PUBLISHED UNDER MANILA POP Young Love Series #1: Mearah June Escalera Romantic love is different for every person. For Mearah June Escalera, she believes that only those who are unique and special can experience it. Love is certainly not for someone like her--an average girl who, if in a movie, can only be an "extra." Hinding-hindi s'ya magiging pasok sa criteria ng pagiging "main character." As June continued believing that no one can ever see her as someone special, she found herself being confessed to by the guy she least expects to have interest in her. Will Mearah June realize that she's capable of being loved? Or will she continue believing that she's not worthy of being the "main character"? Started: June 24, 2021 Ended: July 5, 2021 Cover illustration by: @Zirree

PUBLISHED UNDER MANILA POP Young Love Series #2: Neariah July Serrano Art is subjective. As an Arts and Design student, Neariah July Serrano has always thought that the most beautiful form of art is love---unpredictable, sometimes cunning, sometimes inspirational, and sometimes destructive. But most of the time, love feels like it completes a person. Love is unpredictable. This is what she believes in. Because when she fell for her friend, she hasn't thought about falling for someone else. . .yet she did. As July continues to encounter obstacles with her friend whom she's been crushing on since the school year started, she found herself suddenly falling in love with another guy. Will July finally be loved this time around? Or will it be like a cold day in July? Started: July 6, 2021 Ended: September 8, 2021 Cover illustration by: @Zirree

PUBLISHED UNDER MANILA POP Young Love Series #3: Journey Rae Sobral Journey Rae Sobral or Joey has always been a hopeless romantic. She thinks that love is always about a butterfly-filled stomach and a fluttering heart. Hindi pa man n'ya nararanasan ang magmahal nang totoo, marami na s'yang iniisip na pakiramdam ng tunay na pagmamahal. She has always believed her ideals on love. . .not until she fell for him. As Joey finds conflict with her feelings, she found herself falling deeper in love with the guy she has always had concealed feelings for. Will Joey finally discover the difference between her ideals and real love? Or not? Started: September 11, 2021 Ended: October 25, 2021 Cover illustration by: @Zirree

A love to die for... and to live for... What if your one and only chance to live means the death of your one true love? Nang ma-comatose si Lance matapos ang isang insidente sa bar ay naging isa siyang kaluluwang ligaw - walang kausap, walang nakakakita. Naging mag-isa sa mundo si Lance hanggang sa makilala niya si Nicole - isang kaluluwang ligaw at comatose ang katawan katulad ni Lance. Parehong nais nilang makabalik sa mga natutulog nilang katawan, parehong ninais mabuhay. Naging sandalan nila ang isa't isa habang hinaharap ang kanikaniyang issues sa buhay. Hindi nagtagal ay nahulog ang loob nila sa isa't isa, kaya naman nang bigyan sila ng pagkakataong makabalik sa kanilang katawan ay ginawa nila ang lahat upang maipagpatuloy ang kanilang love story in flesh. Nungit paano kung ang taong mahal mo ang magiging kaagaw mo sa one and only chance mo para mabuhay? Ipapaubaya mo ba sa kaniyang chance na iyon o kakalimutan mo ang nararamdaman mo upang makabalik sa katawang nilisan mo?

A love that defies the rule of living... a love that goes against the law of surviving... Nagsisimula palang ang love story nina Lance at Nicole ngunit bakit tila nakatakda na itong magwakas? Paano ka lalaban sa itiknakda na ng tadhana? Pinili nina Lance at Nicole na labanan ang tadhana at bumigay sa itinitibok ng kanilang puso. Their days are filled with butterflies and rainbows with glittering lights. Pero sa huli ay karibal parin nila ang kanilang mga sarili sa one and only chance na makabalik sa kanilang mga natutulog na katawan. Nagmistula silang araw at buwan na hindi pwedeng magsama sa iisang kalangitan. Bibitiw ka ba sa relasyong walang katiyakan upang ipagpatuloy ang iyong buhay o pipiliin mong manatili sa piling ng taong iyong mahal at sundin ang itinitibok ng iyong puso? The second installment of HEART OVER MATTER series

When fate calls upon you at the moment of choosing, would you choose life or you'd rather choose love? Ano ang mangyayari sa kanilang relasyon kung bigla nalang darating at eeksena ang sagot sa dalangin ng isa sa kanila - ang marinig ang mga katagang magmimitsa ng muli niyang paggising mula sa pagkakahimbing? Dumating na ang nakatakdang oras upang isa sa kanila ang bumalik sa kaniyang katawan at isa naman ang magpaalam ng tuluyan. Sa huli ay isa lamang sa kanila ang mabubuhay? Ngunit sino? Nang mawala si Nicole ay nagdesisyon sina Lance at Rafael na iligtas siya sa kabila ng banta na tuluyang pagkasira ng kaniyang kadena at maging sanhi ng kaniyang tuluyang pagpanaw. Ngunit hindi alintana ni Lance ang bantang iyon, and that decision will change everything - kasama na doon ang isinulat ng tadhana para sa kanila. Paano na magtatapos ang love story nina Lance at Nicole? Sino ang susunduin ng liwanag? Sino ang magsasakripisyo? Sa pagmulat ng mata at muling paggising ng isa, ano nga ba ang naghihintay sa love story nila? Would heaven listen to their prayers or their relationship will only bring hell in their lives?

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.

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.

PUBLISHED UNDER LIB Note: If you're not into flawed characters who make wrong decisions, don't read this. Save yourself from stress. Started: 11/20/2020 Ended: 01/29/2021 How far would you go for someone? How many hailstorms and dark clouds would you endure? How many falling stars would you wait for to make a single wish come true? For Reese Deborah Madrid, the sky was the limit. She was used to having whatever she wanted. Clothes? Shoes? Jewelry? Name it. She could get it without putting in so much effort. So, when she hoped for another shot of love with her ex-boyfriend, she was ready to sacrifice everything to win him back. Even if that meant she had to look stupid and desperate. Even that meant she had to suffer through the pain of watching him be disgusted by her. Even if that meant she had to deal with his harsh words and apathy. She did everything in her power to go back into his arms. She stood up to the rain that soaked her and the sun that burned her skin. She waited from daybreak to nightfall, hoping that he would eventually fall back in love with her. She thought she was getting there. She felt like she'd made it. But then, in the world where she could be anything, she lost everything in the name of her love for him. Because much like the sky, Harvin Rouge Foster was only meant to be loved from afar.

[PUBLISHED under LIB] #1. "If pleading guilty means protecting you, I will."