He's a gifted musician, but his past won't leave him alone. Childhood trauma, loss after loss-it all piles up, and he can't shake it. Instead, he starts tearing himself apart. The people around him try to help, try to pull him back, but he just pushes them away. He's this brilliant pianist, almost frightening in his talent. Music comes to him like breathing, but everything cuts deeper for him. He feels too much. When he lets his guard down, he can light up a room-charming, magnetic, the kind of person you can't help but watch. But the lows hit hard. He sinks into depression, sometimes hates himself so much he can hardly stand it. It's like he's always fighting something no one else can see.

Lyra Santos grew up without parents, juggling work and school, barely scraping by. She's tough, sharp, and stubborn, but life's been anything but kind-bullies, crushing doubt, and the constant pressure to send money back to the orphanage that gave her a home. Then Zeek Villareal crashes into her world. He's rich, he's famous, and he's used to getting whatever he wants. But when he sees Lyra's grit-how she fights through everything-he can't look away. Their lives couldn't be more different, but somehow, they get tangled up together. As they face betrayals and threats from all sides, they find themselves fighting not just for each other, but for a shot at something bigger. Love, it turns out, can take all that pain and turn it into something real. Something that matters.

The deadliest assassin in the world... The most feared mafia king in Italy... Neither believes in love. Riley Blake, codename Midnight, doesn't trust anyone. Betrayed by her own team, she disappeared from the military and became a hunter who punishes the wicked. Her world is one of shadows, silence, and lethal precision. Sage Sinclair is the King of Rome's underworld. Ruthless. Merciless. Untouchable. No one crosses him and lives... except maybe fate itself. Trust is a luxury neither can afford, and desire is the deadliest weapon of all. Enemies are closing in. Betrayal lurks in the shadows. In a world where love is weakness and death is always watching... can two predators survive... and dare to feel? Action. Romance. Mafia. Assassin. Forbidden desire that could kill them both.

Shannon López is just 28, already a powerhouse COO, and the jewel of one of Manila's biggest families. She's got her life mapped out-until her father drops a bomb: she has to marry Blaine Alistair De Niro. He's 35, a business tycoon with a Harvard degree, half-Filipino, half-Italian, and known for his sharp deals and even sharper exits. Shannon has to walk away from the man she loves, all to save her family's company from financial disaster. So she agrees. She marries Blaine-cold, confident, impossible to read. What's supposed to be a simple arrangement blows up fast. Passion gets tangled with power. Secrets bubble up. Every day, they're juggling corporate mergers, nosy relatives, and each other's stubborn personalities. The more time they spend together, the more their perfect facades start to crack. Shannon catches glimpses of Blaine's real pain behind his playboy mask. Blaine, in turn, realizes his new wife is no gentle pushover; she's sharp, fierce, and full of surprises. Soon, old scars resurface. New threats creep in, threatening everything both families have built. Loyalty gets messy. Feelings get complicated. Suddenly, Shannon and Blaine have to face the truth-are they just playing their parts, or is something real starting to grow between them? In their world, love's a luxury, almost impossible. But sometimes, you don't get to choose what really matters.

Cassidy Faith always felt like the invisible sister. No matter how hard she worked, her mother only had eyes for Dianne. The golden child who could do no wrong. Even when Cassidy racked up honors at school, it barely registered. Dianne got all the celebrations. Cassidy learned to keep her head down and her feelings locked away, just aiming to finish high school near the top of her class. Then Dianne heads off to her dream university, and suddenly Cassidy turns the tables. She drops the news: she's earned a scholarship to study abroad. It stuns her family. As she gets ready to leave the Philippines, she pours her hurt into painting, using it to build a shield around her heart. But once she lands overseas, things don't stay simple. The new place, the new faces, they push her out of her comfort zone. Cassidy has to decide: does she keep everyone at arm's length, or finally let people in? And somewhere in the middle of all that, there's the question of her family. Can she patch things up, or is it time to stop looking back and start living for herself?

Rue Breigh Collins is twenty-one, studying fashion design at Blackwood University, and she's had feelings for Xavius Royce Sanders for as long as she can remember. Xavius is twenty-seven, works as a freelance model and businessman, and everyone knows his reputation. He never settles, always jumping from one woman to the next, never looking back. To Xavius, Rue's just his best friend Jayden's younger cousin-nothing more. But everything shifts one night at Jayden's party. Someone finds Rue and Xavius together, and it looks bad. Jayden, caught between protecting Rue and not wanting to lose Xavius as a friend, insists Xavius step up and take responsibility. Xavius agrees, but he's blunt: this thing between them is just for appearances. He tells Rue he won't stop seeing other women, and love isn't on the table. Simple as that. It hurts, but Rue goes along with it anyway. She hangs onto a sliver of hope that maybe, just maybe, Xavius will finally see her differently. As they fake their relationship, though, things start to change. The act gets messy, the feelings get real, and suddenly, Xavius has to face why he's so terrified of commitment. Rue, on the other hand, has to decide if risking her heart for him is worth it-or if loving someone who's always kept her at a distance will only break her even more.

Not all words are meant to be light. Some are born in silence, shaped by shadows, and carried by the weight of things left unsaid. This collection does not seek to comfort, it seeks to remember. The ache. The truth. The echoes that linger long after the world has moved on. These poems are fragments of darkness and depth, where pain is not hidden, but understood. Where brokenness is not weakness, but proof of survival. Step carefully into these pages. Some shadows do not leave once they are known. - ShadowedScripts

Kade "Devil" Devaroux hides his pain-and the fact that he's next in line for the global Devaroux Shipping empire-behind a flashy playboy act. Charlie Fuentes, a tough-as-nails legal aid lawyer, can't stand everything he stands for. That is, until her latest case drags her right into the mess his company left behind. When news breaks about Devaroux Shipping's labor abuses and shady land grabs, Charlie's the one building the case against them. She's ready to take them down-until she finds out Kade isn't just some spoiled rich guy. He's actually risking everything, pushing to change the company from the inside. Now, with rival clans breathing down their necks and Kade's own family trying to shut him up, the two have no choice but to team up. They need to protect the workers Charlie fights for and the legacy Kade refuses to give up. And somewhere in the middle of all that chaos, they have to face the truth: maybe love is the one thing that can save them both.