Quintessential Quintuplets Nino

Nasya, seorang ibu tunggal dengan empat anak dari tiga mantan suami yang berbeda, merasa hidupnya tak pernah sepi dari kericuhan. Setiap hari adalah tantangan baru yang penuh kekacauan, mulai dari mengurus Dylan si anak sulung yang serius seperti ayahnya, Chaka dan Chiki si kembar yang tak kenal lelah, hingga si bungsu Nino yang meleng sedikit saja bisa membuat seluruh rumah hancur. Di tengah hiruk-pikuk hidupnya, Nasya berusaha keras untuk tetap tegar. Setelah tiga kali gagal dalam pernikahan—dari seorang workaholic gila kerja, influencer obsesif konten, hingga aktor sinetron drama yang sibuk, Nasya mulai meragukan bahwa kebahagiaan sejati akan datang untuknya. Namun, di balik layar, Bima Aryasetya—mantan suami pertamanya dan ayah dari Dylan—tak pernah benar-benar melupakan Nasya. Setelah bertahun-tahun berlalu, Bima akhirnya menyadari bahwa mengabaikan Nasya dan memilih pekerjaannya di atas keluarganya adalah kesalahan fatal. Ia pernah menganggap enteng kebutuhan Nasya akan perhatian, bahkan membiarkan keluarganya merendahkan istrinya tanpa pernah membela. Kini, penyesalan menghantuinya setiap kali ia merindukan momen bersama Dylan—anak yang kini lebih dekat dengan Nasya daripada dirinya. Bima ingin memperbaiki semuanya, tapi setelah semua luka yang ia tinggalkan, apakah Nasya masih mau memberinya kesempatan?

Zelena Artemis Caitlin Harris is a typical girl who loves her family so much. Dahil para sa kaniya, pamilya ang dapat na inuuna nino man. Kahit pa ang ibig sabihin nito ay ibenta niya ang sarili niya sa iba para lamang masuportahan ang kaniyang ina, at dalawang nakababatang kapatid. Si Zeno Black ay isang binatang bilyonaryo at kinatatakutan ng lahat. He's a ruthless, wicked Mafia Boss, and he is the boss of a mafia group called the Blacks. Everything was fine until Zelena came to Zeno's club, and free herself for a night. Pero paggising niya kinaumagahan, isang estranghero ang tumambad sa kanyang mukha. Hindi rin naman maikakailang sa una nilang pagkikita ay nagkagusto sa kanya ang binata. At dahil doon, naisipan ni Zeno ang isang kakaibang bagay. Ang gawing playmate sa kama si Zelena na nakita niya sa bar. And Zelena always deem na wala lang ang nangyari sa kanila, but everything will takes place as she start unraveling the truth about her life, and his dad who was killed when she was a child. Little did she know na ang pagkikita nila ng lalaki ang tuluyang magpapabago sa buhay niya. Because Zeno's father was the one who killed her dad, and what upsets her more is Zeno hid it to her, but despite of that she believes him. But no, everything was just a plan, a mafia group called Dritt Organization planned it all. All the killings were their doing, they set up everything--from start to finish. And when Zelena and Zeno knew it, they start eliminating the group, they start working together. Once and for all, all the beginnings has an ending, for some is a tragic ending, but on their love story, it is magically a happy ending.

The things we want are so very rarely the things we need. Clifton Heights, a modest Adirondack town, offers many unique attractions. Arcane Delights sells both paperbacks and hard-to-find limited editions. The Skylark Diner serves the best home-cooked meals around, with friendly service and a smile. Every August, Mr. Jingo’s County Fair visits, to the delight of children and adults. In essence, Clifton Heights is the quintessential small American town. Everyone knows everyone else, and everyone is treated like family. It is quiet, simple, and peaceful. But shadows linger here. Flitting in dark corners, from the corner of the eye. If you walk down Main Street after dark, the slight scrape of shoes on asphalt whispers you're not alone, but when you look over your shoulder, no one is there. The moon shines high and bright in the night sky, but instead of throwing light, it only seems to make the shadows lengthen. Children disappear. Teens run away. Hunters get lost in the woods with frightening regularity. Husbands go mad, and wives vanish in the dead of night. And still, when the sun rises in the morning, you are greeted by townspeople with warm waves and friendly smiles, and the shivers pass as everything seems fresh and new... Until night falls once more. Handy's Pawn and Thrift sits several blocks down from Arcane Delights. Like any thrift store, its wares range from the mundane to the bizarre. By daylight, it seems just another slice of small town Americana. But in its window hangs a sign which reads: We Have Things You Need. And when a lonely traveling salesman comes looking for something he desperately wants, after normal visiting hours, after night has fallen, he will face a harsh truth among the shelves of Handy’s Pawn and Thrift: the things we want are rarely the things we need. ©️ Crystal Lake Publishing