Hardships

Elona Del Santiago, seventeen years old, combative and always positive in life. She grew up with her aunt abusing and hurting her. Elona just wants a peaceful life where even if she's tired of working, it's okay. She will endure. Until the day came when she met Laurier, a gentleman. But what if… Elona finds out his best-kept secret? What if… he is not an ordinary person in this world? Is Elona ready to give up everything and accept Laurier? Or, will it all be a dark and a happy nightmare for her?

Sa isang malupit na lugar kung saan walang puwang para sa kabiguan, dahil ang kabiguan ay nangangahulugan ng dugo at kamatayan. Simple lang ang hamon. Survive and escape the claws of your doom. The race against death's door begins once you enter the door...

Sophia, a dedicated and vibrant young maid, finds herself entangled in a web of challenges and difficulties after falling in love with a billionaire. Being a forbidden affair, the matriarch of the billionaire family becomes a strong obstacle and tries to do everything in the world to break them apart. But Sophia has discovered some dirty little secret about the family. How would she protect her love despite all the obstacles in this challenging world?

"I, Stephanie Orlov, promise in my faith that I will in the future be faithful to the Imperatum, never cause him harm, and will observe my homage to him completely against all persons in good faith and without deceit." To be a part of Imperatum, one of the most famous maf!a organizations in the world, the oath of fealty must be fulfilled. At hindi basta-basta kayang basagin ng kahit ano at kahit sino ang sumpaang 'yon, not even the maf!a lord himself. Bata pa lamang si Stephanie ay napilitan na siyang sumumpa dahil sa mga taong kumupkop sa kaniya. She picked a kn!fe on her first birthday instead of a toy, and learned to use a gün first instead of a pen. Miski and foster parents niya ay hindi inaasahan ang instinct nito lalo pa at hindi naman siya tunay na anak ng mag-asawa. Kaya naman napagdesisyunan nilang imulat ang munting bata sa mundo na kanilang kinalakihan. And when Stephanie turned twenty-four, binigay sa kaniya ang isang titulo na iilan lamang ang nakatatanggap-the title of a maf!a queen. She's now the leader of the fifth division directly under the Imperatum corporation. She was doing good in life. Proud ang parents niya sa naatim niya sa organization. She established a good relationship with different maf!a corporations. She was respected and feared at the same time. Ngunit sa pagdating ng isang hindi inaasahang tao sa buhay niya, magsisimulang matibag ang pundasyong tinayo niya. Will Ava Ramos, the most sought out billionairess in town, be able to tame the ruthless maf!a queen? O isa lang siya sa mga magiging laruan nito gaya ng iba?

Matthew Hunt and Ambrose Donovan. Two millionaires, married, but not in love. Both in their mid-thirties and single, it's either they marry each other or their families would set up an arranged marriage with a stranger so the two decided to get married. They were best friends since they came out of their mothers' wombs so they were each other's next best choice. It worked. Their parents stopped hounding them. They lived in the same house, same room, do everything a married coupled would do (except sex), especially around other people, that is until their parents wanted grandchildren.

She needed help. He could help her. But there was a high price. Ellen was certain that the offer to be Damien Mason could be both her salvation and her downfall, but she didn't have much choice. She had to protect those she loved. Damien Mason is an arrogant billionaire who values someone's social status more than their character. Accustomed to a futile and luxurious life, everything for him must be designer, including the women who share his bed. But one night in Rio de Janeiro, he will have his principles put to the test, in front of the young bartender Ellen. A humble girl, totally out of his standards, but who manages to awaken in him an uncontrollable desire. Agile and practical, Damien takes advantage of Ellen's desperate situation and makes her a tempting offer: to be her companion in exchange for a definitive solution to all her problems. A definitive solution to all her torments. He believes he can seduce her to satisfy his unseemly cravings and finally return to his extravagant life. It would be just a deal, with no feelings involved. But can you play with fire and get out without getting burned?

"Gustuhin ko man ipaubaya sa'yo ang asawa ko, ngunit hindi p'wede.... Hindi p'wede dahil..." Isang malalim na buntong hininga ang pinakawalan ko bago nagsalita muli upang pigilan ang pagkamuhi sa babaeng kaharap ko! "Marahil ay hindi mo pa maiintindihan ang salitang hindi p'wede dahil wala ka pang anak. Anak na handa kang magsakripisyo maibigay lang ang nararapat para sakanya! Kaya kong tiisin na marami akong kahati sa asawa ko at isa kana ron! Ngunit wag lang ang anak ko...ibang usapan 'yon! Dahil ilalagay ko kayo sa tamang paglalagyan nyo." -Dina Sedest Sa isang relasyon, may isang haligi at may isang ilaw. Paano kung ang haligi ay bumigay at hindi na nakayanan pang tumayo ng matatag. Hanggang saan kaya kayang ilawan ng ating ilaw ng tahanan ang isang madilim na parte ng buhay nila? Ngunit makakaya kaya n'yang harap harapan na syang ginagago ng kaniyang asawa? Ito na ba ang senyales na hinihingi n'ya mula sa itaas upang sumuko na..

After a bad break up with Brandon from high school, naging maingat na sa relasyon si Kelly. She's now thirty-one at malapit na siyang mawala sa kalendaryo. Her housekeeping agency is not doing well and with the lease being raised by the new building owner, she won't say no to a job even if that meant travelling to Quezon and cleaning an old house by herself. What she wasn't prepared for was meeting the owner and spending time with an old boyfriend day and night…

After a night of intoxication, I found myself in the arms of Lucas Holmes, who later became my husband. Regardless of the insults and mistreatment from my family and me, he remained unruffled, displaying a calm and virtuous demeanor. However, as I started to develop feelings for him, he unexpectedly suggested a divorce. The once gentle and virtuous man underwent a remarkable transformation. In a sudden twist of fate, my family faced hardships, while he prospered. The virtuous husband I had once underestimated had now become my financial supporter.

Namih Chan is a detective. She does not believe in the ghost that will return to earth to demand justice. But since Namih Chan lived in her rented house, her perspective changed. Almost every night, she dreams of a bloody woman. She was begging for justice. It doesn't hold her back anymore. Until she decided to reopen the woman's case when she found out that someone had died in the house she was renting, few years ago. She struggled to trace the woman's origin until she met the family. She was asking for cooperation from the family, but they refused. Until she meets the eldest brother who is also a detective. Joojen Lee, a half blooded korean who used to live in the country. She worked with him. Along with her search for justice is the monthly case of murder of a half filipino women in their city. The woman died the same way as Joana was killed. She concluded that the killer of the woman in their city and Joana's killer had something to do with it. Will they succeed in achieving the justice that Joana demands, in exchange for her silence? Are they ready to find out who is the person behind the murders?