Lady Tan's Circle Of Women Book Club Questions

Marcos Jax Gomez lived his simple life in Davao. He was happy with his life as a young man. Not until his mother died because of Leukemia. He left Davao and went to Manila to look for a job because he wanted to be busy so that he can forget the pain caused by the death of his beloved mother. There, he met a woman named Euka Tamara Knewtleg. The woman that will make him fall. The woman that becomes his first, but this woman will also be the cause of his sufferings.     Will Marcos be able to handle being away from Euka? Is he willing to fight for his love for the woman?

On the day Tristan Spallone, the head of a mafia family, and I mark our fifth wedding anniversary, the manager of the Spallone family vault calls. Something that was stored away for a long time has finally come due, and Tristan is to retrieve it. He's so busy that he barely has a moment to breathe, so I go in his place. What I bring back is an old roll of film. The manager warned me that if it wasn’t developed soon, its age might cause it to be ruined beyond recovery. But when I have them developed, frame after frame is filled with Winnie Leigh, his first love. Her smile looks so sweet in those pictures that they nearly suffocate me. What about me, one may ask? I never once appeared on his albums. The office door slams open. Tristan bursts in, already out of breath. "Anna, is your life really so empty that you have to dig through mine?" I turn toward him, the man who's usually so composed. I neither question him nor break down. Instead, I speak slowly. "We're getting a divorce." Tristan frowns and thrusts the stack of photos into the shredder. He then looks back at me. "They're gone. Do you still want a divorce?" A bitter smile tugs at my lips. "Yes."

Semua orang tau bahwa Lady Mikaila Arundell sang putri bungsu Duke Arundell sangat mencintai Putra mahkota kerajaan Valcke. Setiap hari mengejar cinta sang pangeran yang merupakan tunangannya. Akan tetapi pengabaian juga yang setiap hari ia dapatkan. Berjuang keras sekuat tenaga untuk mendapatkan cinta, bahkan hampir mati berkali-kali hanya untuk menyelamatkan hidup pujaan hatinya. Namun perjuangan sang Lady hanyalah sebuah kesia-siaan. Sebab seberapa keras dan sekuat apapun ia berjuang untuk pangeran, di mata pangeran ia hanya akan melihat Helena, seorang putri bangsawan Viscount yang sudah jatuh. Tidak peduli sekeras apa perjuangan Mikaila ia hanya akan mencintai Helena sepenuh hati. Sampai akhirnya di suatu malam Mikaila bermimpi, mimpi tentang akhir hidupnya yang terjadi apabila ia terus mencintai sang pangeran. Hanya satu malam, Sang Lady yang terkenal sebagai Lady gila budak cinta pangeran, berubah menjadi Lady dingin tak tersentuh.

Dans le monde , cinq hommes qui contrôlent le monde noir, la drogue, les armes, les trafics, entre autres. cinq pays : l'Italie, la Russie, le Mexique,la Colombie et le Brésil. Andres Blake Gavas fait partis de ces hommes et dirige l'Italie et au delà de ses frontières. sa rencontre avec cette jeune femme qui n'a rien a voir avec son monde,avec ses règles le troublera au plus au point. les décisions qu'ils prendront déterminera l'avenir de leur amour. " j'exige et ils exécutent" ca a toujours été comme ça avec andres. Et desormais il devra faire face a une resistance toute emoustillante de la part de sa petite douceur

Fitnah dan pengkhianatan menjatuhkan Lady Eveline ke tiang eksekusi atas kesalahan yang tak pernah ia lakukan. Dicap sebagai penggoda Putra Mahkota, reputasinya hancur tanpa ampun. Namun, ketika pedang hendak mengakhiri hidupnya, Eveline terbangun setahun sebelum kehancurannya. Berbekal ingatan masa depan dan tekad yang membara, ia bersumpah untuk mengubah takdirnya. Ia tak ingin lagi menjadi gadis bodoh yang mengejar cinta Putra Mahkota, melainkan menjadi wanita kuat yang berani membalas dendam kepada mereka yang telah menghancurkannya—termasuk pria dingin itu sendiri. Terjebak dalam intrik keluarga, persaingan dengan saudara tiri yang licik, dan bahaya istana, Eveline harus mengumpulkan keberanian untuk melawan sebelum kehancuran itu benar-benar kembali menjemputnya.

When heiress Celeste Montaire is forced into a marriage of convenience to save her family’s collapsing empire, she vows to keep her heart untouched. But her groom, Arrow De La Vega – cold, brilliant, and bound by duty – comes with his own chains. Their union is a merger, not a marriage, sealed by a ruthless contract where falling in love means losing everything. Thrown into a world of staged affection and rising tension, Celeste and Arrow struggle to keep their walls intact. But one forbidden kiss threatens to break every rule they swore to follow. When a scandal erupts accusing Arrow of cheating, Celeste’s world shatters—until she learns Arrow is willing to risk his entire empire to protect her.

Merina MacGregor is doing some corporate espionage into O’Keefe Industries for MacGregor Industries, as Summer O’Neil, the personal assistant to Conner O’Keefe. Conner’s investigating a corporate saboteur. His father claims he’ll need Summer's help and Gabriella Mandela as his girlfriend. She's the daughter of a prospective partner. He doesn’t want either in his life. If the saboteur remains undiscovered, the Mandela family will assume control of O’Keefe Industries and MacGregor Industries will fall. Gabriella will do anything for her family. Including marrying Conner. She’s not fooled, something's wrong with Summer O’Neil. Conner knows he wants Summer in many unusual ways. The O’Keefe and MacGregor families were once inseparable until it ended. Conner and Merina were engaged and ready to unite their families. In their teens, the friendships ended, and the MacGregors whisked Merina off to boarding school. Merina’s back and expected a place within MacGregor Industries. Her father denies her a position. Merina learns MacGregor Industries is under attack and failing. Her father’s convinced it’s his archenemy and ex-friend. He believes in the O’Keefe family’s guilt. Merina isn’t sure. She strikes a deal with her father. She’ll prove the O’Keefe family isn’t guilty. If she finds the saboteur, he’ll give her a position within MacGregor Industries. Now undercover as Summer O’Neil, it grates Merina’s hide. Conner doesn’t recognize her. When will someone else recognize her? How much trouble will she be in? Can Summer help Conner find the saboteur? Is the same person attacking both companies? What will Conner do if he discovers Summer’s identity? Will the families’ secret pull them apart? Will they bring the two families together? How many ways does Conner want Summer?

Camilla’s life shatters after she discovers her husband and sisters' betrayal when she receives an anonymous video of them together in bed. Daniel divorced her, fired her and made her father disown her, leaving her homeless and helpless. But an accident made her stumble on a stranger who helped her. Years later, Camilla returned as a successful cardiologist, with a little boy beside her. Her name was all over the news as a doctor and CEO of the biggest medical group in their country. Now Daniel would stop at nothing to win back her love. Will she forgive him after all or will their secrets and betrayal of the past keep them apart forever? Find out more in the story!

Once upon a time, in a land hidden where immortals exist, Alessia Condor was killed as Lady Elena, the woman destined to marry the king of Valeria. Reincarnated in modern Philippines, Alessia finds herself again in the world she doesn't belong in--or so she thinks. *** Alessia was applying for a job when she drowns with her sister and wakes up in a strange land where immortality, demons, and monsters exist. To protect herself, Alessia disguises as the boy Ales, who later becomes Elijah Rafael El Valeria's royal doctor-the more than four thousand year-old king of Valeria, the first immortal. In her game of deception and lies, who is bound to lose-Elijah, who slowly falls in love with Ales, or Alessia, who can only watch while her sister, thought to be the reincarnation of Elena, gets married to Elijah to end the curse.

Mercedes Maxwell is devastated when her twin sister is driven to take her own life by none other than her husband, William Braxton. Determined to make her brother-in-law pay for the injustice, Mercedes travels to Dorchester, England, to find him. She is shocked to find that William is unaware of his wife's death, and when Mercedes is mistaken for her sister, she decides to pose as her twin to glean some answers. Mercedes embarks on an adventure she never dreamed of in hopes of bringing justice to her sister. Instead of justice, Mercedes uncovers a plethora of secrets and mystery. As she works to unravel the mystery and discovers who she can trust, Mercedes finds that all is not as it seems, and that William Braxton may be the one man she can trust.