Swimming In The River

After working for five years, I finally get to purchase my favorite penthouse in Rainville. Tessa Boston, my younger cousin who has just graduated from high school, tells me she wants to stay with me during her summer break. I want to reject her at first, but my mom claims that we're all relatives here, and that I shouldn't act all high and mighty just because I'm richer now. So, everyone drops Tessa off on my doorstep without even consulting me. But after Tessa starts living with me, she frequently sings loudly and makes a lot of noise in the middle of the night. I can't get a good night's sleep because of her. After that, she even invites her old high school classmates over to the penthouse and throws a party there. Tessa tells her classmates that this is the smallest residence she owns. Apparently, this is a gift she has received to celebrate her 18th birthday. Everyone is envious of her and calls her an actual heiress of a wealthy family. But these punks completely mess up my penthouse. My neighbors begin lodging noise complaints against me. Unable to take it anymore, I warn the youngsters to keep their voices down. But Tessa thinks I've humiliated her, so she begins harboring a grudge against me. When I'm watering my flowers on the balcony, she uses that opportunity to lock me outside. It's an insanely hot day. I'm stuck on the balcony from morning till night. By then, I've already died from the heat. When I wake up again, I've returned to the day Tessa tells me she wants to stay with me.

The day I confirmed my mate at twenty, I was stunned to find the Moon Goddess had arranged two mates for me. Alpha Amos put their photos in front of me: two heirs to the pack’s Alpha line. One was the proud and powerful Glen Wolfe, the elder brother, famed as the strongest werewolf in the north. The other was the quiet and mysterious Ryan Wolfe, the younger brother everyone whispered about because he still hadn’t awakened his wolf; they called him a useless runt. “This is the Moon Goddess’s decree,” Alpha Amos said solemnly. “Whoever you choose will be your mate and the next Alpha of the pack.” Without hesitating, I chose the younger brother, Ryan. My choice shocked everyone. After all, everyone knew I was madly in love with Glen and that I would only ever marry him. However, they did not know the truth. In my last life, I’d chosen Glen, only to discover he was having an affair with his secretary, Fawn Albertson. Alpha Amos flew into a rage and banished Fawn from the pack. Glen, convinced I had betrayed him behind his back, turned his hatred on me. From then on, he deliberately made a show of being intimate with his mistresses in front of me, forcing me to taste the pain of the mate bond. I was tormented and humiliated by those mistresses until I felt less than dirt. When my unborn pup was poisoned by one of them and died, I couldn’t take it any longer. I chose to end my life. I never expected the Moon Goddess to give me a second chance. This time, I resolved to step aside so that Glen could be happy with Fawn. However, he had also been sent back in time to relive his life, and instead of calm, he broke down.

Axecel dela Rosa is a transferee student at Manila University. He comes from a small town in the quiet countryside in Mindanao. He struggles to form meaningful of relationship and feelings in the capital City of Manila. It's not easy, but he try his best to make a new friends in his University. Meanwhile, Christopher Vicente a señior Fine Arts student, is now returning to Manila-and the same University after his long vacation. The coriousity of the two started when they spent a night together after a fun and tiring long week. Their bond continued when Axecel join the swimming club that Top attends. When the swimming club embarks on a journey, the two finds themselves together alone and share a kiss for the second times. And Axecel begin to act again as if nothing happened between them, but Christopher tries his to be a good friend even though he knows he has a strange feeling to Axecel.

The day after my best friend, Sarah Blunt married Patrick, the second son of the Brosnan family, I too became a bride and wed Matthew, his older brother. She married a swimming champion, and I, the rock-climbing coach. We thought we had our futures all figured out. Then, something happened that summer. The four of us planned a getaway but Matthew and Patrick’s baby sister, Megan joined us and our peaceful trip became a crowded affair.  While rock climbing, disaster struck—the rope snapped, and all five of us plummeted into the river below. The brothers rushed frantically to save Megan, leaving Sarah and me at the mercy of the river’s current, battered and tossed like driftwood. By the time the rescue team pulled us from the water, we were bruised, scraped, and utterly spent. In the hospital, Megan and I received devastating news that would change everything.  “You’ve been pregnant for 40 days, Ma’am. How could you put yourself in such a risky situation? Your baby survived, but your friend lost hers.” Shaken, I called Matthew to tell him about the pregnancy. His anger cut through the line. “You’re angry that I went to Megs first and now you’re trying to fool me with a fake pregnancy? She’s my sister—it’s my duty to protect her!” Sarah faced her own storm. Patrick practically scoffed at her grief. “Miscarriage? Do you expect me to believe that? The doctors said you only had a 30% chance of conceiving. I can’t stand women who create drama out of nothing.” Both calls ended abruptly, leaving us stunned as we stared at each other in the sterile light of the hospital room. In that shared silence, we made our decision—we would leave these men behind and start anew, launching a business together. But when the brothers received our divorce papers, they showed up at my door in the middle of a storm, kneeling in the pouring rain, crying through the night for a second chance.

Demi balas budi Shiera rela dinikahkan dengan River—suami dari teman lamanya untuk melahirkan seorang anak laki-laki. Shiera harus bercerai dengan River setelah berhasil menjalankan tugasnya dengan baik sebagai rahim pengganti. Hubungan yang dianggap bisa berakhir dengan mudah justru semakin rumit setelah River—lelaki yang terkenal angkuh dan dingin mulai memberikan perhatian lebih kepada Shiera sejak kehamilannya. Mungkinkah River jatuh cinta kepada Shiera? Akankah Shiera merebut cinta River dari sahabatnya? Atau ia memilih menjauh pergi untuk selamanya?

My Protective CEO buku pertama CEO Series- Demi melunasi hutang keluarganya, Sierra Harper harus menjajakan tubuhnya pada pria berbeda setiap malamnya. Pekerjaan lainnya sebagai asisten produksi di sebuah stasiun TV mengantarkannya pada klien-klien VVIP yang berasal dari golongan milyuner sampai pejabat pemerintahan. Suatu hari, atasannya mengancam akan membeberkan "pekerjaan sampingan" Sierra jika tidak berhasil mendapatkan wawancara eksklusif dengan River Clayton, CEO CL groups yang amat dingin, misterius sekaligus menawan di saat bersamaan. Siapa sangka, River malah jatuh hati pada pesona Sierra. Wanita berambut hitam legam dan panjang yang kerap terlihat kikuk di hadapannya. River yang menyentuh tubuhnya dengan penuh cinta, menghujani kecupan dan menghangatkan malam-malam Sierra. Namun Sierra selalu merasa tidak pantas dengan cinta River yang begitu besar padanya. Akankah River berhasil meyakinkan wanita itu jika cintanya memang tulus seperti ucapannya? Atau jangan-jangan... River hanya memanfaatkan tubuh Sierra seperti klien-kliennya selama ini?

Everyone thought Zed would end up with Amber. So did River — until Amber left, and fate forced her to take her sister’s place. River stepped in as his mate, his Luna, and the one who held his world together. While Zed loathed her, River ruled beside him… until one night changed everything. Three years of cold marriage vanished in one mistake — and one missed period later, River had something to tell him. But when she went to tell him, Amber was back. And this time, she didn’t just want Zed. She wanted River gone — with one deadly lie that could take everything. Even her life.

Setelah diiming-imingi uang yang cukup besar serta investasi di perusahaan ayahnya, Alicia menerima perjodohan itu dengan catatan dia harus menaklukkan hati River dan mengandung anaknya. Ia berpikir semua akan berjalan mudah. Namun, ia salah besar. River bukan sekadar pria dewasa—ia adalah sosok dingin yang tak tersentuh. "Jangan pernah berani menyentuhku, atau kau akan menyesal." Penolakan terus-menerus dari River justru membangkitkan rasa penasaran Alicia. Dalam usahanya mengungkap misteri di balik sikap dingin River, sebuah fakta mengejutkan terkuak. Fakta apakah yang ditemukan Alicia? Dan akankah ia memilih untuk melanjutkan pernikahan ini, atau mundur sebelum terlambat?

Cory Sullivan, my ten-year-old son, joins a swimming class organized by his school. A bunch of his fellow students end up pinning him to the drain of the swimming pool. I spot the streak of red in the water and completely lose my mind. I immediately dash over to save Cory, but by the time I do, his face has turned swollen and blue from the suction. Blood trickles from his mouth. He's no longer breathing. Andy Webster, the ringleader of the trio who hurt Cory, arrogantly declares that he won't be criminally prosecuted because he's a minor. "So what if I did it? He started getting on my nerves ages ago! Now that he's dead, no one else can compete with me to be the top in our class." Andy's father, Greg Thompson, condescendingly throws me a debit card. "There's 100 thousand dollars in there. That should be enough to make up for your son's worthless life." Outrage, I demand justice, but my wife, Sheryl Lowe, stops me. "Andy's just a kid himself. Are you going to force someone else's kid to lose his freedom just because your own son is dead?" I stop at nothing in the pursuit of justice, but Andy simply gets sent to a juvenile detention center. That's nowhere near enough for me. Eventually, I lose all hope. I lie down at Cory's grave and swallow a bottle of sleeping pills. Suddenly, my eyes open again. I've returned to the day I took Cory to the swimming pool. I immediately drag him off to take him back home before anything happens, but alas, a young boy still ends up losing his life at the pool.

Having a human as a mate is outlawed in the Crescent Moon Pack. Alpha Leo, a delightful young man, is living and ruling his Pack under these great laws. He doesn't know that the Moon Goddess has other plans for him. Circumstances lead to him meeting his Mate, Mason.The CEO of Mason's Corporation by saving his son who was almost drowned to death in a swimming pool.