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"You belong to me!" he said in his deep, husky voice, sending shivers down my spine. "And you are mine to love, princess!" His tone was full of possessiveness. "Let me go-" I started to protest, but he silenced me by pressing his index finger to my lips. "Shh, be quiet!" he whispered softly against my lips. I looked into his eyes, which were filled with desire and longing. "It's just you and me tonight, and I want to make it special for us," his strong voice sent chills down my spine. My heart raced as I felt his fingers at the edge of my dress, ready to tear it away. *"I'm about to do the most sinful things with you now, Jaan!"* His voice echoed in my ears. "I've waited long enough!" His voice grew deeper with desire. "No, please-"before I finish my sentence, he interrupted me as air rushed around my body. He ripped my dress in two pieces.

Meli---cinta pertamaku datang kembali setelah aku menikah dan sekantor denganku. Aku merekomendasikannya sebagai penebus rasa bersalah karena sudah meninggalkannya. Kehadiran Meli kerap membuat aku bertengkar juga dengan Hanum---istriku---wanita pilihan ibu, hingga akhrinya dia pergi setelah kata talak terucap membawa dua anakku. Aku kira, setelah dia pergi, aku akan akan bahagia. Namun, entah kenapa, Meli jadi tak menarik lagi. Aku hampir gila mencari Hanum dan keberadaan kedua anakku ditambah tekanan Ibu yang begitu menyayangi mereka. Akhirnya aku menemukannya, tetapi tak berapa lama, justru surat undangan yang kuterima. Hanumku akan menikah dan aku merasakan patah hati yang sesungguhnya.

Sauqi dan Bia adalah sepasang sahabat yang sudah bersama sejak mereka masih berada di bangku kanak-kanak. Namun, setelah remaja, tiba-tiba Bia berubah secara mendadak, mulai dari penampilan, perilaku, dan sifatnya. Bia yang semula adalah gadis yang tomboi dan senang berkelahi, tiba-tiba menjadi seorang muslimah yang menutup diri. Bahkan, tiba-tiba Bia juga mulai menjauhi Sauqi. Sauqi dibuat bingung dengan perubahan yang terjadi pada sahabatnya itu. Apa yang sebenarnya terjadi pada Bia?

Nayla memiliki seorang suami bernama Rendy, namun pernikahan yang dia impikan selama ini berakhir seperti neraka baginya. Dia mendapati kakaknya berselingkuh dengan suaminya. Setiap hari, Rendy memperlakukan dirinya seperti babu dan bahkan lebih memilih selingkuhannya di banding dia. Hingga pada akhirnya, saat kakaknya membutuhkan donor ginjal, Rendy memohon padanya untuk mendonorkan ginjalnya untuk selingkuhannya itu. Awalnya Nayla menuruti permintaan suaminya, hingga saat di alam bawah sadar, dia di perlihatkan semua kelakuan suami dan selingkuhannya itu dan bahkan kelakuan suaminya saat menyakiti fisiknya. Bahkan, suaminya memaksanya untuk menandatangani surat cerai. Akankah Nayla sadar dan memilih memberontak? Ataukah dia tetap memilih sang suami? Saksikan kisahnya di novel ini.

Rania Keysha Wardhani, seorang dosen filsafat yang dibuat bingung oleh sikap tunangannya. Pria itu terlalu sulit untuk dikenal, meski mereka sudah bersama sejak di bangku sekolah dasar. Ada saja hal yang membuat dirinya bertambah ragu dengan keputusan mereka yang akan segera menikah. Selalu ada cara yang dilakukan pria itu untuk menahannya pergi meski rasa lelah seringkali muncul di hatinya. Ini seperti dia yang berjuang sendirian, dan si pria hanya diam memperhatikan. Padahal kenyataannya, tidak ada yang perlu diperjuangkan dalam hubungan mereka. *** "Kamu hanya perlu diam, duduk, dan menunggu." Laki-laki itu memberi perintah. Rania terdiam. Menunggu katanya? Berapa waktu lagi yang harus dia habiskan untuk menunggu? Apa belasan tahun itu belum cukup bagi laki-laki ini? Dan apa yang harus dia tunggu lagi kali ini? Rasanya, semua sia-sia.

I was the biological daughter of the Stone Family. With my gossip-tracking system, I played the part of a meek, obedient girl on the surface, but underneath, I would strike hard when it counted. What I didn't realize was that someone could hear my every thought. "Even if you're our biological sister, Alicia is the only one we truly acknowledge. You need to understand your place," said my brothers. 'I must've broken a deal with the devil in a past life to end up in the Stone Family this time,' I figured. My brothers stopped dead in their tracks. "Alice is obedient, sensible, and loves everyone in this family. Don't stir up drama by trying to compete for attention." I couldn't help but think, 'Well, she's sensible enough to ruin everyone's lives and loves you all to the point of making me nauseous.' The brothers looked dumbfounded.

Namanya Cinderella. Gadis gemuk dengan segala bentuk kekurangannya. Nama yang jelas dijiplak dari tokoh Disney yang juga bernamakan Cinderella dengan paras jelita, tetapi selalu dipanggil Upik Abu oleh kedua saudara tirinya. Dengan alur yang berakhir bahagia bersama sang pangeran berkuda. Namun, lain halnya dengan Rella. Hidup di negeri antah berantah bernamakan Bengkaung, kota kecil yang sarat akan nilai-nilai agama dan budaya. Ya, budaya ghibah. Termasuk di dalamnya yang selalu menjadi trending topic: Fisik Rella yang kian hari, kian meresahkan warga. Belajar sabar, meski sakit. Belajar bersyukur, meski sulit. Hidup Rella yang penuh dengan julid-an dari maha benar netizen, memancing egonya untuk mengakhiri hidup. Namun, dukungan dan motivasi dari dua sosok yang teramat ia sayang menjadikan Rella tak ingin kehilangan cahayanya. Cahaya itu, bisa saja meredup bila tertiup, tetapi tidak boleh lenyap dalam gelap. Apa pun yang terjadi, Rella harus meneruskan hidup. Menggapai mimpinya menjadi seorang desainer, juga menikah dengan laki-laki bermata sipit, pemilik senyum menawan yang membuat mabuk kepayang. 'Cause she is: Cinderella, yang tak secantik dan semenawan Cinderella. Namun, memiliki inner beauty bintang lima.

In the two years after Bradley Vaughn's so-called "memory loss," we divorced seven times—all to keep his childhood crush Vivian Monroe happy. Number eight? Because Vivian got pregnant. "You can't have kids anyway. Once Vivian has the baby, we'll get back together. You can raise the kid." That was his usual ice-cold line as he slid the papers across the table. That night, he kicked me out—said Vivian got nauseous just seeing me. I moved into another house. Alone. In the rain. Even after I landed in the ER from a near assault, he didn't bother asking if I was okay. Then one day, I spotted him at a clinic with Vivian. He rubbed her belly and laughed, "So what if she finds out I faked the amnesia? She can't live without me. Toss her a bone, she'll come crawling." I looked away, steady. Then my phone buzzed. [How did your checkup go?]

When he and his father eventually decide to begin a new life after his mom and sister's death, Praxis Cohen, a suicidal teenager with an expressionless visage on his face, finds himself in a huge, formidable laboratory where teenagers like him are being injected a drug of which the effect is still unknown. Fortunate enough, his body can withstand the drug that leads him to be declared by Dr. Conscire as the first patient to have successfully passed the First Stage of the experiment in this generation. As he proceeds to the Second Stage, Dr. Conscire, the president of the organization, decides to release him off the laboratory to find out that the effect of the drug enables him to read minds and do psychokinesis that sets his mind into chaos. In his debacle as an experimented guinea pig of the nameless organization, realizing that he is not alone in this experiment, Praxis meets new marvelous people to discover the origin of the experiment, the reason why they turned into supernormal beings, the connection of this experiment to the unborn world war in the future, the twists and turns of their past stories, and to discern the next stages of the experiment. With the collaborative effort of their team, they strive to choose the best course of action to put an end to this fight.

Quinn Parker has a system: keep her grades up, keep her feelings private, and absolutely never act like the kind of girl who screams over a boy band, no matter how many NEON ATLAS songs she has memorized. So when the group’s lead singer, Jace Wilder, is chased through the arena hallway before a sold out show, Quinn reacts on pure instinct: she yanks him behind a giant fake pot plant, yells his name, and points the stampede of fans in the wrong direction. Jace disappears with security. Quinn goes back to her life. End of story. Except a week later, Quinn lands an after school cleaning job at a luxury rental and opens the door to find Jace Wilder alone, exhausted, and nothing like his shining, onstage self. He tries to flip the charm back on when he realizes she’s the girl who saved him, but Quinn doesn’t buy it. She makes him a coffee, tells him to sit down, and treats him like a normal person for the first time in a long time. Quinn isn’t falling for a fantasy. She doesn’t even know him. But the more time she spends in his offstage world, between rehearsals, rumours, and the pressure to always smile, the harder it becomes to ignore the quiet, real boy behind the spotlight… and the fact that he’s starting to look at her like she’s the only place he can breathe.