Jok Belakang

Shela menyukai sahabatnya Arthur sejak lama. Namun pada akhirnya ia harus merelakan laki-laki tersebut bersama teman yang mengkhianatinya. Akankah Shela membalas dendam ataukah menemukan tambatan hati lain?

Qiana, Federica, Vanessa dan Pelita melakukan pemanggilan roh lewat uang logam. Mereka memiliki keinginan yang sama yaitu bertanya. Federica bertanya mengenai laki-laki yang sudah disukai sejak lama, sedangkan Pelita ingin bertanya tentang ibunya yang telah lama menghilang. Permainan jailangkung yang Qiana lakukan berhasil memanggil roh anak SMA yang meninggal dua tahun lalu. Namun ternyata roh itu tidak terpanggil sendiri ada sosok lebih gelap yang ikut datang. Jerangkong, makhluk yang hadir saat manusia mati namun meninggalkan dendam dan sakit hati. Jerangkong sosok menyeramkan, mulutnya terbuka lebar dengan mata hitam legam merangkak pada dinding.Qiana yang bisa berkomunikasi dengan roh, terbawa dalam pusaran masalah setiap roh yang Qiana lihat dan meminta bantuannya untuk menyelesaikan masalah yang tertinggal di dunia. Dibantu dengan sosok bunga merah, siapa sangka membawa Qiana pada kisah cinta yang rumit antara dua dunia. Apa hubungan bunga merah, dengan ditemukan koma secara misterius kekasih Qiana? Dendam apa yang belum selesai yang membawa Jerangkong bangkit?Siap roh anak SMA itu, juga apa hubungannya dengan Qiana?

“Bu Fiona… usia kehamilan Ibu sudah enam bulan. Bayi sudah terbentuk sempurna… Ibu yakin ingin menggugurkannya? Kami sangat menyarankan agar prosedur aborsi tidak dilakukan,” kata dokter, raut wajahnya penuh keraguan. Fiona Darmawan secara refleks memegang perutnya yang kini mulai membesar. Enam bulan… bayinya kini sudah menjadi satu dengan dirinya. Dari sebesar biji beras, kini tumbuh menjadi sosok kecil yang nyata di dalam rahimnya… Jika bukan karena putus asa yang begitu besar, ibu mana yang tega mengakhiri nyawa anak yang hampir lahir ke dunia? Keheningan menyelimuti ruangan, begitu pekat hingga terasa sesak. Fiona menarik napas panjang, menenangkan hatinya yang bergejolak, kemudian menjawab dengan suara tegas dan penuh kepastian, “Aku yakin.”

Sebagai asisten dosen, aku menyimpan sebuah rahasia yang memalukan. Aku suka mencari sensasi di ruang kelas dengan mendengarkan suara dosen mengajar. Aku duduk di barisan paling belakang dengan posisi kaki yang terbuka. Saat dosen mengajar dengan penuh semangat, aku juga mencapai klimaks. Tanpa diduga, seorang mahasiswa laki-laki membuka pintu dan masuk, lalu berjalan dengan penuh semangat ke arahku…

Fira dan Ubay serta Arsya, anak mereka, akan pergi ke rumah ibunya Ubay, yaitu mertua Fira. Namun, selalu saja dipersulit agar tidak datang ke sana. Apakah ada rahasia yang disembunyikan oleh ibu mertua? Sehingga Fira dan keluarga dilarang pergi ke sana?

At the annual company raffle, I had barely stepped onto the stage when my supervisor, Lily Smith, pressed a crumpled slip of paper into my palm. "A special reward for our top salesperson," she chirped. "Go ahead, open it. Let everyone see." Under the eager gaze of the crowd, I unfolded the note. Written in messy handwriting were the words: Clean the company toilets for three days. The room erupted in laughter. Lily folded her arms, cocked her head, and smirked at me. "Nice, right?" she said. "Everyone knows those sales of yours came from sleeping with old men. Dirty money. To keep things fair, the others get a break, and you pick up a little extra work. You don't have a problem with that, do you?" The laughter surged again, nearly lifting the roof. From the side of the room, my boyfriend, Seth Hoffman, the company's CEO, watched everything unfold. As usual, he said nothing in my defense. They all thought I would fall apart, cry, or make a scene. Instead, I simply gave a calm nod. The very next day, the company was hit with over three hundred property cancellations. Its cash flow collapsed overnight. That was when Lily and Seth rushed to me, demanding I go plead with the buyers. I smiled and said, "No thanks. I wouldn't want to help the company recover and end up with strong numbers again. That might make everyone even more uncomfortable."

After my husband's brother died, he took Miranda, his widowed sister-in-law in. He claimed that he would give me his love—but gave all his money to her. He said that since she had no official status, being with him would make her the subject of gossip, so he took her with him and left me behind in the countryside. Every month, he wrote me three love letters, yet sent all his allowance to her. During the famine, she and her two children sat in a warm little house eating well, while my two children died before I could return from selling my blood. One froze to death, the other starved to death. Later, my husband finally came back, but he didn’t shed a single tear for the children. Instead, he told me he wanted a divorce. "Nathalie, to apply for housing, we need a marriage certificate. It hasn’t been easy for Miranda all these years. I want to give her a home. Don’t worry, even if I marry her, I’ll still divorce her afterward—because you’re the only one I love." In the end, I was devastated and threw myself into the icy river. When I opened my eyes again, I was back on the day my children were about to die. This time, I shook them awake, ready to go reclaim everything that was rightfully mine.

Joko yang ganteng, berpostur atletis, dan jago bermain voli, banyak disukai oleh wanita-wanita di sekitarnya. Namun, wanita yang benar-benar ia sukai justru tidak menyukai dirinya. Ia terus berupaya untuk menaklukkan Ningsih, gadis cantik anak Pak Sadeli sang pegawai kecamatan yang ia taksir itu. Bahkan, demi mendapatkan hati Ningsih, ia sampai rela tubuhnya dipasangi susuk pemikat oleh Ki Ageng Gemblung. Malapetaka pun menimpa Joko, akibat sebuah kejadian ganjil yang serta-merta menjungkir-balikkan dunianya. Yaitu, “yang aku taksir, anaknya. Yang naksir aku, ibunya!” Kejadian yang menggegerkan orang sekampung itu membuat Joko terusir dari kota kelahirannya sendiri. Ia terpaksa pergi, meninggalkan ibu dan adik perempuannya untuk mencari kehidupan baru di tempat yang lain, sekaligus untuk menemukan cinta sejati dalam hidupnya. Berhasilkah dia? ******** “Kamu cinta aku, Mas?” “Iya, Sayang.” “Walaupun aku gemuk?” “Iya.” “Walaupun aku pendek?” “Iya.” “Walaupun aku punya varises?” “Iya.” “Terima kasih, Mas.” Ia pun tersenyum manis, dan memejamkan kedua matanya bersamaan dengan mengembuskan nafasnya yang terakhir. Aku yang melepasnya pergi di dalam pelukanku, menangis tanpa suara. ******** ********

The Monitor stumbles upon the body of the Joker and he realizes that the outcome he envisioned could be possible if he changed his life. So he hops back in time. He gives him a new life and a new family. Things don't go the way they should and the struggle pivots on staying sane. Life does not follow the rules that were given and the Joker hangs in the balance.

I bet you’ve heard the story about the player that gets played. Yes, that’s me, Dylan Ashford. I am in an open relationship with my long-term girlfriend, and when I realize she is only using me for my name, I discover I am in too deep until I meet her, the girl with the brown eyes that make my world spin upside down, and believe I still have a chance of the love I always dreamed of. People see me as a Joker and a Playboy, but deep down, I am a romantic, and I need to find my own true love. Watching my big brother fall in love gave me hope. My name is Joanna Thompson, but my friends know me as Jo. I work in a security firm, and after a traumatic breakup with my ex, I am looking forward to finding my true love, but my head gets turned by the one person I absolutely despise for everything that he represents. Dylan Ashford is everything I always hated in humankind. He is cocky and a player. This book can be read as a Standalone, but for better comprehension, you should read The Big Shot first. This is book number two of The Ashford book series.