james lee burke

" You're my boyfriend?" Hindi makapaniwalang tanong ni Samantha habang nakatitig sa napakagwapong mukha ng binatang kaharap na walang iba kung hindi ang CEO ng Cromwell Enterprise. Luther Devmon Cromwell, gwapo makisig at higit sa lahat ay mayaman. Ngunit sa likod ng gwapo nitong mukha ay nagtatago ang isang mapanganib na katauhan. Isang Mafia boss. Samantha Lee Vasque, isang dalaga na biniyayaan ng maganda at perpektong katawan ngunit nagtatago ang napakamisteryosong katauhan. Sa gitna ng isang mapanganib na operasyon, Aksidenteng nasagasaan ni Luther isang inosenteng dalaga na nagresulta ng pagkawala ng ala-ala nito. Dahil sa isang dahilan ay napilitang magpanggap na kasintahan ito ng dalaga. Ngunit papaano kung ang katangian nang babae ang pinaka-ayaw niya sa lahat? Makulit, pakielamera at higit sa lahat, maingay! At papaano kung ang babaeng nasagasaan ay mayroon ding itinatagong sikreto? Magagawa ba nyang itago ang sikreto o maakit siya sa sikreto ng babaeng nasagasaan?

Anna Gonzales was the only heir of her late Aunt Martha. She left her a villa on Jeju Island in South Korea and company stocks in their family corporation. Little did Anna know that the property on Jeju Island would lead her back to the man she had a one-night stand one year ago. David Miller's grandfather, Bryan, wanted the Villa on Jeju Island but because of conditions laid on the inheritance, he could not purchase it from Anna. The trust stipulated that the property would only be handed down from Anna to her children and her children's children. The opportunity was in David's way, as Anna’s father James Williams had been careless with his company dealings and would face imminent jail time. David had told her father that he would help finance his corporation in exchange for Anna's hand in marriage. In David's mind, this is the best way to get to his grandfather's old home on Jeju Island, and He will also get Anna back in his bed. Anna was trapped in this situation, and she could not reject it because she was now the major Stockholder of the company, and like her father, she would also be imprisoned for his business embezzlement. She had trusted her father and signed every document he sent her in the past.

Seorang putri dari mantan mafia yang telah lama diasingkan, terpaksa harus kembali ke Inggris untuk menjalani perjodohan yang telah diatur. Grassiela Stamford, begitu terkejut ketika mengetahui bahwa pria yang akan menjadi suaminya adalah lelaki asing yang pernah ia lihat belasan tahun silam. Mungkin pria itu tidak mengenalinya, mungkin juga pertemuan mereka dulu adalah sebuah kebetulan. Untuk pertama kalinya hati Grassiela berbunga. Namun seiring berjalannya rencana pernikahan, Grassiela menemukan fakta bahwa pria itu ternyata lebih licik dan lebih kejam dari dugaannya. "Aku bukan bagian dari orang-orang yang bisa kau kendalikan. Dan asal kau tahu, aku tidak akan pernah melupakan pertemuan ini," ucap Grassiela dingin bersama tatapan tajam pada pria di hadapannya. James Draxler berjalan mendekat. Tatapannya yang mendominasi membuat wanita itu menahan gugup. Lantas ia berkata di sela rahangnya yang mengetat, "jangan lupakan juga mengenai hubungan ini!" Murder and marriage Ambition and rapacious Manipulative and jealousy Wellcome to dark and hurt story BROKEN FLOWER Another side of agreement

Dengan kontrak suami istri di atas meterai, Calvin Miguel tidak menyadari bahwa kepura-puraan antara dirinya dan Rachel Lee akan membawanya ke tahap baru. Tanpa disadari, si penyiar online cantik itu telah memasuki kehidupannya dengan amat dalam. Namun, saat Calvin memutuskan untuk memulai hubungan dengan jujur, perlahan masalah-masalah pelik muncul ke permukaan. Apakah hubungan mereka akan berakhir sesuai tanggal yang tertera di kontrak atau dapat diperpanjang selamanya?

What if one day your life changes because of a bet? Are you ready to face it if your heart and life will replace it? Do you want to gamble on a game that you know many will get hurt because of what you do? Or, just give up and accept that he is not the right person for you? Let's all witness the story of Angel Marseille and James Lee's love affair where they despise everyone just to get the love they both hope for. “There will always be that one person you’ll never get over. For me, it's you and for you, it's her. " - Angel Marseille.

Being a mute used to be simple before all the craziness started. I just can't talk and that's who I am. Mum has learned to accept that and I guess so have I. Everything was just fine in my high school in Shanghai. I had finally made it to year twelve and even though I was in China, I was actually being treated as a human being despite my disability. Things were definitely not perfect but I would give anything to go back to that, like it was before. I heard my first voice that year, right at the beginning of year 12. I didn’t really have any real friends, but I was used to it and before the voices started, I was fine with that. But it all changed when I first heard them. The voices inside their heads started then and my life was never the same. They weren't just thinking about school or they girls or guys they were into, no they were thinking about doing things, doing horrible things to each other and I was the only one that knew how messed up they really were.

“Tis better to have loved and lost…” is utter balderdash. Losing love is devastating.When a horror-movie nightmare became real, it turned everything in Teri Munroe’s life on end, costing her all the relationships she held dear in one fell swoop, including with the one man she truly loved, Jim Erickson. The only option left to the sensitive and reserved IT security specialist was to rewrite the code of her life. Abandoning her childhood home and Jim, she made a life of contract work to provide for their child, the daughter Jim doesn’t know he has. But when random chance leads Teri to a lucrative contract in Jim’s hometown, she finds herself face to face with him again and the love she thought was lost. Can they find a way to restore it? And when Teri's nightmare comes full circle again, can they survive it this time together?

The urge to protect begins with desire... A widowed researcher, Caitlyn Maddox, opts to take her second honeymoon trip with a hired escort, a mysterious man paired with her through an exhaustive agency matching process. Unbeknownst to her, the handsome stranger, Duke Carter, who her meets her at the airport isn’t the man she hired. Along the twisting channels of romantic Venice and the intimate eateries of sophisticated Florence, sparks fly between the duo. But the agency isn’t the only group looking for the spellbound scholar and her charming companion. Amid the narrow cobblestone streets, spectacular gardens and vitrine art galleries, dangerous secrets from both her late husband’s past and Duke’s present are swiftly encroaching on Caitlyn’s blissful fantasy. Against a firestorm of half-truths and flying bullets, Duke struggles to bring Caitlyn through safely. Not merely because it’s his job to protect her, but because no one is going to hurt what’s his.

Megan Reyes, M.D., ang doktorang tanga. Tanga dahil nagpabuntis siya! Dapat bilang isang doktora ay alam niya kung paano at kailan ito mabubuntis. Pagkapasa sa Medical Board Examination ay nagkaroon ito ng one night stand with Robert, her first and only boyfriend na nagmula sa isang mayamang angkan. After two months, nalaman niyang buntis siya. Dahil dito nilait-lait siya at pinagbintangang gold-digger ng mga matapobreng magulang ni Robert. Pinalayas naman siya sa bahay ng sarili niyang mga magulang dahil sa kahihiyan sa pagiging isang dalagang-ina. Si Robert? Iniwan siya sa ere. Biglang gumuho ang mundo ni Megan kung kaya't nagpasya siyang magpakalayu-layo. Ang kahihiyang tinamo ni Megan ay nagdulot ng matinding galit sa kanyang puso. Subalit tulad ng isang Phoenix who built a nest and set itself on fire, a new Phoenix would rise from the ashes. Babangon ang bagong Megan. Pain had changed her life. Pagkaraan ng pitong taon nagpasya siyang bumalik sa Pilipinas kasama ang anak. Lingid sa galit, naghahari pa rin ang pagmamahal sa kanyang puso kahit siya ay nasasaktan. Sapat na ba ang magmahal? Di ba dapat mahal ka rin ng minamahal mo? Mahanap pa kaya ni Megan ang minimithi niyang pag-ibig?

Tanging ambisyon lamang ang mahalaga para kay Sayna Astrid Reyes. Bilang lumaki na mag-isa, wala siyang ibang hangarin kundi matupad lamang ang kanyang pangarap na maging tanyag sa lahat. Alam niya sa kanyang sarili na hindi katulad ng isang fairy tale ang takbo ng kanyang buhay kaya wala siyang panahon para sa pag-ibig. She doesn't even value marriage. Ngunit kailangan niyang magpakasal kay Enver James Servencio, the Servencio Prince himself, isang troublemaker at spoiled na anak ng kanyang boss na nasangkot sa isang malaking eskandalo. Kapalit na makuha ang pangarap niya na makamit ang pinakamataas na pwesto sa kompanya, papakasalan niya ang lalaking hindi naman niya lubos na kilala para malinis ang reputasyon nito. Hanggang saan aabutin ang kasalan na hindi naman binuo nang pagmamahalan?