Once Falling Slowly

Avery Nash had two lives and one rule. Keep them completely separate. By day she was the captain of the Crestwood University cheer squad and a Business Management student holding onto her scholarship by her fingernails. By night she was Scarlett, masked and wigged and untouchable, dancing at Velvet Underground to cover the gap between what her scholarship paid and what her mother's deadbeat boyfriend kept taking from them. On the night her boyfriend cheated on her with her biggest rival, Avery made one reckless decision. She followed a brooding stranger back to his motel room and gave him the one thing she had been saving. Her virginity. "Take off the mask. I want to see you." He had said. "A little mystery never hurt anyone, did it?" she replied. She slipped out before dawn, telling herself she would never see him again. Then she rang her best friend, Jade's doorbell and he answered the door. Liam Harrington was Jade's new stepbrother, who she hated, the transfer quarterback every girl on campus was already talking about, and the boy sitting three seats away from her in every Business Management lecture. He was also the only person in the world who knew what Avery felt like without her armour on. He just did not know her real face. Now Avery was living three lives at once. The captain, the stripper, and the girl quietly falling for the one man she was absolutely forbidden to want. And the secret that started as one reckless birthday night was growing into something big enough to burn everything she had built.

Isang malaking aral sa buhay ng isang tao na dapat huwag mong husgahan ang iyong kapwa ayon sa nakikita mo lamang. Kung hindi mo kilala ang kanyang tunay na pagkatao mas maigi kung mananahimik ka at huwag kang magbitaw ng mga nakakasakit na salita. Huwag mainggit sa tagumpay ng iba. Kung nais mo rin na magtagumpay kagaya ng kapwa mo. Isaisip mo na kung kaya niya kakayanin mo rin na pagtagumpayan ang narating niya. Maaaring mabilis ang pag-angat niya dahil mas maabilidad siya kaysa sa'yo. Dahan-dahan ka lang, balang araw may mararating ka rin. Kahit gaano man ka bagal ang lakad ng isang pagong kung dala niya ang kanyang sapat na determinasyon makakarating parin siya sa kanyang paruruunan. Ang pagkakaroon ng matatag, matapang at mapang-unawa na katuwang sa buhay ay isang biyaya ng panginoon. Ako ay matatawag na nagmula sa madilim na nakaraan. Mula sa sirang pamilya, kinamumuhian ang haligi ng tahanan dahil pinagpalit niya kami sa kanyang kabit. Maswerti na rin kami dahil may matapang at matatag kaming ina na nagsumikap para kami ay gabayan. Napakaswerti rin niya ng muling nakatagpo ng kabiyak na handang tumayo bilang aming ama. Pinangako ko sa aking sarili na hindi ko gagayahin ang aking ama. Pinangako kong panindigan ko ang pamilya bubuuhin. Ngunit sa isang kapusokan nakagawa ako ng isang kasalanan na lingid sa aking kaalaman. Tanadhana ng diyos na mapalapit ako sa babae na kapatid ng aking nagawan ng kasalanan. Minsan kong hinusgahan sa kasalanan na hindi naman niya ginawa. Naging roller coaster ang buhay pag-ibig namin. Pero sabi nga nila gaano man kalakas ng bagyo at unos sisibol parin ang isang liwanag na magbigay pag-asa na tapos na ang kalamidad.

Freya, an orphan, struggled to survive in a pack where she was looked down upon and humiliated. She struggled to get away from such a life and fulfill her dream of becoming successful one day. She got a college scholarship offer and was happy to fulfill her dream. She met Kaiden and fell in love with him, he promised to marry her and make her his Luna once they graduate from college. One day, Freya walks in on Kaiden cheating on her with Isabella and he suddenly rejects her as his mate and chooses Isabella as his chosen mate and future Luna. When she tries to confront him, he calls her all sorts of names and tells her she was nothing but his plaything, leaving her more heartbroken and humiliated in front of everyone. Isabella’s father, who is the Dean, makes sure Freya loses her scholarship and drops out of college, and in shame, she decides to leave the city.

She’s texting him her heart. But she’s got the wrong number… When Isabel “El” Watson applied for a sales job with her company, she had no idea a jelly donut would explode on her blouse, or that her grumpy boss would practically laugh her out of the interview. Accountants could be salespeople, she was sure of it, even if that jerkface didn’t think so. So when a lady at the local wine festival offers her a sales job on the spot at a new boutique winery, El jumps at the chance. She also jumps at the chance to text with the guy who danced with her at the festival. Life was finally looking up. Boston’s friend, Chad, never should have given Boston’s number to the girl at the wine festival as a joke, but the damage was done. When El sends Boston a text later that night, believing he is Chad, he’s too nice to hurt her feelings by telling her the truth. But there are a few other truths Boston might have thought about: Truth #1: He’s her boss Truth #2: She just accepted a job at his mother’s new winery Truth #3: He’s always had a crush on her Even though Boston is no longer El’s grumpy boss, they still work together at his mom’s winery. And while sparks are flying as they get to know each other for real, El’s kind of sweet on the guy who always seems to know just what to say via text too. Obviously, things will come to a head. Will Boston come clean about the flirty texts being from him? Or will El figure out on her own that she’s been Texting With the Enemy?

Turning she looked him straight in the face, her deep blue eyes piercing into his soul as she smiled sarcastically before speaking "Ohhh it's quite nice to meet an already made perfect father figure in front of me, it's true that only people with kids would know that when a six year old bumps into something or someone they can only cry and needs to be soothed but a person with none can't really tell but wait since you're already Soo perfect how could you not know that?? Wait let me guess it's because you don't have any right!!! Ohh wait I forgot to add that people like don't deserve to be fathers and should be put off the list, let's go baby before someone corrupts your soul" she finished before she turned and left, leaving him dumbfounded. Everyone including his bodyguards were shocked and some had even captured the moment as never in their lives had thought 'the devil' would be humilated like this ever. His bodyguards didn't even have the gusts to talk to him and yet a total stranger, a woman did... In less than a minute with no atom of fear whatsoever. Wow this needs to be shared everywhere. The worst part is she only said horrible things to him. Put off the father's list??? Why did they feel like she was deliberately cursing their boss "How dare she!!!!!!" he fumed as he turned to his assistant who was already shivering in fear "Yes boss??" "Find out everything about that woman and I'm giving you an hour to do so, cancel my flight I'm not in the mood to travel anymore" he finished before turning to leave the airport Undeserving to be a father??? Was she wishing him to become potent???!!! How dare she!!!

"Notorious Bachelor Lucas Hart, 29, proposes to his first love and childhood sweetheart, Natalia Rossi!" My heart broke as I saw the picture of Lucas proposing to Natalia on one knee, the same ring I found in his jacket pocket, in the photo being slid onto her finger. The camera zoomed in on Natalia’s face and a gasp escaped my lips. It was like staring at myself, but a thinner, sicklier version of me. I picked up my phone and dialed a number I hadn’t called in three years.  "Bianca," My father’s voice answered, "To what do I owe this sudden call?" "Dad," I said, "I accept. I will come back home for the arranged marriage and take back my inheritance." *** Bianca Salvatore, heiress of the Salvatore empire ran away from home, trying to escape the marriage arranged by her father. She met Lucas who she dated for three years, until his first love returned. He never knew about her true identity, and always shamed her for being poor. He heartlessly announced that he would get married to his first love, then make Bianca his side piece. Bianca didn’t want that life for herself, so she agreed to her father’s arranged marriage and took her inheritance. From being known as a poor pauper, to a famous billionaire heiress. Now her ex is on his knees, begging for a second chance. Will Bianca risk her heart again for the man who shattered it, or will she choose the powerful husband who sees her true worth?

Mahilig ka ba sa mapanganib na pag-ibig—at sa lalaking alam mong dapat mong iwasan pero hindi mo kayang talikuran? “Hindi ka na niya pag-aari… dahil pinili mong mapasakin.” Engaged siya sa pamangkin— pero napangasawa niya ang tiyuhin. Sa araw na iniwan ni Cassandra De Villa ang lalaking nagtaksil sa kanya— gumuho ang mundong pinangarap niya. At ang sumalo sa kanya? Si Ismael Vergara. Mapanganib. Walang awa. At mortal na kaaway ng dati niyang nobyo—at ng pamilya nito. Sa isang iglap—napunta siya sa lalaking hindi niya kayang kontrolin. Sa lalaking dapat niyang katakutan. Ngunit habang tumatagal—hindi na takot ang nangingibabaw sa puso niya. Kundi isang damdaming mas delikado. Hindi siya pinilit. Hindi siya kinuha. Siya ang lumapit. Siya ang nagtiwala. At sa huli—kusang-loob niyang ibinigay ang sarili. Dahil sa sandaling piliin mo si Ismael— wala nang balikan. Sa mundong puno ng kasinungalingan, kapangyarihan, at paghihiganti— kaya ba niyang panindigan ang desisyong siya mismo ang gumawa? O tuluyan siyang malulunod— sa lalaking siya mismo ang pumili? Para ito sa mga mahilig sa suspense romance, forbidden love, at sa mga lalaking alam mong delikado—pero hindi mo pa rin kayang iwanan. 😈

Ariel Montero, a nineteen year old werewolf from the Silver Moon Pack is shocked to her bone upon the discovery that her parents have been brutally murdered and her brother, Aaron is missing. After finding out that the killer is none other than the evil Alpha of the Blood Moon Pack, she goes out in a quest for vengeance. Melvin Damon is the son of the Alpha of the Blood Moon Pack, and when he finds out about Ariel, the girl whose parents his father had killed, he realizes that she is his only chance to redeem himself. He offers to help her in her quest. Together, they venture on a journey of revenge. But with emotions getting high between the pair, nothing is certain in this tale of drama, revenge and self discovery. Find out what happens next.

I’m not here to make friends. I’m here to graduate top of my class, get into the best law firm, and make my brother proud. What I’m not here for? Sharing an apartment with Cade freaking West. My brother’s best friend. Tattooed, cocky, insufferable. A walking red flag on skates with a motorcycle named Roxie and a different girl in his bed every night. We don’t get along. We never have—especially not after what happened. He hates me for it. I don’t regret it. I was right. But the longer we’re forced to live under the same roof, the harder it gets to ignore the heat. The tension. The way he looks at me like he’s two seconds from ruining my entire life.

Angelina Winter finds herself in a tough situation when she finds out about her parents death. She has to take care of her one year old sister and seven year old cousin. All in while she tries to defend herself from the accusations and charges thrown toward her by her maternal family. Andrew Moretti is the best friend of Angelina. He has been with her in all her ups and downs. A humble but rich heir. Wants to make his own name, but his biggest dream is to get married to Angelina one day and have a family with her. Ella Winter is a crazy woman and cares about nothing but money. She kills her husband and In-Laws ( Angelina's parents ) for their money. She tries to kill Angelina as well but fails in her every attempt. Read this story to find if Angelina and Andrew will get together or not or if Ella will succeed in her mission of killing Angelina or if Angelina can get justice for her parents.