cold palace

Warning: This book contains explicit sexual content, but does not condone rape. "What happened, Father? What happened?" I asked anxiously, feeling restless. "He challenged me to a game and used his mansion as a bet," Father explained. I looked at Mother, who was crying, and suddenly understood what was going on. "Father, did you use this house as a bet and lose?" I asked, anger welling up inside me. “How could you, Father? How could you do this? Where do we go from here?" I yelled, overcome with pain. But my voice got stuck in my throat as I heard Dad's next words. "I didn't bet the house, but I used you," he declared, leaving me speechless and stunned. ***************************** "Do not even consider falling for me because, like the others, you are just a toy. Just give me an heir, and I will set you free," he said, pushing her onto the bed while his words continued to echo in her mind. Zoey, wagered by her father to the cold-hearted Alpha Ethan after a foolish gamble, finds herself reduced to a mere plaything. Ethan takes pleasure in emotionally tormenting her, believing women to be worthless due to being cheated and rejected by his first mate. Little does he know that Zoey is his second chance mate. Zoey is framed, and Alpha Ethan discovers her in bed with his cousin. Heartbroken and filled with anger, he sends her away, unaware that she is already carrying his child. Five years later, their paths cross again, and he realizes that she is his second chance mate and the mother of his child. But how can he win her back? She is no longer the naive girl he once knew; instead, she is a single mother sought after by many Alphas and Lords.

Elgan Gaulia Lambert CEO muda berhati dingin terpaksa menikah dengan gadis manja dan agresif karena sebuah perjodohan. Gadis yang selalu mencari perhatiannya saat mereka sudah sah menjadi sepasang suami istri. Gadis yang selalu menggodanya dengan kata-kata manis yang lambat laun mampu memberikan getaran aneh dihatinya. Patricia Florence Berjuang seorang diri demi pernikahan adalah sesuatu yang sulit yang pernah Cia alami sepanjang hidupnya. Berulang kali jatuh dan sakit hati menjadi hal biasa yang ia rasakan sejak pernikah itu. Seharusnya, alasan itu cukup bagi Cia untuk membenci suaminya tersebut. Namun, seolah mengerti rencana tuhan, Cia tetap bertahan untuk mendapatkan cinta suaminya. Apakah perjuangannya berhasil? Apakah Elgan berhasil Cia taklukkan? Sebesar apa perjuangan cinta Cia? Tentunya, berjuang seorang diri bukanlah hal yang mudah. Bukan hal yang bisa dilakukan oleh sembarang wanita.

It was the perfect opportunity for the desperate Oriel. "The cancer in my body is going to take me earlier from this world. All of this is the punishment I am getting for my sins. However, it looks like a blessing has been mistakenly delivered to me by the heavens, that's you," said the leader of a drug mafia gang, a victim of Oriel's charms. She also didn't think twice before accepting his proposal, more like an offer that was to get her immense fortune in return. "I will make sure that your remaining days will be filled with happiness." She promised the dying boss and agreed live as his mistress. She knew that he had a wife and that the relation only existed on a piece of paper. Her name was Ursula, feisty and savage spouse of the dying mafia leader, Mr. Bruce. "Let him have that young girl as a last token of joy in his numbered days. But, I want you to keep her in close scrutiny because she also has her eyes set on his wealth. See to it that she never gets what she wants." Heartbroken Ursula ordered Collin, the loyal brother of Mr. Bruce. He was appointed as a personal bodyguard for his boss's mistress, "I will be following you everywhere from now on, you will have to bear with me because your safety is now a matter of concern for my boss." Oriel refused his company with a stern denial. "Don't tell me that you are still awkward around me, it has been years," but who knew that they shared a tragic past and a passion so deep. "Take my everything in return of your love. Just never betray me, and if you do, be meticulous hiding it," reminded her of Mr.Bruce.

“Not everyone is desperate for your attention, alpha.” I say the title with a mocking lilt, knowing it would set him off. It did. “Reject me if you don’t want me, I don’t care.” “I, Alpha Zade of the Darkmoon pack, reject you as my mate.” ****** Feyre has been trying to solve the mystery of her parents death. As the beta of the Midnight pack, she rarely has time. When she finds her mate, the insufferable alpha that is too arrogant, over confident and worst of all, refuses to acknowledge her. She plans to leave the pack and forget she has ever met him after she dares him to reject her and he does. What will she do when his father comes with a tempting offer? He’ll give her the one thing she has ever wanted, in exchange for her to stay with his son for a year and give him an heir. It is a battle of pride, arrogance and ego. Love is put to the test when they are both determined and too stubborn to let something like love change their minds.

Angelica Demonista Sanchez Smith, nag-iisang anak ng isa sa top businesswoman sa mundo. Isa siyang nerd o jologs kung tawagin ngunit sa kabila nito ay may bagay na hindi pangkaraniwan itong ginagawa. Hindi lang din siya basta isang anak ng mayaman, may iba pang kinabibilangan ang kaniyang angkan. Mayroon din siyang masalimuot na nasaksihan mismo ng dalawa niyang mata. Paghihiganti, ito ang gusto niyang gawin para mabigyan ng katarungan ang pagkawala ng kaniyang ama, naniniwala siyang wala itong kasalanan. Ngunit, magbabago kaya ang kaniyang isip? O mananaig pa rin ang kaniyang kagustuhan na maghiganti para sa ama? O may iba pa kaya siyang gusto?

Sofia Dawson, a normal school girl destined to be the wife of the known vicious and lethal Alpha. Just to escape from her parent's hands, she agreed to be the Alpha's bride. All she thought, she had already escaped from the hands of her parents, but her life becomes more complicated when she fell in love to Alpha Drake. The moment that Sofia admitted her feelings towards the Alpha, he started hurting her. Alpha Drake a handsome Alpha and owner of the school were Sofia attended at. He's heartless and lethal. Just to be the next King, he needed to present a bride and asked Sofia to become his bride. She endured all the pain that her husband were showing her until she comes up with the idea of taming the cold-hearted Alpha. Will she succeed of taming the Cold-hearted Alpha, or Sofia would give up and ran away from him with her broken heart when she discovered that Alpha Drake will never love her?

Matindi ang pag-ibig ni Bella kay Jace na nauwi sa pamimikot. Ang pangarap niya ay naging bangungot. Hindi sapat ang pagmamahal niya para tumagal ang kanilang relasyon bilang mag-asawa. Iniwan siya nito sa kabila ng pagmamahal at patitiis niya. Gumuho ang mundo niya nang umalis ang binata at ipagpalit siya sa babaeng talagang mahal nito. Makalipas ang limang taon ay bumalik si Jace upang gampanan ang tungkulin nito bilang CEO ng kumpanyang pag-aari ng pamilya. Kagaya ng inaasahan ay galit pa din ito sa kanya. Pagdating ng binata ay inabot nito ang annulment papers na agad niyang pinirmahan. Kung kailan masaya na siya sa buhay niya ay tsaka naman ito nanggugulo. At ang offer nito to be his bed partner shocked her the most. Ngunit wala na siyang balak magpauto dito. Kahit pa wala namang nabago sa damdamin niya. Mahal na mahal pa din niya ito, noon at ngayon. Kung hanggang kailan ay hindi niya alam. Isa lang ang nagbago, magaling na siyang magtago ng damdamin ngayon. Pwede naman niya itong patuloy na mahalin ng siya lang ang nakakaalam.

“What about you?” I give him long look. “I don’t think you want to consummate a marriage you don’t even want.” Something darkens in his expression. “I wouldn’t worry about that,” he murmurs. *** On a quiet Spring morning, Avila awoke, six months after her death. By some miracle, she was suddenly alive, with no memory of her life. Confused, Avila is thrust into a world of where she is a Princess with a secretive family who battles a vicious rebellion. And, she is engaged to a wealthy, handsome Prince who couldn't stand who she was before she died. Avila is forced to piece together her previous life while making sense of her current one, but with a rebellion member who is in love with her, and the attraction growing between her and the Prince, things are only getting more complicated. (Themes: Arranaged Marriage, Forced Proximity, Royalty, Love, Romance etc)

Ace Villadolid- Isang kapita pitagang NBI agent sa panahon niya. Marami na siyang mga malalaking sindikato, drug lord at Mafia boss ang napasuko. Dahil sa angkin niyang galing sa ilang taong serbisyo sa pagiging agent, kinuha siya ng isang big time na negosyante na walang pamilya at ginawa siyang isang private/personal bodyguard nito. Sa pamamalagi niya as a PSG, napag-alaman niya na isa pa lang Mafia Lord ang negosyanteng iyon. Palihim niya itong iniimbistigahan, sa nagdaang panahon nalaman niya na mabuting tao pala ito. Dumating ang araw na nagkasakit ang negosyante at dahil wala nga itong pamilya kaya sa kaniya nito ipinamana ang lahat ng ari-arian niya, pati na rin ang pagiging Mafia Lord nito, ngunit bago pa man namatay ang negosyante, hiningi niya sa'yo na hanapin mo ang nag-iisa niyang anak na babae at ang taga pagmana ng lahat. Paano kung ipagkatiwala sayo ng matanda ang kaniyang katungkulan, tatanggapin mo ba ang obligasyong naka atang sayo? At paano kung nakilala mo na ang babaeng bibihag sa'yong napupukaw na damdamin, mamahalin mo pa kaya ito lalo na kapag nalaman mo ang tunay na lihim nang pagkatao nito..

Aera memang memimpikan bisa menikah dengan seorang laki-laki yang sangat ia cintai, tapi bukan dengan "Reagan" kakak dari pacarnya sendiri. Bagaimana bisa keluarganya bahkan pacarnya sendiri menyetujui dan mendukung perjodohan antara dirinya dan kakak kandung dari pacarnya itu di usianya yang baru menginjak 19 tahun? Untuk menolak? Itu tidak akan mengubah apapun yang sudah menjadi keputusan ayah dan ibunya. Masalah kian datang saat rasa cinta itu tumbuh, namun nyatanya sikap acuh tak acuh yang Reagan berikan membuatnya semakin bimbang. Dan berakhir pada kenyamanan dengan sang solois terkenal yang merupakan artis di bawah naungan Agensi milik Reagan.