WATTY'S SHORTLIST 2023 Stuck in the never-ending responsibilities as one of the breadwinners of the family, Calisse Abigail Guillermo, an Iska from UP Manila, seeks to find true comfort between drinking and smoking. But she never does. Her desire to find consolation in everything is not found within the consumption of toxins. When she meets fellow smoker Chance Luy, a UP med student, in the bustling street of Pedro Gil, she thanks the heavens for a chance to meet him. Chance is your worn-out med student who is stingy. As they ponder about life, would they find solace as they share a moment of smoke?

Anjel Delo Santos, a Lasallian, craved affection from her parents. It wasn't easy getting it. She had to be brilliant because her parents were intellectual people who yearned for recognition in their own fields. College was her opportunity of being brilliant. As Anjel walked on the streets of Malate, she will see a disappointed-looking River Alexandre Abad. As a fan of River, who is a DLSU student, she couldn't help but be concerned with the basketball player's state. While they get to know each other, would their eyes appreciate the silver lining in the midst of the nimbus clouds around them?

The start of the third generation Monasterio Series 7: The Dare Not to Fall Walang ibang gusto si Elianna kung hindi ang maiahon sa kahirapan ang pamilya niya. Nga lang ay alam niyang hindi magiging sapat ang kinikita niya sa pamamasada ng tricycle sa araw-araw para mangyari 'yon. Kaya naman nang alukin siya ng tiyuhin niya na maging personal driver ng isang mayamang haciendero ay kaagad niyang pinatulan lalo pa at tumataginting ang sahod na makukuha niya kada buwan. Pero sa isang kundisyon: kailangan niyang magpanggap na lalaki dahil hindi siya tatanggapin kung malalaman ng magiging amo niya na isa siyang babae. Piluka, pekeng bigote at breast binder ang naging kaagapay niya nang sa wakas ay humarap niya sa lalaking ipagmamaneho niya. Pero sandali. Hindi naman siya na-imporma na ubod ng gwapo ang magiging amo niya. At hindi rin siya na-imporma na sa kabila ng pagiging perpekto ng itsura nito ay ang katotohanan na bakla ito... at nagkagusto pa sa kaniya! -- Date Started: July 17, 2022 Date Ended: January 2, 2023

Cold Heart Series 1

(Delilah Series # 1) "Sigurado ka ba na ipapalaglag mo, Winona?" Boses na naman ng walang pusong ama niya na pumukaw sa akin. Mas hinigpitan ko ang mistulang pagyapos sa bagong buhay na dinadala. Napangiti ako sa sarili. "Oo, Senator Caleb Del Fuego. Sigurado na ako," sambit ko at ibinaba na ang telepono. Dahan-dahan akong lumayo na mula sa bintana at tinungo ang salamin sa sulok. Pinagmasdan ko ang sarili ko sa harapan ng salamin. Nakita ko ang isang babaeng mistulang isang multo dahil sa suot na puting bestida. Nakalugay ang mahabang napakaitim na buhok na kulot sa dulo. Wala na ang kolorete sa mukha na nakapang-akit sa isa sa mga pinakamakapangyarihang tao sa bansa. Hubad. Makasalanan. Isang apid sa lipunan. Anay ng pamilya. Ako si Winona Arabella Santibañez. Ako ay isang kabit. I am The Senator's Woman.

Coleen Allester and Colt Vincent Fabian were childhood sweethearts. They were inseparable. For almost 10 long years, everybody expected a very perfect ending for this lovable and charming couple. With their Yaya Planets (Yaya Jupiter and Yaya Mars), they grew up with just a little few problems along with their little adventures. Their love story was (almost) perfect. Their life, wealth, family, and big circle of friends as well. But a love story without some challenges is not perfect at all. So here comes the problem that separates them and everything went out of the plan with a little... "irony" in it. Will they be successful in chasing their old and immature love? Or the love will chase them and everything will go upside-down? ----------------- 🌟Most Impressive Ranking: #5 - teens

Michaela Singh is a naturally born singer and musician. She is bold with her words as she always speaks her mind. Everybody tells that she is born for music as rhythm and beat runs into her blood. But what if one day, she unfolds the truth about her past and real identity about her real parents who neglected her before? She grows up in a family not related by blood and she long accepted her fate. But as she discovers the truth, she will soon to realize that music is not really for her. She may inherit the talent her real parents bestowed upon her, but it is the symbolic reminder that she is indeed abandoned. As her foster parents learn about her rebellious antics, they decide to move out and enroll her to a prestigious school with a little specialty in it. As Mich tries to turn her back on music, music tries to chase her more in the persona of Damgeen High School Musical. Damn. What a peculiar entity. She thinks everything is insane and plain stupid. Students frequently sing their hearts out, musical extracurricular activities, and some sort. Out of a sudden, she will catch herself in trouble in the middle of Triad of the Year. Everywhere is music! And thus she decides to just hide her true talent and skills. She wants to mess this up. She wants to be expelled or something just to get rid of that freaking, weird school. But no matter how hard she tries, the school just can't let go of her. Why? What's in that school that she has to suffer like this? As if it is connected to her life, she uncovers the veil of darkness in it, the way she realizes the story behind her past. So therefore in the end, through music, she fights. And through music, she wins. --- Start: April 10, 2020 End: June 30, 2020 Most Impressive Ranking: #1 - music

Lumi-as someone who's being told what to believe and hope in everything as she grows up-reckons that living is a way to comply with and entrust one's entire life to serving superiors on top of the hierarchy. Who will not think of that way anyway? Being harbored in the lands of Castellanos, it is engraved in her mind that she lives to pay her debt of gratitude to the family who sheltered her, who protected her from all the cruelties the outside world has to offer behind those fences. What they're doing is to protect her life and welfare-that's what they told her. So there's no other way to live but be the gullible and obedient yokel of the Castellano clan, because they're doing everything just for her safety. But that's before her life turns upside-down as she discovers a strange note from the attic. "To whoever finds this message, they erased us. This is all that remains. Remember us, please." What does the note want to convey? Is it just one of those mundane trivial stuff found in an attic like the usual when someone decides to clean it? Or is it something connected to her... "safety?" For sure it is for her safety. That's what they always tell her. But what one hears is not always the version of reality. Most of the time, it is the most convenient scheme to twist and bend the truth. That... That's what they will never tell her. --- Start: July 01, 2020 End: December 02, 2020

(Delilah Series # 3) "You were my father's mistress. How else do you want me to treat you?" Halos matumba ako sa bigat na dumagan sa puso ko dahil sa sinabi niya. Tell him! Tell him the truth. Tell him why you had to do it! Sigaw ng utak ko ngunit hindi naman kayang panindigan ng bibig ko. Tulad na lang ng nakaraan ay wala akong ibang nagawa. I looked at him with pleading eyes. Hoping for him to understand. Begging him to search for the truth himself. "Tell me, Clau or shall I say tell me, Doctor Abigail Claudine Manalo," binabalot ng pait ang bawat pagbigkas niya sa buo kong pangalan. "Did you think of my father while you slept with me? Did you wish it was him beside you while you were in bed with me?" Bumalatay ang sakit at pang-aakusa sa kanyang mga mata. "Did you . . . even love me?" "Ang . . . Ang tagal na no'n, Theo," tanging nasabi ko sa mahinang boses. Napasinghap ako at napatakip sa bibig nang suntukin niya ang pader. Malutong ang sunud-sunod na pagmura niya. Nagtagis ang kanyang bagang. Tiningnan ko ang kamay niya at nahindik sa nakitang dugo na dumaloy mula rito. Sumabay dito ang pagbuhos ng mga luha ko. "T-Theo. . ." Tinitigan niya ang kanyang nagdurugong kamao. Ni isang beses ay hindi niya ako sinulyapan. It was like I wasn't even there. Just him, his anger, and his pain. He turned around and walked away. I wanted so bad to tell him the truth. Pero paano ko gagawin iyon? Paano ko sasabihin sa kanya ang katotohanan kung lalo lang itong ikawawasak ng buhay niya?

The Billionaire Series 1: King Tyron Sandoval (Self-published under Immac Publishing) Simple lang ang hangad ni Hera Buencamino sa kaniyang buhay ang magkaroon ng maayos na trabaho para matustusan ang kaniyang pang-araw-araw na gastusin. Hindi niya hangad ang yumaman, sapat na sa kaniya na mayroon siyang extra money para makabili ng feminine wash. Sa isang mabilis na paraan ay nakapasok siya bilang bagong sekretarya ng CEO ng Sandoval Corporation. Isang himala iyon sa kaniya. Ang sobrang sungit niyang boss na si King Tyron Sandoval ay araw-araw siyang inaalila at minumura ngunit ipinangako niya sa sarili na hinding-hindi niya itataas ang puting tela. Isa lang ang dahilan, ayaw niyang mawalan ng trabaho dahil mahirap maghanap ng bago. Pero paano na lamang kung biglang nagbago ang ihip ng hangin? Ang masungit niyang boss ay biglang nag-iba ang ugali. From being ruthless to a caring Ceo, at bilang isang marupok na babae ay nahulog ang puso niya rito. Malalim ang pagkakahulog at mahirap nang bumangon pa. Ibinigay niya ang lahat ng mayroon siya kay King Tyron. Her heart, soul, body, and virginity. Cliché? No, not really. But then... what will happen if Tyron's twin brother came into the picture? He is King Hyron Sandoval. Sobrang mahal niya si Hera kaya nagawa niyang magpanggap bilang si King Tyron. It's a war between Sandoval twins. Kaninong pagmamahal nga ba ang pipiliin ni Hera? This story is a love triangle between Hera and the Sandoval Twins. Halina't subaybayan natin ang kanilang magulong love story. -CussMeNot- Warning:Mature Content|R-18 Highest Rank: #1 in Romance 1/22/19 Credit to @findinghumanity for creating this wonderful book cover. Thank you so much ♥️ Unedited! Grammatical Errors and typo ahead. SELF PUBLISHED BOOK IS AVAILABLE ON IMMAC WATTY ONLINE SHOPPE (fb page)