First Balfour Philippines Novels & Stories

Ellie and Elia Madrigal are identical twin sisters. Despite their different personalities, they love each other and support their parents. Their life is like a fairy tale book that everyone dreams of. Money, fame, power, and a pretty face. Ngunit nagbago ang lahat ng mamatay ang magulang nila sa plane crash at tangkain silang patayin ng matalik na kaibigan ng ama na si Don Faustino. Napilitan na magtago at magpakalayo-layo sina Elia at Ellie. After eight years napagpasyahan ni Ellie na bumalik sa Pilipinas bilang Freya Sandoval na isang sikat na top model sa ibang bansa, para alamin kung bakit ninais na kitlin ng kaniyang kakambal na si Elia ang buhay kaysa sa gamutin ang sakit nito. Magagawa pa kaya ni Ellie ang misyon kung ang lalaking napangasawa ng kakambal niya, ay ang lalaking nakaniig niya eight years ago?

Eugene came back to Philippines to take his revenge against Don Feliciano. But the old man was already in the hospital bed and can’t able to talk nor to feel his ultimate anger. However, his daughter will pay for it. He will make sure that she will suffer like hell. Eugene was the new owner of the hacienda and all properties of Don Feliciano including the mansion where Danna lives. But those are just a material and not enough payment for what he has done to his family. But there was one thing Eugene wasn’t ready for. And that’s when he fell in love with Danna. He tried to suppress his feelings towards her, but his heart and carnal desire failed him. Danna will do everything to please him. But she never felt the sudden and rapid beats of her heart every time she talked to Eugene. Like as if she was drowning and saved at the same time. She knew that she loved him, needless, to say his cruelty towards her. After the night he made love with her, Eugene found out that Don Feliciano has nothing to do with his parents' death. At the same time, Eugene found his long lost eldest brother Nube. He was Danna’s best friend and the same man he used to jealous with. His treatment towards Danna has been changed as well. He thought everything would be all right between him and Danna as they both found out that she was pregnant. But his ex-girlfriend, Jennifer came along and ruined everything. Danna left him without his knowing that almost lost his mind. However, Eugene found her and did his very best to take her back along with her heart—love.

With her heart-shaped face, Argentine eyes, sweltering lips, and gorgeous body, Ryza Reyes was branded as the most Seductress Supermodel of all time. Men fall at her feet, but she never catches any of them. Tired of being in the spotlight, she went to the Philippines to escape and found herself at La Roché - the all-in-one private Hotel where her unexpected "sexcapade" begins. ***** Ruther Ford had only three important things in his life. His friends, his mother, and the wealth that anyone was trying so hard to own. He got everything in life. Money. Wealth. And his private Hotel called La Roché. Women will do everything to get his attention or even just a minute of his precious time. But no woman had ever succeeded in doing so... except for one. Ryza Reyes - the world-renowned seductress who was drunken herself to the fullest as if that was her last shot. He was not supposed to like her. He was not supposed to lust over her. But what Ruther didn't see coming was falling in love with a woman who has a scandalous scandal with his soon-to-be-married half-brother after another scandal with his cousin's husband. He had a lot of things in his mind. A lot of plans, and he had no time for distraction even if that distraction was peacefully sleeping beside him underneath his blanket nothing but her birthday suit. But fate has a very twisted humor and things don't usually go according to his plan. So when things go south with the seductress Ryza Reyes, he knows he's in trouble. And that trouble started with his private room, in his very own private hotel - La Roché. “Welcome to La Roché, where anyone's most depraved desire and ‘sexcapade’ begins."

"Knowing my real identity means DEATH." - Mafia Don Daven Verrano Costello **** Mahigit pitong taong naging consigliere ng Mafia Don sa bansang Italy si Daven Costello. Siya rin ang misteryosong CEO ng Philippines Bank Corporation (PBC) na may paid-in capital na 20 Billion Pesos. Nang mamatay ang boss ng kanilang mob ay nahirang siya bilang bagong pinuno. He's protective when it comes to his family's safety so he decided to keep it a secret. Ang akala ng marami ay isa lamang siyang hamak na secretary sa sarili niyang kompanya. Elera Luciano - ang nakamaskarang lider ng Asian Assasins at nagtatrabaho bilang General Manager sa PBC. Pinasok niya ang magulong mundo ng mafia para hanapin at pagbayarin ang taong pumaslang sa kaniyang tunay na ina. Dahil sa kalasingan, kalituhan at kapusukan, nagbunga ang isang gabing pinagsaluhan nina Daven at Elera. It was indeed a marriage before love set up dahil kapwa infatuation lang naman ang nararamdaman nila sa isa't isa bago pa may mangyari sa kanila. Nang magpakasal ang dalawa, naranasan ni Daven kung paano maliitin at ituring na parang basura ng kaniyang mga biyenan. Inalipusta, inapak-apakan at inalila. Maging si Elera ay itinuring na isang malaking kahihiyan ng kaniyang mga magulang. Hanggang isang araw, hindi na natiis ni Daven ang lahat. Nagimbal ang mundo ng angkan ng Luciano nang malaman nila ang tunay na katauhan ni Daven.

Synopsis Sa prestihiyosong St. Monteverde International University, kung saan nag-aaral ang mga anak ng pinakamayayamang pamilya, isang simpleng scholarship student ang patuloy na humahabol sa lalaking tila hindi kailanman lilingon pabalik. Si Luna Villareal ay isang clumsy ngunit masayahing dalaga na lumaki sa hirap. Sa kabila ng pagkakaiba ng kanilang mundo, matagal na niyang minamahal si Giovanni De Luca, ang kilalang campus billionaire at tagapagmana ng isang malaking kumpanya. Cold, distant, at tila walang puso, si Giovanni ay sanay na panatilihin ang distansya sa lahat, lalo na kay Luna na palaging sumusunod at nagpapakita ng pagmamahal. Ngunit sa likod ng malamig na imahe ni Giovanni ay isang lalaking may mabigat na responsibilidad at lihim na takot na masaktan. Habang patuloy na hinahabol ni Luna ang kanyang puso, unti-unting nababasag ang pader na matagal na nitong itinayo. Sa gitna ng inggit, social pressure, at mga taong gustong paghiwalayin sila, mapapatunayan kaya ni Luna na ang tunay na pagmamahal ay hindi nasusukat sa yaman o status? At handa ba si Giovanni na ipaglaban ang babaeng matagal na niyang piniling iwasan, pero hindi kailanman nakalimutan? Isang kwento ng paghahabol, pagtitiis, at pag-ibig na kayang baguhin kahit ang pinakamalamig na puso.

In a terrible tragedy, Alona did not expect to meet Kenneth again, the man she fell in love with a year ago. A big responsibility will be given to both of them where they will take care of a child and become its parents. Will Alona be able to avoid the playful whip of fate on them or will she let fate make a way to resume her love with Kenneth that was cut off due to a delusion. Did she survive co-parenting with a playboy?

Pag ibig na itinago at inalagaan sa mahabang panahon. Matagal itinago ni Stanley ang nararamdaman niya kay Serenity. Bukod sa masyado pa itong bata ay alam niya na ang nakababatang kapatid niya ang crush nito. Sumumpa siya sa sarili na hindi pababayaan si Serenity hanggang dumating ito sa tamang edad. Sa hindi inaasahang pangyayari ay lumayo sa pamilya niya ang dalaga dahil sa problema sa kanyang stepfather. Dumating ang panahon na natagpuan siyang muli ng kanyang pamilya laking tuwa ni Stanley ng muling makita ang dalagitang pinalaki at inalagaan niya ay lumaking maganda at kaakit akit na dalaga. Handa na siyang magtapat ng nararamdaman para dito ngunit ipinakilala nito ang lalaking bumihag sa puso ni Serenity kaya naman maspinili nalamang ni Stanley na itago ang nararamdaman at sarilinin ang sakit kesa maka sira ng pagmamahalan ng dalawang tao. Minahal niya ito ng patago ngunit isang trahedya ang nangyari nadisgrasya si Stanley at ayaw niyang mawala sa mundo ng hindi nasasabi sa dalaga ang nararamdaman. Sinabi niya ito kahit alam niyang walang pag asa. Lingid sa kaalaman ni Stanley na ang dalagitang inibig niya ay minahal rin siya ng patago. Ngayong huli na ang lahat saan tutungo ang pagmamahalan na hindi nabigyan ng pagkakataon upang iparamdam sa isat isa.

"You don't look at me with amusement. No girl has ever done that to me, especially while playing basketball. If you think you're an exemption, think again. I'm Kise Joaquin Falcis. Everyone falls for me." Since Kise saw Keisha at his cousin's birthday party, he started liking her. When their eyes met, Kise felt his heart skipped a beat. And at some point, he bowed down that this girl would like him back too. But something was preventing Keisha from admitting her feelings. She didn't want him to know that she had also fallen for him. What was stopping her from liking this guy? What must be the reason for her cold treatment? Was it really because of his annoying haircut? Or was it something else?

Selena sure is a lucky girl. She became a scholar at the prestigious Wynnford University, and she also caught the attention of the school's twin heartthrobs, Alexis and Alexander. But this is not because of her looks or intellect. It's because she reminds them of their missing childhood friend, Limstella. Then there's Marga, the campus queen, who is a childhood friend of the twins and is overprotective of them. How will Selena compete with the memories they had with Limstella? Can she replace Limstella in their hearts? Can she get closer to them with Marga doing everything to make her life miserable? And what if the secrets from the past have been revealed? How will these affect all of them?

Dahil sa hindi inaasahang aksidente nawalan ng paningin ang binatang si Benny, ang mundo niya ay binalot ng kadiliman kasabay noon ay ang pagnanais n'yang muling babalik ang kaniyang minamahal. Sapagkat gusto niya na kahit hindi na bumalik ang kaniyang paningin ayos na sa kaniya basta makasama niya lang si Corazon. Bulag ang kanyang mga mata ngunit hindi nawawalan ng pagasa ang kaniyang puso na hintayin ang dalaga sa muli nitong pagbabalik kahit batid niya na suntok sa buwan ang pangarapin na muli pa niyang makikita ang babaeng unang nagpatibok ng kaniyang puso.