Yesenia Shea dreamt of all things simple. To be the first in her family to earn a degree. To find a decent work in the city. To repay every sacrifice her mother made. To send her siblings to good universities. To change the course of their ever-exhausting lives. And if heaven does allow, maybe even marry Santiago Fontanilla. Those were the simplest of dreams. The very same ones that rarely survive reality. When one choice threatened to ruin them all, Yesenia disappeared and took with her the consequence of one reckless night. The proof of two young hearts colliding. A child Santiago Fontanilla never knew existed. A truth hidden for eleven years. And one that would come back to destroy them forever. *** Firstborn Series #3

Maizie had never been allowed to simply be a daughter. As the eldest, every choice she made was less about what she wanted and more about what could keep her family from falling apart. There was no room for hesitation. No time to drift or figure herself out. But determination could never bury mistakes. Eight years had blurred by since the scandal she caused, and now Maizie found herself trapped in a situation she couldn't escape. Lucio Tan had finally regained power over her life. The same man who once placed freedom in her palm and offered her a promise of a lifetime. The very same man she left in front of the altar... knowing that even love had no place in the role she chose to carry. *** Firstborn Series #2

Salem Ysabel swore she would never be like her father. At eighteen, she promised to shoulder every ounce of responsibility to her family before finally pursuing the life she wanted for herself. And when the right time comes, she swore she would throw everything behind and never look back. For almost a decade, she built a life untouched by the past. A safe one. One she swore she'd never abandon. But fate had other plans, pulling her back to the very place she worked so hard to escape. Salem found herself face-to-face with Nikolas-the one who reminded her why she was running away in the first place. *** Firstborn Series #1