The Summer I Turned Pretty Book 1 Summary

"Just steal my fiancé. Seduce him. Make him love you. And then... break his heart." Halos umigtad si Rosette Valentino sa sinabi ni Juliette Mortez sa kanya. Para sa pera at sa kompanya niya, pinasya niyang magpanggap bilang secretary ng fiancé nito. Ito lang naman ang sikat na bilyonaryong si Elliot Jon Mallary. Misyon niyang nakawain ang puso nito at saktan sa huli ayon sa kasunduan nila ni Juliette. Gusto kasi nitong maghiganti sa pamamagitan niya at makasama ang lalaking gusto nito. Ngunit habang unti-unting nalalapit siya kay Elliot, napagtanto niyang nahulog na siya rito. Hanggang pareho silang nagkagusto sa isa't isa. At nakalimutan niyang nagpapanggap lang siya. Hanggang dumating ang araw na natuklasan nito ang totoo tungkol sa kanya. Matindi ang galit nito sa kanya at napagdesisyonan nitong alisin siya sa buhay nito. Makakahanap ba ng paraan si Rosette upang ipakita ang kanyang tunay na pagmamahal o tuluyan na bang mawawala ang kanilang pagkakataon sa pag-ibig?

Sa mundo ng mga taong gahaman sa salapi at kayaman, Iniwan ni Miguel ang magulo at marangyang mundo para takasan ang kapalarang itinatakda sa kanya ng kapalaran. Sa kanyang paglayo ay nahanap niya ang babaeng kukumpleto sa hungkad niyang pakiramdam ngunit ang pagmamahal at pagibig nila ay hahadlangan ng mga ganid sa salapi at kapangyarihan at ng masalimuot na katotohanan bubulaga sa kanilang buhay. Si Miguel ang unang tampok sa serye ng mga Del Valle

Book 1 - You'd better watch out. The danger is not just lurking in the dark. accompanies each of our steps. Instinct drives them.In a world full of monsters, there are those who are willing to risk their lives to save humanity from ruin. The hunters.After the trauma of her childhood, the ambitious young Grace decides that she will be one of those who hunt down the monsters and does everything she can to achieve this goal. She only wants one thing, to take revenge on the beings that her parents once snatched from her. But when Grace is forced to meet the grouchy Reese and his troubled brother Nick, she has to admit that the monsters of this world not only lurk in the dark shadows of the night. She is drawn into a vortex of intrigue, power struggles and greed for money and soon finds herself confronted with a creature that is more dangerous than anything known before.-------Book 2 - You'd better watch out. The danger is not just lurking in the dark. accompanies each of our steps. Instinct drives them.In a world full of monsters there are those who are willing to risk their lives to save humanity from perdition. The hunters.Finally, the years of hard work are paying off, Grace is officially a Venator and with Reese at her side she believes she can cope with anything that fate throws at her. But an unbelievable message from Jilin pulls the shadows from the past and stirs her thirst for revenge. Grace takes on this challenge and gets a stone rolling that cannot be stopped and slowly not only she begins to doubt her sanity.

Cassidy Castillo is a spoiled brat who already had everything she wanted in life except one, the man she loved the most. He never looked her way even she did everything to get his attention. The more he hated her, the more she pursued him. After learning that she was arranged to marry his brother and she might ruin his life if she disagreed, Cassidy knew she had to stop her unrequited feelings for him and sacrificed her own freedom in exchange for his safety. But as she tried to distance herself, he then finally looked her way. Or was it her being delusional again? Will she still let her feelings win even she knew she will cause his downfall? Or is it time for her to finally let go?

Seven years after finding peace, Haven's life is turned upside down when three men from her past come back, and the one who always stayed reveals his true feelings. Hari, whom she pushed away and left to study abroad, returns believing it's finally the right time to win her love. Daniel, though married to Isla, can't resist trying to revive their past relationship. Sebastian, now single after a breakup, realizes his feelings for Haven never went away. Meanwhile, Isaac, her loyal friend, always wanted more than friendship. Caught between the past and the present, between old loves and unspoken desires, who will Haven choose—the one who she pushed away, the one who’s committed to someone else, the one who returned, or the one who never left her side?

After eight years of loving him in vain, my boyfriend, Gilbert Hughes, finally proposed. The wedding is set for a week from now. However, just as I'm happily preparing for it, I accidentally overhear a conversation between him and his friends. "I have to give it to Gilbert. The moment he proposes, his first love, Cheryl, gets restless." "But now that Cheryl's back, what are you going to do with your girlfriend?" Gilbert pauses for a moment, then replies casually, "It's fine. I'm not actually going to register my marriage with Jennifer. At worst, I'll just hold a wedding and play along." At the party the next day, he wraps his arm around me dotingly and socializes with our guests. Yet, the moment Cheryl Manning runs out in tears, he instantly lets go of me and chases after her in a panic. I follow quietly and watch them embrace tightly in the dark, kissing each other deeply. With my heart completely shattered, I turn away and dial a number. "Want to get married? I need a groom."

Once I dared to think that I had the right to redemption, but my killer found me, and my future is again in jeopardy. He said that he would do everything to save me and our son, but I know that in a world ruled by wolf laws, promises are worthless, and only the number of trump cards matters, the main one is in my hands.

Jenna Salini forgets everything from the past and back with a new life. She was kicked out by the landlord from the apartment she was staying. In Tagaytay, Rydyer Villamonte steps in the picture, trying to bring back her memories with him.Noong nalaman ni Jenna ang lahat ng nakaraan niya, umalis siya sa Pilipinas at bumalik din ng ilang taon. Huli nang malaman niyang nahulog na pala ang bata na nasa sinapupunan niya.Check out the story to be suprised for more plot twists, unique characters and the complicated story of Rydyer and Jenna..

Nathalia Sarmiento is enjoying her peaceful and simple life to the fullest. She's just one of those ordinary teenagers, who wishes to graduate from college to help the people she treated as her real parents. Everything seems to be perfect. She had a bunch of good friends, loving parents and comfortable life. Not until her eighteenth birthday comes. She's about to go home when suddenly, a black van stopped right in front of her. Before she could even react, a group of men came out and took her away. The next thing she knew is that she arrives from a familiar mansion. When she finally met the one who planned it all, the realization hit her hard. She was captured by the mafia boss. It's not just it. To her surprise, he even had the pair of her shoes that she lost before.

On our first wedding anniversary, my husband came home with a woman who was six months pregnant. He introduced her as his cousin, someone who had fallen on hard times, and asked me to take care of her. I was just about to agree when fragments of imaginary commentary floated through my mind: [She's just my 'cousin'. Uh-uh, that's a cliche.] [Poor supporting female character! A maid by day, the husband's bedwarmer by night.] [But she totally deserved it! If she hadn't broken up the main couple, they'd have a whole soccer team of kids by now!] Wait—what? Supporting female character? Me? And what's this about breaking them up? So now these two get to cheat under my roof, and somehow I'm the villain? Before I could process it all, my husband was already dragging her luggage inside. "Alice doesn't like fried food," he said matter-of-factly. "And nothing too salty or spicy. Make sure you keep that in mind when you're cooking. "Oh, and pregnant women love sweets. Go out now and buy a cherry cake. The one from that bakery in the suburbs."