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Note: This book has two stand-alone stories with happy endings. If Book 1 isn’t your style, jump to Book 2 at Chapter 69! BOOK 1: Adrian & Emily Blackwood "You look like a beggar; don’t bother me," Adrian Blackwood sneered when Emily St. Claire bumped into him after learning her husband cheated with his pregnant ex-fiancée. Little did Adrian know, he'd one day beg this hot divorcee for love. Emily thought she had it all—until she walked in on her husband moaning another woman’s name on their fifth anniversary. Shattered but not broken, she vows to dismantle the empire he built on lies. Enter Adrian Blackwood—the ruthless billionaire who bends the world to his will. “I’ll let you drain me dry,” Emily tells him, determined to reclaim her life and get revenge. But as passion ignites, revenge takes a back seat to redemption. Will their dark pasts consume them, or can they find love amid the chaos? BOOK 2: Vincent & Claire Everglow “I gave you everything,” Claire whispered, clutching her belly as the TV announced Vincent Everglow’s engagement to the world’s sweetheart, Layla Vanroe. Two weeks ago, Vincent knelt before her with a promise ring. “When I’m ready, I’ll marry you,” he said. But now, Claire is pregnant and alone, discarded like a secret. Vincent’s betrayal cut deep, but Claire swore to move on. So why does her heart betray her when their paths cross again? Why does Layla seem desperate to keep them apart? Love doesn’t follow rules, but when lies and betrayal threaten their fragile bond, Claire and Vincent must decide: will they fight for each other or walk away forever!

Isolde was born under the red full moon. Something that was rare and marked as a curse in the werewolf world. Her pack wanted her gone, saying she would bring destruction. Her wolf was sealed before she could reach the awakening age, leaving her worthless. Helpless. Vulnerable. Then came the night that changed her life, stumbling her into the worst world possible. She was married off to the cruel rogue Alpha Drogo. A male bound by the curse of the moon goddess after committing an eternal sin. He was defined as the most ruthless male in the country. Behind the shadow, never to be dared. What happened when Isolde realized she bears the face of a ghost that haunts him from his past? The face of the very woman that doomed him.

Grace Turner was the picture of suburban perfection—devoted wife, PTA president, and quiet survivor of a loveless marriage. But when her husband’s financial collapse drags her family into ruin, she teams up with her two closest friends for one desperate, reckless act: robbing a neighborhood grocery store. What they didn’t know? The store is a front for a brutal crime syndicate. Now, with the gang’s blood money in their hands, the women are given two choices—work off the debt, or disappear. For Grace, survival means submission to their mysterious leader, Cain Russo—a man as dangerous as he is magnetic. Cold-blooded and commanding, Cain makes it clear: she belongs to him until the debt is paid. But lines blur when power games turn into obsession, and desire burns hotter than fear. As Grace is pulled deeper into Cain’s violent world—and his bed—she’ll have to decide what’s more dangerous: the gang that owns her… or the man who’s claimed her.

"You can't handle it. If you try too hard to understand me, what you'll unbosom, that is if you're able to uncover anything, will drive you mad. Because my mind is a dark labyrinth, never understood". “Sometimes there is no darker place than our thoughts, the moonless midnight of the mind”.——Dean Roontz. A dark, lonely, numb soul wanders the face of the Earth in search of peace. Running and hiding from her hunters and her captives. She's trying all she can to feel something, anything, at all as proof that she's living but all to no avail. She's neither human nor werewolf, Satyr nor mermaid, she doesn't seem to have a place to fit in. Her only mission and the goal that drives her very being is how to get rid of the curse she was born with. A curse that seems to spread its wings of death over any one she dares to care about. A curse that doesn't hesitate to suck the happiness out of all beings of close proximity to her. Will her strive to break this curse be fruitful or futile? Will she be able to protect others from getting consumed by this curse that plagues her very existence? Will she thrive over this seemingly unbreakable curse?

Sobrang pagdadalamhati ang naramdaman ni Leigh nang mabalitaang patay na ang kaniyang kapatid. Ang kaniyang kapatid na tanging pinagkakatiwalaan at tanging taong nagmahal sa kaniya. Hindi siya makapaniwalang wala na siya. At hindi lang pala siya ang hindi makapaniwala sa nangyari. Because Klare's soon-to-be husband thought that the Cabrera family was just trying to fool him. Paano kung isang araw ay may kumidnap sa iyo at inakalang ikaw ang babaeng mapapangasawa niya? Anong gagawin mo kapag malaman mong may posibilidad na may kinalaman ang lalakeng iyon sa pagkamatay sa nag-iisang taong nagmahal sa iyo? Would you escape or would you stay and uncover the truth? Ang k'wentong ito ay tungkol kay Leigh na napagkamalan ni Xavier Sarmiento bilang si Klare, ang babaeng mapapangasawa niya na sa kasamaang palad ay naaksidente sa araw ng pagkikita nilang dalawa. Determined to know the truth behind her ate's death, she gave up explaining that she's not Klare and pretends to be her. But what if, mula sa simula pa lang, Leigh is bound to marry Mr. Sarmiento.

Auditor sa umaga. Asawa sa gabi. Kalaban sa katotohanan. Kapag puso, pamilya, at katarungan ang nagbanggaan—sino ang handa mong ipaglaban? Si Maria Ysabel Cruz ay isang ordinaryo pero masipag na auditor na napilitang akuin ang responsibilidad nang mamatay ang ina at bumagsak ang kalusugan ng kanyang ama. Sa desperasyon, nagkubli siya sa pangalang Maya Santos at pumasok sa isang contract marriage kay Renzo Alcantara—ang guwapo at makapangyarihang tagapagmana ng pinakamalaking construction empire sa bansa. Sa simula, naging perpekto ang lahat: natugunan ang gastusin ng kanyang pamilya, unti-unti siyang nahulog kay Renzo, at naranasan ang isang uri ng pag-ibig na akala niya ay para lang sa mayayaman. Ngunit gumuho ang ilusyon nang ma-assign siya bilang auditor sa mismong kumpanya ng mga Alcantara. Sa araw, siya ang matapang na Maria Ysabel na nag-iimbestiga sa mga katiwalian. Sa gabi, siya ang mapagmahal na Maya, asawa ni Renzo. Dalawang katauhan, iisang puso—at isang mapanganib na lihim. Hanggang sa mabunyag ang masakit na katotohanan: ang pamilya ni Renzo ang nasa likod ng ghost projects na kumitil ng maraming buhay at sa trahedyang pumatay sa kanyang ina. Ngayon, kailangan niyang pumili: Ipaglaban ang pamilya at katarungan para sa bayan… o ipagtanggol ang lalaking minahal niya? At si Renzo, may sarili ring laban: Patatawarin ba niya ang babaeng ilang ulit na nanloko sa kanya? O patuloy pa rin ba niyang mamahalin—Maya man siya o Maria Ysabel—kahit kapalit ay ang pamilyang kailanma’y hindi niya tinalikuran? Isang kwento ng pag-ibig, pagtataksil, at ang tanong na walang kasiguraduhan: Hanggang saan ang kaya mong isakripisyo para sa pag-ibig at katotohanan?

"Yield Jessica! You know you can't defeat her!" "This is foolishness, Jess! You have to end it. Your bones are broken, and you are bleeding. If this continues, she will kill you!" They said to her through the mind-link. With her eyes glaring at her opponent, and a grin playing on her busted lips, she said the word, "Never." Everyone thought she was insane and stupid, but not him—not the Alpha of the Blackwood pack. Michael sat in his chair, staring at her. She wasn't a Warrior or a Shifter; she wasn't even an Awakened yet. He couldn't explain what was going on. He was drawn to her, and he didn't know why. Never in Jessica's life did she think a day like this would come. Being the weakest person in the Redwood Pack, she was always treated badly. From the day she was brought to the pack, she was considered a nobody. But that all changed when Alpha Michael arrived. As mysteries begin to unfold, and prophecies resurface, will things get better for Jessica, or will it all get worse?

“You said this was fake,” I snapped, my voice tight. “So why do you act like I belong to you?” Zane’s eyes darkened as he stepped in, wrapping his hand around my neck with a possessive grip. His breath hit mine as he growled, “You still don’t get it, do you? You were never fake. You were always mine.” —— A deal made in desperation. A bond they never saw coming. Alpha Zane is fighting for his pack and his throne. Threatened by the Elders and his ambitious cousin determined to take everything from him. Zane needs a powerful weapon to solidify his claim and legacy. Enters Lyra, a defective Omega with a hidden past drowning in bills to protect her dying brother. When Zane offers her a lifeline, a fake mate contract to secure his title, she accepts but she must walk the thin line of submission and survival with Alphas coming for her at every turn. Trapped in a world of luxury and power plays. Zane’s cold-hearted mother will do anything to replace her. A charming rival Alpha who threatens to sabotage and destroy the pack and a charming cousin in the mix. There’s only one rule: never fall in love with him. But how can a lowly omega resist a devilishly powerful Alpha who burns like sin and kisses like war?

Sophie thought her freedom began with her divorce. Instead, it spiraled into a nightmare when her ex-husband was found dead a week later, and all fingers pointed to her. With no one willing to defend her, she turns to her friend, Lucas Carter who gets Drake to fight her case.Drake Hazelwood. Known for taking only one case a year, Drake has his own reasons for stepping into the courtroom, reasons tied to a hidden illness and a mysterious promise to his best friend As Sophie fights to prove her innocence, an unexpected twist binds her to Drake in a way neither of them anticipated. When the lines between professional duty and personal feelings blur, will Sophie and Drake uncover the truth behind the murder and the secrets in their hearts?

Born to serve. Destined to rule. Elara Callum was just another nameless human in a world where humans are nothing more than property. When she’s given to the feared Alpha King Kaelen as payment for a treaty, her quiet life of obedience becomes a deadly game of survival. But Kaelen, the brutal werewolf king, senses something strange about her. Something forbidden. Something... fated. When Elara is kidnapped by vampires and taken to their cold kingdom, secrets unravel. Not only is she the key to a prophecy that could shift the balance of power between races she’s also the last living Fae. Now two kings want her. A rebellion wants to use her. And her own body is becoming something not quite human. In a world where monsters rule and fate binds, can a servant girl become a queen… or will she be the spark that ends them all?