We Were The Lucky Ones Book Review

What happens if the person you are chasing is also chasing someone else? Unique Aurella Ravenna Aglauros is a supermodel and a CEO that comes from the wealthiest family of Chicago. Finding true love for someone as busy, as famous, and as rich as Aurella is a very difficult task to accomplish. It might even be too impossible, so when her family arranged her to marry a CEO just like herself, hesitations were nowhere to be found. She agreed, and she eventually learned to be fond of him until she somehow fell in love. But when her long-awaited wedding day finally came, he changed his mind and left her standing at the altar with her expensive white gown stained with shame. Humiliated, she instead focused on becoming the best of her field just to forget that she let herself be fooled. Little did she know, there was someone else secretly yearning for her behind the competition between them in the business world. But how can a love story blossom in a toxic and chaotic environment? And how can he be capable of reaching her when she's chasing someone who's also busy running after someone else? Oh, how unlucky.

They said what happened in the past stays in the past! Yun sana ang gustong mangyari ni Angelina. A 28 years old girl who came from a poor family na tubong Cagayan De Oro City na napilitang manirahan sa maynila. Angelina is always optimistic in life, mayroon siyang mga katangian na hindi mo makikita sa iba kagaya ng kagandahan, kabaitan at kasipagan pero sa kabila ng mga magagandang katangian niya ay nagkukubli ang masalimuot na nakaraan na pilit niyang tinatakasan at itinatago sa lahat. Pero may kasabihan nga na kung wala kang natutunan sa iyong nakaraan ay patuloy ka nitong hahabulin at babalikan. At yun ang nangyari kay Angelina nung makilala niya sa bar ang isang estranghero sa katauhan ni Carson Constantine 29 years old at isang mayamang binata at palaging seryoso na may-ari ng 3C's Industry ang nanakaw sa puso ni Angelina na puno ng pait at sakit pero sadyang mapaglaro ang tadhana ng makilala niya ang kapatid nitong si Cray Constantine 28 years old a jolly person and a co-owner of 3C's Industry na hindi sukat-akalain ni Angelina na mamahalin niya ng tunay kagaya ng pagmamahal niya sa kapatid nito, kaya naman ang couple love story lang sana ni Angelina at Carson ay naging two in one dahil kay Cray.   Pero bawat kasiyahan ay may kaakibat na kalungkutan at ang nakaraan na pilit niyang tinatakasan ay muli siyang binalikan ng dahil sa isang pangyayari. Pangyayaring susukat sa tatag ng pagmamahal niya sa magkapatid.      

Lucas Adèric, a powerful alpha, he rules over his pack with nothing but perfection but one hitch to it, his Luna and wife isn't his true mate. What happens when his true mate arrives. Can he learn to love her and survive all the new trials that come.

Celeste knew both happiness and sadness, but she had never lost hope, until the time when she lost her dad and her world came crashing down. What was the point of hoping and wishing, when everything she wished for would slip away right from her hands, like water running down her fingers? Pain and depression in itself are unbearable, but what would happen to a person if they have to deal with financial stress too? Celeste had to juggle not only schoolwork but also juggle three different jobs. With great difficulty, she was able to finish her bachelor's, and now she was finally able to get into her dream university for her master's. All this while she thought being far away from home would somehow take her troubles away too, but that wasn't the case. She had a looming 1-year student loan and was barely getting by with a full-time degree. And that's when she was forced to do something that she didn't really think she would have to do. She found herself browsing through what it would take to be a sugar baby and was mortified that it required the sugar baby to have consensual sex and her graysexual ass could never. She was saved from the nightmare when she met a mysterious rich boy/man who was willing to act as her sugar daddy, well not really. Gabrielle a boy of just 23, and an owner of a multi-millionaire company. He had money and everything nice right at his feet. But just like Celeste, he was a broken boy too, craving for a family that was already 6 feet under the ground. And who knew that both of them would find each other and maybe just maybe they would find what they lost all hope for.

Buong akala ni Kamila ay natagpuan na niya ang lalaking babago ng kaniyang buhay. Ang lalaking handa siyang mahalin ng totoo at tapat. Ngunit ang inaakala niyang mala-fairytale na buhay ay naging kabaligtaran pala nang malaman niya ang lihim ng asawa. Higit pa doon ay ang ginawa nito upang taposin na nang tuluyan ang taling nagdurugtong sa kanila. Sa kaniyang pagbabalik ay sinisiguro niyang magbabayad ng malaki ang may kagagawan kung bakit nawala sa kanya ang lahat. At uunahin na niya ang asawang si Miguel Coleson Guevarra. . . Ngunit paano kung ang paghihiganti ay mauwi sa isang mainit tagpo? Magagawa pa kaya niyang lunukin ang galit at magpalamon muli sa kaniyang emosyon?

The kingdom teeters on the edge of chaos as turmoil grips its very core. Stricken by a fatal illness, the King knows his time to rule is slipping away, urging him to seek a worthy successor. Yet, his heart yearns for the one person he cannot have Michael, a trusted confidante and devoted shield, who shares a bond of love forbidden by the kingdom's laws. Discover a tale of forbidden love, untold secrets, and the relentless pursuit of a legacy.

Following the success of her two novels, Cela receives an offer for the TV adaptation of her stories but a third story has to be written soon to complete a three-story special. She is not in to the project until she rediscovers the paper bearing the address of the meeting place of her supposed first date with Nate. Now that her mother is no longer around to interfere, she becomes inspired to reunite with him after many years and hopefully write the third novel based on their new story. Unfortunately, he is now about to get married in two months. Disappointed with the turn of events, she decides not to meet him again. She visits their old meeting place and finds it a good place to write but unexpectedly meets him there. They agree not to talk to each other if they meet there again but fate leads them to meet again under different circumstances leaving them no choice but to speak to each other. Suddenly, Nate’s fiancée starts acting weird and suggests that he spend the weekend with Cela while she is away. Although it confuses him, he figures that it is her way of helping him get closure. The two spend one Sunday reminiscing the past expecting a closure in the end but the wonderful moment they share this time only makes it harder to achieve that closure so Cela has to put a stop to it saying, “Please don't think even for a second that there is still something left or something new to explore after everything that happened or did not happen. This is not a novel. This is reality. We don't get sequels or spin-offs in real life. We just continue. We move forward and that's how we get to the ending."

On a far away and isolated island, young Ellie has lived her life in the peaceful but rigid town of Bluebay, with one very strict rule... Abide by the peace treaty, never to cross the border into the forbidden forest where the savage and evil 'cold ones' live. But when Ellie secretly steps into their territory, she unintentionally brings their two worlds of humans and vampires together. Ellie is all too soon at the center of betrayal, tragedy, forbidden love and a secret plot to destroy everyone and everything on the island.

BOOK 1: TIMELESS ONES Ipinangako ni Fritz sa sarili niyang walang ibang babae siyang iaakyat sa dream house niya maliban kay Julia. Ang nag-iisang babaeng minahal at minamahal niya mula pagkabata. Pero nasira ang pangakong iyon nang hingin ng isang malapit na kaibigan na patuluyin niya doon ang isang nangangailangan na sa kalaunan ay napag-alaman niyang si Julia pala. Time is forever for those who love truly. Pero paano mangyayari iyon kung nariyan ang asawa ni Julia na siyang mas may higit na karapatan sa babaeng pinakamamahal niya? BOOK 2: JOURNEY TO FOREVER Nang tanggihan ni Claire ang inialok na kasal ni Lawrence at piliin ang Amerika, nasaktan noon ang binata. Pero nagbago ang ihip nang hangin makalipas ang walong araw ay maganap ang isang malagim na aksidenteng nagbigay daan sa muling pagsasanga ng buhay nina Lawrence at Anya. Ang unang babaeng minahal ng binata, ang unang babaeng pinangarap nito at ang nag-iisang babaeng hindi nawala sa puso nito sa loob ng mahabang panahon. At higit sa lahat ang pinakamamahal ni Lawrence pero minabuti nitong talikuran para sa kapanan ng iba. Pero hindi lang si Anya ang nagbalik sa buhay niya, kundi maging si Claire. Si Claire na mas nanaisin pang mawala nalang ang binata bago ito mapunta sa iba. BOOK 3: UNBROKEN VOW Bata pa si Sara nang una itong masilayan ni Benjamin. Pero nagkaroon na ito ng espesyal na parte sa kanyang puso. At masasabi niyang puso niya mismo ang nag-alaga ng bahaging iyon kaya hindi niya iyon nagawang ibigay sa iba. Ang isang tunay at wagas na pagmamahal ay walang pinipiling panahon o edad, minsan kailangan lang maghintay. Pero anong katiyakan ni Benjamin na hindi mahuhulog sa iba at babalik sa kanya ang dalaga kung ang tanging pinanghahawakan niya ay isang pangakong kung tutuusi'y posible ring masira?

Kitty experienced a career change from office worker to a housewife in three years. She and her husband Ken were preparing to start a family until Kitty got tangled in a heap of trouble.-befriending her blackmailer, Leah, triggers a chain of events forcing Kitty to turn into the person she hates.