Opposite Of Gleam

18th birthdays are always a milestone, but I didn’t expect mine to be THIS big of a milestone. Finding out my life isn’t what I thought it was, my parents aren’t who I thought they were, and my whole life got turned upside down. I have more family than I ever knew about, or honestly, I knew about but had my memories of them taken. Everything is about to change as my life fills with people and things I thought only existed in books and movies. Here’s to 18. It’s gonna be a bumpy ride.

Forgiving someone who destroys us is one of the hardest things to do in this world. Forgiving someone requires a lot of courage and time, as well as healing from your painful past. Madaling sabihin ang salitang "I'm sorry" pero mahirap ito tanggapin lalo pa't binugbog ka ng sakit. Kakayanin mo bang magpatawad sa kabila ng mga masasakit na pangyayari sa buhay mo? O susuko ka na lamang at maghihintay sa paglaho mo? I am Anna Lucia Veranda, a student, a not-so-obedient daughter, and a girlfriend of Santrius Mikael Aquino. Are you willing to witness how I will face all my catastrophes in life after losing everything I have?

‘I, Aurora, take you..um…um..What's.. your name, please?” Aurora asked with a trembling voice. Her words struck in her throat as she forgot her soon-to-be Husband's name. She met Rylan's cold, calculated gaze.  Aurora knew she had to think fast and escape this nightmare in disguise of a marriage.   “He is Rylan Blackwood, your husband.” His assistant whispers to her while Rylan keeps silent, without taking his eyes off her.  ……………….. “Witness to a Murder and turned out to be the Bride of the Killer. Aurora is the adopted daughter of the Grey family who knows nothing about her past or even present. Her forced marriage turns deadly as she recalls the face of the murderer, who turned out to be her supposed Husband. Aurora concocts a desperate plan, to escape the marriage not knowing she was betrothed to him at birth. She falls into a deceitful marriage filled with calculations and lies. Rylan Blackwood- her now husband,  the mute grandson and heir to the Blackwood family.  He is known to be weak and a deaf and dumb. A man who can't win his mother and is controlled by her fingertips. Can Aurora find her past self? What if this Marriage of Deceit holds the real key to unlock her forgotten past?

The autobiography of the sorrowful life of a young boy amidst joy. A cruel and unforgettable past. Wickedness beyond recognition. Born to a busy and ignorant father. Nurtured in the cruel arms of his stepmother. Fate, love and hurdles surround his young life. Having God as the only voice that listens to him. Holding on to hope that light still exists at the end of the tunnel - A moral-filled book that threatens to keep you glued until the end. A book based on African settings, names and themes.

Rose, a beautiful, abused and neglected wife in her early twenties, tries running from her husband but founds herself in the arms of Blake, a prince in search for a crowned princess. Both hiding their true identity, What would be their fate after discovering their possibility of having one mother

Pada tahun 2010, Kanto dibuat tercengang oleh sebuah kasus yang luar biasa fenomenal. Miyamoto Jiruchi, atau MJ, seorang gadis pemandu sorak di salah satu SMA di Kanto telah diculik, diperkosa, dan dibunuh. Keberadaannya tidak diketahui selama bertahun-tahun. Pencarian dikerahkan, penyelidikan disegerakan, tapi tidak membuahkan hasil. Tidak ada bukti yang kuat, tidak ada saksi mata yang mempunyai opini kuat yang bisa dijadikan sebagai bukti. Eren Tatsuya, teman MJ, sekaligus mantan pacarnya, terpaksa diinterogasi. Semua bukti yang diarahkan publik tertuju padanya. Ada alasan yang dapat diterima sebagai bukti kuat untuk membuatnya layak dianggap sebagai tersangka dalam kasus MJ. Hingga akhirnya dia didakwa dengan hukuman mati, meskipun bukti-bukti yang diarahkan padanya belum cukup kuat. Ajin Jaeger, seorang mantan narapidana Shibuya datang ke Kanto dan memberikan sebuah pengakuan yang fenomenal, bahwa dialah pelaku penculikan, pemerkosaan, dan pembunuhan MJ yang sebenarnya. Namun, eksekusi tinggal satu minggu lagi. Lalu bagaimana ia meyakinkan Jaksa, Hakim, dan Juri untuk bisa membatalkan eksekusi Eren Tatsuya sebagai orang yang tidak berhasil dalam kasus ini?

War of worlds tells of a story about a cryptoian kataros who goes about attacking and conquering planets within the milky way galaxy till he is stopped by the people who escaped from the planets he conquered and destroyed

A blood sucking monster at full moon and a ruthless werewolf at day, she became an outlaw as her thirst for vengeance made her the most hated and wanted werewolf in Wrodromor. Enemy of the full moon, dreaded and feared, spreading doom. Can her beast be tamed with the love of a man?

Montiel, a surname that every girl dream of to be attached next to their names, but for her, it's a surname that she wishes to detached from. Will it be? Growing up as an orphan but living like a princess,Yancinda couldn't be more thankful until one of the icy-cold gentleman of Montiels showed up turning her world upside down.

In a world of hidden pasts and intricate fates, Alice meets someone on a flight..Alexander, a mysterious stranger with a dark, alluring presence... they instantly felt a strong attraction to each other. Although their first meeting seemed purely by coincidence, they soon discover an uncanny truth: they were Already engaged to each other by their families, and their paths were always meant to intertwine. As Alice moves to the Alex's mansion to honor this arrangement, she unearths secrets about him that bind them even deeper than family obligations. Raised by a mafia boss yet now reunited with his real parents, Alex carries scars from a life spent on the edges of crime and loyalty. Unbeknownst to Alice, his family holds the key to a traumatic incident in her past—her mother's tragic murder. Through twists of fate, betrayal, and hidden affections, Alice and Alex find themselves caught in a dance of desire and danger. As their connection grows, so does the revelation of a shared, tragic history that binds them far beyond any contract. But will the truth of Alex’s family and the buried sins of the past be too much to overcome, or will it be the final key that brings them together in a love worth fighting for? In this journey of love, redemption, and the unraveling of painful secrets, Alice and Alex will be forced to confront their own darkness to find the light they never knew they needed.