Gabriel Reyes

Life was like a long thread, and the knot in it was a new beginning. Three lives. Three stories. But one shared fate. Ethan Lopez's life unraveled when he was accused of murdering Kaylee Anderson. On the day he was inaugurated as the CEO of Lopez Food Company, the murder occurred in Dylan Gabriel's penthouse, The Opulent Height. As the police continued their investigation, Ethan found himself targeted again, this time for kidnapping. This marked the beginning of the downfall of Lopez Food Company, benefiting their rival, Delish Delight Company. All evidence and leads pointed to Ethan until a new name emerged in the case: Blair Anderson, a seemingly ordinary baker at Lopez Food Company. Disclamer: R18+ This story may contain strong language, expletives, and mature content for adult readers, including themes of violence. It is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to real persons, businesses, places, or events is coincidental. This story is not intended to offend or defame any individual, entity, caste, community, race, religion, or to denigrate any institution or person, living or dead. Readers discretion is advised.

Mit vierzig Jahren glaubt Reine, die Gelassenheit in der Ehe mit Richard gefunden zu haben, einem sanften und aufmerksamen Mann, der zwanzig Jahre älter ist als sie. Doch diese Ruhe wird auf die Probe gestellt, als Gabriel, Richards Sohn, auftaucht, um den Sommer unter ihrem Dach zu verbringen. Gabriel, fünfundzwanzig, ist alles, was Reine verabscheut: arrogant, zynisch, und er begegnet ihr nur mit frostigen Blicken und tückischen Stichen. Er wirft ihr vor, seinen Vater wegen seines Geldes geheiratet zu haben, und sieht in ihr eine Opportunistin. Die Spannung zwischen ihnen ist spürbar, ein explosives Gemisch aus Verachtung und einer unbestreitbaren Anziehung, die sie heftig zu verbergen versuchen. Jedes Abendessen ist ein Schlachtfeld, jede Begegnung im engen Raum des Hauses ein Funke. Alles kippt während eines heftigen Gewitters, als Richard abwesend ist. Ein besonders heftiger Streit lässt sie allein, durchnässt und vor Wut zitternd zurück. Die Beleidigungen weichen plötzlich einem schweren Schweigen, dann einem wilden und befreienden Kuss. Dieser erste Kontakt ist das Vorzimmer einer verzehrenden und verbotenen Leidenschaft. Sie treffen sich heimlich, verwandeln ihren Hass in ein rohes und obsessives Verlangen. Die Argumente werden zu sinnlichen Wettkämpfen, jede Versöhnung wird auf den zerknitterten Laken der nächstgelegenen Alcove gefeiert. Sie erkunden ihre Körper und Grenzen und entdecken, dass unter dem Groll eine unerwartete Vertrautheit und eine geteilte Verwundbarkeit verborgen liegt. Doch der Schatten von Richard lastet auf ihrer Affäre. Jede Lüge drückt schwer auf Reines Gewissen, zerrissen zwischen ihrer Zuneigung zu ihrem Mann und ihrer irrationalen Leidenschaft für Gabriel. Letzterer muss sich zudem seinem eigenen Groll gegen seinen Vater und den komplexen Gefühlen stellen, die ihn mit der Frau verbinden, die er eigentlich hassen sollte. Kann ihre Geschichte die Verräterei und das Gewicht des Geheimnisses überstehen, oder war sie nur ein Strohfeuer, dazu verurteilt, in Schuld zu vergehen?

Kai Tanaka is Seattle’s best rescue swimmer, the man they send into black water when the storm decides to take a life. He’s built for cold, built for chaos, built to bring people back. Until one rescue goes wrong. A body disappears. The footage goes missing. And Kai becomes the quiet scapegoat the Coast Guard can sacrifice to keep the institution clean. Suspended and watched, he’s barely holding on when Luca Reyes drags his name into the light. Luca is a true-crime podcaster chasing the truth behind that same night, because his younger brother was on the boat that never came home. Luca thinks Kai is hiding something. Kai thinks Luca is feeding off tragedy. Their first meeting is sharp and ugly. Then Luca is nearly killed for asking the right questions. Kai pulls him from the wreckage and realizes this isn’t internet noise. Someone is laundering bodies through the sea, and they’re using Kai as the fall guy. The only way to keep Luca alive is to disappear with him to an off-grid cabin on the San Juan Islands, where the wind never stops and secrets sound louder. Forced proximity turns into hunger. Suspicion turns into heat. And the closer they get to the truth, the more they realize the storm isn’t the worst thing chasing them.

SYNOPSIS: ​Matapos mahuli ang masakit na pagtataksil ng kanyang asawang si Mark, gumuho ang mundo ng simpleng guro na si Liza. Sa gitna ng kanyang paghihinagpis, isang lalaki ang dumarating para saluhin siya—si Julian Valderama. ​Si Julian ang kagalang-galang na arkitekto na tumayong Ninong sa kasal nina Liza at Mark. Ngunit sa likod ng kanyang mga blueprint at malawak na koneksyon, may itinatago siyang madilim na sikreto: siya ay isang bilyonaryong kumikilos sa anino, at matagal na niyang pinaplano ang pag-angkin kay Liza. ​Habang dahan-dahang sinisira ni Julian ang pamilya Reyes bilang ganti sa pananakit nila kay Liza, pilit namang kumakapit si Mark sa kapangyarihan. Sa desperasyon, nakipag-alyansa si Mark sa underground kingpin na si Hector—ang tiyuhin ng kanyang ambisyosang kabit na si Cindy. ​Sa gitna ng digmaan ng legal na kapangyarihan at madilim na operasyon, kailangang mamili ni Liza: mananatili ba siya sa wasak na pundasyon ng kanyang nakaraan, o susuko siya sa mapanganib at mapang-angking proteksyon ng lalaking matagal nang bumuo ng blueprint para sa kanyang puso?

Elle voulait juste survivre. Il voulait la posséder. À Madrid, Paula Delgado jongle entre ses longues heures d’aide-soignante et les soins coûteux de sa mère gravement malade. Forte, fière, et indépendante, elle refuse de demander de l’aide. Jusqu’au jour où tout s’effondre. Un soir, en quête d’oubli, elle cède à une nuit de passion avec un inconnu. Elle disparaît au petit matin sans se retourner. Mais lui… n’a pas l’intention de l’oublier. Nicolás Reyes, célèbre sportif espagnol, n’a jamais été troublé par une femme. Jusqu’à elle. Quand il la retrouve par hasard, il lui fait une proposition indécente : une relation de sexfriends, sans engagement, en échange d’une prise en charge totale des soins de sa mère. Paula, révoltée, refuse. Mais quand la vie de sa mère est en jeu, peut-elle encore dire non ? Et si ce deal était la plus dangereuse des erreurs ?

Celestine “Celine” Navarro has it all—wealth, influence, and a last name tied to a billion-peso coffee empire. But as the heiress of Navarro Coffee, her life feels like a gilded cage of boardrooms, family expectations, and insincere suitors. Longing for freedom, she disguises herself as an ordinary barista in one of her own cafés, determined to live a life where no one knows her name. That’s when she meets Liam Reyes, a talented but debt-stricken architect whose quiet intensity hides a storm of guilt and desperation. To him, Celine is just the clumsy new barista who can barely tame an espresso machine—but her wit and warmth begin to chip away at his walls. For the first time, Celine feels truly seen, not as an heiress but as a woman. But Liam carries a dangerous secret. Crushed under debts and blackmailed by Navarro Coffee’s fiercest rivals, he is forced into sabotage—stealing files and betraying the very company Celine is destined to inherit. What starts as banter over coffee turns into a fragile romance built on lies, one that teeters on collapse the moment truths spill over. When betrayal is uncovered and loyalties tested, Celine and Liam must face an impossible choice: protect the empire and the people they love, or risk everything for a love that was never meant to survive. A story of hidden identities, sabotage, and a love as intoxicating—and as dangerous—as the richest brew.

Some families run from their past. The Hawkins siblings hunt it down. Katherine Hawkins never asked to grow up in a world where demons were real and survival meant learning how to fight them. Alongside her brothers—William and Alex—she’s spent years tracking the things that live in the dark. But when an old exorcism tape surfaces and names from a forgotten case start resurfacing—Malcolm Smith, Matthew Conner, Gabriel Spender—their past begins catching up with them fast. Secrets their father kept buried are beginning to unravel. And the deeper they dig, the clearer it becomes: the monsters they’re chasing now are connected to something older, something unfinished… something personal. Now, with danger closing in and trust wearing thin, the Hawkins siblings must head straight into the heart of a mystery that could shatter everything they thought they knew—about their family, their history, and the war they were born into. Because sometimes, the real fight doesn’t start until after the ghosts come back.

Kora Rivera is the daughter of Gabriel Rivera King Alpha of America. She just turned 18 years old and her father decide to hold a ball for all the other Kings with their family of the other countries. Her father is hoping that not only will she find her mate but also her older brother Seth and twin sister Bianca. There’s always been a mystery to her family and mostly about her mother. How her mother was given to the Alpha of Black pine pack by the Moon goddess herself. Who is her mother to the moon goddess? Simion Dumitrescu is the King Alpha of Romania and is still looking for his true mate with no luck. He became the king after challenging his father for the right since he felt his father was unfit to rule. His mother fell ill not long after the fact his father was banish from their kingdom. He receives an invite to the ball being held in America but isn’t sure if he will attend it or not. Will things change if he decides to go?

L'Étreinte de l'Ombre Anya, pianiste virtuose en quête d'inspiration, hérite du Domaine des Soupirs, un manoir familial où chaque pièce semble retenir le souffle du passé. Dès les premières nuits, les silences résonnent d'accords fantômes et des mélodies inconnues hantent son sommeil, accompagnées de caresses invisibles qui transforment ses rêves en partitions du désir. L'esprit qui habite ces lieux, Lysander, ancien compositeur maudit, se révèle être une présence aussi envoûtante que dangereuse. Prisonnier d'un pacte scellé dans la mort, il ne trouve d'écho dans le monde des vivants qu'à travers les sensations qu'il parvient à susciter chez Anya. Leurs duos nocturnes, d'abord impalpables, deviennent des symphonies charnelles où chaque note de la jeune femme renforce le pouvoir du musicien déchu. Alors que cette liaison surnaturelle atteint son crescendo, Gabriel, chef d'orchestre et premier amour d'Anya, entre en scène. Incarnation de la raison et de la mesure, il représente la stabilité d'une partition écrite, l'amour rassurant qu'elle a fui pour se consacrer à son art. Anya se retrouve déchirée entre : · Lysander, la composition sauvage d'une passion qui défie les lois du temps, au risque de devenir l'instrument de sa propre perte · Gabriel, la partition raisonnable d'un amour terrestre, qui exige de renoncer à la tentation des notes interdites Dans ce concerto à trois voix, le désir devient la clé d'une porte mieux fermée. Anya devra choisir entre interpréter la mélodie du salut ou se laisser emporter par le final envoûtant d'un amour qui pourrait bien sceller son destin à jamais.

KRISTINA YSABELLE CRUZ, an orphan who grew up in Wysteria Hope Orphanage, struggled to survive after she was criticized for her lack of strength despite shifting at a young age of 16. She almost lost her sanity if not for the existence of her childhood friend, the same man who she loved for years. LAURENCE GABRIEL ALFARO, the son of the Crimson Snow Pack’s Alpha. A man who yearned for greater power. He has everything in life except for one thing—a mate, his luna. He took advantage of Kristina’s feelings for him; he brought her to his bed and had a one night stand with her. When nothing seemed to go wrong, an unfortunate event turned Kristina and Laurence’s life upside down. Will they still stay committed to one another if it turns out that they weren’t actually fated mates? Who would dare to fight against the Moon Goddess’ will? How would Kristina live without the presence of Laurence, the father of her triplets?