"You and Becca should come to our party tonight." One of them says. Brittany turns to face Becca and I and asks, "Wanna go?" "Just to clarify, only you and Becca are invited." The guy beside Aaron says. "Sorry Aria, only Becca and I are invited..." Brittany says, faking sympathy. "It's okay. I have something to do after school anyway." I say, faking a smile. <~~~~~~~~~~> If you're the person the sidewalk can't fit when you're friends are walking, the third wheeler in a friendship, or the person who always gets left out in plans, you might relate to this book! This book uses some Tagalog, but I translate it beside the sentence! I use Google and my parents on the translation since I'm not perfectly fluent! :P ~Published on October 1, 2019~ ~Completed on January 12, 2020~

Simple lang naman sana ang pangarap ni Beverly Llamado at iyon ay magkaroon ng isang masayang pamilya kasama ang lalaking kaniyang mapapangasawa. Sa kasamaang palad, siya ay nabigo. Ito ang nagtulak sa kaniyang magtrabaho sa Amerika bilang isang registered nurse. Nangako na lang din siya na ilalaan na lamang niya ang pagmamahal sa kaniyang pamilya na nasa Pilipinas. Sa edad niyang kuwarenta ay tuluyan na siyang napaglipasan ng panahon at napabayaan ang kaniyang pangangatawan hanggang sa tumaba na siya nang husto. Nang kinailangang operahan ng kaniyang pinakamamahal na ina ay napilitan siyang umuwi ng Pilipinas para maalagaan ito. Sa kaniyang pagbabalik ay makikilala niya ang anak ng aristokratang alahera na matalik na kaibigan ng ina. Ang bente-singko anyos na heartthrob at isa ring hopeless romantic na si Stephen Aquino, ngunit head-over-heels naman sa sexy at maganda nitong girlfriend na si Sophie Barranda. Laking dismaya pa niya dahil ipinagkasundo pala siya dito sa kabila ng labin-limang taong agwat nila. Matupad kaya niya ang kahilingan ng ina o pangangatawanan na lang niya ang kaniyang pagiging isang old maid? Ano ang epekto ng kasunduang ito sa sa magandang relasyom nila Stephen at Sophie? Basahin at saksihan ang pagiging mabuting anak, kapatid, at kaibigan ni Beverly, ang kaniyang kulitan at kilig moments kay Stephen, at ang iringan nila ni Sophie. Sila at ang iba pa ang makakasama ni Ms. Beverly sa kaniyang huling biyahe. (Fanfiction for Ms. Regine Velasquez) "Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home." -Matsuo Basho

Two years after Nathaniel Swift left for America to forget the woman he loved, he learns she's engaged to another man -- and returns to England to win her back. ***** Lord Nathaniel 'Nate' Swift is hopelessly in love with his best friend's younger sister, Charlotte Wilde. However, Nate's rakish ways, their ten-year age difference, and his best friend's objections soon make it very clear that a marriage could never take place. So Nate does the only thing he could: he travels to America and tries to forget about the woman he loves. But after two years in the New World, forgetting Charlotte proves to be impossible, and he's quickly pulled back to England after hearing of her engagement to another man. Determined to make up for past mistakes, Nate swears to stop the impending wedding and win back Charlotte's heart at any cost. But is he too late to show her the truth he's known all along -- that they're meant to be together, forever? [[Word count: 70,000-80,000 words]] Cover designed by Ashley Bandy

*Wattys 2018 Winner / Hidden Gems* CREATE YOUR OWN MR. RIGHT Weeks before Valentine's, seventeen-year-old Kate Lapuz goes through her first ever breakup, but soon she stumbles upon a mysterious new app called My Dream Boyfriend, an AI chatbot that has the ability to understand human feelings. Casually, she participates in the app's trial run but finds herself immersed in the empathic conversations with her customizable virtual boyfriend, Ecto. In a society both connected and alienated by technology, Kate suspects an actual secret admirer is behind Ecto. Could it be the work of the techie student council president Dion or has Kate really found her soulmate in bits of computer code? She decides to get to the bottom of the cutting-edge app. Her search for Ecto's real identity leads Kate to prom, where absolute knowledge comes with a very steep price.