Skeleton Soldier Novel

Di Balik Tirai adalah kisah perjuangan seorang ibu, Maria Lestari, dalam melarikan diri dari belenggu kekerasan rumah tangga dan jejaring kejahatan tersembunyi. Setelah bertahun-tahun terjebak dalam hubungan penuh kontrol dan kekerasan bersama suaminya, Rizal Pratama, Maria akhirnya memutuskan untuk melarikan diri bersama kedua anaknya, Putri dan Arif. Kehidupan baru mereka dimulai di Desa Harmoni, sebuah tempat yang tenang dan jauh dari kota. Di sana, Maria bertemu Dewi, tetangga yang menjadi sahabat sekaligus pendukung utamanya. Dengan bantuan Dewi, Maria membangun bisnis kecil menjahit yang memberinya kekuatan ekonomi dan kepercayaan diri. Namun, kedamaian itu tidak bertahan lama. Rizal yang obsesif kembali muncul, menyebarkan teror melalui pesan-pesan anonim dan bayang-bayang pengawasan. Situasi kian memburuk saat Maria mengetahui bahwa Rizal terlibat dalam organisasi kriminal bernama Lingkaran Hitam, jaringan gelap yang menguasai banyak lini kehidupan dari bisnis hingga politik. Dengan dukungan Farhan, seorang detektif idealis, Maria terlibat dalam penyelidikan berbahaya yang membawanya pada rahasia besar dan kejahatan lintas negara. Di tengah ketegangan dan pelarian, Maria tidak hanya menghadapi musuh eksternal, tetapi juga harus melawan rasa takut dan trauma dalam dirinya. Ia menyadari bahwa untuk benar-benar bebas, ia harus menghancurkan sistem yang mengurungnya, bukan hanya melarikan diri darinya. Di Balik Tirai adalah kisah tentang keberanian, ketangguhan, dan harapan. Sebuah perjalanan seorang ibu dalam melindungi anak-anaknya, membebaskan diri dari masa lalu, dan menantang kekuasaan gelap yang ingin mengendalikannya. Sebuah cermin tentang kekuatan perempuan dalam menghadapi dunia yang keras.

"Jangan pernah memaksa seseorang untuk bisa menjadi yang diharapkan. Akan tetapi, biarkan dia berfikir untuk bisa menjadi lebih baik. Karena yang serius akan berubah sendirinya tanpa di minta apalagi dipaksa!" - Bhalendra Alaska Arlic ___ "Lo mau ngapain? Mau tetap bertahan? Sampai kapan, menunggu setan berubah menjadi malaikat, cinta itu cuma omong kosong Alaska, kecuali beneran jatuh di orang yang tepat!" -Johannes Azka Ini tentang Alaska, yang berkali-kali dipatahkan namun tetap bangkit dan berusaha terlihat kuat. Tentang cinta yang tak pernah bahagia, semua akan baik-baik saja jika seandainya ia tak pernah merasakan sebuah rasa cinta. Pertemuannya dengan Yesaya, tidak membuat perubahan apa-apa, melainkan sakit hati trauma yang sangat lama. Namun, saat kehadiran new person. Apakah Alaska bisa untuk membuka pintu hatinya lagi?

"Bu, aku bisa pinjam uang dua ratus ribu buat modal usaha?" ucapku pada ibu mertua. "Kamu hanya tamat SMP bisa apa? Sekarang ke dapur dan kerjakan semua pekerjaan rumah!" Semenjak suamiku kecelakaan dan kakinya diamputasi, kami diperlakukan terhina seperti pembantu. Kehilangan pekerjaan seperti benalu di rumah ibu kandungnya. Hinaan dari keluarga suami bagaikan makanan sehari-hari. Akan tetapi, jika terus berusaha dan belajar, tak ada yang tidak mungkin. Begitulah yang aku lakukan hingga bisa menulis novel online di beberapa aplikasi, sehingga menghasilkan banyak uang. Bagaimana sikap mereka yang menghina setelah tahu aku punya penghasilan sendiri dengan kondisi hanya tamat SMP?

Laura Azzahra Alibasyah, seorang gadis remaja yang terlahir dari keluarga harmonis. Namun, dimasa lalu terjadi suatu insiden yang menyebabkan Laura kehilangan ingatannya serta mengubah keseluruhan dari tatanan kehidupan Laura. Kepribadiannya yang sangat ceria, seketika berubah menjadi dingin. Laura berusaha untuk mendapatkan kembali ingatannya sekaligus mencari jawaban atas kebencian sang bunda pada dirinya. Dalam perjalanan kehidupan Laura, ia bertemu dengan sosok Rafael yang mengajarinya tentang arti kehidupan. Tapi, siapa sangka jika mereka dipermainkan oleh takdir. Apakah Laura bisa mendapatkan kembali ingatannya? Dan apa yang akan ia lakukan jika berhasil mendapatkan ingatan itu? Baca lika-liku kehidupan Laura dalam novel Not Allone.

What are you going to do if your husband forgot about you? Would you introduce yourself to him as his wife and make him remember you or would you just rather hide from him and just love him from afar? ****** After months of getting to know each other, the billionaire Gregorio "Greg" Iverson Buenaventuri and the love of his life, First Lieutenant Nickandra Nicole Villegas decided to get married. Pero matapos lang ang seremonyas ng kanilang kasal ay may isang trahedyang nangyari na naging dahilan upang mawala ang mga alaala ni Greg at upang ilang taon silang mawalay mula sa isa't-isa. Maalala pa kaya ni Greg ang kanyang asawa? Hanapin pa kaya ni Nickandra si Greg? O hahayaan na lang nila ang kanilang mga buhay na magpatuloy kahit hindi na sa piling ng isa't-isa?

Nakidnap si Alyssa, isang kilalang aktres-model sa hindi niya malamang dahilan. Nang makakakita siya ng pagkakataon, nagawa niyang makatakas mula sa mga kumidnap sa kanya. Sa kanyang pagtakas, napadpad siya sa isang isla. Doon niya nakilala si Mark. Si Mark ay isang military man. Iyon ang buong akala ni Alyssa tungkol sa binata. Ngunit hindi pala. Ang pagkatao pala nito ay nababalot ng isang sikreto. Sikreto na noon lang muli mauungkat. Sino ba talaga si Mark? Ano kaya ang sikreto sa likod ng pagkatao nito? Magiging hadlang kaya ang sikretong ito sa namumuong pagmamahalan sa pagitan ni Alyssa at Mark?

Trinity was on top of the world, the queen of queens. But the next thing she knew, ay dinukot na siya ng masasamang loob at ngayon ay pagsasamantalahan pa. She heard his voice and remembered him from the pool party. Nagpakilala itong Red, at ganoon din ang naririnig niyang tawag ng mga kasamahan nito dito. He began to touch her in all the areas where she had never allowed anyone to touch. He started kissing her neck as he slid his burning hands inside her panties. Her screams and cries were gagged. Hindi niya alam kung guni-guni niya lang ba, pero parang narinig niya itong bumulong ng "I'm sorry", sa gitna ng mga kahayupan nito. She was blindfolded, and from the dirty talks and sickening laughter around her, she could tell that what is happening right now, is not a private. She had lost track kung ilang beses siyang inangkin ng rapist niya. She was rescued, but her life will never be the same. Lalo na nang malaman niyang nagdadalang-tao siya. Itinakwil siya ng pamilya niya dahil sa kahihiyan. Makalipas ang limang taon, siya na ngayon si Jade Contemplacion. Malayo sa buhay na kinagisnan niya, tahimik silang namuhay ng anak na si JM sa eskwater ng Tondo. Ngunit nabago ang lahat nang makilala niya ang fiance ng ate niya...na walang iba kundi si Brigader General Juan Miguel Enriquez, na mas kilala sa defense force call sign nitong 'Red'. She was ready to hate him all her life. Pero paano niya gagawin iyon kung paunti- unti nitong pinapatunayang mali ang lahat ng assumptions niya dito noon? That he could, in fact, be the husband-material type and a good father? Will Jade be able to forgive the man who ruined her life and actually let herself fall in love with him?

Tamara, the mafia's gem! But in real life, isa lang siyang walang kwentang tao na ipinadala sa mafia's underground world para patayin ang pinuno ng mga mafia group kasama na ang lider ng Devil's Angel Mafia Organization. Hanggang sa muling magtagpo ang landas niya at ng mga taong nagpadala sa kaniya sa mafia's world. Sa pagkakataong ito, kalaban na ang turing nila sa kaniya. Sa gitna ng panganib at kalituhan, isang alagad ng batas, sa katauhan ni Lt. Andrei Montillano, ang maninindigan upang iligtas siya sa bingit ng kamatayan. Dahil sa ginawa ni Andrei, ituturing siyang bayani ni Tamara. Subalit lingid sa kaalaman ng dalaga, pagbabayarin siya ng bilyonaryong binata sa kamatayan ng ama nito na minsan ay naging target niya sa isang misyon. Ngunit paano kung sa huli'y kapwa sila mahulog sa kumunoy ng mapaglarong pag-ibig? Handa ba nilang kalimutan ang poot sa kanilang mga puso alang-alang sa nanganganib nilang anak? May halaga ba ang salitang pagmamamahal sa dalawang taong handang ipaglaban ang prinsipyo at katarungan kung pareho na silang natutupok sa apoy ng galit?

It was a bad idea. She knew it but she had no choice. After finding herself penniless after the death of her parents who nevertheless had a good fortune, Rose had no other idea than to loot the trunk of her old house to pay for her little sister's treatment. Anyway, it wasn't a theft because nobody knows about this safe... The house was empty because it was for sale, she was going to sneak in and she would never set foot there again. It was a perfect idea... When she entered the house, she suspected that there was someone but she persisted and continued... -Who are you? What are you doing at my house? She was so relieved that no one had touched her money so she hadn't even heard the footsteps... She turned to see a man...a man with a mask covering half his face. .. Frightened, she did not expect that this night could change her life... -I'll let you take your trunk and I'll offer you double more so that you serve as my escort, for one night... Rose could not understand such a proposal. However, she had no choice...

When Lucas lips touches hers, ay di akalain ni Alethea na mawiwindang siya. Sa sarap ng halik nito. She almost enjoy every kiss but the sad reality is she is not the real wife. Nagpanggap lang siya para sa ate niya. Who supposed to be the real wife! He brought her to his private Island for their honeymoon! Yet she was enjoying being Lucas Raccini's wife. His sweet gestures, when he bullies her at ang pagiging komportable nila sa isat-isa. Every second of that borrowed moment, even giving her whole body and mind to Lucas wholeheartedly. Without thinking about the future. But walang sekretong hindi nabubunyag and Lucas finds out the truth.. He was mad at her,And choose to be with Adira who is perfect match for him and his real wife. Gusto man niyang maging patas pero ang puso niya ay nagsusumigaw, that she fell in love with Lucas she knows na hindi naman mapupunta sakanya. So she escaped nakipag relasyon siya sa iba,just to forget him at nagtago siya at kahit ang paggamit ng droga ay sinubukan niya just to forget about him. But when she never succeeds Lucas is a cyberpunk! Natunton nito ang kinalalagyan niya, it takes control of all the CCTV's at ngayon ay wala na siyang kawala, he brought her home to her parents Lucas was glaring at her, even accusing her na may karelasyon siyang iba, samantalang lobo na ang tiyan ng ate niya.How dare he flirt and kiss her even bringing her home !