The Crucible Act One Summary

Her name is Jennifer, a single industrious lady. After discovering she has coronal artery disease and have only but 3months to live. She called her parents to spend her last days with them before she die. They gave her one condition. That they will come if she's married/getting married. She lied and said she's married and they agreed to come. To fix everything in order, she need someone who she will employe as a contract, that will pretend and act like her husband throughout her parents stay. She met Mike, a commercial bus driver and offered to pay $500k for one month who declined the offer but later showed up on the very day her parents arrived, and in process, he became the best thing that ever happened to her.

I'm kidnapped at the same time as my husband's true love. I call him on the verge of death and beg him to save me. However, he thinks I'm putting on an act and only pays the ransom for his true love. He leaves me and his brother to die. Before hanging up, he snaps, "Drop the act, Marlena! Can't you see how terrified Sue is? I'll get even with you for hiring someone to kidnap her!" It's too bad Howard Jenne will never get even with me for this. The moment he turns his back on me and his autistic brother, the kidnappers kill us.

Because of her father’s debt, napilitan si Zia pumayag sa kagustuhan ng pinagkakautangan ng kanyang ama na maging alipin nito sa loob ng isang taon kaya lang ay hindi nito nilinaw kung anong klaseng alipin at iyon pala ay ang pagiging alipin nito sa kama. Wala na siyang nagawa pa kundi ang tiisin na lang ang lahat lalo na at isang taon lang naman ang kasunduan nila at bukod pa doon ay kapalit ng pagtitiis niya doon ay ang pagkakaligtas naman ng buhay ng kanyang ama. One year, just one year. Kahit na ang araw araw ay tila bangungot sa buhay niya. Ngunit habang lumilipas ang mga araw ay unti-unting nagbago ang pakikitungo ni Astre sa kaniya, unti-unti itong naging malambot at mas naging maingat sa kaniya hanggang sa tuluyan na itong nagtapat na nahuhulog na ito sa kaniya. Nagulat siya noong una dahil maging siya, sa kabila ng pagiging halimaw nito sa kama ay unti-unti na rin siyang nahuhulog dito. Ang akala niya ay magiging masaya sila pero doon pala magsisimula ang pagsubok sa relasyon nila dahil malalaman niya na si Astre pala ay asawa ng kaniyang Tita na ilang dekada ng nawawala. Maiwasan pa kaya nila ang isat-isa lalo na at malalim na ang nararamdaman nila para sa sa isat-isa? ...

Mario Aubert runs from a tricky marriage contract, losing everything he owns in the process. He becomes broke and resorts to womanising and drinking in the long run. Ironically, he picks a special interest in Belle, a one-night stand, who appears rather suspicious. Unfortunately, she is gone from his life, and he can't reach her no matter how he tries. He starts to find her everywhere, desperate to put the pieces of the puzzles together.

After having her heart broken by her fiancé, Nathan, Anne made the mistake of spending the night with a total stranger, who ended up treating her as trash the next day. But little did she know that the stranger was someone she was going to keep seeing for the rest of her life. Lucian Hawthorne is a big business entrepreneur who has a painful and tragic past which kept him reserved and with a cold demeanor. When Anne comes into his life, claiming she was carrying his child, he never suspected that she’d be the catalyst to stir up joy back into his life. But no love story would be complete if there are no villains. Amelia, Lucian’s long-time ex comes in to stir up trouble and separate the two and when she didn’t succeed, she joined hands with Lucians’ sworn enemy, Davis Armstrong. Do you think they’ll succeed in tearing the two apart? Or will they strengthen the bond between them?

She thought it was just one night. He didn’t even remember it. But fate never forgets. After catching her boyfriend cheating, Celeste Shawn drowns her heartbreak in a stranger’s arms—one night of passion with a man she never expects to see again. Until six years later, desperate for work, she finds herself face to face with her new boss: Sebastian Williams. Cold. Powerful. And completely unaware he’s the father of her child. He doesn’t remember their night… but something about Celeste stirs a pull he can’t explain. As desire rekindles and secrets teeter on the edge, love blooms again—but the truth always demands its due. When betrayal shatters their fragile bond, and danger from the past resurfaces, Celeste and Sebastian are forced to confront everything they lost… and everything they still stand to gain.

One reckless night was never supposed to change her life forever. Amara never imagined her worst day would lead her into the arms of a complete stranger. After losing her job, a night at the club ends in the bed of a dangerously irresistible man—who turns out to be Lucian Draxen: arrogant, ruthless, and the billionaire every woman in the city dreams about. When an unexpected pregnancy ties them together, Amara is forced to confront him again. Desperate and out of options, she agrees to his cold-hearted contract: work as his maid until their child turns five, then disappear forever, leaving him with full custody. The deal offers her baby financial security—but at the cost of her freedom, and maybe even her heart. Can she survive living under his roof without surrendering to the dangerous pull between them? Or will their bargain destroy them both? Find out in The Billionaire’s One-Night Stand — a story of passion, betrayal, and the dangerous line between love and ruin.

On their anniversary, Melinda’s world crumbled. Her husband the man she built a life with was caught cheating with her sister, the very woman who had always envied her and wanted everything she had but the betrayal didn’t stop there. Together, they framed her using fabricated photos, shattering her reputation and dignity in one cruel move. Heartbroken and humiliated, Melinda fled. One reckless night in Vegas led her into the arms of a stranger a man she’d never see again… or so she thought. Six years later, she returns. Not alone. But with twins whose father remains a mystery to everyone but her.

“These two men have claimed ownership but you are the only one who can tell us who the boy truly belongs to. Who is the father of you son, Luna Vanessa?” I stood inbetween both men who still looked they were about to jump each other and then I took one look at my beautiful son, the one who truly mattered and I pointed to the Alpha standing on the left. “The blood that runs through my son’s veins is his.” ****** Two Alphas. One Luna. And a baby in the mix. It all started with a love so pure and true but ended with a rejection, a scar and a baby which Vanessa swore to keep away from the man who made loving him seem like a crime and wasted three good years of her life. Four years later, she has managed to forget him and live a comfortable life, posing as the Luna for another Alpha. But then, he returns—Declan Thorne—desperate and hell-bent on taking back what belongs to him. However, with a son that calls another man ‘father’, his mother who is now the Luna for another and Alpha who took Vanessa in and falls head over heels for her, Declan Thorne has a long way to go before he can win anyone back—his heir or her heart.

Deception, indecision,envy, love take the order of the day as Davina Othis, a human girl who is hated and not wanted by her family gets transported to an alternate universe by a witch. In this universe, she finds out that human beings are given abilities to shape shift into wolves and more importantly, herself in alternate universe,is Alexis (her doppelganger) the alpha, Calvin Sanchez's mate and Alexis is missing. Frail hearted and desperate to stay alive in a world of animals, she plays the part of Alexis, the Alpha's real mate with the help of the alpha's aide and trusted friend Dante. Dante protects her from the werewolves and teaches her how to act like Alexis and they both deceive Calvin, the Alpha. But what will happen when the conspiracy between Raymond Sanchez, Calvin's elder brother and the Beta wolf and Amber the alpha's ex girlfriend is revealed and Alexis is actually dead not missing. Will Dante be able to protect Davina as Raymond and Amber try to kill her? What will happen when Calvin, finds out that his mate is not only an impostor but also a human being unable to shape shift into a wolf? And what will unfold as Dante begins to fall deeply in love with Davina, the alpha's mate. Will he go against the alpha? And also, what will happen to Calvin, the Alpha as his elder brother Raymond, the beta leads a pack of rogue wolves and tries to become the alpha? Read Fated To More Than One Alpha to find out.