Grand Duchess Maria

At the Brooke family’s grand 25th anniversary, Nina Brooke’s life changed in one reckless night. She gave herself to a stranger only to discover he was her stepsister fiancé. To protect their names, Ethan Voss and Nina buried the truth. But secrets don’t stay buried. Weeks later, a pregnancy test exposed the lie Nina thought she could hide. Clara made sure the entire family knew–humiliating Nina for carrying a child out of wedlock. But what no one expected? The child in Nina’s womb wasn’t just anyone’s. He belonged to Ethan Voss—the man promised to her sister. Now the question isn’t how far Nina will fall… It’s what happens when the truth explodes.

My grandfather is a nationally renowned inheritor of an intangible cultural heritage. Today, I'm supposed to attend a grand ceremony as his rightful successor. However, when I arrive, I see my father's adoptive daughter already standing on the stage. She's dressed to the nines. She holds an award and is giving a thank-you speech, looking moved. In the past, I would've left without saying anything or speaking up for myself. Too bad for her that I'd been reborn. The discrepancy between our statuses is so large that we're basically from different worlds. Yet she has the nerve to claim to be my grandfather's successor and put on a show with what is supposed to be my family's.

After my grandmother passed away, I returned from my countryside home to Oberis City, ready to tidy things up and prepare for my wedding. But no sooner had I arrived at the wedding planning company, ready to book an extravagant, luxurious wedding, than the staff there delivered a piece of news that struck me like a thunderbolt. The groom—my groom—had already gotten married. Three months ago, Cain Bassett, the eldest son of the wealthiest family's conglomerate, tied the knot with his childhood sweetheart, the daughter of the mayor of Lith City—Mary Schindler. Now here I stood, frowning in front of the grand gates of Cain's villa. But the thing is, I am Mary Schindler, the daughter of the mayor of Lith City.

"Kenapa Tuan Marco sangat baik padaku? Menuruti semua yang aku katakan, dan selalu mengatakan kalimat-kalimat manis. Apakah anda... Sebenarnya menyukai saya?" - Gisela. "Jika iya, salah? Kita adalah suami istri. Kamu harus belajar mencintaiku. Karena... Aku tidak akan melepaskanmu." - Marco. Demi membantu Lukas, lelaki yang begitu Gisela cintai, menjadi seorang Duke, Gisela mengorbankan segalanya. Namun, setelah Lukas berhasil menduduki singgah sana tertinggi di Kadipaten Elysium, Lukas malah membuang Gisela, mencampakkan Gisela layaknya sampah, seakan perjuangan Gisela selama 3 tahun, tak berharga. Hanya karena, Gisela tak berasal dari kalangan bangsawan. Tidak pantas bergelar Duchess of Elysium. Wanita berusia 23 tahun dengan nama lengkap Gisela Anne George, bahkan harus rela melihat sang pujahaan hati menikah dengan putri dari bangsawan elit, yang dulu dianggap Lukas sebagai 'Adik'. Namun, belum sempat Gisela meratapi nasibnya yang malang, seorang pria bangsawan kelas atas, bernama Eloseos Marcolande Louzy, atau yang kerap disapa Tuan Marco, seorang tentara dengan pangkat Kolonel. Mengajaknya menikah, dengan alasan ingin membantu Gisela membalas perbuatan Lukas, yang merupakan kakak Marco sendiri. Akan tetapi, Gisela juga harus membantu Marco memecahkan misteri meninggalnya kakak pertamanya yang terkesan ditutup-tutupi oleh Lukas dan ibunya. Kesepakatan pun terjalin. Keduanya menikah, meski Lukas dan ibunya sangat menentang dan membenci Gisela yang notabene hanya wanita biasa, yang tak memiliki darah bangsawan. Apakah keduanya bisa mewujudkan tujuan dari pernikahan mereka? Atau justru terlena dengan kenikmatan sebuah pernikahan, dan memilih melupakan luka mereka?

Being discarded by my family and betrayed by my fiancé and step-sister was not the dream future I wanted. This was supposed to be a grand alliance between the two packs. But I was cornered in anger by this betrayal. Until I had to leave and decided to be more flexible, that night's meeting became the starting point of an unexpected future. Yes, just like the time, I couldn't scream anymore, and only tears of pleasure fell down my cheeks. "Uh, I'm close." So close that I didn't realize if we would look at each other again later. Not on the bed, but on the desk. "Damn, I keep imagining how he moves on top of me." Now, how could I work as his secretary with such a dirty mind?

After my 99th confession, my childhood best friend, Michael Leight, finally says yes. I am overjoyed, believing that my years of unrequited love have finally paid off. But when I walk past the pantry, I overhear him speaking tenderly to our family chef, Tahlia Duvey. "Once I take everything from the Kingstons, I'll kick that idiot Ariel to the curb and throw us a grand wedding. Everything here will be yours." My heart feels like a sword has been plunged into it. That night, I storm into Grandpa's study and point at a photo of the Gordon family's heir—Charles, known for always keeping his distance from women. "Grandpa! I want to marry him!" I announce.

Elias has lived his whole life as a lie. Born a male Omega in a world where his kind are owned, traded, or bred, his only chance at freedom was to disappear behind a forged identity. Now he’s “Eli Arden,” Rank 2 at the most ruthless Alpha academy in the nation. No one suspects the truth; Not the instructors. Not the students. Not even the wolves who want to beat him. Only one person watches too closely. Ronan Vesper: Rank 1, cold-blooded, terrifying, heir to an Alpha dynasty—and the one Alpha Elias can’t afford to provoke… or attract. But suppressants are failing. Instincts are waking. And when Ronan catches Elias mid-dose, something shifts between hunter and prey. He should have exposed him. He didn’t. Now Ronan is circling him like a secret he wants to own. And Elias is running out of time to keep his body and identity under control. In a school where the weak are erased and the powerful take what they want… What happens when the deadliest Alpha discovers his greatest rival is an Omega?

Blurb Matapos ang mahabang panahon ng pag-iisa at pagtitiis, isang napakalakas na babae ang sumalubong kay Albert Montenegro sa kanyang pagbabalik sa buhay ni Martina Lopez. Ang dating mabait at mahinhing asawa ay tinapatan na ng isang Maria Martina Acosta na puno ng determinasyon at kapangyarihan. Sa paglipas ng mga taon, naging isang makapangyarihang negosyante si Martina sa pamamagitan ng pagtatag ng kanyang sariling kumpanya, ang Ang Acosta Corp. Ibinuhos niya ang lahat ng kanyang lakas at talino upang maabot ang kanyang mga pangarap at patunayan sa sarili at sa iba na siya ay hindi basta-basta lamang. Ang pagkakataon na muling magkita sila ni Albert ay nagdulot ng malaking pagbabago sa kanilang pagkatao. Si Martina ngayon ay hindi na ang dating Martina na handang magpaalipin at magpakumbaba. Siya ngayon ay isang babaeng mapangahas, matapang, at may sariling paninindigan. Hindi na siya nagpaalipin sa kahit anong tao, lalo na sa isang lalaking hindi naman tunay na minahal at pinahalagahan siya. Sa kanyang pagbabalik bilang isang Maria Martina Acosta, ipinakita ni Martina na ang pagmamahal at pagpapahalaga sa sarili ang tunay na mahalaga sa buhay. Hindi na siya ang dating babaeng handang gawin ang lahat para lamang mapanatili ang isang hindi masayang relasyon. Ngayon, ang kanyang layunin ay palakasin ang kanyang sarili at patunayan na siya ay hindi kailanman dapat balewalain. Sa pagbabalik ni Martina bilang isang napakalakas na babae, napatunayan niya sa lahat na kahit gaano pa kahirap ang pagdaanan, maaari pa rin nating baguhin ang ating kinabukasan at maging isang tapat na huwaran ng determinasyon, tapang, at pagmamahal sa sarili. Ang kanyang kwento ay isang patunay na sa bawat pagsubok na ating haharapin sa buhay, mayroon tayong kakayahan na baguhin ang ating sarili at maging mas malakas at matatag sa bawat pagsubok na darating.

Dahil sa hirap ng buhay, walang ibang pagpilian na ibinigay ang mundo kay Maria kung hindi ang ibenta ang sarili niyang katawan sa isang kilalang auction nang malaman niya na ang kaniyang Lola na siyang nagpalaki sa kaniya ay kailangan nang operahan sa lalong madaling panahon. Dito ay naging pagmamay-ari siya ni Damon, isang kilalang businessman ng isang gabi na siyang nagkaroon ng bunga. Ngunit kahit gaano pa siya kadesperada ay hinding-hindi niya gugustuhin na sabihin kay Damon ang tungkol sa anak nila sapagkat bilang ina ay ayaw niyang masaktan ang kaniyang anak. Ngunit paano kung pagkatapos ng ilang taon ng pagtatago ay magtagpo sila sa kumpanya kung saan sekretarya siya nito?

“Don’t you feel a bit of regret, or even sadness? You should know you’ve spewed coffee at Mia, because if one day I exchange places with her and she’s still mad at it, she would definitely get back to you and she might even get frantic. Do you understand how terrible a frantic woman can get? Are you not afraid?” Charles raised his eyebrow, “She won’t have that opportunity.” ******************************* Maria replaced her sister to marry Charles. She originally thought it would be a widow-like marriage, but Charles who had disappeared for two years suddenly came back. All she wanted was her father’s well-being, but is tangled with Charles and her sister’s life. What will she do when it’s time for her to leave but she was already in love with Charles, who she believed loved her sister, the real Mia?