The Secret Katherine Applegate

“Can I please have my underwear back?” He looked at the piece of orange fabric bunched up in his hand. “You mean this?” and then he did the most surprising thing. He brought my underwear to his nose and took a long whiff. Maybe it was the way he closed his eyes in blissful satisfaction or the way he half groaned and half moaned, but I was reminded of how he had shed my clothes earlier on and fucked my senses to oblivion. “I’m sorry, but I can’t give you back.” “Why?” I whispered. He crossed the room in large, languid strides and stood before me. “Because I need this as proof that I just had the sweetest fuck of my life, and it wasn’t all in my head.” ********************************************* Iris Carter is a disgraced journalist plagued by a terrible past and just wants to pay off her family's debt. Alessandro 'Les' Scavo is New York's most eligible billionaire bachelor running away from a dark past. He's back in town to bury his father and go back to New York as soon as possible. What happens when he has a one night stand with Iris and becomes obsessed with her? Will he leave her behind and go back to New York or will he embrace his dark past and go toe to toe with Hills' most ruthless Mafia Don over her? What happens when Iris' stumbles upon a deadly secret that can be the downfall of the whole underground crime world and is also the reason why Les left town in the first place? Will she run like she did in the past or will she stay and fight against the powerful organization that destroyed her life and murdered her best friend?

In the Crimson city in Moon City dominantly inhabited by members of the Crimson pack, there were reported records of the daily increase of missing humans and the livestock. Traces or trails weren't left by the perpetrators of these acts, and the remains of these humans could not be found as well. The Alpha of the Crimson pack was on the edge of pointing fingers at the Greyhound pack, another pack that inhabited Diamond city as the ones behind this activity. But he got a message from Governor Klaus Mickelson, urging them to refrain from the massacre and killings if they had a hand in it. Since this was the situation, Crimson eye pack had to return a message to the Greyhound pack, requesting for a monthly meeting hosted in Moon City with several smaller packs as well. This meeting session was going to help the packs to have unified reasoning and coordinated ideas in order to devise a means to find the source of these sudden killings in the city. Meanwhile, Damon Mickelson, the son of Klaus Mickelson, Alpha of the Greyhound pack, refused to attend the meeting. He stated the availability of some unresolved conflict with the Crimson eye pack as his reason. But his parents and the elders reminded him of the importance of attending the meeting. They made him understand that he needed to attend the meeting because it was a duty that he owed the pack as the future Alpha. Tessa Randolph, the second daughter of John Randolph, tried to convince her father to allow the meeting to be hosted by another pack. She wanted to stay back and allow her elder brother to attend the meeting in her place, but her reasons were all worthless to the ears of her father.

I could always hear strange noises coming from the room next to me. A cacophony of people having intercourse. The noise kept me awake all night. But the strange thing was, he lives alone.

what happens when the innocent Debra gets mixed up with a ruthless mafia boss who disguises himself as a CEO? now Debra has to keep it a secret from her family to protect them, while she continues to get more deeply involved with the mafia. someone save Debra Santiago.

Helsey Kaden offered a big amount of money from her billionaire boyfriend's mother to run away from his son, but Brandon Rhey Wilsome, the billionaire boyfriend of Helsey Kaden, fell for his mother's lies that Helsey chosen the money over him. Brandon swore not to forgive Helsey, and two months later he publicity announcing his engagement with the other women. Helsey immediately went back to the province, away from the city, and as she knew she was carrying the child of the billionaire. She hid the twin son as her little revenge. What would helsey do if Brandon find out about his twin sons? Is there any chance Brandon would forgive her or just forget her?

Elissa doesn't believe in love. She believes that happiness comes from money. Therefore, even though she has become a billionaire, Elissa still works and has no interest in having a relationship with the opposite sex. At first, everything went smoothly until her father forced her to marry a poor man named Edgar. Elissa refused, but her father threatened her; if she didn't marry Edgar, all of her father's wealth would be donated to social services. Can Elissa maintain her belief that love is just a superstition? Or does Edgar's presence make Elissa believe that happiness does not only come from money?

Book 1: BRIX DELA FUENTE RAPE VICTIM — Iyan si Sofia Santiago! Kahit na kailan ay hinding-hindi niya makakalimutan ang mapait na sinapit sa mga kamay ng lalaking walang awang humalay sa kaniya. Lalaking ni hindi man lamang niya nakilala. Lalaking sumira sa mga pangarap niya. Lalaking isinusumpa niya at kahit na kailan ay hinding-hindi mapapatawad. Until she fell in love with a man who accepted her together with her dark and bitter past. Until she fell in love with Brix dela Fuente. Ngunit paano kung dumating ang panahong matuklasan niyang ang lalaking iniibig ay may pinakatatago-tagong lihim na kahit na kailan ay hindi niya kayang tanggapin? *** Book 2: DWIGHT MARCUS SOLIVAN DWIGHT got into a car accident after his stag party. Nang dahil doon, nagkaroon ng problema ang pagkalalaki niya. He suffered from erectile dysfunction. Hindi rin natuloy ang nakatakda sana nilang kasal ni Maitha—ang babaeng mahal niya. Isinisi niya ang lahat ng iyon sa bayarang babae sa bachelor party niya. Kung hindi dahil dito, hindi sana sila mag-aaway ng fiancee niya na hahantong sa pagka-aksidente niya. Makalipas ang ilang taon, pinagtagpong muli sila. He got shocked when he realized one thing, he felt aroused just by staring at the woman. He lusted after her! She was his medicine. Ito ang gamot niya para tuluyan na siyang gumaling. He wanted to take her in bed. He wanted to own every party of her. Pero paano naman niya gagawin iyon kung ang babaeng nagsisilbing gamot sa pagkabuhay ng pagkalalaki niya'y pag-aari na ng iba? Syrellie was his medicine. She was his cure. But at the same time, she was also his twin brother's future wife...his future sister-in-law! *** CONTENT WARNING: Contains graphic sex scenes, adult language and situation intended for mature readers only.

Being Alpha Ace Cassilas' mate was hell for Victoria. As if it weren't enough to keep Victoria as his prisoner and slave, Alpha Ace also betrays Victoria. The night Ace announces his engagement to another girl, Victoria runs away with Ace's twins in her womb. Jared Waltz, the Alpha of the South River Pack, rescued Victoria. He treated her so well that he made her his girlfriend. Victoria thought her hell was over. Until another fact is revealed: she is the descendant of Alpha King Salvatore, the cursed Alpha, and her twins are the target of hunters.

From the moment their eyes met, she knew he was the one and he knew he wanted her, but their love was not meant to be. She was sent to him on a mission but somehow, fate plays a fast one on them and their paths become intertwined. Their love is a consuming fire that will not only consume them both, but also the ones behind them. When Edmund Hamilton betrays the love of his life by signing a contract that ruins her life, he sets on a journey of no return fighting his demons and trying to rekindle the love between them. No matter how hard he tries, no matter what decision he takes, she will always be on the losing side. How much is Emily Peterson willing to sacrifice in order to be with her billionaire lover, Edmund Hamilton?

“Victória Lazer, what are you doing here?” He wasn't a man with feelings, who held grudges or who liked to make life difficult for women, but Victória was different. She drugged him. And then she had sex with him. And now, she had the nerve to appear in front of him, which naturally made him indignant. But how was Victória going to explain that it was actually all a plan by her family so that they would get her mother's inheritance? Her father, grandmother, stepmother and half-sister were all against her!