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"So many promises, so many dreams. They all broke today," his voice resonated. "Your promise of loving me till the last breath of your life, your dream of becoming my wife and giving birth to my children….they all are shattering today, princesa," tears rolled down from her eyes at his words which made him wrap his arm around her waist. "Ssh …. don't cry. Maybe not love but I do feel sympathy for your tears as I had been living with you for so many days," he uttered while wiping her tears with his knuckles. "Besides, I am not that heartless so let's ease up your heartbreak a bit. Okay?" He uttered. "So not in front of this world but I can please you like a husband pleases his wife behind closed doors and…." He thrusted his face closer to hers. "On my bed…. just like last night where you let me devour every inch of your skin, princesa," She teared up more because that was the truth. She had actually surrendered her everything to him last night. Her heart, her soul, her body…. everything to him with no shield last night. She gave him the virtue of her body but only to let him taint it with his sin which she was believing as his love. Feeling him wrapping his arm more firmly around her waist, she found him untying the knot of her night robe. "So, how about I make you forget about your heartbreak by taking you to my bed?" he rasped in her ear, completely untying her night robe and his next words crushed her soul cruelly. "As I am sure that would be the best way to cure the pain of a prostitute's daughter and her deceitful love,"

Therese Catalina doesn't do one-night stands. But everything changed when she met Luther Rico Valleje, her best friend's brother-in-law! Will their relationship really end after just one passionate night, or will they keep wanting more? --- "Hmmm..." Ohh... goodness! Sa lalim ng halik ay hindi ako makasunod. Hinihila rin niya ako palapit sa kaniya. Nang hindi siya makuntento sa lapit namin sa isa't-isa ay binuhat niya ako at iniupo sa kaniyang kandungan. We were kissing wildly. He was suckng my tongue. Ang kaniyang mga kamay ay gumapang sa aking likuran. "O-Ohh my gosh..." Napaliyad ako nang bumaba ang mga labi niya sa aking leeg. Para ba siyang nanggigil sa akin dahil sa paghalik na ginagawa niya sa parteng iyon. Nang maramdaman ko na ibinibaba niya ang zipper ng gown ko sa likod ay pinigilan ko ang kaniyang kamay. "W-Wait..." Therese Catalina you don't fckng do one night stands! "S-Sa bahay ko... d-doon natin ituloy." His face became dark. Hindi siya nagsalita dahil muli niyang sinakop ang mga labi ko. His right hand was on my nape. Umaakyat hanggang sa aking buhok habang ang isa niyang kamay ay nasa aking likod. Itinutulak pa ako palapit sa kaniya kahit sobrang lapit na namin sa isa't-isa. Nang humiwalay siya sa akin ay maayos niya akong ibinalik sa aking upuan. He was also the one who put my seatbelt on. "Give me the address."

Devin King was my first—well, everything. They say you never forget your first. Whoever said that was right because no matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t get him out of my head or my heart. I foolishly thought my heart wouldn’t miss what it couldn’t see, but I was wrong because I never forgot, not for one moment. You’re not supposed to kiss your best friend. You’re not supposed to give your virginities to one another, either—but we did. We were kids, teenagers, full of hormones and mixed emotions, but it felt right. He was the first boy to kiss me, the first boy to touch me and taste me in a way only a lover would. “Say you want to be mine….” He whispered while I shook in his arms. And I did. And then he wrecked me. After I trusted him and gave myself to him, he disappeared, left me in my , the scent of him still lingering on my skin, the taste of his kiss still fresh on my lips. He left me after the amazing night we shared after we became one another’s and disappeared without a word. Until one day ten years later he pops up like a rash as the newly appointed CEO of our firm. Was I shocked to see him standing in the office after a decade? Yes. Did I almost faint? Hell yes. My heart may have melted a little when he smiled right at me, but he wouldn’t ever know that—because I hated him. But here I am, the VP of an established publication firm standing in the CEO’s office handcuffed to the pompous face. Why are we handcuffed you ask? Well, that's a funny story...

Caden Fernando Miller.Hot, notorious and the most famous bad boy of Crestmont High. Attention seekers flirt with him. Idiots fight with him. The ones who are rewarded with a piece of sense, they stay away from him. If you fight with him, you know you'll lose soon. Hot tempered, mysterious and those oh-so hot looks. That's enough for a girl to fall head over heels for him.If only he cared to give a shit about them.Not to forget, he is also the youngest gang leader in New York city with his cruel ways and deadly secrets.Skylar Anderson.She's not a nerd. Or a cheerleader. All she cares about is her family, her best friend, chocolate cupcakes filled with heavenly nutella, and her sleep. Really.She lives a normal and carefree life, trying her best not to flunk Physics. Until she receives a letter in her mailbox......and that normal, carefree life goes right above the clouds.

A New Alpha and his Luna are due to take over the Blood Moon Pack when the time comes. He meets with his friends who then meet some girls who are not a part of the pack he is from, do they fall in love? With this in mind, tragedy strikes after years of them being together. What will the outcome be for them. Will there be a show down of all the packs and be mass casualties or will something else happen. Will they get a Happily Ever After? Or will something major happen to make sure it doesn’t happen? Will the curse be broken or will I be forever cursed? Only time will tell.

Winner of The People Choice Awards (Fiction) 2019 for Best Diverse Books When "Gossip " meets "Pretty Little Liars" and had a kid with "Sherlock Holmes". That kid is "The Bad Nerd Boy". "You know my secret now. That's really bad, Summers." He smirked. That nerd smirked! And call me crazy but at this moment, he looked goddamn hot.      "I won't tell others." I blurted the words out, hoping it gave the assurance he needed so he would let me go because even though he looked damn hot, he also looked dangerous. Trying to stop myself from trembling, I bit my lips.  His eyes caught the movement and he bent forward, filling my nostrils with the smell of dope he smoked earlier. Tilting his head, he clicked his tongue and smiled. "Wrong move." With that, he slammed his lips against mine, knocking all the air from my lungs. He kissed me with no mercy. His tongue slipped at the seam of my mouth, and my mind went blank when I felt the tip of his tongue caressing mine. Pulling away he watched me with a mischievous look on his face as he said, "now I'm going to be yours." * * * Professionally edited by Fernanda Lemos. All Rights Reserved 2018 © agatharoza

I glared when his hand reached again to my neck. Our faces only an inch apart. His big hand was almost wrapping it whole. His thumb massaging my throat like a feather. "And when I thrust inside of you, I want to hear you scream my name. Every name of mine." "Dante. Adriano. Sol. Di. Angelo." His thumb stroking the center of my neck while uttering every name he owned. His eyes hooded in heat, lust clouding the windows of his soul. "And when you cum, it'll be Dante you moan." --- Hailynn Fleury is a talented painter. Growing up as an orphan, she and her best friend Ethan, always wanted to get back to the people that helped and cared for them. When one of her friends convinced her to auction her paintings at one of her charity events, it didn't take much persuasion knowing the money would go to the orphanage. On the night of the auction, her future took another turn when she saw a handsome man holding a gun. Later finding out that he was a mafia boss with an intention of keeping her from thereon. Witnessing him pulling a trigger to someone would have been the mafia boss' wisest decision to never let her go. Except that he couldn't touch the girl knowing the promise he had with his cousin. Dreams of bedding the girl is no longer an option. But how will he treat his ragazza, really? Find out how both of their lives took a turn- with the aspiring artist and the Italian mafia boss.

It is risky to fall for your bestfriend, but unapologetically, love never plays by the rules. ~ Lisa and Kayden have been bestfriends since college, but secretly, they both crave each other and want their friendship to turn into something 'more'. Rich. Handsome. Kind. Protective. In fact, Kayden ticks all the right boxes for Lisa, and in return, Lisa is the only woman that Kayden desires with all his heart. However, when another guy appears, wanting to claim Lisa as his, will Lisa and Kayden find the courage to confront and reveal their feelings to each other despite their fears and a looming danger? Or will their precious time run out against them before they do?

Book Two In De Niro Series but can be read as stand-alone. "You're mine, Principessa and soon you'll be my queen."He said in a deep hushed voice while his hands roamed on her back like he owned her as his invaded terrotery. "In your dreams, Alessandro. I am no men's doll."She gritted her teeth and tried her best to keep her surging anger at bay. Despite of putting up a brave front,she knew what could cost her if she went against the infamous De Niros. "Yes, you're no men's doll but mine, you're my wife, Aitana and soon you'll love me with every single cell of your body."He kissed on the corner of her lips and pulled away with a smirk as her body yearned for his touch. Aitana Grayson was no stranger to violence and bloodshed as she was the heiress of powerful American Mafia King, Liam Grayson. She was a forbidden fruit ,out of any man's reach. No one expected that she'd be fallen in the arms of Alessandro De Niro who almost gave up on his quest for true love. He despised the marriage which his brother arranged on the name of Truce but eventually found him falling hard for her .

Warning! Contains explicit sexual content and violence. For mature readers only! A beauty. That's what she is. The most beautiful woman in the world. I want her to myself. She belongs to me! And now it is time to collect her. Marissa Mariah Mason. Yep, that really is my name. Just your average college girl doing her best to get through college and love. Not that I have much of a love life. Everything was going great until my parents suddenly started acting strange and we moved away from the city in a try to “start over”. Then a rainy fall evening my whole life crashes. The night he comes to my home and takes me away.