The Rain Barrel Effect

Noong unang beses na nakita ni Euphie ang lalaki, naisip niya: Love at first sight ba iyon? O isang nakatalagang soul mate? Pag-uwi niya, nakita niya ang isang lumang larawan ng isang matangkad at guwapong lalaki. Naglakbay siya pabalik sa panahon sa larawan, nakilala ang lalaking iyon, at natagpuan ang sagot sa tanong na iyon. Inisip niya ang lahat, ang kanyang kasintahan.

“ถ้าจะเอาถึงไม่ได้รักก็จะเอา” ถึงจะเห็นแก่ตัวก็ผัวเธอ… "เลือกมาว่าจะทำเอง หรือจะให้ฉันทำให้" "โมโหจนเป็นบ้าไปแล้วหรือไงคะ?!" "เพราะเมียนอกใจ ให้ใจเย็นได้อีกเหรอ!" อายุ 30 ปี นายแบบ/ลูกชายตระกูลดัง ชายหนุ่มผู้มีภาพรักสดใสและเข้าถึงง่าย กลับเปลี่ยนไปเพราะการสูญเสียครั้งใหญ่ในชีวิต เพียงขวัญ อายุ 24 ปี ผู้ช่วยสาวที่ต้องรองรับอารมร์ร้ายที่ของธาม  เธอไม่ได้อ่อนแอแต่เมื่อไหร่ที่ขัดใจเขามักจะลงโทษด้วยบทลงโทษที่เธอไม่คาดคิดเสมอ โรส อายุ 30 ปี คู่หมั้นของธาม เธอทุ่มเททุกอย่างเพื่อคนรักจนเผลอทำสิ่งที่ผิดพลาดไป และความลับนั้นจะไม่มีวันให้คนรักรู้ได้เด็ดขาด ไนท์ อายุ 30 ปี เพื่่อนสนิทธาม/นายแบบ เขามักจะรักชีวิตสงบแต่เมื่อได้ใกล้ชิดเพียงขวัญกลับเห็นใจ ยิ่งเห็นเพื่อนรักทำร้ายเธอมาเท่าไรเขาก็ยิ่งสงสารเธอจนต้องคอยเตือนสติเพื่อน มอส อายุ 27 ปี นายแบบ แฟนเก่าของเพียงขวัญที่เคยหายไป  อยู่ๆ ก็โผล่มาในสถานะเด็กในสังกัดคนใหม่ของผู้จั

Rain, adalah seorang pelukis yang namanya sudah terkenal, baik di dalam negeri maupun di luar negeri. Sedangkan Summer adalah seorang ibu tunggal yang mencari pekerjaan demi memenuhi kebutuhan ia dan anaknya. Berganti pekerjaan dari satu pekerjaan ke pekerjaan lain, membuat Summer terbiasa dengan kerasnya hidup, sampai ia melamar untuk menjadi asisten rumah tangga seorang pelukis terkenal bernama Rain, yang ternyata adalah temannya waktu kuliah dulu. Pertemuan Rain dan Summer akhirnya membuka berbagai kenangan yang mereka berdua sembunyikan selama ini. Ada kenangan bahagia, ada juga kenangan sedih. Kenangan-kenangan tersebut membuat bunga-bunga cinta kembali mekar pada hati mereka yang telah layu. Namun, dunia tidak berniat melancarkan hubungan di antara mereka, karena perbedaan pendapat dari kedua keluarga mereka. Apa yang akan terjadi dengan hubungan Rain dan Summer?

Sa labis na kagustuhan ni Gabrielle na mabawasan ang guilt sa pagkawala ng kanyang kapatid ay sinikap niyang gawin ang lahat para sa ikabubuti ng kanyang mga estudyante lalo na at buhay na ng mga ito ang nakataya. Para sa kanya, wala nang mas lulungkot pa sa naging buhay niya. Walang pamilya. Mag-isa. Miserable. Hanggang sa dumating sa buhay niya ang isang lalaki sa katauhan ni Zierelle Montefalcon. Hindi niya alam kung biyaya ba ang pagdating nito sa buhay niya o isang pagkakamali. Pagkakamali, kung hahayaan niya ang kanyang sariling tanggapin ito sa buhay niya at umasa siyang mayroon ulit siyang taong maaasahan sa tabi niya. Sa ilang taong namuhay siya nang mag-isa, natuto na siyang walang ibang inaasahan pa kundi ang sarili lamang niya. She became an independent woman as she wanted to be. But fate interfere. Some things won't go as planned. Namalayan na lamang niya ang kanyang sarili na unti-unti nang nanghihina ngunit sa isiping nasa tabi niya lang ang lalaki ay nanatili siyang malakas at natuto siyang magtiwala na tutulungan siya nitong hanapin ang kapatid niya. How about the boy with yellow umbrella? Patuloy niya itong inaalala dahil naroon ito sa tabi niya noong mga panahong nawala ang kapatid niya. Pagkakatiwalaan niya kaya ang isang aroganteng police officer para mahanap ang dalawang taong matagal na niyang hinahanap? How will she find them when her only clue is.... That summer...the rain pours.

Hindi inasahan ng rakistang si Zein na uso pa pala ang pagiging "rebound girl" nang sabihin iyon ng panderong ex-boyfriend ng Ate Zelda niya na si Amos. Umeksena lang ang "bitter" na lalaki sa kasal ng kapatid niya, inaya na siya sa isang relasyong wala namang pag-ibig. Nasira ang plano niyang magkaroon ng magandang karanasan sa isang relasyon. Hindi niya alam kung anong masamang hangin ang umihip at pumayag siyang maging panakip-butas lamang. In short, band-aid lang siya para sa mga sugat na iniwan ng kapatid niya sa puso ng binata. Akala ni Zein ay naging maingat siya pero nahulog ang damdamin niya at umasang kaya siyang saluhin ni Amos subalit bumalik sa eksena ang Ate Zelda niyang una nitong minahal. Hindi na siya naghintay na saluhin ng binata. Umahon na agad siya kahit may naiwang marka ang lalaking tanging nagpalakas ng tibok ng puso niya. Ngunit saan siya dadalhin ng pagtakas niya sa isang pag-ibig na hindi sigurado? Paano niya pa ito makalilimutan kung may buhay na sa kaniyang sinapupunan?

**PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY BEING EDITED AND REVISED*** Dragged to a ball where the country's most eligible bachelor is rumoured to be choosing a wife, Elizabeth wanted to be anywhere but here. Knowing her mother was counting on being tied to the Dereon's, the country's most powerful family, she decides to put her best foot forward. But with no one even knowing how August Dereon looks, how will the night go? August Rain is filled with a roller coaster of emotions and storylines. From betrayals to murder and pregnancy - and a mafia subplot, get your fill of Dragonfly and Mr Dereon in this sweet romance novel. *Book 1 of The Mafia Trinity Series of Novels*

Amidst a birthday celebration filled with cupcakes and Malibu drinks, Rome's night takes an unexpected turn when she drunkenly stumbles into the wrong hotel room The next morning, she woke up naked next to the man she hated the most--- Cayson Montemayor; a gorgeous bachelor and the only heir of Montemayor International Colleges where Rome's entire family was working. He was basically her family's boss, but also the same man who she hated the most for over a decade. They both had no idea how they ended up in the same room, but... something happened to them that crazy, drunken night and they could no longer turn back time to fix what's already done. Due to Rome's embarrassment and Cayson's lack of interest, they both agreed to sweep the incident under the rug. Not until four weeks later. Rome found herself pregnant with DEMONtemayor's baby. In hopes to protect her family from societal judgment and criticism, Rome decided to chase Cayson and force him to step up to the plate. Will there be any chances for them? Only time will tell...

Sweet Margaux Villafranco a second-year college student taking a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology meets Jace Gael Quijada a volleyball player and taking a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology course. Nag kakilala sila sa hinding inaasahang okasyon. They started being friend in a chat until Gael courted Sweet and they become a couple. Isang araw nalaman niyang may sakit ang kanyang ama at kailangan nitong magamot sa Maynila. Umalis sila at pansamatalang siyang tumigil sa pag aaral. Sa kanyang pag alis hindi niya inaasahan ang isang pangyayaring sisira sa maganda at masaya niyang buhay. Naging malupit ang tadhana sa kanya hanggang sa may tumulong sa kanya ngunit kapalit nito iwan at kalimutan ang buhay niya sa Villanueva kasama si Gael. Sa paglipas ng apat na taon muli silang nagkita ngunit mag kaiba na ang kanilang mga mundo. Tuluyan na kaya nilang kalimutan ang isa't isa at patuloy na harapin ang kanilang bago at mag kaibang mundo?

Sebuah lagu menjadi ikatan penghubung antara Kiran dan Eesha. Lagu yang sama juga menjadi alasan KIran menghilang. Selama dua puluh tahun menunggu, Eesha mulai merasa putus. Hilangnya Kiran di masa lalu, memaksa Eesha menggunakan cara terakhir untuk menemukan Kiran. Bersama dengan sahabatnya, Trika, Eesha menuliskan skenario film Two yang menceritakan kisah kelam di masa lalunya bersama dengan Kiran dan Amartya. Pada hari perealesean film dan lagu yang dulu selalu Kiran nyanyikan, tragedi yang sama dengan dua puluh tahun mulai terjadi lagi. Kini. . . Eesha harus memilih antara menemukan Kiran atau menghentikan tragedi yang sama seperti dua puluh tahun yang lalu. . .

"The rain falls because the sky can no longer handle its weight. Just like the tears, it falls because our heart can no longer handle the pain." Cleopatra Cooper Sandoval, the blue eyed Ilongga and only princess of Sandoval clan. She's got everything, beauty, money and fame. She loves everything about life. She loves to party. She loves going out with friends. She loves spending her money. She's a brat with a heart, a happy go lucky princess . But no one knows that behind those smiles and happy vibes is heart full of fear. The bratty princess is scared of the rain. Surrounded by six overprotective brothers, who are worried for her safety after getting kidnapped years back, they hired a bodyguard without her knowledge. Cooper is living the life, not until the day she met the man with a seductive midnight black eyes. The cold, strict and dangerous Silas Atticus Monteverde, a retired US Marine and his brother's bestfriend. First time she laid eyes on him, she knows she will be in deep trouble. So deep that she can't get him off her mind. She thought that it would be the start of her own happy ending but memories of her childhood trauma started coming back. She saw him as the monster who caged her in the past. The beast that's chasing him in a dark rainy night. Will his love shine and give light to change her perspective? Will his love enough to give her the calm after the storm? Or will she continue running to find the peace she's been looking for, a shelter in the rain?