Pancake Brand

Holly has always loved Christmas, but this year is different. As a school teacher, she’s worried about her students, her dad, and her entire town. All of them are poised for a terrible Christmas, and there’s nothing she can do about it. The only bright spot in her life is the mysterious man she meets at the holiday party. Nathan has always hated Christmas, but this year is different. As a billionaire, he’s excited about his new plans for his company, but as always, it’s all about the money. When he meets the bubbly woman who doesn’t care about his wealth, love blossoms under the mistletoe. It almost seems like magic. But their lives are more intertwined than either of them originally thought. It turns out that Nathan’s plan for the future of his company is the very thing that’s destroying Holly’s community. Holly begins to understand why everyone refers to Nathan as a Scrooge, and she thinks that the wonderful man she shared a passionate weekend with was nothing more than a lie. Will Nathan be able to prove that she saw the real him? Will Christmas magic prevail, or will their love vanish like a kiss under the mistletoe? NYT Bestseller Krista Lakes brings you this brand new heartwarming holiday romance. This standalone novel will convince you that love can make the magic of Christmas real.

Jade knows what it feels like to have no one in her corner; she experienced it firsthand when her aunt sweet-talked her parents and took her to the Philippines' when she was eight. After years of abuse and being used, the only thing Jade wished for was an escape to finally go home and be with her family. All Jade wished for was to experience what it feels like to be loved once again and she got that when she finally escaped from her aunt and made her way back home to her pack and family in Detroit. Finding out that the Alpha Heir Hunter was her mate was the best thing to ever happen to Jade, and Hunter gave Jade a home, love, and became the safety and comfort Jade had always wished for. Two years of blissful union came to an abrupt end when Jade woke up in bed with her sister's boyfriend after a party. Her life goes from sweet to bitter in a matter of days as everyone Jade once loved turned their backs on her, refusing to believe them when she said she didn't cheat on her mate. How could she? Hunter was the love of her life. Jade goes from preparing to becoming the Luna of the Blackwood Pack, to being treated no less than a traitor. Hunter doesn't wait another heartbeat before rejecting her, and Jade is soon branded as a defective mate, banished to the woods as a rogue. How will Jade survive life as a pregnant rogue? The cursed brand on her neck makes it impossible for any pack to take her in. Will her mate come after her? Or will Jade find her strength somewhere else and come back to enact her revenge on the people who hurt her?

In this life, it is said that there are only two choices: to use or to be used, to save or to be saved. Regardless, there was one thing I had to do - survive! “Don’t fool me! I know your schemes and what you are playing behind my back!” Rage boiled in his veins. “You may have my surname, but you’re still nothing, Scarlette Scott. Don’t forget that.” How could someone display such blatant disrespect and arrogance? Ha! This man believed he could brand anyone with his pride! But not me! Not me, Storm Scoville! I will make sure your arrogant behavior is humbled and put in its rightful place!

“But… but what about the contract?” I whispered against his lips. “The contract?” He responded, pulling my face closer to his. “It doesn't matter, it's only on a piece of paper.”  ****** Lenora Prescott signs a marriage contract with The prestigious CEO of the popular brand The House of Osvaldo; Richard Osvaldo, when he rescues her from a brothel, the contract holding several conditions but the most crucial one being that she wasn't allowed to fall in love with him. But what would happen when she falls for him, and he also for her?

LOVE and HATE are sometimes considered to have the same feeling and effect. It requires the same amount of intensity. When you fall in love you always think about that person while when you hate someone you also do the same. Is it possible that hatred could turn into love? Can love forgive and forget the pain of the past? Queensley Hernandez ay kilalang-kilala sa industry na kinabibilangan niya. Brand ambassador kasi siya ng isang kilalang clothing line at cosmetic company. Magandang mukha, makinis, katawan na may magandang kurbada at marangyang buhay. Halos lahat ay nasa kanya na pero pakiramdam niya ay may kulang pa rin sa buhay niya. Kaakibat ng kasikatan niya ay ang panghuhusga ng mga tao sa paligid niya. Kinababaliwan siya ng mga kalalakihan samantalang sinusumpa naman siya ng mga kababaihan. Wala siyang pakialam sa sinasabi ng ibang tao dahil alam niya na wala naman siyang tinatapakan na tao. Marami ang nagagalit sa kanya at hinusgahan siya ng hindi muna siya kinikilala. Isa sa mga taong iyon ay ang nag-iisang anak ng taong kumupkop sa kanya si Mark Joseph Donovan. Kinababaliwan at hinahabol siya ng mga kababaihan dahil sa taglay niyang kagwapuhan pati na rin sa kanyang reputasyon. Wala siyang panahon makipagrelasyon dahil mas naka-focus siya sa pagpapalago ng negosyo. Kinatatakutan naman siya ng mga tao sa industriya na ginagalawan niya dahil sa pagiging matalino, agresibo at strikto. Iniwan niya ang kumpanya ng magulang niya at nagtayo ng sarili niyang kumpanya. Galit siya sa Papa niya kaya umalis siya at nabuhay mag-isa. Ngunit sadyang mapaglaro ang tadhana dahil kailangan harapin niya ang Papa pati na rin ang babaeng kinasusuklaman niya. Ano ang kalalabasan ng paghaharap nila? Posible ba na mabago pa ang pagtingin ni Mark kapag na kasama niya si Queensley?

A dreamer like Olivia, explores New York, leaving her stable life in the Philippines to build her own brand in New York, but ends up being a maid, lying about her career, and meets this FBI agent that will turn her twisted life, into a roller-coaster ride.

Their marriage has been written in the stars. Three generations have waited for the union of the two families. But now it is time. Everyone is giddy with excitement, well, all except one. The groom. Feeling abandoned by his reluctant attitude towards their proposed wedding his future bride seeks comfort in the arms of his nephew. A tug of war ensues for Chloe's heart. To do her duty or chase a brand new love? All Chloe Black wants is a lover to call her own, what she steps foot in is a world that can claim her life instead.

BLURB "If you weren’t my son’s mate, then I wouldn’t waste a second to brand you, to own you, to keep you by my side forever…" he whispers, hugging me from behind. "But I’m your son’s mate, so what we have can't be forever." "What if I tell you that I’m considering taking you from him forever? What if I tell you that I just may ruin him because I am obsessed with you? What would you say?" "I'd say you’re a greedy monster." He chuckles darkly. "Greedy? Just with you. A monster? Sure. If that’s what I should be to keep you by my side for-fucking-ever." I turn to look at him. He isn’t kidding. No hint of amusement on his taut but handsome face. This whole thing just got scarier. It all started as a one-night mess. My mate had cheated on me with my best friend and I fucked his father in revenge. I was drunk, so you can blame it on the booze. But I think I started what I can’t finish. Because now, I just may never get away from my mate’s father who has an uncanny obsession with me.

"I will only use you when I need to." Amanda has always hated the words of abuse from the lips of Oriaga Niel, her husband and CEO of the famous jewelry and fashion brand 'Gregorious' who married her a month ago. Amanda felt dirty and crazy, even though they had sex, but without love, they just hated each other all the time. Amanda is like a bitch that Oriaga bought for good, and the man wants revenge for Amanda's family's attitude in the past.

It's been four years since Nezha chose to leave everything that reminds her of her painful past. She's now a booming fashion designer and a freelance model of her own brand, upon the persuasion of her friend to come back for their marriage she met Kalisto, a freelance model and also her business partner for her next projects. Upon their fate colliding with each other, the law of attraction couldn't be denied and Nezha eventually found herself tied with him. But as if fate was playing with its strings she met her former lover one fateful day and the truth that they can't go together anymore give a devastating blow to Nezha.