The First Husband: A Novel

"You will do what I want and there is no going back on my words!" John's voice boomed out. "Dad, I f**king have a boyfriend, what do you expect me to tell him?" "That you are getting married!" "But he is mute."  "I don't care!"  Chloe Thomas, a sassy shopping queen known and hated by everyone, is forced to get married to a rich tycoon's son who everyone knows as a mute because he doesn't talk to people, to save her dad's business. What if this arranged marriage would help her a lot? What if she behaves that way for a reason? What if what she shows to the world to be her is different from the real her?

She thought arranged marriages are just for Chinese. Pero nagkamali siya nang siya mismo ang ipinagkasundo ng sariling pamilya sa nag-iisang apong lalaki ng kaibigan ng Lolo niya. Ngunit hindi naging madali ang lahat dahil ang lalaking pakakasalan niya ay isang mayabang, arogante at masama ang ugali na walang ibang ginawa kundi inisin siya kapag nagtatagpo ang landas nila at ginagawa nito ang lahat ng paraan para lang mapaatras siya sa kasunduan. Will their hate for each other eventually turn into love or will the hate gets worst that may cause war between the two families?

"Beautiful, wealthy but unlucky". Was what everyone thought of Isabella Arroyo; gorgeous African - Mexican billionaire after she was dumped by fiance number three at a friend's party. Swearing off men, she goes on an extended vacation to her mother's country to lick her wounds and hide away from the world and vowed never to fall in love again but what she didn't expect was to find love in an unexpected place with an unexpected man who was hired to be her husband by her mother but circumstances gets in the way of their relationship and forces them apart. Will they ever find their way back to each other?

Bagai disambar petir di siang bolong, begitu Amilie mengetahui bahwa orang tuanya malah menjodohkan sang Kakak dengan pacarnya! Di titik terpuruknya, kehadiran Theo pun seperti dewa penyelamat. Ia menolong Amilie untuk kembali bangkit dan membalaskan dendam. Sampai suatu ketika, sesuatu yang tidak diharapkan terjadi. Dan nyawa-lah menjadi taruhannya!

"Jangan sok perhatian sama gue, lo bukan tipe gue, ingat itu. Dan lo juga harus tau jika pernikahan ini hanya sekedar formalitas agar orang tua gue bahagia lihat gue nikahin lo." -Adinata Ailen Caessar- "Dan lo harus tau, gue akan buat lu jatuh cinta sama gue sejatuh jatuhnya sampe lo gak bisa lagi berpaling ke wanita lain bahkan wajahnya bak princes sekalipun." - Vanya kamila abimanyu.-

Tyler has been through more than most, and life has never given him a real break. All he wants is to finish his job and figure things out—but one wild trip to Vegas changes everything. He wakes up married to Quin McKenzie, the same man who made his life miserable years back and probably doesn't remember. Quin is wealthy, controlling, and desperate to keep his inheritance, so he offers Tyler a deal: stay married until he clicks thirty and get paid. Tyler doesn’t trust him, but he needs the money Quin was offering, so he agrees. What starts as a fake marriage soon turns into something messy and real. Feelings began to get involved and l walls start to crack. Suddenly Tyler is risking his heart for a man he swore to hate. Now, with secrets coming out and time running out, they both have to decide—is this just a mistake… or something worth fighting for?

สิ่งที่เขามีให้ต่อเธอคือความรับผิดชอบเท่านั้น ปากก็พร่ำบอกว่าไม่รัก ก็ไม่รักหรอกแต่หลงหัวปักหัวปํา! เหตุจากคืนนั้น(โดยมี'น้ำมนต์'เด็กฝึกงานของแม่หมอตัวแสบเข้ามาเอี่ยวด้วย)ทำให้ไฮโซสาวสวอย่าง'ณิชา'ต้องแต่งงานกับของกุนซือนายตำรวจหนุ่มเย็นชา ทั้งนี้เขายังเป็นหลานชายแท้ๆของอิงอรภรรยาใหม่ของผู้เป็นพ่อที่เธอแสนจะเกลียดชังอีก หลังจากนี้จะเกิดอะไร เมื่อคนทั้งสองต้องใช้ชีวิตคู่อยู่ด้วยกัน กุนซือ (ธีร์) วีระวงศ์ 32 years old. "อย่าให้ต้องย้ำเธออีก..ณิชา!" "หัดเกรงใจทะเบียนสมรสบ้างก็ดี..ฉันไม่อยากโดนหาว่าเมียกำลังสวมเขาให้" ณิชา วีระวงศ์ 24 years old. "อย่ามาตวาดฉันนะกุนซือ! พูดดีๆไม่เป็น เรอะ!" "งั้นพรุ่งนี้ไปหย่ากันเลยไหม..จะได้ไม่ต้องโดนถูกหาว่าฉันสวมเขาให้"

Nagpakasal ako sa lalaking tinatawag na pangit at inutil ng aking pamilya, pero tagapagmana pala at isa sa pinakamayamang tao sa Pilipinas. *** Nakahandang ibenta ni Rosita ang sarili sa mababang halaga, mabayaran lang ang utang ng mga taong itinuring na niyang mga magulang. Pero inalok siya ng limang milyong piso ng matandang nakabili sa kaniya. Ang kapalit? Pakasalan niya ang anak-anakan nito. Kapalit ang malaking halaga ay pumayag si Rosita na pakasal sa estranghero. Ang hindi niya alam, ubod ng pangit ang lalaking kailangan niyang pakasalan. Wala siyang nagawa kundi pumayag sa kasal at ibigay ang sarili sa pangit na lalaki, pero hindi ang kaniyang puso. Sigurado siyang hinding-hindi niya mamahalin ang katulad ni Sixto na pangit na nga, utusan pa sa Villa Hernandez. Dumating sa buhay niya si Hanz Concepcion—guwapo, simpatico, haciendero at gusto siyang agawin mula sa pangit niyang asawa. Paano kung ang inaakala nilang patay na—magbabalik bilang pinakamayaman at isa sa pinakaguwapong lalaki sa bansa? Titibok na kaya ang puso ni Rosita para sa asawa? Paano kung may ibang babae na pala sa buhay nito? Nakahanda ba siyang ilaban ang pagiging asawa niya—lalo pa't may anak sila?

ISang Taon pagkatapos ng kasal ni ni Johnny ay bigla na lang itong namatay sa hindi niya malamang dahilan.Kaya naman ng malaman niya na may sakit pala itong malala ay Medyo sumama loob niya pero paano niya ba iton matatanggap gayong mahal na mahal niya ito.Kaya halos mabaliw siya ng mamatay ito.Araw araw siyang nagluluksa at sa kagustuhan niyang makausap ang asawa ay naghanap siyang taga kausap ng kaluluwa.Si Brix na bakit naman sa dinami dami ng tao ay kamukha pa ng asawa niya ang nakikita na na tila ba alam na alam nito lahat sa tuwing magkakaroon sila ng session. hanggang sa unti unti na niyang nararamdaman na hindi na asawa niya ang gusto niyang kausapin kundi ang lalaking kaharap na niya mismo. At ang lalaking ito ay ang kapatid pala ng asawa niya na lingid sa kanyang ka alaman ay ang tumanggap ng eye cornea ng kanyang asawa.Paano niya lalaban ang nararamdaman na iyon kung sa tuwing tititigan niya ang mata nito ay asawa niya ang nakikita niya.

Uncommitted, immature, selfish, and a cheater. Isa lang 'yan sa mga salitang ibinabato kay Cosette Mallory, ang sikat na aktres ng Pilipinas. Being married with a prominent actor na si James Charles Alejo, maraming tao na ang nagsasabi na napakasuwerte niyang babae. They were a perfect couple, or so they thought. Dahil ang inakala nilang mag-asawa na perpektong nagmamahalan ay matagal nang basag sa simula pa lamang. Cosette who loves Charles has never received love from a man she sworn to give her life to. At para sa lalaking kan'yang minamahal, Cosette will do everything para maprotektahan lang ang reputasyon ng nangangaliwa niyang asawa. Even if it means destroying herself at ang pangarap niyang matagal niyang binuo. Matatakasan pa kaya ni Cosette ang mala-impyerno niyang buhay mag-asawa? Ano ang dapat niyang gawin para lang maalis ang malaking galit sa kan'ya ni Charles? Will Cosette remain just a married and cheater woman?