The whole archipelago got shook when two Quinonas went missing, Rubio and Karla-- just six months before they get to see their new sibling. An investigation was made but the siblings were never found.
Mercedes Quinonas, was only seven when her cousins went missing. Thirteen years have passed and everybody went on with their lives, everyone seemed to forget about the tragedy thirteen years ago until one day, Mercedes-now an adult--- discovered a thing that would make her remember her cousins once again---and eventually, lead her into starting her own investigation.
The Quinonas family was a widely known family in the Philippines during the Spanish occupation.They are a family of mestiza and metizo's, known for their, successful businesses, in the field of law, and medicine. That is why when Rubio-12 years old-and Karla-17 years old-went missing, not only the Quinonas family was shaken but also the whole country.
Mercedes, the daughter of Protacio Quinonas-the head of the clan-although was not close to her cousins always wondered what happened thirteen years ago. She is now twenty years old and the hope of finding her cousins have slowly faded through the years and has now disappeared. In ten months Mercedes is to be married-tied-to a Thirty-One year old man named Rico, a family friend. Mercedes had no complaints for she had already accepted her fate, that's how she was thaught. That is what she was learning all her life...to be a good wife. Now she'll be able to do it for real. But ten months before that wedding she would come across a clue about her cousins missing case. And she will discover that what happened to her cousins was far more disturbing than what everyone have or will ever expect.
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Elisa is on the run from her parents' past, and the rucksack full of secrets that she carries is key to protecting her estranged brothers from an unseen enemy.
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Entrusted with secrets from her family's past, Elisa West has been on the run for half of her life. She's always kept people at a distance, jumping from foster home to foster home, and now she's landed with her biological family. Her brothers haven't seen her since she was a toddler, and don't know what to make of the strange closed-off teenager or her secrets. But when she finally opens up about murder, scientists, and dangerous experiments, it becomes evident that Elisa hasn't just come home to reunite with her family. She's come back to destroy the terrible legacy that haunts them.
(Book One of The Roses of Forever Series)
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