Loving His Best Friend

I was born just one minute after Tiara, but the world treated that one minute as if it lasted a lifetime. She was the star. I was the shadow. She was flawless. I was the afterthought. She was loved. I was forgotten. Even by Reagan de Russo, heir to the wealthiest family in the country and the man I had secretly loved for the past ten years. But to him, there was only Tiara. And when he proposed to her, I knew my quiet little dream had finally died. Until that day came. The day Tiara left him at the altar. The day the world stopped turning for just a second. The day the man who had never even glanced my way, turned to me and asked me to take her place. I knew what I was. An escape. A damage control. A backup plan. And I... I was too tired of being strong. So I said yes. We married. Without love. Without a future. Just a one-year contract and a life of make-believe in front of flashing cameras and watching eyes. But the longer I stayed by his side, the harder it became to tell what was real and what was just part of the performance. Because for the first time... Reagan saw me. But can love truly grow from the ruins of lies, old wounds, and the shadow of a woman who’s always been his first choice? Or will I always be… only the second best?

Juan dan Giva adalah sahabat karib. Mereka dekat sejak kecil, tumbuh bersama, saling ada untuk satu sama lain. Juan dan Giva bertolak belakang. Juan yang playboy dan suka bergonta-ganti pasangan, sedang Giva orang yang tidak suka sentuhan. Suatu hari, kedua manusia yang bertolak belakang itu memutuskan untuk menikah kontrak demi kepentingan satu sama lain.

พวกเราเป็นเพื่อนกัน สนิทกันมาก รู้ไส้รู้พุงกันหมด แต่สุดท้ายก็ดันมารักกัน คามิล ไคโทเคริน อายุ 24 ปี ลูกครึ่งญี่ปุ่น-อเมริกัน ( แต่เกิดและโตที่ไทย ) นิสัย เจ้าชู้ รักสนุก แต่รักเพื่อนมาก ขุนเขา เตโชเศรษฐาบดินทร์ อายุ 24 ปี นิสัย รักสนุก ชอบการสังสรรค์ และรักพวกพ้องมาก ริฮานน่า หรือ ฮาน่า อายุ 24 ปี นิสัยดี เปรี้ยวนิดๆ หวานน้อยหน่อย ดูเหมือนคนนิสัยไม่ดี แต่จริงๆ แล้วรักเพื่อนๆ มาก แนะนำตัวละครเพิ่มเติม คามิล คาริน่า = แม่ของคามิล เลียม = พ่อของคามิล ขุนเขา คุณขจี = แม่ของขุนเขา ท่านพีระ = พ่อของขุนเขา ฮาน่า คุณหญิงเกวลิน = แม่ของฮาน่า ประธานเกริกวิทย์ = พ่อของฮาน่า ********************** การมีคนรักหลายคน (Polyamory) เป็นรูปแบบหนึ่งของความสัมพันธ์ที่คนคนหนึ่งจะรักคนอื่นได้อีกหลายคน ไม่ได้จำกัดอยู่แค่เรื่องเซ็กซ์ แต่หมายถึงไลฟ์สไตล์ที่ทุกฝ่ายยังรักกันดี และพอใจจะให้ทุกคนในความสัมพันธ์ไปรักคนอื่นๆ ได้ 

Jessica Summer dan Steven Morgan merupakan teman dekat sejak mereka masih bayi hingga tumbuh dewasa. Keduanya memiliki sisi yang berbeda. Steve seorang playboy cap kakap yang hobby meniduri kebanyakan wanita muda di New York, tapi dia betah dengan kesendiriannya. Sedangkan Jessie, dia tak pernah sekalipun berhubungan ranjang bahkan dengan tunangannya sendiri. Kedekatan mereka berubah ketika keduanya memutuskan untuk berhubungan ranjang. Bagaimana kelanjutan hubungan mereka?

“Let’s make a deal. Papayag ka sa kasal—just for show. Para kay grandpa. Name only, no real marriage. No interference in each other’s lives. Kapag gumaling si Lolo, magdi-divorce tayo. Bilang kapalit, bibigyan kita ng financial compensation.” Napamaang si Nathalie. Compensation? Hindi niya naituloy ang pagtanggi. Naalala niya ang kapatid niyang naghihintay ng pambayad para sa gamutan. Isa pa, kaya naman talaga siya pumunta sa Zamora ay para humiram ng pera. Nakita ni Cedric ang pag-aalinlangan niya. Dagdag pa nito, “As long as you agree, kahit magkano—ikaw ang bahala.” Tahimik na nagbilang si Nathalie ng hininga. Ilang sandali pa, tumango na siya. “Okay, I agree.” Bahagyang ibinaba ni Cedric ang paningin, tinatago ang malamig na ngiti sa kanyang mga mata. ‘Isang babaeng kayang ipagbili ang kasal para sa pera… how cheap,’ naisip niya.

Victor Jason Thompson, the last of the three boys in the Thompson family, an award-winning actor, and an Italian billionaire, has everything money could buy, but he never had love. Valerie Williams, an orphan with no place to call home and no one to show her love, suddenly finds herself thrust face-to-face with the Italian billionaire. Will true love prevail? Is their love strong enough to overcome external pressure? Let's read the book and find out.

AMOUREUX DE SA BEST Cette histoire nous retrace la vie de Joe, qui, à sa dernière année scolaire, fera une rencontre d'une nouvelle fille venant du nord au nom de Theresia. Joe, très timide, tombe amoureux de Theresia, et n'arrive pas à vouer tout cela à la fille. Theresia de son côté deviendra la meilleure amie de Joe. D'où le titre "Amoureux de sa Best". Joe qui sera amoureux de sa meilleure amie Theresia, et qui passera par toutes les émotions possibles pour déclarer sa flamme à sa meilleure amie. Une relation qui risquerait de diviser Joe et ses amis.

Yashashree Celine Amora is a simple high school student of Mondrian University who didn't expect to be a big fan of Cntrl S Band and fall in love with the band Guitarist named Oliver Tagan Ramirez... She will give her all to him but Tagan was so heartless to appreciate her efforts. It will come to the point that destiny will separate them, but what if they meet again and Celine knows that she still loves him will she be willing to give up everything for him again?

*synopsis* "What is that?" he asked, pretending he didn't know. "The lingerie," I replied through gritted teeth, my eyes locked with his. "Wear it!" he commanded, his voice low and husky, his eyes gleaming with a mischief. I felt a shiver run down my spine as his grip on my waist tightened. What was wrong with him? "Now?" I asked to be sure I wasn't over thinking. "Yes," he answered defiantly. Beads of sweat instantly gathered on my forehead and I broke my eyes away from his, feeling embarrassed. "You realize I don't like repeating myself, right," he whispered, his lips moving sensually to my nape. He released my waist and I instinctively moved backwards to create some space between us. He followed me and before I knew it, I was pinned to the wall, his lips kissing my neck. ___________________ Melissa Wood had found herself in the hands of the man whom her father owed a debt. Williams had taken her hostage, when her father couldn't repay. In captivity, Melissa was mistreated and demeaned by Williams. She felt anger, humiliation and insulted as a human. But she soon became confused after she became entangled with her captor, and began to develop conflicting feelings. What would be her fate when the cruel williams learns about her feelings? Would he welcome it or would more hell break lose for her?

Paano mo ipaglalaban ang pagmamahal na minsan mo nang sinukuan? Lucky swore she’d never look back. Matapos ang isang mapait na hiwalayan, pinili niyang bumuo ng tahimik na buhay kasama ang anak niya—malayo kay Axel, ang lalaking minsan niyang minahal, pero siya ring dahilan ng pinakamalaking sakit niya. Pero sa hindi inaasahang pagkakataon, muling nagkrus ang landas nila, at ngayon, hindi na lang puso niya ang nakataya—pati na rin ang buhay nilang mag-ina. Sa kabila ng galit at sakit, napilitan siyang tanggapin ang proteksyon ni Axel. Pero paano kung sa bawat araw na kasama niya ito, unti-unting mabura ang poot at bumalik ang damdaming pilit niyang nilabanan? Lalo na nang matuklasan niyang hindi pala siya kailanman iniwan nito—sa lihim na paraan, Axel had been protecting her all along. Ngunit bago pa niya mas maunawaan ang lahat, isang trahedya ang muling yumanig sa buhay niya—isang pagkakamali, isang maling akala, at isang pagdukot na naglagay sa kanya sa bingit ng kamatayan. At sa gitna ng panganib, nakita niya ang isang Axel na handang isakripisyo ang lahat, kahit ang sariling buhay, para mailigtas siya. Ngayon, hawak niya ang pinakamahalagang tanong—bibitawan ba niya ulit ang lalaking hindi kailanman bumitaw sa kanya? Sa isang mundo ng lihim, galit, at pagsubok, kaya pa ba nilang ipaglaban ang pag-ibig na minsan nang nawala? O masyado nang huli ang lahat?