Marie Lu Books

Ang tanging hiling ni Lexie Marie Delos Reyes ay matupad ang pangarap ng kaniyang Lola. Ang makasal at tuluyan nang lumagay sa tahimik. Ngunit sa araw mismo ng kaniyang kasal, gumuho ang lahat nang tumakas ang kaniyang fiancé upang sundan ang babaeng tunay nitong mahal sa ibang bansa. Sa gitna ng sakit at kahihiyan, napilitan siyang gumawa ng desisyon na magbabago ng lahat. To marry Kaizer Zapanta, her brother’s best friend. Isang lalaking kilala sa pagiging malamig, misteryoso, at isang trilyonaryo na kinatatakutan sa mundo ng negosyo. "If it’s marriage you want, I’ll take his place. But don’t expect me to give you my heart." – Kaizer Zapanta Ang kasal na inakala ni Lexie na pakitang-tao lamang ay unti-unting nagiging mapanganib sa puso niya. Unti-unti niyang natuklasang na sa likod ng malamig na anyo ng lalaki, may init pala doong kayang tunawin ang lahat ng takot, at sakit sa puso niya. And just when her heart began to trust again, Zyrus—her runaway fiancé—returned with a confession that threatened to ruin everything. "Come back to me, Lexie. After all, we’re expecting a child. Won’t you introduce me as their father?" – Zyrus Martinez Ngayon, kailangan niyang pumili. Sino sa pagitan ng lalaking minsang iniwan siya, o sa estrangherong hindi na lang basta asawa kundi ama ng kaniyang dinadala, ang kaniyang pipiliin?

Avyanna has spent her life mastering survival. A brilliant scholarship student by day, a strategist and fighter by necessity, she carries the weight of a childhood tragedy that left her orphaned. When she falls for Kairus Chu—the rebellious heir of a powerful conglomerate—she allows herself a fleeting moment of happiness. Their love defies all odds, culminating in a secret marriage despite his mother’s ruthless opposition. But behind the scenes, Avyanna’s trusted mentor, Lord Mendez, pulls unseen strings, shaping her fate for his own ends. Their love is shattered when Zhen, a cunning rival, conspires with Kairus’ mother to frame Avyanna for murder. Betrayed, sentenced to life in prison, and pregnant with Kairus’ child, she refuses to be broken. With her only ally, Huan Yue, she orchestrates a daring escape, vanishing in fire and blood—reborn as Bernadette Lu, a shadow queen of the underworld. Years later, Avyanna returns with a vengeance, dismantling the Chu empire piece by piece. She manipulates Dylan Chu, Kairus’ ambitious younger brother, and unearths the true enemy—Lord Mendez, the man who orchestrated her downfall and her parents’ deaths. As she leaves devastation in her wake, Kairus, now a pawn of his mother’s ambitions, is forced to confront the memories of the love he lost. As Zhen and the Chu matriarch fall, Avyanna stands at the precipice of her ultimate choice: to reclaim the love that once defined her or to walk away forever, knowing that vengeance has carved an unbridgeable distance between who she was and who she has become. When Kairus finally finds her, face-to-face with the daughter he never knew, the question lingers—can love survive the ashes of war?

Romance-comedy "Eh, Liliput! Azkio itu tulang punggung gue dan gue tulang rusuknya. Lah, lu tulang apa? Tulang ekor apa tulang seblak?" ~Zivanka Kalala "Kenapa kamu lebih memilih wanita badung itu? Padahal aku jauh lebih baik darinya." ~Lili Anisyah "Iblis itu ahli ibadah, juga sangat pandai ilmunya. Tapi Allah mengusirnya dari surga karena dia merasa lebih mulia dari Adam." ~Azkio Ibadillah "Tolong Ustaz Mantu, bingbinglah putri kami. Nggak apa, nggak lurus-lurus amat juga. Asal jangan terlalu bengkok saja." ~Baskara Kalala. Zivanka Kalala menganggap kenakalannya adalah ganjaran setimpal untuk orang tuanya yang selalu sibuk kerja. Sehingga membiarkan ia tumbuh sendirian serta tak terkontrol. Namun, semenjak dinikahkan dengan Azkio, lelaki alim dari Panti asuhan, hidup bebasnya mulai terkekang. Tentu saja Azkio harus siap siaga saat Zivanka sering kabur-kaburan. Ia juga punya cara sendiri agar istrinya bisa patuh. Dari mulai memberi reward kecupan jika melaksanakan hal baik, sampai memberi hukuman jika berbuat sebaliknya. Pernikahan dua manusia dengan latar bersebrangan ini menciptakan berbagai masalah. Saat masalah menemukan solusi, perlahan Zivanka mulai tercerahkan. Dari pura-pura taubat sampai taubat beneran. Zivanka juga baru tahu kalau ia lebih berharga dari apapun bagi orangtuanya. Selama ini, ternyata apa yang dilakukan sudah MENYAKITI orang yang tulus MENYAYANGInya. Yuk, kepoin bagaimana cara Azkio menaklukkan istri badungnya dan bagaiamana proses hijrah seorang Zivanka.

One Year to Lose You Maya Bennett has twelve months left to live. At twenty-one, she has everything: bestselling books, wealth, and a man who loves her enough to kneel with a ring in his hand. So she breaks his heart. On the night he proposes, Maya tells Ray she has fallen out of love. That she wants someone else, she walks away before he can see her fall apart because it’s easier to be hated than mourned. Then she meets Jay, a stranger in sportswear who can’t pay his taxi fare, so she thought… but in the real sense, he is the man the city knows as billionaire Jay Naire. She offers him a deal: pretend to be her boyfriend for one year. Make it convincing for Ray to forget her before she’s gone, and Jay agrees. But the more they fake it, the more real it becomes. And before the year runs out, Maya finds herself trapped between two men, the one she tried to save, and the one who refuses to let her go. Will twelve months be enough to lose both of them? Or will she run out of time first?

“WAKE UP, DANIELA!” The death warning, yet rather a call that Daniela dreamed about after walking up in the series of chances, greed, sacrifices, and the seven deadly sins, and from an inevitable chance to turn back into time and run into the loop of space and dimension. To her life that was surrounded with lies, blessed fate, but curse destiny she is entwined to save the person who is long dead from the present that she never had in the first place. Now being stunned by the life she never dreams of having, she runs toward the series of miseries behind the hidden books of the reincarnated blood she bares. “Death reincarnated, that is your world and your book.” To the chances that were led by greed, longing or hope, will the past that alters by the son of darkness, will long be able to vanish? What if what everyone knew was a lie, and the lie that they are trying to run away from is the truth they are seeking after all? Will the world they are walking that is filled with the unknown they only knew will lead them to the truth of who is the clone from the original? Can she solve the puzzle of the first book in her world that revolves in the mystery of a tarot deck? From the series of reincarnation and dimension can she solve the real mystery of ‘Who is the real dead one?’

"You can't reject me!" She pleaded with tears glistening her eyes, while he stands there indifferent. Hatred evident in his grey orbs. "Please!" He moves closer to her , entrapping her body between the wall and his big frame. Looking at her from top to bottom in disgust, he seethes at her. "You should have thought about it before sleeping with the bast***" "You should have thought about it before betraying me mate." ............ She was a havoc created by nature, found wrapped in a blanked at the side of a river. Bullied and shunned by the werewolf society. She was a mere rogue who was surviving. Untill he came , hating her. Cursing her and playing with her like a prey. Doing everything to break her like her betrayal has broken her. If only he knew she has not surrendered her virtue by choice, if only he knew she was an innocent. If only he knew he could never break her for she was not a weak pathetic rogue. She was the girl born with the power to summon the strongest known wolf in the world. She was the very soul referred to in the werewolf books of philosophy. She was none other than the summoner. The summoner of the death wolf.

I could smell his tempting cologne as he walked closer, his presence making my heart skip a beat. He placed his hands on the wall, caging me in with his strong arms. My breath hitched. He leaned in, his honey-colored eyes boring into mine like he was trying to solve a puzzle. Meanwhile, I was melting—like ice cream on a summer sidewalk. "You look familiar," he murmured, biting his lip as if deep in thought. "Have we met before?" Of course, Jack Harrison—the most popular lacrosse player at Wilford High—wouldn’t know who I am. Why would he? I’m the invisible girl. The one who hides behind books and avoids eye contact. The one no one remembers. And yet… I’ve always noticed him. Jack Harrison. The boy every girl wants. The boy I’ve secretly dreamed about since sophomore year. And then—just when I thought I’d spend another year in his shadow—I found out a new family was moving in next door. To my utter disbelief, it turned out to be him. Jack Harrison, the boy I've always wanted.

Talia has grown up always believing she is a human never knowing anything about the supernatural world, thinking it was something that was only in books and movies. Pretty much a lonely child struggled to fit in with the other children, her only friends being her cousin Jayden and his two friends who only visited on the holidays.All of a sudden Jayden stops getting in touch and falls out of her life then her mother passes leaving her alone. She quits school to get away from the negative people in her life who have never cared about her and starts working. There she finally meets two friends and her life starts to improve.All of a sudden she starts to hear a voice in her head talking to her, it even gives itself a name, thinking she is going crazy she keeps it to herself and puts it down to stress hoping that some time off work will stop the voice.Out of the blue almost two years after he disappeared Jayden comes back into her life on the night she protects her girlfriend from four rogues telling her he is actually her brother and her real parents are alive and want to meet her.

Who would have thought that an accident would lead Pancho to find his true love? Astrid Marie Smith's dreams and whole life were devastated when her long-term boyfriend married her cousin Castela Newton. She wanted to forget the hurt and pain they had caused her. She went to a bar, got totally drunk, and ended up in bed with a stranger whom she believed was a gay man. They indeed had hot, steamy rebound sex all night. Pancho treasured all this and savored the night with her, but she ran away and could no longer be found. She went abroad to start a new life. After three years, Astrid went back, in timely for a revenge, when Castela ordered her to spy on her husband while abroad for six months as Philip's replacement secretary. She continued to pretend to be a dumb and mischievous. She was set up for an eviler and more destructive plan. She never realized that the hot alpha male she slept with was the elder brother of his ex-boyfriend, the Vice President of the company, Pancho Carbonel. Pancho Carbonel fell in love with Astrid the first time he set his eyes on her. He had the chance to court her, but it didn't go as he planned. A rumor circulated in the company that she was Philip's mistress. However, nothing changed. Astrid is still Pancho's dream girl, and she alone is enough for him. Until one day, she confronted Pancho, and what happened to them meant nothing to her. One night changed their lives and they are bound to end into something unexpected. Will Pancho ever have the opportunity to fulfill his heart's desire to love and be loved? Will rebound sex find its way to tie the knot with his estranged lover?

Previous book name: Constantine Blurb: Constantine Leone has built his empire with cold, calculated ruthlessness, earning him a reputation as a man without a heart. As one of the city's most powerful figures, few dare to cross him—until April Danielle crashes into his life, quite literally, by wrecking her old Ford into his Lamborghini. April, an eccentric artist with a sharp tongue, quickly catches Constantine’s eye. Intrigued by her fiery spirit, he forces her into his world, blackmailing her into working off the debt. What begins as a tense power play soon escalates into a daily clash of wills, with Constantine taking twisted pleasure in pushing April’s explosive temper. But as sparks fly, Constantine finds himself softening, seeing in her what no one else has. And April, despite her best efforts, starts to unravel the myth of the heartless businessman, discovering a man far more complex than his reputation. Yet, both are trapped in futures they didn’t entirely choose—engaged to others, bound by obligation. As stolen glances and forbidden touches fan the flames, they are forced to confront the impossible, A choice between love and responsibility... ××× Other books like this: Sold To The Cruel Mafia.