Once Falling Slowly

I came here on a scholarship. No parents. No safety net. Just brains, bruises, and a shot at a better life. Now they want me on the hockey team? I’ve never even touched a stick. And if I say no—I lose everything. The only thing colder than the rink is how they look at me. The rich girls with their designer skates and perfect smiles. The coach who’d rather pretend I don’t exist. And him—Jaxon Reid, the team’s golden boy, who skates like sin and speaks with his eyes more than his mouth. He thinks I’m a joke. They all do. But I’ve fought for every inch of my life, and I’m not about to back down now. Not when college is the only thing standing between me and going back to nothing. So I’ll lace up. I’ll fall, I’ll bruise, I’ll bleed if I have to. And maybe—just maybe—I’ll learn how to play their game better than they do. Because survival isn’t about being the best. It’s about refusing to lose.

Lily, a reserved girl finds herself bound by a contract to marry Thomas Weston, a ruthless heir of a billionaire empire. Her father, overwhelmed by a $400 million debt to a Geoffery Weston, a powerful billionaire, and Thomas’s father, enters a desperate agreement to use his daughter as collateral. Upon his death, she is thrust into an engagement with cold and merciless Thomas. She takes up a mission to save him while performing the contract which is the reason Geoffery Weston wants her to marry irredeemable Thomas. Complicating matters, Simon Weston, Thomas's half-brother, returns home after eight years away. He is her former love and carries his own vendetta against his father and stepmother. As he reenters their lives just in time for the engagement, old feelings resurface, and his desire for revenge complicates the situation. Thomas is determined to fulfill the contract and exert his will over her. He finds himself in a fierce battle not just with his half-brother, but with his own heart though cruel mother opposes the union. Lily is torn between her obligation to her father's debt and her rekindled love for Simon.

I thought my life was finally turning around. Hope was just within my reach. But when my dad's life hung in the balance, fate dragged me back to the edge. To save the person I love the most, I agreed to marry my cold-hearted, arrogant boss-a man who made one thing painfully clear: this is just a contract. There's no room for love. After a childhood filled with the pain and loss of my mom, my dad was my anchor, I couldn't afford to lose him. So I entered into a loveless marriage, bound to a man who buried his pain beneath a hardened shell. But as the days passed, I saw glimpses of his loneliness, his hidden vulnerability. Against my will, I started to fall for him, breaking the one rule he'd made: Never fall in love. Now, I face an impossible choice. If I give in to these forbidden feelings, I risk not only my heart but everything—my dad, my freedom, and the fragile connection we've begun to build. Can love survive when breaking the rules could shatter us both?

He's a cruel man, who can destroy everything, but she’s already falling for him.” Penderitaan yang tak pernah usai membuat Camelia dipertemukan dengan Dominic—sosok pria yang merupakan boss ayahnya. Tak ada hari tanpa air mata, itulah penderitaan Camelia sejak di mana dia dilahirkan. Perusahaan keluarga jatuh bangkrut, hingga ayahnya menjadi seorang koruptor. Semua penderitaan Camelia telah lengkap sempurna. Sampai suatu ketika Dominic meminta pertanggungjawaban atas apa yang ayahnya lakukan. Sayangnya, tak ada yang bisa Camelia berikan untuk Dominic selain dirinya sendiri. “Bagaimana caraku bertanggung jawab. Aku tidak memiliki apa pun,” ucap Camelia begitu lirih. “Aku mau kau, Camelia,” desis Dominic tajam. Hidup Camelia seakan terhenti di sini, tapi tanpa sadar sosok kejam itu memiliki pesona sendiri yang telah melumpuhkan hatinya. What next? *** Follow me on IG: abigail_kusuma95

• THEY SAY THAT THE DEVIL IS A CHARMING MAN • Ksatria tidak mengerti kata 'setia' di dalam kamusnya. Baginya, tidak ada hubungan antara lelaki dan perempuan yang akan bertahan selamanya. Hidup hanya sekali, jadi Ksatria memutuskan untuk bersenang-senang dengan banyak perempuan. Bertemu, tidur bersama, lalu berpisah—semudah itu. • SHE IS AN ANGEL WITH A DEVILISH KISS • Di sisi lain, ada Rinai—asisten pribadi sekaligus sahabat Ksatria sejak kecil—yang baru kembali ke kehidupan Ksatria setelah menghilang selama setahun. Sampai kemudian satu ciuman di antara mereka mengubah semuanya, akankah Ksatria mau membuka hatinya untuk Rinai dan merayu Rinai agar menjadi miliknya? Padahal Ksatria tahu, sejak dulu Rinai tidak pernah menganggapnya sebagai lelaki yang akan membuat jantungnya berdebar, hanya karena sebuah ciuman dan malam yang panjang. • ONCE UPON A TIME, AN ANGEL AND A DEVIL FELL IN LOVE •

Falling victim to an ingenious scheme, the entire Caden family was burned alive. Risking her own life, Thea Callahan pulled James Caden out of the inferno.Ten years later, James made a triumphant return with two purposes in mind. One was to repay Thea for saving his life, and the other purpose was to take revenge on those who killed his family.Upon meeting Thea once again, he made her a single promise: as long as she was with him, she would have the entire world in the palm of her hands.

Ava: Nine years ago I did something terrible. it wasn't one of my best moments but I saw an opportunity to have the guy I've loved since I was a young girl and I took it. Fast forward to years later and I'm tired of living in a loveless marriage. I want to free both of us from a marriage that should never have taken place. They say if you love something.... It was time to let him go. I know he'll never love me and that I'll never be his choice. His heart will always belong to Her and despite my sins, I deserve to be loved.Rowan: Nine years ago, I was so in love I could barely see right. I ruined it when I made the worst mistake of my life and in the process I lost the love of my life. I knew I had to step up in my responsibility and so I did, with an unwanted wife. With the wrong woman. Now she has once again flipped my life by divorcing me. To make matters even more complicated, the love of my life is back in town. Now the only question is, who is the right woman? Is it the girl I fell head over heels in love with years ago? or is it my ex wife, the woman I never wanted but had to marry?

Six years ago, she was framed by her wicked sister and was abandoned by her then husband while she was pregnant.Six years later, she started anew with a different identity. Oddly, the same man who abandoned her in the past had not stopped pestering her at her front door.“Miss Gibson, what’s your relationship with Mister Lynch?”She smiled and answered nonchalantly, “I don’t know him.”“But sources say that you were once married.”She answered as she tucked her hair, “Those are rumors. I’m not blind, you see.”That day, she was pinned on the wall the moment she stepped in her door.Her three babies cheered, “Daddy said mommy’s eyes are bad! Daddy says he’ll fix it for mommy!”She wailed, “Please let me go, darling!”

It was supposed to be a routine test tube baby situation, but suddenly everything went wrong. The problem was Master Luke Crawford, the heir to the Crawford empire, mature and composed, cold and domineering. Once he put his mind to it, there was nothing in the world he could not do!She had thought that they would go their completely separate ways after she delivered the children. Five years later, however, the man dragged two adorable babies along and waited for her in front of her dorms, despite everyone watching!Mr. Crawford was cold and emotionless in front of everyone else, but in front of her...

Freya had a wild, exciting and romantic night with a total stranger after a terrible heartbreak. They confessed their feelings for each other after that steamy night. She was heartbroken once more when she discovered that the man she had given herself to had another girl. She left without telling Jacob that she was pregnant with their child. Seven years later, fate let them meet again. Ipakikilala ba ni Freya kay Jacob ang kanilang anak? Paano kung muli siyang mahulog sa kamandag ni Jacob? Posible ba ang happy ever after kung magkaiba ang mundong kanilang kinabibilangan? ~~~~~~~~~~~ GRAY SERIES 1 ONE NIGHT LOVE (TAGALOG) BOOK 1, 2 and 3 - COMPLETED GRAY SERIES 2 ONE NIGHT DARKER (TAGALOG) - COMPLETED GRAY SERIES 3 LONGING FOR MY EX-WIFE'S RETURN - COMPLETED GRAY SERIES 4 LOVE GAME WITH MY EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT ON-GOING