urban hood books

Ketika Arlina hamil lima bulan, Lesti--kakak iparnya--meminjam uang tabungan persalinannya. Lesti berjanji akan mengembalikan pada bulan berikutnya. Namun, hingga saat dibutuhkan, Lesti selalu berkelit ketika ditagih. Arlina yang murka, menyumpah bahwa Lesti akan menanggung akibatnya karena telah zolim. Kisah yang realistis. Apakah yang akan dialami Lesti?

Lin Mei Zhen lost all her hopes and dreams with the only one thought, she still had her Husband Zhou Liwei whom she loved. Truthfully, she never got the answer why she loved him, she just loved him till the end. May be, it was love at first sight? But when she saw him having sex with his secretary all hell broke loose, she lost her only ray of sunshine. She felt like her world was surrounded by endless darkness and cold. She met with an accident while running from him. That was how she met an end, and that was how it all started. Zhou Liwei or you may say Jiang Longwei who transmigrated in Zhou Liwei’s body was shocked when he realized, that his new gained wife with this body looked exactly like his sister? The sister that he had abnormal love for, which was beyond familial love. What should he do? Is it to love her or leave her?

She was a prostitute, she needed money, and she had to be a substitute to get the money she needed. But, why should she become a substitute for someone else who ran away from her fate? Why should she marry a man she didn't love? Her mother prayed that she would find a man who loved her and give her happiness, but she ended up marrying a man who only knew to torture her and gave her sadness. After all, that was the price she should pay for her mother's life.

Saimah membantu Parman (sang suami) menambah pemasukan rumah tangga dengan berjualan skincare. Akhirnya, dirinya tergiur untuk mendapat kekayaan dengan cara instan lewat pesugihan. Oleh karena weton yang tak sesuai, dia gagal jadi pelaku ritual. Namun, Saimah tak kurang akal. Dia mengumpulkan harta dengan menjadi pasangan pelaku ritual pesugihan. Banyak kejadian dan kasus tak masuk akal yang harus dihadapinya bersama Kesi (sahabat karib yang bernasib sama dengan dirinya). Apa saja yang mereka hadapi? Bagaimana nasib mereka?

“Even if the last droplets fall, my love for you will never fall out” ~Carlos Drake Santillan Campus' Series number 1

Menikah dengan Ethan Andrew sebagai lelaki urakan dan pemalas tidaklah membuat Nada lantas bersedih. Kehidupan sederhana yang diberikan Ethan sebagai kompensasi dari rumor bahwa putri sulung dari keluarga Vincent adalah gadis glamour dan mata duitan, ternyata malah membuat Ethan tercengang dan merasa penasaran karena wanita yang menjadi istrinya itu jauh dari kata glaomur dan penuh ambisi uang. Nada Blessy White, anak angkat dari keluarga Vincent, terpaksa menerima pernikahan sebagai pengantin wanita pengganti Danica, kakak tirinya demi mendapatkan uang untuk pengobatan ibu asuhnya. Pernikahan yang dilandasi oleh rasa kecewa pada Xavier, kekasihnya yang dipergoki sedang memadu kasih bersama Danica saat dia baru pulang bekerja. Nada dan sifatnya yang membuat Ethan yang sejatinya adalah pria kaya, tidak bisa membuatnya mengelak. Hidup bersama dan rasa penasaran Ethan lambat laun berubah menjadi rasa tidak ingin kehilangan. Begitu juga dengan Nada, pesona Ethan dan cara Ethan menggodanya selalu bisa membuat darahnya berdesir.

"Annasta binti Lukman, pada hari ini kuceraikan kamu dan kuharamkan kakimu memasuki rumah ini!" tegas Jasen suamiku. Bagai tersambar petir kalimat sakral keluar dari bibi tipis yang menggoda milik Jasen--suamiku. Beberapa hari aku sembuhkan luka dan mencoba mengerti akan inginnya. Akhirnya aku terusir dari rumah yang sudah menaungiku selama delapan tahun ke belakang. Ironi sekali aku terusir dari rumahku sendiri hanya karena kata sudah usang. Pernikahan yang seharusnya indah kini harus terhempas kala netra ini melihat lelakiku membawa masuk wanita lain. 'Inikah penyebab kata usang itu terlontar?' batinku. Cinta yang dulu hanya untukku kini telah berbagi. Hidup bagai tersayat sembilu kala jagoannku ikut terluka atas perilaku ayahnya. Dengan berat hati, akupun berkemas semua barang hasil keringatku sendiri. Tanpa aku sadari ada putraku yang melihat keserakahan wanita tersebut ketika menginginkan kalung berlian hadiah dari omanya. Pria kecil itu tidak mampu menahan wanita rubah tersebut. Namun ada yang membuat hati ini sakit kala gadis kecilku datang dan melihat aku berkemas. "Bunda mau pergi ya, jangan lupa oleh-oleh buat Amel!" pintanya. Apa yang terjadi dengan rumah tanggaku? Bagaimana aku menatap dunia?

Blaine Ashford is a talented young man but he feels felt out in space. He is a billionaire but lacks one thing in his life, A lover! Join Blaine's Adventure and his changing personalities and his struggle to come out from the depth of darkness.

MAAGANG NAULILA, NAGHIRAP, AT TANGING TAGPI-TAGPING YERO LANG ANG TINUTULOYAN. Kahit ganito ang naranasan ni Magdalena, hindi ito naging hadlang upang itaguyod ang kanyang limang taong gulang na kapatid. Sa murang edad, naranasan ni Magdalena ang magtinda ng iba't ibang bagay. Kahit na dose-anyos pa lang siya, mayroon na siyang alindog na nais makamtan ng mga masamang taong nakapaligid sa kanya. Isang araw, habang naglalako kasama ang kanyang kapatid upang magkaroon sila ng makakain araw-araw, hindi inaasahan ni Magdalena ang munti na itong magahasa sa kanya. Ngunit buti na lang, mayroong isang mabuting binatilyo na tumulong sa kanya. Mula noon, laging iniisip ni Magdalena ang kanyang naging hero sa buhay. Ngunit hindi alam ni Magdalena na ang taong tumulong sa kanya ay isang malupit na Mafia Boss. Lumipas ang maraming taon, naging ganap nang dalaga si Magda, tanging elementary lamang ang kanyang natapos. Ngunit sa di inaasahang pagkakataon, may masamang nangyari sa kanyang bunsong kapatid. Sa halagang kalahating milyon upang mailigtas ang kapatid, nagawa niyang ibenta ang katawan sa makapangyarihang tao na magbubukas ng bagong yugto sa buhay ni Magdalena. Ngunit hindi niya alam na ang taong kanyang pinag-alayan ng kanyang puri ay isang Mafia Boss na tinuring niyang hero ng kanyang buhay.

The North Lotus pack is thrown into complete jeopardy when under mysterious circumstances, their Alpha - Luna Dakota Dolphus - is declared missing, few weeks before the dreaded blood moon eclipse. To them, this can only mean bad news. Catori Dolphus, only child of Luna Dakota, has had all her life preparing to be Alpha one day, but what she never prepared for was the division and chaos rising amongst her pack. With the blood moon eclipse drawing closer with each day, the counsel gives Catori an ultimatum of either finding her Mum before the eclipse or having the Alpha position taken away from their lineage. When disaster keeps setting in at Catori’s every corner, her last option is getting help from the rumored Ghost reapers - a 4-man rogue gang of both urban myth and intrigue. However, Catori’s 4 unlikely heroes soon turn to be more trouble than she bargained for when she discovers that Fenris Covel, wickedly handsome as he was, was her betrothed - her mate. Only problem? Fenris Covel doesn’t ‘do’ mate. Raised in the wild, Fenris Covel was anything but controllable. He was wild, untamed and infuriatingly sexy. But most of all, he has no time for a mate - especially one like Catori Dolphus. His only concern was his job and at the moment, it was finding Catori’s mum. However, the matters of the heart can never be predicted and as their chemistry and intense desire for each other blossoms, danger lurks closer than they could imagine.