Player Piano

Di hari putraku mengikuti kompetisi piano, aku mengalami kecelakaan mobil dalam perjalanan menuju tempat acara. Aku tidak repot-repot menangani lukaku. Aku berjalan tertatih-tatih dan berhasil tiba tepat di acara pemberian penghargaan. Putraku memenangkan medali emas dan dengan antusias berlari ke arahku. Aku tersenyum dan menundukkan kepalaku, tetapi dia malah berbalik dan menggantungkan medali emas di leher cinta pertama suamiku. Bahkan, suami yang kucintai selama sepuluh tahun itu memasang ekspresi tidak senang. "Lihat apa yang kamu kenakan! Penampilanmu kotor banget. Seperti pengemis!" "Jangan datang ke pesta perayaan anak kita malam ini. Jangan buat dia malu!" Aku tidak menanggapinya dan pergi ke rumah sakit sendirian untuk menangani lukaku. Di tengah hujan lebat, aku berlari kembali ke vila. Namun, aku baru sadar pintu telah terkunci. Aku mengetuk pintu sepanjang malam di tengah hujan lebat. Saat fajar menyingsing, aku mengirim pesan kepada mereka. "Ayo kita bercerai. Sesuai keinginan kalian, kelak aku nggak akan mengganggu kalian lagi."

COVER PHOTO CREDITS: Monique Albatross A nice hockey romance is waiting for you... but it is also full of unexpected twists, action, and happy endings. Nathaniel is a new hockey player from Canada and Valentina is just a sports reporter who hates hockey players...Or so she tells herself... sparks will fly, promises will be made and broken...secrets are getting uncovered... and since we are at it already let's find a happy ending for the whole team, shall we? dive with me into a whole series of hockey love steam and action In the second story you get to know Anabelle and Seth, each of them has a story that could break your heart...but would they heal, or ruin each other? And so much more awaits you...

Scarlet never believed in destiny—until she died. Now bound to a mysterious system, she awakens in the bodies of betrayed women across countless worlds. Her mission is clear: avenge the fallen, slap the traitors, and conquer the hearts of different untouchable men. From an academy ruled by gods in human form to kingdoms dripping in blood and betrayal to glittering cities where power is bought with desire—Scarlet must weave vengeance and temptation into every step she takes. She is no saint. She is no savior. She is the temptress who thrives on revenge, a woman whose charm is as lethal as her kiss. But with every world, every mission, and every heart she wins… Scarlet begins to wonder. Is she the player in this game of fate— Or the one being played?

Fia Romero meets her boyfriends dorm mate, player Wes Hamilton. While Fia has been in a happy and committed three year long relationship, Wes doesn't believe in the idea of committing to someone while you should be exploring your options and having fun. Their friendship grows over what started as a silly idea for Fia to play Wes's match-maker and find him the perfect girl that he thinks is worth the commitment. What started as match-making turned into a fake dating relationship, leading to confused feelings and room-fulls of tension and passion. A little game of playing Cupid turns into something more and maybe the person who has always been the one for you was standing right under your nose the whole time.

Perjodohan dadakan yang diterimanya membuat Ariella bertemu Malkin Winston, pria cacat yang akan menjadi calon suaminya. Melihat kedudukan calon suami yang berkuasa membuat Ariella bertekad akan menjadikan Malkin sebagai pion yang sempurna untuk balas dendamnya. Namun Ariella tidak tau jika rencananya akan terganggu oleh kehadiran kakak Malkin yang terkenal sebagai seorang player, Mederick Winston…. Mederick Winston, kebebasan dan kedewasaan terpancar dari rupanya yang menawan namun dibalik itu semua banyak hal yang Ariella tidak tau tentangnya. Mederick memiliki banyak rahasia, entah bisnis gelapnya, keluarganya atau bagaimana obesesi tersembunyi yang ada padanya.

I was once a famous hockey player back in the day, until my knee was broken beyond repair and I could kiss my career goodbye. Now, I am back home, forced to come back. living on the family ranch, being a farmer along with my brothers, all things I swore I would never do... And then I met her, and for the first time since scoring the last time I was on the ice, my life finally has a meaning again. Because one look at her, and all of my pain and misery was gone in one second. And ever since meeting her, my mind has been set on one thing. Chase her, get her and claim her as mine.

John Aquino, a famous basketball player just met a heartbreak with his six months girlfriend named Kate. Isang buwan din bago tuluyang makalimutan ni John lahat ng sakit na dinulot ng kanyang ex-girlfriend. Sa isang buwan na iyon ay doon niya nakilala ang tauhan ni Julia na bagong kapit-bahay ni John, isang babaeng mabait, disente, at pinapahalagahan ang pamilya. Napakabilis ng pangyayari nang biglang nahulog ang loob ni John sa bagong kapit-bahay niya. Lahat din tayo ay may haharaping problema sa buhay, even the past will hunt us in the future. The thing is, will we let the past hunt us forever, or will we just accept it?

Cody is at the top of his game as an ice hockey player. He's rich, smart and successful. He's also a player and likes the girls. He's not interested in settling down. When his best friend's little sister, Imogen comes back home for the winter vacation things start to change. Imogen can't stand the sight of Cody. He's arrogant, conceited and full of himself and he's a serial dater. On top of that her big brother has sworn her off being allowed to date any of his team mates, especially not Cody. When they find themselves forced together the dynamic changes, emotion and feelings burn through them. Will they give in to their feelings for each other? A powerful story of young adult love, hope and happiness.

Arilyn has always dreamed of escaping Green Hill, leaving behind the pain of her father's abuse and the memories that haunt her. When an unexpected transfer to Riverside University gives her the chance to start over, she seizes it-only to come face-to-face with Xander Hale, her former best friend who vanished from her life without explanation. Xander is no longer the boy she remembers. Now a star hockey player with a sharp edge and a colder heart, he keeps everyone at arm's length. But Arilyn's arrival stirs something in him he thought he'd buried long ago. As the two are forced to confront their shared history, tensions rise, and buried emotions thaw, revealing truths neither expected.

Lyra Kyle, seorang asisten dengan penampilan nerd. Tidak ada yang menarik dari wanita itu selain otaknnya yang sangat cerdas. Bekerja selama lima tahun dengan atasan seorang player cukup membahayakan baginya. Pesona seorang Brian yang tidak dapat ditepis oleh wanita mana pun, terutama olehnya. Hingga di suatu malam yang tak terkira, Lyra mengungkapkan perasaannya. Tanpa pikir panjang, Brian menolak dengan keras, lengkap dengan cacian yang melukai perasaannya. Namun, pada saat itulah bom waktu seakan meledak.Semua berubah, semua rahasia seakan tersingkap, membuat gamang dua hati dan mempermainkannya dalam genggaman takdir.