chef

Lorsque le criminel m’a attaquée et tuée, mon père, expert en détection criminelle, et ma mère, médecine légiste en chef, accompagnaient ma sœur Lyne qui participait à un match de tennis. Le criminel, qui avait été arrêté par mon père, cherchait à se venger de lui. Il m’avait coupé la langue avant de s’emparer de mon téléphone portable. Il a composé le numéro de mon père, il a répondu d’un ton glacial avant de raccrocher : « Quoi qu’il se passe avec toi, le match de ta sœur Lyne aujourd’hui est le plus important ! » Un rire ironique s’est échappé des lèvres de ce criminel : « Je pensais qu’ils préféraient leur fille biologique, mais il semble que j’avais tort. Apparemment, j’aurai dû kidnapper ta sœur Lyne. » Sur les lieux de l’accident, mes parents étaient secoués par l’horreur du corps retrouvé. Ils se sont figés, leur esprit n’arrivant pas à assimiler l’image macabre devant eux. Mais jamais, ils n’avaient imaginé que cette victime difforme et torturée, pouvait être leur propre fille.

Grace Fajardo grew up in a small province in Palawan. Simula pagkabata ay namulat na siya sa hirap ng kanilang kalagayan. They're not financially stable, Grace had to take scholarship para makapag-aral. When she graduated college, lumuwas siya sa Manila until she became a Wedding Coordinator. After the incident in the hotel where it took place, ginawa ni Grace ang lahat makalimutan lamang ang pangyayari. Gayunpaman, hindi niya magawang kalimutan ang ginawa ng mapangahas na lalaking pumasok sa kanyang room sa nasabing hotel lalo na't muntik na niyang maibigay ang sarili rito. Tyron Villarreal is a business tycoon and the CEO of their own company at the age of 25. He owns several branches of High-Caliber Guns in Asia and is also a member of a highly confidential Organization. He loves his grandfather so much that he would do everything that his grandfather would asked him to, even if it means he have to find a girlfriend— bago nito ibigay ang hacienda sa kaniya. Desperately, Tyron used his connections to find the woman he accidentally met in the hotel, definitely not planning of letting her go. In order to pay the debt of Grace's parents to Tyron, she had no choice but to accept the deal he offered. Tama kaya ang naging desisyon ni Grace na tanggapin ang alok ni Tyron? O itong desisyon na ito ang pagsisihan niya habang-buhay?

THE PLAYBOY AND THE GOOD GIRL Mixing business with pleasure can be dangerous but also quite sexy. “Playboy” Liam Right works for one of the best insurance companies in the States. His skillfulness and professionalism are well appreciated by his boss and rightfully so, he’s in line for a huge promotion. Unfortunately, only married men get such promotions. So, for the next three months, Liam needs someone to play the role of the dotting fiancée. And it’s quite urgent to find this perfect “someone” since his boss wants to meet the “future Mrs. Right”. Chef Maxima Davenport has returned to New York to fulfill her goals: become one of the best chefs in the country and create her own “empire”, starting from a small catering business. She needs a perfect place big enough to take her first steps. The solution to her problem comes from Liam, her best friend’s brother and the one Maxima has loved since she was fifteen. So, Maxima agrees to help him but a few rules of this fake engagement must be followed religiously. No kissing or touching unless it can’t be helped. No sex... Definitely no sex. No fooling around while they are in the privacy of Liam’s apartment. But can they really follow these simple rules?

Pastry chef Isabelle Marie Campbell is fired from her job in a coffee shop following a report by a billionaire, leading to her struggle to save her late mother’s bakery with a deadline to vacate her space in a month. Fortunately, she lands a job as a personal chef to an old American-based, Italian billionaire. Her heart twists when she finds out that he is the grandfather of the cold-hearted, hot-tempered, and arrogant Alessandro Levon Moretti, an Italian billionaire heir based in New York City. He was also the same man responsible for losing her job. His grandfather’s health was fast deteriorating, and he needed a woman to marry fast or lose his inheritance. As Isabelle contemplates either quitting her dream job or enduring Alessandro’s unwelcoming presence, he walks up to her with a cold and arrogant expression. "Be my girlfriend for three months. We shall have a contract for it…"

Dans une ville où le pouvoir et la passion s’affrontent, une femme devient l’enjeu d’une rivalité féroce entre trois hommes. Cassandra, femme aussi belle qu’intelligente, est à la tête d’un empire familial. Elle attire non seulement les convoitises amoureuses, mais aussi les ambitions les plus dévorantes. Trois hommes gravitent autour d’elle, prêts à tout pour la posséder : 1. Gabriel Morel, un avocat redoutable, manipulateur et charismatique, qui voit en Cassandra une alliée stratégique autant qu’une obsession. 2. Raphaël Deveraux, un artiste rebelle et tourmenté, qui l’aime d’un amour absolu, prêt à brûler le monde pour elle. 3. Lucien Valmont, un chef d’entreprise implacable, qui croit fermement qu’elle est sienne par droit et destinée. Cassandra, pourtant, refuse d’être un trophée. Elle sait qu’un seul faux pas peut lui coûter sa liberté. Lors d’une soirée où les tensions éclatent, Gabriel lui murmure des promesses de pouvoir, Raphaël lui offre une évasion, et Lucien lui impose un choix inévitable. Mais Cassandra prend une décision inattendue : elle disparaît. Elle quitte la ville sans prévenir, laissant derrière elle trois hommes déchirés entre rage et passion. Ce n’est pas un adieu, mais une leçon : elle ne sera pas un prix à gagner, mais une reine qui choisira son roi. Quand elle reviendra, ce sera pour en couronner un… et briser les deux autres.

Dimitri Del Valle is a playboy. He is on top of his prime. A renown chef and a Billionaire, who don't believe in love, but when he meet Mary Jane Rosewood, he finally thought that she was meant for him. A soul mate, only that she is married. She is not a Miss, but Mary Jane is already a Missus. ** When Marry Jane meet Dimitri, she too was captivated. He made her feel what her husband lack. He is soft, caring and like a dream, where she left herself drowned on the magical moments they shared between lust, pleasure and...love. However, after that night, MJ disappeared without any trace. Gone without goodbye's, not until fate allowed the two to run across with each another again for the second time. The abused wife and the man who seeks love. Will his love won over her and overcome her fears or is she worth fighting for the love she couldn't give against his principles and his belief?

Heiress Danielle Dawson has it all. A mansion, fleet of exotic cars, a live-in chef, housekeepers, a fortune that can feed nations and a dad that indulges her every wish. All these, and she is still empty. When her father, greedy for more power and wealth, arranges her marriage to the powerful Valentino empire's heir, Danielle, a believer in love marriages, fights it at first but later gives in and decides to let destiny take it's course; but being betrothed to Adrian Valentino is not the bed of roses she is used to. With great power comes great responsibility and millions of enemies after your downfall. Adrian need not fret as his betrothed is more than ready to fight his battles and slay his demons; but how can you love someone who doesn't believe in the emotion, and how do you save someone that doesn't want to be saved? That too when you begin to discover your own demons?

Marcelo Wilton, the only heir to the Wilton's Empires was born under strange circumstances that propelled him to be withdrawn from the outside world. His parents were killed one day when he wasn’t around. Being the Heir, he was obligated to have a Lady by his side but mysteriously they either died, called off the engagement or never came back. Slowly, He gave up on Love. He met Stacy Williams, a certified chef who lived almost all her life in the Villa of Finex. At 24, her only focus was making enough money to take care of her mum and nothing else but for relationship matters, she had a big zero interest in. Marcelo's sister's life came under attack and Stacy was just in time to save her. Spending time with Stacy for two days, Ella clung to her and never stayed apart from her. Marcelo wanted Stacy as his wife to keep his inheritance, so he proposed a contract marriage to her. Stacy, who needed money for her mother’s treatment had no other choice than to accept it. Meanwhile, there are dark loops in the Wilton's family which had been driven deep for years. Strong winds seem to blow....secrets shaking to unfold, mysterious killings involved. Will Marcelo ever find it in his heart to Love Stacy despite everything that has happened to him?. Will Stacy hold on to the belief her mum always told her that “Love conquers all?” With all the mysterious happenings and revelations screaming at her face in just a month at the mansion? Find out more from the book!

Sa mundo ng mga trillionaire, hindi sapat ang pera upang makuha ang lahat—ngunit para kay Fortuna Han, isang pastry chef na lumaki sa simpleng buhay, kaya niyang gawin ang lahat, kahit pa ito’y maging kasalanan, basta’t mapasakanya ang lalaking matagal na niyang minamahal. Si John Tan, isang brilliant, CEO ng isang IT company, cold-hearted computer engineer at tagapagmana ng pinakamalaking business empire sa bansa, ay may isang pangakong kailangang tuparin—ang mapangasawa si Senyora Abedida, ang tanging babaeng tinatangi niya simula high school. Ang mundo nila ay naaayon sa isa’t isa, at walang puwang para sa isang babaeng tulad ni Fortuna. Ngunit hindi iyon naging hadlang kay Fortuna. Sa isang mapanganib na laro ng pag-aakit, pagsisinungaling, at panlilinlang, ginawa niya ang lahat upang maagaw si John mula kay Senyora. At nang tuluyan niyang nakamit ang lalaking matagal na niyang inibig, isang hindi inaasahang rebelasyon ang bumulaga sa kanya—matagal na palang nakatakda ang kasal nila ni John dahil sa isang arranged marriage na pinlano ng kanilang mga pamilya noon pa man. Dahil sa galit at panlilinlang, si John ay napilitang pakasalan si Fortuna sa ilalim ng isang kontrata—dalawang taon lamang silang magiging mag-asawa, at pagkatapos noon, tuluyan na siyang mawawala sa buhay nito. Para kay John, ito ay isang laro ng kapangyarihan. Para kay Fortuna, ito ang katuparan ng kanyang pangarap. Ngunit paano kung sa gitna ng kasunduang ito, may isang gabi ng kapusukan ang tuluyang magtatali sa kanila magpakailanman? Paano kung ang babaeng itinuring niyang mang-aagaw ay siyang magbibigay sa kanya ng bagay na hindi niya kailanman inakala—isang anak? At paano kung sa paglipas ng panahon, ang malamig na poot at galit ni John ay unti-unting mapalitan ng isang damdaming pilit niyang nilalabanan? Si Senyora Abedida, na hindi kailanman papayag na maagaw si John nang ganoon lang.

Damon Hidalgo, marinig pa lang ng tao ang pangalan nya ay alam na agad nila kung ano ang kayang gawin ng lalaki. Matalino, magaling sa negosyo, at halos lahat ng kababaihan ay nagkakandarapa para lang makuha ang atensyon ng lalaki. Lingid sa kaalaman ng lahat na kabila ng magandang reputasyon nito ay ang lihim na pagkahumaling nito sa isang babae. Czariyah Ladesma, ang babaeng sumusubok sa kanyang prinsipyo. Hindi din lubos maintindihan ni Damon kung bakit sa dinami dami ng babae ay sa step sister pa nya sya nahihibang. Alam nyang mali pero hanggang saan ang kaya nyang tiisin para hindi maangkin ang babae?