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Chasing the Sun (College Series #1) by inksteady
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PUBLISHED UNDER LIB Note: If you're not into flawed characters who make wrong decisions, don't read this. Save yourself from stress. Started: 09/09/2020 Ended: 10/07/2020 Solene Clemente was a typical Civil Engineering student who struggled to put up with her studies. Kung pwede ngang i-bake na lang ang napakaraming itlog sa test papers niya, ginawa niya na. At a young age, she experienced the harsh reality of life-poverty, abuse, and a broken family. But, as someone who could see the bright side of everything, she knew she could make it with only her mother and best friend, Duke Laurence Sanders, whom she secretly loved. Kahit pa naghihirap, basta kasama niya ang ina, kaya niya. Kahit pa madalas niyang hindi maintindihan ang lessons, ayos lang kasi may Duke naman na tuturuan siya. Na kahit gaano kalupit ang tadhana, patuloy siyang lumalaban sa buhay dahil may dalawang taong sumusuporta at nagmamahal sa kanya. She became too dependent on the love they could offer. But little did she know, like the sun she adored, she was destined to be alone.
Taming the Waves (College Series #2) by inksteady
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PUBLISHED UNDER LIB Note: If you're not into flawed characters who make wrong decisions, don't read this. Save yourself from stress. Started: 10/07/2020 Ended: 11/18/2020 Elora Chin Valencia grew up in a toxic Christian family where she was viewed as the black sheep. Araw-araw ay ipinaparamdam sa kanya ng mundo na wala siyang lugar sa sarili niyang tahanan. She was a consistent dean's lister and an obedient daughter, which left her wondering what she had done so wrong to be disregarded as a speck of dust in the wind. They made her feel like she was just dirt, filling up the empty space. The one who would never have her own safe place. Feeling all of this contributed to her endless suicidal ideations. Baka nga tama sila. Baka nga wala siyang halaga at kailanman ay hindi na sasaya. She almost believed that. She almost held onto that notion. Not until she met the man in his BS Civil Engineering uniform and gorgeous grin, Troy Jefferson Dela Paz. He kissed her forehead, and her loud thoughts were silenced. Her demons calmed down. Her foes were defeated. For the first time in her life, she had proven her family wrong---a happy Elora Chin was possible. She was loved and well-taken care of. Troy embraced her sharp parts, not minding the wounds he might get. But fate had a lot of cruel things in store for her. Because when she thought she had reached the peak of happiness, she found myself drowning alone in the ocean she now called home, alone in her shame, alone with the waves she couldn't tame.
Deceret Series #1: His Lips On My Neck by hanmariam
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deceret (n.) latin word for "body to body" When Philodemus Elton Treveron's parents were slayed, the only thing that brings him closer to finding the killer is the gold crucifix chain around his neck. Fueled with vengeance, Elton swore to himself that he will find the killer and make him pay. 10 years later, Elton found the very same necklace rested on the slim neck of the shy Stormie Iona Roman-the governor's invisible daughter. Vengeance served hot on the plate garnished with love and a romance that shouldn't have started in the first place gave birth to chaos. In the name of love and revenge, Elton found his lips on her neck...
The Billionaire's Son by hanmariam
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Christian Sage Monterio is not someone you messed up with. At age 17, he's fearless, bold, and dangerous. However, an incident happened that drove him away from the only girl he loved. Sage is on the hiding. He is a bad news to the remote village of Mallory Castillo. The world is looking for the billionaire's son. The 17-year old boy who killed someone. NOTE: This story was first written in 2017, which may romanticize toxic relationships and red flags amongst characters. Please take it with a grain of salt as revision hasn't started yet.
Twisted Hearts Book 2: The Beast Chases Beauty by hanmariam
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Alas Ferrer finally recovered his eyesight but Belle is nowhere to be found. And according to the people around him, she doesn't exist in the first place. How can Alas find someone he haven't seen in all his life? In this fairytale, the beast is bound to leave his castle and walk down the thorny path in search for the faceless woman who broke his heart. What the eyes fail to see, the heart will never cease to forget. Book 2 of The Beauty Tames the Beast by Hannah Mariam NOTE: This story was first written in 2018, which may romanticize toxic relationships and red flags amongst characters. Please take it with a grain of salt as revision hasn't started yet.
No One Will Know (PUBLISHED) by beeyotch
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The day Molly's attackers were set free was the day Mallary decided to take justice into her own hands. And Mallary knew that in order to do that, she would have to get closer to her enemies hanggang sa mapagkatiwalaan nila siya ng mga maduduming sikretong tinatago nila. And she'll start with Nathan... the lawyer who took the fall for his friends. The perpetrators may think that no one will know about what they did. But they thought wrong. Mallary knows that they're guilty. And she will go to great lengths to make them pay.
Golden Scenery of Tomorrow (University Series #5) by 4reuminct
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UNIVERSITY SERIES #5. Ever since they were kids, Avianna Diaz from UST Architecture and Larkin Sanchez from UP Film were inseparable, not until Larkin's fame grew over time, and they suddenly found themselves taking different roads at the same time.
Every Line Crossed by jeeinna
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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?
Every Reason Why by jeeinna
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Rugged Series #3 Long dead soul in a living body. Sey Castellano will never be what her parents always want her to be. No matter how much she tries, she will never be like her twin brother, Fire, who's living up to his name, burning wildly and beautiful. Para sa kanya, bawat panibagong araw na dumarating ay bagong pagsubok para ipagpatuloy ang buhay. She loves her family. She loves her twin. 'Yon nga lang, unti-unti na siyang kinakain ng kalungkutan. It's getting harder for her to see why she still needs to continue existing. In the middle of struggling to live, she met someone who sparks bright light. It was very different in her dark world-it's keeping her distracted, yet attracted. Would he be the one to give her reasons to live or the one who will steal her few reasons left to hang on in life?
Every Missing Piece by jeeinna
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Rugged Series #2 Matayog. Mapangahas. Sing-taas ng mga bituin. Ganoon kung ilarawan ni Cascade Quinn Ruan ang kanyang pangarap. For her, it wasn't only a dream. It's the every blood that's flowing on her vessels. Ang musika ng kanyang kaluluwa. Ngunit hindi niya inaasahan na sa gitna pag-abot sa mga ito ay may kusang kakatok sa natutulog niyang puso. Sa isang iglap, she found herself contemplating, but the same time, suddenly complete. Pero paano kung sa hindi inaasahang pagkakataon ay konektado sila ng isang nakaraang naka-ukit sa kanilang pagkatao? Will she be willing to break just to keep him whole? Love and music made her whole. Two things that she never expected to collide. But also two things that will cut her to pieces making her great and tall tower of dreams collapse, missing and lost. Will she ever find it again? Or will it be lost forever?
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