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Sebastian ‘Baste’ Paner was a jock of hotel services and master of client pampering, especially for rich old women. When his best friend who was running a dating agency enlisted his help to fulfill a dying woman's wish, the greedy Baste accepted the offer right away. Who wouldn't be anyway if you're bound to inherit a massive land in the province after her death? However, it wasn't as easy as Baste had initially thought. “When I called and told your orphanage that I want a family, I didn't mean I need a husband. I need a child,” clarified 61-year-old Filomena Geronimo who mistakenly dialed the agency instead of the orphanage. By the way, it's not a love story. It's something more profound than that. It's... something only we know.

When Valentina met Matteo in 2019, they both felt as if they’d known each other before. Everybody knows Matteo Giudice is the first son of a billionaire who is probably, but not surely, the head of the Sicilian mafia. Everything he does seems to be for his own pleasure even though there’s a certain darkness to him that seems to follow him everywhere he goes. Burnt-out from a young age due to his generational wealth, being bored is his biggest problem in life. Valentina is the daughter of a successful Russian businessman and has always flown under the radar at school but now seems to be everywhere and nowhere at the same time. There’s something a bout her, as if she has something nobody else possesses, that stirs up Matteo’s interest in the first place. Somewhere along the way of trying to figure each other out they unintentionally fall in love. When buried secrets come out, their lives turn into a deadly game of power, in which love and war have no choice but to co-exist. A slow-burn coming of age mafia romance novel, in which the only thing the protagonists know for sure is that fate doesn't care if you're ready for the love of your life. Part 1 of the Games We Play works.

Choices, life if full of them and each one offers several paths to walk down. Mary knows all about choices. It was because of a string of them she went from living a happy life with her parents to end up an orphan working in the castle kitchen. Mary is now working hard while praying she wouldn't be kicked out on the street. The man she loves, her best friend, doesn't see her but is courting another woman who does her best to make Mary feel worthless. To top everything off, the sickness is back in the city which means Mary's only refuge is gone. She is trapped and she feels like a trapped animal. That is when Lady Tariana comes back into Mary's life. She was the one that saved Mary when she was a child. Now she is back and she offers Mary new choices, travel back with Lady Tariana to her home. It's just one choice, but with each of the choices comes a myriad of new choices and consequences. Can she leave her love behind? Would she managed to survive in a new world? And what about magic? Does it really exist? Time is running out and she needs to make her decision or the world will make it for her.

Scarlets has always been different. Born an omega but shielded from the cruelty that usually came with it, her life under Alpha Jackson’s care has been peaceful — almost charmed. She’s found love with Cole, the Alpha’s golden son: the boy who once saved her, the boy she’s always trusted. The only scar on her past is the shadowy memory of a cruel boy who wore the same face as her beloved — a figure from her childhood who left bruises deeper than skin. After six long years, Lloyd — Cole’s estranged twin brother — returns to the pack. His presence brings back buried fears and half-remembered nightmares. But something doesn’t add up. The man who once haunted her steps with surprising gentleness now. He watches her with sadness, not cruelty. As Scarlet struggles to make sense of the past and the confusing present, she finds herself torn between two brothers. In a world where loyalty is everything and betrayal is a death sentence, Scarlet must choose who to trust before it's too late.

Istrikta si Sarah pagdating sa rules; hindi niya ‘yon nilalabag at ayaw niyang may lumabag niyon lalo na kung mismong rules niya ang sinuway. Subalit nagbago ang takbo ng mundo niya nang makilala si Erhart, ang lalaking mahilig lumabag sa rules. Araw-araw nitong pinapasakit ang kaniyang ulo simula nang mag-krus ang landas nila. Ginawa na niya ang lahat ng paraan upang iwasan ito pero talagang makulit ang binata at ayaw siyang tantanan hanggang siya na mismo ang bumali sa sarili niyang batas—na BAWAL siyang magmahal. Dahil tinanggap niya ito ng buong puso kahit na hindi niya lubusang kilala ang pagkatao nito. Masaya ang naging pagsasama nila ngunit ang magandang panaginip na ‘yon ay naging isang bangungot nang may matuklasan siya sa pagkatao nito. Ang babaeng kinamumuhian niya, na nagluwal sa kaniya ay konektado sa binata. Ito pa mismo ang humiling sa kaniya na layuan ang kasintahan dahil kung hindi, masisira ang kilalala at respetadong pamilya ng binata. Magawa niya kayang talikuran ang lalaking minamahal o dapat niya bang itong ipaglaban?

A town with a strange past. A group of teenagers with secrets to hide. A world inside a box and a man who should no longer exist. Will they ever find out where they truly belong?

Sebuah pernikahan tiba-tiba mengikat Arika dengan Pandu, pria penuh rahasia yang tak pernah ia kenal. Di balik ciuman pertama mereka yang dingin, tersembunyi masa lalu berdarah dan permainan kekuasaan yang mengintai setiap langkah. Ketika cinta mulai tumbuh di antara peluru dan pengkhianatan, Arika harus memilih: mempercayai lelaki yang menikahinya tanpa cinta, atau membunuhnya untuk bertahan hidup. Sementara dunia memburu mereka, rahasia masa lalu perlahan terungkap—mengancam memisahkan cinta yang baru saja terasa indah. Mampukah Arika dan Pandu bertahan hidup ... atau justru akan menghilang selamanya dari dunia ini? Cinta mereka mungkin dapat bersemi, tapi cinta tersebut tumbuh di tempat yang salah.

From Honest Trailers: Follow the girl with Stockholm Syndrome, Marina, the idiot who has a mate, but ends up falling in love with her captor instead. Because bad boys are sexy. 7/5 Would write again.

Natasha Hale only want to do one thing. Drink and forget the world after going through a rough break up halfway through the world Somehow she end up meeting the mysterious James Campbell

Abel is a billionaire play boy who doesn't exactly believe in love until he met a beautiful girl one day and fell in love at first sight. But one phone call changes everything. One of his many flings is pregnant for him and when she gives birth to his twins later, he makes the decision to move out of town and start a new life with his children. He once met Millie, a friend of a friend and he thought she was interesting, they had a beautiful conversation, but just like Cinderella, it only lasted for a night and they never met again, only to meet up four years later. He owns a company now and has two toddlers he is taking care of. Millie can finally say she left her toxic relationship with her ex behind and is ready for new love and new career opportunities. The new career opportunity just happens to be at Abel's company, but he is a different man now, he is no longer the funny and exciting man she once talked to, he is a father now who doesn't believe in love anymore because he is scared of bringing a new woman into his children's lives. Millie also has to deal with bitter ghosts from the past, a secret she holds so dear and a toxic ex boyfriend who was the main reason she left town, but how long was she ever going to hide from him? Four years seems just as long as she could go.