The Elusive Samurai

Sofia Reyes lived her life by the book... careful, meticulous, invisible. But when a single photograph drags her into the orbit of Tristan Jacinto, Manila's most elusive billionaire, everything she thought she knew about safety and control unravels overnight. What begins as scandal becomes a dangerous dance of power and proximity. Tristan is calculating, magnetic, and built from a world where reputation is armor and affection is currency. To him, everything is a transaction. To her, everything is survival. But the closer she gets, the harder it becomes to tell if she's protecting her name - or her heart. When the smoke clears, will Sofia escape with her life intact, or will she find herself too entangled to ever let go?

Forced into a marriage she never wanted, Scarlett Norman was humiliated when her husband failed to show up on their wedding day. Mocked by society and abandoned by the very man she was meant to marry, she stormed out, seeking solace in a hotel room near her workplace. Angry and desperate to reclaim control of her life, Scarlett made a reckless decision—she spent the night with a mysterious stranger. What was supposed to be a fleeting act of rebellion soon turned into a cruel twist of fate. The man she had unknowingly given herself to was none other than her elusive husband, the same man who had left her to face shame alone.

The carnivorous ways of the Aswang leave little room for love - much less a forbidden one between a queen and human girl. Little did Aswang Queen Catarina know, soon, her life would be changed by a plucky American biologist. A blue eyed, blonde adventurer, Rose Smith from California, who would make Catarina question all she knew, and want to make a human Her Aswang Woman King. ___ Catarina Rosales Marquez, 26, is the Aswang Queen of the Domminga Mountains, but she abhors eating humans. She has genetically engineered the fruits of her goddess Ikapati to produce human proteins in order to bring peace to Mindanao - but the Aswang do not trust this revolutionary, peaceful Queen - and are wary of the American biologist she has taken under her wing. Rose Smith is a German-American biologist doing her dissertation on the elusive, endangered Phillippines Eagle. Having studied the Tarsier in her undergraduate semester abroad in Manila, she fell in love with chicken adobo, pandesal - and Filipina women. Eager to be the first American biologist to do a longitudinal study of the Phillipines Eagle, she sets out into the Domminga Mountains on a bus with a one-way ticket - not afraid of the local's warnings of the rabid Iktapati Aswang Clan that eats humans, and roving bands of Tikbalang werehorses that stampede trespassers to death. When Catarina and Rose collide, it is oil and flame. Catarina, expected to marry a King, finds herself questioning the very cosmos of relationships - can she take a Queen, and a feisty American grad student at that? And can Rose come to terms with the elusive, seductive courts of the Vampiric Aswang? When the Iktapati clan rebels, the Tikbalang war, and the wind spirits coquette, Rose and Catarina must team up to save the humans of Mindanao - and the Phillipines eagle!

Ava Priestly is a hopeful young lady whose family was jeopardized by a stepmother and stepsister from hell. When the family business plummeted to the brink of bankruptcy, much was expected from her. She is arranged to pay the debt with her untouched body. Left with no choice, she agreed for the sake of her mentally challenged younger brother. On the night of her biggest sacrifice, Ava entered the wrong suite. It brought her to the elusive Matthew Lancaster’s bed, a mega-billionaire who hated the spotlight and fame. Ava found herself deliciously ravaged in his arms and bound to an unbreakable tradition that goes back millennia. Like any union driven out of necessity, theirs lacked truth and love.

Lena, a tenacious journalist, is tasked with interviewing the elusive billionaire, Ethan. Despite his reservations, Ethan agrees to the interview, and Lena is surprised to find herself drawn to him. After their interview, Lena and Ethan share an unforgettable night together, but Lena leaves before dawn, never expecting to see him again. Months later, Lena discovers she’s pregnant with Ethan’s child and tracks him down to tell him the news. She’s shocked to learn that Ethan is engaged to a conniving and manipulative woman who has been plotting to get her hands on his vast fortune. Lena and Ethan must fight to expose the truth and take down the villainous fiancé before it’s too late.

Desperate to expose Damian core, the elusive tech tycoon who built his empire on cyber security and global defense contracts who was accused of his company being involved in money laundering network by my senior colleague Charlotte. When a Data breach scandal forces Damon into a reputation saving marriage. I sneaked through the opportunity, posing as a PR consultant to get closer enough to him. We got married and I got enough evidence. It was a wrong evidence which leaks to the press, Damian world crumbled I realized it was too late because he wasn't the criminal. Now Damian is gone. Five years later, he returned from the shadows alive, changed and determined. Now, will Damian forgive me and grant me a second chance?

Eleanor worked herself to the bone—three jobs a day, even selling her mother’s only heirloom—all to pay off her boyfriend Luca’s debts. Then, on their third anniversary, she caught him shopping for rings… with her best friend. Turns out, Luca isn’t the struggling artist he pretended to be. He’s the only heir to the city’s most elusive billionaire. Heartbroken and reckless, Eleanor ends up in the arms of an older, devastatingly attractive stranger—a man whose powerful presence and faint resemblance to Luca pull her in like a dangerous dream. Only after she says yes to Luca’s proposal does she discover the truth: The stranger from that night is his father.

After five years with Mark—the soon-to-be Alpha who promised her love, loyalty, and a future as his Luna—Winny's world crumbles in one cruel night. At a grand ceremony, he publicly announces his engagement to Becky, her sister who had only just returned after disappearing for years. Betrayed, cast aside by her adoptive family, and framed for a crime she didn’t commit, Winny is left with nothing... except a scar from the kidney she was forced to give away—and a mountain of debt. But a chance encounter with the powerful and elusive Alpha King sparks a forbidden connection that refuses to fade. If she can't have Mark’s love, she'll earn the heart of someone far greater—his uncle and most admired Alpha King.

In the glittering world of Greenwich, Connecticut, where wealth and secrets collide, Kayla Morgan, a sharp-witted waitress, never expected to catch the eye of elusive billionaire Justin Drake. When a clumsy encounter at The Gilded Spoon drenches her in daiquiris, it sparks an undeniable connection that neither can shake. As the Greenwich Charity Auction looms, their paths cross again, igniting whispers of romance and a TMZ headline that thrusts Kayla into a spotlight she never wanted. Torn between doubt and desire, Kayla must navigate a world of opulence and intrigue to discover if love at first sight is real—or if Justin’s intentions are just another gilded illusion. A tale of passion, trust, and defying the odds, this romantic drama will keep you hooked as two hearts fight to find their place in a town where nothing is as it seems.

Elena Carter’s world is turned upside down when her divorce is finalized, only to discover that she’s pregnant—and the father could be either her ex-husband, Ethan, or Daniel, the stranger she shared one unforgettable night with. Torn between the two men, Elena is forced to confront a past filled with betrayal and a future she never expected. As Ethan grows determined to fight for his unborn child, his jealousy and obsession threaten to destroy everything, while Daniel remains an elusive presence, caught up in his own life. With emotions running high and the truth slipping further out of reach, Elena must navigate a web of love, lies, and heartache. Will she ever know who the father is? Or will the consequences of her choices haunt her forever?