Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Review

Jika suami hilang, carilah di novel ini. Novel berisi peta buat menemukan di mana dia berada. Suami gila jablay. Jangan dikonfrontasi! Jangan labrak jablaynya! Tolong dia, menangkan hatinya. Novel ini jadi bahan referensi Moms menang melawan kuntilanak, menelanjangi pamor yang mereka pakai memikat suami celamitan karena istrinya kurang wawasan. Aksi ngelabrak, jambak rambut, gelut di depan umum hanya memuaskan sesaat. Suami Moms malah bersemangat membela jablaynya, karena 'mata'nya sedang dibutakan oleh daya tarik sang jablay. Suami Moms sedang 'dihancurkan' pelan namun pasti. Ada strategi memenangkan hati suami disajikan oleh novel ini. Mari, pakai otak ! Jangan emosi! Kisah pernikahan Olive dan Refan, mengajarkan Moms memenangi perang urat syaraf rumah tangga dalam prahara. Olive berhasil menolong Refan, suaminya lepas dari jerat sex penari striptis, Rita Anastasia yang menawarkan daya tarik seks bukan service ranjang biasa. Kenikmatan sex yang disajikannya dibawah pengaruh narkoba. Butuh 3 tahun membebaskan suaminya dan harganya mahal. Refan nyaris menghuni rumah sakit jiwa akibat konsumsi ekstasi jangka panjang. Karirnya hampir hancur terseret masuk bui. Harta disita negara. Perjuangan Olive selidiki perselingkuhan suami melelahkan, membuatnya putus asa. Pernikahan itu kemudian menjadi jerat sangkar burung (baca: karier) buat Olive, mengurungnya harus bertahan. Untung ada Tubagus, sahabat yang mendukungnya. Olive bukan detektif. Namun intuisi seorang istri menuntunnya bergerak melakukan investigasi, berhasil meringkus Rita, menyerahkannya ke gerbang neraka dunia. Masuk penjara. Novel ini mengisahkan sisi lain daya tarik para PSK. Fenomena jamak yang tak banyak dipahami khalayak. Sebab daya tarik mereka memang bukan service ranjang biasa. Menitipkan pesan edukatif bagi para istri yang berada di bawah ancaman prahara rumah tangga, juga bagi para suami yang mau coba-coba masuk mencicipi relaksasi dunia malam. Mereka harus tahu daya pikat para PSK mengacaukan hidup mereka dengan pamornya. Sisi lain kehidupan para mafia narkoba terwakili dari sosok Rita Anastasia dikupas habis di novel ini. Petik hikmahnya. Selamat Membaca.

"You look tired and lazy. I think you're suffering from lack of vitamin me?" ~X~ Three words are enough to describe the playboy billionaire Alexis 'X' Montemayor who owns the very successful Club inside and outside the country. Hot. Dangerous. And oozing with sex appeal. He believed that he would never find the right woman for him despite having a random geisha in his very own Club-V. Not until a woman named Minzireth Paje entered his room and asked him if she is hired or not in the middle of what he called 'play time'. Lured by her sexy smile; piercing golden brown eyes; and voluptuous body, he hired her as his sex-retary. ***** Minzireth Paje is not your typical woman. Nagtungo sa siyudad upang maghanap ng trabahong makapag-aahon sa kanila sa kahirapan at matustusan ang gamutan ng kanyang magulang na may sakit. Ngunit nagbago ang lahat ng matanggap siya bilang sekretarya ng nagmamay-ari ng isa sa pinakasikat na Club sa Pilipinas. Buong akala niya'y more on paper works; answering calls; at tamang tayo lang sa gilid ng conference room ang kanyang gagawin. Not until her playboy boss, Alexis Montemayor demands her to do her assigned job. And that was to spice his night as his sex-retary. What if she found out what was her playboy boss's dark secret? Would she be able to fulfill her duty? Or resigned, and accept the fact that she is not qualified enough to be one of his sex-retary?

"Hindi ko ibababa ang sarili ko at magtatrabaho sa ganiyang trabaho!" Ito ang salitang palaging sinasabi ni Alina sa kaibigan na si Breeze nang alukin siyang magtrabaho sa Midnight Haven. Ngunit nilunok niya lahat ng binitiwan niyang kataga nang gipit na gipit siya. Naging VIP escort siya sa isang gabi sa bilyonaryong si Eros Ramazzotti kapalit ng kalahating milyon. Sobra-sobra pa ito sa pang-tuition at thesis niya. Subalit paano kung dahil sa isang gabi na ito ay magbabago ang agos ng buhay niya? Paano kung biglang sumulpot ang lalaking pinagsilbihan niya ng gabing iyon at sumulpot sa apartment niya at inaalok na maging exclusive escort nito? Ano ba ang mas matimbang? Ang dignidad na gusto niyang ingatan kahit alam niyang nasira na o ang tawag ng laman na pilit sinisigaw ng damdamin niya pagkatapos niyang matikman ang sinasabi ng kaibigan niyang langit?

Paano kung gusto ka nga niya pero may mahal siyang iba? Yan ang katanungan ni Mira sa kaniyang sarili. Kontento na ba siyang pangalawa lang siya sa puso ng lalaking mahal niya na sa simula't simula pa lang ay naging tapat na sa kaniyang totoong nararamdaman?

Vanessa Saxon was once married to Luca Kensington, the cold and distant CEO of K Group. But when she was seven months pregnant, her adopted sister, Beatriz Langley, falsely accused her of having an affair with her best friend, Daxton Radcliffe, and carrying his child. The worst part? Luca believed Beatriz. In a fit of rage, Luca demanded their baby be removed prematurely, leading to a tragic event where Vanessa nearly died from the ordeal. Saved by Daxton, Vanessa disappeared. Now, five years later, she returns—stronger and determined—alongside her daughter, Isla Saxon, to exact her revenge on those who wronged her.

"He is her favorite teacher, she is his favorite student." Everything about Samantha Clarkson's new home is terribly uncomfortable, but her life in the school she transferred in is even worse. Elliot Villamore, the man she had a one-night stand with turned out to be her teacher, and she learns that he's engaged as well. She tries to ignore him, but they can't seem to keep their hands to themselves.

Sa gabi ng salo-salo ay nakilala ni Lianne Zambrano si Ethan Lopez, ang gwapong bilyonaryo na kasintahan ng kanyang stepsister na si Mildred. Sa pag-asang makapaghiganti sa galit kay Mildred ay binalak ni Lia na agawin ang atensyon ni Ethan mula rito. Nagtagumpay si Lia sa kanyang plano at nauwi iyon sa isang kasalan. Sa kabila ng kanyang intensyon, pinakasalan siya ni Ethan dahil sa galit at hinangad nitong saktan ang kanyang damdamin bilang kapalit. Para kay Lia ay may hangganan ang kanyang pagtitiis. Dumating sa punto na siya na mismo ang sumuko at nagpasyang iwanan si Ethan, dala ang balita na siya ay nagdadalang-tao. Lingid sa kanyang kaalaman, hinahanap siya ni Ethan. Patuloy pa rin bang malilihim ni Lia rito ang kanyang tagapagmana?

After her mother died protecting their pack's Alpha and Luna during a rogue attack many years ago, Athena Blackstone vowed to become the best warrior in the Red River pack. When Athena found out that her mate was Jordan, the son of the Alpha, and Luna, whom her mother died protecting, she never thought that he would reject her just because he thought she was nothing but an orphan who was not strong enough to be his Luna. Athena had to attend the wedding of her new Alpha, who rejected her, but Jordan's new Luna, Veronica, hated Athena and humiliated her. Fortunately, a mysterious man helped Athena. She was immediately attracted to the handsome stranger and, by an overwhelming desire, had sex with him, but she didn't know that the man who marked her that fateful night of ecstasy was the Lycan King and her real mate, but the fates weren't on her side and she would have to make a decision that could bring her happiness or a lifetime of regrets.

Jandie Mendoza is just a simple citizen, but who would have thought that her quiet life would be so disturbed? Pumunta s'yang ospital upang magpacheck up sa irregular niyang regla ngunit sinong mag-aakala na pagkatapos ng ilang linggo ay magsusuka ito sa kadahilanan na nagdadalang tao siya. Sa muli niyang pagbalik sa ospital ay napag-alaman n'ya na maling doktor ang pumasok sa silid na inu-ukupa niya noon at aksidenteng nai-inject sa kanya ang semilya ng isang bilyonaryo. Mas lalo pa nga siyang nalugmok nang nakilala niya ang lalaking nagmamay-ari ng semilya na itinurok sa kanya; Achetbir Villa Forca—ang dati niyang nobyo. Paano niya haharapin ang lahat ng larong ibinigay sa kanya ng tadhana?

Upang mabuhay tinaggap ni Rann ang alok ng lalaking estranghero isang gabi ng kanyang pagtakas. Ginawa niya ang sinabi nito, naging asawa siya ng kanyang tagapagligtas, at handa siyang ibigay dito ang lahat. Ngunit pagdududahan ni Rann ang sariling desisyon nang matuklasan ang demonyong nagtatago sa likod ng matamis na ngiti ng kanyang asawa.