If You Like Looking For Alaska

On the night of my 30th birthday, I waited until the early hours of the morning, but my husband, Theodore Hawk never showed up. Instead, I came across an Instagram post from his childhood sweetheart, Emily Gallagher. [What romantic is not the starry night, it is having you by my side.] In the picture, she was wearing a delicate, sky-blue camisole that revealed just enough to charm and seduce. A man stood close behind her, his hand firmly gripping her waist. The scene was set in the seaside villa that Theodore had gifted her, their figures intimately entwined under the soft glow of the night. Someone had commented beneath the post: [I can’t stand you two being this lovey-dovey all the time! Just get married already!] Emily had responded with a shy-face emoji. I had just liked the post when Theodore, who I had failed to reach all night, blew up my phone with calls. "Are you out of your mind, Camilla? Emi and I grew up together! If we wanted to be together, we would’ve done so long ago! Why are you being so petty?" Looking at how Theodore gently held her in his arms, comforting her, I realized something. Letting go of someone you’ve loved for seven years... can take only a moment.

Harper William was a mysterious figure, adept at concealing his true intentions and emotions behind a veil of secrecy. In the depths of his mind, he harbored a trove of untold stories. A river of suppressed tears spilled into his heart with every smile he wore. Aching shadows whispered tales of his buried pains behind his laughter. While his soul yearned to be seen and understood, he perfected the technique of concealing his sorrow. His family has always regarded him as a tool that can assist them in their business. He was detached from all of the sorrow and emotion. He took illicit substances to obtain some peace of mind, and no one in his family knew about it except his mother. But since the day he met Daisy Parker, everything has changed. He considered her bothersome and tried everything to get her out of his life, but he never realized that Daisy was slowly establishing a place of her inside his heart. Daisy has always regarded Harper as a Demon who has never failed to punish her in various ways. If anyone asks her whom she despises the most, she will say Harper William without hesitation.

They never warned; "you can get addicted to someone". —Marissa Times Killian's life had always been meticulously planned, destined to inherit the vast diamond fortune that his family had built over generations. He found himself being chased by the same girl, Marissa Times, who has always chased him since High School, undeniably Killian fell in love with Marissa. Unfortunately Love isn't an option in Killian's World as he finds himself engaged to Nicole, daughter of a tycoon family, who'd stop at nothing to get what they want. However Marissa Times is a girl who knows exactly what she wants, and that's Killian Lores, Nothing can keep her from her man.

On our fourth wedding anniversary, I waited at home in vain. Ethan set off fireworks across the entire city for his first love. I was burned by the sparks and ended up in the hospital. Seeing my blackened wounds, he shielded his first love from the doorway and said coldly, "Don't look. It's disgusting." After returning home, I found lace lingerie in the washing machine on the balcony. I calmly took it out, folded it, and placed it on the living room table. Closing the lid, I booked a flight to London.

Dala-dala ni Sofia ang kanyang nakuhang gamit nang tumakas ito sa kanilang mansyon. Narinig kasi nito na kailangan nyang makasal sa isang biyudong matandang bilyonaryo na kaibigan ng pamilya nito kaya naman sa takot nito ay naisipan nyang maglayas na lamang. Namasukan bilang maid si Sofia sa mansyon ng mga Monteverde, at naitago nito ang kanyang katuhan bilang isang heredera ng pamilyang Del Mundo. Pero habang naroon si Sofia sa mansyon ay unti-unting nakikilala nito ang pagkatao ng binata at hindi inaasahan ay nagkamabutihan ang dalawa at minsan pang nagsalo sa isang mapusok na tagpo. Lumipas pa ang buwan ay mas nakikilala ni Sofia ang kasintahan na si Benedict. Dumating ang kinatatakutan ni Sofia nang malaman nito na ang lalaking mahal nito ay apo ng matandang bilyonaryo na nakatakdang ipakasal sa kanya kaya agad itong umalis sa mansyon. Lumipas pa ang ilang buwan ay hindi pa rin natatagpuan ni Benedict ang babaeng kanyang pinakamamahal, ilang mga detectives na rin ang inutusan nito para hanapin ang dalaga, maging ang pamilya ni Sofia ay hindi na rin mapakali kung nasaan ang kanilang nag-iisang heredera. Hindi na malaman ni Benedict kung makikita pa ba niya ang dalaga o mananatili na lang isang masayang alaala ang pag-iibigan nilang dalawa?

"Tell me, Mr Blue. Was it worth it? Is it worth it? Will it be worth it?" It wasn't and it never will be. Not in Erin's eyes tinted blue. Not in the eyes of the hopeless young man doomed to the clutches of fate; doomed to eternal pain. Did beauty lie between the cracks of fate? Does the Moon know of the Sun who died every night to let the Moon breathe? Erin, a poor, hospital bound boy just wants to be like everyone else, to love someone. Every day, he escapes to the virtual world with his wings of freedom, creating his own reality where things goes the way he wants. That world gave him a real, painless body, with infinite possibilities. Life got that much harder when, Uriel, a rich boy enters this realm and steals Erin’s world. The man who says the ugliest of words with the smoothest of tones. Does he help Erin, or dig him deeper? OR Erin wanted love and got pain instead. Things changed, and so did Uriel. INCLUDES: futuristic virtual reality, Persian mythology (minor), romance, sci-fi, slow burn, enemies to friends to lovers, rich/poor dynamic, mythology, distance, cold families, battles, quests, stars and moon metaphor. WARNING: includes mentions of depression, swearing, and sexually explicit content.

"I'll accept the hospital's offer. I leave for Italvia in two weeks." Vanessa Jahn stood by the window, pregnancy report in hand. On the other end of the call, Rob Lambert, the hospital director, sounded thrown. "Wait—what? After all this time? I've been trying to get you on board for years." She let out a humorless laugh. "Guess it finally felt like time for a change. Anyway, I've got a lot to wrap up before I go. We'll catch up later." She hung up. The ache in her heart lingered as she glanced back down at the report.

Si Elina ay ang anak ni Demeter at mag-isang naninirahan sa gubat ng Elusian. Sa loob ng mga taon ay hindi bumalik ang kaniyang ina sa hindi matukoy na kadahilanan. Sa kaniyang pag-iisa sa buhay ay lungkot ang naipon sa kaniyang buhay. Hanggang sa mayroon siyang nakilalang misteryosong binata. Isang binatang malamig ang puso. Hindi niya tinulungan ang dalaga na maka-alis sa malawak na gubat. Pagkatapos ng araw na iyon ay tumindi ang lungkot ng dalaga sa kaniyang buhay at siya'y nawawalan na ng pag-asang may makatagpo muli. Sa hindi inaasahan ay biglang may pangyayari na hindi maipaliwanag. Ang mga nagliliwanag na paru-paro ang nagtipon-tipon sa kalangitan at patungo sila sa hilagang parte ng gubat. Iyon ang gubat ng Nysa. Ang mapanganib na parte ng Elusian. Hindi nagdalawang isip si Elina sa sundan ang mga ito, hanggang sa nakita niya ang bukid ng mga iba't-ibang uri ng bulaklak. Gayundin ang nagliliwanag na pulang bulaklak. Ito'y mahiwaga. Nang bunutin ito ni Elina, ang kaniyang buhay ay biglang nagbago. Nakarating siya sa puder ng Mundong Ilalim, at nakilala ang diyos na namumuno dito, si Hades. Laking gulat ni Elina na ang diyos na nasa kaniyang harapan ay nakilala na niya noon. Nag-alok si Hades ng kundisyon sa kaniya, kapalit ng inutang na buhay. Ang maglingkod siya habang-buhay. Lumipas ang mga araw ay nakilala ni Elina ang totoong si Hades, at ang hindi inaasahan ay ang mahuhulog ang kaniyang loob sa kilalang malupit na diyos. Nagdaan pa ang mga araw na magkasama sila at ang mga pagbabago'y namumulaklak na tila mga rosas sa dilim. Ngunit, titibay ba ang kanilang pag-iibigan sa mga dadaang pagsubok sa kanila? Credits: Pinterest [ Book's Cover ]

Nina Whyte finds herself trapped in a marriage that is going very differently from how she imagined. Being married to the gentle, handsome and wealthy Cody Whyte, she expects their marriage to be like a fairytale but reality dawns on her when she finds herself cuffed with a serial cheat. This leads her to make drastic decisions that lands her in a middle of a crime scene being targeted as the main suspect. It is in the toughest moments in her life that she learns that, sometimes letting go makes room for something new and that sometimes love finds you at your lowest and lifts you up to places you can’t imagine.

"I have never done this," I muttered, hypnotized by his eyes. "Nobody knows everything." He answered and gave me his hand. "You are so... so... So... beautiful." He was whispering his secret and I had his chiselled jaw wrapped in a small stubble beard in my hands. "You don't have to know anything. Follow me." He pulled me into his arms, he mumbled, I leaned over and kissed him. I cupped his cheeks and pulled him to kiss my lips. I want to savour those lips. He obeyed. He stormed into my life on a rainy day, one day just to shelter me. He was always uninvited into my life but once I tasted him, I realised I am more than I can be. He became My Taste I Like until I learnt his truth.