Within Temptation The Unforgiving

"Monster," I smirked to myself as I read the morning paper. If they only knew the truth. I sipped my coffee as I skimmed through the story. They had all the details wrong and the police were idiots. I heard the bell chime on the door to the coffee shop and saw her walk in. Her hair was down just the way I liked it. She was perfect I thought to myself as I eyed her and planned my next move. I think when she finally saw me she made the connection. Her eyes got wide. "Ethan?" Ethan Graves is a well-known man in the community with a dark secret. His darkness is so great that even he can't control it sometimes. He plays his role well during the day but at night he takes on a whole new persona. The newspapers call him a monster and the police are baffled. Then the new detective on the case walks in. The one that he let go. The one he was obsessed with. It was finally time to make her his. The game of cat and mouse had never been something he would ever consider, he usually likes the woman to be weak and defenseless against his charm and good looks. However, for this kill, he would play the game and Josephine Wells would be his trophy.

Ryder didn't lose just one mate; he lost two. His first mate died the day he found her. Angelica was his second chance mate. She was his everything. The reason his heart beat and the air he breathed. She was the mother of their child, his beautiful angel. But in the blink of an eye, she was dead. Ryder had to find a way to live, a way to move on without her. He had to for the sake of their daughter. How does one continue to live without the person who breathes life into you? How do you move on from that? Is it possible to love again? Ryder doesn't think so, but she does. She's the complete opposite of Angelica. There's nothing sweet and innocent about her. She's hard, cocky, and speaks her mind. Angelica was soft and delicate; she is hard around the edges, and tattoos cover her body. She finds the mate bond interesting, and he is her next adventure. She doesn't take no for an answer, and it infuriates the Beta beyond belief. He wants to choke her, scream at her, tell her to leave him alone, and never return, but he wants to hold her and pull her into his arms at the same time. It's a battle with his heart. How does he allow someone else in when his heart still belongs to her.

Hunter Dela Cruz, known for being the sexy beast and the brother of Thunder Dela Cruz, swore that he would never fall in love again. Love for him means complications and pain, and it's also useless. He's fine with what he does. He's okay bedding women, and it was crystal clear what he wanted from them. The only relationship he can give is when they're in bed. But she came and made his world upside-down. Zyline De Guzman came from a not-so-good relationship with her past and was living her life away from problems anymore. She just wanted a problem-free, stress-free life. But having Hunter around her makes that impossible to happen. It's also impossible not to fall for him, but the question is... Is Hunter Dela Cruz capable of falling in love , or will it be another not-so-good relationship in the end for her?

Lumaki sa isang marangyang pamumuhay si Kylie Aragon. Kaya naman ay sanay itong nakukuha ang anumang gustuhin niya. Bukod roon ay palagi rin itong nangunguna sa buong klase. Marami rin ang mga kalalakihan na talaga namang humahanga sa kaniya nang dahil sa taglay niyang ganda at talino. Higit sa lahat ay ito lang naman ang nag-iisang tagapagmana ng Aragon Group of Companies. Ngunit ang hindi alam ng nakararami na sa likod ng halos perpekto niyang buhay ay mayroon itong sikreto na pilit itinatago. Dahilan para ilayo niya ang sarili sa iba upang maiwasan na muling maulit ang isang trahedya mula sa kaniyang nakaraan na hindi pa rin niya magawang ibaon sa limot hanggang sa kasalukuyan. Ngunit nagbago ang takbo ng kaniyang buhay nang makilala niya si Caleb Valiente. Ang lalaking itinalaga ng kaniyang ama upang maging personal niyang bodyguard na magpoprotekta sa kaniya. Ang kaso lang ay hindi sila magkasundong dalawa. Sa hindi malamang kadahilanan ay naiirita si Kylie sa presensya nito. Para kasi siyang bata kung tratuhin ni Caleb at talaga namang wala itong palya sa pagbuntot sa kaniya saan man siya magpunta. Kung tawagin pa siya nito sa kaniyang pangalan ay para bang matagal na silang magkakilala. Pero paano kung kailan naman nahulog na ang loob niya rito at nadala na siya sa temptasyon ng pangangatawan nito na tila balewalang inilalantand nito sa kaniyang harapan ay saka naman niya madidiskubre na mayroon pa itong ibang pakay bukod sa pagiging bodyguard niya? Na mayroon itong personal na dahilan kaya gusto siyang protektahan nito? Mapipigilan ba ng mga malalantad na sikreto ang pag-ibig na unti-unting umuusbong sa kaniyang puso? O magsisilbi niya itong sandigan para sa mga paparating pa lamang na pagsubok?

Falling for the man who is paying you for sex is a dangerous business. Stella Kaye Wyatt is running from an abusive past she'd like to forget. She secures a new identity by working at a brothel to stay hidden. When her once knight-in-shining armor boyfriend becomes what she escaped, she feels responsible for trying to save him at a high cost to herself. Alaric John Carter is an adventure seeker who uses adrenaline highs to forget his own troubled past. When his life crosses paths with Stella's and he's informed of her sexual job, he takes advantage as a paying customer with surprisingly deep pockets. Despite strictly being a business arrangement, real feelings begin to develop between the two. Stella begins to dream of a better life, but will handsome Alaric accept her for who she truly is when he learns the dark truth she's hiding? As Stella's past returns to reclaim her and Alaric's secrets are revealed, the truth will potentially end not only their feelings for each other, but their lives.

WARNING: R-18 l MATURE CONTENT l SPG l VERY SEXUAL l READ RESPONSIBLY After losing her family in a tragic accident, Adrianna Averleigh Mijares was left to put her life back together. She was left with a family whom he thought would give her love and care but none of them happened. She was being hated, considered rival and treated like a slave. At a very young age she realized that no one will really love her and protect her like what her parents did. She grow being independent and contented with having herself alone. She has never dreamed of finding someone knowing that no one who will accept, love and take care of her. Not until her peaceful and quiet life was interrupted by the Ret. Lt. Col. Gaden Lucas Montenegro. The man promised to accept, love and take care of her. He spoiled her with everything. He's the man every woman dreamed of. She felt love and at her happiest but fate is really against her will. The man who promised her forever is the same man who broke her into pieces. He left her broken and bleeding. Will someone be able to pick up all the broken pieces and put it back together?

**Dez** Dezmond woke in a cold sweat. The ache in his heart was worse than ever before. It had been growing more intense over the past few weeks. He got out of bed and went to the bathroom to wash his face. He didn't bother looking in the mirror, he knew what he would see. His face would be white and his eyes haunted with the need to find answers. Dezmond needed to know why he was being tormented in his dreams. He was never supposed to dream again. "I can't take this anymore." said Dezmond gloomily. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ **Ruby** Ruby couldn't focus in class, another night of tossing and turning. Seeing the flames consume her house. Hearing the screams as her family slowly died, knowing there was nothing she could do. It had been almost three years since the incident. The day she lost her family in the fire. She was the only one who wasn't in the house. And she relived that horror every night in her dreams. Though recently her nightmares felt different. More like a warning rather than a memory. "Rough night?" whispered Haven. Haven had been friends with Ruby since they were little kids. "Yeah, they started happening again." Ruby whispered back. They never really stopped. "Have you talked to anyone about it? Ruby, you can't keep it a secret forever." This is the same discussion they had just after the incident.

" the fire takes everything with it, love, pain, happiness. worst of all, it's never enough. "Ruby Hart did everything she could to maintain a normal life with nothing out of the ordinary but the discovery of her older adoptive sister being a Nyx turns everything upside down. A very old and powerful vampire comes into town determined to take the life of Eliza Hart and break a thousands of years old curse. In doing so, he discovers that Eliza's sister is his soulmate, Ruby. Ruby thought her life couldn't get more hectic, then it did. She realized her ancestry and how extremely dangerous she could be when ticked off and the fact that she could blow up a place with her mind, like, literally.

Work. Home. Repeat. That's the cycle of Ylana Bernadette Romualdez's life until she crossed paths with her new boss and the famous actor who offered her a sideline she could never decline.

Tyron Madrigal is a successful businessman with a reputation for being strict and cold-hearted. But when he returns to the Philippines to fix some urgent businesses, he meets a woman named Katlyn Buendias who challenges everything he thought he knew about himself. As he struggles to resist the temptation to be with her, he realizes that he may have finally met his match in this fiery and unpredictable woman. Will Tyron be able to tame his own desire and claim her as his own, or will she prove to be too much of a temptation to resist? "He always Tempting to see her, Tempting to be with her, Tempting to her, Tempting to mark her as mine, and She's my Temptation." -Tyron Arlo Madrigal