One Step Backward Two Steps Forward Novels & Stories

Pria is a struggling university student working night shifts at a café while facing relentless bullying on campus. Life hasn’t been easy, but she’s determined to fight for her dreams. Luna, a cold and brilliant heiress, is about to become CEO of one of Asia’s largest corporations. As Pria’s professor, she keeps her distance, but beneath her icy exterior lies a complicated heart that begins to notice Pria’s quiet strength. When Luna’s harsh facade starts to crack, and jealousy and hidden tenderness emerge, Pria must confront her fears about love and trust. With Luna’s family drama and their vastly different worlds threatening to keep them apart, can these two women break down the walls between them, or will their fears keep them apart forever?

Greyson Lux Lazarus Maximus is a name spoken in fear. Ruthless, powerful, and merciless, he bows to no one—except his wife, Alice Jane Crawford. The woman he loved obsessively did nothing but waste his wealth, despised the life she had, and hated being tied to her husband and their son. Freedom mattered more to her than family. Then, one day, Alice vanished without a trace—like a bubble that suddenly burst. Her disappearance turned Greyson into something far darker. With no answers and no mercy left, he unleashed his fury on the world, determined to find her at any cost. But fate makes a cruel mistake. His men kidnap the wrong woman. Enter Alexandria Jules Dimitri Sullivan—a woman who knows nothing about her striking resemblance to Alice. Babaing may malasakit sa iba. Babaing walang takot sa kahit sino man. Babaing tinaguriang Enigmatic Lady dahil sa misteryong bumabalot sa kanyang pagkatao. Babaing kayang magpanggap na mahina, ngunit kapag ginising mo ang kanyang galit, si satanas ang haharap sa’yo. She is taken, accused, and trapped in the world of Greyson Lux Lazarus Maximus—mistaken as the wife who disappeared. Two women. One face. Opposite souls. Discover the twisted lives of Alexandria Jules Dimitri Sullivan and Alice Jane Crawford, and the dangerous truth behind a mistake that will change everything. Kidnapped the Wrong Girl.

What if fate will play two strangers in the most difficult time of their lives? A man who mostly treat killing as a habit and a woman that one's survived death, been saved and now...fate is teasing her life again. What if there's someone wearing a mask of vengeance just to lure her? What if trusting him will make her defeated. Paano ba mahalin ang isang kriminal na gaya ni Peruvian El Fuego? Paano ba magmahal ng totoo? May lalaki pa kayang magmamahal sa babaeng nabalo na at may isang step-daughter na 'sing edad lang niya? Paano kung magiging hadlang din ang estado ng pagkatao at nakaraan nila sa isa't-isa? May puwang pa ba ang salitang 'pagmamahal?' ~ Peruvian El Fuego and Romary Aquisa Jaranilla

Klent is a cute and simple young man, and a first year student of Sun University. Nathan is a handsome, cold-hearted, and the king of the school. Two different persons tangled with one fate. As their path crossed, they started to hate each other. A strange feeling inside them keeps boiling that lead to arguments and fight. As the time passes by, those hate turn into something unexpected. A romantic feeling started to grow, and it naturally comes out. They started to date each other and eventually became boyfriends. As their relationship facing a lot of challenges, they became stronger, and they proved that their love is stronger over those challenges. Until Klent discovered a piece of clue about the death of his parents that change everything. When happiness turn into nightmare, When love turn into hate, When justice turn into blood What prevail love or justice?

Damon Hidalgo, marinig pa lang ng tao ang pangalan nya ay alam na agad nila kung ano ang kayang gawin ng lalaki. Matalino, magaling sa negosyo, at halos lahat ng kababaihan ay nagkakandarapa para lang makuha ang atensyon ng lalaki. Lingid sa kaalaman ng lahat na kabila ng magandang reputasyon nito ay ang lihim na pagkahumaling nito sa isang babae. Czariyah Ladesma, ang babaeng sumusubok sa kanyang prinsipyo. Hindi din lubos maintindihan ni Damon kung bakit sa dinami dami ng babae ay sa step sister pa nya sya nahihibang. Alam nyang mali pero hanggang saan ang kaya nyang tiisin para hindi maangkin ang babae?

Hindi dapat magkaroon ng anak ang isang De Silva sa isang maid. But six years ago, Atlas De Silva broke the one rule Pride Estate protected the most. He loved Elnora Velasco in secret. Ngunit nang malaman ng pamilya De Silva na buntis siya, pinalayas si Elnora, pinaratangan ng pagnanakaw, at pinaniwalang tumakas kapalit ng pera. Si Atlas naman ay pinakasal sa babaeng pinili ng pamilya niya para protektahan ang pangalan ng Pride Estate. Anim na taong lumaban mag-isa si Elnora para sa anak niyang si Luna Hope. Hanggang sa lihim na sumali si Luna sa Family Wish Contest ng Pride Estate. Hindi alam ni Elnora na napili ang anak niya bilang grand winner. At hindi niya alam na ang mismong magbabasa ng winning wish sa live event ay si Atlas De Silva. Sa harap ng buong La Isla Tentación, binuksan ni Atlas ang sobre habang nakangiti ang asawa niya sa tabi. He read the child’s wish. (I wish my daddy would remember Mommy.) He saw the attached photo. Isang lumang larawan niya. May sulat sa likod. (Mommy said this is the man who loved her, but not enough to fight for her.) Sa gitna ng entablado, lumapit si Luna Hope. “Are you my daddy?” Namutla ang asawa ni Atlas. Elnora rushed forward and pulled Luna into her arms. “Huwag mo siyang tawaging Daddy.” At sa unang pagkakataon matapos ang anim na taon, nakita muli ni Atlas ang babaeng minsan niyang minahal. “Elnora… is she mine?” Hindi siya sinagot ni Elnora. Tinalikuran niya ito, bitbit ang anak nila. Bago pa siya makalabas ng ballroom, nagsalita si Atlas. “Run if you want, Elnora. But I’m not the same man who let you disappear. This time, I’m coming after you.”

Not every broken woman stays broken—sometimes, the deepest scars become the beginning of a new life. Lumaki si Elisa sa kahirapan at piniling ipaglaban ang kinabukasan ng kanyang tatlong anak nang tuluyang masira ang kanilang pamilya dahil sa bisyo, pambababae, at karahasan ng kanyang live-in partner. Desperate to survive, she sacrificed her own dignity and used her beauty to earn money for her children, believing there was no other way to keep them alive. Ngunit ang lahat ng iyon ay nauwi sa halos ikamatay niya matapos siyang brutal na bugbugin ng taong minsan niyang minahal. Sa tulong ng kanyang biyenan, DSWD, at Bahay Pag-asa, nagkaroon siya ng pagkakataong magsimulang muli habang nagpapagaling sa ospital. Doon, fate brought back someone she never expected to see again—Troy Adams, isang New Zealander na minsang naging bahagi ng kanyang nakaraan. Instead of looking down on her painful past, Troy accepted Elisa and her children with genuine love and offered them the fresh start they had long been praying for. Together, they built a peaceful life in New Zealand, but happiness was once again tested by heartbreaking loss, family trials, and unexpected tragedies. As life continues to challenge them, will Elisa find the strength to keep moving forward, or will the pain of her past and the wounds of motherhood change her forever?

"Don't expect anything from me. Not my attention, not love." Hearing that, Leylah now knows that everything will never be the same again. The same man, the same voice, but it wasn't him. *** After almost three years of marriage, Leylah was still hopeful that a miracle would happen in her life. Hoping that her husband will have a change of heart and will love her again. But she was wrong. Love never happened. Not again. The universe must have conspired something behind her back to see horrendous scenes of her husband sleeping with another girl whenever he was at home. If only that alone happened then she could have forgiven him, but receiving a divorce papers from the man she love one day was a big blow she could never forget. She knew that this was bound to happen. After all, what can a one sided marriage like theirs end up, but a piece of white paper with a divorce written down on it? But no! She can't back down now! After hiding their marriage to the public for her husband's advantage, she can't back down now, looking more foolish than she has ever had! What was the purpose of those years she waited if she backed down now for nothing? So like a fool, she asked for a two months contract with her husband in turn for a divorce later on. But what do they know? Future is vague. No one knows what will happen.

Travis Villaflor does not lose. In business, he conquers. In life, he dominates. With godlike beauty, ruthless intelligence, and power that bends men twice his size, he has built an empire where everything and everyone falls into place exactly as he commands. And he belongs to Cathyrine Reva. At least, that is the lie he has repeated for years. Because there was once a boy. Raine Montemayor. Fifteen years of age. Soft-eyed and devoted. Recklessly in love. A boy who trembled but still offered everything. His body, his heart, his soul. And the confession, it terrified him. So he crushed it. “I’m straight,” he said coldly. “I only see you as a brother.” And just like that, he destroyed the only person who had ever looked at him as if he were something more than a god. Raine left for Canada soon after. Travis thought distance would erase the memory. Well, it didn’t. Years later, Raine returns. But the boy Travis rejected is gone. The man who steps off the plane is controlled and polished. Sinfully beautiful. His smile no longer innocent, but knowing. His presence no longer pleading, but commanding. Raine no longer looks like he belongs to him. And that is unacceptable. He has a girlfriend, a reputation and a name built on control. Yet every time Raine turns away from him… every time someone else dares to touch him… Jealousy tastes like blood in his mouth. He wants to drag him close. Mark him. Remind him. “You think you’ve outgrown me?” Travis murmurs one night, voice low and dangerous. “You think you can come back here and pretend I don’t own every part of you? You're wrong baby. You're mine, only mine. Even your brothers can do nothing about it. I possess you.

What happens when the person you're finally ready to let go becomes the one you can't bear to lose? ••• Amber Natalie Veloso enters an arranged marriage with Pierre Nikolai Sanvitores, hoping it could grow into something real. For an entire year, she endured his distance, his indifference, and his cold silences, clinging to the belief that time can soften even the hardest heart. But love, Amber soon learns, is not something that can be taught or forced no matter how patient she is, and no matter how long she waits. Especially not when Pierre heart already belongs to someone else. Realizing she could never compete with a love that came before her, Amber makes the most difficult decision of her life. She offers Pierre the one thing he's always wanted—a divorce, and the freedom to be with the woman he truly loves. But in exchange, he must spend the next two weeks being the husband she always dreamed of having. He must love her, cherish her, and give her the marriage she never got to experience before she walks away for good. It was supposed to be a simple deal. But as the days count down and the inevitable goodbye draws closer, lines begin to blur, hearts begin to waver, and feelings neither of them expected start to surface. After all, what happens when the person you're finally ready to let go becomes the one you can't bear to lose?