Non Zero Sum Novel

At sixty-five, I got served divorce papers. The same day, my husband Sebastian — decked out in his wedding suit, of all things — popped a handful of sleeping pills in a suicide attempt. For years, we were the perfect couple. The kind of pair neighbors whispered about with envy. I couldn't wrap my head around it. The divorce. The pills. None of it made sense. Not until I found the photo and letter in his pocket.

Desakan pernikahan datang dari sang ayah juga keluarganya. Hal ini membuat Ivana mengambil jalan pintas untuk menghindarinya. Mencari pria bayaran, lalu menikah kontrak. Namun pada akhirnya Ivana justru menghabiskan malam bersama bodyguardnya, Zack Alejandro. Di tengah badai cibiran soal perbedaan status keduanya. Zack dan Ivana akhirnya menikah. Tentu dengan sejumlah pertimbangan di baliknya. Sanggupkah mereka mengatasi ujian ke depannya? Hingga rasa cinta mampu tumbuh di hati keduanya. Atau justru Zack dan Ivana akan berpisah setelah satu persatu rahasia menyakitkan terkuak. Soal siapa Ivana sebenarnya atau kenapa Zack mau menikahi nonanya. "Asal kamu tahu, aku menikahimu karena kakakmu." "Kamu salah jika menargetkan Ivana."

Gea Anindya harus mengalami luka mendalam karena kesucian yang direnggut paksa oleh boss-nya sendiri, Ervan Pratama. Bahkan, Gea dinyatakan hamil, tanpa adanya ikatan pernikahan. Meminta pertanggungjawaban? Rasanya sulit untuk Gea lakukan. Ervan bukanlah pria baik. Dia pria nakal yang suka bermain api dengan banyak wanita. Awalnya, Gea sempat ingin mengikhlaskan kejadian itu dan membesarkan sang anak tanpa menikah. Namun, masa depan janinnya membuat Gea berpikir ulang dan meminta Erban menikahinya! Lantas, apakah semua akan sesuai dengan rencana Gea? Atau ... dia akan menyesali keputusan ini?

Madriagga— one of the most handsome and powerful tycoon in the country. A lot of woman fantasize about him. But, at the age of 27, he is already married to me. I can say that I'm lucky to have him as my husband. He never hurt me, he never made me feel unwanted. He always makes me feel happy, special and loved. Wala ka ng ibang hahanapin pa dahil nasa kanya na ang lahat. "I really love your perfume. It suits you well. Seductive and at the same time sweet"  he said that while still massaging my core. Napapaliyad na ako habang mahigpit na nakahawak sa kanyang balikat at leeg. Ang kanyang mga labi ay nasa aking leeg, humahalik roon at nag iiwan ng marka. "I wont stop until you beg me to." Pagkatapos non ay naramdaman ko na ang unti-unti n'yang pag pasok sa akin.   I am, Summer Jill Buenaventura - Madriagga.  We've become husband and wife, before summer.   

"Ang Lihim ng Pusong Ipinagbabawal" Akira Quezon, mas kilalang Kira, ay isang dalagang may matamis na ngiti at pusong tapat. Sa kabila ng kanyang kabataan, isang lihim na pag-ibig ang matagal na niyang kinikimkim — isang damdaming itinakda ng tadhana ngunit ipinagbabawal ng lipunan. Ang kanyang puso ay patuloy na tumitibok para kay Axel, ang kanyang gwapong at misteryosong Ninong, na sa kabila ng kanyang 40 taon ay nananatiling makisig at mapanukso. Ngunit sa bawat titig at lihim na ngiti ay nagkukubli ang isang masalimuot na nakaraan. Si Axel ay isang lalaking tila binabalot ng anino ng kanyang sariling mga sikreto. Sa pagitan ng kanilang mga tahimik na sulyap at hindi maipaliwanag na paglalapit, bumabalot ang tanong — hanggang saan kayang ipaglaban ang isang pagmamahal na labag sa lahat ng nakasanayan? Habang unti-unting nahuhubaran ang mga lihim, matutuklasan ni Kira na ang lalaking kanyang iniibig ay may mga sugat ng kahapon na pilit niyang tinatago. Sa pagitan ng katotohanan at pagnanasa, kailangan nilang harapin ang kanilang mga kinatatakutan. Magtatagumpay ba ang pagmamahal nila, o tuluyan silang malulunod sa mga anino ng nakaraan?

Mila Dea Mahendra adalah anak tunggal Danu Mahendra yang sebentar lagi naik jabatan menjadi pimpinan perusahaan. Namun, mendadak sang ayah memberikan syarat menikah untuk mendapatkan kedudukan CEO. Kedudukan itu pun terancam oleh adik tirinya. Mila tidak mau menyerahkan begitu saja, karena tahu adik tirinya ingin menyingkirkan dirinya lalu menguasai perusahaannya. Akhirnya Mila pergi ke bar untuk mencari pria lajang yang bisa dia jadikan calon suami kontrak untuk membantu mengelabuhi ayahnya. Ia pun berhasil menjebak lelaki yang diketahui bernama Agil, yang juga karyawan di perusahaannya.

Colleen Caddell is broke, jobless, and at the verge of being thrown out of her house. Desperate as she was, she conned her way into a program run by the infamous Andre Lourdes. But when she becomes the number one suspect in the murder case of his mother, Colleen has to explain to Andre, and the whole world, what she was doing in the room minutes after Camilla Lourdes was shot dead.

Life has a way of awakening us…Often cruelly. Astraia Ilithyia, a humble art gallery hostess, finds herself pulled into a world she never would’ve imagined existed. She meets the mysterious and charismatic, Vasilios Barzilai under terrifying circumstances. Torn between the world she’s always known, and the world Vasilios reigns in…Only one thing is certain; she cannot survive without him.

As a wolf shifter growing up in one of the strongest packs on the continent, I should be living my best life. But after my mother ran away and got herself knocked up by some demon, I became the town's pariah. They call my species Slades, half-demon, half-wolf shifter. We're hunted and killed the moment we first shift. Unfortunately for me, my first shift is coming sooner than I'd like and if I don't form some kind of plan, I'm going to shift in front of the whole god-damned pack and then there'll be no running. So, I do what any sane young, desperate woman would do in my situation. I summon a God.

Jasmine is living a life of hell. Her step father becoming abusive emotionally and physically after the death of her mother. She not only has to deal with him at home, but her fellow students at school. Being bullied and criticized for the lack of clothes she doesn't have. They don't know her step father refuses to buy her anything she needs. Calling her a leech of the earth. Telling her on a daily basis he wishes she had died along side her mother. The only person in her corner is her science teacher Mrs. Mulberry, she see the changes in Jasmines behavior, the marks she tries to hide under her torn clothes. Things take a turn for the worse when Jasmine goes missing for two weeks. Alarming Mrs. Mulberry to call child services. Believing the worst has happened to her. After being put under the microscope Jasmine's step father starts locking her away starving her and barely giving her water to drink out of an applesauce container. In the midst of her agony she meets the new boy at school causing feelings she's never felt before. Will he be her knight in shining armor or will he be the wake of destruction causing her world to crumble more around her.