Nora Ephron Novel

Setelah sepuluh tahun bekerja di luar negeri, Ivana pulang ke Indonesia dengan penuh harapan. Ia sudah membayangkan kebahagiaan bersama Arka, kekasih yang telah menunggunya selama ini. Namun, setibanya di rumah, dunianya runtuh seketika—tenda pernikahan berdiri megah, bukan untuknya, tetapi untuk Arka dan adiknya, Fitri, yang ternyata telah mengkhianatinya. Patah hati dan tak tahu harus ke mana, Ivana justru dibawa oleh seorang pria misterius ke sebuah rumah megah. Tanpa penjelasan yang jelas, ia disambut dengan kemewahan dan kehangatan keluarga kaya raya yang menganggapnya sebagai calon pengantin. Sebelum sempat membantah, Ivana sudah didandani, dipakaikan gaun pengantin, dan disandingkan dengan seorang pria asing. Siapa sebenarnya lelaki itu? Dan yang paling penting, apa yang akan terjadi ketika kebenaran akhirnya terungkap?

Aisyah Saraswati tidak menyangka jika suaminya berselingkuh dengan wanita lain yang ternyata adalah kakak perempuannya, lalu Aisyah pergi meninggalkan Adrian suaminya karena tidak ingin mempunyai madu di dalam rumah tangganya. Namun, setelah tiga tahun masa perceraian. Aisyah bertemu kembali dengan Adrian tanpa sengaja, dan Adrian ingin Aisyah kembali menjadi istrinya. Apalagi setelah Adrian tahu bahwa Aisyah telah mempunyai anak setelah mereka bercerai. "Ini anakku?" "Bukan, ini anakku. Kamu, nggak berhak memilikinya."

Seventeen-year-old Nora Macie has spent her entire life surviving in the shadows of the Collins mansion. Her mother is the underpaid and mute housekeeper who raised Nora to stay silent, stay small, and stay invisible. Master Stephan Collins pays Nora’s tuition at Riverbrook High, a constant reminder that their lives belong to the family. Especially to Asher Collins, the arrogant heir who is expected to take over the Collins food empire. Nora obeys the rules she was raised with: do not look at Master Asher, do not speak to Master Asher, do not fall for Master Asher. His mother drilled them into her every month. She has always kept her distance from him, until one humiliating accident shatters her carefully controlled world. One night, she films a private sex tape meant for her eyes only. She tries to delete it, but her fingers slip, and the video is sent straight to Asher Collins, the guy who is also her stepbrother! She expects humiliation, exposure, and ruin. Instead, Asher watches it with hunger, curiosity, and a dangerous idea. When he discovers her hopeless crush on James Porter, the flawless leader of the Library Club, he offers a deal. He will transform her into someone unforgettable, someone every boy at Riverbrook High notices. Refuse, and he will tell his mother that the maid’s daughter is in love with him. The makeover ignites chaos. Rich boys notice her. James notices her. Damien Priest, Asher’s rival, notices her. And worst of all, Asher begins to want her too. The quiet maid’s daughter is suddenly the center of a war she never asked for—a war of obsession, jealousy, and temptation. And the boy who is supposed to help her might be the one who destroys her.

Marriage was never about love, it was a weapon, a strategy, the final step Leonardo Mancini needed to claim his place as Don. In his world, love is weakness, and weakness gets you killed. For Nora Romano, life was simple until the night her father’s debt to the mafia became her burden. The price? Her freedom. The cost? Becoming the wife of a man whose name was feared across Italy. What begins as a marriage of leverage soon spirals into a dangerous game of secrets, betrayal, and blood loyalty. As enemies close in and trust fractures within the family, Leonardo is forced to confront the one thing he swore he’d never risk.... his heart. Can a man built on power and control balance the weight of love? And can Nora give her heart to someone whose world embodies everything she despises? In the mafia, love is the deadliest gamble of all.

When I find out that Joe Herring—the man I've loved for ten years—is planning a grand proposal, I'm so thrilled I can't sleep a wink that night. But the next day, everyone in the pack is buzzing about how Alpha Joe just proposed to my stepsister, Nora Safford. He comes to me afterward, trying to explain. "It's not even real, Anna. Nora doesn't have anyone in the pack. I'm just doing her a favor. "Don't worry. I'll break it off before the mate-bonding ceremony next week. Then we'll have our ceremony, just like we planned." But over and over, he keeps asking me to compromise for Nora. And when the mate-bonding ceremony finally arrives, he's still with her. So in the end, I let her have him and walk away without a word.

Nora’s tarot readings were never meant to matter. They were simple moments. A card flip. A quiet truth. Nothing that could ever touch fate itself. Until the night the cards tremble in her hands. Until the air in the café sharpens and chills. Until something impossible appears. A figure steps out of the shadows with eyes that feel ancient and powerful. His presence presses against the world like he does not belong to it at all. People walk right past him without noticing a thing. But Nora sees him. And he is not pleased. He came to investigate the force that dared to disturb the order of fate. He expected a threat. He expected a creature of power. He expected anything except the girl sitting at the table with trembling cards. Nora knows she should fear him. Every instinct warns her that this being is more dangerous than anything she has ever sensed. He is not human. He is not mortal. He was never created to feel. Yet something in her pulls at him with a gravity he cannot break. The more he studies her, the more impossible she becomes. And the more he realizes that whatever awakens inside him will not disappear. She may have changed someone’s fate. But now she is about to change his. A forbidden attraction. A girl with a gift she barely understands. An immortal presence who was never meant to want anything until her. Once their paths cross, destiny begins to unravel.

Di Balik Tirai adalah kisah perjuangan seorang ibu, Maria Lestari, dalam melarikan diri dari belenggu kekerasan rumah tangga dan jejaring kejahatan tersembunyi. Setelah bertahun-tahun terjebak dalam hubungan penuh kontrol dan kekerasan bersama suaminya, Rizal Pratama, Maria akhirnya memutuskan untuk melarikan diri bersama kedua anaknya, Putri dan Arif. Kehidupan baru mereka dimulai di Desa Harmoni, sebuah tempat yang tenang dan jauh dari kota. Di sana, Maria bertemu Dewi, tetangga yang menjadi sahabat sekaligus pendukung utamanya. Dengan bantuan Dewi, Maria membangun bisnis kecil menjahit yang memberinya kekuatan ekonomi dan kepercayaan diri. Namun, kedamaian itu tidak bertahan lama. Rizal yang obsesif kembali muncul, menyebarkan teror melalui pesan-pesan anonim dan bayang-bayang pengawasan. Situasi kian memburuk saat Maria mengetahui bahwa Rizal terlibat dalam organisasi kriminal bernama Lingkaran Hitam, jaringan gelap yang menguasai banyak lini kehidupan dari bisnis hingga politik. Dengan dukungan Farhan, seorang detektif idealis, Maria terlibat dalam penyelidikan berbahaya yang membawanya pada rahasia besar dan kejahatan lintas negara. Di tengah ketegangan dan pelarian, Maria tidak hanya menghadapi musuh eksternal, tetapi juga harus melawan rasa takut dan trauma dalam dirinya. Ia menyadari bahwa untuk benar-benar bebas, ia harus menghancurkan sistem yang mengurungnya, bukan hanya melarikan diri darinya. Di Balik Tirai adalah kisah tentang keberanian, ketangguhan, dan harapan. Sebuah perjalanan seorang ibu dalam melindungi anak-anaknya, membebaskan diri dari masa lalu, dan menantang kekuasaan gelap yang ingin mengendalikannya. Sebuah cermin tentang kekuatan perempuan dalam menghadapi dunia yang keras.

"Jangan pernah memaksa seseorang untuk bisa menjadi yang diharapkan. Akan tetapi, biarkan dia berfikir untuk bisa menjadi lebih baik. Karena yang serius akan berubah sendirinya tanpa di minta apalagi dipaksa!" - Bhalendra Alaska Arlic ___ "Lo mau ngapain? Mau tetap bertahan? Sampai kapan, menunggu setan berubah menjadi malaikat, cinta itu cuma omong kosong Alaska, kecuali beneran jatuh di orang yang tepat!" -Johannes Azka Ini tentang Alaska, yang berkali-kali dipatahkan namun tetap bangkit dan berusaha terlihat kuat. Tentang cinta yang tak pernah bahagia, semua akan baik-baik saja jika seandainya ia tak pernah merasakan sebuah rasa cinta. Pertemuannya dengan Yesaya, tidak membuat perubahan apa-apa, melainkan sakit hati trauma yang sangat lama. Namun, saat kehadiran new person. Apakah Alaska bisa untuk membuka pintu hatinya lagi?

The night ended tragically for Melissa when she met with an accident which took her life. However, the next moment, she was alive and turned out, she had transmigrated into a novel and engaged to a Duke! It was said that this fiancé of hers was cold-hearted and only cared about work and not interested in women! But why did he follow her around? He even kissed her every chance he got. Whatever, since she couldn't avoid her fate, she would play her character well. But, who's this adorable young child? "What're you doing here? Go back to your chambers!" "I'm your husband. I'm sleeping here with you." "Mother, I'm sleeping with you and Father." "Son, get out."

I accidentally wear the gown Miles Graham prepared for his childhood sweetheart. To my horror, he forces me to take it off in public. "I prepared this for Nora—do you think you're worthy of wearing it? Take it off! You're dirtying it!" He knows I have serious PTSD after almost being violated, yet he insults me with those words. I look at him tearfully and beg him not to say anymore. That's when the gown's zip bursts open. My PTSD acts up. I'm so overwhelmed that I collapse on the floor and have a seizure. Miles dismisses everyone and takes Nora out on a date. He leaves me lying there in humiliation. I call my mentor before being discharged from the hospital. "Ms. Gardner, I've decided to participate in the water conservation project in Affenheim."