October 12, 2025 - June 24, 2026 Two academic rivals, who happen to have the same goal. Two excellence students fighting for the top place. Walang gustong magpatalo, because no one wants the loser's place. She is Athena Veronica. Athena-wisdom or knowledge. Veronica-she who brings victory. Victory is mine. He is Arden Nolan. Forget the first name, but remember the second. Nolan-champion. I am the champion. In a world where winning feels like the only right ending, and love is the one thing they never thought of having. Who do you think will win?

[NEW ADULT FICTION] Sari has never been comfortable with touch---lalo na kung mula sa mga lalaki. Trauma taught her to keep her distance. But Dale was different. With him, touch didn't feel dangerous. It felt safe. Natural. Dale has been in love with her for as long as he can remember, working hard to be someone worthy of her trust. And just when love finally felt possible, Sari walked away. Not because she didn't love him. But because... 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥.

NOTE: Chapters are short in terms of word count, that explains the chapters available. Faye, is an iskolar ng bayan from the Polytechnic University of the Philippines, is on the verge of losing the one thing she fought for the first time, her life in Manila, away from a home where every move is dictated by her family. That is her chaos. Kreil, a communication student at the University of Santo Tomas, has everything, privilege and a secured future already carved into his palm. However, even having almost everything, he wants nothing. That is his chaos. Their worlds first collided when Kreil made a bold move and suddenly decided to pretend to be couple with Faye to claim a couple bracelet they both wanted for its design, despite being complete strangers. What should have been a one-time interaction becomes the thread that pulls their life closer to each other, until Kreil makes her an offer in exchange for his protection from the family she's desperate to escape, she has to live with him and be his personal cook. Is this a summer-like run away or another chaos that would only lead them deeper into the storm? In a fast-paced city, will they be able to find calmness amid the chaos on every road in Manila?

Around Manila Series 2 Missy and Anton Sometimes, letting go means less wounds than holding on. Missy, a Broadcasting student and iskolar ng bayan from the Polytechnic University of the Philippines, is known for her social skills. She blends in anywhere, whether it's a hairstyle, an outfit, or new people. With her personality, she effortlessly connects with others. Missy believes that every connection is like a string, some loosely tied, others knotted tightly. She spent her life gripping them tightly, even when they burned and hurt her hands. Because to her, that's what love looked like. But how long can she keep tying knots with people who only want to untangle themselves? How much of herself must she give up just to stop them from turning their backs? Antonio Gabriel Simon, her ex-fling, a Political Science graduate and alumni from PUP, comes back into her life. Antonio has always believed that if someone doesn't like you, just let them go. Their strings cross paths again when they both receive a surprise message from Beebeads: they've been chosen from thousands of past buyers of couple bracelet for a chance to win ₱500,000, if they can prove they're the most heart-fluttering couple. Will they allow their strings to be tied once more? Can they tighten the knots again, despite the thousand reasons to loosen them?

(GRIEGO COUSINS #3) Soon... She's a genius, a prodigy. The nation's most brilliant businessman, Rick Riegrova, has an older daughter named Neziah. Rick married one of their rivals in the hopes of having a son. However, as it happens, they gave birth to a girl who was blessed with unbelievable intellect. At the age of eight, she found herself drawing schematics for various deadly weapons, and at that moment, Rick made up his mind to trick Neziah into thinking that she was born as a boy. She was raised with the belief that she was a boy and would lead their family. She grows up alone in a remote villa with her teacher, refining her skills. Her father sends her a number of young boys who are intellectually similar to her, but none of them really make an impression. Until a young boy wearing thick-rimmed glasses with a smug smirk entered her territory. She was happy to finally have someone she could call a friend and share the same knowledge as her, but the friendship she was expecting was blown into a million pieces by two simple words muttered by Abel. "You're beautiful." Two simple words, yet one destructive phrase that will push Abel to start crossing the line. BOOK 3 OF GRIEGO COUSINS ABEL GRIEGO

(GRIEGO COUSINS #4) Soon Mercienne Elise Arrieta built her life around one belief: Justice makes people good. After years of chasing criminals and burying parts of herself she never wanted anyone to see, she thought she understood how monsters worked. Then she met him. The one and only witness in the case she was assigned to. Pantaleon Laurentius Griego. A man who always seemed to appear at the right place, at the right time. Someone who looked at her as if he knew things she never said. As the case unfolds, Mercienne finds herself drawn into a game she doesn't understand-one filled with secrets, unanswered questions, and truths that hit too close to home. But the more time she spends with him, the more her certainty begins to crack. Because maybe justice isn't enough. Maybe some people deserve more than punishment. And maybe the most dangerous thing she'll ever do... is let herself be understood. In the end, the question isn't who the monster is. It's whether she still wants to catch him.

[UNEDITED] Elyssia Lopez is smart, disciplined, and on track to graduate laude. By day, she's a nursing student at UST. By night, she's a lethal assassin for Crimson Veil. Her mission? Marry Zagreus and pretend to be his wife. It should have been easy. After all, he was hopelessly in love with her. Crimson Veil had failed to end him again and again... until the night of the explosion. The party, the car--everything was meant to end it. Two years of deception, two years of danger, and she thought she was finally free. But chaos tore through the room. People screamed and stumbled toward the exits. And in the middle of it all... he was there. Zagreus Romanovich Volkov--alive. From that night on, everything change. (the photo used for the book cover is not mine. crdts to the rightful owner.) Start: September 8 2025

Ladies of Crown 3 | 🔞 / Mature content | On-going Modeling brings her to many places and puts her in the limelight. A place where eyes are on her- most of them men. Contrary to her name, Sanity Margaux Hyeun is insane enough to put herself in danger from the lustful eyes of hungry men. But that's where her blood runs wild- seeing men thirsty for her beauty and body. Seducing men is her dangerous game, tormenting them is her feral entertainment. Luring men to her den and wrecking them to the threshold of scorn is her vicious amusement. It was always fun and a game. But all that came to a halt when she caught the eyes of a dangerous gentleman- Alaric Valentim Texieria - a Portuguese mafia chief. His dark gaze was enticing, his dangerous smirk made her forget her favorite game, and his touch brought out the lust that was alien in her almost perfect life. But no matter how tempting Alaric becomes, Sanity refuses to surrender. She is determined to remain untouchable, to continue playing her dangerous game, even if every move drags her closer to heartbreak-and destroys the only heart she swore would never fall.

Illegally confined in a remote asylum, Paraluman Corpuz's fixation on Dr. Socrates Clyde Tejada deepens. His kindness, a cruel reminder that to him, she's just another defective patient to fix. Asylum #1

Atty. Silvran Dmitri Castellan