Bridal Carry

All Brielle Taylor wanted was to deliver a late-night cake and keep her dying bakery afloat. What she got was public humiliation at the hands of Damian Sterling, New York’s most powerful billionaire and her worst nightmare. But one reckless night later, her life changes forever. She disappears. He forgets her. Or so she thought... Until he shows up weeks later, demanding answers. Demanding ownership. Now she’s pregnant. He’s offering a contract. Live in his mansion. Carry his child. Obey his rules. She should say no. But someone just burned her bakery to the ground... and Damian may be the only man powerful enough to protect her. Only, his reasons for keeping her close aren’t as noble as they seem. He doesn’t want her heart. Just the baby. But what happens when the coldest man on Wall Street falls for the woman he tried to tame?

Born beneath the Blood Eclipse, I carry two curses: a soul that burns my mate alive and a bond that only ends in death. Born under a cursed moon, I was destined to destroy my mate. He rejected me. The next day, my parents sold me to a monster. Now I’m trapped in a loveless marriage, carrying a child I can’t explain, and pulled into a second bond with the one man my first mate calls brother. Everyone wants to control me. No one sees the storm I’m becoming. ~ “I let you go to save you, Avelyn.” Rhett muttered, with a lowered gaze. “No,” I whispered, voice trembling. “You let me go because you were terrified I’d destroy you.”

In the heart of New York City, the NYPD never sleeps—and neither do its secrets. Detective Jocelynn Sanchez is all sharp edges and silence. Closed off, cold, and constantly on guard, she’s built walls few have dared to climb. Her time at the academy left her scarred, thanks to a group of recruits who made it their mission to break her spirit. Now, years later, she’s forced to join a new unit—led by none other than Andrei Smirnov, friends with the men who put her through hell. Andrei has always wanted to work with Jocelynn, though she has no idea. Unlike his friends, he saw her strength back then—and admired it. Her arrival on his team feels like fate. But earning her trust proves harder than expected. She barely speaks, avoids everyone except her one friend, and seems to carry a past she’ll never share. Still, Andrei is patient. An open book with a big family and an even bigger heart, he slowly begins to break through Jocelynn's defenses. And in doing so, he discovers the truth: she’s not cold—she’s protecting herself. Jocelynn sees that Andrei isn’t like the men who hurt her. He’s kind, steady, and genuinely wants to understand her. But there are secrets she won’t risk exposing—not even to him. Like the fact that her godfather is their precinct captain, or the real reason she cut ties with her family. As cases grow more dangerous and their bond deepens, Jocelynn must decide if she can finally let someone in. Shadows in Blue is a slow-burn detective romance about trauma and trust, told from both perspectives.

Kate Artemis Herrera was an only daughter of a single mother who loved her from the moon and back. She would do anything for her mother even if she sold herself. But an unexpected tragedy happened, and her mother was accidentally lacerated on her neck by an addict while selling Balut on the street. With that, she urgently needed a sum of money for her mother’s operation who was on the verge of death. In that night, desperation and fear of losing her mother. Closed eyes, she went to the Goddess of Pleasure, an Elite Cabarete who gave comfort to powerful men. She begged Head Mistress Cleopatra to let her be one of the comfort women in the auction just to have a huge sum of money for her mother’s operation. She sold herself and surrendered her virginity to the mysterious man that had an alias of Don Apollo, who bought her for one billion pesos just a night, and they went to his mansion to have sex. But she put in her mind that after that night, she would run away, and never crossed-paths again with the mysterious man who claimed her virginity, and accidentally got her pregnant. But little did she know that she was carrying inside her womb the babies of the mysterious man who wasn’t just an ordinary powerful man, because he was a Mafia Lord named Orion Dio del Sole that would hunt her, and make her life upside down.

Emilia Clark, a young woman struggling with mounting family debts, responds to a mysterious job posting that arrived unexpectedly in her email. When she arrives at the upscale office for what she assumes is a standard interview, she discovers she's the sole candidate for an unusual position that wasn't clearly described in the original correspondence. The role, as revealed by the formidable Mrs. Grey—matriarch of a wealthy and traditional family—is that of a surrogate mother. The Greys are offering an extraordinarily large sum of money for Emilia to carry a child for their family, with the biological father being Mrs. Grey's son. The older woman presents this as a business transaction, delivered with cold efficiency and an underlying air of entitlement that comes with generations of wealth and influence. Mrs. Grey makes it clear that this is a one-time offer with no room for negotiation or delay—Emilia must accept immediately or leave and never return. There will be no second chances, no time to consider, and no opportunity to ask questions or seek advice. Caught completely off guard, Emilia finds herself in an impossible position. The money would solve her family's financial crisis and lift a burden that has been consuming her life. Yet the weight of the decision—to carry a child for strangers under such pressured circumstances—leaves her reeling. As Mrs. Grey waits for an answer, Emilia must quickly weigh her desperate need for financial security against her autonomy, dignity, and the ethical implications of entering into such an arrangement under duress.

Si Diandra ay anak sa labas ng isa sa pinakamayaman at kilalang tao sa bansa. Sa kabila no'n, hindi siya namuhay ng mahirap— hanggang sa isang araw ay tumigil sa pagsusustento ang kaniyang ama sa hindi malamang dahilan. Kung kailan pa mas kailangan niya nang tulong dahil inatake sa puso ang kaniyang ina at kinakailangan niya ng higit isang milyon para maoperahan ito. Kaya nagdesisyon siyang puntahan ang ama para humingi ng tulong dito ngunit ipinagtabuyan lamang siya ng asawa nito at ng kaniyang kapatid. Hanggang sa in-offer-an siya ng kaniyang tiya na magtrabaho sa isang high-end club. Kung pagbabasehan ang panlabas na hitsura ni Diandra, aakalain mong isa siyang modelo. Makinis at maputi ang kutis, maganda ang hubog ng katawan, at tila dyosa sa inosente at maamong mukha. Tinanggap ni Diandra ang trabaho kapalit ng katawan at dignidad niya para sa kaniyang ina. Ngunit sa hindi inaasahan, ang lalaking nakakuha sa kaniya ay ang may-ari ng kompanyang kaniyang pinagtatrabahuan. Si Hades Hudson, ang bilyonaryong kilala bilang malupit at walang-awang CEO pagdating sa business industry. At sa hindi inaasahan, siya ring fiancé ng kapatid niyang si Elle. Ano na ang gagawin ni Diandra ngayong nagbunga ang isang gabi nilang pagsasama?

Triplets ang ipinagbubuntis ni Xandra sa isang billionaire na si Alexander Bautista. Isa ang natira sa kaniyang triplets dahil ang bunso ay namatay at ang pangalawa ay nasa kaniyang ex-husband. Makalipas ang limang taon nagkapalit ang dalawang kambal sa airport, si Xander na dapat kasama ni Xandra ay napunta sa kaniyang ex-husband at si Axel na dapat kasama ni Alexander ay napunta kay Xandra. Mapapansin kaya ng mga ito ang malaking pagkakaiba ng dalawa gayong nagkasundo ang mga ito na magpalit ng katauhan pansamantala.

"Whether you like it or not! You need to abort the baby! I don't need your fucking mercy Iris! You don't have to project yourself as a victim!" Nanlilisik ang mga mata ni Lucas habang nakatitig sa akin. Gusto niya akong burahin sa kaniyang mga mata. Isang basura ang tingin niya sa'kin. Isang maruming asawa. "Pagkatapos mong makuha ang lahat? Ito ang gagawin mo? Ipapalaglag mo ang bata? Wala kang puso. Wala kang awa. Hayop." Hinampas ko si Lucas sa dibdib ng aking mga kamay. Galit ang nararamdaman ko sa kaniya. Niloko niya ako. Ginawa niya akong tanga. Pinaglaruan niya ang nararamdaman ko. Umiiyak lamang ako habang pinapalo ko siya sa dibdib. Gusto siyang saktan. Gusto ko siyang paluin ng mga kamay ko para magising siya sa katotohanan. Wala akong magawa kundi ang hampasin si Lucas sa dibdib habang umiiyak ako. Ang sakit-sakit ng ginawa niya. Isang bagay ang tingin niya sa'kin, na pagkatapos niyang gamitin at pagsawaan ay itapon na lamang. Walang halaga ang pagkababae ko para sa kaniya. Marahas niyang pinigilan ang mga kamay ko. Nangingilid lamang ang mga luha ko. Parang pinipiga ang puso ko nang mga sandaling ito. I thought he is my happily ever after? But I was wrong! The man I adored was hurted me. He broke my heart after all. "Stop being fool Iris. Nothing can blame but you. Dahil ginusto mo ang nangyari sa atin. Ikaw ang may kagustuhan ng lahat," Nanlaki ang mga mata ni Lucas sa akin dahil sa galit. Pagkamuhi ang nararamdaman ng puso niya para sa akin. Agad akong sinakal ni Lucas sa leeg. Napahawak ako sa braso niya. Nakatingala lamang ako sa kaniya, hindi makahinga. Pumapatak ang mga luha ko. "You need to abort the baby. You will do it to protect my identity Iris."

May Yukizia Veronica Alcantara continue to fall in love to a bachelor who steal her first kiss if she find out that she will get married to a man whom her grandfather fully-trusted. What if the young man who stole her first kiss and the man her Grandfather fully-trusted are just one? One night Yukizia caught Tristan Charles Sandoval making out with another woman. Mapapatawad pa kaya ni Yukizia ang asawa kong may mas pinapahalagahan na siyang iba? "I never say I don't love you..."

Sanay na sa sakit si Olivia Margarette Gallego, sa ipinararamdam pa lamang ng kanyang magulang sa kanya sa araw-araw ay nag-uumapaw na siya. Ngunit iba pala ang sakit iyong mahal at pinagkatitiwala mong tao ang siyang mangloloko sa'yo. Nalaman niyang kasal na pala ang kanyang anim na buwang nobyo at may anak pa! Sa pinaghalong kalungkutan at pighati, pumara siya ng taxi at tumungo sa isang club at doon nagpakalawing, umaasang mawala na ang sakit kinabukasan. Ngunit kinabukasan at iba ang namulatan ng kanyang mga mata. Nakahiga siya sa isang malaking kama at katabi ang nag-iisang terror mathematics professor, si Mr. Wrecker Silas Monroe. Ang akala niyang isang gabi lamang ng pagkakamali, ang hindi niya alam ay panghabangbuhay niyang dadalhin ang bunga niyon. May pag-asa pa bang makatatagpo siya ng lalaking mamahalin siya ng tunay? O makukuntento na lang siya sa pagmamahal para sa kanyang mga anak?