You Do You

Siya si Kellissa Elarque. Labing walong taong gulang na estudyante na nag-aaral ng kursong Business Administration sa isang unibersidad. Scholar na Bayan. Breadwinner ng kanyang pamilya. Bukod sa pagiging isang matalinong estudyante, marami ang nabibighani sa taglay niyang ganda sa kabila ng laging suot nitong may kalakihan na puting t-shirt at leggings na pinaresan ng lumang itim na rubber shoes. Binansagan pa ang dalaga bilang "Beauty and Brains" ng kanilang department. Tahimik lamang itong estudyante at tila ba walang pakielam sa paligid. Ngunit nagbago ang lahat sa takbo ng buhay niya simula nang buksan niya ang kanyang puso sa isang Cayden Guerrero. Ang isang sikat na basketball player na tinaguriang "King of Court." Isang binata na epitome ng "Tall, dark and handsome". Na para bang isang ngiti lang niya ay kaya nitong patibukin ang puso ng kahit sino man. Tama nga ba ang naging desisyon niya na bigyan ng pagkakataon ang binata o magiging sanhi lamang ng pagguho ng mundo niya?

The things we want are so very rarely the things we need. Clifton Heights, a modest Adirondack town, offers many unique attractions. Arcane Delights sells both paperbacks and hard-to-find limited editions. The Skylark Diner serves the best home-cooked meals around, with friendly service and a smile. Every August, Mr. Jingo’s County Fair visits, to the delight of children and adults. In essence, Clifton Heights is the quintessential small American town. Everyone knows everyone else, and everyone is treated like family. It is quiet, simple, and peaceful. But shadows linger here. Flitting in dark corners, from the corner of the eye. If you walk down Main Street after dark, the slight scrape of shoes on asphalt whispers you're not alone, but when you look over your shoulder, no one is there. The moon shines high and bright in the night sky, but instead of throwing light, it only seems to make the shadows lengthen. Children disappear. Teens run away. Hunters get lost in the woods with frightening regularity. Husbands go mad, and wives vanish in the dead of night. And still, when the sun rises in the morning, you are greeted by townspeople with warm waves and friendly smiles, and the shivers pass as everything seems fresh and new... Until night falls once more. Handy's Pawn and Thrift sits several blocks down from Arcane Delights. Like any thrift store, its wares range from the mundane to the bizarre. By daylight, it seems just another slice of small town Americana. But in its window hangs a sign which reads: We Have Things You Need. And when a lonely traveling salesman comes looking for something he desperately wants, after normal visiting hours, after night has fallen, he will face a harsh truth among the shelves of Handy’s Pawn and Thrift: the things we want are rarely the things we need. ©️ Crystal Lake Publishing

Camila pensait n’avoir plus rien à perdre. Sans repères, elle accepte un étrange entretien dans une maison aussi élégante qu’inquiétante. Une offre lui est faite ,déroutante, limite immorale. Mais ce n’est rien comparé à ce qui l’attend : Seth, le neveu de sa future employeuse. Un homme énigmatique, fascinant… et dangereusement inaccessible. Ce qui naît entre eux n’a rien d’ordinaire. C’est un jeu de regards, de silences lourds, de tentations interdites. Une histoire d'amour aussi troublante que toxique, où désir et pouvoir s’emmêlent, et où fuir devient aussi difficile que rester. C’est une collision. Une spirale. Un poison lent. Un lien qu’aucun des deux ne comprend, mais qu’ils ne peuvent rompre. Entre eux, ce n’est pas une passion. C’est une obsession. “Bound to you” n’est pas une romance douce. C’est un amour cruel, imprévisible, magnifique dans sa chute. Et si aimer… c’était perdre la tête ?

Sabi nila kaakibat ng pagmamahal ang masaktan. Paano naman kung sobra-sobra nang sakit ang nararamdaman mo? Magmamahal ka pa rin ba? ... Si Maria Ingrid Natasha Garcia, o kilala sa tawag na 'Ming' ay head over heels ang pagmamahal sa kanyang boss kahit pa walking freezer ito. At kasing liwanag man ng ilaw na may kasintahan na ito, patuloy niya pa rin itong minamahal. Martir na kung martir. Pero hindi naman mapigilan ni Ming ang patuloy na pagkabaliw ng kanyang puso sa kanyang gwapings na amo. At sa gabi-gabi niyang pagdarasal narindi na ang diyos ng pag-ibig kaya pinagbigyan na ang panalangin nito. Sa wakas! nakuha nito ang atensyon ng kanyang amo. Kaya lang hindi rin pala ito magta-tagal dahil muling magbabalik ang unang babaeng nag-patibok sa puso ng kanyang Boss.

A family that he can say his own, a wife, children that can make his life complete as a man. Iyon ang tanging hangad ni Angelo sa kaniyang sarili, pero hindi niya akalain na mahirap pala itong makuha. Namatay nang maaga ang kaniyang nobya, matapos isilang ang bunga ng kanilang pagmamahal. Sinabi niyang hindi na niya bubuksan ang puso para umibig pa. Naging malamig siya sa lahat, naging manhid. Hanggang sa makilala niya si Ms. Loraine, ang kalaona’y magiging teacher ng kaniyang anak. Can he hold his promise when his heart is now changing its beat every time, they met their eyes? Can Angelo hold his heart not to love again?

Six years of marriage. All passion at night, but never tenderness in the daylight. Amelia Sinclair loved Christopher Zephyr deeply, and she swallowed the bitterness as if it were sweet. Her own daughter wasn't allowed to call him father, yet the son of his first love sat on his lap, learning to say the word "dad". The entire family treated that adopted boy as a precious heir, while her own flesh and blood was treated like a shameful stain. It wasn't until Amelia and her daughter paid with their lives—until Christopher signed the cremation papers with his own hand and then took the boy to attend his first love's welcome banquet—that Amelia finally understood. Love couldn't win love. A heartless man had no heart to give. When Amelia was reborn, she swore she would never again cling to that cold and humiliating marriage. In her past life, she had foolishly given up her studies, content to be a housewife and devote herself to her family. In this one, she submitted the divorce papers without hesitation, took her daughter far from the mire, and rebuilt her career until she stood at the top again. In the first week after Amelia left, Christopher dismissed it as one of her tantrums. By the first month, he brushed it off completely. It didn't matter to him what she did, so it was fine to let her go. Later on, he saw her again, standing tall among the industry's elite! Amelia was focused only on her career, and her daughter was focused only on finding herself a new father. And Christopher finally realized that they really didn't want him anymore. The man lost all reason. The one who had always been cold, proud, untouchable, suddenly threw away his dignity. He blocked the mother and daughter pair in full view of everyone, his voice breaking as he pleaded, "Honey, I'll kneel here if I have to. Please... just love me one more time."

Ran Cecilia— seorang 'Janda Muda' yang belum lama diceraikan suaminya ini menyamar sebagai anak SMA. Sementara Ran harus menutupi identitasnya, dia juga harus berurusan dengan Gilang Kertarajasa--lelaki buaya di sekolah itu yang diam-diam tertarik dengan tubuhnya. "Dasar playboy IQ jongkok!" —Ran Cecilia. "Kasih gue waktu sebulan untuk buat Ran tergila-gila sama gue." —Gilang Kertarajasa. Di sini Ran diuji kesabarannya. Terlebih dengan godaan berondong buaya sekelas Gilang. Bagaimana aksi Ran Cecilia dalam mempertahankan identitas dan juga hatinya?

Lorryce is a simply charming young lady who just wants to enjoy her University life in peace. But the Universe has a different way to spice and shake things up for her. What would a brief but blissful encounter mean for her? How could a Heartbreak Prince change her life? And how could she ever let go of a memory that keeps on haunting her mercilessly? This story is a written in Filipino and English.

"I…...Supreme Alpha Sheila Mahamanga of all the supernatural world…….hereby send you Eden Rastol back painfully to the abyss…... of eternal pain….., may you never reincarnate again!" Sheila, queen of the supernatural world and the present time is….the Supreme Alpha of all werewolves in existence. She has lived for thousands of years and stopped aging at the age of twenty-eight. She's Ruthless, a female Alpha that portrays danger, evil, and most especially death. She was cursed by the moon goddess to be mateless for the rest of her life, because of her cruel nature, misuse of power, and constant death punishment. Since then her evil has tripled as she becomes unstoppable. She controls the whole pack of the werewolf, she is the Supreme Alpha, other Alpha's crawl to the bare floor at the mention of her name as no one dares utter her judgment except you are ready to die!!! Fate becomes twisted when all of a sudden on the full moon, she finds herself being mated to an Omega. She was angered, as she roars in horror, daring the moon goddess Eden Rastol was a born Omega In Harlet Moon Pack. He was twenty-five years old. He lives with his parents who cherish him so much, regardless of his weak nature, but fate has always had a blow on him. He has been rejected two times by his various mate, but his last rejection left him shattered. He was thrown out of his pack and fate being funny, he found himself in Blackheart, where the Supreme Alpha lives in. Funny enough he was unfortunately mated to Supreme Alpha Sheila for the fourth time.

Adrianna Do you ever wish you were strong enough? I wish I wasn’t weak willed. That I actually could stand up to my family so I didn't have to betray the one person who truly loved me. The only man I ever loved. Now he's back for revenge, vowing to pull my entire family down. He doesn’t look at me the way he once did. His eyes are filled with hatred and disdain. Lance I want to hold Adrianna’s head under water. I want to kiss her till we both forget everything. I find it difficult to decide which I want more. More than anything, I want to bring her down. I want to see her suffer everything I suffered because of her. To watch her lying mouth beg for forgiveness. To see her beautiful, deceptive eyes glaze over with tears. I won't stop till I burn the Houston family legacy to the ground.