Scarlet Desire

Warning... or Invitation? That choice is yours. This isn’t a fairytale. This isn’t about sweet kisses beneath cherry blossoms or soft smiles under the stars. No. This is raw, This is reckless, This is “Burning Embers: Scorching Tales of Desire” A collection of BL short stories carved from lust, laced with obsession, and kissed by chaos. Each chapter stands on its own, a world where strangers become addictions, roommates cross lines, enemies blur into lovers, and the line between want and need snaps without warning. These men don’t fall in love. They fall into temptation. They crash into each other like lightning against the sea, loud, unforgiving, and beautiful in their destruction. You’ll find no gentle romance here. Only the ache of fingertips brushing where they shouldn't, the weight of glances held too long, the gasp before the plunge. This is for the ones who know love isn’t always tender. That sometimes, the most unforgettable stories are the ones written in bruises and longing. This is for those who crave stories that leave a mark, who don’t flinch when desire gets messy, when hearts bleed a little before they beat as one. Not for the faint-hearted. Not for the clean-handed. This is for the bold, the brave, the ones who dare to touch the flame even if it burns. So turn the page. Step into the fire. But don’t say I didn’t warn you--- Because once the embers catch, they never go out.

Sepuluh tahun berakhir sia-sia, meski tidak ada perselingkuhan mewarnai hubungan kita. Maafkan aku, jika tidak bisa menepati janjiku. Maafkan aku jika tidak bisa menemanimu hingga nanti kita menua. Kita cari kebahagiaan masing-masing. Kamu dengan pilihanmu dan aku dengan pria yang bisa menerima kekuranganku. "Mungkin di kesempatan kedua nanti, kamu akan mendapatkan kebahagiaanmu dan aku mendapatkan bahagiaku." (Embun) "Penyesalan terbesar ketika aku kehilanganmu." (Fariq) "Aku menerimamu dengan semua kekuranganmu. Aku tidak akan mengkhianatimu. Seperti yang dilakukan papaku pada mamaku." (Andrean)

ความฝันของ ‘ฟางเหม่ยอี้’ คือการมีความรักสักครั้งหนึ่งในชีวิต และเมื่อวันที่ปรารถนามาถึง เจ้าชายปริศนาได้มอบดอกกุหลาบให้ 999 ดอก นั้นให้กับเธอ แต่ใครจะไปรู้ว่าคือเขากันละ ! ทว่าสำหรับ ‘เฟยหลง’ การที่ได้มองรอยยิ้มของสาวน้อยนั้นทำให้เขามีความสุขมากที่สุด แม้จะไม่ยอมรับว่าแอบชอบเธอก็ตาม แต่ทว่าลูกพี่ลูกน้องได้บอกกับเขาว่า “ถ้าอยากรู้ว่าหลงรักไหม ให้ลองกอดดูสิ !”

They say love is blind. But in a world like his, blindness is a luxury. Aurelio De Luca. A devil. He doesn't believe in love — to him, it is a beautiful lie. He alone is the truth — and the truth is brutal. Cold. Calculated. To him, emotion is nothing more than a weakness. Until her. Snow. The moment he laid his eyes on her, something stirred within him — something dark, wild, and utterly uncontrollable. She doesn't make him soft — she makes him want. She's everything he isn't. Everything he doesn't want. Pure. Innocent. Her beauty haunts him. Her smile torments him. Her beauty? A curse. Her softness? A poison. She makes his body burn with a desire he cannot extinguish. She's everything his world has poisoned. He's never been this out of control. Aurelio is bound by a contract — a cold, unyielding rule that forbids him to fall in love. She doesn't understand the rules. She doesn't understand that to fall for him is to play with death. But she wants him — her desire becoming a threat to him and the entire Italian mafia. But Snow, like fire burns with an untamed desire — a desire he can't contain. He doesn't fall in love... But he's about to fall into an obsession. No, not fall. He's walking into an obsession.

คนนึงก็ร้าย อีกคนก็ไม่ยอมใคร มันจะเป็นความรักได้จริง ๆ หรอ? หรือสุดท้ายมันก็แค่ความสัมพันธ์ที่บิดเบี้ยว?

Juana Escarzega, a savvy businesswoman, returns to her family's hacienda in the Philippines, stirring whispers of memories, sa paniniwalang ito ang magiging pahinga niya sa mga problemang tiniis niya sa Canada. Amidst the embrace of the cold sea breeze, she’s back to confront the memories she left behind. Especially her forgotten relationship with Izo Eloje Frentones Jr. In the centre of Samar's social whirlwind, old flames flicker, and family ties tighten. Nang magkaharap ang dalawa, tila bumalik ang mga ala-ala at humapdi ang mga sugat na matagal nilang ikinubli. Drawn back by Izo's magnetic pull, Juana faces their shared past, grappling with passion and pain. With the circling rumours and lurking secrets, they must decide. Isugal ang lahat, o baguhin ang tadhana. Against the stunning coastline, they confront their feelings and the harsh world's realities. Can they overcome obstacles and find forgiveness, or will they discover a different kind of love's liberation?

(SEQUEL dari THE HOTTEST CEO) Makaila mengalami trauma berat setelah melihat insiden pembunuhan yang berlangsung tepat di depan matanya. Setelah dua tahun berusaha untuk kembali hidup normal, Makaila pun memutuskan untuk melanjutkan pendidikan sekolah menengah atasnya dengan tetap berada di rumah, tempat paling aman menurut Makaila. Namun, keputusan itu ternyata membawa bencana bagi Makaila. Sosok pembunuh yang selama ini terus mengganggu tidu Makaila, tiba-tiba muncul dan mulai meminta bayaran atas apa yang sudah Makaila ketahui. “Aku sudah menutup mulutku atas apa yang aku lihat. Aku tidak akan mengatakan pada siapa pun mengenai hal itu. Jadi, tolong lepaskan aku.”—Makaila Dalila Analise “Sayangnya, aku ini termasuk tipw orang yang tidak mempercayai perkataan orang lain. Aku perlu jaminan. Karena itulah, aku akan menjadikan tubuhmu sebagai jaminannya. Bukankah terbakar dalam gairah terdengar menarik?”—Bara Sarkara Treffen

Si Xyza Gabrielle Ignacio, dalawampu 't tatlong taong gulang, ay nag-iisang anak ng isa sa pinakamayayamang pamilya sa mundo ng negosyo. Dahil dito, lumaki siyang spoiled at sanay na nakukuha ang lahat ng gusto. Mas inuna pa niya ang barkada, gala at luho. Ang pag-aaral? Palaging nasa huli sa kanyang listahan. Ngunit nagbago ang lahat nang mamatay ang kanyang ama sa isang aksidente. Dahil sa depresyon, ay napabayaan ng kanyang ina ang kanilang negosyo hanggang sa tuluyang malugi at magsara. Kaya sa isang iglap ay bigla na lamang nawala ang marangyang buhay na kinasanayan niya. At sa isang desisyong hindi inaasahan, muling nagpakasal ang kanyang ina, isang bagay na labis niyang tinutulan. Mas lalo pang gumulo ang lahat nang napag-alamang sa bahay ng bagong asawa nito sila titira. Doon niya nakilala si Flint Atlas Martinez, ang "bagong kapatid" niya sa papel. Tatlumpung taong gulang, strikto, may kayabangan, pero hindi maikakailang mapang-akit. Isa itong CEO ng matagumpay na engineering firm na siyang pagmamay-ari ng pamilya nito. Araw-araw silang nagbabangayan. Hindi sila magkasundo sa kahit maliit na bagay. Si Xyza, palaban at maarte. Si Flint, mayabang at sobrang higpit sa kanya sa hindi malamang dahilan. Pero paano kung sa likod ng kanilang mga pagtatalo, unti-unting umusbong ang isang bawal na damdamin? Bawal na damdamin sa mata ng ibang tao, dahil sa papel ay magkapatid sila. Ngunit, kung kailan unti-unti na nilang nauunawaan ang tunay nilang nararamdaman para sa isa 't isa, saka naman nagsilabasan ang mga hadlang. Una na roon ang ina ni Xyza, dahil naniniwala itong isa na silang pamilya. At ang masaklap pa, umeksena pa ang dating kasintahan ni Flint, isang babaeng handang gawin ang lahat upang maagaw muli ang lalaking minamahal niya. Hanggang saan nila kayang ipaglaban ang kanilang mga damdamin sa dami ng mga humahadlang sa kanilang pag-iibigan?

I don't believe in fairytale. I don't believe in happy endings too. To me, anything that involves freedom is a myth. Love is a strange word, something I sought for ages but only got slapped back in the end by the strong fume of hatred that surrounded me. The only thing that can end this pain is death, mine or my abuser's. And either way, I was prepared. ~Ellen Oliver ~ *** His hand roamed my body possessively, his gaze penetrating me with lust and hunger, his finger finding its way to my core. His voice, gruffly and nasal, filled my ear with a disturbing hunger. "You are mine. Mine alone. Mine to touch, mine to keep, mine to fuck. All of you, Omega. I own all of your goddamn body. You are my pleasure toy..." *** Rejected by her mate and forsaken by her pack, Ellen Oliver endured massive humiliations and tortures because she was believed to be a cursed wolf, and like an icing on the cake of her misery, she happened to be an Omega too. The hell, she was the weakest Omega. After losing her mother due to a forced labour to produce her, Ellen was hated by even her Beta father whom one would have expected to naturally love her. She felt life couldn't get any worse for her, as her survival depended on how well she pleases and entertained her tormentors. But there was a revival.. a revival she never expected nor believed and it came with a change that had her tormentors on their knees, at her feet. ..

As long as Princess Kaliya remains untouched and undefiled, she will continue to serve as a symbol of peace between the wolves and the goddess. Her fate is sealed: death untouched. Alpha Cody, from the bloodline of the gods of lust, doesn't believe there could be a woman that does not desire to be fucked. Obsessed with claiming the 'untainted maiden of the Moon', Cody will stop at nothing even if it means endangering his marriage with Kaliya's cousin. But seducing Kaliya comes with huge consequences threatening the balance between the South and the North wolves. Can Kaliya resist this Alpha's temptations or will she succumb to his desires and risk everything?