Real Ali Lee

Gaffi dikenal sebagai sosok guru SMP yang alim dan senantiasa menjaga batasan diri dengan yang bukan mahramnya. Namun, suatu malam, Gaffi tak sengaja bertemu dengan Faezya yang dalam kondisi mabuk di jalanan. Takut perempuan itu menjadi korban kejahatan, Gaffi akhirnya menolong dan membawa pulang Faezya ke rumahnya dengan bantuan Zaki—sahabatnya. Hanya saja, pertemuan singkat tersebut ternyata membawa dampak begitu besar bagi Gaffi. Faezya terus saja mondar-mandir dalam pikirannya! Hal ini membuat Gaffi memutuskan untuk melamar dan menikahi Faezya. Sayang, pernikahan mereka tidak berjalan dengan mulus. Kesabaran Gaffi benar-benar diuji karena Faezya masih muda dan belum berpikir dewasa. Lantas bagaimana nasib si guru alim menghadapi istrinya tersebut?

Donny Wijaya, seorang Dokter umum di salah satu Rumah Sakit ternama di Jakarta. Kesibukannya membuat dirinya tak mengenal wanita mana pun selama lima tahun ini semenjak istrinya meninggal. Keinginan orang tuanya yang memang menginginkan Donny untuk membawa Ibu baru bagi Aliza pun tak digubrisnya. Bahkan anak semata wayangnya pun sempat mengajukan keinginan untuk mempunyai Ibu Baru. Hingga suatu ketika, Steffi Maharani, seorang perawat cantik bermata coklat dan sangat mirip dengan mendiang istrinya. Steffi mampu membuat hati dan pikiran Donny menjadi gamang. Akankah Donny akan meminta Steffi untuk menjadi Mama baru bagi Aliza dan berusaha mencintainya? Ataukah dia tetap setia dengan mendiang istrinya dengan tetap menjadi duda?

Terjebak selama lima tahun dalam pernikahan patriarki yang menyesakkan, Shanum tak lebih dari sekadar alat pemuas nafsu bagi suaminya yang egois menggunakan tubuhnya tanpa pernah peduli pada kepuasan atau rasa sakit istrinya. Hingga Prana—mantan kekasih masa kuliah yang kini menjadi dokter spesialis kesuburan muncul sebagai penyewa di lantai dua rumahnya. Haruskah aku menunjukkan caranya?” Jari Prana menekan titik paling sensitif Shanum. “Inilah yang seharusnya dilakukan suamimu sebelum menyentuhmu,” bisik Prana parau.

When my dad was still alive, my stepmother and stepsister treated me kindly, but everything changed after he passed away. They constantly tormented me, starved me, and made me do chores. I endured it for a long time because they would lock me in the house when they left, so I couldn't escape. But one day, they forgot to lock the gate, and I didn't waste the opportunity. I ran away from home, not knowing where I was going, until I met my husband-to-be, who was strict and cold, but his child was kind. I didn't regret being with them, but everything changed when his child's mother came back, and our peaceful life started to unravel.

Hero and Lyra are more than just friends... In the morning, Lyra Semana is a very strict professor to Hero, her outspoken and handsome student in Business Law and Policy. In the evenings, Hero Agpalza is a very demanding superior to Lyra, his smart and seductive "Business Consultant". They never planned their relationship to be like this but it had to happen for both their sakes and sanity. Lyra needs to help Hero stop a ruthless and unknown killer who intends to take over his family's business. Meanwhile, Hero needs to financially support the hospitalization of Lyra's parents and save her from a very dangerous and obsessive ex. Will all these issues find a way to make them realize their love for each other or will they end up being alone and apart instead? Or even worse... dead. ---------- Check out my interview with GoodNovel here: https://tinyurl.com/y23rvs6n

Pernikahan sudah berjalan tiga tahun, tetapi istriku yang seorang pilot sudah 18 kali membatalkan rencana pendaftaran pernikahan kami. Yang pertama, karena pemuda yang dimentorinya melakukan uji terbang. Aku menunggunya seharian penuh di depan kantor catatan sipil. Yang kedua, saat di tengah jalan, dia menerima telepon dari pemuda yang dimentorinya itu. Kemudian, dia tiba-tiba berbalik arah dan menurunkanku begitu saja di pinggir jalan. Setelah itu, setiap kali aku dan dia berjanji untuk mendaftarkan pernikahan, pemuda yang dimentorinya itu selalu saja mengalami berbagai masalah. Akhirnya, aku memutuskan untuk pergi meninggalkannya. Namun, tepat di saat aku melangkah naik ke pesawat menuju Nevora, dia justru mengejarku sampai ke sana seperti orang gila.

“Are you going to treat me like the enemy?” Raffaele asked, hovering over me like a predator. “You are the enemy,” I sneered. He smiled. “Careful. You’re hurting my feelings.” “I hope I can hurt much more than that.” His eyes darkened. “You forget—I’m the one who can break you.” I vowed never to give my heart to a man. Never let one bend me. Never let one own me. Then a single night changed everything. When my best friend became a target, I took her place and caught the attention of the most dangerous man in the city. Raffaele, My friend's older brother, wasn’t supposed to see me. We were never meant to meet but the moment his eyes locked on mine, I became his new obsession. I don’t bend and he doesn't let go. Suddenly caught up in a world of blood and power, resisting a man like Raffaele might cost me everything...heart, body, and soul. He wants me, dead or alive.

Kisah cinta dalam cerita ini menceritakan tentang perjuangan seorang wanita yang berusaha mempertahankan rumah tangganya. Poligami dilakukan karena tidak kunjung hadir seorang bayi kecil pada usia pernikahan yang sudah menginjak tahun ke-4. Aljna--tokoh aku dalam cerita ini adalah putri dari seorang Kyai tersohor di Jawa Timur. Nyatanya, menjadi putri pemilik pesantren ternama, tidak lantas membuat kehidupan Alina terbebas dari permasalahan hidup. Rahimnya yang bermasalah, membuat pernikahannya dan sang suami harus mengalami keretakan karena hadirnya seorang madu. Alif suami Alina awalnya menolak keras usulan poligami dari orang tuanya, tapi karena desakan kuat sang ayah, membuat Alif kembali berpikir dan dengan terpaksa memberikan Alina madu untuk mencetak seorang bayi sebagai penerus dirinya kelak. Kyai Fuad, mertua Alina berambisi ingin memiliki cucu, mengingat dia perlu darah daging Alif untuk meneruskan perjuangannya membesarkan nama pesantren yang sudah dia bangun sejak lama dengan bantuan ayah Alina. Bu Nyai Fatma, istri Kyai Fuad awalnya menolak keras usulan poligami itu karena hatinya begitu mencintai Alina yang tidak memiliki celah dalam mengurus keluarga dan pesantren miliknya. Di tengah peliknya masalah hidup Alina atas permintaan Kyai Fuad agar mengijinkan suaminya menikah lagi, Alina yang cerdas memilih madunya sendiri tanpa bisa di ganggu gugat. Berbagai pertanyaan dan penolakan terjadi sebab madunya berasal dari kalangan orang biasa, tentu saja Alina menjadi wanita yang licik, dengan berpikir jika memilih madu dari kalangan keturunan Kyai, posisinya sebagai istri Alif akan mudah tergeser.

Ember never meant to make a king. She was just trying to survive her heat without embarrassing herself in front of the massive, infuriatingly calm wolf living in the loft next door. Ember has spent most of her life keeping people at a distance. She’s stubborn, private, and perfectly happy suffering through things alone—including the inconvenient attraction she’s been pretending not to feel toward Ghost. Ghost notices everything. He notices when Ember skips meals. When she hasn’t slept. When she’s pretending she doesn’t need help. Calm, steady, and impossible to shake, he’s the kind of man who doesn’t push—but also doesn’t leave. Which becomes a problem when a violent storm destroys half of Ember’s apartment and Ghost is the one who drags her out of the wreckage. Suddenly the fiercely independent she-wolf who hates relying on anyone is stuck living next door to the one man she’s been trying not to want. Then Ember’s heat hits. What starts as proximity and stubborn attraction turns into something neither of them expected when their bond snaps fully into place—awakening a long-buried bloodline Ember never knew she carried. For generations, wolves like her were known as Kingmakers—rare mates capable of exposing corruption and keeping pack leadership honest. Twenty years ago, someone tried to wipe them out. Now Ember’s power has awakened. And the quiet city she and Ghost call home—long governed by careful politics instead of true pack leadership—is about to change. Because Ghost never wanted to be an Alpha. But Ember’s bloodline has a habit of exposing exactly the kind of wolf who should be. And Ember might have just made a king.

I have been a keeper of many secrets since I was old enough to know what secrets were. No one knows the truth or the real me. No one knows about the abuse I suffer from my father behind closed doors. No one knows about the cuts and scars I hide from the world. To the outside world, I am your average teenager, but the truth is, I am a broken girl with no one to love her, to see the real sadness in my eyes. I keep it to myself because I want to. It is things I have hidden for years, and no one seems to notice. Until him, Ryland. The new boy in the town. The stranger who sees right through me from the second we meet. We are drawn to one another like a moth to the flame. The more I get to know him, the more I see I am not the only one fighting demons. To start with, he is a pain in my ass, but every day we grow closer, and we become what the other needs. A bond develops between us, one that becomes unbreakable. Neither of us realised that when two broken souls come together, it would be exactly what we needed to help one another heal. He shows me love, something I haven’t had since I lost my mother. I soon learn that just because you are broken doesn’t mean it needs to stay that way. Your past doesn’t need to define you. Possible Trigger Warnings: Physical abuse (It does happen, not often and not in too much detail). Rape, suicide, and self-harm are also mentioned. It doesn’t happen in the book, but it's discussed.