Desire Me If You Can

Elian Lanchester doesn’t need a bodyguard, he needs the world to stay out of his way. Cold, calculated, and impossible to touch, the tech billionaire has built an empire with his brain and burned bridges with his bite. But when a stalker’s threats become dangerously real, his board forces him to get a bodyguard. Unfortunately, they send Dax Reyes, a man Elian hates genuinely. Back in military university, Elian was the guy everyone idolised because of his riches while Dax was a scholarship student who swore to be a ruthless dedicated soldier. Dax is rugged, discreet and unshakably disciplined. The ex-military bodyguard is everything Elian despises and everything he can’t stop watching. Dax isn’t intimidated by Elian’s wealth or his venom. He’s unbothered in the face of provocation, even when the tension burning between them threatens to set the house on fire. But Dax has secrets of his own. He has a family, a past and a line he swore never to cross. When one kiss turns into something that can no longer be denied, Elian and Dax find themselves on the edge of something real and terrifying. Then a bullet changes everything. Desire turns to devastation. Lies twist into betrayal and just when Elian thinks he’s been used and discarded, he discovers the truth was never what it seemed. Now, it's a race against the silence they've both used as an armor. And this time, loving each other might be the most dangerous thing of all.

This is a sequel to Mated To The Gay Alpha: Four to Tangle. "Mine!" their wolf howled in unison, and just as they were about to move closer to her, Austin, their younger brother, came out of the car and stood before the girl. "Hello, big brothers," he greeted and wrapped his hand around the waist of the girl, which made their wolves to howl possessively. "Olivia, these are my brothers, Alpha Theodora and Alpha Leonardo, the Alphas of the biggest pack in California. Brothers, meet Olivia, my fiancée." Olivia had one mission in life, and that was revenge. She was trained and groomed to take revenge on the family that sent her mother to prison, which led to the death of her mother. At the age of five, she was told of a particular family who had ruined her mother’s life, and she swore to wipe out everyone in that family; no soul would be left out. As part of her plan, she dated the youngest child of the family and even agreed to marry him so she could be close to his family. But, when she met the twin Alphas, Alpha Theo and Leo, who are the elder brothers of her boyfriend, she realized she was mated to them. Can the mate bond stop her from taking her revenge, and can she keep the secret of being mated to the Alphas away from her boyfriend? Can she avoid the hot-looking Alphas who are bent on having her? This is a book about games, betrayal, deceit, and revenge.

Anim na taon nang tapat sekretarya si Samantha Hernandez ng CEO – pinagkakatiwalaan, iginagalang at itinuturing na rin na parang isang pamilya. Ngunit isang gabing puno ng kapusukan ang siyang nagbago ng lahat. Sa kanyang paglalasing matapos ang hiwalayan sa pagitan ng kanyang nobyo, natagpuan niya ang sarili sa bisig ni Theo Buendia – ang arogante, mapusok at black sheep na kapatid ng CEO. Ang isang pagkakamaling gustong kalimutan ni Samantha ay naging simula ng pagkahumaling ni Theo sa dalaga. Ngayon ay nagbalik na siya…hindi lamang sa buhay ni Samantha kundi pati na rin sa opisinang pinagtatrabahuhan niya, bilang kanyang temporary boss. Gusto niyang kalimutan ang binata ngunit lubos naman ang paghahangad nito sa kanya. At sa kagustuhan niyang takasan ito ay mas lalong nagiging malinaw na ayaw siya nitong pakawalan pa.

Business tycoon Kieran Kingsley swears that he will never marry. That is, until one day, a young wife is forced upon him. From that day on, Mr. Kingsley's life takes on a new chapter!"Mr. Kieran, Ms. Valerie just wrecked the Chesters' home.""Is she happy yet?""No …""Get a few more of our men to help her out.""Mr. Kieran, Ms. Valerie got into a fight with someone. The other party has just been admitted into the hospital.""Is she happy yet?""No …"Kieran carries on with his work. "Let her continue."One day, Kieran finds out that Valerie Wood got herself into a fight again. "Valerie Wood, do you need me to teach you a lesson?""Honey, you were never like this before," Valerie whines.Kieran points at her tummy. "Were you pregnant before?"At seven months pregnant, Valerie still gets herself into a fight? She succeeds in scaring the other party off and gets Kieran so scared that he nearly loses his mind. But she is elated that she won without doing anything!

Blinded by the past, she was rescued from the tremendous tragedy. Annabeth Lacson was comatose for almost 5 years. She doesn't have any idea about what happened to her when she was only 16 years old and has a vague memory of everything that happened, including the person who saved her, whose face she could barely remember. Because of this, Annabeth Lacson became too dependent on her older brother, Inigo Lacson, as she suffered from a fear of being alone called autophobia. On the other hand, she was not on good terms with her other older brother, which is Red Duncan Lacson, the younger brother of Blue Inigo, and she doesn't even have an idea about how it was started. She just woke up one day from a coma after 5 years that her other brother was pissed at her for a reason that she doesn't have an idea. But when the secret of the past slowly unfolds in Annabeth's eyes, will she be able to make everything right after knowing that her life was a big lie?

While in school, Hillary Futon was dared by her friends to kiss her childhood crush, Nathan Trent. He is the cutest boy in school and it is rumored that he is the only heir of the Trents group of companies. She kept shying away from it because everyone knows how much Nathan hates to be with a woman. But on their graduation day, she decides to just take the challenge and do it just for the fun of it. She never knew that her life is going to change after that one kiss... Nathan Trent is the only son of Simon Trent and heir to the Trents empire. He is so handsome and cold tempered yet every girl wishes to be his girlfriend but he can't be close to any girl because he gets irritated by their presence. His position as heir was being disputed by the elders in the Trents household because he has never been seen with a woman, so everyone assumes that he is gay and the elders would never approve of a gay man leading the family businesses Nathan never dates and he never commits to a woman, but when he got a kiss from Hillary, he knew he wanted her for himself.

“Hypersexuality is not a good thing. It was a need that I had to fill.” - Gabe Howard/Dhalia Uson experienced various abuses against men since she was a child. Sadly, she still carried that bitter experience until she grew up into a young woman. She used her beautiful face and strange charm that deliberately drove the men associated with her crazy. Until a man came into her life who accepted her wholeheartedly and without hesitation. She finally found how to be truly respected and loved through that man. The thing that she’s been longing for. But . . . It seems that destiny was playing on her because Dhalia's world has become more chaotic since then. Gradually, all her dreams in life crumbled. Even her identity that she tried so hard to save was lost forever . . .

“Perempuan angkuh! Kau hanya seorang penari erotis, tapi sikapmu yang pongah ini seolah-olah kau adalah putri. Aku bisa saja menawarmu dengan uangku lalu memuaskan diriku dengan tubuhmu dan setelah itu membuangmu seperti sampah." Sean berbicara perlahan, dengan sengaja menekankan setiap kata. "Jadi Kesya mulai sekarang perhatikan sikapmu padaku, sebelum aku benar-benar menghancurkanmu tanpa sisa." Kesya tersenyum sinis lalu menjawab perkataan Sean yang seperti tak punya perasaan itu dengan sikap tenang. “Memangnya kenapa kalau aku penari erotis? Apa pekerjaanmu mengusik ketenanganmu? Kau mengataiku sampah tapi lihat dirimu sendiri, bukankah kau sangat menyedihkan? Jika kau sudah mengetahui bahwa aku ini sampah dan menjijikkan, kenapa kau malah mengejarku?” sambungnya dengan menohok ke dalam hati Sean.

Excerpt “Did he touch you?” Nicholas leaned in, his face inches away from mine. His closeness was suffocating,stealing the breath in my lungs. “Nic, stop!” My breath hitched and I shrank back. “I’ll take that as a yes, which hand?” He questioned again, clenching his jaws so hard that I could see the muscles rippling. “It was a mistake..” I whispered. “That doesn’t look like a mistake, Mira..” he moved closer to me. “It was, please let it go” I pleaded with my last bit of energy. “If you don’t tell me, I’ll bring both hands for you to choose,”. ********. Mira Cavallo thought she could leave her dangerous past behind and stay safe with her five-year-old son, Rocco but unknown to her, safety is an illusion in the mafia world. Her peaceful life is shattered when armed men break into her home, rips her son from her arms and forces her back into the clutches of her former boss, Lucius Moretti also known as the bloodhound. To save her child, Mira must return to the mafia world, seduce a very dangerous Mafia leader, Nicholas Sterling and uncover his secrets that would pull him down or kill him. As Mira inches closer to the truth, Mira discovers some hidden truth about Lucuis and Nicholas and she also realizes that she isn’t just fighting for her son but for her freedom in a dangerous game of power and desire.

Falling in love with a man twice her age seems ridiculous. But falling in love with her father's best friend is even worse. Ceynol Tarragon is the man of Jade Vine's dreams. He's thirty-six years old, mature and experienced, with intense eyes and a way of owning his six-foot muscular body that has her mind melting... It's no surprise she had a crush on him for a long time until falling in love with him. She saves herself for him and does everything she can to make him fall in love, even though it is forbidden... A taboo because Ceynol is his father's best friend. How can she persuade Ceynol that what she feels is genuine, that it isn't just puppy love, and that he is the only man she has ever desired? That she is willing to sacrifice everything in order to make the man hers? Will the man gamble his friendship with Jade's father, or will he totally break the woman's heart forever?