It's Not All Downhill From Here: A Novel

(COMPLETED) He is just a nobody until he meet Nate Guevarra, his number 1 hero and enemy! When Nate first saw Ian he thought Ian was really a girl because he really looked like a girl. He had seen Ian many times and he already liked the young man. He did everything to hold Ian's neck and keep him by his side even though he knew Ian was a man and had no hope of loving him. Ian was only chasing him for money, but he was still willing to gamble everything for Ian and make everyone who hurt him pay. Ian Mercado is a leader of the Red Assasins who dreamed of changing lives. Instead of killing to make money, he entered smuggling and there he met Nate Guevara god of the Rogue Sharks, the owner of the Casino Clique and most of the hidden piers he could use to do business in the rest of the world. Ian agreed to accompany Nate for one night to let him use Nate's possessions but since he was with him and even though Nate already knew he was a man, he still had no intention of releasing him. It was there that he agreed to use Nate in exchange for the money. Nate had known for a long time that he was a man and he still wanted him. Ian loves money because it has sustained his life since his own family rejected him, because of his persona. Nate can soften him without doing anything but use and force him even if he doesn't want to or he will like what this man is doing to his personality and body. Will Nate continue to love him once he finds out all the secrets he went through. What will Nate and Ian do about Zaki Delrama? Painful Love Triangle.

“Marco?" she called, her voice barely above a whisper. Marco remained silent, he only arched his brow, his expression unreadable. Slowly, everything began to sink in. "Why?" Her voice trembled as she finally broke the silence that had settled between them. "Why didn't you speak up when you knew the truth, Marco? You could have saved me." Marco scoffed. "What did you expect me to do?" "DEFEND ME? PROTECT ME!" She yelled. "That's what you do for someone you love." Marco’s jaw tightened, and he leaned against the cold, steel bars of the cell. His icy blue eyes bore into hers, but there was no warmth, no love, only a distant glimmer of irritation. "Ivy," he began, his voice low and filled with everything but love, "I can't tell if you're just naive or plain daft." "You know I couldn't back you up in front of everyone. I couldn't risk them finding out that I'm mated to an Omega." ~~~~~ Ivy thought she had hit rock when she was falsely accused, added to her mate’s betrayal and then auctioned according to tradition for all female criminals. But when a handsome and mysterious Alpha walked in at the dying moment, wanting her for himself, she must decide whether to leave with him as his personal slave or remain in the pack to go through the last phase of her punishment; which could end up being her last day on earth.

“Reject us,” Kellen commanded. “No.” The word slipped from Daciana's lips. The murmurs in the crowd grew louder, shock spreading like wildfire. The triplets’ eyes widened in disbelief, their confident masks slipping. Kellen’s hands balled into fists, his jaw clenched tight as he glared at her. “What do you mean, no?” Axel’s voice broke through the noise, disbelief clear in his tone. “You’ve always hated us. You don’t want this. Reject us!” “I won't reject you” Daciana stood her ground, she had never had this kind of leverage over them before, For years, they had been in control, tormenting her at every turn. But now… now they were at her mercy. They were begging for rejection? That wasn't going to happen. She would make sure they paid for everything they've done. This mate bond they desperately wanted to break…. will not happen! **** When she didn't get her wolf on her eighteenth birthday, Daciana became an element of mockery in her pack. Everybody hated her and the students at school derived joy in bullying and making her life miserable. Daciana has hated the royal triplets all her life. She wanted nothing to do with them, and they equally hated and made her life hell. She wished to have nothing to do with them, but fate played a quick one on her, and she got mated to all three of them. The triplets, having no power to reject her, asked her to reject them, but Daciana, knowing the leverage she had, refused with the sole aim of making them pay for everything they did to her. But how long will she be able to play this game? Will she win, or will she be pulled into their seductive web now that they didn't want to let her go?

Lei Kali Angeles, isa siyang barista sa isang Milk Tea Shop. Dahil sa pandemic, nagbawas ng tao ang kanyang pinapasukan na shop. Ngunit, sa mga nagdaan na buwan, unti-unti itong bumalik, at isa siya sa mapalad na tinawagan ng kanyang employer para muling magtrabaho. Pero tila ang kasiyahan niya nang matanggap ang balitang iyon ay kaakibat ng isang negatibong balita. Naging mandatory ang pagpapa-vaccine ng mga tao. Paano na kaya siya ngayon? Kung isa pa naman sa kinakatakutan niya ay ang magpa-inject. Sa pagkakataon kaya na iyon, handa na siyang harapin ang kanyang takot? O mananatili siyang tatalikuran iyon katulad kung paano niya hindi hinarap ang mga kakulangan sa kanyang pagkatao dahil sa iyon ang kinalakihan niya sa kanyang ina? Maging daan kaya ang mandatory vaccine, para tuluyan na niyang harapin ang kanyang mga takot na matagal at palagi niyang tinatalikuran?

Rey siswa favorit di SMA Harapan Bunda, dengan terpaksa ia menerima mandat menjadi ketua kelas XI IPA 4 dengan wakilnya yaitu Melody. Mereka berdua terlibat dalam sebuah permusuhan, pada akhirnya mereka terpaksa akur karena paksaan oleh pacar mereka masing-masing. Kebersamaan mereka membuatnya saling nyaman, akan kah Melody berhasil mengalihkan pandangan Rey dari pacarnya atau tidak, secara Melody juga memiliki kekasih yang dia adalah sahabat Rey sejak kecil.

Akira Elfaruq adalah seorang gadis yang baru saja lulus kuliah. Ia dikenal sebagai gadis yang cerdas dan menawan. Akira memiliki seorang kakak perempuan yang lebih cantik dan mempesona bernama Naisha Elfaruq. Pada suatu saat, ayahnya menerima sebuah lamaran untuk Akira dari seorang dosen di kampusnya yang telah sejak lama memerhatikan Akira, agar dipikirkan dengan anak dosen tersebut, yang bernama Zaidan Athar. Zaidan seorang lelaki dewasa mapan yang ternyata telah memiliki hubungan dengan seseorang yang tak disangka, yaitu Naisha. Pernikahan tidak bisa dibatalkan, Zaidan terpaksa menikah dengan Akira. Berbeda dengan Akira yang merasa senang diperhatikan dengan Zaidan. Pernikahan yang diisi dengan satu cinta akhirnya lambat laun dapat meluluhkan hati Zaidan melalui serangkaian perjalanan hidup Akira dan Zaidan, ketika bersama-sama melakukan perjalanan religi ke kota Mekah. Allah Mahamembolak-balikkan hati hamba-Nya.

Kehilangan, pengkhianatan dan kehancuran berturut-turut menderanya, hingga terpaksa membuatnya menutup diri dan hatinya dari dunia. Akan tetapi, kedatangan seorang gadis dengan cara yang tak terduga, mampu memutarbalikkan hidupnya yang sempat menghitam. Kini, cintanya ia persembahkan untuk sang gadis. Sayangnya, masa lalu kelam sang gadis menyulitkan mereka berdua untuk bersatu. Sanggupkah dia menjalani segala rintangan untuk dapat bersama dengan belahan jiwanya?

The story follows Jasmine Smith - a maid who relies on her intelligence, kindness, and courage to help herself and her best friend overcome the difficulties and pitfalls of the Curie family's mansion. There, she also accidentally helps Peter - the only heir of the Curie family to overcome difficulties and find his true love. In this journey, Jasmine has realized she loves Peter, and can they come together with a happy ending?

Joan Brandon, an only daughter of her parents, was treated badly in her marriage, but forced to endure all the ill treatment for the sake of her father's business. Three years down the line, her husband presented her with a pre birthday gift — his ex girlfriend, who he introduced as his new wife. Heartbroken and shattered, Joan accepts divorce and gives in to her drunken desire, having sex with a complete stranger she met at her workplace. That single encounter changed her life forever, opening her to a world she never knew existed, and a life she never would have believed she lived in the past. *** Cursed to abhor the touch of a woman after the death of his mate, Roman Graviel, the Lycan ruler of the entire werewolf communities and a revered billionaire in the human communities, lived a long life of ruthlessness and loneliness. Already resigned to his fate, he decided to test different ways to end his miserable life. When one of his experiments successfully knocked him unconscious, he landed in the hospital where he felt the touch of life that aroused all of the feelings he thought he had killed and buried. At that moment, he knew he was never letting her go, not for anything or anyone in the world.

Natalie is ecstatic to be mated to her childhood crush but after two years in a loveless union, her love morphs into hatred. Two years of being bound to a man who neither loves nor cherishes her is enough for her to make up her mind. She is done. She prepares for her divorce, expecting Kian to happily let her go but his reaction is unexpected. Kian Zephyr is more than just an Alpha – he is a force to be reckoned with, a man ruthless on and off the battlefield. A man who is wealthy and powerful, Kian has the world at his feet. When his grandfather forces him to take the starry-eyed girl who has chased after him from childhood as his mate, he does so with reluctance but when said girl decides she no longer wants him, hell breaks loose. When Kian wants something, he takes it and when he claims someone, they stay his. And he has claimed Natalie. To Kian, Natalie is a constant, a person who will be by his side until death but Natalie is done with him. She spent years believing she meant nothing to him but the moment she decides to leave, she realizes Kian would never let her go without a fight. Yet, she is not one to lose. Natalie is determined to escape Kian and with her mind set, even a man like Kian has trouble holding on to her. Desperate and filled with regret, Kian would do anything to win back his mate but the harder he tries, the harder she pushes him away. With blades aimed at their necks and enemies disguised as friends, will Kian’s love reach Natalie or is he destined to lose her forever?