Authors Like Michael Connelly

Lia was afraid of commitment and would rather be alone in life. For her, falling in love was complicated, just like how her parents parted ways after being married for so many years. But later on, as her life grew dim, Lia wished she had someone who could catch her from falling. - BOOK 1 of SOFTBALL GIRL SERIES Liara Contes Catcher Copyrighted © 2023 by modernmariaaa

Kaia has always been an obedient daughter. Following and pleasing them was her own way of earning her adoptive parents’ love and approval. But despite her unwavering efforts to make them happy, lagi itong kulang. She always feels like an outsider, lalo na nang mabiyayaan ang mga ito ng totoong anak. When her sister came into the picture, pakiramdam niya ay lalo siyang nawalan ng pwesto sa pamilya. However, a chance to prove her worth to her family comes when an unexpected proposal lands on her lap—an arranged marriage to a stranger. She is torn at first but eventually agrees to this to prove that she’s willing to go to great lengths just to gain their acceptance. But everything takes an unexpected twist when Kaia discovers the identity of her mysterious groom-to-be: the one and only Aril Verlon E. Adriatico, her first love, who she believed was buried deep within her past. Hindi niya inaasahan na muling mag ku-krus ang kanilang mga landas. The rush of emotions, old wounds, and unresolved feelings resurface. Will Kaia find the strength to confront her past, which is also apparently her future?

Addison Bautista is a strict and straightforward, and the kind of person who will do everything to have her father's company. She serves as the acting CEO of his father's company, and she will do everything to be able and she will do everything to be able to prove him that she deserves to be his successor and the next Chief Executive Officer of the Bautista's Group of Companies. The story begins when she received a red envelope, an invitation. Written in it is the information of a week reunion with her senior year batchmates. She has no plans on coming into that reunion but seems like destiny wanted her to come. When the reunion day arrived, everything is fine and according to what a reunion should look like. The the caretaker gone missing, they tried to find him but he's nowhere to be found. The next day, they smell something unpleasant and found a body in the island's storage house. It is the caretaker that is lying on the ground, lifeless with blood around his body. Will it still be a normal reunion, or a reunion that is full of terror and lives at stake?

Alice is a loving and caring child to her adopted parents and she is very happy but she hides the sadness and fear in the brilliance of her smile. after the ugly scene that Alice witnessed inside the house of the man in black whom, she met endangering her life, they will meet again in a situation that Alice did not expect. Alice's mind and heart were full of fear but that was covered when Alice met Joshua. The heartless Fellow Billionaire Joshua. A living Lucifer but a demon-like person. Joshua will soften when he met the angelic beauty of the face of the woman that is Full of scars on her body And face but her face got Joshua's full attention. From the day that Joshua saw Alice in her miserable situation, he promised to protect her in any way he can do but for him to do that he needed, wanted rather marry Alice. will Alice can stop her heart from beating very fast whenever Joshua is near to her and fight to never fall in love with her husband or will she let her heart to beat like a running horse to her devil husband but an angel savior. “I married my devil, angel saviour.”

As the unwanted wife of a renowned billionaire, Francesca has always felt like an outsider in her own marriage. Pero kahit pa ganoon, parati niyang ginagawa ang best niya para maging isang perfect wife. Kahit pa alam niyang walang patutunguhan ang pakikisama niya sa kanyang asawa, nananatili pa rin siya sa tabi nito dahil sa pagmamahal. But one evening, on their anniversary, Mikhael, Francesca's husband, suddenly asked for a divorce without even an explanation. She then discovered that Mikhael's ex fiancée, Blaine, an international actress, had returned to the country dahil mayroon itong malubhang sakit. Francesca's world crumbles around her after knowing that Mikhael left her to be with his beloved woman. Despite her devastation, she desperately tries to delay the annulment proceedings, hoping to salvage what little remains of their shattered marriage. Ngunit matigas ang puso ni Mikhael. Para saan pa't mananatili siya sa marriage na hindi niya naman ginusto? Pero magbabago ang lahat nang mapag-alaman nilang nagdadalang tao si Francesca, at si Mikhael ang ama. Matutuloy pa rin nga ba ang pakikipaghiwalay niya? O mananatili siya sa piling ng asawa para sa kanilang anak bagaman si Blaine ang tunay niyang mahal?

Her name is Sapphire Emerald Maxine Lopez. Ang hahaba ng mga pangalan nila di ba? Well it was because of their mom na talagang pinaghandaan ang mga pangalan nila. Their mother dreamed for the future of her two children pero hindi sumang-ayon sa kanya ang kapalaran. Sapphire or preferred to be called as Max is the opposite dream of her mother. She doesn't like girls stuff and even acting and dressing up like a man. Pero, hindi naman siya tomboy o kahit confused man lang. Alam niya na babae siya, nagkataon lang na panlalaki ang interes niya. She built her car remodeling business na unti-unting umani ng pansin sa loob lang ng isang taon. Life is amazing as she think about it. Meet Chase Luke Racinni the only son of one of the richest family in the world. All the girls will line up in just a single snap of his fingers. A womanizer, Casanova and a heartbreaker, name it, he all has it. He doesn't like to see his competitors, especially when he learned that some of his clients, made their cars remodeled from a small company called Transformers Inc. His own brand of cars has been remodeled and he could not accept it. So what he did is, he destroyed it. In just one night, Max's remodeling company kissed the ground to it's downfall without knowing the real reason. Paano kung magtagpo ang kanilang mga landas sa isang hindi inaasahang pangyayari? The circle of fate started to change when the two of them met. Pero paano na lang kung malaman ni Max na ang itinuturing niyang mabait at matulungin na kaibigan na nagkataon na gusto pa niya ay siyang dahilan ng pagbagsak ng niya?

What if a vampire and a witch becomes a lover? Velvet was just trying to live a normal life with her foster parents. Tanggap na niya na lumaki siyang wala siyang tunay na pamilya. But her foster parents made her feel like she have a family. Pero sa isang gabing pag lipat nila sa isang liblib na kagubatan, tila nagbago ang lahat ng pananaw ni Velvet. She can see through the darkness that there's more life to see--and more memories to rediscover. Now, the peaceful and normal life of Velvet is about to be changed. Mysteries in her life soon unveiled. The world will soon sink into its darker version as the last enchantress rises. A FILIPINO NOVEL

Travis Huxley, known as the "Deadly Man", is a twenty-year-old devilishly handsome mafia king. He is a strikingly attractive, aggressive, and fearless leader. He has the looks, the money, and every girl swooning over him. His life has only one goal: to avenge his family's ruin and the death of his lovely woman. Harper Varlice is a twenty-year-old war freak bitch. She lives with a wealthy family as a black sheep daughter because of her bad attitude. Who would have thought that she was a well-known Assassin? No one knows about her true identity and she had long forgotten being an Assassin to finally forget her dark past. When Harper finds out that her parents want her to marry a man she didn't know, she plans to run away from them to escape and live a peaceful life like what she wanted in the first place. To make sure that they could no longer find her, she thought of pretending to be a man. Two people with the darkness inside. They never believed in happy endings, because they've been told that it doesn't exist in people like them. What will happen when Harper with a history of being an Assassin gets involved with the leader of the biggest mafia king? Is it possible for them to feel love for each other or will they end up killing each other?

Arianne Dela Vega lives with two different types of life every single day. A nerdy student with a bitchy attitude by morning and a queen of mafia who's fearsome and deadly by night. She wanted to experience what it is like to live a normal life despite the riches and power she has. But then, her peaceful life in the morning was ruined when an asshole came into the picture. Adonis Jace Villanueva came from a rich and powerful family, that because of so much power they have, they took over and controlled everything in his life. That suffocates him, that's why he's being rebellious. Not until he met that nerdy bitch who stepped on his ego and hurt his pride. What will happen if two negatives meet? Will it turn positive like in Integers? or will it just stay negative?

Fantassia was so inlove with her bestfriend since they were just a kids, so inlove that she could give her precious gem, her virginity, to her only bestfriend once they grew up and when they turned in a legal age. Even they were just a kids she knew to herself that she really love him, she promised to herself that she would do everything for him. One day he told her to wait for him because he has something to say, she's waiting for him to their favorite place to play. She's ready to confess her feelings towards him and she knew he's feeling the same way, she's just waiting for him to confessed too. She's patiently waiting for him until dusk when her mother came out of nowhere telling to her that her bestfriend, Callan, and his family left the country. After that day she cried her heart out and she started to loathe and hate him, he made her feel stupid and she felt humiliated in front of everyone for waiting like a pathetic kid. Since then, she promised to herself again that she will forget him and her feelings for him. Years had been past Fantassia grew up into a fine and gorgeous lady that every men would do anything just to get her attention, but the old Fantassia who's sweet and caring to everyone was gone. The new Fantassia is a difficult person to deal with, she's so hard to please and a high-standard woman.