María Valverde

Paula adalah seorang penari kabaret dari tempat terkenal yang mewajibkannya tampil dalam balutan busana minim, membawanya pada pandangan masyarakat sebagai wanita penghibur. Namun, hidupnya berubah ketika Nicholas, seorang presedir dari agensi besar, menawarkan kesempatan untuk bergabung di agensinya. Langkah itu memicu gosip panas, terutama bagi Elisabeth, istri Nicholas, yang yakin bahwa Paula adalah simpanan suaminya. Kabar tersebut memicu kemarahan Jexon, anak Nicholas dan Elisabeth, yang merasa dikhianati dan malu. Demi melindungi keluarganya, Jexon bertekad menghancurkan karier Paula dari dalam agensi. Namun, rencana itu tak berjalan sesuai dugaan. Di balik kesan buruk tentang Paula, Jexon mulai menemukan sisi lain dari perempuan itu yang tak ia duga. Seringkali, Jexon merasa dejavu di dekat Paula, seakan ada kenangan yang terpendam jauh di dalam hatinya. Perlahan, benci berganti rasa penasaran, dan niat menghancurkan tergantikan oleh hasrat yang tak mampu ia jelaskan. “Bayang-Bayang di Panggung” mengisahkan tentang cinta, kebencian, dan takdir yang membawa Jexon dan Paula pada perjalanan yang mengguncang keyakinan, memaksa keduanya untuk membuka hati dan menerima kenyataan pahit yang terpendam di balik panggung gemerlap dunia hiburan.

Perang antara marga Kuromori dan Makigara yang tak berkesudahan telah merenggut banyak nyawa. Para anak yang ditinggal mati menjadi yatim atau bahkan.yatim piatu. Isae adalah contoh anak yatim piatu itu. Ditinggal mati oleh ayah, lalu disusul oleh ibu yang lebih mementingkan ego untuk gantung diri. Alih-alih setelah tumbuh dewasa ingin ikut berperang, rupanya apa yang dia lihat lebih menakutkan dari perang itu sendiri. Aksi pelecehan kian turut andil, ketakutannya bertambah saat lemparan pisau amatiran milik Isae melesat tak cekatan melukai seorang gadis yang dia temui di sungai. Kondisi bertambah buruk dengan hubungan persahabatan Isae dan Kasami yang retak karena hal sepele dan beberapa teror di masing-masing kubu. Tapi teror itu yang menjadi alasan Tuan Ikada memerintah Tuan Hayade untuk mengirimkan para remaja ke kota Yokohama agar di didik. Apa daya, rencana itu bagaikan air yang mengalir sehingga seseorang berhasil menculik orang-orang secara acak baik di desa Kuromori maupun di desa Makigara, sehingga mereka sadar ini genderang perang yang lebih hebat. Namun sebagiannya beranggapan ini adalah tipu muslihat sekelompok orang yang ingin melihat kedua marga ini sama-sama sengsara.

BLURB Lexa has always been the forgotten daughter, a pawn in her father's political games, forced into a loveless marriage with Damian, the Alpha's second son who only ever loved her sister. When her comatose sister mysteriously awakens and accuses Lexa of attempted murder, the entire pack turns against her. Branded a traitor and awaiting execution, she has no hope of mercy. Until **he** returns. Cross Blackwood, the Alpha's estranged firstborn and rumored to possess the rare dual power of both werewolf and lycan bloodlines, interrupts her execution with an earth-shattering claim: Lexa is his true mate. With the protection of the pack's rightful heir, Lexa finally has the chance to rewrite her story. Cross offers her more than safety, he offers vengeance, sealed with a marriage proposal she can't refuse. As Lexa steps into her power, she becomes the key to an ancient prophecy, the Blessed Wolf destined to lead the clans through chaos. But with her sister's wrath rising, Damian torn between newfound desire and ambition, and dark secrets threatening to unravel everything, Lexa must embrace her destiny and decide who deserves salvation...and who must face her fury. In a world of wolves, only the fiercest survive. And this time, the rejected mate will rise as Luna.

My girlfriend, Celia Winters, had her first love save her life before, so she promised to do three things for him. The first time, he called her away to ride the Ferris wheel with him when I was supposed to propose to my girlfriend. The second time, he asked her to accompany him to see the northern lights while I was ill and hospitalized. I had a crush on my girlfriend for eight years, so I endured all of this. It was not until our wedding that my girlfriend publicly admitted that she had not married the one she loved the most. She comforted me, "Zane, I'll have nothing to do with Shane anymore after this. Could you please forgive me again?" However, I did not want to endure it any longer. Since she had not married the right person, I would let her marry him!

Selen dan Xenon terpaksa harus menikah muda, karena sebuah insiden yang terjadi di apartement Xenon. Hal ini terjadi di luar dugaan mereka. Xenon seorang siswa yang cuek, ia gitaris sekaligus vokalis band Lantan. Sementara Selen merupakan siswi yang angkuh dan bawel, membuat pernikahan mereka sangatlah tidak mudah untuk dijalani. Kejadian satu malam di apartement itu, membuat mereka harus menjadi sepasang suami-istri. Sebuah rahasia terjebaknya mereka di dalam apartement mulai terungkap. Sosok Vanadium datang pada kehidupan mereka, di mana dia adalah mantan kekasih Xenon. Dia tak sendiri, Zirconium mantan kekasih Selen pun ikut datang untuk mengganggu kehidupan rumah tangga mereka. Akankah Xenon dan Selen mampu mempertahankan hubungan mereka? Atau ... mereka bercerai dan kembali pada masa lalunya?

Lelaki mana yang tak akan pernah kecewa ketika cinta tulusnya dikhianati oleh orang yang amat dicintainya? Lelaki mana yang tak akan tinggal diam ketika melihat wanita yang dicintainya selingkuh di depan matanya sendiri? Gus Iqbal yang berniat memberikan kejutan dengan memberikan mukenah bordil terbaik dari seluruh Jeddah, dia harus merasakan kejutan jahat Mafayzah yang tak pernah ia duga. Semenjak itu, Gus Iqbal telah memulai hidup dengan tak mempercayai cinta lagi. Namun Ibu manakah yang tak akan sedih bila anak lelakinya harus trauma cinta? Umi -- sang ibunya, memperkenalkannya dengan santriwati yang solihah dengan kecantikan paripurna. Namun siapa sangka, bahwa anak lelaki yang dikenalkannya itu ternyata mengenal santriwati itu terlebih dulu sebelum Uminya. Akankah Gus Iqbal akan bersedia menikahi santriwati itu? Dan menjadi cinta terakhir di catatan perjalanan hidupnya?

Martabak yang satu ini memang horor, sepertinya namanya, ia akan mempengaruhi manusia untuk memakannya. Jika dimakan dalam jumlah ganjil, maka kesialan akan mengejarmu. Jika dimakan dalam jumlah genap, maka nyawamu selamat. Akan tetapi jika dimakan hingga habis tak tersisa, maka nyawamu akan melayang. Simak kisahnya!

"All men are the same, you are all stupid, selfish pigs and I vow to never love again! NEVER!" Nera's voice echoed with the sound of the rain. Nera Bradford, a young selfless girl who spent her life dedicated to loving one man until he betrayed her. No longer interested in love, she finds comfort in an old rich man named Marcus Rasshell and marries him. Unfortunately, their heaven crumbles when Marcus discovers he is impotent, he hires a man to secretly impregnate his wife, setting off a chain reaction of Desire, Greed, and Deceit. Will Deceit and Desire consume her or will she recover and get the happy ending she deserves?

He calls it madness, but she calls it love. When intense attraction struck them both in the dark after being trapped in a small cave during a raging tropical storm, he pursued her without inhibitions, turning their whirlwind romance into a tragic mistake in the end. He is the educated businessman and the hunk, while Maria, the illiterate, fat-ugly maiden, is his total opposite. A terrible choice that resulted in a forced marriage was made between them when everyone thought she was his victim. Makakawala pa ba siya sa isang kasalang pwersahan kung sa pagsapit ng liwanag, kapangitan, at katabaan ng babae ang lumantad sa kanyang mga mata? Nagkamali siya ng desisyong maging katipan ito nang ura-urada nang masilayan ang tunay nitong anyo. Hindi ito ang ideal wife niya. "Woman, if it means saving my life, I'll wholeheartedly marry you!" He snorted when he realized he couldn't blame her for it. "You have no idea how much I hated this forced marriage kahit walang namagitan sa'tin kagabi." "Pero Benjamin—" Naiiyak man, abot hanggang langit naman ang pasasalamat ng dalaga sa pagpayag niyang maikasal sila. "Papakasalan kita dahil ikaw ang katuparan ng pangarap ko. Hulog ka ng langit kagabi. Hindi ka na makakawala kahit ano pang sabihin mo dahil ikaw—ikaw ang itinadhana para sa'kin."

"Before anything, before you allow your inner thoughts to go on an overdrive, know that I love you. I love you so fucking much and I don't care who you currently are, Serena or Rosalia doesn't matter to me, it's just a name. But what I do know is that you are mine and under no circumstances would I do anything to hurt you" ** Rosalia had thought her biggest problem was how to secure a new job after losing her current one, and avoiding the ex convict who seemed to be out to get her. But she wasn't prepared for the sudden intrusion of a certain man who claimed to be her husband! Husband? She didn't even know him!. Worst of all, they already had a daughter who looked exactly like her! Rosalia was thrown into a state of confusion where everything seemed to belong to her but not at the same time. She was determined to find out what had happened to her in the past and how to fix the present which seemed already damaged.