Roman Léger

Pragmatic Marriage will bind them together. She fell but he didn't catch her, yet she still stayed. Not until a revelation wrecked her heart out. A secret that was kept as a hidden agenda revealed and it ruined everything between them. She left with a heavy baggage - a baggage she never expect to have in life, a baggage that made her a strong independent woman.

“Ilmu Tujuh Gerbang Dewa!” Dunia persilatan digegerkan dengan kemunculan pemuda yang mewarisi kesaktian legendaris tingkat tertinggi dunia persilatan. Namun bukan dimiliki seorang tokoh aliran putih, namun bersama seorang pemuda yang membantai atas nama dendam keluarganya yang telah dihabisi. Sebuah skandal yang melibatkan sebagian besar tokoh-tokoh aliran putih. Sepak terjangnya membuatnya digelari sebagai Pendekar Bayangan Maut, dan orang-orang dunia persilatan menganggapnya sebagai momok menakutkan dan beraliran sesat. Sampai akhirnya ia menemukan kenyataan bahwa tokoh-tokoh aliran putih itu hanya di jebak, oleh ambisi seseorang yang ingin menguasai dunia persilatan. Apakah sang Bayangan Maut dengan Ilmu Tujuh Gerbang Dewanya akan tetap menjadi seorang pembantai? Atau ia akan menjadi pahlawan bagi dunia persilatan yang sedang menghadapi bencana besar oleh sang dalang kejahatan.

Little Lucy Alberto, who has been brought up to be a drudge in her aunt's boarding-house, suddenly inherits a fortune.

"Did you kill him?" The detective asked again."I've already answered you like a thousand times... Yes, he was a monster. Yes, he beat me up a lot but I didn't do it. I didn't kill Jude!" Amanda replied."I'm sorry. I know what it's like to be a victim of abuse and all that, but you need to understand that murder is a serious case too. You'll have to forgive us for asking you continually it's just that you were the closest to him we've got here.""I wasn't. There was someone else he was seeing that knew a lot about him than I ever did," Amanda replied.*******The night was growing colder and the rains seemed to have agitated in full force. Amanda sat on one of the soft leather chairs that squeaked with her every move in the living room with tears in her eyes as she watched the rains drop on the floor forming small pools and waited for Jude to come back. She was worried sick about his whereabouts even though all his presence caused her were pain and more tears. The protruding bump on her stomach, made it quite difficult to move around at ease so she was stuck with calling his busied line while she watched the clock tick its way into the midnight mark.*****A heart rending story told differently. Stronger than Pain captures a dysfunctional Nigerian home where a callous man, beats his wife on a daily basis. Time flies and now he is dead. All the characters have a reason to kill him, but she's their number one suspect. The Question still remains, who pulled the trigger?

After my 99th failed confession of love to Jim, my parents grounded me for two weeks. "You've embarrassed yourself enough over that illegitimate son from the Larson family," they snapped. "Has he ever even spared you a proper glance?" "Stay home and reflect. We've already arranged your marriage to the Shaw family. The wedding will be in two weeks." However, I didn’t give up. I was so determined to see Jim, no matter what. Only to walk in on him locked in a deep kiss with his precious first love in a private room. "Jim, you really know how to play," one of his friends laughed. "If the Cunningham family's heiress catches you like this, she'll probably lose her mind again." "Seriously, you've turned Ella down so many times, and now that she's grounded, you haven't even sent her a message. Aren't you afraid she'll finally give up on you?" Jim just scoffed with disdain and said calmly, "What's there to be afraid of? Everyone in the capital knows Ella is obsessed with me. Who else would want her but me?" "If I hadn't needed her to get back into the Larson family, I never would've postponed my engagement to Rowena in the first place."

No connection. No acquaintance. In one night of passion with no expectations, strangers become intimately acquainted. Will one night of lust turn into their happy ever after? Is it simply lust or could it possibly be love at first site? A collection of short stories: four couples, one day, twenty-four passionate hours. "Strangers" is created by Stephanie Walls, an eGlobal Creative Publishing author.

Breakup isn't something new for Yara. According to her, all that happened because of the curse of love spoken by Adam, her first ex-boyfriend. "I swear you won't be able to date forever. Anyway, you won't be able to get married until you can see me on the aisle." What will happen to Yara if Adam comes back into her life?

"You don't simply stop playing a game. Especially when it's mine; you either win. Or loose." Vasili had told her this eight years ago, and eight years later she'd said, "Wrong. Allow me to introduce you to the word 'draw'." *** Emily Moralez was certain the universe was determined to screw her over. She's been caught in a crossfire between two rivaling syndicates, her father's made arrangements for her to get married to a don twice her age--despite knowing she has a boyfriend. And said boyfriend cheated on her the day before their engagement. And it gets worse. Vasili Romanov. The name was feared, revered, respected: hated. Emily knew where she fell. In the percentage that hated him. Vasili Romanov was back for her family. Back to destroy it, her, and everything she held dear with a vengeance that burned as hot as the passion he ignited in her.

Halo- halo ang emosyon ni Charmaine ng sambitin niya ang mga katagang iyon. Dahil sa isang gabing pinagsaluhan nila ng lalaking saglit pa lamang niya nakilala, nagbunga ang gabing ‘yon. Desperado siya na magpakasal sa lalaking ito. Hindi dahil sa pera o kung ano man ang mayroon ang lalaking ito. Kundi para may makilalang ama, ang sanggol sa sinapupunan niya. “Okay, then, let's get married. “— Evans Clarkson Ano kaya ang naghihintay na buhay kay Charmaine, matapos pumayag ang isang Evans Clarkson sa biglaang kasal na hiniling niya? Tamang desisyon kaya ang hiniling niya sa lalaking ito? May mamumuo kayang pagmamahalan sa pagitan nilang dalawa?

Blood and mayhem sends Charlie Brown, on a trail of a criminal. A night hunt leads her to the city's cradle of debauchery, Sin City and there she meets a man who all but intrigues her. Dangerous and flirtatious, he brings a lot of trouble. Simple rules, easy life is his motto. Maddox Black has worked as a successful business owner dealing with a repertoire of clientele who can't afford a scandal. With the attractive FBI agent showing up at his door, he's willing to do anything to get rid of her. Entangled in a web of secrets and lies, they learn that while different on the surface, they have more in common than anyone would think. In a world full of chaos, where money and power rule, Charlie and Maddox yearn to break free, but a string of events that began before either of them were involved threatens to destroy them instead