Optimist

Mencintai, bagiku ya harus memiliki. Apapun itu alasannya! Seorang Adam datang, ketulusannya meluluhkanku. Sorot matanya yang tajam, memabukkanku. Sedang sebuah cincin, yang melingkar di jari manisnya, seketika menghancurkan harapanku. Iya, dia sudah beristri. Tetapi hasratku untuk memilikinya, tetap menggelora, tidak akan pernah padam sampai kapanpun. Mungkin ini sedikit gila, tetapi ini lah kisahku. Kisah seorang wanita muda, yang bernama Criana.

Safina “Safi” Brooks is a struggling writer who works as a personal assistant by day and as an exotic dancer by night in one of the most popular strip clubs in New York appropriately named “Fire and Desire” where she performs under the name of “Angel” unbeknownst to everyone except her roommate who is also her co-worker on her day job. After catching her boyfriend (who also happened to be the CEO of the company that she works for) cheating on her, she gets unlawfully fired and gets blacklisted on almost every corporate company in Seattle, Washington. Heartbroken by this, she decided to accept one of the private dances later that night for the club owner’s friend and breaks her own rule of strictly not sleeping with a client. And it was a rule worth breaking... Henry Alexander “Lex” Moore is the CEO and founder of Moore Industries. A widower of six years, his focus had only been in the company and his young adoptive daughter Rosella and his friends kept pushing him to loosen up and have fun ever since his wife had died of ovarian and breast cancer. He reluctantly had given in on his 46th birthday, with one of his friends booking him a private dance with one of the most sought after girls of the club, Angel. And it was the best birthday he’s had in recent years. And ever since that night, Angel never left his mind... What if the pair met again unexpectedly in a new and different environment where she is his newly hired secretary?

Maxine A. K. A Max John's is a senior at St John's. She doesn't believe in love nor in mysteries or fate. Her spiritual being feels threatened. For some reason she sometimes dreams about a mystical girl she has never met. She is abused at home, she fights for survival and dignity, but is oblivious of who she really is and where she comes from, or what she'll become. Her existence was declined eon years ago. What if she has a bigger purpose....what if her past caught up with her long ago but never realized it? Until….. Maya is a known kindergarten teacher, she has to start teaching at St Johns. She is a princess in a land oblivious to mankind. Her people are escapees of descendants of a world one can wish to be part of. A city where no man lives. She was chosen to lead her people but doesn't want to. She runs away to live amongst humans. She always wanted to be free and choose her own life, and lover. She dreams about a young girl. She never questioned why? Until...... All calls they return to their homes, humanity is at stake, and they are the only ones to fight who was coming, what had been going on eons ago? What will they do? Duck, or dive?

We all have seen woman under the ruthless mafia but what if a little girl emerging from mafia leads her self army? Eva is a twenty year old woman playful and the most interesting woman in her college. She is sweet and vibrant living a beautiful life but has extraordinary powers. Her father earns a living by taking contracts for various crimes and Eva was dragged into the business. Damon, twenty five year old was the man leading his father's business and is considered the most powerful man of the country. However, he is ruthless and there is no second chance for anyone crossing his way. What will happen when Eva will encounter Damon in an evil fight? Who will survive the second chance? Will Eva lose her morality? Damon and Eva, after knowing each other Eva finds a way to encounter her revenge. She is a secretive serial killer with blood in her head. Damon however, secretly wipes her sin after she completes her work. The thrill carrying both of them on the roller coaster of sins and love will describe how Damon unlocks Eva from her cruel stones heart. However, by the time you will reach the seventieth chapter, you will find that Eva has lost her cruel memory. She turns into becoming an innocent lady living the princess life with Damon. You will now watch Eva becoming an innocent girl who hates to study and seeks love, a girl with no goal but with high teenage emotional drama. What will happen when Damon finds that she no more the woman he loved? What will happen when the reborn child in her would experience that Eva was once a serial killer. Will Eva regret her life or will she ever forgive Damon?

The story follows a group of six terrified passengers trapped on a speeding train driven by a greedy Shinigami who make an offer in exchange for their lives. He gave us six different rings that represent their irrational fears as they faced their painful confrontation of the past. If they can succeed to overcome it, the Shinigami will set them free but if their fears swallow them up he will collect each of the souls and deliver it to hell. The passengers are headed by Senior Team Captain of Men’s Volleyball; William followed by a geek guy named Travis, Stefanie a fragile genius student, newly-hired fashion stylist Belinda, Brendan a college professor, and Paris an ambitious and perfectionist Architect. Without any choice, they are forced to make a deal with the Shinigami and wore those rings for the rest of their journey. Driven by monstrous intention, the Shinigami took advantage of their fears to control each one of them to fight their own battle as they experienced hallucinations through going back to their memories. Each memory and close encounter gave them a near-death experience that cost much of their lives. As their journey twisted in different events, it gave them a shocking revelation of finding oneself and turning back to God to repent for their sins.

Who wants to become a replacement in someone else wedding day? Anthony Enriquez has a long history of failed relationships until it was concluded with a marriage but all of a sudden, the bride ran away with another man at the very last minute. Gretchen Kennedy is a modern-day Cinderella who was forced to escape from humiliation of her nasty step sisters and harassment from her step-father. Trying to seek safety and refuge, she went as far as Mexico. The two brokenhearted people yet single at the moment accidentally met in Mexico. Anton and Gretchen never imagined themselves being forced to marry a total stranger as a replacement bride and groom for that once in a lifetime special occasion any man and woman could ever dream of. The two imperfect people were matched by fate to make them believe that love at first sight and marriage can really happen. However, after consuming the first hundred days together, they made a serious decision to face the giant in their own lives. How will Anton and Gretchen forget the memory of their perfect replacement marriage? Will they accept the challenge of a real married life or remain single forever?

Laureffaine Epstein, a twenty-six year old Lead Warrior She-Wolf of The Blue Lake Creek Pack. Not your average were woman but she still wants to be the Luna of The Blue Lake Creek Pack. But no, Alpha Xavier Lambeth already has a chosen mate so Laureffaine settles as his mistress and is just waiting for Xavier who happens to also be her best friend to leave his Luna for her. But now her dreams can't come to reality because she found her true fated mate, the rarest thing in the world of shifters today. She should be happy and want him. Firstly because the mate bond is rare and secondly she would be having one of the best things in life, the love of a true mate but she doesn't want it. Because her mate is something they all thought was a myth, something she couldn't bring herself to accept. He was Lupus de Algerenéé, The Rogue Alpha.

In a romantic triangle of good and bad, it's hard to tell who's good and who's bad. Lizzy Ewing is caught in a romantic triangle between two enemies: the handsome vampire, Nevi, and the hunky supernatural handler, Geoffrey. A supernatural handler herself, Lizzy must choose between Nevi and Geoffrey. One wants to be with her for all the right reasons, one does not. Will she discover who is who before the bad destroys the good?

Fatima Jane Robles, whenever she's with people, she only shows them her faked and staged smiles. She was running away from the past, but the past kept on hunting her. She was silently battling all her struggles alone. Her smiles may be faked and staged because of a different level of pain she felt, she still managed to feel real happiness because of the one man named Vishnu Lloyd Conception. Whenever the both of them were together, enjoying each other's company, especially in bed, she always gives him her genuine smiles. And, her smile never fails to caught him off guard. And as the saying goes, 'love comes in so many ways'. Until one day, she just realised that she already had fallen for him. But the thing is, it was too late.

A very deep loss for the Syailendra family. Never imagined before, the death of her only brother was right on the birthday of her brother. When all eyes were fixed on Michael who was cutting his birthday cake, suddenly a gunshot boomed at the scene of the ongoing event, everyone panicked seeing the Michael who was limply covered in blood.One year waiting for the uncertain results regarding who killed her brother, Miska Aluna Syailendra is determined to find out for himself who killed her brother. Even the police have closed the case of her brother's death without knowing who is behind the case of her brother's death.Looking for evidence of whether her brother had any enemies during this time, Miska looked at her brother's phone call history hoping she would get proof. In the midst of searching for the perpetrator of her brother's shooting, Miska was kidnapped by the hired person who shot her brother. Trying to find help, she finally managed to retrieve one of the cellphones of the person who kidnapped him. Miska tried to contact her family but not a single call was answered, so she calling the police station to save her from the kidnappers. In the middle of the rescue process, Miska felt an unnatural feeling when she saw the figure of the police forcefully fighting the kidnappers. Miska tried to get rid of her feelings for the policeman who saved her who she knew was named Randy Pramono, finally she tried to explain to Randy so that she could help her reveal her brother's death.