Guard Pass

"Now tell me, young lady, who wants you dead?" Nicholas asked as he stared intently at me. His words froze me in place. My eyes widened, and my heart raced uncontrollably in my chest. I looked at him, my eyes diverting to the blood trickling from his shoulder where he was hit by a bullet while trying to save me. "I... I don't know," I stammered, still bewildered by the events that had unfolded. Laura Dickson had endured an abusive relationship at the hands of her boyfriend Santos, to whom she felt indebted for assisting her in settling some debts. Eventually, she reaches the conclusion that she can no longer tolerate the relationship and flees, disregarding Santos' threats of ending her life should she ever leave him. At a charity ball event, she encounters Nicholas, a strikingly handsome and powerful billionaire, the head of Brandson mafia family, who saves her from a serial killer intent on shooting her. Nicholas takes it upon himself to provide her with protection at his covert hideout until the serial killer is captured. What will unfold when they discover that the serial killer was actually closer to them than they had presumed and was in fact not who they thought it was? How will Laura react when she uncovers a grave secret that will profoundly shake her foundations? And what will occur as Laura falls In love with Nicholas, a billionaire mafioso who only sees women as objects of sexual desires? Discover the answers within the gripping pages of the thrilling novel, "Bound by Passion."

On the fifth anniversary of my marriage to Vicente Buckley, he violated my trust by sleeping with my best friend Kinsley Gilmore, on our bed. Through the camera, my son Jamie Buckley's childish voice sounded. "Kinsley, I'll keep watch at the door. I won't let my mom come in!" As if rewarding him, Kinsley pecked Vicente and suggested, "Your son is great. Don't you think about having another child with Patricia?" Vicente responded by covering her face with a pillow, saying, "The scar on her belly disgusts me."

"I hate you," I whispered against his lips. Ang tingin ay hindi na mapirmi sa matinding hilo. "You're seriously saying that when I can literally feel you trembling with my every touch," he smirked darkly and claimed my lips for a painful kiss. I moaned in pain and pleasure as he pushed me against the wall. Cianna Juarez has everything every woman could dream of. Beauty and cleverness, riches and fame. Ngunit ang kaisa-isang bagay na hindi niya makamit-kamit ay ang pag-ibig ng lalaking mahal niya, Alexander Malin Del Rio. They have been friends since time immemorial, but he never showed interest on her romantically. She did everything to make him love her, anything to keep him away from his love. Kesehodang tuluyan itong magalit sa kanya. But fate turned a complete flip when something happened between her and Santiago Lopez, ang lalaking noong una pa lang ay hindi niya na gusto. Maliit ang tingin niya rito dahil sa pagiging ulila at bastardo. One sinful and drunken night changed her life in a blink of an eye. Afraid of people's prejudices and judgments, she left Malolos carrying the very fruit of that mistake. Sa kanyang pagbabalik, makakaya niya kayang harapin ang kahihiyan? At higit sa lahat, makakaya niya kayang harapin ang alab ng galit ni Santi?

Ganoon na lamang ang pagtutol ni Aleya nang ma-assigned siyang bodyguard ng binatang playboy na anak ng isang makapangyarihang pulitiko sa bansa. She hates playboy at minalas pang mapunta sa kanya ang trabahong ito. Na-challenge naman si Enrique dahil ngayon pa lamang siya nakakita ng babaeng hindi nag-swoon sa angkin niyang kakisigan kaya nangako siya na makukuha niya ang napakaganda at nakapaka-sexy niyang bodyguard samantalang ipinangako naman ni Aleya sa kanyang sarili na hinding-hindi siya mahuhulog sa bitag ng playboy na binata. Pilit niyang pinairal ang pagiging professional niya sa trabaho, ngunit kaya nga ba niyang paglabanan ang ginagawang panunukso sa kanya ng playboy niyang binabantayan?

"Dad I've told you a hundred times, I don't need a body guard." I growled, my eyes locked on the god-like man at his side.Arabella Adair, the only heir of the Alpha King, detests her strikingly yet silent body guard. A mask shields half of his face, leaving only his intoxicating eyes and tousled hair revealed. The strange gloves he constantly wears, and the refusal to speak continues to drive Arabella mad. In the midst of the chaos in her Kingdom, she sets her attention on her body guard. Her insane attraction to her mysterious body guard fuels her need for the truth. More determined than ever, she plans to use everything at her disposal to uncover his secrets.

It's close to impossible for a naturally disabled person to find love. Yvette Snyder was born weak of hearing; even her own mother detests her. After getting married, her affluent husband, Xavier Lane, and the people in his life mock and humiliate her. Then, her husband's ex-girlfriend comes back into his life and publicly announces that she wants to take back everything that should've been hers. She even goes so far as to stand before Yvette to say smugly, "I bet you won't know what it's like to be loved by someone—not in this lifetime. Has Xav ever told you he loves you? He used to say it to me all the time." Only then does Yvette realize how wrong she's been. But it's too late. Her love has gone down the drain; she shouldn't have married someone who doesn't love her. She decides to let go and return Xavier's freedom to him. But Xavier's the first to object. "If you want to get a divorce, you'll have to do it over my dead body!"

"Are you sure you want to change your name, Ms. Anderson? You'll have to change your degree certificate, documentation, and passport once you do." Noelle Anderson nods. "I'm sure." The employee tries to talk her out of it. "It's quite troublesome for adults to change their names, and your current name sounds nice. Are you sure you don't want to think about it?" "No, I'm done thinking." She signs the form. "Sorry for the trouble and thanks." "Alright, then. The name you're changing to is… Aria Byrd, right?" "Yeah." Aria Byrd—it means a flight to freedom.

Anastasia was born as the daughter of a Russian mafia godfather who lived her whole life in wealth and protected by her handsome bodyguard Alexander. All was well until she graduated college and was placed in an arranged marriage with a powerful man, Anton Chernikov in order to increase the wealth and power of the family. However during the courtship period between the arranged couple, Anastasia and Alexander fell into a secret affair between a young mafia daughter and her bodyguard. They kept their forbidden love hidden for long... Until they could not hide it anymore.

Shamia Gyllette Sandler. Filipino-American. A famous Enterprenuer who owns the biggest magazine company, the Shamia’s Magazine located in London, the agency also have offices in New York City, Los Angeles and here in the Philippines. And as for the moment she’s giving her full attention in the SM that located in the Philippines.In her status in life she badly needed a skilled and trusted bodyguard that can protect and defend her in anything that may happen to her. She also wants the kind of bodyguard that she can bring anywhere around the world because she has many appointment and meetings around Philippine premises and abroad.Kaya lamang ay tila mahihirapan siya sa paghahanap ng ganoong klase ng bodyguard dahil hindi niya kayang ipagkatiwala ng basta ang kanyang buhay. Lalo na sa estado ng pamumuhay ng dalaga.Marami na siyang agencies na nakausap dahil na rin sa suhestiyon ng kanyang pamilya pero wala siyang natipuhan sa mga tauhan ng nasabing agencies. Hanggang sa may agency na nabanggit ang kaibigan niyang si Krystaleen. The good thing in the said agency is that she can choose whoever she wants to entrust her life. At nang papiliin at iharap na sa dalaga ang mga tauhan na maari niyang pagpilian nakuha ang atensiyon ni Shamia ng isang lalaki.Lalaking nag-ngangalang Kaiser Pineda. Ang lalaking pakiramdam niya’y ligtas siya sa mga bisig nito at kapag nasa tabi niya ito. Kaya’t ginawa niya ang sa tingin niya’y tama. Ngunit tama ba ang desisyon ng dalaga? Paano kung mahulog ang loob niya sa kaniyang bodyguard?Ngunit paano kung ang binatang kaniyang iniibig ay may mahal na palang iba? Ipaglalaban ba niya ang pusong umiibig o magparaya at palayain ang binatang minamahal, para sa sarili nitong kaligayahan?

Not any seconds have passed , when he didn't think about Hazel, although he have a urge to taint her soul; to imprison her in his cage forever, but one thing was sure which hasn't changed in these restless years_ his lust for her body.