Books Like Barbarians At The Gate

Synopsis Olivia was born poor. Her father was a gambler. After messing with the wrong guys and being unable to pay off the huge amount of debt, he sold his only daughter, Olivia, to be a surrogate without her consent. She was just a young girl in her sophomore year, who was trying to make ends meet. Her father's betrayal left her devastated as she did not know how the rest of her life will be like. Ethan was the president of Reid Corporation. He was a tenacious man who never entertained any nonsense. His resolute personality made his father to hand the company over to him. Although he has a fiancée, he feels nothing for her and is not interested in her. When he buys Olivia as a surrogate, he only sees her as his sex toy and someone to give birth to his baby. In fact, he is adamant on finding a lady who saved him when he was young, claiming that she was the only one who deserved to be his wife. But when Olivia tries to escape with his half-brother, who is also his arch-enemy, Ethan goes after her and when he finally finds her, he forbids her from ever leaving him.

Jackson spent months trying to find out the truth, and when he did, it landed him in a coma, only to wake up a year later to find out he fathered a set of triple while unconscious in the hospital, and his wife is not his children mother, but someone else’s wife is.

“That must be enough to get you pregnant.” My eyes snapped open, but this time for a whole different reason. “What?” Blaze blinked, looking confused. “What what?” “What do you mean by pregnant?” I demanded, sitting up despite my exhaustion. “Pregnant, as in the mother of my child? You know... the surrogacy?” “Surrogacy? What surrogacy? What the fuck are you talking about?”

Anastasia was living the life she had dreamed of as a kid. While working as a personal assistant to Jacob Wades, the son of the wades family, one of the richest families in the country, they both fall in love and she even ends up pregnant. What Anastasia doesn’t envision is for everything to go downhill the day she gives birth. Her child is taken away from her the second she gives birth and she is abandoned by the family. Even the man she loves turns a blind eye to this and they throw her to the streets. Anastasia is forced to flee the country for her own safety. Two years later, she meets Tristian Reyes, a self made billionaire who has his own secrets and he offers to help her. Anastasia returns with only two things in mind, revenge on the wades family and the custody of her son.. Is it possible to win against the most powerful family in the country? What happens when Tristian Reyes falls in love with her? Will she be able to forget about her past hurt and accept him or has Jacob destroyed her heart forever?

Synopsis "How old are you?" The stranger asked, my face turned as red as a tomato and I swallowed. "Uhm old enough." I forced a smile, my heart was beating so hard that I could hear it loud in my ears. "Good." He closed the gap between us and kissed me. In that beautiful moment, I forgot completely about my suicide mission. ^^^^^^^ Rose just finished high school and the weight of the world was kept on her shoulders, he abusive father died and left a lot of unpaid debts for her to settle, her mum admitted in the hospital and diagnosed with cancer. She fell into depression and needed a way out. She felt the way out was to commit suicide after fulfilling her wildest fantasy of sleeping with a stranger before she dies. After the wonderful night with the stranger she decided to fall from the hotel balcony and end it but that stranger stopped her. Clifford, the famous billionaire wanted a surrogate to give him an heir but complications arose when his wife who couldn't give him a child found out that he had an affair with, Rose, the surrogate.

Dahil sa hindi mabayarang utang na iniwan ng ama ni Ahtisa sa kaniya, kailangan niyang tanggapin ang kontratang maging surrogate ng tagapagmana ng bilyonaryong CEO na si Kairon Watson at ng girlfriend nitong si Celine Valdez. Apat na taon nang nagsasama si Kairon at Celine pero hindi pa rin sila nabibiyayaan ng anak dahil may problema si Celine sa kaniyang obaryo. Iyon ang dahilan kung bakit tutol ang mga magulang ni Kairon na magpakasal sila dahil kailangan nila ng tagapagmana, hindi sila p'wedeng mag-ampon dahil ang gusto ng mga magulang ni Kairon ay sarili dapat nilang apo at kadugo ang magmamana sa yaman nila. Doon nila napagdesisyon na kumuha ng surrogate na magdadala ng tagapagmana ni Kairon at iyon ay si Ahtisa. Dinala ni Kairon si Ahtisa sa pribadong isla upang itago at maproteksyonan siya. Sa halos araw-araw na pagtatalik ni Kairon at Ahtisa, hindi sila nabigong magbunga ito sa loob ng isang buwan. Sa pagdadalang-tao ni Ahtisa, namuo ang inggit sa kaniya ni Celine, lalo na kapag nakikita niya kung paano siya protektahan ni Kairon. Hindi maiikaila ni Ahtisa na nahuhulog na ang kaniyang loob kay Kairon at alam niya sa sarili niyang hindi niya na kayang ibigay sa kanila ni Celine ang batang dinadala niya dahil minamahal niya na rin ang batang nasa sinapupunan niya. Ano na ang gagawin ni Ahtisa? Paano niya kahaharapin ang galit sa kaniya ni Celine? At paano niya lalabanan ang pagmamahal na nararamdaman niya kay Kairon kung sa una palang ay mali na ito? Wala sa kontrata nila ang umibig siya sa ama nang pinagbubuntis niya!

Megan Starks and Damon Zahan are two strangers suffering same fate -heartbreak from previous relationships- and need company to while away time. They click and hit things off pretty quick: a journey from the bar to the bed. No strings attached. But then, what is supposed to be a night stand brews pregnancy, driving Megan to search for her baby Daddy. She is dire need of financial assistance as her search for her Baby Daddy proves futile. Desperate and left with no choice, she applies to be a surrogate and she hits her jackpot when she is taken. But what she doesn't know is that her Baby Daddy and employer are not only related but are sworn enemies. And when their paths cross, she is stuck between choosing who will father her kids.

Born from a middle-class family and struggling to care for her sick mother after they were abandoned by her father, Christiana has always dreamt of living a comfortable life one day. And to think her already miserable life won’t get even worse, she woke up one day only to see herself in an unfamiliar room and tied up to a bed naked. Then the shocking news was dropped to her; her father has sold her off as a surrogate to Damien Fernandez, a ruthless billionaire who was the total opposite of the image he portrays to the world. And to make it worse, He told her to her face that he can never love her! Now Christiana has a new goal and that is to get away from Damien at all costs, who on the other hand, wasn’t ready to let her go anytime soon. But then, a new offer arrived; a new man who might be the Romeo Christiana has been praying for; “Christiana, if you come with me, I will help you get all the riches and happiness you want and deserve. I will make you the happiest woman in the world and I will keep you far away from that monster” It was an enticing offer, one that Christiana wouldn’t miss for anything… but there were two problems: Her rescuer was an enemy of Damien and secondly, Christiana had just realized; Damien might not be the monster she thinks he is.

"100 million dollars. All you have to do is carry birth my child and I'll pay you in full to get the hell out of our lives and never show your your face again." ************** Becoming a surrogate mother was the hardest decision Scarlett Stone had to make! Her husband needed to undergo a surgery or lose his life. The only option she had to save her husband was to give up her body. In the end, she chose to take up the job, just to save her husband. However, she becomes shattered when the child gets taken away from her by the man whose face she has never seen, but she got double of the promised amount. Now she's back, will her husband forgive her for getting pregnant for another man, even though she did it to save his life? What happens next when the masked billionaire finds her again and asks her to be his contract wife? Will she agree to another contract? Or will she fight her growing feelings for this billionaire who has several darker secrets to hide from her? The only way to find out is to read this book!

Lulu bridge finds herself entangled in a web of being a surrogate for a billionaire who’s as ruthless as he’s feared, but what happens when she starts to breech their contract where there should never be any feelings involved.