Katangian Ni Maria Makiling

On her eighteenth birthday, Maria Eduarda’s life is shattered by a nightmare she never saw coming. Broken, terrified, and drowning in pain, she believes there is no reason left to live. But fate has other plans. Leon Vitorino, a powerful and dangerously possessive CEO, has everything money can buy—except the one thing he never believed in: love at first sight. Until he sees her. Drawn to her sadness and determined to protect her at all costs, Leon steps into Maria’s life like a storm—intense, controlling, and impossible to ignore. But can a man used to power and control truly heal a woman who has lost herself to trauma? As secrets unfold and past wounds resurface, Maria must decide: will she keep running from her pain, or risk everything to trust the man who refuses to let her go? In a story filled with passion, darkness, and redemption, can love really conquer pain… or will it destroy them both?

Maria, a struggling college student, was forced to drop out of school to raise money for her mother's medical bills which led to a one- night stand with a stranger who believed he was infertile. But fate is cruel, her mother died after the surgery. Left with nothing but loneliness and a child in her womb, Maria disappeared. Five years later, she came face-to-face with the stranger from that night, only now he was the owner of the hotel where she worked. Will destiny bring them together or will the truth destroy any chance they have at love?

Maria Rodriguez a 20 year old young woman living in New York who just graduated from Harvard. She and her best friend Jason go out to a club with they friends Lola, Carla, Adam and Ben. While the other two were dancing with other guys Jason and Maria had one two many drinks and one thing led to another. **** Jason Mendez a spoilt rich boy, always gets what he wants, a ladies man, he falls in love with his best friend, and is determined to get her. Will he be able too?

"Before you go, was there something I could have said to make it all feel better?"- Lewis Calpadi Economic hierarchy strips a twenty three year old accountant, Maria Crawford, of a five year relationship with trillionaire Mama's boy, Dominic Payne. Things get a tad bit dramatic when a body is found in Dominic's trunk and love scores again as Maria does everything she can to prove that her ex is innocent. The Good news; she has a best friend who's a good lawyer and actually the best in the state named Zack Osborn, who lucky for them is in town. The Bad; our lawyer friend once had a bruised cheek courtesy of Mama's boy. With pleas from Maria, Zack agrees to be Dominic's lawyer even as he still hates his guts. What could a simple accountant know about murder cases? Would she be throwing herself out too for the murderer to find, or will she leave all these unscathed? ©️ Hillary 2022 ®️All rights reserved

Just when Maria thought being a CEO was that easy, it turns out so wrong when she began going bankrupt. So strong willed that she decides to struggle to make sure her business doesn't flop. After going to the wedding of her Best friend, she meets one of the MARTAKIS, who she's so sure would bring her to her doom. Giannis Reid Martakis, strong willed, cold and inhumane in nature who is ever ready to gamble on everything he comes across, moreso on a defiant young lady who isn't just industrious but a Virgin. Being so strong willed, Will Maria bend so easily to the whims and caprices of this Ruthless Rancher and Gambler?.

Running away was the hardest thing Maria Rostova has ever had to do. But it was the only way she could escape the fate that had consumed her family. The only way she could be free from the darkness. But when she runs straight into the arms of Mikhail Ivanov, a formidable Bravta Kingpin, things take a dangerous turn. Mikhail Ivanov is known as the Devil of the Night. Cerulean-blue eyed, ripped, sleek and stealthy, he was the physical embodiment of danger and the most ruthless Bravta King Russia has ever had. Everything Maria was warned to stay away from. When he propositions Maria, offering to give her a chance to live out her wildest dreams, she accepts. But just like the devil who gives out with his left hand and takes back his right, Mikhail lets her in on his true identity as the little boy whose parents her father had wiped out many years ago, and reveals his elaborate plan for revenge. First, she'll be his guest. Then a prisoner. And finally...his bride.

Twenty-five-year- old Maria Lopez, can only dream of living a better life, for her that life didn't exist in Mexico. Maria dreamt of having the best things in life and she could only get them in the big city of Los Angeles. ld Ruthless billionaire Javier Ramirez (CEO Ramirez Group of companies) who was known as L.A's finest Man and most eligible bachelor and also his flirtatious ways with women wasn't left out . Their first meeting wasn't the best but it led to something steamy and hot. Let's find out what their story was like.

Alpha Ricardo believes in an eye for an eye. He treats me like a mirror—whatever pain my brother causes his sister, Ricardo reflects onto me. But what happens when the mirror shows a lie? Maria has fooled the entire pack. She has convinced her brother that she is a victim, when she is actually the villain. Now that I’m carrying Ricardo’s heir, I’m caught in a crossfire of hate and obsession. With my brother’s life on the line and a vengeful husband at my door, I must find the proof to break Maria’s spell. In a house built on secrets, the truth is the only weapon I have left.

Detective Jane Watson and Nick Valentine are solving bloody cases of murder in town, with their main suspect Maria De Vega.

“What do you think I'm trying to do, daddy?” “Daddy?” She was definitely trying to make me go crazy right now. “Sirena…” “I love how you say my name. It sounds like a prayer. Like a plea.” He was her father's best friend. Her forbidden night. And the biggest lie of her life. Maria has just landed her dream promotion which was supposed to be the start of everything she has worked for. Heartbroken and humiliated by a devastating betrayal, she seeks comfort in the arms of a stranger for just one reckless night, only for him to reappear the next day as her father's best friend and shockingly as her company’s CEO. Petyr is older, powerful and everything Maria should run from but fate keeps pushing them together and she is pulled into a world of power, lust and manipulation. As betrayals unravel and seduction turns into obsession, a devastating truth emerges: every moment from the heartbreak to their electrifying encounters was orchestrated. With her heart on the line and a scandalous tape threatening to destroy her, Maria must decide, will she run from the man who broke her or surrender to the man who had claimed her body and soul?