What It Means To Be You Chapter 1

Mercedes Maxwell is devastated when her twin sister is driven to take her own life by none other than her husband, William Braxton. Determined to make her brother-in-law pay for the injustice, Mercedes travels to Dorchester, England, to find him. She is shocked to find that William is unaware of his wife's death, and when Mercedes is mistaken for her sister, she decides to pose as her twin to glean some answers. Mercedes embarks on an adventure she never dreamed of in hopes of bringing justice to her sister. Instead of justice, Mercedes uncovers a plethora of secrets and mystery. As she works to unravel the mystery and discovers who she can trust, Mercedes finds that all is not as it seems, and that William Braxton may be the one man she can trust.

"What would it take to tempt you? What would it take to pay for my father's sins?" Elena asked, feeling intimated. Andrea studied her with a smile on his face. "You." Elena staggered back with shock. "What?" "I want you." Andrea said taking a step closer to her. "I want you to be my mistress. To please me in exchange for your father's debt." ************************* When Elena's father, Rocco, embezzles money from Andrea's company, he is faced with prosecution in jail. Andrea is bent on dealing with him to maintain his reputation as a ruthless multi-billionaire. But his plans for Rocco changes when he meets Elena. Elena is determined to save her father from going to jail and she is willing to do anything for that. Anything including suggesting a deal with Andrea. But Andrea wants something she cannot easily offer. Herself. Will she become his mistress and please him in exchange for her father's debt? Or will she resist his tempting charms and offer?

I love you so much till my eyes and heart don't want to open up to my circumstances. The state where you are the only one and I am one of you. I don’t care even if your common sense tells me to leave you. I still endure, with my character that has less trust in you. Whether my suspicion in excessive or you who really don’t put me first, you choose to leave, keep your heart away from me, throw away your feelings that you used to convey to me, then you act like we were never there before.

Kim Nelson, blamed for her parents' murder, faced cruelty in her pack due to her unique wolf eyes. Labeled a witch, she endured mistreatment and became a slave. After escaping her abusive alpha, she encountered someone who rescued her from despair, taking her to a new pack. Hoping to reveal her parents' killer and embrace her strength, Kim returns years later, ready to reclaim what's rightfully hers.

Laurie moves away from home after a tragedy takes the lives of her family. She meets Kate and they form an instant connection. Laurie soon discovers that there is more to the woman than meets the eye.

Scarlett Rossi had felt nothing but devotion to Alexander Wolfe from the moment she met him but all he had ever seen her as was just a little girl that was never worth his attention. Now, years later, they are being forced to marry and he can't help but feel his attraction grow with every second he passes. Except he had broken her heart when she was younger and this time, has it guarded with iron walls. Would he be able to break through it and fill her with the love she deserves, or would this end in the most catastrophic way possible?

TangShi is a girl without much luck in the world. Despised by her father after her mother died giving birth to her, she has grown up in a cold and unloving environment and hated by her stepmother. Blamed for things she could never control and treated as an outcast by her own blood. Forced to come home after finally escaping to school on a self achieved scholarship abroad, she is promised to the son of the Leng family. To create a beneficial business alliance to further her own father's greed in the corporate world. Only YuZhi Leng is as unwilling as she is, with a girlfriend already in place that he adores and no desire to honor the contract put in place - to produce an heir in the first year of marriage and solidify the two families union. TangShi must bear living as a third wheel in this unwanted life and accept or be thrown aside by her family. Until upon meeting, she realizes that YuZhi may not be the stranger to her she thought he was and recognizes him on sight. Could he be the man she met eight years ago at a masked ball, who swept her off her feet and made her feel alive, and yet left her heartbroken that fateful night? A rollercoaster of a marriage is about to be embarked upon.

Lia and Ethan were childhood friends. Sa tagal ng pagkakaibigan nila, hindi maipagkakait na mangkagusto si Lia kay Ethan. However, it seems like Ethan can't see her the same way she did. When a love of friendship turns into a love that you can’t ever imagine it happened, what will you choose to believe in? Is that love worth the risk?

Cheyenne Morris hadn't planned on coming back home after her first year in college. Her parents however had different plans after she partied a little too hard her freshman year. Once home Cheyenne soon grew bored of the small-town life and looked for anything she could use as a distraction. That's when Nick Griffin walked into her kitchen giving her the perfect target. She was half his age, he was her dad's best friend and business partner, he was perfect. Nick Griffin didn't know that the day he walked into the Morris's kitchen he had walked into a trap. He had been caught off guard by Cheyenne's sudden interest in him and by the time he realized her intentions it was too late. He tried to deter her but soon found himself unable to resist her. She had convinced him there was no harm in having a little fun. No one had to ever know. It was all fun and games until love got involved.

I was only 17, dreaming of building a life far away from my suffocating town, away from my dishonest family. My mother lived off scams, and I refused to be part of it. But just before I turned 18, my world fell apart. I was pregnant! And not just by anyone, but by the richest, cruelest man to ever set foot in my small town. The worst part? We had never even met. Now, I have to fight for something I never had: a chance to rewrite my own fate.