A Portrait Of The Artist As Filipino

BOOK 1 She needs money. He needs a wife. The situation is a win-win for Anastasia and Caleb. To save her family, Anastasia signed a contract to marry Caleb for a year. Starting from a contract marriage, will it end up in a real marriage? Amidst the challenges, will they break a rule from the contract to survive in this marriage? or will they end up losing each other? ********************** BOOK 2 To gain freedom from her overprotective parents' hands, the sunshine Thalia Carter refused to have her internship at her family's company. In the end, she got accepted into a company she didn't expect.  As soon as he saw her resume, the grumpy Damon Kane immediately approved her internship. Not because he was fond of her but because he literally hated her surname. He plans to make her life a living hell. Hate filled the office, but what happens if love blooms without their knowing? Despite the 11 years between them, will this office age gap romance be possible for these two? ********************* This book combines Book 1 and Book 2 in the series. Book 2 starts after Chapter 130.

She was the lowest among them, an omega meant to serve, to obey, to be forgotten. Until the Alpha touched her. Until he marked her with words that felt like a promise... and shoved her off a cliff like she was nothing. Ayla thought betrayal had a name, a face, a heartbeat she once trusted. She thought the crashing water would be her grave. But death didn’t claim her. The dragon did. She awakens not in darkness, but in silk sheets soaked with sweat, her body wracked with fire, strangers calling her Queen Liliana. The child they beg her to bring into the world is no wolf pup, it’s something older, deeper… and hers. Now fire sings in her veins. Scales burn beneath her skin. She remembers being Ayla. But they swear she is a queen, reborn through flame and fury, the last of the dragon-blooded line. Torn between two lives, two names, two fates… Was she reborn by fate’s hand, or was she always meant to rise? Because if this isn’t death, then it must be the beginning… of the Dragon Queen.

At first, I was just an ordinary student who joined the inauguration of Taekwondo new members club. But I don't know what had just happened. Suddenly there is a mysterious object that drags my friends and me into a forest in the middle of nowhere. I realize this world is totally different from what I remember. So many oddities in this place. Starting from horned horses, meat-eating white rabbits, and three meters-tall giant mushrooms. Even though I don't believe it at all, I realize that I have become one of those oddities. My name is Anggi Nandatria. I'm a Haier-Elvian, a human-fairy mixed race that is very rare in this world.

She thought her life was going to be outstanding if she became an idol, the dream she had been carrying on her shoulders for all her childhood. But failure and the burden of being targeted crashed her dream and shattered her life. Exactly when she thought she had no right to live in this cruel world, she was transmigrated into a world where she was a Queen. That Queen was ridiculed and bullied by her husband and his ladies in the harem, but now that an efficiently talented girl was in her body, the story takes a turn. The King fell in love with her so deeply, dotting on her more than anyone else. Getting to power, she avenged that poor queen by getting to those vicious ladies. Watch out for Luli's adventurous life in this story.

Iniwan siya dahil akala nila wala siyang mararating. Bumalik siya bilang lalaking hindi nila kailanman malilimutan. *** Limang taon siyang nanahimik. Isinantabi ang yaman, kapangyarihan, at pangalan. Nagpanggap bilang isang karaniwang lalaki upang malaman kung sino ang tunay na totoo sa mundo ng kasinungalingan. Sa kanyang pagbabalik, dumurog siya ng mga inaakalang mas makapangyarihan sa kanya—at kabilang dito ang babaeng pinakamamahal niya. Para kay Lilly Ybañez, si Damon Salvatore ay isang mabait ngunit mahirap na lalaking walang kinabukasan. Kaya’t sa gitna ng pangarap at panlilinlang, pinili niyang iwan ito para sa mas marangyang buhay—kasama ang lalaking may pera, impluwensiya, at lihim na motibo. Ngunit ang hindi niya alam, ang lalaking iniwan niya ay ang pinakamayamsng negosyante sa bansa—isang bilyonaryong mas mapanganib sa katahimikan kaysa sa sinumang makapangyarihan. Sa kanyang pagbabalik, bitbit ni Damon ang yaman, katotohanan, at bangis ng isang pusong nasaktan ngunit hindi kailanman nagpatalo.

Elena Brown discovered that her husband of five years was cheating with her half-sister. When she confronted him, he not only murdered her but also framed her for cheating on him. That fateful night, not only did Elena lose her life, but also the life of her unborn child. But fate had other plans for Elena. Miraculously, she was given a second chance when she was reborn five years before she married her husband. Determined to seek revenge on her husband and step-sister, Elena boldly decided to become the pretend bride of the hottest billionaire in the country. With his support, she was determined to make them pay for their actions.

I, Alpha Lake Rush of the Rush Pack, hereby reject you, JoJo Wyatt, as my mate. However, you will need to keep working to pay off your debt." "Wait, what?" At the tender age of eleven, JoJo Wyatt had been forced to grow up faster than most. Coming from a challenging family background with a distant father and a fragile mother, JoJo realized early on that she had to take responsibility for herself and her younger sister. Her focus was solely on survival—love and romance held no appeal for her, especially after a devastating experience. She swore off relationships with men, but that changed when she began working for him in an unconventional role, trying to pay off roughly 7.8 million dollars for her mother’s hospital treatments. Alpha Lake Rush, 30, was known as the most formidable Alpha in the country. Though burdened by his own struggles, he had learned to be strong and decisive. His past experiences had led him to reject two of his mates. But when fate brings him JoJo, who is working to pay off her debt, everything changes. What happens when his destined mate turns out to be the one person he never expected—his third chance mate?

“Did you get a boob job?” He asked casually, pointing at my chest with an amused smile playing on his lips. “Your breasts look bigger than before…” *** Briana Quin has never had it easy, she worked multiple jobs and endured the worst treatment in order to survive, thus earning the nickname; the queen of side hustles. She was a hard worker and a beauty to behold, using her smarts to push through her hardships. But her life takes a drastic turn when she's hired to marry a billionaire as a replacement for his runaway fiance. Due to her striking resemblance to the international model, Briana is thrust into a world far different from the one she’d known, a world that was more lavish, calculative and filled with new surprises. One wrong move could ruin everything she’d worked for, as the life of her sick brother is threatened if she doesn’t comply. Will the queen of side hustles be able to pull off her role as an enigmatic billionaire wife?

Liora has been maltreated all her life by her Uncle and niece. Her uncle has a twisted lust for her, and she tries all she can to stop him from having his way with her. In a bout of anger, she is sold off as a pawn by her pack to satisfy the urges of a man known as the demon-wolf, Cassian. Things do not go the way her wicked pack plans, and she returns, but this time, she is not the weak girl who left. And this time, she is not alone.

Mackenzie Allard, the illegitimate daughter of a respected Alpha, has known nothing but abuse and isolation. Just as she finds a glimmer of hope in her fated mate, Conrad Hamilton—a Rogue King with a heart sealed against the bonds of destiny—dark secrets and relentless enemies emerge to threaten their fragile bond. As fate intertwines their lives, Mackenzie and Conrad must confront their pasts and fight against forces determined to tear them apart. Will their love be strong enough to overcome the shadows threatening to consume them?