Old Fashioned Last Names

"Loving you is unhealthy, I know it is" Loving a man with all my heart even if I already know his intention to me wasn't true. All his actions and gestures were just a part of their bet, in short... I'm just a bet. But I still loved him despite all of those red, just this once I want to follow my heart even if I know that it will also ruin me in the end. Just for once I want to know how to love and what it feels to be loved, even if it's just an act. I, Arela Charlie Maurier am willing to take a risk just to know what love feels like, I know I'm awful, but I'm desperate because this is my first and last chance. Love will always be the most painful risk that I'll be willing to take.

What if a vampire and a witch becomes a lover? Velvet was just trying to live a normal life with her foster parents. Tanggap na niya na lumaki siyang wala siyang tunay na pamilya. But her foster parents made her feel like she have a family. Pero sa isang gabing pag lipat nila sa isang liblib na kagubatan, tila nagbago ang lahat ng pananaw ni Velvet. She can see through the darkness that there's more life to see--and more memories to rediscover. Now, the peaceful and normal life of Velvet is about to be changed. Mysteries in her life soon unveiled. The world will soon sink into its darker version as the last enchantress rises. A FILIPINO NOVEL

Synopsis: "Go in search of the confessor. I want her found by all means" says the king. "No matter what, make sure she doesn't die. I want her alive"he paused and took in a deep breath. "I have so many plans in store for her" ***** Her name is Isabelle. And she's the last confessor - the last of her kind. Of course, they were more than that. But, not until her village was ambushed few days ago by the King's guards, and every one of her kind died. All the confessors were killed.Every one of them died, except her - Isabelle. What was the vengeful King's plans for her?

Jenny posted a picture of me and her brother, who had an intellectual disability. The caption? "Finally, a happy ending!" The comments were all the same: "Is this your sister-in-law? She’s gorgeous!" I simply replied with a question mark, but Jenny ignored me and responded to someone else instead. "She's kinda my sister-in-law, yes!" It didn't take long for Steven to call me, his tone full of anger. "It was just a little edit, do you really have to blow things out of proportion?" Half an hour later, Jenny posted another photo of her sitting in Steven's luxury car, and even tagged me in it. "We may not be related by blood, but this big brother of mine has always been my rock!" Steven commented. "I'll always be here." I knew he was trying to get a rise on me on purpose to appease Jenny, but I didn't grace them with a reply this time. All I did was like the post and file for divorce.

Victor Van Hellfrost is a powerful businessman and heir to a CEO in the automotive industry who likes to sleep with any woman he finds attractive at the time he wants and how he wants, but when he is brutally rejected by one of his maids, something in him shudders and that ends up releasing a very dark secret inside him, which he had almost completely forgotten. The powerful man keeps a mystery inside him and the same woman who rejected him ends up driving him crazy. The man who on moonlit nights is a wild beast and by day is a millionaire knight, finally ends up entangled in the nets of his past, and just when he finally felt really attracted to a woman, the lonely alpha finally meets his doom.

Ratu Sekar Ayu adalah seorang ratu yang hebat. Di bawah kekuasaannya ia berhasil membawa Kerajaan Welirang menuju masa kejayaan walau jalan yang ia lalui tak mudah. Pengkhianatan, perang, intrik dan kelicikan orang-orang di istana yang menghalangi jalannya untuk bertahta berhasil ia kalahkan dengan kerja keras dan perjuangan. Sayangnya ia jatuh cinta pada orang yang salah, yang pada akhirnya membawa Kerajaan Welirang di ambang kehancuran. Dialah ratu terakhir yang menduduki singgahsana kerajaan sebelum akhirnya kerajaan itu benar-benar hancur dan hilang ditelan oleh waktu. Ratu yang hebat hanya tinggal nama. Tak ada yang salah dengannya, kesalahannya hanya satu, yaitu jatuh cinta.

They said Dragons are a myth and they don't exist in the real world but it's a lie. Dragons are real and they once rule the human empire but humans are more cunning than them. They tell lies to gain their trust until the Heart of Magic, yield with an infinite power was stolen from them. Dragons believe that it's in the hands of a selfish mortal. The Red Dragon, Astra lead the attack. She was pregnant and her whelps will soon come out. As the battle began, Astra has given birth to a white dragon. They are weak and useless. She can't withstand her pride raising a white dragon of her own so she abandons her child in the wilderness. She left her whelp and destroyed every realm on the planet Earth. The war between dragons and humans was in a rage but because the Heart of Magic is in their hands, they won, and the Red Dragon lost the war. As Dragons became instincts, there was only one who survived and he was Danym, the rabbit slayer, the last prince of the Dragoness Kingdom. He has a gift of magic to be able to blend in the human society. He has one objective, to find the lost gem of all Dragons, the Heart of Magic. On his journey, he met Princess Amira of the Labyrinth Kingdom. She was blind but cunning. She's a wise warrior and a good hunter. These two will soon discover what secrets lie within them. Will Amira still helped him even he had an opposite belief from her, to the King and her people? Will her love for him prevail? Let's follow their journey to find the Heart of Magic and see the world where Dragons exist.

Growing up, you may have heard stories about magical creatures and other unknown beings that the grownups would tell kids to make them behave and listen better. These stories didn't start out as 'Once Upon a Time' instead would be told as a warning to not go to a place or be out past a certain time or else something would come and take them away. Most of the stories were passed on by the elders over the many generations. There is this one specific story you are about to hear, or I should say read is about a young woman by the name of Ashley who grew up hearing all kinds of these stories. She would come to find out that a certain story that she has heard many times wasn't just some made up fairy tale. Once she turns18, her will change forever.

Rina seorang gadis yang hidup sebatang kara, mencoba untuk keluar dari zona nyaman dengan melanjutkan pendidikan keluar negeri dan bertemu dengan Han Jaesung yang pada akhirnya menjadi cinta pertama Rina, hanya saja ketentraman hidup Rina berakhir ketika menerima sebuah pesan mengenai kematian orang tuanya, dan mulai saat itu ia harus melakukan beberapa misi dengan bayaran akhir adalah informasi pelaku pembunuhan orang tuanya. Ketika akan menyelesaikan misinya, Ia dihadapkan pada fakta bahwa kecerobohannya mengatarkan gadis itu pada penyesalan mendalam karna peluru yang seharusnya digunakan untuk membalaskan dendam kepada pelaku pembunuhan orang tuanya harus bersarang di tubuh Jaesung. Bagaimanakah takdir hubungan Rina dan Jaesung pada akhirnya? Apakah semua kesalahan Rina bisa dimaafkan oleh seorang Han Jaesung?

"Why..." April stuttered. "Why are you looking at me like that?" "Like what?" "Like you want to eat me." "I do want to eat you" Mateo smirked, then his face turned serious as he cornered her by the wall, his muscular body hovering above hers. "But before that..." He paused, his voice hoarse and deep. "Before that?" April tilted her head to the side to have a better view of him. "I'd hold your waist against mine and kiss you" He whispered against her ear and his hot breath fanned her sending chills down her spine. "I'd kiss you so passionately till you open up for me and when you do, I'll explore your mouth with my tongue till we're both breathless and aroused. Then my kisses will trail to your neck and then to your breasts." His voice came out as a ragged, painful whisper. April placed her hands on his chest to stop him as his words were doing things to her she couldn't understand. "W-what about the contract?" She said in a breathy voice. "Damn that stupid contract!" Mateo said and captured her lips in his. ************ April, an intern of an event planning firm was offered the biggest opportunity of her career; to plan the marriage of London's youngest billionaire, Mateo Hades. On the day of the wedding, Mateo's bride mysteriously disappeared leaving April with no choice but to step in as the new bride. Read to find out how their love story unfolds.