In The Burning Heart

One day, after getting rear-ended outside my office, I, Maeve Dahlman, call out for help, but Austin Cooper, who is simply passing by with Carmen Holt, merely glances at me impatiently, annoyed that I've disrupted their lunch plans. Instead of helping, he has his assistant take me to his private club and lock me in a room, accusing me of being paranoid and dramatic. "I'll give you three days to calm down," he says before walking away and leaving me in isolation. Eventually, I escape and call the police. An ambulance rushes me to the hospital, where doctors diagnose me with a brain injury that requires immediate surgery. I keep calling Austin, only to realize that he has blocked my number. Then, I see Carmen's latest post online, gushing about a romantic luxurious dinner with him. After I'm discharged, I cancel the wedding, destroy all the invitations, and finally call my mother. "Mom," I say, "I've made up my mind. I'm ready to meet him."

When the Sanchez clan was on the verge of vanishing in the Mafia world, Adira Dawn Sanchez, tightened the line, protecting her falling clan. After all the attacks from big clans, trying to erase them, the fierce and fearless Adira managed to carry the Sanchez.  However, the two desperate brothers: Oliver and Otis Oliveros, came into the picture with the motive to kill Adira in order to erase the Sanchez. Having their own plans, they chased after Adira.  When Adira is looking for a bodyguard, Oliver sees his chance to enter the cave of Sanchez, while Otis befriends Adira.  But, what would the two of them do when instead of killing her, they ended up falling for her? How would Oliver kill Adira Sanchez when she was captivated by her? Playing the role as Adira’s bodyguard, Oliver ended up guarding her heart instead of ending her life. 

I wanted to break away from her, be free... but why did she step on all my plans? Why did she want to keep me chained to her? She made me numb for the longest time until I met Dominic Black. He made a fire spark in my empty chest. He made me feel things, things I'd never felt before. I wanted to have him... except, he would now be my new stepbrother. Just another thing my mother took from me.

“Never again," Kelvin chokes out, his voice trembling, his gaze locked onto the haunting eyes that once stole everything from him. Tears blur his vision, but his resolve stands firm, he will not be devoured a second time. Once a bright, ambitious employee, Kelvin spiraled into a world he swore he'd never know, a world spun with lust, whispered secrets, and aching hunger. His boss, a man wrapped in power and temptation, tugged at the fraying threads of Kelvin’s soul, awakening a need he'd buried deep. But when Kelvin surrendered, when he tasted the truth hidden beneath the seduction, he recoiled in horror. This man, this polished billionaire, was no stranger. He was the boy who had shattered Kelvin's innocence, left him bleeding and broken in the ruthless hands of bullies. Now, he returned, cloaked in wealth and charm, seeking what he once destroyed. Where love festers, hatred blooms. Where passion ignites, betrayal sharpens its teeth. And from the shadows of their shared past, a darker enemy rises, thirsty for vengeance, eager to spill blood, and blind to whether either of them survives. Their reunion was never about love. It was about survival.

"หนู พรุ่งนี้เช้าเราไปจดทะเบียนสมรสกันนะ" เสียงทุ้มเอ่ยบอกคนบนอกพร้อมกับลูบหัวเบา ๆ "ฮะ!" "เฮียพูดว่า พรุ่งนี้เราไปจดทะเบียนสมรสกันนะ " "ขอเหตุผลที่เฮียคิดจะทำแบบนั้นได้มั้ยคะ" หญิงสาวเงยหน้าขึ้นถาม "...เพราะเฮียมั่นใจหนูไง เฮียเลยอยากให้หนูมั่นใจเฮียด้วย" "แล้วถ้าพีชไม่มั่นใจล่ะ??..

She's wild, I loathed it. She's well-heeled and famous. I can't get hold of it. She wants me, I'm getting used to it. Until she stopped wanting me. It terrified me. This story talks about how love melts a man's ego. Loving a man who thoroughly closes his heart for his dark past would need a rigid embrace from a woman's arm. Can love be enough weapon to break that wall?

'รักเเรกของเธอเกิดขึ้นท่ามกลางสายฝน ทว่าคนที่เธอเเอบรักกลับมีนิสัยเย็นชาไม่เหมือนชายหนุ่มจิตใจดีในคืนนั้นเลย คนที่เธอปักใจรักตั้งเเต่สบสายตากัน' ความรักที่เกิดขึ้นเพียงสบสายตา ย้อนกลับไปวันนั้น วันที่เธอได้บังเอิญเจอกับชายหนุ่มจิตใจดีที่เคยช่วยลูกหมาของเธอเอาไว้ เธอดีใจมากเมื่อรู้ว่าเขาก็เรียนอยู่ที่มหาลัยฯเเห่งนี้เหมือนกัน เเต่คิดว่าเขาคงจำเธอไม่ได้หรอก เพราะคืนนั้นทั้งมืดทั้งฝนตกเเถมเธอยังถือร่มเขาคงมองไม่เห็นหน้าตาของเธอเเบบชัดเจน ทว่าเธอกลับจำเขาได้ไม่เคยลืมเลือน เเละเธอก็ไปรู้มาว่าเขาเรียนอยู่คณะวิศวะ ปี 3 เป็นคนดังของมหาลัยฯที่ผู้หญิงมากมายต่างก็หมายปอง มีอยู่หลายครั้งที่เธอคอยเเอบมองเขาอยู่ห่าง ๆ จำได้วันนั้นที่เขาเเข่งฟุตบอลเธอก็ไปตามเชียร์ เเววตาของเธอมองเขาด้วยความภาคภูมิใจ เธอมีความสุขทุกครั้งที่ได้เห็นเขา คนที่เธอปักใจรักตั้งเเต่สบสายตากัน

เธอ แค่ต้องการคนคลายเหงา ส่วนเขานั้นยอมเป็นได้ทุกอย่าง ขอแค่ยังเป็นส่วนหนึ่งในชีวิตเธอ ห้ามจูบ ห้ามกอด ห้ามนอนค้าง นี่คือกฎที่เธอตั้ง แล้วยังไงล่ะ กฎมีไว้แหก เขาจะฝ่าฝืนกฎนั้นเอง รู้ทั้งรู้ว่าเธอคือพี่สาวของเพื่อนสนิทที่กำลังอกหักและไม่คิดจะจริงจังกับใครอีก ทว่าเขากลับเอาตัวเองเปรียบดั่งแมลงเม่าที่กำลังบินเข้ากองไฟ รู้ว่าไฟนั้นร้อนแรงพร้อมจะแผดเผาหัวใจของเขาให้มอดไหม้ แต่เขากลับยินยอมเอาหัวใจลงไปเล่นและจะยอมเป็นของตายที่เธอขาดไม่ได้

Content Warning: This book contains sexually explicit material and is intended for readers aged 18 and above. "I’m engaged to your sister. You can’t do this." His dark-green eyes bored into mine under the sheets, as he stroked my cheeks. "You’re not even into women, Liam. You know you’re not. You know you want this. You want me." And Liam couldn't deny it, He lived to burn for Jackson Maddox. ~ Liam Sinclair had always lived according to his father’s rules, polished, quiet, and hidden in the perfect image of a future CEO. Behind closed doors, he carried a secret that could destroy everything his father built. He was gay. But scandal had no place in the Sinclair legacy, and Liam made sure no one ever found out. That is, until the night everything changed. When his father arranges an engagement with Avery Maddox, a woman Liam barely knows, he unravels. A single night of rebellion leads him to a club, where a one-night stand with a seductive green-eyed stranger spirals into something far more complicated. The next morning, the stranger's identity is no longer a mystery. His name is Jackson Humin Maddox, the brother of his intending Fiancee. Now Liam is trapped between duty and desire, legacy and love. But Jackson doesn’t care about titles or contracts. Engaged or not, he wants Liam, and he is not letting go. This is a forbidden tango of chemistry, but Liam Sinclair has to choose, to either pretend his one time mistake was baseless, or to fall maddeningly in love with it.

Justice and revenge. Iyon lang ang nasa isip ni Alexandria hanggang sa tumuntong siya sa edad na bente-sais. Desi-otso anyos siya nang magulantang siya sa kaniyang nasaksihan sa mismong tahanan nila. Pinatay ang Mommy at Daddy niya habang ang kaniyang kapatid naman na babae ay walang sawang inangkin at binaboy. Dahil sa kagustuhang maipaghiganti ang pamilya. Nakilala niya si Raul. Ang dahilan ng unti-unting paglimot niya sa nakaraan. Ang lalaking nagpagulo sa natutulog niyang puso. Pero bato naman pagdating sa salitang pagmamahal. Isang bagay ang nalaman niya tungkol sa binata. Isang bagay na naging dahilan para muling sumibol ang galit, poot, at pagkamuhi sa kaniyang puso.