Annie was ten years old when she first saw him. She did not understand, then, what she was looking at. Only that something in her recognised something in him - the way the ocean recognises the shore it has been carving for centuries without knowing why. He was a criminal. A mastermind. A man who wore two faces so seamlessly that even the world's most powerful institutions could not decide which one was real - or whether either of them was. Governments tried to hold him. They could not. Laws reached for him like hands through smoke. And yet - it was not law, nor power, nor the cold machinery of justice that came closest to him. It was a girl. Obsessed. Certain. Patient in the way that only those who have loved something unreachable can be patient. Nine years passed. The obsession did not diminish. It deepened - quietly, dangerously - the way roots grow in darkness, unseen, until one day the ground above them shifts. For Annie, the ocean was never merely water. It was a memory. It was him. She returned to it the way she returned to thoughts of him - compulsively, hungrily - because in its fathomless depths she recognised the same thing she saw in his eyes: so much still undiscovered. So much that might swallow her whole, and she would go willingly. He was a mystery she could never break. But God help her - she would spend a lifetime trying.

Ares, the typical hot playboy, decides to bet on his own dad's best friend's daughter in his ego. He would hate to sip from the same glass, let alone kiss her. But when he does, everything changes for him. Iris is a typical hopeless romantic who has given the keys of her life to fictional men. Her only goal in life is to prove that she is way better than Ares but falls directly into his trap. When all her book fantasies start to come true, her heart ties an undoable knot. Both become bound to each other by hate, yet cannot resist each other. Even when they're arguing and hating. ------------- TW: Sexual Assault, Violence, Sexual Content (of consent) Please read at your own discretion

In every love story, there's always a vengeful and venomous fiancée who was engaged to the rich and handsome CEO that fell for the poor, but gentle and innocent female lead. In his greed for her love, he broke his poor fiancée whose love drove her to the brink of insanity. No one ever cared about how the fiancée felt. Zhao Lifei was prepped her entire life to marry one man, but suddenly, his heart was captured by another. She was face-slapped, destroyed, and disowned for loving Zheng Tianyi. She was willing to sacrifice her youth, time, and heart for the man, but all she got was pain and despair. It took two harsh, but awakening years for Zhao Lifei to finally understand the mistakes she has made in the past. After her redemption, it was now Zhao Lifei's turn to experience a love grander than the female lead. Smarter, feistier, and wittier, Zhao Lifei knew how to survive the cruel, backstabbing, and harsh upper-class society was. "A cheating fiancé that broke my heart? Screw him, I'll find someone richer!" "All of my friends have abandoned me? Whatever, I'll find better ones!" "My parents disowned me? That's fine, my grandfather is wealthier and more powerful than both of them combined!" To the opposite of Zhao Lifei, was the incredibly wealthy and powerful, yet ruthlessly cold Yang Feng. Yang Feng, the King of the Business Empire, was a man to be feared. Heart of ice, eyes of stone, merciless but enticingly handsome, there was not a single person in this world that dared to offend him. Many have tried, but none had succeeded in garnering his attention. That is, until his path unexpectedly collides with Zhao Lifei. Challenges will arise, chaos will commence, and drama will ensue. But then again, what is a love story without disturbance? They say love without conflict is just a simple crush and the story of Zhao Lifei and Yang Feng was anything but that.

Song Jinxi really likes the overlord villain in a story about a sadomasochistic president. The villain is handsome and innocent, smarter than demon, coldhearted and not lustful, and his aura is so handsome and strong! As a result, she unintentionally bound to a system, and was told that the villain was blackened and wanted to kill the hero and the heroine to destroy the world? The two-dimensional world is in danger of collapsing, and Song Jinxi turns into a justice warrior into the novel. -The first time, the villain was still a little boy and she sacrificed her life to save him. In the second crossing, the villain grew into a young boy. To save him, she sacrificed again. The third crossing...dead again. -The three worst things in the villain's childhood have been avoided by her. He is still blackened to destroy the world? Song Jinxi crossed in for the fourth time, but she did not expect to be caught by the villain as soon as she landed. -The villain boss, pressed the petite girl on the wall, whispered in her ear with a very dangerous voice: "If you dare to die again, I will let everyone in this world be buried with you.

PUBLISHED UNDER LIB Note: If you're not into flawed characters who make wrong decisions, don't read this. Save yourself from stress. Started: 10/07/2020 Ended: 11/18/2020 Elora Chin Valencia grew up in a toxic Christian family where she was viewed as the black sheep. Araw-araw ay ipinaparamdam sa kanya ng mundo na wala siyang lugar sa sarili niyang tahanan. She was a consistent dean's lister and an obedient daughter, which left her wondering what she had done so wrong to be disregarded as a speck of dust in the wind. They made her feel like she was just dirt, filling up the empty space. The one who would never have her own safe place. Feeling all of this contributed to her endless suicidal ideations. Baka nga tama sila. Baka nga wala siyang halaga at kailanman ay hindi na sasaya. She almost believed that. She almost held onto that notion. Not until she met the man in his BS Civil Engineering uniform and gorgeous grin, Troy Jefferson Dela Paz. He kissed her forehead, and her loud thoughts were silenced. Her demons calmed down. Her foes were defeated. For the first time in her life, she had proven her family wrong---a happy Elora Chin was possible. She was loved and well-taken care of. Troy embraced her sharp parts, not minding the wounds he might get. But fate had a lot of cruel things in store for her. Because when she thought she had reached the peak of happiness, she found myself drowning alone in the ocean she now called home, alone in her shame, alone with the waves she couldn't tame.

Deadly assassins Allegra and Ace have been trying in vain to kill each other for years. With a mutual enemy threatening their mafias, they find themselves in an unexpected alliance, and soon discover killing each other isn't the only temptation they need to resist... ****** Allegra Grey is poised to be the next great American mafia leader, and she's more than living up to the name. A skilled assassin, there's only one target who's ever gotten away from her-suave, sinfully handsome Ace De Luca, heir to the Italian mafia and the Greys' biggest rival. When both mafias are faced with a dangerous threat, they're forced to work together to protect their families, and unexpected sparks fly. Allegra definitely isn't one to sleep with the enemy, especially an arrogant womanizer like Ace. But there's an undeniable electricity between them and Allegra's not sure it's all hatred. Ace may be bad news, but Allegra's never been afraid of a little danger. As the fire they're playing with grows to a scorching blaze, one thing is clear: trying to kill each other may have been difficult, but resisting this intense chemistry will be impossible. [[Word count: 100,000 - 150,000]] Cover designed by Regina Dionela Content/trigger warning: Contains mature themes, violence and gore