A Love Like No Other

This book gathers different love stories, yes, love stories. All these stories that I collected over time, that were told to me by friends, acquaintances, relatives and others from my own imagination ink. And perhaps, there is some coincidence.

Olivia Bonifacio hates her mother. She even hates her more when she surprisingly announced that she was getting married... again. At hindi lang iyon, dahil ang lalaking pakakasalan nito ay ama ng matagal na niyang kinamumuhian na lalaki sa balat ng lupa - Andrew Villanueva. Ever since their high school days, she always disliked him. From the way he walks, talks, smells... even the way he smiles. He bugs her big time. It turns out that he doesn't want his father to marry her mother as well. So, he proposed to her a special "contract" to stop his father's and her mother's engagement - and that is to marry him. Since she wanted to displease her mother more than anything, she decided to accept his proposal, kahit na ang kapalit nito ay ang makita at makasama araw-araw si Andrew. She will just have to endure being near his presence and pretend to be in love with him for the sake of their "contract" and her mother's unhappiness. But the more they pretend, the more she realizes that the hate she once felt for him is slowly turning into a different feeling. Will she accept this fact that she is now in love with Andrew for real? Or will she just turn a blind eye on this whole new feeling she has for the sake of her sanity?

Waking up to a sudden change in your life, how do you think you'd cope? Same goes for Jasmine Kane whose life changed overnight because of a simple Marble. Problem arises when the owner of the Marble comes to find her and she falls in love with him and puts herself in more danger. Now she has to choose between saving her own life and Dying to save the one she loves....is their love really the one to die for? Will it be a Tragic Ending or A Happy Ending?

Asyara Faizia, si cewek aktif dengan jurus nekatnya itu telah mengizinkan hatinya memendam perasaan selama dua tahun terhadap cinta pertamanya di masa putih abu-abu yaitu Rendi Haris Sandi, si cowok pasif dengan julukan ‘siluman es serut’ sebab tak mudah ditebak jalan pikirannya. Begitu pula dengan isi hatinya yang seolah labirin, kerap mengandaskan asa pejuangnya di tengah jalan. Di tahun ketiga, Syara pun bertekad mengungkapkan perasaannya itu. Tapi... dengan segala aral melintang yang menantinya di depan mata, akankah keinginan gadis ceria itu untuk menaklukkan hati cowok dingin pujaannya tersebut masih bisa terwujud? Atau justru terpaksa berhenti di tengah jalan saat seluruh kemungkinan yang ada kian surut dan bahkan rasanya... mungkin telah tertutup untuk dirinya?

Clarissa Shafira tidak menyangka kalau permainan truth or dare yang dia mainkan bersama teman-temannya ternyata akan merubah hidupnya. Akibat dare yang Clarissa jalani yaitu mengaku menjadi pacar dari pria pertama yang masuk ke Kafe membuat kandasnya hubungan Axcel Aditama Riguela dengan kekasihnya yang bernama Indira. Axcel adalah pewaris tunggal dari keluarga Riguela yang sangat kaya raya. Sialnya ternyata Axcel adalah kakak kelas Clarissa di SMA. Tentu saja Axcel menyimpan dendam yang begitu dalam pada Clarissa, dia bahkan menjadikan gadis itu sebagai pelayannya demi menebus kesalahannya. Clarissa harus sabar disuruh dan selalu dikerjai oleh Axcel yang membuat masa putih abu-abunya kacau balau. Apalagi Axcel masih belum puas menyiksanya, dia bahkan mematahkan hati Clarissa berkeping-keping dengan cara membuat gadis itu jatuh cinta padanya, memacarinya, lalu menyelingkuhi nya dengan Angel yang merupakan kakak kandung Clarissa. Akibat pengkhianatan dari dua orang yang Clarissa sayangi, akhirnya Clarissa memutuskan pindah ke Singapura. Beberapa tahun setelahnya Clarissa terpaksa kembali ke Indonesia karena dipindah tugaskan oleh perusahaan tempatnya bekerja. Siapa yang mengira kalau akhirnya dia kembali dipertemukan dengan Axcel, mantan kekasihnya yang sangat Clarissa hindari. Bahkan kini Clarissa harus menjadi sekertaris dari pria kejam itu. Benci dan cinta bedanya tipis, kisah yang berawal dari kebencian lalu berubah cinta, kemudian menjadi benci kembali. Akankah kebencian itu masih akan tetap sama? Ataukah kembali berubah menjadi cinta lagi?

Pierre Paul Abutu gives a humorous, fascinating and dispassionate narration of the unique intimate and romantic events of his life from teenage to adolescence, and into the early stages of his adult life. This narration revolves around the lives, and relationships of sixteen ladies with whom he shared happy, intimate, eventful and evergreen moments of his life with. These love affairs occur in Pierre Abutu’s life, at his university, the Augustine Nnamani Campus, Agbani, in Enugu Campus of the Nigerian Law School, Akwa Ibom State and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Due to his religious beliefs, personal convictions, personal principles, metaphysical and supernatural predictions and postulations, the media, intellectual and literary effects in his life, most of these affairs either ended abruptly or amicably. These love affairs also reveal the negative attitudes, traits and deceptive machinations of these girls and ladies. Even though certain unpleasant and resultant effects were never intended at any particular stage, or with any of these girls and ladies, one thing was very clear: each love affair was and would always be evergreen to Pierre Abutu.

Ashtrella Andrada, a very well-known heir of a big company has never seen the beauty of life. She can have everything she wanted with just a snap of her fingers, but she always felt empty. She has never been happy despite having everything. She was cage by the responsibility of being the first born. She was forced to be in a loveless marriage. Not until she met Phoenix Montana, a man of positivity and radiance of life. He saved her. Her own breath of life. With his help, she started to learn beautiful things life could give. She started fighting her own demons. He supported and loved her even if everything was against him. He promised her to be with her every step. He gave her the love she seeks all her life but what she doesn’t know is that everything was just temporary. Once again fate intervened shaking his promise of eternal love.

Have you ever experienced loving someone knowing you will both hurt the people around you? Have you ever done something you know you will regret later? And accept circumstances of your choices?

Falling in love with him was completely unexpected. I only see him as my enemy and i don't expect anything else. There was definitely a moment when something quite magical happened and we both agree that it transformed our relationship.

Paul Henry had to be discharged from the army due to paralysis of his legs, half a year his temper was not very good, so Grandpa Dylan Henry wanted Paul to get married so that he could feel a little happier. Fiona also ran to find Paul because of this news, he said he wanted her to help him get out of here. Without thinking, she agreed. Paul was brought home by Fiona to provide accommodation and meals. Although it is very difficult to earn money to support him, she feels a love that she has never had before. Paul wants to go abroad to treat his feet, before leaving he just leaves her a piece of paper. When Fiona came home from work to find him gone, life became as dark as before meeting him. She was angry and didn't want to talk to him, Paul had to comfort her for a long time before she could forgive him.