She was always the 'good girl' and the perfect daughter. Every choice and every action was carefully planned and approved by her parents. She never stayed out late, never had bad friends, and never did anything without thinking first. But behind her perfect image, she had a strong wish to be free. The unwritten rules, the way everyone watched her, and the heavy pressure to always be perfect were slowly breaking her spirit. Now, facing a future that was already decided by others, she made a wild and brave choice. She decided to leave behind the perfect life her parents built for her. She wanted to make her own way, and live a real life-messy and unexpected as it may be-even if it meant losing everything she ever knew.

Rowan Alessandro Torreno & Bettina Cynthera Montecarlos

OVERDRIVE #1 According to Google, burnout is more than just a fleeting feeling of stress. It is a state caused by prolonged, unmanaged pressure that leads to a profound sense of emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion. It thrives in toxic environments fueled by unfairness, poor treatment from the people around you, and a total lack of recognition despite everything you do to make them accept you. It is a deeper state of depletion that strips away your light, leaving you hollow. Once you are full from keeping it all in, you will eventually be triggered by a single circumstance. A breaking point that forces you to drop everything you love in exchange for the only thing left to find: peace.

Cahira Balviera refused to let the wounds of her past extinguish the flame of hope in her heart. Even after everything, she knew that love still existed. And on that fateful night at the revelry, as she was about to bottoms up her drink and forget about the night, she met Zathrian Blaz Orozco - a man whose icy demeanor and commitment issues made him seem like the polar opposite of everything she stood for. Could they ever find a way to make it work, despite being on opposing sides? Or just like the first time she saw him, she will just bottoms up her drink... not to forget the night... But to forget him.

Party, booze, and loud music. Revelry is what her life is. Allura Ciervo always lives up to her name-alluring everyone. She tainted their family name, they said, because of her escapades. She needs to sober up, they said, and uphold their surname. She thought that she's the only one who can sober her up... but someone came. Someone who's not allured to her. Can he sober her up now that he's come into her life?

Hashline Alfaro grew up basking in the warm glow of her parents' love, always getting what she desires in the blink of an eye. But there was one thing that she couldn't seem to have, one thing that seemed too impossible to attain - Riordan Jabez Aguado, the embodiment of darkness himself. Despite the impossibility of ever being with him, every time she looks into his dark eyes, her heart melts and her yearning becomes stronger. She likes him in a way that defies rationality. But will she still love him... when she loves him so much that it sucks her up into a dark pit?

Zerline Alfaro had always felt invisible to everyone around her, including her own family. She moved through life like a wind, always present but never truly seen. Pain remains unheard and her struggles unseen. And it was okay as she was already used to it. But now she had found someone who made her feel alive, even if their relationship was purely physical. Yet, despite the intensity of their connection, he was in love with someone else, leaving her to wonder if her voice would ever truly be heard. Or... did she need to chase for a love that might never be fully hers?

Jessica Claire is the one and only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Travieso. She was born with a silver spoon in her mouth, she's filthy rich and can get anything she wants with a snap of her finger. But in life, you can't always have it all. They all say that she's lucky because she can actually have all the things that she wants and she thinks that's absurd because if she can really have all the things that she wants... then why can't she have the self love that she always wanted? You see, love isn't just about receiving diamonds and roses. Love is about making your significant other realize that she is still worth it despite all the flaws and imperfections crawling on her skin.

(La Carlota #1) Ophelia had always been the embodiment of perfection. Well, at least to the eye of the people in the little town where she grew up in-La Carlota. She was described as faultless and the total opposite of her best frenemy, Light. The black sheep of the famous Sibal clan. But as the saying goes, opposites really do attract and as per the people Ophelia and Light were its living testimony. UNEDITED

[SY SERIES #1] He may be cold but it wasn't a hindrance for him to manage melting my heart. Because he did, always. But the only thing is, it is so hard to move him. If he manage to melt mine without doing anything, his arctic heart is the opposite. Winner of the #Wattys2018 The Storysmiths award.