Hardships

Your color is still haunted by the past that it keeps on drowning you down until you can no longer appreciate the life that was given to you. Despite the enduring pain that lingered in your body I'd love to see your color shining through.

Audrey Vance is pushed to the brink as her meticulously planned life starts to fall apart. Desperate to save her family home from going into foreclosure and drowning in debt, she does the unimaginable and spends a night of reckless diversion at a Manhattan bar. But rather than making a quick getaway, she meets Damien Knight, a stunningly attractive millionaire who has a lethal charm and an unmistakable evil side. A passionate one-night encounter turns into something far more sinister as Audrey is drawn into Damien's world, where his riches and influence serve as a front for the secrets he conceals. However, when long-held secrets come to light and old foes reappear, Audrey quickly realises that being with Damien might cost her everything, even her heart. Will she weather the tempest of loving a guy like Damien, or will they be torn apart forever by the perils of his world?

BLURB Loud cheers and applause rang on the air. Agnes smiled widely and hugged her husband’s arm in joy. It was their wedding day, and she was so happy that she can barely contain it. Perhaps it was the feeling called above the clouds? She looked up, wanting to see the happiness in her husband’s, Leon, eyes. He was also smiling, but what contained his eyes and barely obvious intent hidden behind his smile made Agnes shudder as fear slowly showed its way inside her whole body. Her smile faded. Her husband was smiling. He was smiling with joy, not because he was happy with the wedding- he was smiling like a beast who has their prey on his foot- [CLANG!] Before Agnes knew it, the shouts of happiness were replaced by cries of despair. The claps and applause was replaced by hurtful sounds of slaps. The colorful, bright and joyous venue was replaced by dark, damp and scary room. Agnes just saw her pathetic self on the corner of that room; she was still and was looking at nowhere. She remained motionless, but in her mind, she was trembling in fear and helplessly crying in despair; “Please help me out from here!”

Marcus Eastwood, a well known pauper who feeds on money earned from running other's errand have his life turned upside down after he found out his true identity, a scion of a hidden super rich family. It took only a night before he rise to power.

I'm Cassandra Rivera. I'm eighteen years old and in my first year at University, taking up Fine Arts. My life has been hell since I was young. My parents, sister, and brother treated me as their slave. They beat me if I did wrong. I started working for my family when I was six years old, and if I did wrong, my parents would scold and beat me. When I was younger, I wondered why my family treated me this way, but when I was ten years old, my mother got angry at me and she told me that I was an unwanted child. She wanted to abort me when I was still in her womb, but I kept holding on. They don't like me out of this world, and since then, I didn't see them as my family but as my employer like how they treated me as their maid. Luckily, there's a helper at home who cares for me, and I saw her as my second mother. She would tend my cuts and bruises every time my family beat me. Sometimes, my father punished her because of me. I love Mama Amara, because she's the only person who cares for me, and love me. When I enter the university, I meet this guy. His name is Jaxon Garcia. He's from a wealthy family. He's good to me, and when he told me his feelings, I quickly accepted it. We were happy for a few months, but I found out he only courted me because of a bet with my brother Kris. I was devastated, and for the first time, I wanted the comfort of my father. But my father did the worst. He used me as collateral for his debt to the wealthiest man in the country.

She doesn’t want to get married because she thought men are all jerks. He was cheated and betrayed many times by love. Women are just after his money. What if this two-person met? What will happen then? Will there be a swirling romance or would they stick on what they are believe? *** Valerie had a broken family. Her mother was beaten to death by her father. Her father died because of illness. She was the only child of the family and was left alone. She studied hard, work hard until she established her own restaurant. She doesn't want to get married because she thought that all men are the same. Bisyo, babae, sugal at marami pang iba. Iyon ang akala niya, kaya naman sumailalim siya sa tinatawag nilang Artificial Insemination na kung saan ay nagtagumpay siya at nabuntis. Ayaw niyang magpakasal kaya naman ganito ang naisipan niyang solusyon para may makasama siya sa buhay at may mag-alaga sa kaniyang pagtanda niya. Pero hindi niya inaasahan na makikilala niya ang isang lalaki na nagpakita ng pagpapahalaga sa kaniya. Valerie vowed to herself that she would never love anyone beside herself and her baby but fate seems playing a trick because she fell into a man who showed love and care to her. Would she believe him? Or would she rather choose to stay single for the rest of her life with her baby? What will Valerie choose if the man who showed care and love to her is actually isn't what she thinks he is because he had a deep secret that no one should ever know? Handa bang isugal ni Valerie ang lahat upang sundin ang tinitibok ng kaniyang puso?

Matthew Walsh, a young pickpocket, saves Arabella, a spirited young lady who's been kidnapped by the gang of thugs he's just joined and helps her escape. Soon they fall in love with each other, only to be too quickly separated by her aunt's wicked scheme. Being hunted by his former gang, Matthew flees to London, where he accidentally saves the life of Mr. Goddard, a notorious gaming club owner. The man recruits him to be his employee and bequeaths him an obscene amount of fortune. When Goddard draws his last breath, his final wish is for Matthew to marry his daughter Marguerite, who has been loving him from the first time they met. Unable to forget Arabella, Matthew is caught in a quandary. Just as he is ready to settle down with Marguerite, he comes across his long-lost love, Arabella, at a party. Obliged to marry a woman and desperately wants another, Matthew finds himself at a crossroads. Should he choose the woman he always dreamed of, or the one who's been there for him the whole time?

Isang dakilang nakatatandang kapatid kung ilarawan Celes ng maraming nakakakilala sa kanya bukod sa maraming sakripisyong ginawa niya upang mabigyan lamang ng magandang buhay at mapag-aral ang mga kapatid na halos makalimutan na niya ang sarili, lahat 'yon ay ginusto niya dahil sa pagmamahal niya sa mga ito. Ngunit isang pangyayari ang gumimbal sa kanya nang may isang pangyayari ang naghatid ng matinding takot sa kanya na maaaring nasa kapahamakan ang mga ito. Dahil doon ay nagmamadaling bumalik siya upang tiyakin ang kaligtasan ng mga ito nang mapag-alaman niyang ilang araw ng nawawala ang mga ito. Agad naman niyang hinanap ang mga ito hanggang sa napadpad siya sa isang malaking mansyon sa kanilang kabayanan. Sabi ng may-ari niyon ay hawak nito ang kanyang mga kapatid at hindi umano ibabalik kapag 'di niya sinunod ang gusto nito—na magpanggap siyang isa sa kanyang mga kapatid. Hanggang saan aabot ang pagsasakripisyo niya mabawi lamang ang mga kapatid, gayong kaakibat niyon ay lolokohin niya ang lalaking naiwan din noon sa Maynila?

Sapphire's face went covered in sweat as she saw the video. Immediately there popped a message getting her stilled in a matter of seconds. "If you want to see the truth with your own eyes, come to the paradise apartment flat number 505." She scurried to her car and asked the driver to drive, giving him the location. Opening the envelope that was delivered to her, she took out the key with trembling fingers and put it in the keyhole to twist it. The entrance unlocked and her pulse quivered her throat. Tiptoeing, she rubbed her palms to her long skirt to clean the sweat and gingerly open the bedroom door. And..... Few minutes later... "My love, I have been dying not being able to see you. Where did you go without informing anyone? If not for the jammer installed in your mobile..." Carlos shook his head and his lips landed on her neck. He bit her, sucked her there with a yearn of passion making his mark. "Do not do such crazy things." His breath was ragged after the bite, covered with desire but at the same time with a kind of control and power. Moving closer, he shifted her head up and then kissed her in wantonness, lust and most importantly in an undying love. PS This book has two parts in it. (sequel and prequel)

Ryll Alcantara, a regretful woman who loves to read. She fell inlove not just on the book itself, but for a low key and famous Author of her favorite novel. She always wanted to meet the guy behind it. The man that she admire the most. She doesn't want to date an Engineer nor a Lawyer, but she wants a portentous Author. And she was that woman behind his every Author's note.