The Magnolia Palace: A Novel

Si Mona ay isang bata na galing sa ampunan,dahil sa hirap ng buhay pumayag siyang ipadala ng kanyang ina sa kumbento para doon makapagtapos ng pag aaral,hanggang sa nakilala niya ang binatilyong si Ivan sa kumbento,hanggang saan ang kayang tiisin ni Mona gayung bata pa lamang siya alam na niyang wala itong ni katiting na pagtingin sa kanya,hanggang saan ang kaya niyang tiisin at isakripisyo mapaibig niya lamang ang isang Rivano Galvez o mas kilala niya bilang Ivan ganung iba ang itinatangi ng puso nito

Upon unfolding the truth in the past, the sentiments unraveled. Magi and Dylan were each other’s first love, proving that ‘first love never dies. They were about to start their fairytale-like love story, not until a controversial revelation happened… that Dylan was the ex-boyfriend of her sister, Macy. Her sister’s ex-boyfriend that she is still in love with and obsessed with. Will it matter to Magi the love she has for Dylan? Or rather will she choose to let him go for her sister’s sake? Could she be able to prioritize herself or instead, she chooses to give up the love she has for Dylan in the fear that the relationship she has with Macy could possibly be broken?

Vier had her worst time when her father died. And as the oldest, she obliged herself to be the main provider of the family and to do this, she chose to end her relationship with Cloud, the man she wholeheartedly loved.  She accepted an offer to work abroad but a week before leaving the Philippines, she found out that she was pregnant and she's too sure that Cloud wouldn't let her leave so she just kept about it by herself for the sake of her dream and for her family.   But Cloud knew about it. Out of desperation, she just said that the child was gone. She saw and felt his madness that night.   Cloud thought that their child could bring Vier back to him but the baby was gone as Vier had told him. He felt death from that moment. He tried to survive from that nightmare Vier had created, but it seems like destiny won't allow him.

Being the only child to the Queen of Castle Grey, lost within the confines of mount Trenon, Kilvic is made to learn a number of things best suited to the heir to the Elzcrid bloodline at the hands of tutors handpicked by his mother. However, his fifteenth birthday sends him beyond the reaches of his mother’s domain. She has tasked him with the duty of learning more. Understanding greater things than she can teach him, greater things with which to cope with the curse upon his bloodline as she had been taught by her father and mother. Finding himself in a new kingdom, in an academy designed for only the most elite of mages, Kilvic is tasked to survive the new things he will come to learn, while struggling with the chaos of human association, as he comes to understand that while he may know a great deal about the world from the castle archives, it is a different thing to experience them. The association between people isn’t as easily deciphered as the books made them seem. As he struggles with the task of becoming a mage and a student along with surviving new friendships, failure threatens him at every turn and people prove pettier than the books would have him believe. Yet, despite all these, somewhere hidden in the shadows of the kingdom, a creature stirs, taking from the academy the one thing it values most. Kilvic must survive the trials of the academy, keep his friends, best his first enemy, and ensure that what stirs must not cause more damage than the kingdom can bear, lest the supremacy of Castle Grey be called into question in realms beyond that which most know. And all in time to attend the Winter Hall Fest.

Matapos ang pagkamatay ng kanyang mga magulang, si Amelia ay nabalian at nakulong. Kinuha siya ng kanyang mapagmahal na tiyuhin upang alagaan siya, ngunit hindi pa handa ang kanyang mga pinsan na tanggapin siya bilang pamilya. Ginawa nilang miserable at hindi mabata ang kanyang buhay. Pangarap niyang makatakas sa miserableng buhay na ito at magkaroon ng magmamahal sa kanya balang araw, ngunit tila napakaimposible. Ngunit ang lahat ng ito ay nagbago nang ihagis sa kanya ng kanyang tiyuhin ang isang sorpresang party, at nagkamali siyang nagnakaw ng isang halik mula sa isang mahalaga, kapansin-pansin ngunit mayabang na bilyonaryong CEO. Nagiging may utang na loob siya sa magarbong lalaking ito at kailangan niyang magbayad. Ngunit ano ang maibibigay ng isang mahirap na babae sa isang napakahusay na lalaki? Si James Parker ay isang sikat na bilyonaryong CEO, na pangarap ng bawat babae. Binubugbog niya ang sinumang babae na gusto niya. Ang mga babaeng ito ay kailangang maging maganda at sunod sa moda bago niya maisip na magkaroon ng anumang bagay sa kanila. Kung isasaalang-alang ang kanyang katayuan at kayamanan, hindi niya hahayaang mawala si Amelia, hindi pagkatapos na dumampi ang kaawa-awang labi nito sa mamahaling labi. Pinapanatili niya itong malapit sa kanya at pinahihirapan siya sa iba't ibang paraan para sa kanyang krimen. Ano ang gagawin ni Amelia kapag kailangan niyang maglakad patungo sa bilyunaryo na hindi niya nakitang kinabukasan, para lang mabayaran ang pagkakamaling nagawa niya? Makakamit kaya ni Amelia ang pag-ibig sa kanyang buhay na lagi niyang hinahangad? Ano ang mangyayari kapag nalaman niyang nagsinungaling siya sa buong buhay niya tungkol sa kanyang mga magulang?

"A contract??" Her eyes squinted, amused at the papers right in front of her. Her arranged husband was being ridiculous and unreasonable, but since they had no feelings or whatsoever for each other, she didn't object and sign the papers. Where as she was finding it hard to cope with her loneliness in the house, Lucas was outside having fun with his mistresses. Jasmine had to endure the pains, atleast for her grandfather's sake. He was on a sick bed now, giving him a bad news about her marriage wasn't a good decision. What happened when her grandfather died? Jasmine requested for Divorce and shocked her husband. He never saw it coming but Jasmine didn't care and was set to move on with life now instead of continuously being locked up like his scape goat. What happened when she finally left the house?

("You belong to me, okay? Once you think about someone else, you'll be punish!" - lord Stan Elthen Indelcio.) Si Stan Elthen Indelcio ay walang oras para sa pag-ibig dahil tanging paghihiganti lang ang nasa isip niya, hanggang sa nakilala niya ang isang magandang gangster chic na nagdala ng parehong liwanag at dilim sa parehong mundong ginagalawan niya. Gagawin niya ang lahat para lang mapasakamay ang sutil na dalaga. Hindi sigurado si Haidei tungkol sa mga motibo ni Stan nang kunin siya nito mula sa sariling grupong Ruffian upang magtrabaho bilang isa sa miyembro ng kanyang gang na Stygian. Ginawa ni Stan ang lahat para kumbinsihin si Haidei na mahal niya talaga ito pero isang hamak na playboy college student lang talaga ang tingin nito sakanya. Ang gusto lang gawin ni Haidei ay alagaan ang kanyang grupo, kaya napunta siya sa deal na panghabambuhay para sa mga gastusin at kaligtasan ng kanyang grupo, sinusunggaban niya agad ang pagkakataon. Hindi niya alam na ang pakikipagkasundo kay Stan ay isang kulungang imposibleng takasan. Unti-unting napawi ang kanyang ngiti, at ang kanyang tawa ay nalulusaw hanggang sa ang natitira na lang ay ang sirang puppet sa impyerno na nilikha ng kanyang personal na hangarin. Si Stan Elthen Indelcio, ang pinuno ng Stygian Beast, ay tumayong mag-isa para hanapin ang humamak sa Ina nito. Brutal, walang awa, at mapanganib, si Stan ay kinatatakutan ng lahat - maging ng mga halimaw na naglalayong patayin ang kanyang kaluluwa. The instant Stan notice what's happening, he took her under his wings, and even though he's all sharp edges and has threatening screams, she feel safe with him. Kung ang kaligtasan niya ay kapahamakan ni Stan? Ano ang gagawin niya? Hayaang mapahamak si Stan para sa kalayaan niya?

Si Averill Mae Fuentes ay hindi simpleng tao gaya ng karamihan. Nakikita, naririnig, at nahahawakan niya ang mga kaluluwa ng mga taong namayapa na. Naging kaibigan niya ang isa sa mga kinatatakutan ng mga ito na kilala sa bansag na 'grim reaper'. Si Silas, sa kabilang banda ay isang multo, guwapong multo na kahit na si Averill na tao ay agad na napansin. Paano kung isang araw, ang guwapong multo ay humingi ng pabor sa kaniya? Matulungan kaya ni Averill ang guwapong multong ito? Paano kung mahulog ang loob ng isa sa kanila? Handa kaya syang malaman ang sikretong bumabalot sa pagkatao ni Silas o tuluyan itong magiging dahilan para layuan siya? Walang pinipili ang pag-ibig, ngunit paano kung sumibol ito sa pagitan ng multo at ng tao?

"How could you conspire with them. I trusted you Layla!" He was really mad. "I didn't give them the code Damon, okay? I don't know how they got it?" She said. She strangely felt no nervousness or fear. Only the guilty felt fear. "Why didn't you tell me the truth about him? God! We've been dating for almost a year and you never told me he was a ex-convict", he said a shade quieter. He watched Layla look down for a minute and stare back up at him, tears gathering in her deep blue eyes. "If I did tell you, would you still have fallen for me...?" Working in a coffee shop wasn't Layla's dream. She has a degree in Business Administration but getting a got job in America was difficult for minority groups like her. But her boss, William Grey was wonderful, plus, she did get some pretty awesome customers like Damon Prince, the billionaire businessman and New York's most eligible bachelor and some pretty awful ones as well like Logan West, Damon's annoying and stuck-up assistant. After a brief argument with Logan, Damon comes to the coffee shop to make an apology to Layla on behalf of Logan and offers her a check. She turns both down and demands that Logan apologizes or they can forget about their coffee orders. She wasn't going to be pushed around by some rich folks. This intrigues Damon and he gradually falls in love with her. They begin a beautiful relationship but it's not all roses. They soon meet Damon's ex, Yasmin Kyle and Layla's criminal and terrible father, Dario Hernandez. Their trust and love for each other is tested as well as family ties but will they pull through or are something's just not meant to be?

~The moment he gazed up at me with a smirk across his lips, I knew my life would never be the same again.~ *** Dawn Meek is a eighteen years old high schooler who has been through her own fair share of life the moment she lost her parents.The death of her parents changed Dawn, making her into a lonely and miserable girl like she likes to call it.A one night with her friends to the club changed her life completely around when she had a one night stand with a stranger.She planned on erasing that aspect of her life, but that's no where being possible as the stranger forced himself into her life and would stop at nothing to get her give him what he wants. And what he wants is... HER. ~ Book Two; Hating The Billionaire is now up on the app!