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Amara Ysabelle Santiago is a 21-year-old architecture student who has lived most of her life trying to survive, not to dream. Raised in a small province and thrust into Manila by a scholarship, she never expected to catch the eye of the country's most powerful and cold-hearted billionaire, Killian Alaric Dela Vega. When their paths collide due to an unexpected business arrangement involving her estranged father, Amara finds herself locked into a marriage contract she can’t escape. He’s rich, ruthless, and emotionally frozen. She’s warm, stubborn, and hiding a past darker than he could ever imagine. Will Amara melt the ice surrounding Killian’s heart, or will she shatter in his world of power games and betrayal? This is the story of a girl forced into a cold billionaire’s world, where love was never part of the deal—but destiny had other plans

Sa mundo kung saan kayamanan at kagandahan ang siyang tinitingala upang makuha ang hinahangad na tagumpay. Isang anak ng bilyonaryo na nagngangalang Larry Evangelista ang magiging biktima ng inggit at kataksilan mula sa kanyang matalik na kaibigan at kasintahan. Sa pag-akyat ng tatlong magkakaibigan sa isang mataas na bundok. Isang maitim na plano ang magaganap na siyang magpapaiba sa buhay ng karamihan. Dito magsisimula ang agawan ng kapangyarihan, kayamanan at kahit ang kasintahan. Samantalang mabubuo naman ang isang pagmamahalan na hindi sinasadya sa pagitan ng isang babaeng lumaki sa bundok at isang anak ng bilyonaryo na nagkaroon ng amnesia. Kung maling pag-ibig ang naging dahilan ng pagtataksil, isang hindi inaasahang pag-ibig din ang magiging daan upang makabalik sa dating buhay at isagawa ang paghihiganti upang makuha ang katarungan na hinahangad. Sa pagkawala ng kanyang memorya muli niya kayang mabawi ang itinayo at pinaghirapan ng namayapang amang bilyonaryo na may pag-aari ng malaking kompanya at hindi mabilang na halaga ng kayamanan na ipinamana sa kanya ng namayapang ama sa gahamang madrasta at sa ibang kasabwat nito? Ano ang magiging papel sa paglabas ng tunay na ina na matagal nang inasam-asam ni Larry makatutulong ba ito o magiging isa sa mga kontrabida sa kanyang buhay? Sa huli ba'y magkakamit ba ang totoong pag-ibig sa kabila ng kaniyang galit at paghihiganti?

Maxine Mercedes is a kind and beautiful woman. Napipilitan s'yang pakasalan si Lawrence upang mabayaran ang pagnanakaw na ginawa nang kanyang kapatid. Labag man sa loob n'ya ay kailangan n'yang gawin ang bagay na iyon dahil wala naman silang malaking halaga ng pera upang maibalik ang malaking nawala sa pamilya Francisco. Hindi lingid sa kaalaman ng lahat na naging manliligaw nang dalaga si Lawrence ngunit paulit-ulit itong tinatanggihan ng dalaga. Kaya ito na ang pagkakataon nang binata upang makontrol s'ya nito. Araw-araw na pagdurusa ang nararamdaman ni Maxine dahil wala naman s'yang pagmamahal sa binata. Matutunan n'ya kayang mahalin si Lawrence tulad ng matagal na nitong gusto? O may iba pa kayang paraan upang makaalis s'ya sa magulong sitwasyon na hindi n'ya ginusto? May pagkakataon pa kaya s'yang umibig sa taong pinili ng puso n'ya?

Penelope Brielle Acosta is a bride-to-be however she had a one night stand with a man who isn't her future husband-to-be.Natagpuan niya ang sarili na walang saplot nang umagang magising at nang malingunan sa tabi niya ang lalaking inakalang pakakasalan ay ganoon na lamang ang gulat niya ng hindi iyon ang lalaking dapat niyang pangakuan ng kanyang vows. She shared a drunken night to a stranger!She was fully convinced that she was with her man last night. What happened to her bachelorette party and how did she end up with a stranger in her bed? And why did she end up marrying that stranger who took her that night?

After seven years of bloodbath, the most decorated soldier returns to the capital.“Whatever was taken from me, I will take back a thousand fold!”

Tragedy from Aki's past that leads to trauma and fear, Aki managed to become the soldier her mother wanted her to be. Fulfilling the dreams of others, she put aside her own happiness just to pay for the traumatic incident that caused her to forget the feeling of having a happy family and to be loved by someone.  But the duty of love started to be fulfilled after she met the Captain of Delta team, Captain King Vendalle. 

Dominica Falcon, a Senator's rebellious daughter, wants to identify who should trust or not in a world full of cruelty and torture. And meeting Alesandro Estevan, the blue-eyed hot devil in human form made it more intense for her to live the life she always wanted... no rules, no limit. And crying to be release is the only choice to be free.

Pangarap ni Angge ang titingalain ng ibang tao kaya ipinagkalat niya na boyfriend niya ang isang low-profile businessman na si Rhodly James Smith at nang malaman ni Rhodly ang tungkol sa bagay na 'yon ay galit ang kanyang nararamdaman para sa dalaga kaya pinuntahan niya ito sa tinatrabahuan nito upang pagalitan at suklaman pero papaano na lamang kung sa unang beses na magisnan niya ang kagandahang taglay ng dalaga at ang matamis nitong ngiti ay bibihagin nito ang pihikan niyang puso? Maisasagawa pa kaya niya ang kanyang binabalak? Papaano naman haharapin ni Angge ang kaparusahan sa kanyang nagawa? May matamis kayang pag-iibigan ang mabubuo sa kanilang pagitan?

WARNING: This story contains a lot of mature scenes and explicit sexual content that's not suitable for sensitive and young readers. Reader descrition is advised. Expect grammatical errors and typos. Unholy Assault is a dark romance series featuring dominant and possesive alpha males with twisted morals. They are not those whom you'll fall inlove with easily. This ain't your perfect story type. May you enjoy this unperfect world that's full of mystery, adventure, pain, love and uncertainty. - Squad X is a group of espionage or surviving spies whom the Agency deployed to gather intelligence outside and report back to them. They're the ones in the frontline of the war between the government and those who wants it to fall. Their real identities is a top secret and only one thing is certain about them–they are a group of female agents. Being on the squad's frontline, Domino, the squad's frontline espionage was sent to trailed, spy over and hunt Vhon Xandreus Darwish an Arabian Professor in her university who's body is drop dead gorgeous and screaming with lustful s*x appeal! Kakayanin ba ni Dom na pangatawanan ang misyon nyang i-turn over sa agency ang binata? Or will she end up being hunted and abducted by Vhon Xandreus Darwish instead, the two-faced Arabian man with a Greek God's appearance.

"Is my touch angering Ms. Gomez?" His fingers traced her bare back, as he whispered in her ears. "Don't worry, I'll fuck you more better and harder than that so called love of yours, Doll," His tongue licked her earlobe. She fisted her palms "So hard that you will beg me to stop," He nibbled her earlobe "What else can we expect from a monster like you. A fucking monster who had tried to force himself on an 18 year old girl," She blurted out. A painful hiss escaped from her mouth, as he grabbed her hairs and pulled them. Her eyes filled with more tears, recalling that inhumanity he had tried to do with her when she was just 18. "I have already paid for that fucking thing, Melanie, with my everything and now you will have to pay for what I had to endure in all these fucking 4 years, just because of you," He groaned, like a caged animal. "You didn't trust me but that fucking love of your life and now look," He brushed his lips over her cheeks. "That love of your life has sold you to me," He pushed her on the bed. "I guess that's enough talk for tonight," His gaze scanned every inch of her naked body, making her horrified. "After all, it's our first wedding night, Mrs Melanie Adrian Salvatore," He hovered over her and she immediately tried to back away but he pinned her on the bed. His hungry vicious eyes bored deeper into her terrified ones. His thumb started tracing over her lower lip. "Now let's make this night the most memorable and painful night of my wife's life," He brushed his lips against hers. "So, she can remember our first wedding night, till the last breath of her life,"