The Salt Fix

"I know I'm asking for too much but of all the guys out there begging for a second chance I think I deserve it most, Emma. I deserve a second chance. I deserve you." - Damon Montesoir Damon Montesoir's busy life as a Filipino-Spanish International male model was turned upside down when he was involved in a car accident that scarred his modeling career... and his face.

Jack Saunders wanted one last hurrah before taking the mantle of DS Oil & Gas, the billion-dollar company that his father founded. His friend, Owen, let him borrow his mansion on a tropical island so that he could throw a final party before “marrying” the business that would dominate the rest of his life. He brought his secretary, Brandy, hoping that he could kindle a relationship that would last through the long days and nights of running a company. However, while the party was great, the gold digging woman he brought was not, and Jack resigned himself to a lifetime of loneliness. That was until he took a walk down the beach and met her. A woman who didn’t recognize him from the tabloids and only saw him, the man behind the money. Of all the women Jack had ever met, there was nobody like Emma LaRue. With one pretend marriage ceremony, she would change his life forever, and become the only one he ever wanted to give his saltwater kisses to. This novella is the first half of Saltwater Kisses written from Jack’s point-of-view, with a few bonus scenes thrown in as well.

Hendry Arnaud Camden came from a long line of wealth. Hendry was groomed to be one of the successors of his family's wealth. With all the strict rules and family values he developed a certain way of thinking. Nothing was beyond his grasp and when a certain beautiful woman catches his eyes, he'd do anything, literally anything to get her. ***** Callie was betrothed to her childhood best friend, Brody Anderson Curran. But then his best friend Hendry started to flirt with her, and when she started to fall for the temptation she was conflicted with her choices. ***** Since his college days, Brody had always been secretly in love with his best friend Hendry. He never thought of himself as gay, but Henry was always too charming to ignore. They had fooled around in college and Brody was a goner for his buddy. Knowing that he would never get anywhere with his crush, Brody decided to listen to his parents and dated Callie. All was well until his best friend Hendry took interest in Callie also. ***** Being an assistant to one of the boss's billionaire heir sons was a dream come true for Sloan Bryson. He had always considered himself sexually fluid. Never identify himself as gay, but not quite as hetero as his girlfriends would say. One thing is for sure, Sloan was deeply infatuated with his boss Hendry. To make things worse for himself, Sloan would imagine how it would feel like being with Hendry and his bestie Brody. The two men dripped with confidence and Sloan had always been a sucker for gorgeous men with the power to abuse. **** Will Hendry get what he wants? Will Callie fall for the right man? Will Sloan and Brody ever get together? Too many possibilities of steamy encounters?

Anya Who would have thought turning 21 would change my life and send me into the depths of hell and into the arms of a bad man. A very bad man who has a vendetta against my father. He can never know who I am or my life is over before it even begins. I'm kidnapped during my birthday celebration and tossed into the underground of a hotel to be auctioned off, then bought by the very same man who would love to watch me bleed. I do the only thing I can - fake it, if only to survive one more night. I tell him my name is Anika and he seems to buy my excuses. But how long can I hide behind a mask and how long before he learns of my true identity and brutalizes me for revenge? I'll pay for my father's sins. Maybe even with my life. *** Bastien I've never claimed to be a good man. I trade in the dark; anything, save for humans, can be up for sale to the highest bidder. The king of the black market, this city is my playground. All until tonight... All until her… The auction is held at my hotel once every four months with one iron clad rule in place: no trafficking. So to say that I'm shocked to find her on my stage amongst the goods like a precious lamb to the slaughter is putting it lightly. I had to buy her to appease one of my biggest clients, but the more I look at her, the more I realise… That I want her to be mine alone. But who is this little doll truly and why did she end up on my stage, ready to be sold to the highest bidder?

"Napapagod din ang puso Ribal, mahal kita pero pagod na akong magmahal nang ako lang. Falling for you is my worst decision." - Yshara Marie Buena Once a heart is broken and closed for love, it will hard to open again. But for Yshara, kahit masakit mahalin ang isang Ribal El Diente ay patuloy si Yshara na nagtitiyaga upang makapasok siya sa puso ni Ribal. Ilang beses ng nanganib ang buhay niya, at kahit ilang beses din siyang hindi niligtas ni Ribal ay patuloy na tumitibok ang puso niya. Pero hanggang saan magtitiis si Yshara? Hanggang saan makakaya ng puso niya na mahalin si Ribal. Hanggang kailan ilalaban ni Yshara ang pagmamahal niya kay Ribal na nanlamig ang puso dahil din sa pag-ibig.

My fiancé's secretary had my wedding ring remade into a Hello Kitty trinket. When I confronted her, she twisted the truth with shameless arrogance, insisting that my wedding was hers to decide. I turned to my fiancé for support, only to have him dismiss me as petty and unworthy of being his bride. Together, they ridiculed and humiliated me, unaware that their families' power and future all depended on me. When my superior stepped in, their mockery collapsed in the face of truth. My fiancé fell to his knees, begging me to honor our engagement. But I cast him aside without hesitation, breaking off the marriage and leaving him with nothing.

Everyone in Salt City knew that Michael, the city’s richest man, doted on his wife as if his life depended on it. As his wife, I was once the object of everyone’s envy. But when Rachel appeared, I realized for the first time that even the one who loved you the most did not have their heart set in stone. Afraid I would find out, he hid Rachel in a villa on the outskirts of Salt City and spoiled her beyond imagination, all in a place I could not see. Yet every time he was intimate with her, Michael would still warn her coldly, “If you ever let Evelyn find out about this, your good days will be over.” But she was never obedient. Relying on Michael’s favor, she surreptitiously flaunted herself before me every day. Her presence constantly reminded me that Michael was no longer the man who only had me in his heart. So, I chose to respect his decision and vanish from his sight.

In Black Salt, love is a sickness you can’t hide—a slow gnawing beneath the skin that leaves you hollowed, grayed, and eventually gone. No one stays long enough to see it through; they leave before the rot finishes its work. It’s what the town teaches you: when it starts, you run. You look away. You survive by pretending not to feel. But Atlas is tired of pretending. The halls of Black Salt High are full of kids pretending they don’t see each other’s bruised hearts, pretending their bones aren’t already whispering warnings. Still, he can’t forget the weight of a father who stayed—not out of love, but because he never felt it deep enough to decay. That truth lingers in Atlas like a second shadow. And then there’s Nova—the outsider with a storm in her bones. And Wren, all sharpness and fight. Milo, who cracks jokes to keep the silence at bay. Luce, who wears her thorns like jewelry. Together, they don’t know how to stop the rot. But they’re learning how to sit with it, how to name it, how to refuse the small, hollow deaths of pretending not to care. In a town where love is a death sentence, staying might be the bravest thing of all.

(Book 1 of The Cypher Agency Series) "I'm your superior, don't ever fall in love with me. But if I fall, don't hesitate to pull the trigger." Top Agent Wave aka Allister, would rather take a bullet than fall in love. When the feisty and strong Agent Nova aka Hira Callan came, missions became difficult. Their relationship should only be professional and nothing more but one night changed it all. "Don't trust anyone. Even salt looks like sugar." This is book 1 of The Cypher Agency Series. This can be read as a stand alone.

Zeke Xavier Fuentares wants to fix his broken marriage with Alora Leigh. They both agreed staying in same roof for a month. After that, they will decide if they will fix their marriage or to legally separate. Handang gawin ni Zeke ang lahat para sa babaeng minamahal. Ngunit hanggang saan siya dadalhin ng wagas na pag-ibig kung ang lahat ay umiikot sa kasinungalingan? Sa paglantad ng katotohanan, matatabunan ba nito ang umusbong na pag-iibigan?