Off Season

Marina Hunter is your average teenage girl– detached from the world, absorbed in books and music until she meets the choleric boy across the street, cocky and talented, Darnell McCoy and feels things she's only ever felt once for her best friend, Playboy Jason Kuyper. As Marina tries to navigate junior year at Silver Lake High alongside family drama, an ensuing love triangle, her phobias... A happy ending is pretty uncertain.

When Stella Carpenter transfers money to her brother without my permission for the third time, I decide that it's time to give up. I quit my high-paying job and laze around at home all day, gaming and waiting to be fed. It only takes three days for Stella to panic. She points at me and asks what the hell I'm doing. We have bills and our daughter's tuition to pay—we need money for everything! Oh, so she does realize that we spend a lot on our family. Why does she keep taking my money to give to her brother, then?

Isang Half Irish-filipino na dating mayaman ngunit naghirap dahil sa malaking pagkakautang ng kaniyang ama sa isang kilalang pasugalan. Nawala ang lahat ng yaman na meron sila at walang nagawa kundi ang umalis sa malaking mansyon na kaniyang kinalakhan dahil may ibang tao na ang bumili. Bata pa lamang siya ay kinailangan na niyang tulungan ang kaniyang ina na magtinda ng mga gulay sa palengke habang nakakulong ang kaniyang ama dahil sa pagkakalulong sa ipinagbabawal na bisyo. Hanggang senior high school lamang ang kaniyang natapos dahil sa matinding hirap at sa laki ng kanilang gastusin sa pang-araw-araw. Kinailangan niyang tumigil sa pag-aaral para makahanap ng trabaho upang may pangtustos sa pag-aaral ng kaniyang dalawang kapatid. Kahit anong klaseng trabaho ang tinatanggap niya para lang magkapera. Akala niya ay doon lang tumatakbo ang kaniyang buhay sa mga trabahong tinatanggap niya, hanggang sa may mapulot siyang pitaka na naglalaman ng malaking halaga. At dahil napalaki siya ng maayos ng kaniyang Mommy ay ibinalik niya sa isang kompanya ang pitaka kung saan nagtatrabaho ang taong nakahulog nun. Lingid sa kaniyang kaalaman ay doon na pala magsisimulang magbago ang kaniyang buhay. Dahil ang taong nagmamay-ari ng pitaka ay walang iba kundi ang pure Italian na bilyonaryo at kilala sa buong bansa na gwapo, hot at masungit na business tycoon at may kulay-langit na mga mata. Si Azzurro Cielo Russo.

Si Joanna Rissa Lico, nawala sa kaniya ang lahat dahil sa panloloko ng kaniyang boyfriend. Kinuha na nito lahat ng yaman niya, pati mukha niya ay sinunog nito. Dahil sa pinagdaanan ni Joanna na dumurog sa puso niya ay binalak niyang magpakamatay pero hindi 'yun natuloy dahil kay Marvin Guevarra, isang gwapong bilyonaryo na masungit at walang modo para kay Joanna. Inalok siya ni Marvin na tutulungan siya nito sa paghihiganti sa dating nobyo ni Joanna sa pamamagitan ng isang kasal, wala man naibigay na dahilan ng pagtulong ay kinuha ni Joanna ang pagkakataon na 'yun upang makapaghiganti sa dati niyang nobyo. Pero paano kung sa paglipas ng mga araw ay biglang makipaglaro si Marvin kay Joanna na mahuhulog ito sa kaniya, mapigilan kaya ni Joanna ang kaninyang nararamdaman upang manalo sa larong inumpisahan ni Marvin? Maging totoo kaya ang larong ginawa nila?

Di dunia ada banyak pendekar hebat yang melegenda. Tetapi apakah kau sudah pernah mendengar seorang pendekar dari Jawa Dwipa yang mendapat gelar Ksatria Pengembara? Seorang pendekar yang mengembara ke berbagai daerah dan negara untuk menempa kekuatan dalam pertarungan dengan para pendekar yang melegenda. Untuk mencapai tingkat derajat tertinggi di Dunia Persilatan Menjadi Pendekar Nomor 1 di dunia. Tak ada lawan, Tak ada tandingan. Banyak tokoh-tokoh persilatan yang akan terlibat dalam cerita ini. Diantaranya : 1. Pewaris Ilmu Pedang Putra Langit 2. Iblis Langit dan Iblis Bumi dari Mongol 3. Pendekar Thio Sam Hong dari Butong (pencipta Kungfu Tai Chi) 4. Pendekar Tio Buki – Ketua Aliran Ming (Penguasa Kungfu 9 Matahari) 5. Ketua partai Shaolin (Penguasa Kungfu Jari Matahari) 6. Ketua Partai E’Mei (Penguasa Kungfu 9 Rembulan) 10. Pangeran Kegelapan & Raja Kegelapan (Penguasa Istana Dewa di Yunani) 11. Penguasa Kungfu Mata Rantai Penghancur Langit 12. DEWA IBLIS AWAN API – Ketua Aliran LOUCHA (Penguasa Kungfu Pengubah Otot) kungfu nomor 1 di cerita Long hu men 15. SEKTE BUDHA HIDUP * Jin Rulai Shan - Si Budha Hidup (Penguasa Kungfu Tapak Budha * Pelindung Langit (Penguasa Kungfu Penguasa Pagoda Budha) * Pelindung Bumi (Penguasa Kungfu Perisai Lonceng Emas) 17. Raja Pedang dari Kekaisaran Matahari 18. Dewa Pedang Tanpa Tanding 19. Penguasa Kungfu Api Abadi dari sekte Api Suci di Persia 20. Wang Chongyang dari Partai Teratai Putih – (Penguasa Kungfu Pedang Dewa 6 Nadi) 21. Aliran Pengemis (Dengan Kungfu 18 Tapak Penakluk Naga) 24. Para Saint Emas di Yunani (Pelindung Athena) 25. Hades (Penguasa Dunia Bawah) 26. Para Ninja dari kekiasaran matahari yang menguasai para biju – sharinggan – rinnegan – Tsyukonomi (Mata Bulan) – Memiliki hewan-hewan kociyose raksasa dll 27. DLL Ada banyak pendekar baik dari tanah Jawa maupun luar tanah Jawa yang akan terlibat dalam cerita ini. Jangan lupa terus di ikuti kisah perjalanan Banyu Samudra Dalam meraih mimpinya menjadi PENDEKAR NOMOR 1 DI DUNIA Warning! Konten Dewasa Bijak memilih bacaan bagi yang belum 21+

Our seventh wedding anniversary. I sat at the dining table—alone. My phone buzzed, lighting up with two messages. First, from Tom: [Working late at the office tonight.] Second, anonymous: [Tom is incredible. Can you even keep up?] Attached was a picture of him, lips locked with a woman I didn't recognize. I blew out the candles on the anniversary cake. Eyes shut, I typed back: [Let's divorce.]

Back in the day, in the legal world, Finn Cross and I were the top dogs. Untouchable. He ran New York, a king in criminal defense, never lost a case. I held down Boston, crushing it in civil court. People in the biz used to say it was a good thing we weren't in the same city. If we were, we’d have gone head-to-head, and it was anyone's guess who'd come out on top. But they never would've guessed. Three years ago, I, Victoria Sterling, quietly married Finn Cross. And just like that, the legend of "Vicky" was locked away. I was willing to leave my career behind, to be the quiet, supportive woman behind the great man. I made his coffee, went with him to all sorts of events, and left a light on for him when he came home late. But when Elena, the one he’d always carried a torch for, showed up again, I couldn't keep up this charade anymore.

The day after the new year, during a family gathering, my aunt sneered at me as I worked overtime, reviewing a proposal. "Why are you pretending to be so busy? It’s not like we don’t know you only make three thousand a month. Real money-makers are people like my daughter, a designer so successful she doesn’t even have time to come home!" I ignored her, but she directed her spoiled son to delete all my files while I was in the bathroom. My hands trembled with rage. "This proposal is due in ten minutes—if I don’t submit it, everything is ruined!" She scoffed dismissively. "He’s just a kid. What could he possibly know? Besides, your job isn’t even worth much. If you lose the files, you lose them. Worst case, you get fired." I chuckled coldly but said nothing. She had no idea it was the proposal her daughter had spent an entire month working on. And I was the client who held her daughter’s fate in my hands.

I was suffering from period cramps, so I ordered some painkillers. I asked for a woman to deliver my painkillers to me, but a drunken man came over instead. This time, I did not call my brothers for help. I called the police instead. In the past, not only did my brothers send all of their bodyguards to me, but they also rushed back. In the process, they ended up missing the theater performance of our adopted sister, Gloria. Gloria was sad and grabbed a prop to stab herself. My brothers comforted me. “Don’t blame yourself for it. At the very least, you’re safe.” But, right after, they arranged my kidnapping and gave me over to a group of drunkards. “That was just a drunkard. You could have just chased him out. Did you have to call us? Look! Gloria’s dead now! You’re not getting out of this alive either!” When I opened my eyes again, I returned to the time when the drunkard was knocking on the door. This time, I did not call them, and my brothers got to watch Gloria’s theater performance and cheered her on. But once the performance ended, they regretted it.

Perjalanan Bintang, Sang Ksatria Pengembara, masih berlanjut. Walau sudah cukup mumpuni, Bintang masih terus ingin menempa kemampuannya. Dia masih terus bertualang menjelajah daerah yang belum pernah dikunjungi. Teman bertambah, begitu pula dengan lawan. Nama Ksatria Pengembara dan kemasyurannya terbawa angin. Semakin banyak yang ingin menjajal kemampuan Bintang dan tidak sedikit di antara mereka jauh lebih kuat dari lawan yang pernah dihadapi oleh Ksatria Pengembara. Dalam pengembaraannya, kelindan takdir mulai terlepas. Musuh terbesar Ksatria Pengembara mulai hadir, Sang Pangeran Iblis, juga Sang Iblis Langit. Jika langit sudah berkehendak maka manusia hanya mampu menjalani. Sekali lagi, Bintang harus memenuhi takdirnya. Mampukah dia? Warning! Konten Dewasa Bijak memilih bacaan bagi yang belum 21+