Jatan Shah

Shah Zain was holding her with one hand while opening his shirt button with the other hand. Meanwhile, he didn't let Minal separate from him for a moment. "Shah Zain please, it's not right time, it's too early." She was trying hard to control her unsteady condition, but who was listening to her? "Nothing is early Minal.... and today you can't stop me..... because today you himself come close to me." He picks her up in his arms and lays her on the bed. He bends on Minal while saying that. Feeling his lips on her neck, Minal feels like losing herself. "Shah Zain please....." For the last time, she tried to free herself from his hold. But Shah Zain again stops her from uttering anything. He just wants to feel Minal's closeness with himself. He wants to say how much he loves her.

In 1940 Hitler gifted a Mercedes car to the then monarch of Nepal, Tribhuvan Bir Bikram Shah Dev. The story revolves around this historical fact; however the main plot of the novel is the romance between a Nepal princess and a man from Kerala, a South Indian state. Both these characters are real people. The man from Kerala is the protagonist of the story. He was in Kathmandu in 1989 to pursue his post-graduate studies. One of his classmates at Tribhuvan University was a princess, a relative of the then monarch, King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev. One day she showed him the Mercedes car, which at that time had been abandoned by the royal family and was resting at the Nepal Engineering College compound. The protagonist was a bit skeptical of Hitler's motive in gifting the car to the Nepal king, but since the princess could not give him a credible reason disregarded the matter. After about 22 years the protagonist and the princess come together and travel to Mt. Everest to unearth Hitler's motive in gifting the car to the Nepal king. On the scary and freezing slope of the highest peak in the world they come to know about many unknown facets of Hitler and the main reason behind the fall of the Nepal kingdom. Along with that they also come to know about their past lives, which was scarily excruciating, at the same time thrilling. It is this revelation about the past lives of the protagonist and the princess that binds the story together.

"I don't know why you hate me so much. I just know that you are my first and last love. You are just mine. You are my craziness, my stubbornness. And you know only that person seems beautiful to us who we love. And to me, only and only you seem beautiful because you are my love and you are just mine. You only belong to Shah Mir Malik...." Shah Mir is the king of the mafia. He is known as a cruel, heartless, and arrogant man. His single death glare is enough to instil fear in the people around him. Aleezay is a feisty, proud, and egoistic girl, who is the daughter of the lord of the king. She doesn't give a fuck to what others say or made her do it. She is the worst pampered and spoiled daughter of her father. Ever since Shah Mir laid his eyes on Aleezay, he has been hell-bent on naming her to himself. But the haughty Aleezay isn't interested in him to accept him or his love. How things will accelerate between both when they are poles apart from each other? Join the spectacular voyage of Shah Mir and Aleezay to experience a boost of emotions that will make you grin in excitement and next moment pull out your hair in frustration.

Keluarga Subur adalah keluarga sederhana yang tinggal di komplek perumahan. Rumah para tetangga semua sudah bagus, tinggal rumah mereka yang terbuat dari anyaman bambu. Para tetangga sering merendahkan mereka, bahkan ada hajatan pun mereka tak diundang. Para penghuni komplek keberatan dengan rumah Subur yang beda dari rumah yang lain. Mereka meminta pengelola perumahan mengusir keluarga Subur dari komplek tersebut. Akan tetapi siapa sangka, ternyata Subur adalah pemilik semua lahan perumahan tersebut.

Bukankah tolok ukur sebuah kekayaan bukan dilihat dari seberapa banyak perhiasan yang dipakai? Maya, pendatang baru di Perumahan Citra Kencana disindir habis-habisan oleh para tetangganya karena datang ke Acara Hajatan tanpa menggunakan perhiasan. Banyak yang mengira jika suami Maya adalah pekerja cuci piring di Restoran Cempaka, Restoran yang jaraknya lumayan dekat dengan Perumahan tempat ia tinggal. Karena sedang mengurus pembangunan cabang Restoran yang baru, Abian-- suami Maya meminta Sang Istri untuk datang ke Restoran Cempaka dan mencari tahu apakah benar Restoran yang ia amanah kan pada Kepala Restoran baru bernama Satria itu sedang mengalami kebangkrutan? Maya kaget saat sampai di dalam Restoran. Satria yang ternyata suami dari tetangganya yang bernama Eti itu tidak mengenal dirinya sebagai istri Abian. Bahkan suami istri itu mengusir Maya dan mengira Maya adalah istri dari tukang cuci piring di Restoran. Maya direndahkan, dihina halu, diusir dan diperlakukan tidak baik. Bagaimana kelanjutan ceritanya? Apakah Maya akan diam saja diperlakukan semena-mena oleh bawahan suaminya?

Aku dan ketiga anakku hanya bisa memandang dari kejauhan, melihat hajatan aqiqah mewah di rumah Ibu. Aroma gulai kambing, menu primadona di hajatan itu, tercium samar-samar hingga ke tempat kami berdiri. Tapi, hanya aroma. Tak ada piring, tak ada undangan, hanya jarak yang memisahkan. Padahal, aku adalah anak kandung Ibu. Anak sulung dari empat bersaudara. Namun, di saat acara penting seperti ini, kenapa aku malah diasingkan? Yang lebih menyakitkan, aku bahkan baru tahu tentang hajatan itu dari tetangga yang kebetulan baru pulang dari rumah Ibu.

Arissa, seorang terapis pijat berbakat dengan masa lalu yang rumit, tak pernah menyangka akan bertemu dengan Nathaniel Alvaro, seorang CEO muda yang terkenal dingin dan tak tersentuh. Suatu hari, Nathaniel yang sedang dilanda stres berat karena tekanan pekerjaan datang ke klinik pijat tempat Arissa bekerja. Tanpa sadar, tangan lembut Arissa berhasil meredakan ketegangan di tubuhnya—dan juga membuka sedikit celah di hati Nathaniel yang beku. Namun, pertemuan mereka tidak berhenti di situ. Nathaniel, yang terpesona oleh kehangatan dan ketulusan Arissa, menawarkan kontrak eksklusif agar ia menjadi terapis pribadinya. Arissa bimbang antara profesionalitas dan perasaan yang perlahan tumbuh. Di tengah hubungan yang semakin rumit, rahasia masa lalu Nathaniel terungkap, menyeret Arissa ke dalam konflik besar yang melibatkan keluarga, ambisi, dan cinta. Akankah Arissa mampu menjaga hatinya agar tidak terluka, atau justru ia akan menjadi pijatan terakhir yang benar-benar mengubah hidup sang CEO?

"Tidak, jangan..." Wajahku tersipu, aku memakai penutup mata dan berbaring tengkurap di ranjang, sambil mengangkat bokongku tinggi-tinggi, membiarkan tukang pijat pria memijatku. Dia mengembus napas hangat di telingaku, "Aku punya alat pijat impor sepanjang 30 cm, mau coba?" Tanpa sengaja menyentuh pahanya, aku mengerang tak terkendali, tapi aku berlagak keras kepala, "Aku tak percaya, kecuali kamu biarkan aku memeriksanya!"

Istriku tak pernah hadir di dapur jika keluargaku sedang mengadakan acara hajatan, sekadar membantu pun dia selalu absen. Entah apa alasannya, padahal dia sendiri hobi masak jika berada di rumah sendiri.

Demi pijatan plus plus, aku membuang berlian. Itu kata orang-orang. Tapi, pijatan wanita itu memang lebih nikmat dari istriku. Jadi, sebagai istr i"berlian", harusnya dia tak marah dan malah meminta maaf atas kekurangannya 'kan?