Falling Away Penelope Douglas

Diana Murry is a girl with an unhappy life; her childhood was filled with fear. There has never been a peaceful day in her past. She has been abused and beaten by her stepfather for many years. He was a gambler, a smoker and an alcoholic. And, of course, Diana's mother was also a gambler. Because of this, her parents divorced when she was eight. The climax was when Kirk almost raped her and was about to sell her to gangsters to pay his debt. While on the run, she met Steven. He was like a lifesaver for her to cling to, the last hope she had of being able to escape this hell. Although he saves Diana from gangsters, he doesn't have a good impression of her. Steven thinks she is a spoiled, playboy girl like his ex. Because of those prejudices, Steven has often paid attention to Diana; from time to time, he has been attracted to this lovely and pitiful girl. Later, he discovers Diana's traumatic past and realizes that Diana is a good and honest girl. Her honesty touched Steven's, cold heart. Steven once swore that he would never fall in love again because the blind love for the one he loved made Steven lose faith and everything he treasured, leaving only pain, guilt and a broken heart. But when Steven meets Diana, his heart, once hurt by love, is once again healed and shaken before Diana. However, when Steven realized his feelings for Diana were deepening, Diana decided to leave him because he had hurt her heart deeply. Will the two's hearts be healed after difficulties and events? In the face of Diana's escape, what will Steven do to get her love back so that they both have faith in a full love?

I push through my Gamma warrior training ahead of schedule just to get back to the pack sooner. All I want is to stand beside my Alpha, Kyle Faucher, and finally complete our mate-bonding ceremony. But when I step into our house, scarred and feeling hopeful, I see 100 old boarding passes to the Darkmoon pack littering the floor. That pack is only a mile from my training grounds. Kyle's been that close for two years, and still, he never came. I sprint to the place where we were supposed to have our mate-bonding ceremony, clinging to the desperate hope that there's an explanation. But the moment I burst through the doors, I stopped cold. Kyle is down on one knee, dressed in a tailored suit, his eyes locked on someone with a softness I've never seen in him before. Standing across from him, smiling through her tears, is my stepsister, Vivian Blackwell. "Vivian, I haven't completed the mate-bonding ceremony with Serene. Say the word, and I'll reject her and mark you right now." At that moment, the world goes still, and I even forgot how to breathe. So this is what he's been doing while I was gone, chasing the woman he never let go of. Meanwhile, I spent those two years giving everything I had, trying to become someone worthy of standing by his side. I don't ask why or shed a tear. I just turn around and walk away. If she's what he wants, then so be it. The mate-bonding ceremony I dreamed of will be theirs instead. But the second I'm gone, he loses it and sends every warrior looking for me.

"In the quaint town of Ritcheton Falls, Northern California, Maddie Ried's life is turned upside down. The feisty single mom and coffee shop owner discovers her ex-husband's shocking betrayal and that their child was swapped at birth. Desperate to reunite with her biological son, Maddie's five-month search ends in a stunning revelation - billionaire CEO Theon Kennel is the father, and his son Thomas is her true child. Driven by love and determination, Maddie proposes a contract marriage to Theon, navigating the complexities of family, loyalty, and trust. As they confront their complicated pasts and growing attraction, will their arrangement blossom into true love, or will the secrets and lies that brought them together tear them apart?"

Jace Maddox is a billionaire tech CEO known for his cold heart and strict routines. Behind closed doors, he's a man haunted by betrayal, grief, and secrets too heavy to share. River Hale is an ex-military bodyguard with nothing left to lose. Disgraced and angry, he’s hired to protect the one man he can’t stand, Jace Maddox. When a dangerous scandal threatens to destroy Jace’s empire, the only way to survive is a fake relationship. A staged romance to control the media. But fake feelings start to feel real. As secrets unravel and enemies close in, both men must face their pasts, and the truth about what they’ve come to mean to each other.

Si Visarius Lopez Realmondo, 20 taong gulang nang ampunin ang batang iniwan sa gate ng bahay nito, si Ashianna Lopez Realmondo. Pinangalanan, binihisan, pinakain, minahal at inalagaan. Habang lumalaki ang ampon, hindi nya hinahayaang mas mapalapit pa rito. Ngunit sadyang mapagbiro ang tadhana, dahil sa hindi inaasahang pagkakataon, tila ba sinadyang magustuhan nila ng lihim ang isa't-isa. Ang propesor ay lihim na nagkagusto sa kanyang ampon na lumaki sa kanyang piling. Habang si Ashianna naman ay lumaki sa malayong lugar para sa kanyang pag-aaral ng high school, ngunit si Vis ay madalas na bumibisita sa kanya dahil sa labis na pagmamahal at pag-aalala. Pag-aalala nga lamang ba o pagkasabik na makapiling ito araw at gabi. Naging maayos ang relasyong prinotektahan ni Professor Visarius. Ngunit ang kanilang relasyon ay naging komplikado nang malaman ng mga tao na may namamagitan sa kanila ng ampon na si Ashianna. Dahilan upang magkaroon ito ng kaso. Si Vis ay naaresto at nakulong dahil sa batas na hindi pumapayag sa relasyon ng isang guardian at adoptee. Hindi malaman ni Ashianna ang gagawin. Kung aalis ba o ipaglalaban ang pag-iibigang alam nyang kailanman ay hindi magiging tama.

Ariella's world came crashing down when the Starmoon Pack fell apart and led to her fiancé's treachery. Not only had he betrayed her with another before their wedding day, but the wound was twisted with his callous disregard. Devastated beyond words, Ariella's heart grew cold. In a burst of impulsiveness, she found herself entwined in a single night of intense passion with her fiancé's enigmatic uncle, Alpha Matthew. "I want to be his, his uncle's," she declares, her voice a mix of Defiance and yearning...

On the day I discovered I was pregnant, my husband's first love—who also happened to be my half-sister—returned.

“These sneakers cost more than your family makes in a month and you dare step on them?” I cursed. The very first day I met this kid, it ended in chaos after he stepped on me, but he had this energy I just couldn't match. I found it intimidating and disrespectful and of course, dealt with him. Only for me to arrive at dinner and mom introduced him again as my step brother. The plan was to ruin him as I hated him even more and in achieving that, I accepted a bet to make him fall for me. But what started as a dare grew into something darker and fiercer. The real feelings set in and this was when the millionaire question struck me: In a world built on lies, dares and betrayal, would love make me or break me?

"You are like a father to me, I can't marry you." "If you can't, then I guess you prefer to be an orphan if your mother dies." Juliet Jones, was torned in between saving her mother's precious life, and getting into a contract marriage with her father's closest friend, George Watson. And when she was left with no better choice, and the time is ticking faster on her mother, she got married to Mr George, to save her mother's life. But unfortunately, it was too late, and her mother died, after she had already signed a contract agreement with Mr. George.

Lily, a reserved girl finds herself bound by a contract to marry Thomas Weston, a ruthless heir of a billionaire empire. Her father, overwhelmed by a $400 million debt to a Geoffery Weston, a powerful billionaire, and Thomas’s father, enters a desperate agreement to use his daughter as collateral. Upon his death, she is thrust into an engagement with cold and merciless Thomas. She takes up a mission to save him while performing the contract which is the reason Geoffery Weston wants her to marry irredeemable Thomas. Complicating matters, Simon Weston, Thomas's half-brother, returns home after eight years away. He is her former love and carries his own vendetta against his father and stepmother. As he reenters their lives just in time for the engagement, old feelings resurface, and his desire for revenge complicates the situation. Thomas is determined to fulfill the contract and exert his will over her. He finds himself in a fierce battle not just with his half-brother, but with his own heart though cruel mother opposes the union. Lily is torn between her obligation to her father's debt and her rekindled love for Simon.