26 Contemporary Books That Should Be Taught In High School

Two complete opposites with only one common goal, to please their families. Trying to make it through high school and graduate early with straight As to meet her mother’s expectations of Lyra Robyn Colburn has completely built walls isolated herself from everyone, allowing nothing to distract her from the main goal. Everything is going according to her perfect plan till she chooses as her extracurricular activity and meets the not so dull charming basketball team captain Raphael Oliver Vicario and all walls come crashing down not only for her but him as well. Will their love story have a happily ever after ending or it’ll be another version of Romeo and Juliet……

Getting falsely arrested feels like a scene from a bad movie for rising star Gloriana Templeton, especially when she discovers the conditions of her release: round-the-clock surveillance by world-class lawyer Griffin Blackwood-Carter. Ignoring her attraction to the sinfully sexy man who crushed her youthful heart is getting harder by the minute! Gloriana belongs to Griffin now, and when he says jump, she’d better ask how high! With a reputation founded on control, he’s determined not to lose his head over this little minx again. But he blazes white-hot every time he looks at her, and it’s burning away his couldn’t-care-less façade!

Everybody is different. May it be with the way you look, your sexual orientation or your beliefs and culture. Tori Kingstein has always thought of herself as someone who’s different. She never liked boys. Yes, she's gay. Tori then was sent to her mum’s old school, an all-girls boarding school in hopes of her not getting herself a boyfriend at a young age. But jokes on her parents, cause she actually swings the other way around. And little did she know that entering Whistler High School for Girls would put her on a mission with other girls, like her who aren’t white, to end the discrimination, inequality, too much use of white privileges and the use of wealth and power to stay on top by some students, especially by the school's student council officers. After knowing this, Tori is set on finishing her mum's past role in this group—and that is to destroy the unfair treatment of the school and the student council to students who what they call “aren’t white and as rich as them”, but Tori has a secret. It’s just that... She might have a tiny bit of crush on the student council's president who's no other than Amelia Harriet Williams. What could go wrong, right?

Alicia Anderson is every man ideal woman, but love was never her forte and she never found herself worth loving. Everything took a turn when she bash into a boy at the welcome back school mixer (Nethean) but little did she know he was a worst type of player. Nethean Adam was an orphan, adopted by he's ruthless Uncle. He's the school renowned player. Love was just a four letter words to him, he's biggest aim was to graduate from university, work hard and become a billionaire, just to make his uncle pay for how he maltreated him. Will Alicia be able to change his ways and get his attention?

What would you do when you find out that, the man who stole your first kiss, whom you lost your virginity to was your best friend's Father! ***************** The pace of his thrusts increased, the only sound breaking the thick silence of the night, coming from his balls hitting my center. His large hands pinning my weight down on to the bed, muffling my screams in the process. We were threading on a thin line. His daughter, my best friends was just next to us, sleeping in the other room. I wondered how she hadn't yet been alerted by our love making. What would she say, if she had discovered me in such a position with her father! Deeper and deeper he went, making it harder and harder for me to hold in my cries. "Shh!" He whispered, his warm breath rubbing on my cheek. "You don't want to wake up your friend now, do you!"

[Sequel to: The Heartless Handsome]Aruna and Sumit begin their life, as a married couple but behind the closed doors, they are just known strangers. Will their marriage continue to be loveless or will they find love on the way?

SEVI ALVARO STORY ----- Dahil sa matinding pangangailangan ay gumawa ng isang napakalaking desisyon si Addie, ang sumali sa isang auction. She was bought for ten million for just a night, ngunit hindi niya akalain na iyon ang magiging dahilan ng pagbabago ng buhay niya. A month later, she found out that she is pregnant. Dahil hindi niya naman kilala kung sino ang lalaking iyon ay binuhay niya ang mga batang mag-isa at umuwi sa kanilang probinsya. Not until four years later ay napilitan siyang muling bumalik sa siyudad para mag-apply ng trabaho sa isang malaking kumpanya. "Your voice seems familiar." sabi ng lalaking nasa harapan niya, walang iba kundi ang lalaking iyon noong gabing iyon— ang ama ng mga anak niya. "I-I'm sorry sir, this is the first time we've met." pagsisinungaling niya. Ang just like that, natanggap siya bilang sekretarya nito ngunit paano niya itatago ang katotohan dito na siya ang babaeng napakatagal na pala nitong hinahanap? ---- "Ang tagal kitang hinanap at ngayong natagpuan na kita, sa tingin mo ba ay pakakawalan pa kita?"

Arranged to be his wrath, possession and lastly his bride. Heira’s life changed completely when she was forced to marry a cold hearted billionaire, Dante Moretti. Her father, Charles Arven’s reputation is being tarnished as a result of a public scandal. His company was losing investors and also going bankrupt. He had desperately set up the marriage with the aim of acquiring influence from Dante’s family. Dante agreed to the marriage without revealing the cost that comes with it. But from the moment Heira says "I do," she knows something is wrong. Dante doesn’t just resent her, he wants her nowhere near his world. Unknown to her, he had plotted the downfall of her family’s company and orchestrated the marriage as a part of his long game of vengeance. He planned to take his revenge fully on Heira, but she is nothing like he expected, soft where he is hard, and warm where he is cold. When the truth about the past is revealed, their relationship is put to test. Will their marriage survive the fire or burn with it?

“Be my woman... ...it’s only going to be for a month.” Those were the words Hailey heard. And those words were about to change the direction of her life. After losing her job, she bemoans by getting wasted on drinks that night. Only for her to wake up the next morning in the room of the stranger she had a bit of a time with the night before. The stranger turns out to be the owner of one of the biggest technology companies and he proposes a deal with her to be in a pretense relationship with her. She becomes divided. Should she agree to it or protect her fragile heart? Even if she agrees, is she sure of whom she wants to be with? Especially after the stranger turns out to be a man with a lot of secrets...

“Yes, I can be your husband Tracy, pero huwag kang umasa na mamahalin pa rin kita kagaya noon.” Isang malaking panlulumo ang naramdaman ni Tracy nang marinig ang mga mabibigat na katagang iyon ni Fien. Patuloy siyang nasasaktan sa pagiging cold at pagkagalit nito sa kanya. Dati, isang malaking balakid sa pagmamahalan nila noon ang malayong agwat ng pamumuhay nila sa isa’t isa. At ngayong nakaapak na rin ang paa niya sa alapaap na kinaroroonan nito, isang malaking hamon sa kanya kung paano niya ito mapapaibig muli. Sa bagong mundo na mayroon siya, makakamtam pa rin kaya niya ang inaasam na totoong pag-ibig? O mananatiling pangarap pa rin kagaya noong hindi pa nagbabago ang takbo ng buhay niya?