Hardships

Hindi naging hadlang ang yaman at pribilehiyo upang tuparin ni Atty. Ada Esquivel--- isang matapang at ma-prinsipyong babae--- ang kanyang misyon sa buhay. Bagaman lumaki siyang laki sa yaman at karangyaan, pinili niyang i-alay ang kanyang buhay upang tulungan ang mga mas higit na nangangailangan. Ang kanyang pangalan ay isang malaking tinik sa lalamunan ng mga mayayamang mapang-abuso, sapagkat kilala siya sa pagpanalo ng ng mga kasong isinasampa laban sa ilan sa kanila. Sa kauna-unahang pagkakataon ay natalo siya sa isang kaso. Kasunod nito ay ang kalunos-lunos na pagkamatay ng kanyang dating Propesor. Dahil dito ay mapapadpad siya sa isang malayo at maliit ngunit tahimik na bayan ng Bagong Silang. Sa patuloy na pakikibaka para sa karapatan ng mga taong naninirahan dito, unti-unti ring mabibigyan ng linaw ang sinapit ng kanyang propesor, maging ang misteryo sa likod ng kauna-unahang kasong hindi niya naipanalo ay mabubunyag din. Lingid sa kaalaman ni Ada ang bawat sikretong matutuklasan niya ay magiging mitsa ng kanyang buhay. Makakaligtas kaya siya sa tiyak na kapahamakang nakaabang sa kanya? Posible kayang makatagpo siya ng pag-ibig sa gitna ng digmaan? How much will it take to win against the fight outside the courtroom?

Uso pa ba ang love at first sight? Posible bang magmahal agad sa unang pagkikita palang? E kung dahil sa isang insidente, maramdaman mo iyon sa taong isang beses mo lang nakasama, hahayaan mo ba ang sarili mo na mahulog sa kanya ng ganun kadali? Kakalimutan mo nalang ba ang nararamdaman mo? Paano kung siya ang nagligtas sa buhay mo, kalilimutan mo rin ba ang utang na loob mo sa kanya? Paano kung isang araw maisipan nalang nyang maningil ng pagkakautang mo sa kanya pero hindi pera ang gusto nyang kabayaran? Napuno ng katanungan at kalituhan ang utak ni Francesca Dominique simula ng makilala niya ang isang gwapong lalaki na hindi lang isang beses nagligtas sa buhay niya. Nasundan pa iyon nang matuwa sa kanya si tadhana at ilagay pa ulit siya sa kapahamakan. Meeting his gorgeous knight will not just save her life but will also capture her heart. But falling in love with him surely has a cost. Endless complications regarding their status compatibility will soon arise. Pwede bang magkatuluyan ang mayaman at mahirap? Kaya ba niyang ipaglaban ang pagmamahal dito at isakripisyo lahat para lang magkatuluyan sila? O susuko na lamang siya at mas pipiliin nalang na iwan ito para sa ikatatahimik ng lahat? Perhaps, she wasn't even Cinderella to ask her fairy godmother to give her a happy ending. But she had fate to take her where she really is supposed to be.

Hannah,; an angel of God, meets Garin; a demon from hell while on an assignment on Earth. The two of them hated each other at first but later, they fell in love. God and The Devil were angry and disapproved of their union and as punishment, stripped them of their power, immortality, and potency and cast them away to the Earth to live as mortals. Centuries passed but the lovers' bond was so strong that it lived on throughout multiple lifetimes as they both were reincarnated and reunited every generation. The lovers meet again in the 21st century and their love attempts to be rekindled but the Devil makes a bet with God that whichever of them breaks the cycle of the love chain between their creations would dominate both heaven and hell. Will either God or The Devil succeed in breaking the cycle of the lovers' chain OR will their love prove to be too strong for even God and The Devil to break? And what other being might threaten the world they live in?

After being betrayed and left behind by her ex-lover, Zara told herself that she won’t fall in love again. But when she crossed path with Kestrel, the wall that she was trying to build slowly crumbled. But would it be right for her to love him when she took something precious from him and caused his misery? *** Zara Ruiz was the type of person who’s willing to do everything for the person she loved. So when her boyfriend, Matt accidentally killed a woman in a hit-and-run, she took the blame for it and was imprisoned. Four years after, Zara was determined to find her Matt who left her and vanished while also trying to start a new life. Unable to find a job, she decided to work as a maid for Kestrel de Silva—President of JP Investment Corp., one of the largest conglomerate in the Philippines. Kestrel, who hadn’t opened his heart to anyone after the death of his lover soon found himself slowly falling in love with Zara. But love wasn’t that easy and Zara soon found out Kestrel’s connection to her dark past. Does she still have the right to love him after the pain she had caused him? And with the sudden appearance of Matt, Zara is determined to take off his facade and drag him down.

"𝐈𝐟 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈'𝐝 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮" Alisha Alouette Agravantez was twelve years old when she fell in love with his brother's best friend Dr. Kazmer Luttrell Vozmer. The cold hearted man who hides a dangerous and darkest secret. Alouette loves him very much that she is willing to do everything for him to love her back, but doing that seems impossible especially when he is very determined not to fall for her innocent scheme. All she wanted is to be love, by the person she love the most. But forcing someone to love you back can cause nothing but heartache and misery. Because the more she tries to push herself to him the more she realize that she was already puting a chain on her own heart. But will her feelings remain when she finds out who he really is? Can her Love for him really prevail at the end?

After her mother shoved her away, Astrallaine moved in with a woman she didn't know. She must be self-sufficient and capable of standing alone — without leaning against other walls. Will she be able to continue in life when a man appears and makes her even more miserable? Will she be able to let go of the wretched version of herself?

20 year old Leilani Whitlock experiences first hand hardship when her once peaceful life goes suddenly from good to terrible in a night. Her parents, who were the Alpha and Luna of their pack, meet with mayhem on their way back from a long trip. They are announced dead at the spot leaving the young Leilani to fend for herself as well as for her younger sister. Her father’s Beta, Joyner, then makes himself Alpha by forcing himself into the throne. He at first, takes Leilani and her sister in as his but then after Leilani rejects his very many sexual advancements, he changes towards her and her sister, forces them to practically become slaves in his kingdom and then sells them off when he no longer found them useful. They successfully escape their buyers, run into the streets but fall into the territory of the Crescent Moon pack. What then happens to Leilani when, due to desperation, takes up the job role of being the nanny of three grown adults who are way older than she was? And to top matters, what would she do when the three of them seem to show a special interest in her? …even after all of this confusion, she’s faced with a bigger challenge when their family friend, Lucas joins in the already misshaped love rectangle, and then she’s forced to make a decision on whom to choose between the quartet. And to make matters worse, she gets an unannounced call from her past…

Temperance coming from a rich to poor family after her mom died. She is abused in every way possible. It’s hard for her to trust people but when Alec comes into her life she can’t help her undying attraction towards him. Alec is a heart throb that has every girl eyeing him. His dangerous aura makes it seem like his heart is untouchable. As soon as he meets Temperance he realizes that he can’t seem to want to live without her. His only goal now? To save her. Her only goal? To get out in any way possible, even if it means death.

"I ask you one more time, Ally Shale, who sent you?" He moved closer to me and fired his interrogatory knives through me. Despite the fury in his eyes, I only felt one thing: his iciness. His words were as cold as he is. He terrorised me just with a stare. Was this the same man who had put his hot lips on me back at the club? Ice and fire don't mix very well. Every breath of the man on me sends fear rushing through my veins. I know he is capable of murder, as every mafia member is. He seized my chin and looked at me all over as if trying to find the answer on my body. "I can't name my employers," my teeth chattered as I spoke. I addressed him just as Kevin's man had. "Sir Tyler, I just... I didn't mean to intrude into your personal conversation… I was trying to just get close to you…." All of a sudden, I felt incapable of lying. It dawned upon me what I had just been injected with. But despite being unable to lie, I was still able to resist naming who I worked for. Lies and secrets were, after all, two different matters. Could I have been injected with the infamous truth serum? I questioned myself in fear. "Your resistance to the serum is strong, my little prisoner." He laughed coldly at me, but the next moment, his lips curled into an indescribable and yet amorous smile.

The evening wind and tranquility wiped away all the chaos that had been filling my mind for the preceding few days. It felt as though I had been granted a second opportunity at life, akin to that of a newborn kid. I'd always wanted to feel that way for so long, and that night was a very captivating time for me to begin with. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath, feeling the breeze brush against my skin as I relived all the horrific events that had occurred. All the turmoil that seemed to escape reappeared in an instant. Tears rush down my cheeks as I feel my body shudder as a dreadful understanding dawns on me. It feels as if every second of my existence has been squandered, and as if the sense of despair and worry has taken over the little strand of sanity that exists for me as it pours through my veins and fills my spirit to the core. "You've got this. All you have to do is think that you can," I said to myself persuasively. "You can't, you just can't. You'll never be able to do it, and you'll have to live with the repercussions for the rest of your life," a familiar voice said. My senses begin to be overpowered by numbness. And with that, I realized I could not go away. The reality that this is my fate hits me like a ton of bricks. As I stretched out to wipe away all my tears, I felt thick moisture on my fingers and was terrified to find blood instead of tears. I felt as if my world was spinning before I could even scream. Then, all of a sudden, darkness crept inside me. And eventually sends me to oblivion.