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Damien Lancaster, the cold and ruthless heir to a billion-dollar empire, has spent years plotting his revenge against Selene Carter—the woman he believes ruined his life. Damien and Selene were once lovebirds, so much in love they couldn't do without each other. They met at a business party. Years later, the lovers who were once the talk of the town became the laughingstock. Damien's business crumbled, and he was back to square one. The moment his business collapsed was also when Selene vanished without a trace. He began to believe she was behind his downfall—and she wasn’t there when he needed her most. Years later, Damien is now successful. He meets Selene again—she’s doing all kinds of jobs, struggling to survive. Damien approaches her with one motive—revenge. He tries to lure her in, but she resists. When an opportunity arises, he forces her into a fake marriage to secure a deal and restore his image. Selene, drowning in debt and legal trouble, has no choice but to sign. The contract: no love, a time limit, and total control. But as emotions resurface and secrets unravel, Damien finds himself falling for the woman he swore to destroy. Their twisted love faces betrayal, secrets, pregnancy—and a dangerous threat.

Amara has a life built on Survival. Between the club, bills, and caring for her sick mother, she doesn't have room for anything else. So when her friend Davina offers her a quick, easy job— a fake date with a billionaire — she thinks it's just another paycheck. But meeting Dorian Wellington changes everything. Calm, controlled, and impossibly wealthy, he seems untouchable, yet there's a quiet pull between them that neither can explain. When he sees her later at the club, everything he thought he knew about her shatters. Curiosity turns to intrigue, and intrigue slowly becomes desire. Their worlds begin to collide in ways neither of the expected — Fake dates, private moments, and unspoken tension that grows with every encounter. But secrets and walls run deep and Amara has more to hide than he could ever imagine. Can two people from such different worlds find trust, love and a way to let go …. before it's too late?

BLOOD AND PETALS PROLOGUE She sells flowers. He spills blood. And he will stop at nothing to make her his. Elena Rossi has always lived quietly among roses and lilies, dreaming of love as gentle as the petals she arranges. She thought she found it in Daniel, the man she planned to marry. Until her wedding day when a dangerous stranger walked into the church and shattered everything. Adrian Volkov is a king in the underworld, a man feared for his ruthlessness and power. But to him, Elena is not just a prize. She is an obsession. A storm he cannot live without. And he will burn the world and anyone in it, to claim her. Torn from the life she knew, Elena resists him, manipulates him, and even runs from him. But Adrian is relentless. His love is dark, his touch both punishing and tender, and his obsession inescapable. When betrayal and bloodshed close in, Elena must face the truth: She doesn’t just fear him. She doesn’t just hate him. She loves him. Petals and Blood is a haunting, passionate tale of obsession, betrayal, and the dangerous kind of love that blooms in shadows.

Nelly and Naomi is a tragic, emotionally charged novel about love, betrayal, and the inescapable weight of the past. Nelly and Naomi are two beautiful, life-loving young women bound by both friendship and family, with Naomi only three years older. Their bond is tested when each is separately violated by the same man, who disguises his crime as love. When Nelly confesses her trauma to Naomi, she discovers that Naomi has endured the same fate. Pregnant and forced to flee her city, Naomi moves to another town and invites Nelly to start anew with her. For a while, they rebuild their lives—until fate turns cruel again. Naomi marries a man she loves but hides her pregnancy from him. Unbeknownst to her, the same man falls in love with Nelly and secretly marries her as well. Living under one roof, the truth remains hidden, allowing betrayal to deepen and wounds to fester. When the truth finally surfaces, Naomi leaves with her young son and begins a new life in another town, eventually marrying a different man. Nelly, meanwhile, betrays her husband emotionally, leaving him torn between love and resentment. Years later, he encounters Naomi again—along with the child Nelly bore—but Naomi refuses even to acknowledge him. Facing death after being diagnosed with a rare illness, Nelly seeks Naomi one last time, begging for forgiveness. Naomi, scarred by the past, refuses. Broken, Nelly returns home only to find another woman in her husband’s bed, mirroring her own betrayal. Life ultimately forces the two women and their husbands back together at a single event, where unresolved love, guilt, friendship, and disappointment collide once more—proving that some stories never truly end, they only change shape.

This story follows Oliver Knight, a once-abandoned boy who grows up in the harsh streets after being disowned by his adoptive family. Alongside his loyal friends, Tomos, James, Bucky, and Daniel, he rises from a painful past to become powerful, wealthy, and feared. Despite their success, they carry emotional scars from rejection, survival, and a world that never truly showed them love. Everything changes when Ariana Blake, a strong-willed and intelligent new student, arrives at Westbridge High. She quickly becomes entangled in Oliver’s world after rejecting his arrogant reputation and refusing to fear him like everyone else. Their first encounters are filled with tension, misunderstanding, and emotional conflict, especially when Ariana becomes close to her cousin Liam, triggering jealousy and chaos within Oliver’s group. A tragic incident involving Liam leads Ariana to wrongly accuse Oliver of orchestrating violence, causing his downfall and loss of everything he built. However, as the truth slowly unfolds, she realizes he may not be the person she believed him to be. As emotions deepen between them, a devastating sacrifice changes everything when one of Oliver’s closest friends, Marcus, dies protecting Ariana from danger. This moment becomes the turning point for both characters, forcing them to confront guilt, pain, forgiveness, and healing. In the end, the story explores themes of trauma, redemption, trust, and emotional growth, as Oliver and Ariana move from enemies to understanding each other in a broken but meaningful way.

Sa mundo ng mga elite, isang pagkakamali lang ang kailangan para gumuho ang lahat. Celestia Kie Marquez learned this the hard way. Isang gabi ng maling akala at bugso ng damdamin ang naging dahilan ng kanyang pag-alis. She fled without a trace, leaving behind the wreckage of her reputation and the only man she ever truly loved, the ruthless billionaire, Kielixus Riverra. Three years later, Celestia is forced to return. Her family’s business is on the brink of bankruptcy, and there is only one person powerful enough to save it. But the man she meets in the boardroom isn't the Kielixus she used to know. He is colder, sharper, and deeply bitter. For Kielixus, Celestia’s return is the perfect opportunity for payback. He offers her a deal she can't refuse: a business merger that requires her to be at his beck and call. Habang pilit nilang nilalabanan ang tensyon sa pagitan nila, unti-unting lumalabas ang mga sikretong pilit itinago ni Celestia.. ang isang pagkakamali na may buhay at mga matang kamukhang-kamukha ni Kielixus. As they navigate the cutthroat world of corporate wars and high-society scandals, they must realize that their past wasn't just a series of errors.

It's said that vallains were created through a heart wrenching story. After suffering twenty long years in prison paying for the crime he didn't do, Dominic Filipe, came back as an exact opposite of what he's used to be. With hundreds of goons under his wing, he became the feared mafia boss in the city. His connections and wealth made him untouchable. Ready to collect the debts that his ex-wife and her present husband owed him, Dom rushed to settle their unsettled score. However, he never expected that he would encounter the greatest obstacle in his plan, Autumn Romano, the woman he once had shared pleasure with who turned out to be his ex-wife's step-daughter.

Klent is a cute and simple young man, and a first year student of Sun University. Nathan is a handsome, cold-hearted, and the king of the school. Two different persons tangled with one fate. As their path crossed, they started to hate each other. A strange feeling inside them keeps boiling that lead to arguments and fight. As the time passes by, those hate turn into something unexpected. A romantic feeling started to grow, and it naturally comes out. They started to date each other and eventually became boyfriends. As their relationship facing a lot of challenges, they became stronger, and they proved that their love is stronger over those challenges. Until Klent discovered a piece of clue about the death of his parents that change everything. When happiness turn into nightmare, When love turn into hate, When justice turn into blood What prevail love or justice?

Three years after our divorce, I ran into Cole Allen again on the streets of Atlantica. I was there as a volunteer, handing out boxes of cold medicine, and he had become a homeless man, struggling to survive. It was ironic because our divorce had all started because of a box of cold medicine. “Two times a day. Two pills each time.” I handed the medicine to him, my tone calm, like I was speaking to a stranger. However, Cole’s eyes slowly turned red. “Sadie, you still hate me.” I didn’t look up. I kept passing out boxes of medicine to the people in line. “This box of medicine only costs one dollar. It’s very cheap, yet you forced me to sell my blood for money. Cole, how could I not hate you for that?”

Nara tidak tahu kenapa dirinya harus terjebak diantara hubungan asmara yang rumit. Calon suami dan kekasihnya adalah orang yang berbeda tapi mereka tinggal dirumah yang sama.Perjodohan sudah menjadi hal biasa diantara kalangan elit tapi persoalannya adalah orang yang akan dijodohkan dengan Nara merupakan kakak dari kekasihnya. Bagaimana Nara tidak gila jika harus tinggal satu rumah bersama calon suami dan kekasihnya sendiri.Dean adalah pria yang akan dijodohkan dengan Nara, pria itu tidak hanya sukses diusia muda tapi juga sangat tampan dan baik hati. Dean punya sifat yang lembut dan sangat menyayangi keluarganya terutama adiknya. Tapi sekarang dia harus dihadapkan dengan kenyataan tidak menyenangkan karena perempuan yang akan menjadi istrinya adalah kekasih adiknya sendiri, sementara dia juga tidak bisa menolak perintah sang ayah.