When We Were Young Book

My daughter, Wendy Lawson, was a rising star in the piano world. But on the day of the piano competition grand finals, someone locked her in a restroom. She was so shaken she missed her chance at the championship. I checked the CCTV footage and found out exactly who was behind it. I was ready to file a formal complaint for malicious sabotage. But my husband stepped in and shut me down cold. “It was just a squabble between two kids. If you report Theresa’s sister, I’ll make sure Wendy doesn’t even get second place!” I was so furious my whole body trembled. I never imagined Phillip would go this far to bully his own daughter to protect his secretary’s sister! Just then, Wendy held onto my hand as she fought back tears. “Mom, I don’t want the championship anymore… and I don’t want Dad either.” I tightened my grip around her small hand. “All right. If you do not want him, then I do not want him either!”

Sofia Cortez, a college graduate who is content with her ordinary life gets entangled with Gustavo Alvarez a billionaire, who owns a chain of businesses all across Mexico. Sofia Cortez first encounter with Gustavo Alvarez made her know he was the one for her, even though it was the most embarrassing encounter. Gustavo Alvarez on the other hand didn’t want to accept the fact that he finds the “ordinary” Sofia Cortez attractive, as he denied that he does not have interest in her. Fate brings them together and they decide to explore the love they have for each other, irrespective of their family backgrounds. With the knowledge of both families they get to find out the hidden secrets both family share. The once blossoming love and romance began to wither. Will Sofia Cortez and Gustavo Alvarez ignore their family differences and fight for the genuine love they both share?

Victoria Addam comes to Ruthner's house as her father's debt repayments, but her master, Helio Ruthner, suddenly gives her a proposal to be his woman. Victoria rejects it, of course. But she doesn't know that it will be her way to go down after Helio makes her the lowest maid of the house and makes her live a living hell. There's something wrong with Helio and Victoria always feels a danger as long as she stays there. So, she decides to run away, goes back to her home, and asks for help. But the painful truth greets her when she learns that she is sold to the Ruthner's house by her father, and her boyfriend is cheating with Victoria's beloved sister. Victoria falls to the bottom rock, but Helio comes to her and offers her help for revenge. And crazily, Victoria accepts the offer. “Be my woman, and you will easily avenge them all. As a pay, don't blame me if I make your life a living hell.” “There's something wrong with you, I guess, and you've made my life like hell. But I don't care about it anymore, so lend me your help, make me your woman.”

Her life and existence was built on a deal and her fate is to be sold off to a billionaire on her eighteenth birthday. Suddenly, a day Amelia presumed to be the best day in her suddenly becomes the darkest moment when she is informed of the deal her family took to save their home. She felt torn apart and betrayed by her family, but there was no way back because he had come to take her. However, some things unfold along the way and she slips away from the hands of her predator. She thinks she have been saved and redeemed, but that was the beginning of another nightmare. A nightmare with the young billionaire, Alexander who would now become her new master and also, husband…

In a world of werewolves, identical twin Alphas Damon and Mason Daerk rule the Southern Gate Pack with contrasting styles—Damon, stern and ruthless, and Mason, gentle and lenient but yet they don't seem to see eye to eye on pack matters. Their dynamics shift with the arrival of Emma, a beautiful and timid omega wolf who becomes the object of their desire. As they navigate their complicated relationships with Emma, they're threatened by Estella, a rogue wolf and Emma's aunt, who seeks revenge against the pack. As tensions escalate, the twins must put aside their differences to defeat Estella and protect Emma, ultimately discovering their own feelings for her. In the end, can Emma accepts both Damon and Mason as her mates? Will they ever find love and unity together?

I was Brandon Sandler’s most cherished canary—pampered, sheltered, and utterly his for five years. Then came the news of his engagement to another woman. Only then did I realize his affection had been a carefully crafted revenge. He trapped me by his side, flaunting his love for another while subjecting me to relentless humiliation. Eventually, I stopped caring. But the ruthless business tycoon, who once held himself above all, clutched me with red-rimmed eyes, begging me to come home. He said he regretted everything. My hand instinctively cradled my stomach as I glanced at the man behind him. “Darling,” I murmured, “this man is scaring our baby.”

Cecilia Henderson has lived her life in a bubble of privilege and purity, sheltered from the darkness that funds her father’s empire. Her world is charity galas, college degrees, and dreams untouched by violence. But when a single waltz with Zacian,the ruthless Boss of All Bosses, shatters that illusion, everything changes. Dominic Henderson, her father, is drowning under Zacian’s tightening grip. Desperate to protect his family and reclaim his power, Dominic strikes a dangerous bargain with rival bosses, setting the stage for betrayal and bloodshed. As tensions ignite and loyalties fracture, Cecilia becomes the ultimate leverage; a pawn in a game she never knew existed. But Zacian doesn’t see her as a pawn. He sees her as his weakness. And in a world where kings burn kingdoms for love, innocence may be the deadliest weapon of all.

Darlene Hillary Young, is caught in a dangerous game of revenge with Landen Anderson--a cold and cruel man, who was her first love. After being crushed by a contract marriage and family betrayal, she rises up and builds her own business empire. 3 years later, the world's elite men come to her-to father her little daughter. Landen Anderson the handsome billionaire, her ex-husband, gallantly meets her, "Divorced? We won't, Darling! Will Darlene forgive Landen and accept love a second time?

"Up until now, my life made sense. Up until now, I had been sheltered away from a world where murder was acceptable and debts were payment. Now, I was exposed to that world, and the lies, secrets and favours were my new currency. The rules were easy to follow and even easier to manipulate. But the last thing I expected was to be thrown in the deep end, fighting for everything I loved." Emiliana was moving on from what she lost, her safety, security, and the love. But what happens when her bodyguard comes back and shows her that the life her family had protected her from, is the life she fits into?

"The five hundred thousand has already made you my wife." After he was betrayed by his best, friend all hotelier Dylan Vergara wants is revenge but resourceful and feisty Ella came as a surprise and the feelings he once had for her that were beginning to surface hadn’t been part of his plan. Blackmailed into a marriage of convenience to pay her family's debt, Ella loathes the arrogant young billionaire who thinks the entire world revolves around him. Caught between her feelings