupid's game. But he just found himself, uncontrollably following this stranger woman. What will happen if this two will be tied up from a contractual relationship?

The life cycle of a butterfly lasts for an average of thirty days. In human time that was nothing. Within that thirty days the butterfly would go through the craziest of cycles, starting as an egg enclosed within a shell that is both impenetrable and fragile. Then that shell would break to let out a creature that was hideous and scary and weird. Soon the creature would enclose itself completely for the second time, never to be seen like that again. It was a period of transformation. In thirty days, a butterfly's life will be complete, coming out of the cocoon as a changed and majestic creature. But humans aren't butterflies and thirty days weren't enough. Book cover credits to the amazing A-Graphics (@hiagraphics). Check her works on https://www.facebook.com/hiagraphics/

OTTILINE LEVINE IS A WELL KNOWN DETECTIVE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF SERIAL AND VIOLENT CRIMES. HER LIFE WAS ALL ABOUT CATCHING CRIMINALS UNTIL SHE MET BLADE KNIGHT. BEFORE SHE REALIZED WHAT WAS GOING ON SHE IS ALREADY MARRIED TO THIS STRANGE MAN BLADE STEELE IS AN IMMORTAL WHO HAS LIVED THE LAST DECADE OF HIS LIFE TRYING TO BECOME HUMAN, AND OTTILINE LEVINE SEEMED LIKE THE ONLY PERSON THAT CAN MAKE THAT POSSIBLE. JUST WHEN THEY FINALKY STARTED GETTING TOGETHER, OTTILINE REALIZED THAT HER SO CALLED RICH AND PERFECT HUSBAND MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE SERIAL MURDER THAR SHE HAS BEEN INVESTIGATING. WILL SHE BE ABLE TO FIND OUT THE TRUTH OF THEIR MARRIAGE? WHAT OTHER SECRETS THAT MIGHT DESTROY HER MARRIAGE ARE LEFT FOR HER TO FIND? WHAT IF SHE IS JUST ANOTHER OF HIS VICTIMS?

Andrei De Catalina. Babaeng kilos lalaki. Kinakatakutan ng buong Isla de Kastilyo dahil sa pagiging ruthless, evil, cold, dictator and wealthy young businesswoman. She has a power, wealth and a sexy body to die for. Though ang pagkakaroon niya ng magandang katawan ay wala lang sa kanya in fact she don't want to be sexy and hot. Mas gusto niyang magkaroon ng abs and broad chest and shoulder. In short, she wants to be a guy pero hindi niya gusto ang ideya na sumailalim sa iba't ibang treatment para baguhin ang physical feature sapat na 'yong babae siya sa pisikal pero lalaki ang galaw. What do you think will happen when she meet a guy named Tadeo Merandela? Isang simpleng magsasaka at tagapangalaga ng mga hayop sa bukid na pag-aari ng mga De Catalina. Lalaking isa sa mga taong takot sa presensya ni Andrei. Lampa, iyakin at madalas na pagkatuwaan ng mga taong nakapaligid sa kanya. Madali itong tumiklop at mahina ang loob. Exact opposite sa kung ano si Andrei. Well, isa nga ba sila sa magpapatunay sa kasabihang opposite do attract?

Bradenton is the center of attraction, center of the limelight and center of wealth. Wala siyang balak na mag-asawa dahil ang focus niya lang ay sa sarili niya at kanyang milyong dolyar na halaga ng kumpanya. Ang tanging kailangan lang niya ay tagapagmana. When he thought of that thing and came up to a certain realization, he decided to buy a woman who will bear his child for a certain price...and nothing more.

"Why are you angry?" I asked him. "It's not like we're a couple." He stopped, and stared at me, boring my eyes with his emerald eyes. "If we are…" He paused, clenching his jaw, "then am I allowed to be angry?” I looked at him like he was insane. “Then we'll take it to that level." He continued. "I'm serious. I want you.” Leizel Snow Garcia Waterstrings is not just fierce. She's more than that. Ending up as an ice cream worker in a local ice cream shop, it was her one step of becoming a strong and independent woman. And that's when a cold-hearted stranger came in view. Eion Aurelio Hudson. Out of seven billion people in the world, the two hard-headed people crossed paths, making her "strong and independent woman" facade slowly fall apart. With all the dramas, free food, forgotten birthdays, Robot handling, idiots around, and emotional crisis, will she be able to melt his winter heart with her blazing fire or will this fire be put away instantly? ``` ``` One Blazing Head. One Winter Heart. Two Hard-headed people. A huge disaster. (Book 1 of Hearts Series but can be read as standalone)

--- Naila Rahma, seorang siswi SMA yang sedang berjuang untuk move on dari cinta yang bertepuk sebelah tangan, tiba-tiba terjebak dalam rencana konyol untuk pura-pura pacaran dengan Reyhan, teman sekelas yang terkenal dengan sikapnya yang kocak dan sering kali bikin malu. Rencana ini bertujuan untuk membuat cowok yang dia suka, Alif, cemburu. Namun, seiring waktu, Reyhan mulai menunjukkan perasaan yang lebih dari sekadar teman, dan Naila dihadapkan pada pilihan sulit: mengikuti perasaannya yang tertinggal pada Alif atau menerima cinta yang tiba-tiba muncul dari seseorang yang selama ini dia anggap remeh. Apakah cinta yang tumbuh dari kebohongan bisa menjadi nyata? Dan siapa yang akan benar-benar mengisi hatinya—Alif atau Reyhan yang penuh kejutan? ---

The novel is mainly about the forgotten British poet/writer named C. J Richards who lived in Burma/Myanmar in colonial times and he believed himself as a Burmophile. He served as I.C.S (Indian Civil Servant) and when he retired from I.C.S service, he was a D.C (District Commissioner) and he left for England a year before Burma gained its independence in 1948. He came to Burma in 1920 to work in civil service after passing the hardest I.C.S examination. He wrote several books on Burma and contributed many monthly articles to Guardian Magazine published in Burma from 1953 to 1974 or 1975. Though he wrote several books which had much literary merit to both communities, Britain and Burma (Myanmar), people failed to recognize him. The story has two parts: one part is set in the contemporary Yangon (then called Rangoon) in 2016 context and a young literary enthusiast named “Lin” found out unexpectedly the forgotten writer’s poetry book and there is surely a good deal of time gap that led him into a quest to know more about the author’s life. The setting is quite different comparing to colonial Burma and independence Myanmar (Burma), early twentieth century and 2016 which is a transitional period in Myanmar. The writer’s life is fictionalized in the novel and most of the facts are taken from his personal stories and other reference books. It is a kind of historical novel with a twist and it has comparatively constructed the two different periods in Myanmar history to convince readers, locally and abroad more about history, authorship, humanity, colonialism, and transitional development in Myanmar today.

Born but wasn't raised, Azalea is a modern-day Filipina who knows what she wants. She's a strong and independent career woman whose goals don't include men, babies, and fairytales. She's a free woman who takes charge of her own life. Azalea is never sorry for what she believes in, and she's confident no one will be able to tame her and her beliefs. But will one night with the CEO she works for change that? Can a baby stop her from running wild? Or will she continue blooming like the wildflower that she is?

Kehidupan Layla berubah drastis setelah sang suami meninggal. Di tengah kesedihan mendalam, ia harus menghadapi berbagai tantangan sebagai seorang janda muda. Mertua yang selalu menindas, hingga munculnya Raffa, seorang pria dari masa lalunya, semakin memperumit keadaan. Rahasia terpendam dan konflik tak terelakkan mewarnai kisah "Layla dan Raffa," sebuah novel drama yang penuh liku dan ketegangan.