historical romance arranged marriage

“Hey little brother, wanna get married? Here are nine bucks, it’s on me!”Just like that, Cecelia Shayne gave herself away with nine bucks.Consequently…The random cutie she dragged off the street? He’s a poor good-for-nothing who needs her to tend to his every need.However, there’s nothing she can do.This is a husband she bought, and she needs to swallow this somehow.But… But…Why does his name seem to be the same as the owner of a certain conglomerate…?What?Asset transfer?Cecelia was shocked. “Why’re you giving me all this money?”William Sandler looked her dead in the eye, “Money’s yours, you’re mine!”

“Kenapa?” tanya Bigel saat Hasbi memilih tidak bersuara lagi, tapi fokusnya selalu pada leher Bigel. “Apa yang Mas lihat?” Hasbi menundukkan kepalanya dan seraya mendekat hingga membuat batasan tipis antara wajahnya dan juga wajah Bigel. “Aku, rindu ini.” Bigel tidak dapat berkutik untuk sesaat, tapi sekaligus jantungnya berdebar tidak karuan. Menurutnya, bukankah ini kesempatan agar Hasbi semakin terikat padanya? Cup! Bigel mencium bibir Hasbi lebih dulu, sekilas untuk membuat adrenalin pria itu semakin menggebu-gebu memakan Bigel. “Bigel.” “Jika lebih dari ini, kau mungkin tidak jadi ke kantor lagi.” “Tidak masalah,” sungutnya dengan napas turun naik menerpa permukaan wajah Bigel. “Yakin? Bagaimana jika aku menginginkanmu untuk diriku sendiri setelah ini?” *** Hasbi memejamkan matanya sebentar, laru menatap lembut pada Irasya. “Pulanglah, kepalaku sedang pusing untuk mencerna semuanya. Kita bicarakan nanti saja. Ada yang lebih penting untuk aku urus saat ini.” Ketika Hasbi hendak berbalik, Irasya menahan lengannya lagi dengan kuat. “I-itu Bigel, kan? S-sesuatu yang penting?” Tanpa ragu, Hasbi mengangguk sebagai jawaban. “A-aku hamil, anakmu, Hasbi.”

Luliyah dreams to have a simple and peaceful life. However, there's only one misery in her life and that is her sick mother. She must work really hard everyday to support her mother and herself. A particular day, Luliyah accidentally spent the night in a luxury hotel room with an handsome man she didn't know! Is that Fate or Destiny? Kelvin offers Luliyah a contract stating clearly that he wanted to marry the girl for some unknown reasons. But Kelvin promises to make Luliyah's dream come true: wealth and a peaceful life. Will Luliyah live quietly and happily like her dream? Can Luliyah live in peace by becoming the wife of the CEO of the largest company in Switzerland?

"SA TINGIN mo papayag ako sa divorce na gusto mo, Amanda? Never. At tsaka ito naman ang gusto mo noon pa man, hindi ba? Gustong- gusto mong maikasal sa akin..." Humalik ang labi nito sa balat ni Amanda na siyang nagpatindig ng kaniyang balahibo. "Ngayon, hindi ka na makakawala pa. Magdurusa ka habang buhay bilang asawa ko..." *** Noon pa man ay mahal na ni Amanda Fabregas si Theo Torregoza. Lahat ay kaya niyang gawin para sa lalaki maging ang pagbitaw sa sarili niyang pangarap. Kaya naman nang makasal si Amanda kay Theo, wala siyang ibang ginawa kundi maging masunurin at perpekto sa lalaki. Naging mabuti siyang asawa kay Theo. Ibinuhos niya ang pagmamahal niya rito ng buong puso pero sa huli... iba pa rin ang nasa puso nito. Nang sa wakas magising si Amanda sa kahibangan niya kay Theo, naisip niyang makipagdivorce na sa lalaki. Pero ayaw ni Theo. Gusto niyang magdusa si Amanda sa kasal at pagmamahal na ni minsan nasuklian. Gusto niyang pahirapan si Amanda. Hanggang saan aabot ang pagtitiis ni Amanda kay Theo? Hanggang saan aabot ang pusong paulit-ulit lamang sinugatan at kailanma'y hindi napahalagahan?

Chloe finds out she has been betrothed to the eldest son of the Benjamin’s family, a very influential family in America since she was a child, and it made her extremely angry. She has always been an obedient and dutiful daughter who always put her parents’ wishes before hers since she could remember, and feeling rebellious in her own way, she decides to do something for herself for once. And so, Chloe ends up in a club, which led to her having a one night stand with a hot, dark stranger. Chloe was happy to pretend that night never happened, if she hadn’t realized she was pregnant – a week to the date of her scheduled wedding. Nothing was more shocking for Chloe when fate leads her to her dark stranger once again, and he turns out to be the younger brother of whom she was supposed to be getting married to. That leads to Chloe being forced into a marriage with the father of her child, Nathan– who detests the thought of marriage to begin with. Would the contract marriage and a baby be enough to hold them together?

Abducted at the young age of 10, groomed by a mistress specialized in raising girls for special duties and catering to needs of sick depraved men, Isabella Blanchet had her life planned out for her before she got the chance to dream and make wishes. That was until she crossed paths with him, Dante Moretti, the ruthless Don of the Moretti family. A legend to some, a scary bedtime story to get children in bed and a nightmare to all who crossed him. Some would go as far as calling him the boogeyman. Would he succeed in sinking her into the darkness or will she be the only ray light in his dark world?

"You're mine now, Emma Campbell," DeLuca's words whispered, signaling to Emma that she was now in the hands of this mobster. Emma, a determined young woman with ambitious dreams for the future, leads a modest life with her father in a middle-class home, haunted by the loss of her mother when she was still a child. Her world takes a shadowy twist when her father, desperate to settle a debt with an unrelenting mobster, essentially hands over his daughter, seeing no other alternative. As her dreams slip further away, Emma begins to realize that her life might have been destined to intertwine with Andrew DeLuca, the enigmatic Mafia Don. In "My Dear Don: The Contract Marriage," immerse yourself in a world where fate collides with the dangerous allure of the mafia, and follow along as Emma and Andrew navigate a web of intrigue, unexpected passion, and a contract that could either ruin their lives or bind their destinies together forever."

Aries Scott Vincenzo is a licensed architect and is currently working in an architectural firm. Despite his success in life, walang nakakaalam sa madilim nitong nakaraan. He let himself in prison of pain... He is suicidal. On the other hand, Sachiko Falasca is a woman who was spoiled by her mother. But unfortunately, her mother died and she couldn’t accept the fact that her father wanted to marry another woman... She is impulsive. Isang kasunduan ang magbubuklod sa dalawa. Ngunit anong klaseng samahan ang mabubuo? Will they accept each other’s imperfections? O tuluyan na lang ba nilang susukuan ang isa’t isa?

The Moon Goddess was worshiped by werewolves. Many years ago, werewolves were just ordinary wolves who were said to be the protectors of the human race. Until one wolf stood up and pleaded with Terra, the mother nature, and the moon goddess to gave them the ability to transform into humans. Their wishes were granted, and werewolves were born. Selene, the Moon Goddess, loves going down into the earth. Along with her moon chariot, driving across the heavens in the night sky. She sits down and dresses as if she were a human, with pale skin and a white silk gown and robe. She is depicted as the goddess who brings romance in the moonlight night. But everything had changed when she saw a werewolf while she's riding in her moon chariot. Sleeping beneath the Sacred Falls, the one she always called home. Alpha Endymion, the werewolf she fell in love with, the dangerous Alpha King of Arcadia. The moon's illicit romance that blooms beneath the Sacred Falls, as the moon deity rises out of a faraway land, speaking for her own heart.

Marcello believed his life is perfect, he got a perfect job, a perfect wife, perfect house. What more could he ask for? Marc knew he had gotten everything good in life, Little did he know this was just the beginning of his mystery, an exodus of his his life shattering into tiny pieces. His only mistake was that he had come home early, too early.