Salustiano Varkas is a man who built an empire on calculated coldness and unyielding power. To the world, he is a titan of industry, but to his enemies, he is a target. When a high-stakes betrayal leaves his fleet in ruins and his life hanging by a thread, he is discarded and washed up like broken driftwood on the jagged shores of a remote coastal village. Sunnira Meranda "Summer" Dela Cruz is the village's fiercest secret. An orphan who raised her younger brother and herself on the rhythm of the tides, she isn't intimidated by much. She knows every hidden cove and knows exactly how to handle the storms, both on the ocean and in her life. When Summer finds a man broken, bloodied, and barely breathing on her shoreline, her instinct isn't to run, but for him to survive. She drags him into her modest shack, expecting nothing but a heavy burden. But as Salustiano awakens, stripped of his security detail and his suit, the two worlds collide. He is a predator forced into the company of someone who doesn't fear his bite. She is the anchor he never knew he needed. In the quiet intensity of the island, where status means nothing and the sea dictates the rules, the billionaire will learn that while he was a master of his own empire, he is completely at the mercy of the girl who saved his life. After a lifetime of commanding others, has the beast finally found his master? Santi x Summer

(Pearl Palace Series #1) [18+] Georgina Aldana never expected to wear a crown, let alone marry the prince she had spent fourteen years hating. Inside the palace, however, Juan Miguel de Loyola proves to be nothing like the cruel boy she remembers. Behind his seemingly cold and guarded exterior is a man carrying impossible burdens, and despite herself, Georgina begins to fall in love. But the palace is full of secrets. A woman who is believed to be Miguel's longtime lover refuses to disappear. Political alliances continuously shift, and the ghosts of an unsolved massacre threaten to ruin the fragile trust they've built. As old truths resurface, Georgina is forced to question everything she thought she knew, not only about the Loyola Massacre, but about the man she now calls her husband. DISCLAIMER: The story is written in Taglish. WARNING: MATURE CONTENT | R-18 COVER DESIGN: Yours truly

[ FORBIDDEN SERIES #1 | UNEDITED ] Paano ako lalaban kung sya mismo ang sumuko na? ★ Read first the DISCLAIMER before you proceed to read the other parts of the story. [ STORY RANKINGS ] #1 - forbidden series #1- taguannganak #1 - left out of 3.06k #1- gap out of 2.07k #2- engineering out of 5k #7- emotions out of 30.9k #8- hiding out of 4.88k #32- general fiction out of 20k #33- hurt-comfort out of 22.6k ---------------- •Photo credits to the rightful owner that I used for cover. ©' thedreamch4ser

Catching Flight Series #1 Life doesn't end when your mother dies and your father hates you - but for Saskia, she believed her life would end that night. As she cries in pain and agony, for a brief moment, she lets herself search any glimpse of any softness on her father's eyes - as if her wound caused by him will be healed if there is. But there was none. She accepted her fate. How ironic. A father must love and take care of his child. And as if God's not done watching how Saskia's father disobeyed Him over and over again - Saskia's life did not end there. She got a chance to get far away. Found a family who loved her unconditionally. Met a man she became friends with benefits with. For once in her life, she couldn't ask for anything more. She was content. Until she got pregnant. And she didn't want him to know. She thinks he didn't need to know. Her world crumbled as she took a flight back to her home country and faced his father and traumas again. While he continued his life not having a clue what went wrong between them. Will fate lead him to her? Will he find a way back to her?

𝜗ৎ 𝐁𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐊 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐂𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 #𝟏 𝜗ৎ Honee never wanted attention. As a quiet and sweet first-year Education student, she kept her head down, focused on her studies, and lived a simple life with her single mom. But her world shifts when she catches the eye of Lucas, a dangerously handsome and wealthy second-year Business Administration student with a cold, intimidating aura. Lucas is the type of guy who always gets what he wants and now, he wants Honee. Drawn to her innocence, his obsession quickly grows into something uncontrollable. (REMINDER: This story is written in English because I'm not used to writing in Taglish. Thank you.) -ediyoursna

Anjelous was forced to pretend as someone else's wife after being abducted by a woman who looks exactly like her. Although crazy, it should be easy--her 'husband' was her first love after all--but no, she's trapped in a toxic loveless marriage. But are her feelings enough to make her live a lie? *** Lucienne Anjelous Corpuz has always lived a simple life in Isla Verde. But one day, she wakes up in an unfamiliar room after being abducted, and she is then asked to do an impossible task--to pretend as Mayor Wax Salvaterra's wife, a woman whose face is a carbon copy of hers. She didn't know how it happened but one thing's for sure--someone claimed her identity and married her first love. Now that she finally has the chance to be with Wax, will she be able to break down his walls and melt his heart? Or will discovering the lies that the fake Anjelous made only prove that gaining his 'love' was nothing but a false hope? Disclaimer: This story is written in Taglish. Cover Designer: Rayne Mariano

Rianna Lou Austria has lived her whole life under the weight of a last name that everyone fears. Being the daughter of a powerful but corrupt politician meant one thing-judgment. No matter how much she tries to stand on her own, people only see her as her father's shadow. For Tristan James Alonzo Medina, that shadow is everything he despises. To him, Rianna is the daughter of the man who destroyed lives, the very embodiment of the corruption he vowed to fight. He swore he would never fall for someone like her. But hearts don't follow promises. As their worlds collide, hate turns into something more dangerous-something that neither of them can control. Every stare, every clash, every unspoken word only pulls them closer to the line they swore never to cross. Love against hate. Truth against lies. Her heart... against his judgment. He promised never to fall for the daughter of the man he despised-until she became the only exception to his conviction.

ILL-FATED SERIES #2: Ivory Kyson Mortimeroz (ONGOING) Ivory Kyson Mortimeroz has been deprived of love since he was a kid, so when the two women came into his life, he didn't know who he really loved, but all he knew was that the two women became important in his life. When Ivory Kyson marries Maeve Dominique Valencia because of a fixed marriage, Maeve Dominique thought she was just his wife, she only has his surname, and she only has him by his side but not his heart. On the other side, Filoah Anne Romero was the ex-girlfriend, the woman whom Ivory Kyson promised to love and marry, but Filoah Anne didn't realize that even if she had the heart of the man she loved, she would become the person she hated the most, and she became what everyone called her - a mistress. 🖇:: ONGOING 🖇:: DUAL POV 🖇:: The photo used on the book cover is not mine. Credits to the rightful owner.

Xiea never wanted to get married to a stranger, but the man she was promised to marry agreed without hesitation. Her parents prepared her life up to the smallest detail, as if she had no way to turn anything down. But getting married is a different story, kaya ginawa ni Xiea ang lahat makatakas lang sa kasalang hindi naman niya gusto. That's when she met Dex, another complete stranger. Another stranger who offered her to get married to escape her hellhole. And for Xiea to agree, they agreed to one condition: maghihiwalay sila pagkatapos ng isang taon. Easy, right? That's what she thought. Pero paano kung ang lalaking nakatakdang ikasal kay Xiea ay siya ring lalaki na nag-alok sa kan'ya ng kasal? Was it just an illusion so Xiea would surrender to Dex? But she had no choice anymore! It was too late when she discovered the truth. And now, she was left with no choice. To live with the man who tricked her while plotting her ways for revenge. --- [My Under Hubby. All Rights Reserved 2013 - Highest ranking: #2 on Chicklit/Romance] Note: This story was completed in 2013. Revision/Overhaul on-going