Little Things That Matter

Maxello was her best friend, the one she loved in silence for years Rolex was his twin. Darker and deadly tempting. One bet changed everything. Now Mia must choose between the brother she’s always wanted… and the one she can’t resist.

On New Year's Eve, I prepare a feast. The clock strikes twelve, but my husband, Vincent Porter, still isn't home. My daughter, Lorelei Porter, tugs at my sleeve and holds up my phone. "Look Mommy, Daddy is at this lady's house!" Vincent has posted an update on Twitter. He is with Christine Snow, his childhood sweetheart. They are smiling at the camera, with a boy who looks about ten standing between them. In front of them sits a swan-shaped cake. The caption reads, "The most special day for the most special you." My heart sinks into my stomach. A marriage that came later in life can never compete with a pair of childhood sweethearts. I accept defeat.

On my birthday, my fiancé used his supermarket points to get me a pair of dishwashing gloves. But at an auction, he bought a five-million-dollar gem for his first love. I was mad, confronting him, but he called me a gold digger. "I've been giving you money to spend. Isn't it only right that you take care of me? This was supposed to be my final test for you. If you passed, we'd get married. You've let me down big time." I broke up with him. He turned around and proposed to his first love. Five years later, we ran into each other on a private vacation island. Alex Thompson saw me in the workers' uniform picking up trash on the beach. He mocked me on the spot. "You turned your nose up at the gloves I got you, and here you are, scavenging garbage. Now, even if you begged me, I wouldn't give you a second glance." I ignored him. My son's social studies project was to clean up the backyard with a parent. His dad had expanded the yard all the way to the beach. Cleaning it up was exhausting.

Master Ethan Thompson, the rich 25 year old lad returned to his father's hometown after 10 long years of living in Britain. Brought up in a broken family and seeing his parents divorcing, he owned one harsh personality to easily trust in relationships. Reason of his sudden return was one. The heavy inheritance of his father demanded his attention, being the only heir of the business. Certainly many things have been changed since he left. Sick father's health was giving up rapidly and it was time for him to take over all the duties as the only successor of Thompson's dynasty. Things were expected well until one mysterious woman entered in the picture. Gorgeous, attractive and a woman with positive morals. 23 year old Sylendra Louis was taken in by Master Ethan's father when she was just only 10. Brought up by the elder man, the woman was said to be raised like his own daughter. And that very fact wasn't so easy to digest by Sebastian who just returned to his father's home, what irritated him the most was the woman's involvement in his business too. Mysterious woman's closeness with his father and too way personal engagement on his family matters made Master Ethan insecure as he started showing his hate over everything related to Sylendra, obviously unknown to the knowledge of his life slowly being fated with her. "Magic was she, black magic!"

Sa labis na kagustuhan ni Gabrielle na mabawasan ang guilt sa pagkawala ng kanyang kapatid ay sinikap niyang gawin ang lahat para sa ikabubuti ng kanyang mga estudyante lalo na at buhay na ng mga ito ang nakataya. Para sa kanya, wala nang mas lulungkot pa sa naging buhay niya. Walang pamilya. Mag-isa. Miserable. Hanggang sa dumating sa buhay niya ang isang lalaki sa katauhan ni Zierelle Montefalcon. Hindi niya alam kung biyaya ba ang pagdating nito sa buhay niya o isang pagkakamali. Pagkakamali, kung hahayaan niya ang kanyang sariling tanggapin ito sa buhay niya at umasa siyang mayroon ulit siyang taong maaasahan sa tabi niya. Sa ilang taong namuhay siya nang mag-isa, natuto na siyang walang ibang inaasahan pa kundi ang sarili lamang niya. She became an independent woman as she wanted to be. But fate interfere. Some things won't go as planned. Namalayan na lamang niya ang kanyang sarili na unti-unti nang nanghihina ngunit sa isiping nasa tabi niya lang ang lalaki ay nanatili siyang malakas at natuto siyang magtiwala na tutulungan siya nitong hanapin ang kapatid niya. How about the boy with yellow umbrella? Patuloy niya itong inaalala dahil naroon ito sa tabi niya noong mga panahong nawala ang kapatid niya. Pagkakatiwalaan niya kaya ang isang aroganteng police officer para mahanap ang dalawang taong matagal na niyang hinahanap? How will she find them when her only clue is.... That summer...the rain pours.

Our protagonist was living under the mirage of a false beautiful and happy life though in reality the world of that time was pretty corrupted by the evil leaders and higher ups. But one day the mirage broke when his beloved father killed his mother brutally in front of him. He then out of anger and sense of revenge also killed his evil father. And on that day he took an oath to annihilate the evils. But for that he didn't choose the righteous heroic path rather he believed "Only a Devil can annihilate evils." and he charged towards his goal of being a devil. To fulfill that goal he learned all kinds of fighting styles, martial arts, mastery of weaponry and with his smart, strategic, manipulative mind he started eliminating the evils a.k.a the leaders and higher ups. He also formed a small but most dealy group called "THE DEVILS" and stood against the whole world. The novel contains action, mystery solving, blood shed, assasination, humour, manipulative powerful badass protagonist etc. How will things end up for our devil disguised in the human avatar, will he survive against the world or will he fall by the hands of any angel will be revealed…….

Theo never thought that there would be a time when he would have to make the choice to marry his nemesis, Adrian Moretti! A man that others had always taken for granted, but not him. Moreover, for all Theo knew, he would be Adrian's fourth "wife," as the previous one died for unknown reasons. Meanwhile, Adrian, who had been forced into this, wanted to laugh while raging! "This world has gone mad!" But if he refused, the threats from his parents made him dizzy. Theo and Adrian's relationship has never gotten along. Can they live a good married life? Moreover, Adrian's parents wanted something 'magical' at this wedding!

CONFUSED by her sexual orientation and trapped by her fear of rejection, Rhoegene isolated herself from the pack and hid for five years hoping to never meet her other half. But after getting tired of running away and realizing that she has been wasting the best times of her youth, Rhoegene started to open her heart again and decided to teach as a PE teacher in the pack's best academy. She encountered a lot of ups and downs which she fought bravely including the jerk handsome Alpha and his four minions.

It was supposed to be fun. A night of drinking and fun. But Adrian hits a man on the road who ends up dying, Bianca wants to call for help but instead she is shot, which sent her tumbling down to the road below to her death, or so they think, now five friends have to keep what happened that night a secret. What they didn’t know was that Bianca survived, saved by the leader of the mafia, and she ends up getting married to his son. But soon her life in the mafia and her motivation for revenge ends up making her life harder as secrets are revealed, while more betrayal comes her way.

June Hanson terpaksa menghabiskan malam yang hangat bersama seorang pria yang baru ia kenal. Ia hanya tahu nama depan pria itu, Drake. Ia bersumpah, suatu hari nanti akan membalas dendam pada pria yang menidurinya malam itu dan pergi tanpa pesan. Namun, June kehilangan jejaknya. Setahun kemudian, takdir mempertemukannya kembali dengan Drake. Namun betapa terkejutnya June ketika mengetahui bahwa Drake adalah CEO di tempat kerjanya yang baru. Drake Burton, begitulah namanya. Dan yang paling menyebalkan, Drake tidak ingat pada June sama sekali. Saat Drake mulai bersikap lembut pada June, takdir mempertemukannya dengan Alarick Joseph, pria misterius bermata abu-abu yang menyelamatkan nyawanya dari kecelakaan. June sama sekali tidak tahu bahwa ia sedang berurusan dengan dua pria yang berbahaya. Sang raja naga dan sang alpha werewolf. Kejadian-kejadian aneh membuat June tersadar bahwa ia telah terjebak dalam sebuah peperangan yang telah dimulai sejak ribuan tahun lalu. Follow my IG: @cindychen06