Hard Times Novel

Achilio Isacco Bonaventura adalah seorang pangeran yang terlahir tanpa mengenal cinta, dan kasih sayang. Lika-liku kehidupan menyedihkan, dan penuh siksaan kejam dari sang ibu tiri, menghiasi masa kecilnya. Suatu hari, perintah Dewa Naga berkepala tujuh menghantarkannya kepada sebuah takdir, yang akan membawanya pada perjalanan antara hidup dan mati. Terpilihnya Achilio menjadi seorang guardian, membuatnya harus mengemban tugas penting untuk melindungi kestabilan alam. Namun, Kaisar Harvey dari kegelapan selalu berusaha menghalangi misinya itu. Peperangan dan pembunuhan massal garis keturunan Bonaventura, membuat Achillio menaruh dendam pada Kaisar Harvey. Atas petunjuk dari surat mendiang ibunya, Achilio pun mencari tujuh kristal phoenix, untuk mengalahkan iblis tingkat tinggi itu. Dia telah bersumpah akan mengembalikan kedamaian, dan mengakhiri Kekaisaran Darkiles dalam sejarah. Akankah Achilio berhasil menaklukkan kegelapan di bawah kakinya? Atau justru sebaliknya, Kaisar Harveylah yang akan menghantarkannya pada kematian?

Rejected the second time by Marcelo the man she loves, Anaya flees the country. She's determined not to end up like her mom who was continuously begging her scum of a father for love. But what happens when a one night stand four years later leads her back to him? Only that this time, he swears never to let her go, for he realized she was his cure to a weak libido, his breath of fresh air in a very polluted world, he realized she fell first but he had fallen harder. EXTRACT " Have I ever told you that your smile is beautiful?"   " I'm pretty sure all I ever heard from you was that I should stop smiling at your friends, must have been because you were afraid I'd scare them off with my smile." She replied as she laughed out, trying to make the conversation light.   " that's not true_although you're right about one thing."   " You mean the part where I scare them off with my smile?"   " Nope, the part where I was afraid."   " Afraid that I'd scare them off with my smile?"   " Why are you so bent on the scary smile?" He asked while laughing   " Cause I'm sure that's the case." " Well you're wrong, I was afraid that you would stop smiling at me and smile more at my friends.....I was jealous I guess."

Her name was Cathedra. Leave her last name blank, if you will. Where normal people would read, "And they lived happily ever after," at the end of every fairy tale story, she could see something else. Three different things. Three words: Lies, lies, lies. A picture that moves. And a plea: Please tell them the truth. All her life she dedicated herself to becoming a writer and telling the world what was being shown in that moving picture. To expose the lies in the fairy tales everyone in the world has come to know. No one believed her. No one ever did. She was branded as a liar, a freak with too much imagination, and an orphan who only told tall tales to get attention. She was shunned away by society. Loveless. Friendless. As she wrote "The End" to her novels that contained all she knew about the truth inside the fairy tale novels she wrote, she also decided to end her pathetic life and be free from all the burdens she had to bear alone. Instead of dying, she found herself blessed with a second life inside the fairy tale novels she wrote, and living the life she wished she had with the characters she considered as the only friends she had in the world she left behind. Cathedra was happy until she realized that an ominous presence lurks within her stories. One that wanted to kill her to silence the only one who knew the truth.

What is LOVE ? L O V E . . . . is magical that people can't be forced nor control it. When you FaLL for someone, you FaLL and it will take you to whatever it is but LOVE. . . . Sometimes, it can also be your worst nightmare.. Are you ready to handle joy ? Happiness ? and at the same time . . . Pain ? Love is really complicated in a good way ᥫ᭡ - What will happen to Ziara Kaimana Yale who falls for PAYNE SEPHER LAMBERT her younger brother's bestfriend and who happens to be the brother of Parker Icarus - her childhood friend. Payne who she happens to save during one of her mission being undercover agent and the person who operates me when I'm severely injured. Payne who's been looking for a mysterious girl with a tattoo on her back and a pair of gray eyes, wearing a mask - who saved him from a riot and promise himself to marry her at the hospital but become confused when he mets Ziara. His feelings become in turbulance. Will Ziara turn the tide for Payne to be able to see her as Ziara but not his savior ? Will she able to handle ? 'coz Pain is inevitable or will she give up easily ? When Payne realizes he fall harder but Ziara decided to give him up. How will he discover that her Savior and Ziara is the same person. Will he ever bring back those feelings ? Love really works in mysterious way 😉

Mengeluh itu wajar, tetapi jika keseringan mengeluh jatuhnya jadi kurang bersyukur. Mungkin begitulah kalimat yang pantas untuk Airin. Jiwanya yang rapuh ternyata membuatnya kesulitan menjalani kehidupan di dunia fana yang jelas-jelas tak bisa sesuai ekspektasi ini. Meskipun luka dimasa kecil Airin tetap meninggalkan bekas, setidaknya Hardian hadir sebagai pengobat hati yang tulus. Lalu, akankah Airin dan Hardian tetap bersama dalam suka maupun duka? Atau Airin memilih menuruti ego dan pergi bersama Arfan?

Madalas sabihin ng marami na ang mga anak ang nagsisilbing angkla ng buhay ng isang ina. Para kay Catriona Lavender Carias, tumimo sa puso ang paniniwalang iyon mula sa sandaling mapag-isipan niya ito—hanggang sa subukin ng panahon ang kanyang tibay at paninindigan. Dumating ang sandaling kinailangan niya ng malaking halaga ng pera para sa operasyon ng kanyang ina. Dahil sa matinding desperasyon, napilitan siyang pasukin ang mundong hindi niya kailanman inakalang kakapitan—ang Dream Fortress, isang lihim na bahay-aliwan kung saan ang mga lalaking may matataas na pangalan sa lipunan ay nagbabayad kapalit ng panandaliang aliw. Ngunit sa isang hindi inaasahang pangyayari, ang serbisyong minsan niyang ibinigay sa isang estrangherong naging nag-iisa niyang kliyente ay nagbunga ng isang alaala na hindi mabubura ng panahon—isang anak. Pagkalipas ng isang taon, muling pinagtagpo ng tadhana ang kanilang mga landas. Si Trever de Gracia, ang dating kliyente at ang tunay na ama ng kanyang anak, ay muling pumasok sa kanyang buhay—ngunit hindi siya nakilala nito. Sa halip, inalok siya ni Trever ng isang kakaibang trabaho: magpanggap bilang kanyang kasintahan, at ang kanyang anak bilang sariling dugo, upang pagselosan ang dating kasintahan nito. Ano ang mararamdaman ni Trever kapag nalaman niyang ang batang inaakala niyang bahagi lamang ng isang palabas ay tunay niyang anak? At paano niya haharapin ang katotohanang ang babaeng inupahan niya noon ay ang inang minahal at isinakripisyo ang lahat para sa kanilang anak?

Adam Lucky Lacuezo believes that his life is the antonym of his name, Lucky. After 10 years of being a broken man, he met the annoyingly beautiful promdi girl, Jazlyn Bautista. His life has never been the same again because of her. They always fight and scold each other but at the end of the day, she always smiles and let him know that she'll always be there for him. What will happen between this cold man who can't even get his old self back and this woman who wants him to find happiness again? The CEO and his secretary's story.

"So Marcus, this is the end?” Mia asked, sad it would be the last time she lay in his arms. Marcus, with his last breath, muttered, “No, darling, this is only the beginning…” In life, they shared an unbreakable bond, loving each other unconditionally. In death, they took a sacred oath and swore to find each other again. When heirs to two rival vampire communities meet at a ceremony, Leo and Cris are instantly drawn to one another, haunted by flashes of memories of their past lives. Centuries ago, they died as lovers, bound by an ancient oath to reunite in their next lifetime. Now reborn, Mia as a different gender, into separate families with deep-rooted rivalry, rich traditions, power, and affluence, their souls recognize each other—but everything else stands in their way. Torn between duty, desire and age-long tradition, they must risk everything to reclaim a love that defies time, gender, and tradition - fighting enemies within and without.

I was always different from my brothers; always more sensitive and perceptive. I never knew if this was a gift from the Goddess or not, but my brother, Alpha Kai, used my sixth sense to his advantage and that's what helped raise our pack to infamy. But in the end, it would be that sixth sense which led to my demise - dead before I could even face my mate and his betrayal. My soft heart led to my death, and my trusting nature helped the enemy get ahead with their plans. So here I am, sifting through my memories in the Other and watching my family as they continue to live their lives without me. All the while wishing I could be there with them. **** This is a companion novel to the Bratva Wolves Novels and is not a standalone. Do not read this book if you have not read The Bratva Wolves Collection first.

At the beginning of the story Prince Yamato is on a mission to defeat the rebels that terrorize the countryside. Local warlords led by Minamoto family, their representative Minamoto Yorimoto, plan to replace the ruling house Nakatomi with one of their choosing. The plans are set. Prince Yamato waits in the Midwinter Town. In the meantime, Fujiwara Fuhito has his own problems to deal with. Like in every other place in the country, bandits roam in his hold. A mysterious figure slowly walks through a mysterious forest. That figure is Kazuma, a man that runs from his past, try to live the present and hoping for a better future.