Ask Nelson Demille - October 18, 2012

Masked Queen is a novel that takes you on a journey filled with music and romance. Lana is a big-time celebrity famous for hiding her identity as a model, a practice pretty uncommon in the modelling world. She runs from her past to build a new beginning and start afresh, she just didn't expect her past to catch up with her In so many ways. Forced into the limelight she has spent decades to avoid, she tackles two different career paths, double lives, and two different relationships with the same freaking person. What's a girl to do when her web of lies are wound up so right around her neck, she's practically choking? Reveal the truth or, get eaten alive?

Ever since I got pregnant, my husband hadn’t touched me. However, to my embarrassment, my body had only grown more sensitive. Every night, I would find myself craving for touch, unable to stop my mind from wandering to all kinds of fantasies, that was until the night a masked man broke into my home.

Ang pag-ibig na diinaasahan , ang pag-ibig nang isang tunay na nagmamahal ang "The boy behind the mask " saksihan ang kwento nila Mike at Amy

Sa malamig na lungsod ng New York, nagsimula ang kakaibang kwento ng isang simpleng Filipina na si **Azia Montenayor** at ng isang mayamang CEO na si Edward Falcon. Isang aksidenteng banggaan sa loob ng kumpanya ang naging daan upang alukin ni Edward si Azia ng isang hindi pangkaraniwang kasunduan—isang one-year contract marriage kapalit ng malaking halaga ng pera. Para kay Azia na may pamilyang tinutulungan sa Pilipinas, tila praktikal itong desisyon. Ngunit hindi niya inaasahan na mas magiging komplikado ang lahat nang malaman niyang siya ay buntis. Unti-unting nabunyag na bago pa man ang kasal, may koneksyon na pala sila sa isang gabing may maskara—isang charity event kung saan nagtagpo ang kanilang mga landas sa ilalim ng emosyon at kahinaan. Mula sa isang lihim na alaala at hindi planadong pagbubuntis, nagsimulang mabuo ang isang relasyong higit pa sa kontrata. Habang hinaharap nila ang selos mula sa dating kasintahan ni Edward at ang mga pagsubok na dala ng kapangyarihan at impluwensya, mas tumitibay ang kanilang samahan. Sa bawat problema—mula sa aksidenteng pinaghihinalaang sabotahe hanggang sa panghihimasok ng nakaraan—pinatunayan nilang ang tunay na pag-ibig ay hindi nasusukat ng pera o pirma sa papel. Sa huli, ang flash marriage na nagsimula bilang isang kasunduan ay nauwi sa isang totoong pamilya. Sa pagitan ng tawanan, selos, panganib, at lambingan, natuklasan nina Azia at Edward na ang pagmamahal ay maaaring magsimula sa maling oras at maling paraan—ngunit kung ito ay totoo, ito ang magiging pinakamatibay na pundasyon ng kanilang bagong buhay bilang pamilya Falcon.

At the wedding, I recognized at a glance that the masked man standing before me, Howard Larson, was an impostor. Despite this, I went through with the ceremony as though nothing were amiss. In my previous life, I exposed the fake groom in front of everyone. Left with no choice, Howard reluctantly returned and completed the wedding with me. That very night, his childhood sweetheart swallowed sleeping pills and jumped from a building, taking her own life. When my fiancé heard the news, he showed no hint of sadness. Instead, he cursed her, saying she deserved to die. After the wedding, Howard and I seemed as loving as ever. I even used my family's money to pull his company back from the brink of collapse. However, on our first wedding anniversary, my husband personally bound me to a helicopter while I was pregnant. There was no warmth left in his eyes. "If you hadn't forced me to come back and marry you that day, Joyce would still be alive.” "Why should you get to live so happily? I want you to feel the pain she felt when she died." He shoved me from an altitude of ten thousand meters. I was utterly destroyed. This time, I pretended not to notice the deception and completed the wedding with the fake groom. I wanted to see for myself how, without the Smith family's support, he intended to save the already crumbling Larson Group.

Si Alina ay namumuhay ng dobleng buhay na nagtatrabaho ng dalawang trabaho upang mabayaran ang pangangailangang medikal ng kanyang may sakit na ama. Sa araw, siya ay isang mahiyain, may salamin na manggagawa sa opisina, at sa gabi ay nagiging Aria, isang napakarilag na mang-aawit na #1 sa Chaos Club. Si Kian Axel, isang lumang apoy mula sa nakaraan ni Alina, ay nagbayad ng napakalaking halaga ng pera para sa isang gabi para kay "Aria", at isang gabi na puno ng init na inangkin ni Kian Axel si Aria. Ngunit ang init ng gabing iyon ay natunaw kinabukasan. Gayunpaman, nang pumasok si Alina sa opisina ay nalaman niyang si Kian Axel ay naging kanyang bagong amo. Makikilala ba ni Kian Axel si Alina na siya si Aria o patuloy lang magtatago si Alina sa kanyang maskara at huwag ipaalam kay Kian Axel na siya si Aria, ang hinahanap nito.

I had a simple plan. Get a good GPA, escape to college and never turn back. A secret admirer with a few temperamental issues and a perfectly possessive boyfriend is what I never wanted. What I didn't look past was the charming aura that was masking his mysterious deeds and a huge crush he had on me, the moment he laid his eyes. To him, I was the only person that mattered in life. To me, he was the one person I was running from, all my life.

Askara Banyu Manggala atau kerap disapa Aska, merupakan leader geng motor bernama Rekals. Cowok tampan dengan segala tingkah konyolnya itu dikenal sebagai sosok yang humoris dan penyayang, terlebih dengan Elin-sang kekasih. Namun, siapa sangka, di balik sifat humorisnya itu Aska menyimpan banyak luka. Lantas, bagaimana cara ia menyembuhkan diri dari luka yang menyeretnya pada takdir yang rumit tersebut?

Two mafia families. One bloody feud. And a love that was never supposed to exist. Valenti Moretti is known as Ghost—a shadow in the underworld, a man feared for his precision and ruthlessness. But beneath the cold exterior lies a burning obsession he can't escape: Lorenzo De Luca, the golden prince of their rival family. Lorenzo's every smile, every calculated move with his perfect fiancée, is a reminder of what Ghost can never have—or forget. Their story began years ago, with a kiss neither of them were supposed to remember. Now, Ghost has a plan to make Lorenzo face the truth they both buried: a staged kidnapping, a forced reunion, and a chance to rewrite their fate. But Ghost goes a step further, paying the kidnappers to make them sleep together. But love born in the dark doesn’t thrive without consequences. As secrets unravel and both families spiral into chaos, Ghost and Lorenzo find themselves drawn together by the very forces tearing them apart. Loyalties will shatter. Blood will spill. And when the truth about their past comes to light, they’ll have to decide whether their connection is worth destroying everything—or if it was doomed from the start. In this deadly game of power, hate, and obsession, how far will you go to claim the one thing you can’t have?

Giovanni Lucchese is back for vengeance as the masked Mafia boss. Handang-handa na siyang pagbayarin ang taong umubos sa mga taong parte ng buhay niya. He succeeded getting close to the King of Knives boss, Lucca. Naging personal bodyguard siya ni Lucca at iyon ang unang hakbang upang mahanap niya ang ama ng lalaki na siyang sumira sa buhay niya. Ito ang gagamitin niya upang mapabagsak ang grupong walang awang pumaslang sa mga magulang niya, sa pangalawang pamilyang natagpuan niya, at sa babaeng unang minahal na hindi niya nagawang iligtas. But she's there, Daria, Lucca's woman. All of a sudden, they both fell in love to each other. Isa sa naging sagabal ang dalaga sa pagkakaroon niya sana nang malinis at matagumpay na plano. Will he let Daria soften his heart? And if so, how can he be his girl if it is Lucca's girl? Will their secret affair lead to another tragic story of his life? And what if Daria is not Daria? Is he ready to unmask his face and accept another defeat? WARNING! READ AT YOUR OWN RISK. CONTAINS DISTURBING SCENES AS THE STORY CONTINUES. SEX. DRUGS. SLAVERY. MURDER. PLEASE CONSIDER FIRST YOUR MENTAL HEALTH IF YOU THINK IT WILL NOT FIT YOUR TASTE/LIKINGS.