The Fall Of Bataan

everything was going fine in Charlotte's life until one fine winter evening when the word was wrapped in cold blanket, Charlotte got to meet a stranger in the warmth of bookstore who was about to change her entire life. Unaware of the connection she shares with that stranger, Charlotte was happy to have a new friend unaware of his hidden intentions behind that not so coincidental meeting in the bookstore.

Skiora is a land that is far from the kingdoms and castles filled with knights in shining armour and damsels in distress. Tia is just a modern-day girl from New York who is transported to this realm filled with demons, magic and danger. Will she make it home? Or will possessing a magical amulet lead to a swift end?

He was married to help a girl under the influence of witchcraft. Didn't care about all the restrictions from the family. Damaresh stuck with his goal of getting married because he didn't want Calista to die because of something silly. His humanity just came out when he saw the sadness in Calista's eyes—trying to forget the soul mate that was chosen for him. Damaresh felt that maybe Calista was his soul mate. Then, what is the fate of the girl supposed to be Damares' soul mate? Will she go away and think that soul mates are nonsense? Or maybe they will be united in time? Then, what about Calista? Will she accept all this? Or will she back off and let Damaresh go?

Imagine you are given two choices. Choice #1 gives you a stable life with little to no uncertainties. You can have a comfortable existence but you may never experience the thrill of falling in love or the satisfaction of taking that leap into the unknown. Choice #2 gives you all the thrills and all the satisfaction but you also have the possibility of heartbreak and failures along the way. Which would you choose? For Aurora Butler, this is the exact crossroads she has come to as she starts her Senior Year at a new school. Her head is telling her one thing but after meeting Owen Marshall, her heart is telling her something entirely different. Choices are made even more difficult as responsibilities take a toll on her and she realizes some choices requires sacrifices she just isn't able to make. Just when she thinks she has it all figured out, bodies of young women who look eerily similar to her start showing up as the town realizes there is a serial killer walking among them, one who has particular tastes when it comes to his next victim. Will Aurora's instincts lead to the right choices or will her choices have deadly consequences? Can she survive to have it all or will she lose everything in the end?

Selene Wyndham falls in love with the merman, Zirion, at first sight. Despite the gossip and criticism, she rescues him from the beast pit. Although he's indifferent toward her, she never complains. She merely wishes that he never again suffers pain and hardship. She even vows to protect him for a lifetime. This goes on until the day he personally sends her into the beast pit, where she's torn apart and killed by a savage beast. Only then does Selene realize that from the very beginning, everything has been an elaborate scheme set by her younger sister, Vanessa Wyndham, to become the head of the family. And Zirion was Vanessa's very first pawn to set her plan in motion. "How does it feel to be sent into the beast pit by the very man you love, Selene?" As a set of sharp teeth pierce through her body, Selene's consciousness fades away. When she opens her eyes again, she has returned to the moment when she rescues Zirion from the beast pit. This time, Selene drives Zirion away and saves a young wolfman instead. She then makes him her personal guard. One day, the rain is pouring heavily when the once lofty and proud Zirion kneels at Selene's feet, ignoring the mud and filth on him. He digs out a scale from his body and begs in a sorrowful voice for her to spare him another glance.

“As a financial forensic, I'm trained to uncover traces of fraud in numbers. But nothing prepared me for discovering my own husband's secret accounts... and the bodies buried beneath his transactions.” In the heart of glittering Amsterdam, where ancient canals hold modern secrets, Sofia Van Der Meer is a renowned relationship therapist who seems to have it all: a successful practice, a beautiful canal house, and a perfect marriage to hedge fund manager Marcus Dekker. But behind the glitter of their elite Dutch society life lies an intricate tangle of lies that threatens to destroy everything they've built. When Marcus' dangerous secret is revealed, Sofia is drawn into a dangerous game of passion and revenge with charismatic psychiatrist Dr. Julian Reeves. As the line between professional ethics and primal desire begins to blur, Sofia must confront a dark truth: sometimes those who heal others bear the deepest wounds.

Si Evren Morales, mabait at masipag, ngunit dahil sa kahirapan, hindi siya nakapagtapos ng pag-aaral. Nagtrabaho siya para kumita ng pera at para na rin sa kaniyang ina. Ngunit pinagbintangan siya sa kasalanang 'di naman niya ginawa. Habang nasa kulungan nakilala niya ang isang matandang lalaki, nalaman nito na hindi siya nakapagtapos ng pag-aaral, kaya tinulungan at tinuruan siya nito. Dumating ang araw ng paglaya nito, kaya nangako ito kay Evren na tutulungan nito ang binata na makalaya. Isang buwan ang nakalipas, tulad ng pangako ng matanda tinulungan nito si Evren na makalaya, gamit ang pera at sa tulong ng mga matataas na kakilala nito. Sa tulong ni Don Ronaldo, malaki ang naging pagbabago sa buhay ni Evren, siya'y naging makisig, guwapo at may pinag-aralan. Upang malaman ang tunay na nangyari sa pagkamatay ng dating amo, muli itong pina-imbestigahan ng binata. Doon niya nalaman na planado ang kaniyang pagkakakulong at laking gulat niya ng malaman kung sino ang may pakana. Kaya naman nais niyang maghiganti, sa tulong ni Don Ronaldo, ibinigay sa kaniya ang isa sa mga negosyo nito. Pinalitan din niya ang kaniyang pangalan at ipinaiilala sa publiko bilang si Calvin Del Fierro. CEO nang isang sikat na magazine, ang CDF magazines. Ngunit paano niya gagawin ang balak kung ang asawa ng tao na kaniyang paghihigantihan ay asawa na ng dati niyang kasintahan. Magawa ba niyang maghiganti, kung malalaman niya na mahal pa rin siya nito?

My boyfriend, Allen, is a fitness coach who is cheerful, handsome, and has eight-pack abs. After getting together with me, he transferred all his female students to other colleagues and would send me daily check-in photos. In anticipation of becoming his fiancee, I happily prepared for our engagement ceremony. However, two weeks before the ceremony, I discovered a bright red lipstick mark on Allen’s workout pants. I quickly pulled up the check-in photo he had sent me that day. Through the reflection on a dumbbell, I saw a woman standing next to Allen—her lips painted in the exact same lipstick color. Most of the previous photos had flaws, but I had trusted Allen too much to notice them. Looking at his message under the photo, I let out a cold laugh. "Baby, I have to work overtime today to train a male student." He actually dared to deceive me. Just then, my phone rang. It was the wedding planning company confirming the engagement ceremony setup. I quickly responded with a confirmation. The ceremony would proceed as planned—except I had a special surprise prepared for Allen, one he would never forget.

My dormmate, Summer Lodge, always uses heavy-duty electrical appliances to cook in our dorm. I kindly remind her that it's a fire hazard and that she'll get a demerit if the college finds her out, but she snaps at me and tells me to mind my own business. One day, her oven bursts into flames and burns one of our dormmates—the daughter of an affluent family—to death. When the college investigates the matter to apportion the blame, Summer and another dormmate push the blame on me. I'm expelled and cyberbullied. My dead dormmate's boyfriend even comes after me for revenge. He shoves me and my family into the furnace at a crematorium. When I open my eyes again, I'm back to the day when Summer decides to make a meal with the oven.

Luca let himself be kissed, feeling Scarlett’s skin beneath his hands. He caressed her back, slowly moving his way down. This time her senses were alert and not muddled from the ale. His coarse hands moving through her body made Scarlett shiver with pleasure. ***** In a world where humanity battles to survive the constant attacks of the blood-drinking Hova, the warrior tribe of women called the Karainas fight back. With their fire magic, they have defended their lands for centuries. Scarlett is the first person to become a Karaina without having any magic, and she has the strength, skills, and speed to prove her worth. But her journey partners her up with the most unlikely allies of all: the enemy.