The Fall Of Icarus Book

On her 18th birthday, Tina Rodriguez will be the CEO of her deceased parents' corporation. It's what she's been working towards her whole young life. But it's not the only thing she was bound to inherit. Soon enough, Tina finds herself stuck between two worlds, both claiming her as their own. The only one she can rely on is Haneul, the handsome angel who has secrets of his own.

Danika has the perfect life. Perfect family. Perfect friends. Perfect grades. Perfect mate. Perfect, right? No. She has a few secrets she hasn’t admitted. Secrets like Hadley Robertson. So how does she escape this? Reading. And Hadley… he has a few secrets of his own too.

Awalnya Selena mengira dirinya adalah putri sah Raja dan Ratu kerajaan Axylon, sebelum akhirnya seorang tahanan wanita di penjara bawah tanah menceritakan bahwa ia bukan anak mereka. Jati dirinya perlahan terkuak dan mengakibatkan hubungan Selena dengan Raja dan Ratu merenggang. Ditambah, cincin Blue Saphire yang ia kenakan mulai menunjukkan sebuah misteri baginya. Selain itu, pergolakan antara Axylon dan Vainea membuatnya terjebak dalam pernikahan politik dengan Pangeran Azura, Putra Mahkota Vainea demi terciptanya perjanjian damai setelah berperang selama hampir dua dekade. Namun, keputusan Raja baru Vainea yang menginginkan perdamaian dengan Axylon justru mengakibatkan adanya pemberontakan oleh suatu kelompok dari kerajaan Vainea itu sendiri yang tak menginginkan perjanjian damai tersebut. Keadaan diperparah dengan tewasnya raja Zealda dalam politik adu domba, membuat perdamaian yang baru tercipta kembali retak. Selena berusaha menghadapi polemik antar kerajaan di tengah masalah pribadinya yang belum usai. Sayangnya, situasinya semakin memburuk ketika Raja Radith juga tewas dalam insiden pemberontakan. Di sisi lain, Selena sudah jatuh hati pada suaminya, tapi perang antar dua kerajaan tak dapat dihindari lagi. Kini ia pun terjebak di antara cinta dan politik yang tengah berkecamuk.

When my best friend Katie fell for a bratva underboss Ivan, I swore I would never get involved with such dangerous men. But one day, I realized my contracted husband Albert, who supposedly married me for a green card, turned out to be Ivan's Bratva boss...

Mula sa masakit na karanasan sa unang pag-ibig, tatlong taon ang lumipas nang mapagpasyahan ni Celestine na ituon na lang ang sarili sa kompanyang naman mula sa nagretiradong ama. Sa mga papeles at tanging sa trabaho na lamang niya ibinuhos ang buong atensyon upang makalimutan ang masalimuot na karanasan mula sa dating nobyo na nangloko at ginamit lang siya para sa pera niya. Hindi naging madali para sa kaniya ang lahat ngunit minabuti niyang huwag nang pagtuunan pa ng pansin ang paghanap ng lalaki na para sa kaniya o kung meron ba talaga. Ngunit nagbago ang lahat nang makilala niya ang isang lalaki na bigla na lamang sumulpot sa kaniyang buhay. Hindi niya inaasahan na makakatagpo ng isang gwapo at matipunong nilalang na kahit ang ipis ay maaring mahumaling rito. Sa bawat araw na magkasama sila sa isla ay hindi mapigilang mas nahulog pa ang kaniyang loob sa lalaki. Paano na niya mapipigilan ang malalim na nararamdaman gayung alam naman niyang hindi rin magtatagal ay maghihiwalay rin sila ng landas dahil aalis rin siya sa lugar na iyon matapos magbakasyon? Kakayanin niya kayang mawalay sa piling nito o hahayaan na lamang ang kung anuman ang nararamdaman para sa binata?

#R18.. SHE SPENT TEN YEARS LOCKED UP ONLY TO BE BOUGHT BY THE MAN WHO MIGHT JUST BE INVOLVED IN HER MISFORTUNE. Aurelia Costa has spent her almost all her adolescent in an auction house where girls are being bought like cattles. The ones who don’t get successfully auctioned gets beaten and sexually assaulted. Everything changes for her when she gets auctioned by a mysterious mafia boss. He’s the strangest person she has ever seen as she feels uncomfortable whenever she’s near him.She doesn’t know what he wants from her— why he bought her. But she knows one thing, and that’s the fact that he’s absolutely dangerous for her. And his twin might just be her mate. What starts as a game of manipulation and revenge turns into a sick twisted addictive cat and mouse of the heart— and blood. 🔥CONTENT WARNING: This is a DARK, 18+ paranormal mafia romance. It contains graphic sex scenes, blood lust, morally gray characters, obsession, manipulation, power play, trauma, and violence. Not for sensitive readers. Read at your own risk.

I had a cousin my age. She overslept and was late for her SATs. Yet, she pinned the blame on me, saying that I made her take some fever medication. She stole 300 thousand meant for Grandma's surgery, claiming it was to buy me a car. She even insisted I was at fault when she accidentally got pregnant and took the wrong abortion pills, leading to severe bleeding. She vehemently insisted I pushed her, causing her to fall. My boyfriend stood by her side time and time again. Eventually, he finally gave up on me, telling me it was over. My aunt shoved me down the stairs, accusing me of ruining her daughter's life. My boyfriend witnessed the whole thing, but he told them I had fallen by accident when the police came. I died without ever seeing justice for myself. When I thought my life was finally over, I opened my eyes. I had returned to the day my cousin stole the money meant for Grandma's surgery.

Walking by the street and carrying a problem with a heavy feeling is really hard. Then all of sudden because you really can't handle the stress and problem you are facing, you just wanted to end your life but then; someone grabbed your hand and bring you to his house and offered you a marriage proposal.

Midnight has been in love with Abby ever since. He never imagined his life being tied to another woman, but when he proposed to her, her father Salvatore meddled. The rich man doesn’t want his eldest daughter to be a Castelloverde. Ang dahilan nun ay ang alitan ng Papa niya at ni Salvatore, dahil sa negosyo. Nagpakasal si Abby sa ibang lalaking negosyante, at dahil dun ay nabuo sa isip at puso ni Midnight ang paghigiganti. The secret in his name has to show up. The first devilish billionaire turned his heart dark. He has to avenge himself, and the only person who will give him satisfaction and feed his lost pride is the youngest sibling of Abby, Desire, the twenty- year-old premed student of Sto. Tomas. Midnight is going to make Salvatore feel what he felt by hurting his youngest daughter.

Maximus is the true monster of your nightmares. His beast has to be kept locked away or it will cause destruction in there path. He is the monster that disappears right before your very eyes and you will never see him coming. But what about the girl who sees it all. Will she be enough to conquer a monster or will she put herself in danger by trying?