*THE WATTYS 2025 SHORTLIST* Cassandra, an engineering student, was orphaned young. Since her parents died, she supported herself and her brother. She took all kinds of jobs to pay for their studies and her brother's medical care. She's cheerful, mischievous, and loving, but she never expected her life to change when she met Zac Miguel Ortega, a professor at her university.

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Rule #3: Do what it takes to rule the game. Everyone sees Elisse Amelia Gallego as the perfect and beautiful princess of the Gallego family. Mula sa kilos, itsura at ang pamilyang kinabibilangan, iisipin mong wala na siyang kailangang iba. She could get anything or anyone by the tip of fingers effortlessly, without a sweat. She fell for someone unexpected. Sa bawat araw na nakikita niya ang taong iyon ay hindi niya inaasahan na mahuhulog siya dito ng ganon kabilis. He was someone of her league, but still unreachable. Pero hindi siya madaling sumuko. She will do everything to get him, just like how she made everyone fall for her. But that's what she thought. All her plans went down the drain, and things changed unexpectedly. She was deceived. She was hurt. A game has started. A game that will bite her back if she doesn't fight. She holds a secret that can change the whole game in an instant, a secret that would help her win the game. Now it's up to her to decide how she'll win this... but at what cost?

Rugged Series #4 Kill Legrand has everything. Growing inside a prestigiously rich family, she can have whatever she wants in just a blink of her eye. But even with all those privileges, she doesn't know why she can't still be contented. Pakiramdam niya ay para siyang isang prinsesang ikinulong sa isang palasyo na kahit gaano man kalaki ay hindi kailanman magiging sentro ng mundo. Taking opportunity of an unfortunate event to cross the lines of her palace, she will move away from the comforts of her sheltered life to find what the outside world is like. Ngunit paano kung sa gitna ng bawat linyang kanyang malalampasan ay iba ang matagpuan niya? Pag-ibig. How can love cross in two worlds that are not supposed to meet? Will the Legrand Princess succeed in melting the ice that sheathed the heart of a very harsh man in form of Six Andrada?

Alyssa Aragon believed that a person can fall in love many times. She easily falls in love to a man who's sweet and with good looks. Everything changed the moment she met Ezekiel Joachim Valmont. It wasn't just her heart that stayed loyal, but also her heart, mind, and... lips? She doesn't want to like him because he's serious and mysterious. But at the back of her head, lies the number one reason why she forced herself to hate this man. He hurt someone who's important to her. She hates him for what he did... or so she thought. Cold and aloof, Ezekiel Joachim Valmont whose name was popular in the business industry, didn't care about anything except his brother. What he hates most is betrayal. In a world full of love and heartaches, he shielded his heart from it, until he met Alyssa. He tried hard to stay away, for her sake. But... like a rubber band, it still bounces back even when stretched. And just like a rubber band, it was never broken... and so is his feelings. He woke up and found himself swimming in the ocean no matter how deep it gets. And the farther she stayed away, the deeper his feelings grew. Can the cold and aloof billionaire be able to capture the wounded beauty who's trying to flee? And can she accept the wounded billionaire? Covered with secrets and lies due to fears, worries, hesitations... will they be given a chance to be together once they unveil the scars of their past? Book Cover: shaney_art Date Published: August 10, 2025 Date Finished: November 16, 2025

Instead of falling in love with Zackary- her sweet and charming fiancé that her parents chose for her to marry, Dawn Celestine's heart did an unexpected turn and fell for someone else. By some twisted fate, she somehow finds herself falling irrevocably in love with Zayden, her fiancé's older brother. Now, all they have are stolen moments to spend with each other. Illicit moments that they both know are wrong- their feelings, their relationship, and what they had. Everything was wrong. However, the heart knows what it wants, and they both know that this is what both their hearts truly desire. So even if it meant settling for stolen moments with each other, they still risked it all for love. But are stolen moments enough to last them a lifetime?

LOT Series #1 [Raw Version/Unedited] For Kristal Esguerra, being married to her first love, Arjo Gabriel Lozano, was like a dream come true. But knowing him, still head over heels in love with his first love, Maricar, marriage life didn't go easy for her. After four years of being damsel in distress, she signed their annulment papers as a gift to Arjo. Little did he know, Kristal was already pregnant with their child. After seven years, their path crossed again. Completely different from Arjo that she knew, this man in front of her insisting of going back to her life, to her heart, again. She knew that she won't let him in this time, but something will make her stop from unloving him. It is something behind His Hidden Identity. - Date Started: July 27, 2020 Date Finished: September 13, 2020

"Pagkalipas ng maraming taon, muling nagtagpo ang mga landas nina Renz at Noryn dahil sa anak na itinago nito sa kanya. Puwersahan niyang inuwi si Trace - ang kanilang anak sa Calatrava, kasama si Noryn... at si Hans - ang lalaking pinakasalan at ipinalit nito sa kanya." ======================================= BLURB: Kinukuha ni Noryn ang libro sa dala niyang handbag nang marinig niya ang pagbubukas ng pinto sa cockpit. Nag angat siya nang bahagya ng tingin para lang itulos sa kinauupuan. Pakiramdam niya tinakasan siya ng lahat ng dugo sa katawan nang magtama ang tingin nila ng matangkad na lalaking lumabas mula roon. Kumakabog ang dibdib na napatuwid siya sa pagkakaupo. Renz's expression was unreadable as he approached. Naguluhan si Noryn. How did they end up on board with Renz? Noryn was so anxious that she didn't realize how tightly she was gripping the book. Ngayon naiintindihan niya na kung bakit may dalawang jet planes. Ang isa ay para sa kanila ni Hans habang itong sinasakyan nila ay dederetso sa Calatrava. Hihintayin niya na lang ba ang susunod na mangyayari? In a matter of minutes, ipapatapon na siya ni Renz palabas ng jet. Aalis ang sasakyang iyon nang hindi siya kasama, gustuhin niya man o hindi. Isipin niya pa lang, para na siyang mababaliw. She'd rather die kaysa mabuhay nang wala sa tabi niya si Trace. Nangingilid na ang mga luha at nanginginig ang mga kamay niya nang huminto si Renz sa gilid niya. Noryn swallowed the lump in her throat as she felt Renz tower grimly above her. But pain and betrayal were evident in his voice when he started talking. "Malaya kang bumalik sa Amerika kasama ang asawa mo, Noryn. But you can not take my son with you. Maraming taon na ang nawala sa amin, tama na 'yong isang beses mo siyang ipinagkait sa 'kin."

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Kheious, a BS Nursing student let go his dream to be an idol because of their social status. As a son of a health care worker abroad, his auntie wants him to focus on his studies and be a nurse someday, so he could follow his mom in Canada. Everything was going smoothly in the designed plan not until he met Anaia, a BS Accountancy student from their university who encouraged him to pursue his stage dream. Date Started: January 01, 2023 Date Finished: October 14, 2023 -Azureriel