best novels to read in your 20s

"I've seen the way you look at me, I know you want me..." Jackson said while I gasped hard for breathe. He was right, I crave every part of this man but I can't have him. He's not only twice my age, he's also Arlene’s dad. She's my best friend and she would never forgive me… The first time Laura saw Jackson was on her sixteenth birthday. She had gone out with friends, hoping to get over her boyfriend, who just broke up with her. The moment she saw Jackson, she fell in love with him and wanted every bit of him. He seemed to notice her keen perusal too but she was only sixteen, and they were only able to share a few sexy glances. Laura left that night but never forgot him, she didn’t even get his name but his face and aura was registered in her being. Standing before her three years later, the memory and feelings gushed back. She still wanted every bit of him and more but the problem is, he is her best friend's dad, and also twice her age. Their love was against all norms and if made public, would make them face a lot of ridicule and backlash. What will she do? Will she sacrifice everything for true love or will she cave and back down?

Christian Ocampo decides to go to an island in Palawan to move on and completely forget his painful memories from his Ex-lover. Ngunit paano kung may matagpuan itong isang Jazmine Flores, babaeng ubod ng kulit at pagpapapansin. Magagawa nga ba nitong makalimot sa kanyang mapait na nakaraan? Makakatulong nga ba si Jazmine sa kanyang planong paghilom? But what if for Chris, Jazmine is not really a stranger he met on the island? Paano kung si Jazmine at ang babae na gusto na nitong kalimutan ay iisa lamang?

Nothing is more embarrassing than attracting a man and promising to marry him while being a drunken mess! Atanasha Felise Devon, isang dalagang nalasing sa isang kilalang bar and ended up as a bride/personal maid ng isang kilalang CEO ng isang malaking kumpanya, but also a pervert who is constantly teasing her. Magbabago na nga ba ng tuluyan ang takbo ng kaniyang buhay sa mga kamay ni Red Caden Buenavista? Ano-ano pa nga bang pag subok ang dadaan sa kanilang mga buhay?

Don’t trust anyone, not even yourself….You think you know someone pretty well, until you’re awoken in the middle of the night to the sound of unfamiliar voices and realize your sister’s being swept away by some supernatural creatures who climb in and out of windows and leap from two-story houses like it’s nothing.My parents tried to tell me everything was fine, but when Cadence finally did come back from wherever they’d taken her, I knew there was something unusual about my older sister.Now, her best friend is dead.Her ex-boyfriend is acting bizarre.And I’m afraid I might be next.My name is Cassidy Findley, and I’m pretty sure my sister is a vampire, despite her “co-worker” making every effort to brainwash me into believing otherwise. With the help of my two best friends, we vow to get to the bottom of this before it’s too late, and my sister starts to claim other victims. I love her, but I won’t be turned, nor will I just sit by without doing everything I can to stop her. I can only hope that I’m not too late and that I can trust my own memories.Because I’m pretty sure my sister’s friends are coming for me next.The Chronicles of Cassidy is a retelling of The Clandestine Saga specifically for young adult/teen readers told from the perspective of high schooler Cassidy Findley.

Irene was loyal to her supposed fiance but lately he seemed uninterested as before, she decided to get to the bottom of this and realized that her best friend whom she had trusted all these years was her Fiance's Mistress, she promised to make their life a living hell in the process she met her handsome billionaire husband and together they had dominion over their enemies. “You've not done it before little kitten?” Alexander asked with a smirk “No” “i'll make sure you have the best experience ” Irene “...”

Ariana Lubove and Spencer Ulrich have been married for three years. She doesn't hope to win his heart, but she thinks that she's at least special to him. To her devastation, he finds himself a mistress and treats her like she's his treasure. Ariana finally faces reality and gets a divorce. She turns to leave without another look back. Five years later, she shows up with a little boy by her side. Spencer looks at the boy and snorts. "You're a little bastard." The boy gives him an equally icy look. "And you're an old bastard." Five years is enough for Spencer to turn a new leaf and start with a clean slate. He's confident he can win Ariana's heart again. But why the hell does he have rivals in love all over the world?

" I would give everything so we are together, even I was just some lowly offspring, but then my heart was shattered but I was given a second chance to make things right and this time, he would bow at my feet, with the help of him, his most trusted ". Giselle, the lowly maid for the Lycan's realm discovered the crown prince of the werewolf realm was her fated mate. She wanted to deny the bond at first but then Xavier, the prince ended up convincing her to be his, promising to let the world know she belonged to him, but only to break this promise and shatter her heart. Giselle discovered she was pregnant and went to lay this to him but then he gave her the option of of abortion, rejecting her in the process and deciding to get married to his betrothed which Giselle never knew he had, the bethrothed who turned out to be her best friend, who is the crown princess from the witches' realm. Together with Xavier, they killed her to get rid of her and the baby, since Giselle went to relay to Xavier's father, the Alpha king she was pregnant. Pained and heartbroken, pleaded to the moon goddess for a second chance so she could be reborn and have her revenge. And her request was granted, but in a completely different way and she never expected him, the closest to her enemy to be the one to save her from all impending dangers that awaited her in this new destiny of hers, but what if this was a new destiny, but a repetition of timelines?

He is a 10 but he is a decade older than me, my brother’s best friend, a therapist who wants to counsel me and... he likes to hurt little girls like me. “What were you doing this morning?” “I was meditating.” He is right. I am a terrible liar. Aiden raised his eyebrows. “Is that so?” He waited for my answer, crossing his arms over his chest. I got distracted by the way his biceps bulged. He noticed me staring. I glanced down at my lap, twiddling my thumbs. “Y-yes, Doctor Aiden, I was meditating and I-I focused on my breath like you taught me—” “Why are you lying to me, Ivy?” My head snapped at him. “I-I am not lying.” Aiden tilted his head and my throat went dry when he said, “Then why did I hear your voice moaning my name when you orgasmed with your fingers inside you?" He is her first love. She is his best friend's little sister. Will a chance reunion lead to true love? I was a good girl. An honor student. A dutiful daughter, sister and a sweet girlfriend to my boyfriend until I found him in my best friend’s bed. I didn’t want goody-two-shoe nice boys who gave me empty promises. What I wanted was a man who wouldn’t hurt me. When I found my brother’s best friend, Aiden Stone, with only a towel around his hot Greek body dripping wet from a shower, I decided that what I wanted, what I had been wanting for years, was him. The only problem? He is a decade older than me, my brother’s best friend, a therapist who wants to counsel me and... he likes to hurt little girls like me.

In my past life, my mother kept matchmaking me with a man with violence issues. After being subject to domestic violence, I tearfully called my mother and asked for help. However, she didn't do anything. Ultimately, I died from his violence while pregnant with his child. After I was reborn, my mother ended up being the one to marry him. This delighted me. She had no idea that he had AIDS!

Arabella was always under her brother's protection until she got so fed up. Because of the enormous stress she is under, Arabella now finds herself at her sister's best friend's house. Until she innocently experiences many things that commit sin. But does Arabella like it? Does the pleasure of sin make her free from her shackles all this time?