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Thea’s a hardworking professor whose only priority is her outreach program for underprivileged kids. That is until her grandfather cuts his funding for the project trying to make her concentrate on his research projects. In the midst of her despair comes the ludicrous offer from Lucian Salvator. “Marry me and the world will be in the palm of your hands,” As she tries to fight against their exploding chemistry and fool the world into believing in their fake marriage. Thea finds herself slowly giving in to Lucian’s seductive attempt to make her truly his. But, will giving in to his slow-burning seduction be at the cost of her own heart?

This isn't you're regular Alpha finds his Luna werewolf story, there's elemental powers, Vikings, royal bloodlines, secrets, prophecies, A touch of romance and who doesn't love a bit of drama. This story is for mature audience. Troy has been searching for his Mate for three years when his father tells him he is to be Mated to form a union between two packs in order to fight an army headed their way. What he doesn't know yet is the arranged Mating was planned well before he was born. When Octavia steps out of her purple Camaro, he wasn't expecting to see the most beautiful creature on earth. Octavia is the first of her kind, born of two Royal bloodlines causing her to possess immense power that she struggles to control. Will Troy be able to save Octavia from herself or will her powers consume her and destroy them all? stay tuned to see what the prophecy has instore for Troy and Octavia. --- He smiles at me "Like what you see princess?" Realizing I've been caught checking him out, I use my typical witty sarcasm that usually gets me out of awkward situations or in trouble, "That depends, did you like what you saw when I got out of my car?" I say with a wink.

Justice and revenge. Iyon lang ang nasa isip ni Alexandria hanggang sa tumuntong siya sa edad na bente-sais. Desi-otso anyos siya nang magulantang siya sa kaniyang nasaksihan sa mismong tahanan nila. Pinatay ang Mommy at Daddy niya habang ang kaniyang kapatid naman na babae ay walang sawang inangkin at binaboy. Dahil sa kagustuhang maipaghiganti ang pamilya. Nakilala niya si Raul. Ang dahilan ng unti-unting paglimot niya sa nakaraan. Ang lalaking nagpagulo sa natutulog niyang puso. Pero bato naman pagdating sa salitang pagmamahal. Isang bagay ang nalaman niya tungkol sa binata. Isang bagay na naging dahilan para muling sumibol ang galit, poot, at pagkamuhi sa kaniyang puso.

If it hadn't been for what eventuate at the hotel on that momentous night, Charlotte wouldn't have given birth to her eight babies. The identity of the father was unknown to the babies and to their mother who had no idea who the mysterious man was. Four year's later, Charlotte took a part time job at a bar to meet ends means, there she met Xavier, the president of Xi group. He is ruthless and stern, known for his iron and bloody skills. He has never been interested in a woman, but there was something different about Charlotte, that kept drawing him closer to her.

Martha Remus, a 34 year old Luna, believed she had what other she-wolves call ‘a perfect life’. Despite her husband’s infidelity, her family and her pack members were still her priority because she was trained all her life to be the Luna of the Red Moon Pack. Going on with her life and pack affairs, Martha finds herself extremely attracted to a male werewolf and the shocking part was, he’s years younger than her! “Can you feel how hard I am for you? You can't possibly ignore the mate bond between us, Martha.” “This is wrong, Alex, we shouldn’t be doing this. I… I'm still married—” “—to a man who's cheating on you. You can't stay with him because he is an Alpha, Martha.” Soon, Martha gives in to the sizzling attraction and starts doing things she never thought she would ever do.

Amelia Miller is the young, hot and pretty secretary of the Watson's empire heir, Nick Watson. Her boss is very hot and every woman's dream. Her boss, Nick Watson is a big time flirt and he has always wanted to get in between Amelia's legs, but she never knew. Amelia suddenly started feeling an attraction towards her boss and she knew it was wrong. Why? Because he was already engaged and would be getting married soon. Amelia tried to fight this attraction but it only got worst and eventually, she fell helplessly in love with him. Does Amelia have a chance with her boss? What happened when she found out it was a one sided love? Will she give up on him or does she stand a chance with him?

She's Samantha Destiny Salcedo an independent woman that can't move on on her past. Her boyfriend way back in college is Dylan Archer Fortel, sadly they broke up. Sa paghahanap niya ng trabaho napakaraming tumawag at isa na dito ang Archer's Group of Companies which remind her of her ex-boyfriend. However, she's not expecting that he will be her boss and she will be his employee. Sa hindi inaasahan na pagsasamahan dahil sa trabaho kahit ipinangako ni Samantha sa sarili na hanggang employee at boss ang namamagitan sa kanilang dalawa ay hindi niya magawang mapigilang mapaibig muli kay Dylan. He's still the man that she met in the past. Her love one five years ago. Now, she's torn between moving on or be with him even if it breaks her heart into pieces? Susugal pa ba siya lalo na at sila pa din ng babaeng kalaguyo niya noon?

Selene's life was shattered on her 16th birthday when her mother's abominable secret was exposed, and the whole pack found out that Selene's real father was a vampire, their sworn enemy. Selene's mother lost her life and her foster father abandoned her to her cruel fate. She was then taken to the royal pack as slave. Suffering, Pain, Fear, and regret was all her life was made of. She hoped on her mate, but when he appeared, he broke her more with rejection. What good was left for such a pathetic soul? Nothing, so she thought. But that was untill she realized who her second mate was.

“You promised.” He hisses. “I did promise not to ghost you again and I didn’t! The rest is nothing you get to control.” A sly smirk appears on his face as he presses his lips to my ear and whispers, “We will see about that.” Grabbing my body as if I were made out of cotton candy, he lifts me off the floor. He presses my back fully into the cold wall once again, standing between my legs, and bites into my neck, having me mewl lowly. “What the hell are you doing? The cameras, Ru. The cameras!” I panic, freeing myself from under his teeth. His eyes capture mine as he looks back up at me. “This is my building, remember? The security guards are instructed to delete the tape. And to not call for help or check on anyone stuck in the elevator.” *** Ginevra and Ruggerio are meant to hate each other. As heirs to rival families, they have been taught nothing else. As they spend the night together at a masquerade ball without recognizing each other, they ignite a series of events that are as dangerous as they are tempting. Now it’s up to them to decide. Stand by the rules of their families. Or give in to their forbidden desire. ⚠️ TW: explicit and foul language, steamy scenes, abuse, SA ⚠️

Scarlet tries her best to get a job but all in vain. She decided she will do anything just to secure a job and help her family sinking business so she agreed to his proposal of being his fake fiancee  Zion is the only heir to the Anderson Incorporated Company whose mother and grandmother are on his neck. His grandmother just wants to see him settle down so he could provide another heir for the family while his mother on the other hand just wants him to get married so he could inherit everything both his father and grandfather left behind. ****** Another entangled love story. Stay tune to find out the out come of their charade