Novel Oryzae

Neira Askara Dinasa tidak pernah tahu rasanya menjadi prioritas. Di rumah yang seharusnya menjadi tempat paling aman, ia justru terjebak di tengah badai pertengkaran kedua orang tuanya yang tak kunjung usai. Keadaan kian menyakitkan karena sang ibu terang-terangan pilih kasih, mencurahkan seluruh kasih sayang hanya untuk kedua kakaknya, sementara Neira dibiarkan tumbuh dalam kesepian. Ketidakharmonisan keluarga itu membentuk Neira menjadi gadis yang tertutup dan sulit bergaul. Beruntung, ia memiliki Luna yang polos dan Kara yang selalu menjadi penengah di antara mereka. Namun, di balik perlindungan para sahabatnya, Neira tetap menyimpan luka batin yang dalam. Hingga suatu hari, muncul Renan Luca Kalundra. Laki-laki tinggi dengan tatapan hangat yang selalu menampakkan lengkungan bulan sabit di matanya setiap kali tersenyum. Renan hadir menawarkan kebahagiaan yang selama ini Neira nantikan. Namun, Neira segera menyadari bahwa Renan bukanlah sosok tanpa cela; laki-laki itu pun membawa luka fisiknya sendiri dan menyimpan pedih yang coba ia sembunyikan di balik senyumannya. Di antara tuntutan keluarga yang menyesakkan dan kehadiran Renan yang menenangkan, Neira harus belajar membuka diri. Akankah luka yang sama justru menyatukan mereka, ataukah rahasia di masa lalu akan kembali meruntuhkan kebahagiaan yang baru saja Neira temukan?

Malam pertunangan Fenita dan Kemal berantakan. Tepat saat cincin akan dipasangkan, sebuah rahasia akhirnya terbuka dengan gamblang. Fenita ternyata lahir dari skandal sang Mama dengan seorang pejabat negara. Namun Kemal kembali setelah itu, dan memutuskan melanjutkan hubungan mereka. Tanpa Fenita sadar, sebenarnya Kemal hanya sedang memanfaatkan dirinya. Ketika kelicikan Kemal terbongkar, Fenita bagai dilempar ke dalam jurang terdalam. Dia menjadi percaya bahwa perempuan seperti dirinya memang tidak layak mendapatkan cinta dan kebahagiaan, sebab karma masa lalu sang mama yang harus dia pikul. Sampai satu hari seorang pengacara tampan nan mumpuni, berani mendobrak pintu kesadarannya, dan menunjukkan jalan pada Fenita untuk menjemput kebahagiaan yang selama ini dia dambakan.

Saat akad hendak berlangsung, calon istri Athar tiba-tiba menghilang tanpa jejak. Di tengah kepanikan dan rasa malu, sang ayah memutuskan menggantikan mempelai dengan gadis asing yang bahkan yang tak dikenal Athar. Pernikahan tetap berjalan demi kehormatan keluarga, namun sejak hari itu, Athar harus menerima takdir dan menemukan makna cinta dari pernikahan yang tak pernah ia rencanakan.

Following the success of her two novels, Cela receives an offer for the TV adaptation of her stories but a third story has to be written soon to complete a three-story special. She is not in to the project until she rediscovers the paper bearing the address of the meeting place of her supposed first date with Nate. Now that her mother is no longer around to interfere, she becomes inspired to reunite with him after many years and hopefully write the third novel based on their new story. Unfortunately, he is now about to get married in two months. Disappointed with the turn of events, she decides not to meet him again. She visits their old meeting place and finds it a good place to write but unexpectedly meets him there. They agree not to talk to each other if they meet there again but fate leads them to meet again under different circumstances leaving them no choice but to speak to each other. Suddenly, Nate’s fiancée starts acting weird and suggests that he spend the weekend with Cela while she is away. Although it confuses him, he figures that it is her way of helping him get closure. The two spend one Sunday reminiscing the past expecting a closure in the end but the wonderful moment they share this time only makes it harder to achieve that closure so Cela has to put a stop to it saying, “Please don't think even for a second that there is still something left or something new to explore after everything that happened or did not happen. This is not a novel. This is reality. We don't get sequels or spin-offs in real life. We just continue. We move forward and that's how we get to the ending."

Sejak lahir, hidup Eric seakan ditakdirkan penuh kesialan. Ke mana pun ia melangkah, nasib buruk selalu mengikuti, sementara hinaan dan pengkhianatan menjadi bagian dari kesehariannya. Ia diremehkan, dilupakan, bahkan diperlakukan seolah tidak berarti. Hingga suatu hari, di saat semua harapan hampir padam, sebuah System misterius bangkit dalam dirinya. System itu menjanjikan kekuatan, kebebasan untuk memilih, dan mungkin juga kesempatan membalas dendam. Kini, ketika roda keberuntungan mulai berputar ke pihaknya, Eric harus berhadapan dengan dunia baru yang penuh peluang sekaligus bahaya. Apakah ini akan menjadi titik balik hidupnya, atau hanya permainan kejam takdir yang lain?

Rey terlahir di bawah atap rumbia gubuk yang terlupakan, jauh dari segala kemewahan kerajaan. Namun, darah yang mengalir dalam nadinya bukanlah darah manusia biasa. Sejak hari kelahirannya, ia dicap oleh takdir purba: rambut merah bara api dan sepasang mata emas vertikal-Mata Naga. ​Warga desa hanya mengenal desisan kuno yang merayap di malam itu sebagai ramalan. Bahwa Kutukan seekor naga telah jatuh ke darah ini. ​Kini, Rey harus hidup dalam persembunyian, menyembunyikan setiap inci keanehan yang bisa membakar dunia. Tetapi, ketika desa yang melindunginya diancam oleh kuasa gelap, Rey harus memilih: terus menjadi aib yang tersembunyi, atau merangkul kekuatan liar yang mengalir dalam dirinya-sekaligus memicu bencana yang dapat menumbangkan seluruh kerajaan.

Di koridor sekolah, nama Andreas adalah sebuah legenda. Tampan, berkarisma, dan dipuja hampir setiap mata. Namun, bagi Andreas, dunianya hanya berporos pada satu titik, Gita. Gadis sederhana yang berhasil mengunci seluruh perhatian sang idola dengan ketulusannya. Hubungan mereka bukan sekadar cinta monyet, itu adalah ikatan yang begitu kuat, hingga semua orang percaya mereka takkan terpisahkan. ​Sampai pada kelulusan SMA membawa mereka pada sebuah perpisahan. Memaksa keduanya melepas genggaman tangan dan melangkah ke arah yang berbeda. Perpisahan yang membawa mereka bertemu dengan lingkungan baru, dan orang-orang baru yang mulai masuk ke dalam kehidupan mereka. ​"Cinta bukan tentang siapa yang paling lama berada di sampingmu, tapi tentang siapa yang hatinya tidak pernah pergi meski raganya menjauh." - Gita -

"Your body is mine Kate... Every bit of it... I am going to make you feel the butterfly no one ever has." ** Kate Walter sought out to seek justice for her parents' death, and Dante Romano, who ran a club during the day and led a mafia at night, was a suspect. To dig into the truth, she took a job as a nanny for Dante's daughter. Little did she know that Dante was more than just a boss; he was known for his pleasurable lifestyle. The merciless mafia boss whose aura neither sized nor decreased. Now, Kate faces the challenge of staying focused on her mission without getting caught up in Dante's enticing world. Can Kate fulfill her mission without succumbing to the allure of the seductive mafia boss?

Penelope Lorenzo, a woman who’d just lost everything and in utter shambles. She had never imagined that life would bring her to this point. Brayden Giovanni, the big, masked mafia who shouldn’t be trifled with. Billionaire by day and Don by night. Thrust in each other’s worlds by circumstances beyond their control and some that seemed to be in his control. But with danger lurking from their forgotten pasts, including a serial killer on the loose, choices must be made or consequences abound. What happens when their cocoon is threatened by forces they can’t seem to identify? What happens when she leaves after unraveling his secrets and almost gets trafficked? Will she embrace he who would raze the underworld for her or will she leave with the fruit of their passion?

Lyana Dela Merced grew up with nothing but grit and determination. Life had never been kind to her. From abandoned by her lover, and later losing her only child to illness, she learned the hard way that pain doesn’t pause for anyone. But even when the world kept breaking her heart, she refused to stay down. Her younger brother, who battled mental illness, depended on her strength, and that was enough reason for Lyana to keep fighting. From one side job to another, Lyana took on every decent work she could find just to survive. Cleaning houses, waiting tables, running errands—name it, she’s done it. So when her doctor friend one night offered her a stable job with the wealthy Tejada family, she didn’t think twice. But what she didn’t expect was that the job came with a shocking twist. Instead of being hired as a simple housekeeper, the Tejadas wanted her to be their surrogate mother. They couldn’t have a child of their own, and they wanted Lyana to carry the baby for them. Torn between desperation and morality, she faced an impossible choice: become the billionaire’s baby maker, or walk away from the one chance that could change her family’s life forever. Years later, fate plays its hand again. The widowed Preston Tejada crosses paths with Lyana Dela Merced, the woman who once carried his child. Old secrets resurface, hearts begin to stir, and both must confront a past that refuses to stay buried. Can Lyana right the wrongs she once made with the Tejada family? Or will she find herself falling for the very man she was never meant to love?