Novel & Cerita Walls Of Jericho

After she laid unconscious on Zach's cold body, she unpredictably once had this strange dream. A man who sends her a message that is not legible, but surely giving clue about Zach. The context that's not written in the alphabet made her even more confused. As the words started to fly around her head; full of questions with lack of answers. She began to be curious not just about what the letter says but also about herself. It feels strange, but not. It feels like she just lost someone who's exceptional to her. She's grieving and finding the love of a father, the care of a brother, and the unending worry of a mother. Her true identity begun to hunt her, a true identity that she didn't know it's existing. With emptiness and the feeling of melancholy in her heart, one day, she woke up in a different room surrounded by white walls, quiet hallways, chemical scented places, life monitors, ventilators, and people who are shouting and yelling for help to save and revive their love ones. Knees bent down on the floor, tears falling to their cheeks while both hands are clasps, begging for help. What will happen to her after losing the man she loves? What will happen after knowing the truth? Will she still be able to accept it, or throw it away? Will she still be able to forgive who betrayed her, for the second time, or will she picks to understand again its reason?

Victoria Zara Jane Cruz lived a life built on quiet devotion—believing that love meant patience, sacrifice, and unwavering loyalty. As the wife of the powerful and untouchable Lance Daylen Cruz, she endured loneliness behind the walls of a seemingly perfect marriage… until the day she saw the truth with her own eyes. Betrayed. Broken. Humiliated. In one reckless night, driven by pain and alcohol, Zara makes a decision she never thought she would—falling into the arms of a man she least expected. Alexander Knight. A dangerously composed billionaire. A man feared in business, desired in silence… and known to Zara as someone tied to her past—a long-time family associate she once called ninong out of respect. But behind his calm exterior lies a dark obsession that had been quietly growing for years. What started as a mistake turns into something far more dangerous—Because Alexander doesn’t believe in accidents. he believes Zara was always meant to be his. As Zara struggles between guilt, desire, and the remnants of her shattered marriage, she finds herself drawn deeper into Alexander’s world—a world where control, passion, and possession blur into something intoxicating… and terrifying. But Daylen isn’t the kind of man who lets go easily, And when secrets begin to unravel, Zara is forced to choose—Return to the life that broke her… Or surrender to the man who is willing to burn the world just to keep her. In a story of betrayal, obsession, and forbidden desire…How far can love go before it destroys everything?

Back in college, Damian Cross and Alexandra “Alex” Vega shared a reckless kind of passion—one built on stolen nights, whispered names, and a promise that it was nothing serious. No commitments. No future. Just fire. Pero hindi alam ni Damian, that fire left something behind—twins. A boy and a girl Alex raised on her own, telling them their father died years ago. While Damian built his ruthless empire and became one of the world’s most powerful billionaires, Alex buried their past and became a decorated soldier. Until one mission went wrong, leaving her unit dead… and turning her into one of the most sought-after bodyguards in the country. Seven years later, Alex’s world shatters again—her daughter is diagnosed with leukemia. Desperate for money for the surgery, Alex takes the job she almost rejected: protect a billionaire being hunted by enemies. She nearly drops the file when she sees his name. Damian Cross. Damian, on the other hand, isn’t thrilled either. He laughs in disbelief when he’s told his new head of security is a woman—until she walks in. The same fierce eyes. The same fire. The same woman he thought he’d lost forever. Now, Damian must face the truth: the bodyguard sworn to protect him is the only woman he’s ever let too close… and she’s hiding the biggest secret of all—his children. As bullets close in, old wounds reopen, and sparks reignite, Alex must choose: keep the walls she built for seven years, or let Damian back in—and risk breaking more than just her own heart.

BLURB: Si Desyrie ay lumuwas ng Maynila bitbit ang isang pangarap: ang makapag-aral at makatulong sa pamilya. Taglay ang ganda ng isang tipikal na Pilipina—morena, may mapungay na mga mata, at hubog ng katawang pang-modelo—madali sana siyang makakahanap ng mapapangasawa. Ngunit sumumpa siya: hinding-hindi siya magpapakatanga sa pag-ibig gaya ng kaniyang ina. “Bahala na kung tumandang dalaga,” ang madalas niyang bitaw na salita. Sa kabilang banda, si Lumiere Salvatiero ay isang bilyonaryong kinalimutan na ang salitang "pagmamahal." Matapos iwan ng kaniyang fiancée para sa ibang lalaki, ang dating butihing boss ay naging malamig, mabalasik, at lunod sa trabaho. Para sa kaniya, ang mga babae ay iisa lang ang habol: ang kaniyang yaman. Ngunit magbabago ang lahat sa isang hapon. Sa tapat ng kaniyang mansyon, isang napakagandang babae ang nakatayo habang binabasa ang poster: HIRING: YOUNG MAID. Sa isang sulyap, Lumiere was starstruck. Ngunit agad niyang iwinaksi ang nararamdaman. Para sa kaniya, isa lang din si Desyrie sa mga babaeng gagamitin ang ganda para makuha ang kaniyang pera. Doon magsisimula ang isang laro ng pangungutya, pagtitiis, at damdaming pilit itinatago sa likod ng mga malamig na titig. Will Desyrie’s fierce heart break Lumiere’s icy walls? O magiging isa lamang siyang biktima ng nakaraan ng lalaking ayaw nang maniwala sa pag-ibig? "I thought he was my forever, but he was just a lesson. My real hero was always right beside me."

When Abrianna Sullivaño mother married his father, she gained a new home. And a new enemy. Augustus Drey Donovan is everything she should despise—arrogant, ruthless, cold, and dangerously unreadable. He commands their household with quiet authority, moving through it like a king on his throne, while treating her like an intruder who never truly belonged. Every conversation between them feels like a battle. Every glance, a silent war neither of them is willing to surrender. Their arguments often end with them standing far too close—close enough to feel each other’s breath, close enough to blur the line they’re not supposed to cross. And whenever he tells her to stay away from other boys, his voice lowers into something darker… something possessive. He claims it’s because she’s his sister now. But if that’s true, why does he look at her like she’s anything but? Inside a house filled with thin walls and dangerous secrets, one wrong move could shatter the fragile family they’re trying to build. Yet the harder she fights the feelings rising inside her, the stronger they become—twisting, consuming, impossible to ignore. He’s ruthless. He’s forbidden. And he’s her brother. “Six stories... Six writers... One darkly twisted series..." TWISTED DESIRE SERIES COLLABORATION  Twisted Desire 1: Trapped With My Daddy's Seduction AUTHOR:Yvette Stephanie Twisted Desire 2: The Professor's Obsession AUTHOR: GuemByoel Twisted Desire 3: My Ninong's Poisonous Touch AUTHOR: Cactushoney Twisted Desire 4: Playing Fire  with my uncle AUTHOR: Vladmire Twisted Desire 5: Cousin I Can’t Resist AUTHOR: MotonariMitsuMouri Twisted Desire 6: Craving my Ruthless Brother AUTHOR: Rosenav91

Bilang isang bastardang anak, nagsumikap si Mia para kilalanin at tanggapin siya ng matagumpay na negosyanteng nagmamay-ari ng Blacksmith Hotels na si Vincent Ferrer, ang amang kaniyang tinitingala. Hindi siya nabigo at dumating rin ang araw na sa wakas ay kinilala siya ni Vincent bilang anak nito. Kinilala rin nito ang kaniyang talino sa larangan ng negosyo at hinirang siya bilang bagong CEO ng Blacksmith Hotels. Sa parehong araw, ay inalok siya ng kasal ng kaniyang nobyong si Oliver. All at once, she had it all. But all at once, she lost them... Nagkaroon ng malaking problema ang Blacksmith Hotels, at siya ang sinisi ng kaniyang ama. He threatened to remove her from her position, ngunit kusa siyang nagbitiw. On the same day, she discovered that Oliver and her half-sister, Natalia, were cheating on her. Pumunta siya sa isang bar para uminom ng alak at pansamantalang makalimot. Just a few shots, and she got dizzy. Isang estranghero ang umupo sa tabi niya at um-order ng whisky. She could tell that he was hot even with her eyes half-shut. As he was about to drink his whiskey, she snatched the glass from him and drank it right away. The next thing she knew, she found herself in the stranger's bed. In his arms, she went straight from a tough, independent woman to a damsel in distress. She let down her walls, and she has given him what's left of her— her virginity! Was it just a one-night stand? Or has she found her knight in shining armor?

Akala ko mababaon ko na sa limot ang nakaraan. Eighteen years ago, I walked away from the man I loved, clutching the tiny life growing inside me, shattering my own heart to protect my child. Binuo ko ang mundo ko mula sa simula, pinalaki si Gian nang may lakas at pagmamahal, at hinubog ang reputasyon ko bilang Queen Verdict, hindi matatalo at matatag sa korte. Para sa akin, ang Maynila, ang lungsod ng pagkakanulo, ay mundo na isinara ko na magpakailanman. But life has a way of dragging you back into the fire. Nang mapilitan akong humarap sa imperyo ng Aragon sa korte, I’m not prepared for the ghosts of my past especially Nathan, now standing across the courtroom from me, representing the family that once tore us apart. Ang tensyon ay matindi, personal, at imposibleng balewalain. At si Laura, na parang anino ng dilim, na may bulong ng tukso at kaguluhan, nagpapakita kay Nathan ng dahilan para makalimot sa akin. I thought I could protect Gian from Nathan’s world, from their tangled history, but fate has other plans. Nang dumating ang panganib, napagtanto kong ang pag-ibig, katapatan, at tiwala ay laban sa sarili rin. Ang obsesyon ni Nathan, ang walang tigil niyang pagsunod, ang matinding proteksyon niya ay nakakaakit, nakakatakot, at nakalilito lahat ng sabay. I have a choice: let him back into our lives or keep the walls I’ve built, shielding my son from heartbreak again. Ngunit sa larong ito ng kapangyarihan, paghihiganti, at pagnanasa, natutunan ko ang isang bagay: a Queen rises, scars and all, to claim her throne. At gagawin ko ang lahat para protektahan ang pamilya ko, kahit harapin ang lalaking minahal ko noon ,kahit pa harapin ang aking mga kahihinatnan and the consequences I never imagined.

Napilitan si Selene na maging isang surrogate mother nang makulong ang kanyang ama. Wala siyang ibang pagpipilian—she needed money, and fast. Kahit hindi niya lubos na naiintindihan ang pinapasok niya, tinanggap niya ito alang-alang sa taong pinakamahalaga sa kanya.Ngunit habang dinadala niya ang bata sa kanyang sinapupunan, may isang madilim na banta ang dumating sa kanyang buhay. May taong nagbabala sa kanya—leave, or you and the child you carry will be killed. Takot ang namayani sa puso niya, kaya pinili niyang tumakas at maglaho nang parang bula.Limang taon ang lumipas.Pagod, hirap, at pangungulila ang naging kasama niya sa mga panahong iyon. Kaya nang wala na siyang matakbuhan, she returned to Manila, hoping for a fresh start. Hindi niya inaasahan na matatanggap siya bilang kasambahay ng mismong pangulo ng bansa.Sa loob ng palasyo, akala niya ay makakahanap siya ng katahimikan. But fate had other plans.Unti-unting napalapit sa kanya ang binatang presidente—isang lalaking makapangyarihan ngunit may pusong marunong magmahal. Sa bawat araw na magkasama sila, her walls slowly broke down. Ngunit kasabay ng paglapit nila sa isa’t isa ay ang pagdami ng mga taong gustong sirain siya.Mga matang mapanghusga. Mga bulong na mapanakit. At ang pinakamabigat—ang imahe ng pangulo na unti-unting nadudungisan dahil sa kanya.She was just a maid. Isa lamang siyang dalagang ina na may madilim na nakaraan. At siya—isang lider ng bansa na kailangang manatiling malinis ang pangalan.Ngayon, kailangan niyang pumili.Will she fight for love, kahit kapalit nito ang pagbagsak ng lalaking mahal niya?Or will she walk away, sacrificing her own happiness to protect his name?Sa mundong puno ng kapangyarihan at lihim, ang pag-ibig ba ay sapat para ipaglaban… o isa lamang itong kahinaan na kailangang bitawan?