Contemporary Period Literature In The Philippines

“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?

Paano kung malaman mo na ang minamahal mo ay maraming sikreto? Hindi aakalain ni Heaven Langit na magbabago ang buhay niya pagkatapos nang napakalagim na pangyayari sa bar kung saan siya nagtatrabaho. Bilang isang pole dancer ay hindi niya aakalain na darating ang kinakatakutan niya kung saan magkakagulo at maraming tao ang madadamay lalo na't kilalang sikat ang pinagtatrabahuan niya na binibisita ng mga bigating tao. Isang gabi bago ang sakuna, lahat nagbago nang makilala niya si Dark Silva. Isa sa mga pinakamayaman at pinakadelikadong tao sa lugar. Nagkatinginan lang pero iba na agad ang apekto nito kay Heaven hanggang sa napansin niya ang lalaking araw-araw na itong bumibisita sa pinagtatrabahuhan nito at araw-araw na ring may gulong nangyayari. Sa mga titig na pinagsaluhan nila, hindi niya lubos na aakalain na mahuhulog siya sa kadiliman hanggang sa hindi niya namamalayan ay nagugustuhan niya na ang kadilimang ito. Darating ang pag-ibig na siyang hindi nila aakalaing dalawa na pareho silang tatamaan. Mga pangyayaring hindi nila aasahang sabay nilang susuungin. Ang bawat matatamis na luha, mapait na mga tawa at ang nakakalasong pagmamahalan ay siya pa lang magbibigay sa kanila ng labis na tuwa. Bawat pagsubok ay tatanggapin at bawat laban ay hindi uurungan sa ngalan ng kanilang pag-ibig.

The yacht I'm steering crashes into a huge wave, scaring my husband's junior, who has a heart condition. So, my husband orders someone to tie me up and dangle me in the ocean by a rope. He even tells the captain to head straight into the waves. "You know Wren has a heart condition, yet you still scared her! How can you be so evil?" I beg him to let me go and tell him that I was following a charted path; I didn't mean for anything to happen. However, he just mocks me. "You've been a yacht driver for so long. Haven't you experienced anything like this before? I'll make you go through what Wren did! Let's see whether you'll pull this again!" After a day and night of this torment, he relents and decides to pull me back up. It's too bad he doesn't know that the waves have already torn me to shreds.

" As my wedding gift, I want you to be the surrogate of my child! You promised to give me what I wanted as my wedding gift!" Violet's world crashed down overnight when her best friend of twenty years and first love announced his engagement. On top of that except her, everyone including his family knows that her best friend has another woman who he is going to marry. Soon after the blindsided revelation, Violet experienced the disrespect and humiliation from the very person who worshipped the ground she walked on. However the real kicker came when her family and her best friend forced her to be the surrogate and, with a very important contract papers... A Marriage Agreement with her best friend to bring the child legitimately.

Jamie Williams, the wealthy and popular college playboy, was infamous for his charm with the ladies. But when he met Julia Watson, the new girl, everything changed. Little did Julia know, her decision to get involved with the wrong crowd would set off a series of events she never saw coming.

“You’re my mate, Claudia… and even though I’m your stepbrother, nothing will stop me from claiming you. No curse, no Alpha and no law can deny what burns between us. The more you fight me, the harder I’ll make you surrender because you were always meant to be mine.” *** Claudia Kendal had always been branded the cursed child of the Silvercrest Pack. When her parents died in a car crash, she was the only survivor, untouched without a single scar. To the pack, that was no miracle, but proof of misfortune. On Claudia’s eighteenth birthday, her worst fears came true. She failed to shift, failed to find her mate, and became mocked as the wolfless wolf. Despised and ridiculed, Claudia’s only wish was for the Moon Goddess to grant her someone to love her… someone to finally call her own. But fate was cruel. When her mate was revealed, he rejected her, discarded her, and humiliated her before everyone. That same night, Claudia was hunted and nearly raped by the wolves who despised her… until salvation came from the last person she ever expected. Claudia’s rescuer. Her protector. Her forbidden second-chance mate turned out to be her stepbrother. But can Claudia embrace the dark, dangerous love of her Alpha stepbrother… or will the cursed that haunts her bloodline tear them apart?

I never wanted to be entangled with wolves, but here I am…in the Wolves Academy, wrapped in a heated web of lust, love, and passion. As a trained hunter, I had a mission to find the Alpha's secret son, who killed my brother. Little did I expect the two most popular boys would set a target on my back. Pretending a student is already a risk to my life…and they make it even challenging, always keeping me on the edge, anxious. Only one thought threatens my heart...How long can I keep my identity a secret?

Bayu is someone from the village. He moved to the city because he wanted to try his luck. Because of his persistence, he managed to marry the daughter of the CEO. However, he disguised himself as an online motorcycle taxi driver to find out the target market for the online motorcycle taxi application he made. Insults and insults received during the disguise. however he only responded with a smile.

When Victoria Hale catches her fiancé kissing her cousin at their engagement party, the betrayal is only the beginning. In front of her entire family, he announces he never loved her and publicly humiliates her as delusional and desperate. Cornered and broken, Victoria makes an impulsive lie: she already has someone else. The problem? She points to Simon Reed, the mysterious homeless man she's been feeding at the local shelter. The bigger problem? Simon plays along. What Victoria doesn't know is that Simon Reed doesn't exist. He's actually Simon Savage, billionaire CEO hiding from a corporate betrayal that nearly destroyed him. Their courthouse wedding was supposed to be temporary, a favor to help her save face. But fake vows start feeling real. Protective touches linger too long. And Victoria's vengeful ex is digging into Simon's past, getting dangerously close to the truth. When Simon's identity explodes at a charity gala, Victoria realizes she hasn't just married a stranger. She's married one of the most powerful men in the world. And he might be the only man who's ever truly seen her.

Before my wedding, my future sister-in-law diagnoses me with cervical erosion. She insists it's because of my promiscuity. My boyfriend arranges for my sister-in-law to operate on me without my permission. After the surgery, I find that my womb is missing. I'm furious, and I want to know what's happened. However, my boyfriend berates me. "It's perfectly normal for Kate to make a mistake since it was her first surgery. You're her sister-in-law—stop making a big deal out of a small thing!" I refuse to settle the matter privately and call the cops. That's when my boyfriend secretly murders me via poisoning for the sake of his sister's future. When I open my eyes again, I find that I've been taken back to before the surgery.