When you grew up with rules and strict grandparents, you know better than to engage yourself with anything bad. Even that bad involves with good looks, sexiness, mysterious appeal, and goes with the name of Slade. For someone as good as CN, Slade is bad for her. At kung gusto niyang makamit ang katahimikan at kapayapaang ninanais, isa lang ang dapat niyang gawin - ang iwasan ito. Pero, makakaya niya pa bang gawin iyon kung tadhana na mismo ang gumagawa ng paraan para silang dalawa ay magkalapit? It is a battle between heart and mind; between sticking with rules and wanting freedom; and between choosing good and chasing bad. All rights reserved. © ranneley

THE WATTY AWARDS 2021 WINNER: ROMANCE Due to an unexpected pregnancy, ex-lovers Ryo and Frankie are forced to live under the same roof. They can't stand each other but when the moments from their past are slowly catching up, their lingering feelings seem to be much stronger than they thought it would be. *** When Frankie Castañares broke up with Ryo Canencia, she is determined to move on and never meet him again. They are living well on their own with her working hard to be a magazine editor and him reaching his dream of becoming a professional basketball player. But with the news of Frankie being pregnant with Ryo's child, they've got no choice but to act civil and live under the same roof. They bicker over the simplest things and their situation couldn't get any easier than they ought to be. With them still hung up on their past, can they be brave enough to settle their differences and start all over again? Disclaimer: This story is written in Taglish. Cover Illustration by 17aila_

Belle hates this particular boy named Romeo. Romeo is her brothers' bestfriend and she can't accept the fact na kahit anong gawin nya ay hindi mawawala si Romeo sa buhay nya lalo na't nakatira pa sila ngayon sa iisang bahay. She was so certain that she will never fall for this bad boy but everything change in just a snap of a finger when Romeo slowly but surely creep into her heart. She always thought that love is always about colors and rainbows and butterflies but as their love challenges by so many trials and betrayals, she realized that love isn't always about that.. she had to learn in a hard way that love comes with pain and agony, too.

PUBLISHED UNDER POP FICTION Epicenter Tapes #2: She never liked a guy. She always thinks that a girl doesn't need a boy in her life and they are all the same stupid with different faces. Haukea Mavis Bolivar loves basketball but never been acknowledged by her parents like her brother who's a famous band member, she hated him for getting all the attention but she didn't try to talk about it. She wanted to keep everything cool even when she's hurting and in the middle of her insecurities while living her life, she found herself admiring a band member of Epicenter. She never expected that time would come.

Kathleen Fae Camongol is one of the most powerful brilliant doctor of the country. A lot of women wished to be like her because of her beauty, brain and wealth. Maraming tao ang nag hahangad ng buhay na mayroon siya pero hindi nila alam na siya mismo ay nag hahangad ng ibang buhay. Ang kanyang puso ay sarado sa nakararami, hindi siya nag titiwala agad, para sa kanya ay sarili lamang niya ang makakatulong niya. Isa pa, ang puso niya ay sobrang nanlalamig dahil sa pangungulila sa ina, pag hahanap ng mga sagot at pag hahangad ng pagmamahal. A lot of people made her feel that they are only there for her because they need her and she believed it. Her trust and love is not for anyone, para sa kanya ay hindi niya kailanman 'yon maibibigay kahit kanino man. But one day... someone came and that someone had the courage to make her take that chance she feared the most.

(Yours Series # 5) Graciella Rae Arevalo just wants to love and be loved. She feels like she has a lot of love to give and she just wants her own person to love. Mayroon na kasing mga boyfriend at girlfriend iyong mga tao sa paligid niya. She doesn't want to be a burden to anyone. She wants her own person to love and to spoil. Ang problema, parang ayaw naman sa kanya ng pag-ibig. She has been told to just wait for it because it will eventually come to her. And she wants to, ang kaso, she's always surrounded by death that she feels like she's always running out of time. Ilang blind date na ang napuntahan niya. She always tries to find the good in the person in front of her, but for some reason, walang spark. Ayaw niya naman na i-sacrifice iyon. Alam niya na nag-eexist iyon. She's seen it. She just needs to look harder. Pero baka tama nga sila... na kapag hindi mo hinahanap, saka doon dadating. Because apparently, she's been looking for love in all the wrong places when all along, he's always been right in front of her.

Mary Jane Chaucer hasn't forgotten Seth. Even when the world already has. It's been two years since he left without a trace-turned into no more than a ghost-and Mary Jane knows nothing beyond his first name, the fact that he likes scrambled eggs, and that his heart is kind and Mary Jane owes him. A lot. What are the chances that her one-night-stand, in an attempt to forget and let go for a night, hasn't forgotten Seth either? So, with his help, she looks for the boy. But perhaps she doesn't need to look far.

(Trope Series # 1) Cerise's younger sister is getting married and she's expected to attend. The logical thing to do was to attend (duh, it's her sister's wedding! It would be weird if she's not there) but how could she attend when her sister's getting married to Leo, her ex best friend slash almost boyfriend from years ago? And it's not like she could just suddenly blurt out their 'history' because she's pretty sure that she'd be branded as bitter by their relatives... like, it's been years! Move on! She needed to attend. But she didn't want to go alone. She needed an arm candy, but not just any arm candy-she needed someone who would make her the envy of the night. Iyong tipo na walang magdadalawang isip kung nakapagmove on na ba talaga siya. She looked and looked and looked for the perfect wedding date. Until she wound up in a bar and met this bartender named Pablo.

Henley agrees to pretend to date millionaire Bennett Calloway for a fee, falling in love as she wonders - how is he involved in her brother's false conviction? ****** Henley Linden's brother is in jail for a crime he didn't commit, and she'll take any job to raise the money needed to free him. Soon, she's agreed to pretend to date millionaire Bennett Calloway for ten thousand dollars, so his mother will ease up the pressure on him to find a wife. But once Henley is enmeshed in Bennett's world, he falls for her, and she starts to have feelings for him as well. Despite her romance with Bennett, as she grows closer to the Calloways, Henley realizes they are somehow involved in her brother's conviction. Journeying deeper into a world of wealth and conspiracies, Henley is forced to rely on Bennett, though doing so could cost her everything. [[word count: 200,000-250,000 words]]

When 17 year old Harley finds herself jobless, she needs a new job-- and quick. Her uncle comes to her house with a job offer. For her to become a teacher at his school. A school for delinquents. Watty Awards 2010 Winner of Best Overall, Best Romance, Best Female Lead, and Best Cast!