(Wicked Ties Series #1) He was never looking for rescue. Seth Alvarez survives by staying invisible, drifting through life from one job to another just to make ends meet for his sick mom. His only rule is to keep his head down and his mouth shut. But his silence fails him when he stammers a clumsy greeting and draws the attention of Cali, a cold-blooded enigma, who offers him a job he can't refuse. The cost of a tempting contract. Plunged into her world of whispered threats and intoxicating deception, Seth walks the thin line between gratitude and fear. Now, the greatest threat comes from within: a sharp, undeniable attraction he doesn't dare name. Bookcover by: Rexx Sab

At the very end of her heart's beating, there's someone hiding, purposely locked up and sealed by none other than her own loving. That girl is known as Giovanna Chantria Asuncion. Who chose to forget what was all in the past but faced it again when someone she never thought would be connected in the crash... From smiles, laughs, and giggles, everything turned out so fast. It suddenly revolved around betrayals, lies, and disguises, which, in the first place, all of the people never thought they would actually end up saying their goodbyes. So... The question is, can they handle it all at once? When there are hidden masks behind them that they're not aware of; secrets that they don't want to talk about. Is love enough for them to accept the secluded trails of deceit they have already buried deep?

Amalia Romano is a selective mute. After years of enduring abuse from her step father, who has ridiculed and hurt her mercilessly, she doesn't want to talk, for fear of what might happen if someone doesn't like what she says. But then her step father--who's care she has been in for two years, ever since her mum died--passes away, and her father, who she was taken away from when she was three, agrees to take her in. But she isn't the smiley little girl she used to be. And the Romano men have secrets of their own, ones they want to keep their twelve year old princess away from. 1M VIEWS: Sunday, 12th March 2023 COVER BY: @sugarhighstoned

Brooke Amoretti hides her problems behind a snarky smile and sarcastic comments. She doesn't have the luxuries of most 16 year olds; who would when they live with an abusive stepfather? No one knows about her issues and she'd like to keep it that way. Her problems are her problems and no one else's. Even when she has to live with overprotective brothers, she tucks away her feelings and hides behind the walls she knows so well. However, her brothers won't stand for this and take a battering ram to her heart. Can she let them in? Or will she push them away like everyone else? Rated mature for: TW: self-harm, abuse, rape

Audrey Briggs has never felt like she belonged. Living under the roof of cold-hearted step-parents who treat her like a burden, she's spent her life walking on eggshells, quiet, obedient, and dreaming of escape. When an envelope arrives with her name on it, everything changes. She's been accepted into the prestigious Valemont Royal Academy, a school known for transforming students into society's elite. But Valemont isn't just uniforms and courtly manners. From the moment Audrey steps onto campus, she keeps crossing paths, literally, with two boys who are strangely kind, fiercely protective, and inexplicably drawn to her. They don't know each other well, yet something about their bond feels... unbreakable. What Audrey doesn't know is that she's not alone in the world. She's not even a Briggs. She's Audrey Valestri and she has six brothers, two of whom live among her classmates, and four who operate in the shadows of power and crime. When the past catches up and secrets unravel, Audrey is forced to choose between the life she's always known and the family she never knew she had.

Liliana has always had a bad life. Ever since she was five, her mother would date the wrong people who would corrupt her, and she was the one who always got hurt. The abuse was usually mental, but then Liliana turned ten, and that's when it became physical. Four years later, she finds out that her mom died in a car accident and has to go live with her older brothers who she has no memory of. Will her brothers welcome's her with open arms? Will she learn to let them in? Will they find out the truth of her childhood? TRIGGER WARNING: includes abuse and mental health like anxiety, depression, and self harm

Aurora's life had always been about survival, each day a quiet battle against fear and pain. When her stepfather was finally arrested, she thought the fight was over. But leaving one dangerous world meant stepping into another-one she didn't fully understand. Now, she's living with seven older brothers she barely knows, their lives a tangle of secrets and shadows they never speak of. Their house is loud, protective, and filled with rules she's afraid to break. For Aurora, it's a new kind of survival. For her brothers, it's a chance to keep her safe-no matter what it takes.

HIATUS At 16, Zoe Hamilton is the only girl among her siblings. She leaves behind the life she knows and returns to the Philippines for university, expecting a fresh start. But instead of a smooth transition, she finds herself in a section with a dark past-one that has never accepted girls. Things take a turn when she crosses paths with Ezekiel Gabriel Walton, better known as Mr. President. With his strong influence and reputation, he seems untouchable, and Zoe quickly realizes that fitting in won't be easy. Rumors, challenges, and resistance from her classmates threaten to shake her confidence. But Zoe isn't one to back down. Armed with her wit, resilience, and unwavering determination, she refuses to be pushed aside. As secrets unfold and tensions rise, she must prove that she belongs-not just in the classroom, but in a place that has long been ruled by unwritten rules and tradition. Will Zoe break the barriers and change the game, or will the weight of the past be too much to overcome? --- "I'm the only rose among the thorns In short, I'm the ONLY GIRL so don't expect me to be weak, bitch." (ALL PHOTO/PICTURES I USED IN THIS STORY WASN'T MINE!)

Sandejas Legacy #3: Chaining Lockets Sandejas Legacy continues... "He's still chained like a locket, not to me...but in someone else's neck." Crest Veronica Sandejas is the high-maintenance fashionista heiress of Atty. Iñigo Sandejas. The ultimate kikay of the century, she loves shopping, glittery things, booze, and parties. She believes in living her life to the fullest because she can only have it once. She loves spending money; she loves hanging out with friends and partying all night that her father could already imagine white strands of hair on his head. She's a happy-go-lucky woman, but behind those smiles lies the loneliest woman you'll ever meet. Crest was living the life until she met that man with seductive gray eyes and a strict, cold face, Lt. Lorcan Keith Dmitrov, the man who would turn her life upside down. She thought it was the start of her own happy ending, but soon realized she was not in a fairytale with rainbows and butterflies. Instead, they're in a dark fantasy, scary and twisted. When the secrets from their past start unraveling and monsters start chasing them, what if the ends of the links locking them met? Will they be able to free themselves from the chains tied to them?

[Part 1] A boyish girl with secrets tucked into every corner of her soul, some even she had yet to discover. Isang babae na kung umasta ay daig pa ang lalaki. Isang cold, tahimik, matalino, pilosopo at higit sa lahat gwapo-este... maganda, siguro. Kristine Jaspher Corpuz Ano kaya ang kan'yang tunay na pagkatao? Could anyone love her, a girl so different from all others. Kakaiba manamit. Kakaiba kumilos. May schedule ang pagsasalita. Pranka kung magsalita. Could it be that the one who hurt her most is the same one who will finally bring her happiness? "I just want to be... happy." Bukambibig ng dalaga na mula pagkabata ay hirap siyang mapagtagumpayan.