broken things jodi picoult

Annastasya, a simple girl-- no scratch that, she's not just a simple girl because she's a witch. Yes, the one who uses witchcrafts, spells and some unknown, undescribable things that no person on earth can explain. Living her life as a normal college student - secretly from her family. She's doing fine and nothing bothers her, except for selling her fishes in the market to sustain her financial needs in school. Everything's fine and doing alright in her daily routine not until that one night. Just one unfortunate night that change her life.

Charles Evan was Erika's billionaire ex-boyfriend who cheated on her. With a broken heart and a baby inside her belly, she went abroad to have a new life. After six years, she went back to the country together with her five-year-old daughter. Charles and Erika cross-path again and he wants her back. She learned the real reason behind his cheating incident. As she was about to forgive him and give him a second chance, she suddenly learned that Charles had something to do with the death of her parents. Torn between her love for him and justice for her parents, Erika must choose her decision wisely so as not to get hurt again.

Sa hindi inaasahang pagkakataon ay may nabanggang guwapong binata si Marinel sa beach na dinaluhan niya. Pero wala roon ang focus niya kahit guwapo pa ito. Pangarap niyang makapagtapos ng college at makapagtrabaho sa isang pribadong hospital bilang isang nurse. Pero sadyang mapaglaro ang tadhana dahil muli silang pinagtagpo ng binatang kanyang nabangga sa beach. Bigla nitong binago ang kanyang buhay but things went rough. She never imagine na hahantong siya sa sitwasyong kailangan niyang sumugal para lamang sa binata. Hanggang saan niya kayayaning ipaglaban ito? Kung ang tadhana na mismo ang humahadlang sa pagmamahalan nilang dalawa.

I looked at the side of my bed, caressing it while imagining some things that would make me feel happy. But even my own imagination feels like betraying me, telling that this is my reality and there is nothing that I can do with that. I even ask god, do I deserve to suffer for the second time around?

Plain. Normal-looking, to say the least. Pessimistic with a job she despised. And most importantly, she was dumped by her long-term boyfriend, Ryan. Iyon si Ashley. She didn't just enroll in graduate school to earn a promotion; she also wanted to forget about the breakup. Then, she met Nathaniel. Her initial impression of him: a Womanizer! She saw how ladies flocked to him, which made her cringe. Ngunit isang araw ay ipinatawag siya ng kaniyang mga magulang upang ipaalam na ipinagkasundo siya ng mga ito sa isang kasal. Worst, ang kaniyang mapapangasawa ay walang iba kundi ang babaerong si Nathaniel! Sa kabila ng pagtutol ay naikasal sila. What she didn't imagine is Nathan would notice everything she'd been hiding; her worries, sadness, and the things she genuinely wanted to do. Because of him, she discovered a side of herself she hadn't previously known existed. Ayos na sana ang lahat. Ang problema na lang ay siya. Hindi niya kayang pagtiwalaan si Nathan. Will she be able to resist his charm? Is it worth it for her to put her heart and soul at risk once more? And most of all, will she be able to set aside her insecurities in the face of Jenny, the only woman who has ever broken Nathan's heart?

Ruby Mendoza never liked a certain a guy. She dislikes Joseph Rivera for as long as she can remember dahil binastos siya nito sa una nilang pagkikita. At ang masaklap pa roon ay nasa iisang boarding house lang sila nakatira. Slowly, her annoyance turned into something she can perceive, she knows that she is slowly falling in love with him and she wants to cut those invisible strings that she thought was not good for her heart. However, Ruby found out the truth behind the feud between her family and Joseph's, Ruby decided to walk away without a proper goodbye, leaving him for good. After years of no communication, will they be able to lit old flames and reconcile each other's mistakes in the past or some things will change for good?

HIDING THE PRESIDENT'S SON Pagkatapos ng limang taon, umapak muli ang mga paa ni Wynter Everlee sa bansang pinanggalingan niya. Kung hindi dahil sa isang importanteng bagay ay hindi na niya naisip pang bumalik kasama ang limang taong gulang na anak. Five years ago, she left the country after knowing that she's pregnant to Leonel Remington's child. The famous magnate of the business world. She was afraid that her child wouldn't be acknowledge because she knews him well. He's not up for serious things like children and family kaya minubuti na lamang niyang itago ang anak sa lalake. Pero sino ba ang makakapagtago sa isang Leonel Remington? The moment Wynter decided to came back, she knows to herself that she can't hide the President's son anymore.

Youth is a series of dreams, friendships and struggles. As Amber Amerjia and Ian Jarvi approach and befriend the silent and reserved Yuhan Go, they get to find out there are more deeper things and conflicts that youth has to offer in their life. Yet, their biggest fear is that Yuhan Go might leave them (or, perhaps, as Amber would upset herself about). They have to prove the purity of their friendship and their genuine sympathy to the boy that they care about as they try to compensate the loner’s years.

“ This is the thing that will ruin your life; the forbidden love between the two of us. ” Doing bad things will only make a living for people who are in dire need of money. An ordinary man who has to work hard to support his terminally ill younger sister. The man will do all the work and even enter the chaotic world to save his sister's life. As he does all he can, he will meet a man who needs to prove something to his parents. A business man who needs a woman to pretend to be his bride and be willing to marry him. The man he met had no idea that he was also a man because he was wearing women's clothes. They will have an agreement and he can't refuse it because it will cover the cost of his sister's operation. And while they were doing what they had agreed upon, there was one of them who could not control what his heart really liked. Will they continue the forbidden romance between the two of them? Will the business man find out his real identity? And if he does, will the wedding still take place?

It was something that Lissa had wanted ever she laid eyes on their newly appointed supervisor over the small but continuously growing company that she works for. He's gorgeous as hell. And everybody wants him. Sometimes, Lissa even thinks about whenever she 'plays' with herself. But of course, everything that she fantasies will remain as a fantasy. That supervisor of hers is bisexual and prefers to do the deed with men. But that's until she hears a little something from a little birdie in the cubicle next to her. Rumors really spreads fast like a wildfire. Now she uses deception and lies to get what she wants, and that's him. Blackmailing her boss with his secret, Lissa twist words until she gets what she wants. To get inside his pants. After her adventure, she did not realize that she and Anthony will become friend or that she'll end up liking him. As a woman with no filters and the only romantic relationship she'd ever had with is a vibrator... things change as their friendship progresses. What she doesn't realize is that she begins to fall in love with her boss. Now, not only does she likes him for what he can do in bed, but she's beginning to like him as a whole. But then somethings happened. A new man and woman will enter their office and will be challenging the good thing that they have, Will Lissa succeed and have Mr. Lee to beg on his knees for her? Or will another woman win this conquest and leave her in tears instead.