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Maya de Cruz is at the lowest point of her life—her career is in ruins, her uncaring family has her backed into a corner, and her past continues to haunt her. In the depths of her despair, Maya’s world tilts when Aaric Salvaterre Bernardi—her ex boyfriend, now her sister’s fiancé—appears with an offer too tempting to resist, one that could either save her or destroy everything she once held dear. Aaric, with his deadly charm and power to subdue anyone, drags Maya back into the web of his dangerous world. What begins as a risky deal slowly turns into a seductive and inescapable game of desire. Maya struggles to suppress the emotions slowly invading her heart, but Aaric's undeniable magnetism pulls her deeper into his orbit. Every glance, every word, unravels her defenses, leaving her at war with a dilemma that threatens to shatter her principles and pride. Amidst a swirl of intrigue and dark secrets that are increasingly revealed, Maya finds herself at the crossroads between a burning forbidden love and the threat of losing herself. As reason gives way to desire, a single question lingers like a haunting melody: will Maya dare to risk it all for the man who shattered her world, yet awakened a flame within her she thought had long died?  

Lexi is forced to live with her estranged mother, who left her when she was a child. Her new stepfather owns one of the best private schools in the country. Her mother is sending her to attend Blackmore Academy alongside her new stepbrother Zane. What she didn't expect was for her new stepbrother to immediately hate her and for his best friend, Alec Crestwood, to go along with the cruel, twisted game she found herself playing with her new stepbrother. Zane and Alec will stop at nothing to make her leave or force her to become their pet. What Zane and Alec don't know, though, was that she grew up in a rough neighborhood and can get just as scrapy as them. The twisted games the three of them play turn into fire burning passion and uncontrollable lust. Lexi finds herself having forbidden fantasies and feelings regarding her stepbrother and his best friend. She can no longer stop her body from heating up and her heart skipping a beat when Zane Blackmore and Alec Crestwood, the knights of Blackmore Academy, touch her.

Matthew Xaverius Anderson harus merubah identitas aslinya dengan nama Matthew Xaverius Lutof semenjak ia menjadi anak yatim piatu di usianya yang ketujuh tahun. Kedua orang tuanya meninggal akibat ledakan hebat yang terjadi pada sebuah kapal pesiar dalam pelayaran perdananya. Matthew diadopsi dan dibesarkan oleh Clark Lutof, seorang kapten yang bertugas pada pelayaran itu. Clark tahu bahwa Matthew adalah satu-satunya keturunan dari Althan Anderson, salah satu pemilik saham dari perusahaan Shipping Line tempatnya bekerja. Tetapi Clark sengaja menyembunyikan keberadaan dan identitas Matthew untuk sementara waktu demi keselamatan anak itu karena Clark mencurigai ada kejanggalan dari tragedi kebakaran kapal pesiar yang telah menewaskan ribuan nyawa itu. Dua puluh tahun berlalu, Matthew telah tumbuh menjadi pria dewasa. Ia menjadi seorang CEO dari perusahaan shipping line bernama "Marine Lighthouse". Kini, ia bertekad untuk menyibak tabir misteri atas terbakarnya kapal pesiar yang juga merupakan milik orang tuanya. "Jadi menurutmu sekarang sudah waktunya kamu menunjukkan dirimu di hadapan mereka?" tanya Clark sembari menghisap cerutunya. Ditatapnya Matthew yang sedang menatap nyalang ke arah luar jendela. "Hmm," gumam Matthew seraya mengangguk kecil. Di tangannya ia memegang sebuah jam tangan peninggalan orang tuanya. Ada ukiran nama Matthew Xaverius Anderson di bagian case back jam itu. "Sudah waktunya aku mencari kebenaran dan mengungkap misteri yang tertutup selama ini," lanjut Matthew lagi yang kini berjalan mendekati Clark. Clark mengangguk pelan. Bibir yang sedang menghisap cerutu itu tersenyum bangga, "Pergilah, dan bawa kembali hakmu." "Hm!" sahut Matthew dengan anggukan penuh keyakinan, "Akan aku temukan semua bukti-buktinya, dan akan aku rebut kembali apa yang menjadi milik keluargaku!" Dalam benak Matthew sudah tersimpan nama Vincent Gregorius, orang yang dicurigai memiliki peran penting dalam terjadinya kebakaran kapal pesiar yang menewaskan nyawa kedua orang tua Matthew. Benarkah Vincent Gregorius adalah dalang di balik tragedi itu? Mampukah Matthew mengungkap misteri ini?

Zane and Zander Whitmore are the most popular boys at Valley High. All the girls want them and all the boys want to be them. Kat Holland on the other hand just wants to finish her senior year unnoticed. Needless to say it's a major shock when Zane and Zanders Dad falls in love and marries Kats Mom right before senior year starts.

I found my husband with another woman, and by the next day, she was calling my mother "Mom." Selene thought discovering her pregnancy would save her marriage. Instead, she walked in on her husband with his first love, learned she wasn't her parents' biological daughter, and watched as her entire world was handed to a stranger. Aurora, the biological daughter, the first love, the woman with a vendetta. She knows about the pregnancy. She knows about the hospital cover-up. She knows everything. And she won't stop until Selene has nothing left. Some betrayals are planned years in advance. This one was perfect.

" YOLO " is her life motto. Sa edad na bente tres anyos, walang ginawa si Devon Valencia kundi ang magpakasaya sa buhay at waldasin ang perang ibinibigay sa kaniya ng ama. Wala siyang pangarap sa buhay—o kung mayroon man, hindi niya iyon alam at wala rin siyang balak alamin dahil alam niyang siya rin naman ang hahawak sa negosyo ng pamilya nila pagdating ng araw. Young, wild and free. Literal ang pagiging malaya ng isang Devon Valencia para gawin ang lahat ng gusto niya. Sa isang pitik lang ng daliri niya, nasa kamay na niya ang hinahangad niyang makuha, maliban na lamang ang atensyon ng isang binatang kabaliktaran ng ugaling mayroon siya. Isang maginoo,responsable at matipunong lalaki, Pablo Santino Regalado. Isang magsasaka na ang tanging hangad ay maiahon sa hirap ang kaniyang magulang. Sa edad na bente sais, naka-plano na ang gusto niyang mangyari sa buhay dahil maaga siyang namulat kung gaano kalupit ang realidad. Nakahanda siyang gawin ang lahat maibigay lang ang buhay na ipinangako niya sa pamilya. Ngunit sa kauna-unahang pagkakataon, nagkaroon ng pagtatalo ang isip niya nang alukin siya ng isang trabaho na may magandang suweldo at wala siyang ibang gagawin kundi ang bumuntot sa magiging amo niya. Kung tutuusin, walang nakikitang problema ang binata sa pagiging isang bodyguard dahil batak naman ang kaniyang katawan at nakasisiguro siyang kaya niyang gampanan nang maayos ang trabahong ibinibigay sa kaniya. Subalit 'yong ideya na isang matapobre ang dalagang babantayan niya, tila mas gugustuhin pa niyang makasama ang mga kalabaw na ilalim ng araw. Kapag binato ka ng tinapay, batuhin mo ng palaman. Kapag nahulog ka sa taong hindi nagpapakita ng interes sa'yo, siguraduhing may bitbit kang hagdan.

Shen Long adalah seorang remaja berusia dua belas tahun yang periang dan sangat baik Ia selalu membantu kedua orang tuanya dalam merawat adik - adiknya Suatu hari ketika sedang bermain bersama adik-adiknya... salah satu adiknya yang paling bungsu bernama shen kai terjatuh kedalam selokan Ketika hendak menarik adiknya keluar sesuatu menghantam tubuhnya dari belakang dan membuat dirinya kehilangan kesadaran dan ketika sadar kembali ia telah lumpuh disemua bagian tubuh kecuali tangan kanannya Tiga belas tahun kemudian saat dalam keadaan terpuruk dan sangat putus asa karena rasa bersalah ia mengambil sebilah pisau buah dan tanpa pikir panjang menyayat lehernya Di detik - detik terakhir hidupnya ada sebuah suara samar yang terdengar... [Syarat kebangkitan sistem telah terpenuhi] [Mendeteksi tanda kehidupan pemilik sistem dalam keadaan kritis] [Memulai proses penyelamatan..]

I gave Michael the best two years of my life, but in return he handed me the divorce papers the moment my sister came out of the coma. ┈┈┈┈․° ☣ °․┈┈┈┈ Since the moment my sister was born, it had always been about her, never me.... Everyone, including our parents adored and favored my sister, Seraphina over me. Even Michael, the man I had been in love with since I was a teenager, only had eyes for my sister. He loved her, dreamt of marrying only her and also starting a family with her. But circumstances forced Michael to take me as his wife instead and my sister fell into depression and tried to commit suicide in which I was held responsible for. I was only supposed to be his contract wife, but along the line I felt Michael had started to love me but that illusion shattered the very moment his love for my sister reawakened after she woke up from the two years coma. I agreed to walk away with a broken heart after granting him the divorce. And just when I was about to move on from Michael, he suddenly showed up at my doorstep to make things more difficult for me because he said he couldn't let me go and he's obsessed with me. That was the bitter truth - My sister was the love of his life while I was only his obsession and the object of his desire.

"“Do you know how to get to the rose garden?” “No, you can’t go there. A monster lives there.” Shaw Hollander is desperate. Broke, unemployed, and determined to help his ailing mother, he falls on the good graces of a wealthy benefactor who is willing to give Shaw a job at his mansion in order to pay off his mother’s debts. Suddenly finding himself surrounded by lavish riches, he has no idea what his duties truly entail until he’s sent to the rose garden and meets the tragically mutilated Isobel. This Beauty and the Beast story holds true to the core of the fable while shaking off the element of fantasy and dragging it into present-day reality. Shaw and Isobel are ready to let you climb into their four-wheel-drive pickup and take a ride with them into their version of happily ever after, but only if you first dare to gaze upon the monster among the roses."

"You are mine! Darling, I can fucking lose everything, but you would never escape me. I would make sure that even your soul would be binded with mine. So don't even think about it." "The greatest love of my life, has always been you, Helen Solome." Una pa lamang ay hindi na naging maganda kanilang tagpo. Kamuntikan na itong ikamatay ni Helen. Gumagaan lamang ang kaniyang dibdib sa kadahilanang iyon na ang huling beses na makikita niya ang lalaki. Ngunit sadyang mapaglaro yata ang tadhana. Sa isang iglap lamang ay bumaligtad ang mundo niya nang muling mag-krus ang landas nila ni Red Ismael Alvaro. Ang misteryoso, at nag-iisang tagapagmana sa Multi-Billion Euro Corporation kung saan sila nagtratrabaho ng nobyo niyang si Clyde Salvador. Nang dahil sa isang hindi inaasahang pangyayari ay tuluyang magbabago ang buhay nilang tatlo. Nagdulot ito nang matinding trauma kay Helen na naging dahilan upang siya ay magpakalayo-layo na muna. Matapos ang lahat ng mga bangungot sa kaniyang nakaraan, kakayanin pa kaya ni Helen ang magpatawad, at ipagpatuloy ang buhay? Hanggang saan ang kayang gawin ni Red upang mabawi, at mapasakaniya ang babaeng labis na kinahuhumalingan? Magagawa pa kayang ipaglaban ni Clyde ang pag-ibig niya kay Helen, kung tadhana na mismo ang gumagawa ng paraan upang tuluyang mawasak ang kanilang masayang pagmamahalan?