Upik Abu Cinderella

Lauretta Blythe, terpaksa menjalani kehidupan bak Cinderella di karakter Disney. Ibu tirinya bilang, ia akan dibawa pergi oleh Pangeran berkuda putih seperti di negeri dongeng. Namun bukan seorang Pangeran yang Lauretta dapat, melainkan sosok monster berwajah tampan dengan iris mata kehijauan yang meneduhkan. Bernama Elderick Calderon Matthew. Ketua komplotan mafia bertopeng yang dikenal kejam oleh seluruh penjuru negara. Masa lalu kelam mengikat mereka seperti takdir benang merah. Ingin melepas, namun Lauretta sudah terlanjur jatuh hati dengan monster penuh kekurangan itu. Lauretta pun diharuskan menerima kenyataan pahit yang menyakitinya. Mungkinkah kisah klasik itu berakhir bahagia dengan kisah cinta yang rumit? Haruskah merelakan?

Cinderella Margaux Velasquez loathes Alessandro Maven Villantura, the first interactive activity they had way back in kindergarten. She never liked being next to him in the class seating arrangement, especially during recognition programs—her as the salutatorian and Aven as the irreplaceable valedictorian of their batch. At the beginning of their senior year, Cindy was relieved knowing that Aven didn't take the same strand she took but unfortunately she was never lucky. ABM and STEM students of their batch have to share in one classroom for the reason that both strands have the least number of students. Admins decided to save the spacious classroom for the other strands that need it more than them so yes, she still has to spend her senior years next to Aven as usual. Cindy's hatred towards Aven grows as time flies but then that stupid senior ball happened.

Morning Star was a name she coined for herself to show those who looked down on her that she could make it. Denise didn't know why her own family hated her but that aside, she didn't care that they threw her out. She is strong, she is a fighter. She will make all of them bow at her feet. She isn't scared. She is even happy that they threw her out because it was this that gave her the chance to meet her knight in shining armour. He will do all it takes to take revenge for her and help her stand at the top of the world. She not only has beat but brains too. She is not your normal Cinderella waiting for her Prince Charming. No. She is a knight on her own beside her knight. Together, they are a force that can't be reckoned with.

Di kehidupan sebelumnya, Maya Asraf menikah dengan seorang "suami tak kasat mata". Di hari dia bersalin, Maya mengalami perdarahan hebat hingga koma. Namun, panggilan teleponnya ke Howard Bandri tak pernah diangkat. Setelah dokter menyadarkannya, dengan tangan gemetar dia menandatangani sendiri surat persetujuan operasi. Saat anak-anaknya demam tinggi hingga 40 derajat, Howard tetap tidak menampakkan batang hidungnya. Maya pun menggendong anaknya sendirian ke rumah sakit. Penjagaan selama tiga hari tiga malam, membuatnya sangat letih hingga jatuh pingsan di lorong. Di hari orang tuanya meninggal karena kecelakaan, Howard masih tidak ada. Ketika dia membawa pulang kotak abu kedua orang tuanya, pamannya langsung menamparnya dan mencaci-maki dirinya yang tidak becus menjaga hati suami. Akibatnya, orang tuanya meninggal dengan tidak tenang karena menantu mereka tidak hadir di saat terakhir. Hingga pada usia lima puluh delapan tahun, kanker stadium akhir merenggut sisa hidupnya.

Hutan kelam menyimpan berbagai misteri. Meminta pengorbanan setiap setahun sekali. Opelia menjadi tumbal untuk hutan kelam. Di hutan Opelia memohon untuk diberikan keberuntungan, dan keberuntungan itu terwujud dengan menikahi manusia serigala. Opelia berganti nama menjadi Guinea, mengkhianati suamianya dengan menikah dengan orang yang dicintainya. Enzo manusia serigala baik yang berubah menjadi ganas saat mengetahui hal ini. Enzo langsung membunuh istrinya dengan taringnya sendiri dan menyebabkan kekacauan. Dikurung selama seabad lebih, Enzo dikeluarkan oleh seorang gadis beranjak dewasa bernama Grizell keturunan bangsawan yang tinggal di kastil. Grizell menjadi penyelamat sementara Enzo sebelum kembali pada istrinya Guinea. Istri Enzo, Guinea kembali hidup dan menjadi vampir. Guinea bersumpah akan balas dendam pada Enzo yang membunuh Anderson suami yang dicintainya hingga Enzo merasakan hal yang lebih pedih dibandingkan kematian. "Matilah menjadi abu bersama majikanmu!”

Definisi cinta itu buta memang benar adanya. Ya, Aletta merasakannya sendiri. Sosok Pangeran yang hampir empat tahun dia idam-idamkan ternyata tidak sebaik dan seramah Pangeran di dongeng anak-anak. Tetapi, apa salahnya kalau Aletta tetap mengharapkan dirinya menjadi Cinderella dalam kehidupan nyata. Aletta terlalu buta untuk melihat kekurangan dari Satria. Tak perduli seburuk apapun dia, Aletta akan tetap mencintainya. Kebutaannya dalam pesona Satria membuat Aletta tak melihat lagi apa yang ada di sekitarnya. Termasuk kehadiran Raka Adelio. Laki-laki yang memang sejak dulu menyimpan perasaan khusus pada Aletta. Tetapi, apa jadinya kalau kebahagiaan yang begitu Aletta impi-impikan selama ini justru malah menjadi bencana bagi dirinya sendiri dan keluarganya?

You know those movies we watch as teens, how the handsome billionaire CEO bachelor falls in love with the average looking Cinderella, who is struggling to make ends meet. How the universe brings them together despite the circumstances of their different worlds. Don't you always wondered how it happens? Or if it actually works in real life? Two people falling in love despite been world's apart. When a child you donated blood to as an infant, identifies you as his mother fours year later. What would you do? Well, that's the beginning of my rollercoaster journey on how I met my very own prince charming, oh I'm sorry he's not that sweet prince charming you're imagining but he is a hot, steaming billionaire. Follow me on my journey on finding my handsome billionaire CEO.

I wasn't worried at all when my mother set me up with her best friend's son and forced me to marry him. I feel like I can handle all that well. Especially if my future husband is a rich billionaire who is very handsome and also successful. Ahh, I feel like a Cinderella who got the husband of a prince on a white horse. But... my dreams just shattered after I experienced the complex household problems that I was facing. Starting from a weird husband, his strange habits, and his first love problems that suddenly appear and complicate our marriage relationship. I felt trapped in the complexities of my domestic relationship with my husband. I'm desperate and I feel I can't handle all these problems well. And just as I was about to step back, I discovered the fact that I was pregnant and I would never be able to leave my strange husband.

This isn't your typical Cinderella or damsel in distress tale. Briella served as the CEO of Star Airlines. Beautiful, successful, and badass. Despite her wealth, her parents never loved her as much as they did Sage, her step-sister. Sage wasn't particularly bright. She spent her parents' money and manipulated them to get what she wanted, but she was still the most loved. Sage was engaged to be married to a business tycoon with operations all over the world. A day before the wedding, she changed her mind. Why? She didn't want to marry him because she had found someone better. Briella had to step in and be the bride because their parents and Kendrick's parents refused to cancel the wedding. Was she willing to spend her life with someone she'd never met? When Kendrick's wife loses her memories of him, the tables are turned. Will his efforts be fruitful?

"Setiap bertemu dengannya rasa haus akan cinta begitu menggebu terlebih ketika tatapan tajam dari sorot abu itu seakan menelanjangiku. Hell ya! Leonard adalah standar fantasi liar yang nyata bagiku."-Shirley Eve Miller. "Bersama Christian aku merasakan kehangatan juga perhatian yang dalam, terlebih saat menatap netra biru terangnya yang menyejukkan seakan tatapannya memelukku erat."-Arabelle Lynn Stewart. ** Arabelle atau Eve adalah satu orang yang sama dengan terpaksa harus menjalani dua kehidupan berbeda akibat ulah yang dibuat oleh adik tirinya -Kimber- Dua kehidupan juga dua profesi yang dipikir bersifat sementara itu, nyatanya malah membuatnya terjebak di antara Hugo bersaudara yang sama-sama menginginkan dirinya dalam wujud yang berbeda. Ara yang manis dan sederhana sangat disukai oleh si Charming CEO-Christian Hugo, sedangkan Eve yang seksi dan elegan begitu menarik perhatian seorang model tampan-Leonard Hugo. Lantas siapakah yang Ara pilih? Apakah ia akan menjadi Eve bersama Leon atau tetap menjadi Ara bersama Christian? o0o