Yu Bookstore

Disaat kedua orang tuanya menjadi buronan Kerajaan Naga Merah, lahirlah seorang anak bernama Hao Li. Di saat Yu Jing Xi berpikir akhir dari cerita mereka sudah dekat, keberuntungan datang kepada anaknya. Memberikan Hao Li kehidupan yang tidak bisa mereka berdua berikan. Beberapa tahun selang, kehidupan Hao Li hanya sebatas mencari binatang buas sebagai makanan dan bertengkar dengan dua orang yang paling disayangnya. Ketika dia mengira kehidupannya akan sama seperti orang kebanyakan, sebuah kristal berwarna merah gelap dia temukan. Kristal itulah yang membuatnya menjadi jenius dalam sekejap, memiliki bakat tinggi yang menantang surga. Tapi bagaimana jika Kristal yang di dapatkannya hanyalah salah satu pecahan dari sembilan Kristal? Apa yang akan terjadi jika Hao Li menyatukan mereka semua? *** Ini ceritanya, perjalanan dan petualangannya... Saat dia melangkah, jutaan nyawa melayang... Saat pedang di tangannya dia ayunkan, gunung dan lautan terbelah menjadi dua... Hembusan napas dan tatapannya bahkan menakuti para dewa... Dia dikenal sebagai Penakluk Dewa, Maharaja Tertinggi di Empat Benua.

“I was born incapable of love. My hands know only blood. My heart knows only ice. But for you… I would carve out a new soul, even if it kills me.” Alessio “Alec” Moretti rules his city like a god draped in shadow. Cold, ruthless, and untouched by emotion, he’s a mafia boss born from bloodlines and brutality. Psychopath, they whisper incapable of love, addicted only to control. No one defies him. Until Noa Hartmann spits in his face. Noa is everything Alessio doesn’t understand fiercely ,independent, maddeningly fearless, and completely uninterested in bowing to a monster. He’s just a university student working in a dusty bookstore café, trying to survive the same violence that killed his family. But one moment one public act of defiance and Alessio is obsessed. At first, it’s a game. Alessio wants to break him, tame him, make him kneel. But the closer he gets, the more the lines blur. Why does he want to protect Noa? Why does he feel anything at all? What begins as possession becomes something darker, deeper… and far more dangerous. Because monsters don’t love,they consume. And when the past reemerges in the form of a long-lost brother turned rival mafia boss one who blames Alessio’s family for the massacre of Noa’s everything explodes. Noa is caught between two devils: One who stole his life. One who wants to own his heart. With empires collapsing, secrets unraveling, and love bleeding into obsession, Noa and Alessio are forced to face the truth: Some monsters can love. But they will burn the world for it.

Sinopsis: Si Mariecon Guerrero ay isang aspiring writer na ginugugol ang kanyang mga araw sa pagtatrabaho sa isang bookstore at ang kanyang mga gabi sa pagsusulat ng mga kwentong puno ng matinding pag-ibig—mga kwentong kailanman ay hindi niya inakalang mangyayari sa kanya. Ngunit isang kasunduang kasal na orihinal na para sa kanyang pinsan ang aksidenteng napunta sa kanya, kaya’t hindi inaasahan, natagpuan niya ang sarili niyang kasal kay Hydeo Ridge Dela Fuerte—isang makapangyarihan ngunit malamig at walang pusong negosyante. Kailangan ni Hydeo ng isang asawa upang masigurado ang isang napakalaking business deal, at ang dapat sana niyang mapapangasawa ay ang glamorosang pinsan ni Mariecon na si Madeline. Ngunit dahil sa isang pagkakamali sa mga papeles, si Mariecon ang napirmang asawa sa courthouse wedding. Nang matuklasan ang pagkakamali, labis ang gulat niya nang tumanggi si Hydeo na ipa-annul ang kasal—para sa mga dahilan na hindi niya gustong ipaliwanag. Ngayon, natagpuan ni Mariecon ang sarili niyang nakakulong sa isang malamig at kalkuladong kasunduan sa isang lalaking hindi nagbubukas ng kanyang puso. Ngunit habang sinusubukan niyang alamin ang katotohanan sa likod ng kasal na ito, unti-unting nagbabago ang kanilang relasyon. Ang kasal na nagsimula sa obligasyon ay nauwi sa matitinding banggaan ng kalooban, mga lihim na sandali, at isang damdaming hindi nila maitatanggi.

Setiap kali Zhiya terlelap, tubuhnya jatuh ke dunia lain—ke dalam pelukan Lingga, sang raja yang seolah menunggu di ujung antara mimpi dan kematian. Dalam mimpi itu, sentuhannya terasa nyata. Panas. Memabukkan. Seolah maut pun tak mampu memisahkan mereka. Namun cinta di antara dua dunia bukanlah anugerah, melainkan kutukan. Untuk memecahkannya, mereka harus menyatu—dan memilih satu dunia untuk bertahan. Ketika fajar menuntut keputusan, Zhiya tahu… pada akhirnya ia harus kembali ke dunianya. “Apa yang kau inginkan dariku…?” suara Zhiya nyaris tidak terdengar. Lingga menatap wajahnya dari jarak yang begitu dekat hingga Zhiya dapat merasakan panas napasnya menyentuh kulit. “Aku ingin memastikan kau tetap nyata di sini,” bisiknya. “Aku ingin memastikan kau tidak lenyap lagi, Yu Zhiya.” Tangannya menyentuh garis rahang Zhiya, lalu menelusur perlahan ke bawah—hangat, lembut, namun mengandung kekuatan yang mampu mengikat jiwa. Dan ketika Zhiya membuka matanya kembali, ia sudah tidak berada di istana itu lagi. Hanya napasnya yang masih bergetar, hanya detak jantungnya yang masih mengingat bentuk pelukan itu. Saat ia kembali ke dunianya, dalam pameran itu— nama Lingga. Raja yang hilang dari peradaban ribuan tahun lalu. [MATURE 21+]

Elara Nightingale has a secret—she can see everyone's emotions as colorful auras. Everyone except Cain Blackwood, the mysterious man who returns to their small coastal town after ten years away. When Cain's mother starts making threats about an upcoming event called "the Convergence," Elara discovers her quiet life running the family bookstore has been built on lies. Her parents weren't just booksellers—they were magical guardians protecting the town from a darkness that emerges every 93 years when the barrier between worlds thins. Now that darkness is returning, stronger than ever. And according to town librarian Mrs. Holloway, only Elara and Cain can stop it. As magical attacks force them into hiding, Elara and Cain must learn to control their complementary powers—her ability to see beyond normal perception and his power to create protective shields. Their families have been performing a ritual for generations that temporarily contains the darkness, but it comes with a terrible price: binding their life forces together permanently. Elara's parents died trying to find another way. Now she and Cain must finish what they started—a purification ritual using a mysterious crystal called the Lens. While training together in a remote cabin, their initial distrust turns to friendship, then to something deeper. But Cain's power-hungry mother is determined to perform the traditional ritual, even if it means killing Elara. As the Convergence approaches and strange phenomena plague the town, Elara and Cain must race to decipher hidden clues, navigate secret tunnels beneath the town, and prepare for a magical showdown in the chamber beneath the lighthouse. When the stars finally align, they'll face a choice: follow tradition and be bound forever by duty, or risk everything on a new path—one where they choose each other freely, transforming darkness into light through the most powerful magic of all.