books like the silent patient

"Let's get a Divorce!" Rose said with tears rolling down her cheeks. Ethan paused, like he hadn't heard her correctly, "What?" "I'm divorcing you, Ethan! I'm tired of this!" Rose threw her hands in the air in fruatration. Ethan's eyes darkened, his jaw ticked as he stepped closer. He was so close to Rose that she could feel his heat making it hard to breathe. "I'm the only one who can end this marriage and I assure you Rose," He said in a dangerously low tone, "I have no intentions of divorcing you." .......... She thought marriage would be the answer, that after crushing on him for over fifteen years it would finally pay off. Rose was the perfect wife, and slowly Ethan started to warm towards her but everything came crashing down when the love of his life returned. it was then that she realized she was just warming the bed and he would never choose her. But is that how Ethan felt? Had his feelings changed and he wanted Rose instead? Or was it true she was just a temporary replacement and he wanted his childhood crush back?

Iza, isang matagumpay na negosyanteng babae na tila nasa kanya na ang lahat - isang mayaman na asawa, isang pamilya, at isang maunlad na karera. Sa araw kung saan nalaman nyang buntis sya ay wala na syang maihihiling pa. Gayunpaman, gumuho ang kanyang mundo nang matuklasan niya na ang kanyang asawa, si Roman, at ang kanyang kapatid na si Rebecca, ay may lihim na pag-iibigan at nagtaksil sa kaniyang likuran. Hindi makapaniwala si Iza at luhaang umalis sa unit ng asawa, hanggang sa maganap ang aksidenteng babago sa kaniyang buhay. Matapos ang anim na taon, nagpasya si Iza na tanggapin ang mga bagay sa kanyang sariling mga kamay. Taglay ang matibay na determinasyon, masinsinan niyang pinaghandaan ang kanyang paghihiganti laban kina Roman at Rebecca. Habang mas lumalalim ang kanyang paghahanap ng kasagutan, natuklasan niya ang lihim at nakatagong motibo na sumagot sa lahat ng inaakala niyang alam niya tungkol sa kanyang mga mahal sa buhay. Dapat niyang harapin ang sariling mga desisyon at makipagbuno sa kumplikadong pag-ibig at pagpapatawad. Sa paghihiganti na hinahangad ni Iza, mahahanap ba niya ang pagmamahal at hustisyang hinahanap, o uubusin siya ng pagkauhaw niya sa paghihiganti, na hahantong sa kanya sa landas na walang kasiguraduhan?

Si Lyrica ay galing sa isang pamilya sa probinsiya, siya ay sumubok makipagsapalaran sa Maynila. Doon ay nakilala niya ang binatang si Lucian, inalok siya nito ng isang kasunduan, isang kasunduang hindi niya mahindian. Ano kaya ang mangyayari sa kasunduan ng dalawa? Mahuhulog kaya ang loob nilang dalawa sa isa't isa? Ano ano kaya ang mga sikretong mabubunyag sa pagpasok nilang dalawa sa kasunduan?

Walang ibang choice si Fatima kundi tanggapin ang kapalaran na mismong ama niya ang may gawa. Dahil baon na sa utang ang kanilang pamilya ay sapilitan siyang ibinenta sa isang matandang lalaki upang pakasalan ito. Ngunit nang magising siya ay hindi matandang lalaki ang kaniyang nakita sa kaniyang tabi, bagkus isang guwapo at matipunong lalaki! Giovanni Samaniego is a tycoon billionaire. Nang malaman niyang magpapakasal muli ang kaniyang ama ay umuwi siya upang pigilan iyon. Ngunit hindi niya inaasahan na isang babae ang handog nito upang amuhin siya at kunin ang loob niya. Dala ng kalasingan ay tinanggap niya ang babae, ngunit ang hindi niya alam ay maling babae ang nasa kuwarto niya! Ang babaeng nakasama niya nang gabi iyon ay ang babaeng pakakasalan pala ng Daddy niya! ACCIDENTAL BABY, DESTINED LOVE!

Destiny really has its own way to let two people cross path especially when they less expect it. Isang kilalang modelo si Leilani Consorte. Noon pa man ay nagkakagusto na siya sa malamig, arogante at higit sa lahat, ang siyang nag-iisang lalaki yata na kailanman ay hindi magkakamaling patulan siya. But an insane chain of events knocked off her stilletos when suddenly, she found herself inside its mansion, being imprisoned by him. Instead of crying her heart out for being held captive, she saw it as an opportunity. Ginawa niya ang lahat ng pang-aakit para mahulog sa kanya ang mailap na puso ng lalaki. Makokontrol kaya ng aroganteng CEO ang kanyang bihag? O siya ang mabibihag nito?

Nang dahil sa ginawang pagpatay ng mga miyembro ng Black Feathers sa mga mahal sa buhay ni Amelia at ni Spin. Ang dating magkaaway na sina Amelia at Spin ay naging isang magkakampi at sabay na nilabanan ang organization ng isang sikat Mafia na tinatawag na Black Feathers.

Kapit sa patalim si Meghan ng pumasok siya sa isang sikat na bar para magtrabaho. Her innocence caught the attention of their regular VIP customer named Brandon Cabwell, na isa sa pinakagwapo at pinakamayaman sa larangan ng business. Brandon sees girls as boy toys at wala sa bokabularyo nito ang salitang seryoso lalo na sa mga babaeng kagaya ni Meghan na sa tingin niya ay whore and gold-digger. He offered her to be his escort at pumayag siya dala na rin ng pangangailangan. Unexpectedly, Meghan got pregnant and she has nowhere to go. Brandon offered her to live with him but no feelings attached. Lingid sa kanyang kaalaman, matagal na siyang hinahangaan at iniibig ni Meghan but Brandon shows no love interest for her at all. Pinapangalagaan lamang nito ang kanyang imahe that's why he lend a hand to help her. Pero habang tumatagal unti unti ng nahuhulog si Brandon sa babaeng kailan man ay di niya pinangarap. Would he choose love over dignity and ego? or he would sacrifice his love for his image sake?

Kate Artemis Herrera was an only daughter of a single mother who loved her from the moon and back. She would do anything for her mother even if she sold herself. But an unexpected tragedy happened, and her mother was accidentally lacerated on her neck by an addict while selling Balut on the street. With that, she urgently needed a sum of money for her mother’s operation who was on the verge of death. In that night, desperation and fear of losing her mother. Closed eyes, she went to the Goddess of Pleasure, an Elite Cabarete who gave comfort to powerful men. She begged Head Mistress Cleopatra to let her be one of the comfort women in the auction just to have a huge sum of money for her mother’s operation. She sold herself and surrendered her virginity to the mysterious man that had an alias of Don Apollo, who bought her for one billion pesos just a night, and they went to his mansion to have sex. But she put in her mind that after that night, she would run away, and never crossed-paths again with the mysterious man who claimed her virginity, and accidentally got her pregnant. But little did she know that she was carrying inside her womb the babies of the mysterious man who wasn’t just an ordinary powerful man, because he was a Mafia Lord named Orion Dio del Sole that would hunt her, and make her life upside down.

Magkaibigang naging biktima ng pang aabuso sina Cherry Lou at Annika. Inilihim nila sa pamilya nila ang masaklap na pangyayare sa buhay nilang magkaibigan, dahil hindi naman nila nakilala ang mga umabuso sa kanila at tanging tattoo na palatandaan lang ang nakita ni Cherry Lou sa isa sa mga lumapastangan sa kanila. Pinilit ni Cherry na kalimutan ang masamang nangyari sa kanya. Lumuwas siya ng Maynila upang magsimula ng panibagong buhay. Ngunit sinubok pa rin ang katatagan nilang magkaibigan ng malaman nilang nagbunga ang pangwawalanghiya kay Annika. Itinago nila ang pagdadalang tao ni Annika sa pamilya nito at nang makapanganak si Annika ay inabandona ang sanggol. Si Cherry ang nagpakaina sa anak ni Annika. Nagkasakit ng Leukemia ang bata at natanggal sa trabaho si Cherry. Pikit matang namasukan sa club bilang topless dancer si Cherry upang makaipon ng malaking pera para sa operasyon ng anak- anakan. Inalok ng 3 milyong piso ni Anthony Buenavidez si Cherry upang maging bed warmer nito ang dalaga sa loob ng isang taon. Tanggapin kaya ni Cherry ang alok sa kanya ng isang gwapong binatang bilyonayo? Mabibigyan kaya ng hustisya ang pang-aabusong ginawa kina Cherry at Annika?

Addison Bartolome, that is her name. She is a pediatrician in one of the most prestigious hospitals in the country - Anderson Medical Center, and not only that she is one of the busy doctors of the hospital. She has three friends that have a distinctive disposition that makes her make them her family. She is the Ms. Know-It-All in the group since her friends often approach her for advice. As she helps her friend, he met a mysterious man with a big problem. She forces him to tell him her problem so that she can help him. A man that she helped too, not knowing who he is and what he does. She cures little kids, she helps her friends through her advice, and she helps the man that she doesn't even know, but among those, she loves doing it. She already got what she wants in life. She became a doctor and has friends that made her family. What could possibly go wrong in her life? What more can happen in her so-called perfect life? Or is her life really what we called a perfect life? TAGLISH [The Women Series] © michiekelss