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Never Meant to Fall (Midnight Series #1)  by Sarvanta
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Midnight Series #1 Is being smart a blessing. . . or a curse? Sera's life feels like a game- quiet, calculated, and always a step ahead. Like a chessboard laid out before her, where she moves as the queen and others exist merely as pieces. She's an independent woman. She doesn't need anyone. She knows her boundaries. She knows her worth. Or at least, that's what she believes. Then she meets a man who was the complete opposite of her. A man who doesn't plan ten steps ahead, only the next day. Someone who wakes up just to survive. A pawn, trapped in the same game she thought she had already mastered. She was never meant to fall. Yet somehow... she already does. -Sarvanta
Once Upon A Star (Celestial Series #1) by raphonzel
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Haven Audrea Polina grew up asking questions the world never answered kindly. Bakit may mayaman at may mahirap? Bakit may magaling at may pangkaraniwan lang? Bakit may mga taong isinilang na parang sigurado na sa sarili--habang ang iba, pilit hinuhubog ang pagkatao para lang matawag na may silbi? She lives between four corners--of a room, of a classroom, of expectations she learned to carry too early. A girl who can do many things, yet holds nothing she can truly call her own. She exists quietly, believing that being ordinary is safer than hoping for more. Haven never wished upon stars. Not because she didn't believe in them--but because she feared the cost. She learned early that the universe has a way of taking something back. And with a family already held together by sacrifice and love, she chose gratitude over longing. Settling felt like survival. Until Gabriel Elias Martinez came into her orbit. With eyes that carried warmth instead of distance, he showed her a world beyond what she had learned to afford. Beyond fear. Beyond quiet self-denial. Through him, Haven saw color where she once only allowed herself comfort. And for the first time, she looked up-not to ask for more, but to wonder if she was allowed to keep what made her feel alive. Yet stars have their own sky. A light pulled too close can burn. A star forced out of its place can lose its glow. And love-when tangled with fear, class, timing, and self-worth--can become something fragile. So Haven does what she has always done. She steps back. She looks up. And instead of wishing, she prays--that the star she learned to love remains alight, even if her place is only to look up from afar.
Misty As Envy by yvofin
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Walk On Water Series #1 || Envy
Backburner by cocoyashiii
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A "backburner" is someone you stay in touch with just enough to keep the connection alive. You aren't fully dating them, but you are keeping them around just in case. By staying in contact through occasional messages or casual hangouts, you ensure they stay within reach. They are your Plan B, ready for the moment you might need emotional support, physical closeness, or simply a cure for loneliness.
The Crimson Contract  by serenelyK
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Hera Eloise Illustre has spent her life building walls against men, but those walls crumble under the weight of her mother's medical needs. Then there's Ryuu Shinozaki, a Yakuza heir who needs a wife to claim his throne. She hates men. He's the heir to a criminal legacy. She needs the money; he needs the title. To save her mother, and to secure his throne, they agreed to marry, but in this marriage of convenience, the only thing more dangerous than his enemies is the heart she promised never to lose.
The Devil's Kiss by justcallmecai
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All Samantha wanted wast to finish her OJT hours. Catching feelings for the new intern? Definitely not part of the plan. Especially not if that intern had the last name Saavedra.
Under The Blue Sky by prncezza
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All she wants is to have a peaceful life and dream to love a God of man. Zeliyah Vel Khione Nerves A surgeon whose only dream is to love a God of man, and a peaceful life, Until the God of Man she dreamed came, everything changed. She never expected that love would feel like that.Despite many trials, many pains, and she is able to give everything and surrender everything she had, even his own happiness, just not to ruin the dreams of the person she truly loves. She believes that at the right time of God they will meet again under the blue sky.
Vitals and Vantages by strawdia_
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University Belt Diaries #2 (ON-GOING) UST X NU Celestina Emmanuel Fernandez x Juan Alexious Alejo
Scripted Kisses in Spite by xiangberry
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Claire, a famous actress and author, has finally agreed to let her bestselling work be adapted into a live production with one strict condition: she gets a say in the casting. But what happens if the management casts her ex-crush slash the man she has a petty little beef with as the male lead? To make things even more complicated, Claire herself has been chosen as the female lead.
The Rules We Broke by carolinemaelle
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Jannah, a third-year college student, shoulders the weight of her life's burdens. Every day is a battle to balance her academic life with the emotional turmoil within. Then she is paired with Lucas, the university's star athlete who is also known for being a heartbreaker. Unexpectedly, she finds solace in him-a reckless escape from her troubled life. What begins as an academic partnership becomes something more: a relationship that's limited to physical intimacy.