When Natalia Alexandrine Dela Merced was born, it was a bittersweet grain of ends and beginnings-her mother couldn't survive due to certain health complications. She was raised prim and proper by her father, who has constantly expressed his civil and straightforward plans for her in the City of Baguio. Buong buhay niya, hindi siya kailanman nagreklamo sa pagpapasiya ng kaniyang ama para sa kaniyang buhay. She's a Civil Engineering student with an exceptional sense of control and intelligence. She doesn't divert from her plans-she sticks with them through fire and water. But life turns a whole 180-degree when she starts resorting to spontaneous decisions. She began to appreciate uncalled decisions and plans made in a heartbeat because of Apollo 1997's lead vocalist -Octavian Desmond Santillan. But would that do her good in the long term? Especially when she encounters a twisted and wicked life event brought by the man she has finally found a home and genuine happiness with. Started: October 2020 Finished: June 2021

Kairos Levi Soledad de Merced was chaos and wildness altogether. A lover of the world and all the pleasures it has to offer. Love and commitment? That never existed in his vocabulary. He was the type to give you the highs and all the best things in life, leaving you wanting more, only to be forgotten by him the next day. Chasing the wild tide of life and living without inhibitions was his way of life. He prefers all things physical and casual. He wants his life to be simple, easy, and hot- the same way he wants his woman to be. Ma. Anisa Sta Ines is smart, confident, strong-willed.... and smart again. Matalino, matapang, magaling. Pero hindi maganda. All her life, she has been nothing but an extra in everyone's story. The wingman, the third wheel, and the go-to person for everyone interested in her friends. She knew she was never meant to be chosen, never meant to be pursued. She was the calm of a Wednesday morning; The stability that people usually take for granted. But her stability and peace ceased to exist when Kairos rejected her love letter in front of the whole Eunthastica. Not because he rejected her in front of the whole school. But because the letter wasn't for him, it was supposed to be for Iñigo, his cousin. ---- Started: June 2025 Completed: September 2025

Rivalry, a basketball athlete and a culinary student had never seen herself attracted to any men. Despite her friends' persistent attempts to set her up with various men, or at least one guy, she remained uninterested. Men don't ignite her heart. Wala siyang pakialam sa mga lalaki dahil palagi niyang sinasabing, "hindi sila talo". Her heart is as hard as a rock when it comes to men. But it is as soft as bread when it comes to girls. Malinaw sa kaniya na sa babae lang tumitibok ang puso niya. When their group sailed on the third year of college, Rivalry's heart underwent a subtle shift after encountering Rue. Rue Vallejo, a feeling close, a basketball athlete, and a medical biology student. Achievers Series 1 written by huescria

Sivandrei "Sivan" Monclova is a gay man with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) his life revolves around routines and rules. He wants everything around him to be organized. Nang makabalik siya sa Pinas galing sa States ay laking gulat niya nang malamang may pinatirang babae ang kanyang ina sa bahay nila. When he's forced to live with Esla Juana Galvez, his perfectly organized world turned upside down. The idea of sharing his space with a stranger feels like a nightmare. But as time passes, he starts to feel something he can't deny, a connection he never saw coming. Sixth Book of Vexed Men Series. Dual Point of View. Started: MAR - 27 - 2025 Ended: JUN - 17 - 2025

Slendio Maurik "Slen" Rigal, a confident gay man, has always been at odds with Elianna Reveles, a fiery and ambitious Volleyball Captain. Paano kung ang pinakamalaking kalaban niya sa buhay, siya pa palang magpapabago ng lahat? Paano kung ang hindi niya inaasahang nararamdaman ay magtulak sa kanya na tanungin ang kanyang sarili? Paano niya tatanggapin sa sarili ang nararamdaman niyang pag-ibig para sa isang babae, at sa babae pang tinuturing niyang kaaway? Second Book of Vexed Men Series. Dual Point of View. Started: FEB - 15 - 2025 Ended: MAR - 22 - 2025

Under The List Series #2 Gwendolyn Recamara likes to keep herself busy with paintings, pottery, plants, and most of all, lending a hand to those in need. But beneath her contentment and happy disposition are abandoned dreams and a wounded girl too afraid to come out. But when a certain someone grows fond of her and challenges her capabilities to see the world in the lense of a dreamer, it's bound to be beautiful. . . and complicated. * * * The Heartbreaker's Agenda halfbakedwriter © 2021 Book Cover Background from Freepik

(Magnates Series #3) Azriella Dominique Laurel lost her family to a tragic explosion in a cruise ship. It turned her life upside down, with her believing that the incident was intentional and was easily dismissed by the media to hide the truth. Basta't may kapangyarihan, madaling makagawa ng paraan para hindi madungisan ang pangalan, iyon ang pinaniwalaan niya. Filled with anger and thirst for revenge, she planned to chase after the most cold-hearted and the youngest heir of the Velarde's, Draisen Jonvick Velarde who leads Navis Steel, a shipbuilding company that owns the ship involved in that tragedy. A relationship full of lies and pretensions, would she be successful in discovering the truth? But what if the truth would change her life forever?

Dr. Love Andrei Lee had it all-fame, brilliance, and a future secured by an arranged marriage to the graceful model, Euphrosyne Saoirse "Ishay" Arcanway. But before he could even meet her, he fell in love with someone else. He canceled the engagement and gave up his inheritance for love. Fate, however, had other plans. On the day he proposed, his girlfriend chose her career abroad and left him behind. Shattered and humiliated, Love Andrei was forced back into the marriage he had once rejected. His pain soon turned to fury when he discovered that Ishay was the reason his ex had left him. To him, she was not only an unwanted wife-but the villain who ruined his life. Driven by bitterness, he vowed to make her suffer. As Ishay endures his cold treatment, she faces a painful choice: stay in the marriage and bear the weight of his hatred-or walk away to save herself from a lifetime of suffering.

Status: Completed Rain, a sucker for romance stories was content to read someone else's love stories. Truth is, she wasn't planning on falling for anyone other than her favorite fictional characters. But when she met Ace Alvarez, she just found herself yearning for something real... something that books couldn't offer. And that's his eye-roll on her, his arms around her waist, his nose brushing on hers, and his face nuzzling on her neck. She badly wants his last name. She wants everything that makes him. By that, she knows that she's falling hard... but she's mindless of the consequences the moment she gave in to him.

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