Blood Orange

Arissa Erishelle Bellanova and Armando Miñel Teng are from rival families from Cebu. In order for their families to set a truce, Arissa’s brother was supposed to marry Armando’s beloved cousin. But things took a turn for worse when Arissa’s brother left his fiancée at the altar. Leaving their families with no choice, Armando and Arissa’s marriage was then sealed. Armando, filled with anger and nothing but thoughts of revenge, promised Arissa one thing: he would never love her. Here's the catch though; Arissa never asked for love. Growing up unloved, Arissa’s naturally timid, shy, and gentle. She never asks for attention, because she knows that the moment she asks for attention, masasaktan siya. Between the one who’s never asked for love, and the one who swore to never love, the first one to fall will lose. Will it be the prideful Armando, or will it be the careful Arissa?

Allistair Zane Fretzellis was haunted by the same dream every night. A vision drenched in blood, fire and carnage. A phantom whose touch burns and his face he longs to see but cannot. Samael Lucian DelFierro-King of Wolves, Alpha of Alphas. A ruler cloaked in ruthlessness, feared across the realms. He was a monster. A king. A man broken and whole all at once. When hatred collides with fate, what would they do, when destiny bound them as fated mates? A dark tale of blood and fire. Of desire that burns, possesses, and whispers- "I will let the world burn for you."

Minsan dumadating sa atin ang isang pagsubok na hindi natin inaasahan. Iyong tipo na ngayon ay masaya ka pero hindi mo alam na may kalakip 'yon na kalungkutan. Kagaya na lang ni Devi na gusto lang naman maranasan ang magmahal at mahalin. Akala niya ay magiging masaya na siya ng tuluyan. Pero hindi niya inaakala na maagang kukunin ang taong nagparamdam sa kanya ng tunay na pagmamahal. Paano niya haharapin ang bukas kung wala na ang taong nakasanayan niya? Makakamove on pa ba siya sa sakit ng kahapon? Kaya niya pa kayang magmahal muli sa ikalawang pagkakataon?

Naranasan mo na bang magtiwala sa isang tao? Iyong tipo na akala mo ay hindi ka niya magagawang lokohin at saktan? Ysabelle isang 3rd year college student. Maganda, mabait, matalino at galing sa mayaman na pamilya pero kahit gano'n pa man ay hindi niya ginagamit 'yon para makalamang sa kapwa. Isang araw ay susubukin ang kanyang buhay dahil sa isang trahedya. Paano kung ang inaakala mong totoo sayo ay siya pala ang dahilan kung bakit muntik ka ng mamatay? May lugar pa ba sa puso mo ang kapatawaran?

She; Who was given the name by men as 'IRON GIRL'. A girl who has heart cold as ice never believed in love, and never wanted to be in a serious relationship would be one day have this kind of day! A day that she gets betrayed by her beloved mother. Her mother arranged a marriage for her with her best friend's son. She finds it hard to believe. She still in her early 20s, the age at which you want to travel and have freedom, party, and enjoy life. Why would she has to settle down? Of course, she wouldn't agree. So, on the day she gets to meet him for the time, she plans to reject this arranged marriage in front of him. Who would have thought he didn't even show up. Although she feels happy because she's now sure he doesn't want this marriage to happen, too. But she feels more frustrated because the reason he couldn't come is he has a basketball match. It was the first time that a boy stood her up and with such a ridiculed reason. A thought comes to her mind. 'I will get revenge.' Thus the romance between a girl with a bad past and a hot-blooded boy begins.

Maurine Elizabeth Lopez is a young, innocent girl who has been deceived by the man she loves. Bullied by her stepsister and betrayed by her stepmother, she finds herself sold to settle a debt. Mikhail Esteban Rostova, a notorious and cold-blooded Russian mafia boss, takes her. Everyone assumes that Mikhail will dispose of her as he pleases. However, to save her life, Maurine pleads for mercy and deceives Mikhail, leading him to believe that she is in love with him and willing to do anything for him. She knows she cannot afford to die without exacting revenge on those who have tormented her. Mikhail believes her and spares her life. However, he insists that she marry him and bear his children. With no other options available, she reluctantly accepts his proposal, recognizing that marrying a cold-blooded Russian mafia boss might be her only chance for survival. This time, Maurine is determined not to let anyone deceive or bully her. She plans to use Mikhail to achieve her revenge and nothing more. After she is done with him, she will dispose of him before he will dispose of her. However, dealing with a powerful man was not as easy as she imagined it would be. Since Mikhail is willing to murder and flip the world upside down if ever she ran away!

Who exactly is THE BLOODHOUNDS? Billionaires who are experts in the security and weapon field along with property. Involved with the mafia, sometimes they kill people if necessary. Control lots of organizations, helping them sometimes. They get involved with the mafia but on their good side. Let me introduce you to the first member of the group. CLYDE NIELSEN, THE ABDICATED PRINCE. Let me introduce you to the second member of the group. KAYDEN GRANT, THE TAKER.

The Moretti Family's Thanksgiving party was in full swing downstairs—crystal clinks, fake laughs, classic mafia gloss. Meanwhile, I was curled up in a servant's room on the third floor. Jackson Moretti's wife. Legally, anyway. My hands were ice. I gripped the ultrasound report like it could anchor me. Three heartbeats. Strong, steady. It was supposed to be a surprise—his big Thanksgiving gift. To the outside world, Jackson was a polished Stanford grad, running a top-tier consulting firm in San Francisco. But behind the scenes? He ran the Moretti empire—cold, calculated, pulling strings in the West Coast's darkest corners. Three years of marriage and we barely spoke, but I still clung to the hope that maybe... maybe there was something real left. Then I heard him downstairs. "You really not letting your wife come down?" "Isabella?" He laughed. "She'd kill the vibe." Another voice chimed in. "Lina's back, right? Wild you married her twin. Which one do you actually like?" Jackson didn't miss a beat. "Isabella's just a stand-in. Quiet. Predictable. I could tell her to drop dead and she'd say 'okay.'" "So when are you ditching her?" "Dunno. She thinks she matters. I'm just playing her." I slapped a hand over my mouth to muffle the sob. A minute later, I was heading downstairs, numb. I brushed my fingers over my belly. "Sorry, babies," I whispered. Triplets. His. He thought I was blind. Weak. Stuck. What he didn't know? A quiet woman, once she snaps—she can burn it all down.

Vincenzo Moretti was Stonehaven’s youngest financial titan— a tech mogul commanding a multibillion-dollar empire, gracing the covers of business magazines as a modern legend. But only a select few knew the truth: he was also the ruthless Don controlling the East Coast mafia. To him, wealth and power were mere chips in a game. And I? I was just another pawn used to stabilize a fragile family alliance. In our ten-year marriage, he slept with my friends, my coworkers… every single person I once trusted. Then one morning, as I took our one-month-old baby for a routine checkup, Sienna Newton, his latest mistress, ran me down with her car. The baby screamed endlessly. I begged her to take us to the hospital, and when Vincenzo arrived, he looked at me with cold disdain. “Isabella,” he sneered, “when did you learn to stage accidents? “Even if you died here, I wouldn’t bat an eye.” Then he took Sienna’s hand and walked away without a backward glance. By the time I was rushed to the hospital, the child in my arms had suffocated. Upon hearing the news, my mother suffered a heart attack. She didn’t survive. I slipped into a coma for two days. When I finally woke up, I found out that Vincenzo never visited. Instead, his father, Renato Moretti, the true king of the Moretti empire, stood by my bedside. I looked at him calmly and said, “Let me go. Whatever I owed your family, I’ve repaid in full with two lives.” Later, that same Don who had once looked down on me knelt before me, begging me to come home. But I was no longer the woman who waited, silent and broken, for his change of heart. I was the Don’s wife who turned away and never looked back.

I had been with Lars Carter for six years. The head of Midas Capital in Eastwind City, he was a rising star in Riverton's Silver Street—the heart of this nation's financial world. Few knew his true roots. Within him flowed the Vitalus bloodline. Lars descended from an old mafia clan from the city of Virgil in Vitalus, the Viktors. Midas Capital was ours. We built it from the ground up together; Lars would haunt private clubs, ironing out business deals amid drinks. I would stay by his side, doing the accounts, steering the direction of the negotiations, and memorizing every detail of the high-stakes contracts. We did everything together—a tight team. Or so I thought. In my naivete, I was convinced I would rule the city alongside him. The woman behind the man, so to speak. …Until Pearl Ross arrived two months ago. His childhood sweetheart moved from Virgil to Eastwind City. It was then that I knew—she was the one he was waiting for all along. It had always been her. "Lars, I want to get married." Lars' face tightened; hesitation veiled in businesslike concern. "Bianca, you know the company's at a critical stage… We're mid-fundraising. I can't right now." I smiled, calm and composed. "That's fine." He misunderstood. I was getting married—just not to him.