A House With Good Bones

"You heard me, Damon Jones," I replied after a few seconds of silence that was honoured with his confused gaze. "I want us to be together. I want us to have sizzling moments that only you and I would know about. I want us to hold each other, and sweaty as our needs grow. Not once, not twice, but for as long as possible." I surprised myself with the tone of my voice. His hands on his waist, the man scoffed. It was a loud one. After a few seconds of making his feet dance in the very spot he stood, he faced me, the tip of histongue probing the flesh of his upper lip. That was a nice sight. It made my eyes linger on his lips longer than I intended. As my eyes quickly traveled to his wet shirt which exposed the nudity that I keep wondering about, he said, "You must be out of your mind, Selena." ~ In life, mistakes happen. A mistake like taking the wrong file instead of the file that contains your CV and other important documents a job seeker needs to have. But, there's no going back because you have a great job opportunity right in front of you. An opportunity that could vanish before anyone can complete the words, Jack Robinson. And, mistakes can lead to a lot of things. Things you could never imagine would happen in even five lifetimes to come. Like making a dangerous deal with a Mafia Queen... [Mature scenes inclusive]

“ How much do you earn a month?”  “$75,000.”  “Only? How much will you earn in six months?”  “$450,000.” “And a year?”  “$900,000.”  “If you earn $900,000 a year, it will take you four years to pay off and who do you think will wait four years for a paltry sum?”  “I will work four jobs then.”  “And you expect to earn $75,000 from each job? You can't be serious.” He replied with a scoff. Biting the corner of her lips, she tried to come up with something else but her brain went blank.  ******************  Finding her boyfriend in bed with her best friend, Scarlett is left heartbroken and alone. What she didn’t expect is her life to change the very course of her existence after suffering a car accident and an unexpected matrimony in the hands of the most ruthless mafia man in Las Vegas, Damien Steel.  He needed a wife and she was the perfect candidate.   Love blooms in the hearts of the two individuals. However, their love is put to test.  Will they overcome, or surrender to the will of the temptation that surrounds them? Or perhaps, their love was never meant to be....

“I don’t f*ck virgins, red.” *** When feisty Eleanor, accidentally stumbles on an arrogant infuriating billionaire Liam James, he's instantly captivated by her. However, on first meeting, he treats her like a piece of dirt. Flaunting his money on her face. Falling for him would be the death of her. But how long can she resist?

Four years after marrying Wesley Coleman, Emma Payne is expecting a baby. She shows up at the hospital with her forms to get registered, but when the nurse runs her info, she tells her that the marriage certificate isn't valid. Emma simply can't believe it. "No way. That can't be right." The nurse taps on the stamp. "Look at that. The seal is all crooked, and the code doesn't check out." Emma isn't convinced yet. She rushes to the courthouse, but they tell her the same thing. "Mr. Coleman is married, and his spouse's name is Sandra Payne." The news hits her like a ton of bricks. Her mind just goes blank. Sandra Payne is Emma's half-sister. Worst of all, she is also Wesley's first love. Years ago, she went abroad to chase her dreams. She never showed up to her own wedding and left Wesley heartbroken. And now, she is actually his legal wife.

Naranasan mo na bang ma-love at first sight? Yung tipong pakiramdam mo eh siya na ang nakatadhana para sayo kahit na kakameet niyo pa lang? Ganito ka din ba kabaliw kung mainlove? Yung tipon gagawin ang lahat para lang mapakasakanya ang kanyang taong minamahal kahit na ang kapalit nito ay iyong dignidad. Dahil kung ganito ka din eh baka katulad ka din ng ating bida na si Lorenzo Miguel Samaniego. Ang lalaking halos nasa kanya na ang lahat, with his looks, fortune, as in lahat ng hihilingin mo ay nasa kanya na kaya hindi din makapagtataka na habulin siya ng mga babae. Pero may isang babae ang mamimeet niya at magpapabaliw sa kanya. Si Gabriella Monica Jimenez na anak ng mga maimpluwensyang tao. This girl was brokenhearted that time at talagang nagpakalasing hanggang sa hindi na nito alam ang kanyang ginagawa. Nang magtama ang mga mata ng dalawa. And boom! Hindi ito pinalampas ni Miguel at agad niyang sinunggaban si Monica at dahil wala itong kalaban laban kaya nadala niya ito sa kanyang condo at duon sila gumawa ng pangarap, yun nga lang... Monica caught Miguel na may ibang kasamang babae at ito ang dahilan para iwan nito ang binata. Bigo din itong mahabol ang dalaga hanggang sa tuluyan na niya itong hindi makita... ---- Ngunit tila mapagbiro ang tadhana, At sa hindi inaasahang pagkakataon ay magkikitang muli ang kanilang landas. Hindi pa din nagbabago ang pagtingin ni Miguel sa dalaga ngunit hindi nito inaasahan ang malaking pagbabago sa dalaga... Ano nga kaya ang natuklasan nito? Bakit biglang nag alangan si Miguel? Itutuloy pa din ba nito ang nararamdaman para sa dalaga? Alamin ang mga pangyayari sa kapanapanabik na kwento ng naudlot na pag iibigan nina Miguel at Monica...

Betrayed by her own husband and best friend, Selena Vaughn chooses to stay quiet without lashing out. The wounds she hides lead her to a sinful night in the club's VIP room—with an alluring stranger. But fate plays a trick on her. That man is Dominic—her own father-in-law, who has long been estranged from her family. The forbidden relationship was supposed to be revenge, but passion turns into feelings that shouldn't exist. Meanwhile, Selena continues to tempt her husband to turn his back on the devious mistress. What will happen next after the scandal unfolds?

He wanted a housekeeper not a tainted virgin.What Damien found was purity begging to be tainted. Now, he’ll ruin her, softly, cruelly, completely. Barely nineteen and untouched, Elara never thought her first job would place her inside the fortress of a man like him. Damien kael doesn’t request. He commands. And the innocent little maid is about to learn what obedience costs, one breathless gasp, one sinful punishment, one wicked whisper at a time. Dark. Seductive. Obsessive. She thought she was hired to clean his home. She didn’t realize she was stepping into his lair. Elara is broke and desperate, so when a maid position opens in a billionaire’s estate, she takes it, unaware that Damien kael is a man who doesn’t believe in boundaries. He’s older, merciless, and dangerously magnetic. She tries to leave, but he isn’t letting go. He doesn’t want love. He wants loyalty. And she’s about to learn what it means to kneel. As their twisted bond deepens, pleasure collides with punishment, fear tangles with desire, and innocence becomes his obsession. But Damien’s darkness runs deeper than she imagined and claiming his virgin maid isn’t about breaking her body… It’s about owning her soul. Mature Content Warning: This book features explicit sexual content, dark dominant/submissive dynamics, psychological tension, and a dangerously obsessive hero. For readers 18+ who crave power, seduction, and raw intensity.

Arabella Russo, isang simpleng babaeng lumaki sa payak na pamumuhay ang papasukin ang lahat ng marangal na trabaho para lang sa amang nakaratay sa ospital. Ngunit sa haba ng araw ng pananatili ng ama rito, napagtanto niyang kailangan niya nang kumapit sa patalim. Pikit-mata niyang tinanggap ang alok na malaking halaga ng pera kapalit ng one-night-stand kasama ang isang misteryosong lalaki. Matapos nito ay makakatanggap muli siya ng alok na maging personal maid. Lingid sa kanyang kaalaman, isa palang Mafia King na nagngangalang Alessio Conti ang kanyang pagsisilbihan. Makilala kaya nila ang bawat isa? At magawa naman kaya siyang mahalin ng binata na kilala bilang isang matapang, makisig at walang kinatatakutang leader ng malaking grupo ng sindikato? Anu-ano ang mga madidiskubre nila sa bawat isa na siyang gugulantang sa kanilang mga buhay? Magagawa bang mabago ng pag-ibig ang taong lumaki sa mundo ng karahasan?

A young psychologist, Maria Reyes, fresh out of college, decides to take her first freelance case to build her résumé. Feeling bold and free on her graduation night, she let herself loose after getting charmed by an alluring mysterious man. One drink leads to another and another, and she finds herself drowning in passion in his bed. She reads him like a map and falls for his scars before she even asks for his name. But the morning brings the brutal truth, Darian Wolfe is her father's enemy, a ruthless businessman, an heir to the empire sworn to destroy her father's legacy. She vanishes before he wakes, unable to face what has been done. Weeks later after being able to set up her new office, the past begins to blur until her first patient walks through the door. It's him, Darian Wolfe. Her expression freezes when she sees him. He walks around her office uninvited. He takes a seat without a word. The silence between them is thick with everything unsaid. And then, he looks unblinking in her eyes. "I have a lot to... unpack, Dr Reyes," he says, with a dark smile. "Let's start with a woman I met two weeks ago at a bar," he says, pulling out a red panty from his pocket.

Blurb Sally is a 23-year-old woman juggling schooling, three part-time jobs, and caring for her sole living relative, her younger sister. Her already difficult life takes a turn for the worse when her sister is diagnosed with cancer and requires rapid treatment. Desperate to save her sister, she signs a contract with Mrs Crown, a wealthy woman who offers her a deal in which she will pay for her young sister's treatment in exchange for Sally spending the night with her son, the famed Multi-Millionaire Doctor, Robert Crown.