Top Books To Read In 2023

It all started with just a one-night stand. Hindi akalain ni Arizona na magbubunga ang gabing iyon. The sad part is, the guy who popped her cherry doesn't even remember her. Pinalayas siya ng kaniyang ama na ikinatuwa ng madrasta niya. The only person who's supposed to love her unconditionally was her mother— pero kahit ito ay walang pagtingin sa kaniya. She has nowhere to go with limited cash in her pocket and a bundle of joy arriving in less than seven months. Arizona is determined to make Paul remember. What she did not expect is for something fake to be true— now she wants it to last forever.

Terrence loves to play games, he always win all the time, he's a top player in a game called 'In game' it's a virtual reality game. But what if you went inside the game you played? And what if you'll meet your ex there unexpectedly? Everyday someone must die, must fight to survive. Will Terrence survived in that game? Can he kill the girl that he loves before? Will other player survived too? Can it be death ending or it will be a happy ending?

Penelope Fox was raised in the Supernatural Academy and thought that she would be the next superstar celebrity. She didn't realize she was getting groomed to be sold as a breeder. Gamma Black of the Moon Stone Pack purchases Penelope intending to put her in his strip club/brothel. Thrusted into a world that only wants her for her body, Penelope has to navigate how to survive when she's still a virgin and has an innocent mind so she doesn't know how to do the things expected of her. No one anticipated that Alpha Stone would want her too.

It was about time because my dad got a new girlfriend and said he wanted us to have a meal together to introduce the new woman into our lives. On the day we met, my college roommate saw my chat background, which had a photo of me and my dad, along with a series of transfer records. She lost her mind. She enlisted the support of our other roommates, who rarely paid me any attention and began to attack me, insisting that I was a side chick who deserved to die. I did not expect that my roommate would soon become my stepmom. Before I could explain, she accused me of trying to seduce my dad behind her back, shouting, "Shameless side chick! Going behind my back to seduce my boyfriend! All those times you said you were out studying?! Who knows if you were just meeting up with him?" I was once physically assaulted, stripped of my dignity, and forced to the restaurant for a public confrontation wearing ragged clothes. Then my dad came running to where I was hardly breathing and barely moving on the floor, bruised to the extreme. “Sweetheart, who did this to you?!”

Forbidden love, that’s what came to mind by Yvo De Luna when he fell in love with Karadine Monteza, the daughter and the heir of the leader syndicate in the city of Eldefonso, Renato Monteza. Yvo is one of the personnel of Renato Monteza and it got inevitable that he was closed with Karadine, the first lady who could shown him an arrogance and braviness. That if not because of their agreement for some things, he would not see the genuine heart of her. Yvo and Karadine have easily fell in love to each other. But when Renato Monteza has find out their closeness to each other, it was the time that they got separated their path together. Karadine has stayed in the mansion for few months and got warned from any illegal transactions of her father to other clients, simply because, she had the trust of taking care before for her father’s business. The reason why their Yvo’s meeting have became elusive as well as the foundation of love that they build together have been shattered. However, it was true that a forbidden thing is really fun to do. The reason why it could provoke them to comply with their desire to love each other in the midst of illegal ways where they were living. And despite of the weapon that serve as their defense everyday, will they going to defense their love despite of the forbidden love?

Auxerre Kailani Vixen is the epitome of elegance, intimidation, bravery, beauty, and brains. She’s the unica hija of the Vixen family, and because of that, the expectations of her were always high. Handling her family’s company and exceeding their expectations was always her dream and she wouldn’t give that up, never…but everything changed when he came. Hubert Atticus Zaveri, a rich playboy but has good morals. A one night stand will be the reason why they crossed paths in the first place, but they live in two different worlds and they are very different from each other. That’s already enough proof to say that they won’t work out. But it doesn’t end there…family’s clashing, friends fighting, other people wanting to bring them down, and them against each other. That’s basically their life…it’s like even the world is preventing them from being happy. Will they be able to fight for their love? Or will the accept fate and just let go?

Elizabeth Santillan, also known as Liza, was born into an affluent Ilocos family. She is a wonderful woman with a beautiful figure. Whenever they perform the deed, she is generally bored. And her desire is never strong enough to make her fully surrender to s*x. As a result, Liza is looking for a man who can make her feel hot and aroused enough to offer her what she desires. But in the end, while looking for the man, she realize, s*x is not her goal in the first place. Her most desire is to be loved and be loved. Is there a chance that someone will fulfill her desire? Is Gabriel Donovan capable of meeting her needs?

Aliyah doesn't know what to do after hearing that her father was fired and telling her that she may not be able to finish her last year of college now because he can not sustain her anymore.  No! She will not just stay still and watch her father do everything just to provide for their family.  She has to work! She decided to do everything! And when she said everything, that also included when Mr. Richard Saavedra, a fifty-two year old man, offered her to be his wife in exchange for money.   Everything was going well in her past months in Mr. Saavedra's mansion, but not until someone showed up and told her that he was Mr. Saavedra's son. He is Rocco Saavedra.  Right after Rocco came to the mansion, Aliyah's life seemed like a trial card in hell.  Will she still remain in the mansion? Or will she stay away after knowing that she is pregnant with one of the Saavedras?   

Si Prince Cassius ang nakatakdang magmana ng trono ng mga bampira and he spent thousand of years preparing for the duty. However, his grandfather king Lukasz urged him to find a suitable wife and get married which he always rejected. Sa pagpupumilit nito ay napapayag siyang makipag-date at sa pagmamakaawa ng Prinsesa ng mga werewolves na kababata niya ay napilitan din siyang i-broadcast ang blind-date niya. Dito niya nakilala si Arriana Faye na sa simula pa lang ay alam niyang may kakaiba dito. Kalaunan ay nalaman niya ang itinatago nitong lihim. Si Arriana Faye Monroe ay isang mortal na aksidenteng napagkamalang isang bampira. Ang presensiya ng dalaga sa kingdom ng Astral ay makapagdadala ng panganib hindi lang sa mundo ng mga werewolves at bampira kundi sa mga mortal sa Pilipinas. Sa kabila ng kaalamang ito ay hindi pa rin magawang pakawalan ni Cassius ang dalaga. Mauulit bang muli ang blood war oras na magising ang lycan na si Darrius? Magagawa bang ipagtanggol ni Cassius ang dalagang mortal o dadating siya sa puntong kailangan niyang burahin ang alaala nito at pakawalan ang dalaga,? alang-alang sa kapakanan nito at ng mga nabubuhay sa Pilipinas o maging sa buong mundo.

Ang buong akala ni Clary ay nangyayari na sa buhay niya ang tunay na pagmamahal, ngunit biglang bumaliktad ang sitwasyon ng siya ay dinukot ng mga taong minahal na niya bilang pamilya kahit hindi naman niya mga kadugo. Natuklasan niya na interesado lang pala ang mga ito sa yaman niya. Ginamit ng mga ito ang boyfriend niyang si Tristan para makuha ang mga pag-aari niya. Dahil mahal niya ang lalaki at takot siyang mawala ito sa kaniya, pumayag siya. Ngunit kung kailan naibigay na niya ang lahat saka naman nagtanggal ng maskara ang boyfriend niya. Lumantad sa harapan niya ang buong katotohanan. Kasabwat pala ng mga ito ang lalaking minahal niya at ang masaklap pa dahil ang kinikilala niyang kapatid na babae ay mas matagal pa pala nitong kasintahan kaysa sa kaniya. Bukod sa panlolokong iyon pinagtangkaan pa ang buhay niya. Tinapon siya pinakamalalim na parte ng dagat. Sa kabutihang palad nakaligtas siya, ngunit napadpad naman siya sa pinaka-delikadong lugar. Ito ay ang teritoryo ni Knox Wolthorn ang leader ng Dreadblood Consortium the most bloodthirsty organization. Ang lalaking pumapatay na walang pag-aalinlangan lalo na kung wala kang pakinabang. Naka-survive siya sa unang kapahamakan sa kamay ng mga akala niya pamilya, ngunit dito kaya sa teritoryo ni Knox Wolthorn makakalusot kaya siya? Bibigyan kaya siya ng tsansa ng lalaking magpatuloy sa buhay? What if sa lalaking ito pala niya matatagpuan ang tunay na pagmamahal? Magtitiwala kaya siya ulit?