OLD SUMMER TRILOGY #2 Being the niece of the volleyball team's coach, Alia is hired to design the uniforms of the players. Seven, who has had a crush on her since the first time he saw her on the campus, feels shy and awkward whenever her presence is there. What more if one summer, the whole team will have to train in the coach's province near the ocean, where Alia is also having her vacation? Every night, since Alia cannot go to the house where the team is staying, the two would just write silly letters to each other and put them in a bottle, then hang the bottle in its usual spot.

OLD SUMMER TRILOGY #3 "Winning is everything. If you don't win, you are a failure." Ice is living by those words. After her mom fails to participate in the figure skating championship because of a tragedy, she is expecting four of her daughters to pursue the same goal. Ice feels all the pressure when her sister wins during her time but pursues a different field upon winning. For Ice, the only important thing is figure skating. Nothing else matters. She is only allowed to feel something when she wins or loses a competition. Until she meets Lyonelle in the sports center during summer training, the swimmer who has already won every swimming competition he participates in. Unlike Ice, Lai has it easy. He can have fun, flirt, and be playful and still win. He is not pressured, because he doesn't think winning is the only thing that matters in a competition. He thinks enjoying what you do matters more. "And a smile from you matters too," Lyonelle teases Ice, but the latter just looks at him with no emotion on her face. "Ah, I failed... but it's okay. We still have sixty-four days of summer to spend together."

After losing her bodyguard-boyfriend during an ambush, Maddison decided never to agree to having a bodyguard again. She didn't want any more lives to be sacrificed on her account. The pain and guilt of what happened haunted her, and she still blamed herself for the lives lost that night. But with threats continuing to come, her parents decided to strike a deal with her. She wouldn't have multiple security personnel like she used to; instead, she would have only one who would be with her at all times. Left with no choice, she agreed but secretly planned to do everything she could to make that person quit and leave her alone. She thought it would be easy, but when she met Duke Dela Cruz, making him leave seemed to become the hardest thing she'd ever do. The conceited and annoying bodyguard, who swore to protect her with his life, refused to leave no matter how hard she tried to piss him off-even seducing him! But even with the annoyance she felt towards him, love found its way to come between them. Would she let him sacrifice his life, too, just to ensure her safety? Could she endure the pain again if she ever lost him as well?

Caryl never had a boyfriend, and everyone thinks that she will eventually end up with her best friend Kiro who's been vocal in telling her that he loves her. They grew up together, they're always together, they get along well, too. It was already a perfect match that is why it was fine with her since she's comfortable with him and he knows her very well. But then she met Kevyn Ajesta who she didn't know that despite being annoying, made her feel something that she never felt before with Kiro. Will she still choose where she's comfortable and used to everything or she will take the leap and risk trying new things including possibly getting hurt in the end?

A fierce heiress must choose between the comfort of a loyal love and the chaos of a dangerous attraction, all while protecting a secret that could shatter her legacy. *** Khalila Ducani has everything, wealth, power, and five fiercely protective brothers. But when a reckless romance leaves her pregnant and heartbroken, she finds herself caught between two men: Halley, the childhood best friend who's always been steady, and Kalyl, the enigmatic artist who knows exactly how to provoke and unravel her. As her world tilts between duty and desire, love and pride, Khalila must decide what kind of future she wants, and who's truly worth risking everything for. DISCLAIMER: This story is written in Taglish. COVER DESIGN: Rayne Mariano

WARNING: MATURE CONTENT [ SPG | R18 ] A rebel and savage girl who loves to break all the rules--falls in love with an innocent and religious man who lived his life imposing all the law, including the laws of love. - Danary Belcalis Amari De Valentin doesn't like following rules. She hated it so much that she purposely break them to hurt his father's ego and get his attention. She was the black sheep of the family. The breaker of laws, the curse to her father's reputation and the constant pain to his brothers' ass. She doesn't really care about all that. She was living her life being a major disappointment to everyone but that were all shaken when his father thrown her to Buenavista after she almost killed a girl. She had no choice but to live her life on her own. It was a boring town with a lot of boring people, she thought. But that changed one day when she met Achilles Arquin Cordova. A gorgeous, intelligent hot local boy who made her heart's rhythm deranged--until she realized that Archi loves doing and imposing the only thing she hated the most, rules. Will Cali abide all of Achilles' rules to finally get his attention and love? Or will she break them too just to save her own wee heart?

Stalina Amaris Fontanez. She was crowned as the queen of the waves, the slayer surfer of the sea. She was the living mermaid of Isla Vagues, blessed with beauty and graceful moves. Ang tubig at alon ay higit pa sa hangin para sa kanya - kailangan niya iyon para mabuhay. Ang gumalaw at sumabay sa galaw ng alon ay nagpapaligaya sa kanyang puso. Tahanan niya ang karagatang nakapalibot sa Isla Vagues. Isa siyang sirenang dapat manatili sa ilalim ng tubig; ang mawala sa kanyang tahanan at tumapak sa ibang kalupaan ay kamatayan. No one could ever make her leave her home, no matter what. That was what she thought-until she met a man who was lost on the island. And would he still see the island as a strange place if he were enticed by the queen of the waves, or would Stalina still be unable to leave her home after hearing his tempting voice?

Isla de Vista Series #5 Cresia, the girl of perfection, emotionless, unbothered, silent, and immovable. She is used to the life dictated to her how to live it. Like a dog without a chain, she follows rules, she follows the footsteps, she follows everything expected of her because that is what she thinks she is born for. "If love is free then why does it cost so much?"

(Completed) Nathalia Celine Martinez is a Biology student at the University of the Philippines Manila. She was on the dean's list from her first year until her senior year. Despite the storms she faced, she remained a happy-go-lucky girl who was loved by many, except for her parents. Nathalia grew up with her uncle, auntie, and friends by her side. One night at a famous bar in Manila, Nathalia met Rage, a playboy and the son of a billionaire who was afraid of commitments. Rage was studying at De La Salle University, and his life goal was to become their empire's CEO. However, everything changed when he met the cute and pretty Nathalia from UP Medicine. Little did they know they were not meant to be together because of their parents' past mistakes. The Love that's supposed to be unconditional turns to forbidden Love. Will they let their past mistakes ruin everything? Or do they have to wait their time to forever? Start: July 26, 2022 End: September 06, 2022

Elements of Love Series: 1 Aveline Pearl Delgado's life had been marred by her parents' harsh treatment for as long as she could remember. Their cruelty had led her to believe she could never calm the souls of others, just as they had never treated her right. But her world takes an unexpected turn when she encounters a calm and collected man hiding a second life that is hidden from the world's prying eyes. Sa umaga, mukhang inosente at payapa ang presensya ng lalaking ito. Subalit pagsilip ng kadiliman, walang nakakaalam ng tunay niyang pagkatao na tanging si Aveline lamang ang nakakakita. And she never imagined that she could calm the wind . . . the vicious side of him. And as the curtain falls on his secret side, Aveline becomes trapped in the storm of his secret world. She remains an unspoken presence, a forgotten fragment of his hidden life, with no one, not even the man himself, aware of her existence. The pain of that reality cuts deeper than the scars left by her parents because she realizes that she can never calm the wind of the real and unhidden side of him. Started: October 23, 2023 ©fochacy