City Of Lies Book

When my four sons were finally old enough for preschool, I arrived at the school office with my marriage certificate and their birth certificates, ready to sign them up. But the lady at the counter frowned and said, "These documents don't check out. According to the system, your kids don't even exist." I felt as if the floor had dropped out from under me. I remembered when Sheldon Clem and I got married—he was the one who handled all the paperwork, the birth registrations, everything. I never imagined that when I tracked him down with our four boys, he'd be holding his childhood sweetheart in his arms, with her little girl snuggled against him. And then we heard him sweet-talking her right in front of us. "Don't be mad, babe. I've got everything set up for us overseas. Gigi is going to the most expensive private school, and you'll be living in the nicest penthouse downtown. "Sure, she gave me four sons, but all my love and money are with you. I only kept her around because I felt sorry for her. "What else do you need? My will's already signed. Everything goes to you and Gigi." Riley Anderson pouted, smug and satisfied. "If you don't love her, then she's the other woman, not me. She's got no right to fight me for anything!" So he never went bankrupt. When we got back home, Sheldon acted as if nothing had happened. "Honey, I've found this amazing project overseas, so I won't have time to come home much. I'll need you to hold down the fort at home." I smiled and nodded. "Sure, go ahead." If that was how he wanted to play this, then fine. I'd make sure he really went broke, and then I'd find my boys a new father.

Even after a full decade of marriage, my husband Rudolf and I were as deeply in love as the day we wed—an enviable couple in the eyes of all. On the day of our anniversary, I saw him lifting a little boy into his arms right outside the entrance of our neighborhood. "Daddy! Can you take me to the amusement park this time?" The boy's words were enough to stop me dead in my tracks. I instinctively hid around a corner. "Of course! I'll even take you on a trip." Rudolf smiled warmly and kissed the boy on the forehead. In that instant, something seemed to have been set off in my head, as if years of trust had been shattered at that one moment. Daddy? Upon closer examination, I realized that the boy's features were remarkably similar to Rudolf's. No one could deny they were blood-related. "Your dad's busy with work, sweetheart. Don't cling to him too much," said a beautiful woman standing next to the boy. The cruel moment before me made it clear. The man who swore he would love me forever had been cheating all along.

Azzelya Joely, seorang model terkenal yang terjebak dalam kisah cinta yang rumit. Beberapa waktu sebelum memutuskan bertunangan, Azzel menguak fakta mengejutkan dari Andre - calon tunangannya. Melalui mantan kekasihnya bernama Bian, Azzel menyaksikan sendiri perbuatan Andre yang bejat. Rasa sakit akibat perselingkuhan Andre membuat Azzel ingin membatalkan segalanya. Namun, Andre tidak semudah itu membiarkannya pergi. Bahkan setelah mengetahui Bian kembali. Akibatnya, Bian dan Andre sama-sama ingin memperjuangkan Azzel dengan cinta yang berbeda-beda. Antara ketulusan dan kepalsuan.

Adrasteia Meranza has always been fascinated to blood sucking vampires. She knows everything about them. She is clever, attractive and valiant. It's her last year in college at Colmillos University at Colmillos Town. Her library is full of books about vampire romances. The thought of a strong, masculine and attractive vampire taking her allure her more to adore them. Her fantasy is to be devirginized by one of it. She invest her time in reading books, romanticizing about them but then Adrasteia realize that the town where she grew up is owned by vampires. She found out that his long time schoolmate, Asmodeus Vointeroz, the majestic, serious, stout and masculine guy is one of them. It's her chance to finally lost her purity and fulfill her sex fantasy, will Asmodeus agree on what she wants?

In the third year of our marriage, Adrian Jones made me play a game of truth or dare—and when I lost, he told me to take the place of a nightclub hostess and perform a striptease. "Macie's too timid," he said. "You dance for her." Laughter erupted around us. "Adrian's a real sport—letting us watch his wife put on a show!" "Liliana's got a body to die for. I'm burning up just looking at her." Drenched in humiliation, surrounded by crude stares and filth, I finally cracked. My voice shook. "Adrian… I want a divorce." Before I could say more, a glass of red wine hit me square in the face. Adrian scoffed, "The Shaw family's already bankrupt. Where exactly do you think you'll go without me?" However, this time, I meant it. I was done.

Sa edad na desi-siete ay napilitang umalis sa mansyong tinitirhan niya si Venice. Para takasan ang malupit na kapalarang sinapit ng pamilya niya sa tiyuhing si Dolfo asawa ng kaniyang Auntie Celeste. Her mother died at the car accident and his father killed by Dolfo. Dahil lang gusto nitong kamkamin ang yaman at buong hacienda na pinaghirapang palaguin ng kaniyang mga magulang. Pero hindi niya lubos akalain na siya ang pagbibintangan pumatay sa kaniyang sariling Ama. Kaya wala itong ibang pagpipilian kundi ang umalis at magtago. Habang tumatakas kay Dolfo ay napadpad siya sa isang Cargo ship na nagdadala ng iba't-ibang kargamento sa kabilang bayan. Doon nakaroon siya ng pagkakataong takasan ang kalupitan nito at sandaling magtago. Sumakay siya sa barko na walang paalam. Akala niya'y ligtas na siya ngunit nang pasokin niya ang mismong loob nang barko ay nahuli siya ni Ellwood Echeverri. Siya na nga ba ang magliligtas sa naka-ambang panganib na parating sa kanya oh, siya Ellwood na ang lalaking matagal na niyang hinihintay. Ang lalaking nababasa n'ya sa bawat pahina ng libro at tutupad sa kaniyang mala-fairytale na happy ending?

Jairiah Vallana just got married to her longtime boyfriend, Seven Alfrieroz, a billionaire and CEO of Alfieroz Corporation. Three days after their wedding, she discovered something that shattered her whole damn world—the unfaithfulness of her husband and her childhood best friend, Chezcka Pacantara. It almost gave her a heart attack but what drove her to hold a grudge against them was her death. One morning, she woke up feeling her flesh and bones and remembered that a revenger deity had given her another chance—a life to continue—to get revenge on her husband and her best friend and find her killer. She was about to kill her husband when she realized it wasn't her husband at all but his twin, Neves Alfieroz, who had died a long time ago.

Years ago, ruthless mafia heir luciano De Rossi fell for a mysterious woman with a wicked smile—and lost everything. She betrayed him, vanishing with secrets that could destroy his empire. Now, she’s back. Or so he thinks. When Luca crosses paths with innocent and headstrong Eva Moretti, he's convinced she’s the same con artist who once played him. He draws her into his dangerous world, determined to get revenge. But Eva isn’t the woman he remembers—she’s her twin. And while she’s caught in his web of deception, he finds himself tangled in emotions he vowed never to feel again. As passion ignites and the past claws its way into the present, Luca must decide what’s more dangerous: the enemy who broke him… or the twin who might heal him.

Sabrina Auburn never dreamed that her humble life as a housemaid would thrust her into the glittering yet icy world of the elite Thompsons. Between the shadows, she secretly admired Benedict Thompson-the amazing, arrogant Billionaire and CEO of BMX Estates. For him, she harbored a secret crush-to him. But one stormy night changed everything. Benedict forced himself on Sabrina, igniting a scandal that shook both families to their very foundations. Sabrina was left humiliated and trapped in an arranged marriage orchestrated by Benedict’s mother, all to shield their family’s reputation. "How can I marry her? I don't even love her and I will never love her. You know my type, Mom." From that moment on, Sabrina became the target of Benedict's contempt.He refused to love her, hurled insults her way but Sabrina endured his bitterness and her unreturned love. Then came a staggering twist: a betrayal that threatened to dismantle the Thompson family’s empire, revealing Sabrina’s true lineage and a fortune that would forever alter the balance of power. Years later,Sabrina emerges stronger, fiercer, and wealthier than ever as the CEO of her global luxury bag empire, Sabrina Ultra. No longer the naïve girl once cast aside. But when Benedict finds himself confronting the destruction of his own empire, crossing paths with her once more, he is stunned by what he has lost: the woman he could never claim, the son he would never know existed. As Benedict fights for his last chance at regaining Sabrina's heart, Will she forgive the man who has broken her heart, or is it too late for a second chance? Is Sabrina really going to let Benedict know that he has a son named Saben, or is she keeping it locked away in her heart forever?

In the alleys of the city, the werewolf Alud and the vampire Bruk-ta-man, resolving internal differences, face an unprecedented enemy trying to pit the clans of the night against each other, old rivals will have to unite to unravel the tangle leading to an unknown enemy with monstrous power. A simple man named Conrod will help them figure it all out. What role is assigned to him? Will the main characters be able to defeat the mysterious enemy?