Cherry Blossoms In Winter

Mature Content! "Do you want to divorce your useless husband and be with me instead?" Ang baritonong boses na iyon mula sa kaniyang likuran ay nagpatinding ng kaniyang balahibo. Tila muling nabuhay ang katawang lupa ni Adeline nang marinig muli ang boses na iyon. Pumikit siya, dinama ang init ng hininga ng estranghero hanggang sa nahagip ng kaniyang tingin sa pamilyar na tattoo sa ilalim ng pulsuhan nito. Takot ang lumukob sa kaniyang pagkatao, natabunan ang init na nararamdaman. Mabilis siyang humiwalay sa lalaki habang tinatambol ng kaba ang kaniyang dibdib. Hindi niya maipaliwanag ang nararamdaman habang nakatitig sa itim na mga mata ng lalaking tila lalamunin siya ng buhay. "I-Ikaw?" Ngumisi ang mapula nitong mga labi, "Hello, my beautiful wife. Fancy seeing you here." *** Sa ngalan ng paghihiganti, nagpakasal si Adeline sa isang lalaking nakaratay. Ang tanging gusto niya lamang ay mabigyan ng hustisya ang dinanas niya sa kamay ng dating asawa at stepsister. Maayos sana ang lahat kung hindi lamang siya ginugulo ng isang misteryosong lalaki na nakasiping niya sa gabi ng kaniyang kasal. Dumagdag pa ang gulo nang biglang magising ang kaniyang asawa. Adeline was so confused but she knew she would choose the right path. Ang tama ang pipiliin niya pero isang sikreto ang biglang sumabog sa kaniyang harapan na nagpagulantang sa kaniyang buong pagkatao.

Ginnieva Fajardo, a 21-year-old college student had enough. Her life always kept on failing no matter what she did to keep it from happening. It got to the point where she had to work to be able to study and obtain a degree as her parents passed away before she was even thirteen years old. Due to the unfortunate events that occurred to her, she aspired to be someone who would inspire people, an educator. Ginnie then met her professor, Phillip Añonuevo. Phillip is a 27-year-old newly promoted teacher and the eldest child of Añonuevo's family. Phillip's life, in contrast to Ginnie's, resembles that of a prince. He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth, but that does not make him a tyrant. Since then, Ginnie has found him enticing and a man who is entirely right for her, so she has pursued him. However, love should be felt by both sides, which didn't happen. Ginnie was rejected for her feelings on Valentine's day, making her fearful of that special event. In order to progress in life, she refrained from Phillip up until the moment they met again. She realized that she still has feelings for Phillip after all these years, but it was too late as Phillip is now preparing for a marriage. Knowing that information prompted her to entertain boys in order to forget the man who keeps breaking her heart. But what if circumstances changed miraculously, making her the soon-to-be bride of the man who had stolen her young, innocent heart? Will the romance that has failed twice become an everlasting love, or will it remain the same, putting young Ginnie's dream to die?

Surrounded by luxury and comfort, Dominique Le Blanc does not miss anything, except excitement. His life as the owner of the largest casino in Monaco requires a lot of time and dedication to enjoy this refined and electrifying, but unimportant, environment. Bets and money are no longer able to excite you. Could that change with a gunshot-covered escape in a hospital parking lot? Without knowing why, a young woman flees from her armed captors. The reason for the chase is unknown, but the escape leads her to get into the first open car she sees. Driven by the instinct to fight for her own life, she hides in the vehicle, while the passengers agree to flee the scene quickly. The young woman carries nothing with her, no belongings, no clothes, no name and much less memories. What is the first thing she should look for? “An Inconsequent Desire” is a dark novel full of action and chaos, with two protagonists who know very well what they want… or almost. Tension, desire, luxury and danger mix as Dominique and the fugitive try to resolve their relationship and their desires in a world as opulent as it’s reckless. Violence and attraction go hand in hand for a couple covered in the past, immersed in the present and with almost no future. What is the price of unearthing their memories? How much can it change what is yet to come? Love or obsession. Salvation or ruin. In the end, everyone has something to lose... and maybe that's everything.

“Hindi na sapat ang pagmamahal lang.” Para kay Dean, masaya na siya at kuntento sa tahimik at simple na buhay na mayroon sila ng kanyang asawa na si Niah. Isang klase ng buhay na kasulangat ng kanyang kinagisnan. Ngunit hindi niya inakalang hindi ganoon ang nararamdaman ng kanyang asawa. Niah wants a luxurious and extravagant life. Isang bagay na hindi kaagad maibibigay ni Dean. Kaya noong makahanap ng lalaking magbibigay sa kanya ng buhay na pinapangarap, kaagad na nagdisisyon si Niah na hiwalayan ang asawa. She filed a divorce, dumped Dean, and hooked up with a rich man. Masakit iyon para kay Dean, pero hinayaan niya ang asawa sa kagustuhan nito. He loves Niah so much that he can do everything for her. Kaya noong inakala ng lahat na bumitaw na siya, doon siya kumilos at gumawa ng paraan. And what he did gradually surprised everyone, including his wife. Sa unti-unti niyang pagpapakita ng kanyang kakayahan bilang isang asawa at lalaki, dahan-dahan niya ring ipinakilala ang kanyang tunay na sarili. Would his wife, Niah, come back to him? And if she does, would he still accept her? Or would he move on upon realizing that his wife only loves him because of the things that he could give, and not because she loves him genuinely?

Kinasal si Athalia o mas kilala bilang Tati kay Raphael. Sa ilang taong pagsasama nila ay ilang beses lang umuwi ang asawa niya. Raphael hates her to the core, ginagawa niya ang lahat para maibalik ang dating meron sila. Ngunit paano nga ba maibabalik ang bagay na hindi naman nangyari? Limang taon niyang pilit pinapalitan sa puso nito ang dating kasintahan. Ngunit hindi ito maalis sa puso ni Raphael. Lalaban pa ba siya o susuko na? Mananatili ba siyang Mrs. Yapchengco o susuko na lamang ba? Ito ang kwento ni Doktora Athalia Rielle “Tati” Lazarus–Yapchengco.

Raquel Aguas is the definition of spoiled. Wala siyang inatupag kundi party, shopping, gala, at pagwaldas ng pera ng magulang niya. Wala siyang pakialam sa negosyo, sa future, o kahit sa expectations ng pamilya niya—basta't masaya siya. Pero nang mapuno na ang magulang niya sa kawalang-direksyon niya, tinakot siyang hindi niya makukuha ang mana niya kung hindi siya matutong magpakatao. Dahil sa takot na mawala ang marangyang buhay na nakalaan sa kanya, wala siyang nagawa kundi tanggapin ang kondisyon—ang pumasok sa House of Aguas at tumulong sa kuya niya sa pamamalakad ng kompanya. Sa kasamaang palad, dala lang ni Raquel ang kalat at stress sa opisina. Hindi siya seryoso, laging palpak, at tila ba wala talagang pake. Kaya nagdesisyon ang kuya niyang bigyan siya ng isang project—isang mission na kapag matagumpay niyang nagawa, malaya na siyang bumalik sa dating buhay niya. Kailangan niyang papirmahin ang mayor ng Santa Monica para sa isang malaking proyekto ng House of Aguas Corporation. Sa una'y inakala niyang madali lang iyon. Pero nang makilala niya si Mayor Caelum Argente ay doon siya nagkamali. Guwapo man ito, ngunit masyadong matigas ang prinsipyo. Paulit-ulit siyang binigo at tinanggihan, tila ba sinasadya siyang pahirapan. Habang lumilipas ang mga araw, lalong nawawala ang pasensya niya. Pero dahil desperada siyang matapos ang trabaho at makuha ang kalayaang gusto niya, pilit siyang naghahanap ng paraan para mapasunod ang mayor. Ang hindi niya inaasahan ay ang kondisyong kapalit ng pirma nito—isang kondisyon na hindi pera o pabor ang hinihingi, kundi ang maging sex slave siya nito!

Twenty-two year old Eliza Jane Hernandez is still hunted by the heartbreak from five years ago, because she didn't give his twenty million dollars demand. She never know that her relation with her suck money-grabbing ex-boyfriend was a lie. After five years of that bitter end relationship, she still wasn't able to be healed. Instead she decided to marry a man who know's nothing about her background being a billionaire heir. She married Clarence Garmet, younger son of the garmet family. The son who was become a center of coaxing, mockery, criticism, and brickbat because of his uselessness. What will happen to their life inside the Garmet mansion? How did Eliza Jane Hernandez continue to leave in that hellish life at the hands of the overbearing family? Will she comeback and retrieve her billions? Or choose to stay with him till the end?

William selalu diperlakukan tidak adil oleh sang ayah. Setelah kecelakaan yang dialaminya, mendadak dirinya menjadi sangat diinginkan! Ia bahkan diburu dengan segala daya dan upaya. Apa alasannya di balik semuanya? Sanggupkah ia terus berlari dari perburuan sang ayah?

When Brayden asked Julienne to marry him, nagbago ang lahat. Si Julienne, nakaalis sa masalimuot na mundong matagal na niyang isinumpa, habang si Brayden naman ay sa mundong siya mismo ang lumikha. Pero paano kung malaman nilang kasinungalingan lang pala ang lahat? Sapat na ba ang mga nadarama nila para piliin pa rin ang isa’t isa at manatiling nagsasama sa kahariang binubuo nila? “Dreaming is for fools. At hindi pa ako nababaliw, Julie. Hindi pa. . .”

Si Atasha Celestine ay isang dalagang hindi nagpapahiwatig ng anumang damdamin o interes sa ibang mga lalaki. Sa loob ng labing-apat na taon, buong puso niyang inilaan ang kanyang pagmamahal kay Elias Al Tiera de Marcel. Mula pa noong sila'y nasa high school hanggang sa kanilang pagtuntong sa kolehiyo, at maging sa panahon na sila'y may kanya-kanyang trabaho, hindi nagbago ang kanilang pagsasama. Para kay Atasha, ang pag-iisang dibdib na lamang ang hinihintay sa kanilang relasyon, at kuntento na siya sa buhay na mayroon sila. Subalit, sa kabila ng labing-apat na taong pagsasama, hindi pa rin niya nakakamtan ang anumang pangako ng panghabambuhay na pagsasama. Dahil wala pang singsing na nagbibigay katiyakan, maaaring isipin ng iba na hindi sila magkakatuluyan. Nag-alay siya ng lahat para kay Elias, ngunit sa kanilang mahabang paglalakbay, dito niya nadama ang kakulangan.