Elements Of Gothic

"So you only need a child from me?" My voice was impressively strong despite the pain I felt within. "No, Ella. I only need you to pretend to be my Luna, till my lover wakes up." "If I accept to do this, what do I stand to gain?" "You will be treated with utmost respect as the Luna and you will have access to everything you want," Ryker said and my already shattered heart froze. "This contract will be terminated immediately upon pregnancy and no money would be paid to you." ****** Ella Rose is an orphan who is constantly being maltreated by her stepmother and step sister. Everyone in the village considers her a plague and badluck. Without a mate and a good job, Ella becomes an object of ridicule. But everything changes when she runs into rogues in the forest. In an attempt to save herself, fate sends her falling into the hands of her mate. Things finally seem to turn around for the better when the mate in question turns out to be the feared and ruthless Alpha Ryker of the Black Fur Pack. He buys her from her wicked step family and Ella is floating with excitement until he tells her everything was a sham and he only got her to be his contract bride in a condition that she never gets pregnant. This seems like a simple rule despite the pain in her heart. She accepts to be is pretend Luna but what happens when she breaks the very clause she was supposed to keep? In this tale of romance and heartache, follow Ella as she surfs through a complicated life with a mate who already loves another and a pregnancy he is not supposed to know about...

Book 1 of 3 Chantria Yvonne Zima is the first heiress of the Zima family and the eldest of the triplets. But before she can even inherit them all, her father instructs her to fly over to the Philippines and hide. Before she can even reveal her face to the public, she is forced to change her identity to prevent their family’s enemies from coming after the heiress. But when someone close to her dies because of that, she can’t just stand idle and let their enemies do what they want. She will avenge her, no matter what anyone says. She will hunt the one who killed her sister even to the ends of the world.

Trisha was sold by her own mother to a billionaire. She has to please the billionaire for one night for fifty thousand pesos. At a young age she was forced to do things she should have never known. Her mother taught her how to seduce men. But she's still young, that's why she doesn't lose her fear, but she does everything to do the things her mother taught her. Luke is a billionaire who is willing to squander money on frivolous things. He thought of buying a woman who would make him happy for one night. But he was shocked to see the woman who would make him happy. An angel-like and very innocent girl was in his bed who didn't seem to know what to do. As soon as he saw it, he felt pity. He knows she don't like what she's doing. That's why he talked to her deeply and offered something that would change the girl's life. To be his wife. He bought Trisha forever from her mother for ten million pesos. And that's where the love between Luke and Trisha begins. Can they be happy if there are many obstacles in their love? What will Trisha have against Luke's parents if they find out that she was just bought like a cheap thing by Luke?

Love is the most complicated thing in the world, that's why nahihirapan akong pumili kung ang mission ko ba o ang taong mahal ko.I'm a journalist and his my mission.And my mission is to be his wife, to be a wife of an idol.

Si Eleanor ay isang martir na asawa ni Herbert. Ang lalaki ang naging mundo niya at kaya niyang tiisin ang lahat para dito kahit pa ang pisikal na pananakit ng kaniyang biyenan at mga anak nitong babae. Ngunit nang malaman niyang nakabuntis ito, ay tila nawasak ang buong pagkatao niya. Kaya naman upang mabuo muli ang sarili at paghigantihan ang asawa at ang kabit nito ay tatanggapin niya ang tulong ng CEO at tagapagmana ng MADRIGAL Group of Companies na si Noah Madrigal. Pupulutin niya ang mga nasira at nabasag niyang mga piraso at gagamitin iyon upang paghigantihan ang mga nanakit sa paraang hindi nila mga inaasahan. Ngunit hanggang saan ang mararating ng paghihiganting pagtutulungan nilang dalawa? Paano kung sa ikalawang pagkakataon ay muli siyang magmahal at higit na masaktan at tuluyang mawasak?

When Samantha Layne's world gets turned upside down and her marriage falls apart, there is only one place she can go. The family home in Wyoming. Alone and heartbroken, Samantha tries to start over in a new state, but when the hot new neighbor decides to start sticking his nose where it doesn't belong, Samantha receives the shock of a lifetime. As the secrets begin to unfold all around her, will Samantha be able to move past them and love again?

Half a year after our divorce, my ex-husband became a trending topic online. His current wife, who had just given birth, jumped off a building. When she jumped, she was clutching a printed, 98-page copy of the "Cloves Family Code of Conduct." The reason for her suicide? She couldn’t buy discounted groceries online. A reporter came to interview me and asked, "Excuse me, were you also given the same family rules?"

His father disappeared; his brother committed suicide. Thomas Mayo, the God of War, returned, and he swore that he would take revenge…

Cassiane Dela Vega, isang 23-anyos na dalagang lumaki sa kahirapan, ay handang gawin ang lahat para sa kanyang pamilya. Nang magkasakit ng malubha ang kanyang kapatid na si Caleb, napilitan siyang tanggapin ang isang kasunduang magbabago ng kanyang buhay—isang kasal kay Kane Remy Finnegan, isang 25-anyos na CEO na kilala sa kanyang malamig at walang pusong personalidad. Para kay Kane, ang kasal ay isa lamang transaksyon para masunod ang kagustuhan ng kanyang lolo—walang emosyon, walang koneksyon. Sa simula, malamig at kontrolado si Kane habang pilit namang inaarok ni Cassiane ang bagong mundo na kanyang ginagalawan. Ngunit sa bawat araw na magkasama sila, unti-unting natutukso si Kane sa kabutihan at init ng puso ni Cassiane. Habang nababasag ang mga pader sa puso ni Kane, lumalalim naman ang komplikasyon ng kanilang relasyon. Sa likod ng kasunduang walang puwang ang damdamin, unti-unting namumuo ang emosyon na kanilang parehong pilit itinatanggi. Ngunit hindi naging madali ang lahat. Dumating ang sandaling sinaktan ni Kane si Cassiane, dala ng paniniwalang siya lamang ang may nararamdaman. Nangyari ang isang gabi na nagbago ng lahat, kung saan ipinilit ni Kane ang kanyang damdamin at pag-angkin kay Cassiane. Kalauna’y napagtanto niyang mahal din siya ng dalaga. Sa kabila ng mga pagsubok, sakit, at lihim na kanilang hinarap, natutunan nilang yakapin ang isa’t isa at ang tunay na kahulugan ng pagmamahal. Sa huli, nanaig ang pag-ibig. Napalambot ni Cassiane ang pusong dating tila yelo. Naging masaya silang mag-asawa at nabuo ang kanilang pamilya kasama ang dalawa nilang anak—isang patunay na sa likod ng kasunduan, maaaring umusbong ang tunay na pagmamahalan.

Alex is the young master of the richest family in the world, a man whom many princesses want to marry. However, he’s treated worse than a nanny by his mother-in-law