Heated Deceptions: A Collaboration Novel written by heartlessnostalgia and HiroYuu101 How far would you go for the man you love to love you back? For Rylee, she would do anything--even lie about a pregnancy--for North Alvarado. *** Rylee Addison Sandoval's longtime crush on her brother's best friend, North Alvarado, isn't a secret. It's as embarrassing as they come, even pretending to get lost around the college department just to catch a glimpse of him. Everyone thinks it's unrequited, even Rylee herself, but one drunk night with North changes it all. Grabbing an opportunity to have him forever, Rylee tells everyone she's pregnant with his baby. North is willing to take responsibility for her and the child, but one problem: there is no child. How long can Rylee's deception last until North finally discovers the truth? And will love be enough for him to forgive her...or not? DISCLAIMER: This story is written in Taglish. COVER DESIGN: Regina Dionela

deceret (n.) latin word for "body to body" Czarina wants to commit suicide. Death is ready for her, she could feel it. Czarina, with her best friend, Sorcha, agreed that they would jump off a building together to end their shitty lives. Just when she was about to jump she felt a pair of strong hands wrapped around her waist, pulling her back to safety. But her best friend really jumped. She died. And Czarina is still alive. What the fuck is life when your betrayal costed your best friend her life? And she discovers that the guy who saved her is more dangerous than death per se.

UNIVERSITY SERIES #6 Past experiences. Broken hearts. Present tragedy. Those are the things Kierra Ynares from UST Architecture and Shan Lopez from DLSU Psychology have in common. No matter how wretched their similarities are, they still found ways to escape... to look forward to tomorrow, and keep everything that happened yesterday behind.

ISLA SERIES #1 Esme, an island girl who wants nothing but to be successful. Her life was as peaceful as she wanted it to be. Not until Echo, her best friend's best friend, came and messed with her peace. Happy. They were that. Little did they know that when sunlight comes, it awaits an unwanted deception.

Can you dance in the burning sand until the fire embrace you totally? Can you still hear the good melody of your heartbeat despite the consequence that if you stay longer you'll burn into ashes? Kaya nga bang panatilihin ng musika at nakakahalinang ritmo ang pagsayaw nilang dalawa sa nagbabagang buhangin o susunugin lang noon silang dalawa sa maling temptasyon? Will an affection sync with the rhtym of their dance or it will break and burned them alive because of their wrong steps in the sand? ISLA VAGUES #3

Costa Del Sol Series #2 (COMPLETED) Matea is different. While other people ask for attention, all she wants is to disappear. It is the main reason why Rael Contreras got curious. Annoyed with his insensitive interest, Matea asked him to stop. Not knowing that she will fall for him eventually. Sadly, something bad happened that made it impossible for them to happen. When all else fails, kakayanin ba ng pag - ibig niyang labanan ang lahat ng hadlang at kasinungalingan sa kanilang pagitan? Can she stand there as she watches him go, realizing that she will be forever stuck on that same ground he left her with?

Costa Del Sol Series #1 (COMPLETED) Via has always been fascinated with the life of the rich. Ano pa kaya ang problema nila kung mayroon sila ng sagot sa lahat ng problema niya. Kasabay ng pagluluksa sa pagkamatay ng ina, her step-father wanted to sell her to a syndicate. Determined not to let them destroy her life, tumakas siya at napadpad sa Costa Del Sol. There, she met Castriel. A friend who made her forget about her dark past. A friend who made her feel normal again. A friend whom she learned to love. Only to find out that he kept his true identity a secret, sacrificing their elusive love that everybody wants.

Lawrence dela Vega, the man who I fell in love with. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I could love someone as much as I loved him. I thought what we had was something unbreakable. But I thought wrong. Three years ago he made me feel that being in love with him was like lying in a bed of roses. But I wasn't aware that the bed itself was full of thorns. Full of deceit. Full of pretence. That the man himself was a great pretender. My plan was to revenge against this heartbreaker Hotelier for making my life miserable. But how? When after all these years, my heart still belongs to him...aches for him...owned by him....

(Game Series # 7) Jersey thought that her life's already as good as it's gonna get... Wala naman siyang karapatang magreklamo-pasalamat pa nga raw siya 'di siya pina-abort ng nanay niya nung nabuntis siya ng tatay niya. Pero araw-araw din naman sa kanyang pina-mukha 'yun... Hanggang isang araw, napagod na siya at lumuwas na sa Maynila. Bahala na. Kahit wala siyang kilala roon, kahit hindi niya alam kung saan magsisimula. Basta mahalaga, malayo na siya sa nanay niya. Pero mali pala siya... maling-mali. Sa Maynila, nandun lahat ng mapagsamantalang tao. Sa Maynila, nandun lahat ng manloloko. Sa Maynila, nandun lahat ng manggagamit sa kanya... Gusto niya nang mawalan ng pag-asa. Mabuti na lang dumating siya.

"People really do wrong decisions when it comes to love. Nagiging matapang, minsan naman ay nagiging duwag. I kept on saying that I love him but I was lack of showing it. I'm incapable of exhibiting my love... and that makes me a coward." - Ania Monasterio "We were two broken souls who accidentally met on that bridge. Maybe our distorted pieces were what made us fit together, just like a puzzle. Hindi ko alam na siya pala ang kakulangan sa buhay ko para tuluyan akong makumplento. She didn't also know that I am the one she has ever wanted and needed to make herself feel complete. We were two broken souls who helped each other to be completed again. She's my soulmate. And so I am to her." - Alas Trajano