[Sweets Series #2] Benisse repeats one thing to herself whenever Austen Lao comes into view: you can't confuse like with love. What began as a casual fling (an intimate friendship) slowly bled into something more. The new sweet note of her heartbeat forces her to pull the plug on the non-relationship. Denial becomes her armor, distance her defense, and hating him a last act of self-preservation. She can't confuse like with love. Austen has been abundantly clear about his certainty. There's no way the football prodigy could ever feel the same way... Not when his eyes still follow her best friend. Caught between the lies they tell, Benisse and Austen discover the magic of birthday candles and the dirty truth about wishing on stars. Feelings only stay buried for long enough until they're ready to explode.

[OFFICE LOVE AFFAIRS #2] As the princess of the Dela Vegas, Hari has everyone wrapped around her little finger except for her new bodyguard.

[OFFICE LOVE AFFAIRS #1] As his personal secretary, Chantal's next task is to marry the president. *** Not getting any younger, Xavi is pressured by his mother to get married and settle down. He is lured on blind dates disguised as business meetings and family gatherings. With his patience stretching to its limits, to escape his mother's persistence, he offers extra work to Chantal and boldly asks her hand in marriage. Having faith in love and believing in destiny, Chantal rejects his offer and files for a resignation. She thinks it will be easy to find another job in the corporate world with her credentials and working directly for the highest post in Dela Vega Holdings. However, Chantal has no idea that Xavi will block her applications until she is hard-pressed and unable support her mother, who is undergoing regular dialysis. In the end, she has no choice but to accept Xavi's offer, be his wife in papers, and play pretend.

Chino knows that he should never mix business with pleasure. But when he encountered his presumed business partner, maybe mixing business with pleasure isn't a bad idea. *** [Mature Content] BLACKWATER SERIES 5.3 Chino Arvesu - An Alternate Story

First Installment - Osaka I just want to feel the warmth again. Your warmth.

Nikolas Matteo Del Franco is the eldest son of former Governor Leonardo Del Franco and veteran actress Emilia David. He grew up with people expecting him to be like his father. Lahat ng kanyang gagawin ay pinapanood ng maraming mga mata. He wanted to be a pilot but his father did not allow him to choose for himself. Nabuhay siya sa utos at gusto ng ama at ginawa niya ang lahat para sa ikasasaya ng kanyang pamilya. At the age of twenty nine, he became the Governor of Vigo Del Mar. Ibinuhos niya ang lahat ng kaya niyang gawin para marating ang nais ng pamilya niya para sa kanya. He built his own reputation and outreached everyone's expectation. His father wanted him to marry a young lady from a political family, pero hindi na niya iyon gusto. Tutol siya sa gusto ng ama na ito ang pumili ng babaeng mamahalin niya. Until he met Yvanna, a known journalist who always makes news articles against him. Wala atang artikulong ginawa ang dalaga na pabor sa kanya. Her influence to media started people to question him. She's a malware for Nikolas and in order to stop her from making baseless issues about him, he did something that will change her life forever.

"If tomorrow comes and I forget about this, and I forget about you, will you still love me?" Yesterday. Love. Nothing else matters to Lee Gabriel than Odyssey Lee. If love was a manifestation, iyon ay ang pag-ibig ni Lee. At unti-unti rin yong naramdaman ni Odyssey. Everything was perfect, until it wasn't. Today. Strangers. That's what they are. A few years after they broke up, Lee and Odyssey reunite at their high school reunion. It's awkward and weird pagkatapos ng lahat ng nangyari. But the feeling is still there. Everything is up in the air. Tomorrow. Loss. Slowly, the memory fades. Every moment feels like a ticking clock as Lee's health deteriorates. The heart remembers, but the mind forgets. Everything is uncertain. Language: Tagalog/English Date Started: June 24, 2019 Date Completed: January 11, 2020 Date Published in Paperback: December 2023

Serendipity Series I Kayla always knew what she wanted for her life... until she met Xavi. It's intriguing how they met each other. It's as if fate was interceding. But what if what you used to dream of is now in front of you but you think it's no longer what you're looking for? Would you risk it or live with what ifs?

The sixteen-year old heir of Favilion's legacy was known for being a great campus journalist and he created a blog called "Black Label" that exploits the government. He had an almost perfect life, not until his parents were killed, and he must find the culprit before the culprit find and kill him. *** Agasé's life was almost perfect. Not until his parents were killed by anonymous people. Then, he found a clue that will point out who's the killer---there are big people behind it. The event made his teenage life different from others. Also, that incident provoked him to continue the exploitation of the wrong deeds of the government. He wrote novels that tell stories that condemning the government's terrible actions. He used his money to investigate and seek justice for the merciless actions. He created a blog site named "Black Label" where he exposed them. He was given a chance to confide the secrets of the past. Narrate the truth about the things that ruined the present. Unfold the secrets of the future. This is his story . . . before he sees the future. VimLights | WATTYS 2021 WINNER UNDER MYSTERY/THRILLER| | WATTYS 2021 SHORTLIST | | EDITOR'S PICK APRIL 2022 | Book Cover by: @Art_Ching @ArtChing [Facebook page] (Christmas Event Book Cover giveaway) Disclaimer: This is written in Filipino-English Language. This story includes Violence, and Language. Read at your own risk. Date Started: January 1, 2021 Date Finished: February 15, 2021

WATTYS 2021 WINNER - ROMANCE CATEGORY Cassidy Prim, a public figure who despises being in the spotlight, headed to a lesser-known island to get away from everything for a bit. She started a relationship with Lincoln Eleazar, whom she had just met there. She then realized that she was slowly falling in love with the place as well as with the man. Everything was great until the man that brought her peace also brought chaos in her life. Things had changed in an instant. She told herself that she would never return to the love-cursed island because doing so would reopen deep wounds she had been trying to heal. But it seems that destiny has other plans for the two. Little did they know, their existence is significant to the island's fate.