Better Than Chocolate

THE GAME SERIES Book 1 out of 5 "So better be wise enough in playing because this is much more exciting than her game." Si Akemi Sean Lee, isang babaeng nagmahal, nasaktan at maghihiganti. Matapos ang trahedyang itinuring bangungot sa tanang buhay niya, binago niya ang sarili sa dating siya. Nagsikap, nagtapos, at nagpakadalubhasa siya sa New York sa engineering. Makalipas ang limang taon, bumalik siya ng Pilipinas. Wiser. Bolder. Braver. Bumalik siya para sa tatlong taong nagsukdol sa kanya sa kahirapan. Mata sa mata. Ngipin sa ngipin. Puso sa puso. Nagbalik siya para sa kanyang laro—ang laro ng paghihiganti. Pero sadyang mapaglaro ang tadhana. Sa kanyang laro, may malaking bagay pa siyang matutuklasan. Isang bagay na dudurog muli sa kanyang puso at pagkatao. Paano niya kaya haharapin at malalagpasan ang larong inakala niyang kanya?

The stock remained in the warehouse for two months. The final payment due date arrived, but the company’s finance department was still unwilling to make the payment. I followed up numerous times, and the finance director finally got sick of me. “Our capital is all currently invested in wealth management products. If we liquidate it all, we’d lose four hundred dollars a day! Who then would bear the loss of the company? “Tell them to put it on our tab. We’ll immediately pay it once the investments mature!” I patiently explained that the supplier was not willing to accept any delayed payments. They would only hand us the stock once they received the money. She sized me up for a moment. “Women in sales are basically escorts! Just play coy with the supplier, and they would give you the stock! Why are you pretending to be better than that?” I was stunned. Left without a choice, I mortgaged my new house. The stock was worth four million dollars. I would be able to double the profit once I sold that off.

I don't really know what I was expecting, and it sure as hell wasn't this. Whatever this is...it's even better than I could have imagined. The mystery, the anonymity, the sense of excitement that has reawakened something in me that I haven't felt in what seems like a lifetime ago. The way his hands caress my body, his fingers gently tracing along my skin; my lips against his neck and hands in his hair, wanting him the way he wants me... I'm learning to love the unexpected... **** Still recovering from the heartbreak of a failed engagement, Kristine reluctantly agrees to a girls night out. A night that is meant for her to let loose and forget about her unsuccessful dating life, leads Kristine to meet a mysterious stranger who brings her body back to life in ways she didn't believe possible. This unexpected intimate encounter leads to much more with a man she knows only as E.

Don’t stray from the path… When Siorin encounters a mysterious black-haired mage in the forest on her way to the local good-witch, she knows better than to stray from the path. Doing so would be inviting trouble from the fairy brethren with whom mankind shares their world. His plight, however, moves her, and she rescues him despite misgivings. Rivyn has cast a destiny spell which he believes brought him Siorin, so he doesn’t hesitate to steal her, well and truly taking her off her path when he does so. The mage irresistibly draws and seduces Siorin as he leads her on an adventure that transverses their world, encountering all manner of brethren, for Rivyn is on quest is to rebuild his power so that he can return to the Fae Court and reclaim what has been stolen from him. But what Rivyn has lost is not what he needs to seek. Will Rivyn choose his power, or his heart?

The day I died was Mommy’s birthday. For once, she left me an unusually large slice of cake. I hovered before it, greedy, leaning in to breathe in its sweetness. But the very next second, she handed the cake to my younger sister, Bella Tesla. “Have some, Bella. Better you than that ungrateful girl!” Then she turned to Daddy, who was filming nearby. “You recorded everything, right? When she returns, make her watch it. Don’t let her say again that we play favorites! “Of all things to learn, she learned how to run away from home! “We spoiled her! If she has any sense, let her never come back!” She sneered as she slammed the table and cursed at me, never noticing the panic on Bella’s face as she held the cake. She also failed to notice Bella’s disheveled hair. She noticed even less the dark stains of blood on her sleeve. Blood that belonged to me.

Selene never imagined that visiting her best friend’s home would change her life forever. For years, Amaya never spoke of her father. When Selene finally meets him, she discovers the truth—Amaya’s father is none other than Don Mario, one of the most feared mafia Dons in the city. What begins as innocently spirals into something dangerous when Don Mario’s piercing gaze lingers on her a moment too long. Against her better judgment, Selene is drawn into his dark, intoxicating world—one filled with power, danger, and irresistible temptation. But nothing comes without a cost. To protect her fragile friendship, Selene must hide her secret affair with the Don from Amaya. The truth eventually shatters their bond, turning her best friend into her greatest enemy. To love him is dangerous. To resist him is impossible. And once Selene steps into the Don’s world, there is no turning back and together they must both overcome all for their love to prevail.

Vanessa Whitewood, a seventeen years old girl, living with her greedy foster parents. She was adopted when she was six years old. But believe me when I say she would be better alone on streets than being with them. Werewolves are what she just read in story books. What comes upon her when she finds out that they exist in real? She is just a human, or so she thought..... Damian Black, the unofficial King of the Blue moon City, is the richest, most handsome businessman but also the most ruthless Alpha King of the Blood moon pack. He is the most desired man for every girl living there. Yet its death sentence for anyone who ever tries to make a eye contact with him. One might wonder what secret he hides. But what will happen when Vanessa finds out that she is mated to an Alpha? Join them on their journey of love, sizzling romance and a little danger and secrets.... All rights reserved.

My wife’s new assistant recently celebrated his birthday, and she splurged on a villa as a gift to him. On the day he moved in, the assistant, Zachary Shaw, bragged on Instagram with a post and captioned: [Bagged myself a sugar mommy, just FYI.] My wife, Ivy Bennett, commented on the post: [Happy birthday, my dear Zacky! 🫰] The photo was Zachary wrapping his arm around my wife’s slender waist, looking incredibly intimate. The work group chat blew up at once. Everyone expressed their envy toward Zachary, singing his praises for being so promising at such a young age. Then, my childhood friend, Autumn Sinclair, tagged me in the group chat and teased, [Love is a blinding green light. Your wife’s cheating on you so hard it glows. Congrats, Julian!] I smiled wryly and stubbed out my cigarette. Slowly, I typed my reply, [Want a house, Autumn? I’ll get you one too, better than her gift to him.]

When Alpha Lorenzo finds his mate and discovers she is a twelve-year-old orphan, he is certain the Moon Goddess has lost her mind. Why would she allow him to feel the mate-bond when they can't claim one another yet? What he doesn’t know is that this young girl has been delivered into his care for a reason. Arla is not only a powerful werewolf but also a powerful witch, and who better to fiercely protect her from those who wish to exploit her power, than her own fated mate. Arla’s journey of development and discovery, as she learns to harness her powers and navigate her new life, takes her from timid pre-teen to a strong and influential young woman. With Alpha Lorenzo as her protector, can she fight off the evil threats that lay in her path? And when the time finally comes for her to feel the mate-bond, can she forgive him for keeping it a secret all these years? *Completed*

She was never meant to survive. He was never meant to find her. For seventeen years, Nova Moonveil existed as a secret locked away in an Ashbane tower — chained in silver, starved of her wolf, and forgotten by the world that slaughtered her bloodline. The Moonveil Pack is dead. Or so history claims. When Alpha King Finric Shadowclaw arrives to negotiate a political alliance meant to secure peace, fate intervenes. A dream. A scent of vanilla and moonlight. A girl hidden where no one should be. Finric strikes a bargain to bring her back to Shadowclaw. He knows better than to want her. He is bound to another, duty-bound to his crown, and determined to keep his distance from the dangerous pull she awakens in him. As Nova struggles to find her wolf and survive a court where cruelty wears a crown, something ancient inside her begins to wake. Powers long thought extinct stir beneath her skin. Secrets buried in blood rise to the surface. Fate is not done with the last Moonveil.