The Vow We Keep

Yuri Aaliyah Lee was a victim of an arranged marriage at an early age in order to maintain their family business. She despises this type of marriage and attempted to avoid her fate, but she failed. Adrian James Chua—the man destined to marry her—like Aaliyah, he and his sister are victims of their parents' willful decision. What would happen if these two lived together under the same roof? Will their marriage succeed even if it is against their will? Will it damage their businesses or will it ruin them?

Gael Navarro was never a believer in fate or the enigma of love. Life, he believes, is a game in which you must cheat, and vows are not supposed to be kept. So he felt victorious when Elyse Solana Ruiz gave him her hand in exchange for his selfish desires, but he had no idea that this was only the beginning of his life. The woman he used would play a big role in his life more than he expected. Is there anything more powerful than love that is willing to suffer and forgive? How will they deal with life with a neglected promise?

“You don’t know what you’re asking for,” he murmured, his voice strained. “Yes, I do,” I said, my lips trembling as I leaned closer, tilting my face toward his. “Please… I need this. I need you.” “Fuck,” he muttered under his breath. Before I could say anything else, his lips crashed into mine. A moan tore from my throat as I clung to him, pulling him closer, my body pressing against his. **** Thea Leighton had it all; wealth, power, and a marriage to Curtis Blackwood, the man she thought she loved. But in one devastating night, it was all ripped away. Betrayed, penniless, and desperate, she finds herself at rock bottom… until a mysterious stranger rescues her from the darkness. Noah Blackwood is ruthless, powerful, and dangerously irresistible. The black sheep of the Blackwood family, he built his empire in Europe, far from the chaos of his bloodline. But when fate brings Thea into his orbit, he sees an opportunity. One that involves a billion-dollar deal and the chance to dismantle the man who destroyed her. In the crazy world Thea now finds herself in, she is forced to ask herself; Can she truly trust the devil she married? Or is this nothing but a game to him? Flip the page and find out!

The day Jasper Carter's terminally ill ex, Natalie Klutz, gave birth, his parents—Josephine and Raymond—hired ten bodyguards to keep me, his actual wife, out of the hospital. But I never showed. Josephine clutched Natalie's hand. "She's not getting near you or the baby." Jasper wiped Natalie's forehead. "Relax. Dad's got men at every door. If Emily shows, we'll toss her." Hours passed. Still no me. Jasper finally let himself breathe. He didn't get what my deal was. He was just granting Natalie's dying wish—to be a mom. The second the nurse handed over the crying baby, he smiled like everything was finally worth it. If I came tomorrow and said sorry, he'd forgive me. Hell, he'd even let me raise the kid. What he didn't know? I had just submitted my paperwork. I'd leave the country, join Doctors Without Borders, and ghost him for good.

Zemira returned to the Philippines with her mom and younger brother when her parents decided to split. They moved to their ancestral home in Sitio Siniestro, a small sitio where her mother grew up. She began to have peculiar thoughts after moving because everyone she meets in their sitio says the same thing: "You must keep a secret." As a result, she kept reminding herself that she needed to know the "secret" of which everyone had warned her. She had no notion that her inquisitiveness would be the key to unlocking the mysteries of their sitio. She began to answer every question that came to her. She discovered that their sitio had previously been the site of murder cases. Nobody knew who the killer was until one day when a woman saw the killer and decided to tell others about it, but she died and the murder stories were never told again. Zemira wants to find out who's responsible for it. However, there is something more that continues to irritate her.... "Who is that masked man in her dream who keeps reappearing?"

In a world where omegas are born to serve and Alphas rule with iron hearts, Lyra’s marriage to Alpha Darius seemed like salvation, until she learned it was all a lie. Betrayed, broken, and left for dead, she is saved by his rival, Kael, a man as dangerous as he is unreadable. Bound by vengeance, Lyra rises from the ashes to reclaim her life and destroy the empire built on her pain. But as secrets unravel and her buried power awakens, she must decide whether revenge will consume her or crown her.

They were never supposed to meet. But destiny has other plans. Avery Walter never imagined her world would be shattered in one night, betrayed by her mate and sister, abandoned by her own father, and forced into a political marriage with a cold, aloof prince from the Starlit Pack. Avery's wolf stirs as soon as she meets Prince Sebastian, who is dark-haired, sharp-eyed, and bound to a wheelchair. The attraction is undeniable. He is her second chance mate. However, Sebastian remains distant, unwilling to mark her, believing she is simply another pawn sent by his power-hungry uncle, the King. However, neither of them can ignore the attraction. As secrets are revealed and emotions flare, Sebastian finds himself falling for the woman he once distrusted. This time, it is his turn to chase. Will Avery once again open her heart? Or will love arrive too late?

My wife, Valerie Larson, had a congenital heart condition. Despite that, she still wanted to have a child with her first love, Eugene Dyer. I refused without a second thought. Ten months later, Eugene's mother, Susan Turner, passed away. Her eyes were still wide open as if refusing to accept death without ever holding her grandchild. Overcome with guilt for failing his mother, Eugene took his own life in his small, rundown apartment. Valerie, consumed by grief and anger, took us on a road trip, only to crash the car head-on into a truck without hesitation. She shouted, "It's your fault Eugene died! If you had let me give him a child, he never would have ended up like that! His whole family is gone, so yours doesn't deserve to live either!" When I opened my eyes again, I found myself back on the day Valerie first asked to have Eugene's child. This time, I forced a small smile and said, "Darling, go ahead. Our whole family will support you."

Roscoe vowed to never put someone on a pedestal, especially if it's because of love. But when the so-called "Devil" of Mafia world met the angel in disguise, Agatha Herodez, he found himself dragging her towards the nearest church, forcedly put a ring on her finger, and vowed to never let her get off the hook from their shotgun marriage. Yup. The devil didn't just find a new toy. He finally got his biggest obsession. Her.

A female Alpha vows to end the war between the sups in Ireland, uniting the shifters and Wiccans against the vampires to bring peace. A story of war, trust, deceit, and eternal love. TW: attempted abduction and attempted rape. not explicitly visual, but inferred.