DEVIL'S DESIRE SERIES #1 Khallista Dennise Devoria, a passionate fashion designer, agrees to a forced marriage with a stranger to save her ailing mother. The promise was simple sign the contract, play the role of a wife in front of others, and never cross each other's paths behind closed doors. Relief washed over her when his secretary reassured her that they didn't need to act like real husband and wife-no intimacy, no obligations, only a cold, distant arrangement. But her world shatters the moment Thaddeus Goldenthorn the cold-blooded, eldest heir of the notorious Goldenthorn family sets his eyes on her. What was once a silent contract becomes her own nightmare when the man she married breaks his own rules haunted by his demons, consumed by obsession. Day started: July 7, 2024 Genre: Romance / Dark Romance Desire Series #1

Language: Filipino Started in July 2011 | Finished in December 2011 Published in English for paperback (Pop Fiction, 2013) Adapted in Indonesian for paperback (Penerbit Haru, 2016 & 2018) Blurb: Phoebe Bernal shares a secret with one of the biggest stars in the country, Kent Fuentabella. Their secret? They've been secretly married. Of course, no one can know. That's Kent Fuentabella, for goodness' sake, a star so famous that even the tiniest move he makes can create Twitter trends worldwide. Phoebe has known Kent since he was a gangly nobody, but she doesn't even know how they feel about each other. But just when she's trying to sort out her feelings for moody and unpredictable Kent, here comes Harley Villaluz, Kent's biggest rival, who's determined to sweep Phoebe off her feet. Then there's also Elisa, Kent's onscreen love interest, who's determined to take their romance off-screen. Oh, what's a secretly married girl to do - when the country's biggest celebrities suddenly find themselves entangled with her life?