LOVE, GABBY The Yearners Club #1 Gabriella Ylaya had big ambitions and with it comes sacrifices and heartbreak. Now, she doesn't know if she's worth anyone's affection. Io Serrano begs to differ. * * * halfbakedwriter © 2025

DE SAN ESTEBAN SERIES, BOOK 1: Silly banters. Stolen glances. Unspoken feelings. Wandering eyes. Nolina Verano always had these feelings for Raphael Antonio de San Esteban. These feelings that disappeared and returned like waves. She didn't know what to call it. Or maybe... she didn't want to. She was young. It felt like too much. As she grew, she thought it was just a silly crush. But then college happened. Same city. Same university. They got closer, And too close! Until they became... friends? Oh, and roommates, too!

Status: Completed Step, a stone-cold playgirl, had finally met her match when she intended to stomp her feet on the notorious playboy of St. Joseph. Never in her wildest dream had she ever dreamt that a match she started to play with will only burn her at the end. She immersed herself watching him that she forgot to watch her steps. It's too late to be wary seeing as she was already bleeding.

The filming for their upcoming movie was finally done. Francesca Ingrid Loreto has never been more thrilled and excited for her vacation after months of working on different projects. She was already prepared for her solo trip to Calayan Island when the sleepless nights and one slice of bread diets suddenly took a toll. Francine just found herself rushing to the nearest hospital. Shifting her weeklong itinerary from the beach to the operating room. Through the Nights Completed (2023).

It was said that her beauty is a gift but for her, it was a fathomable curse. The sweet and innocent Nirvana Trinares had a hard time growing up. With her father's reputation, the world judge her. She was struggling to stay away from her father's shadow but life can always find a way to test her.

An Epistolary

An Epistolary

WEST AVENUE SERIES #3 (COMPLETE) Kalila Rafaella Go, SHU Lioness' libero is born in a family that wasn't that well off so she sweats blood to be accepted in a good school to establish her future for her family. Thankfully, she was accepted in St. Helena University, but she realized later on that being accepted to a prestigious university is just the beginning. Having financial troubles, Kalila joined the SHU women's volleyball team to earn the athlete scholarship to last her for four years. Kalila's life in Manila has been stable. She somehow earns, she has good grades, and her volleyball career is really doing well but a part of her is always pressured and scared that if one fail everything will fall apart including her family. Would Kalila really have to take the fall for her family's current situation and take all the pressure as the eldest daughter of their household?

WEST AVENUE SERIES #1 (COMPLETE) Maria Zoella Santiaguel believes that you can make something work as long as you have a not just good, but strong reason that will push you to do that thing. For her, it's volleyball. She wasn't the best student ever since, she's mediocre, she's often the last person to enter the classroom but is always the first one to leave, but because the volleyball team in her school requires not just good skills in playing but also good grades, she has no choice but to be great at both.That's how willing she is to do everything to keep her spot in the team. SHU Lioness claims the title champions for 2 consecutive years already but in 3rd year, because of a mistake Zoe made, she felt like she's the reason why her team lost and that made her more eager to get better in her sport not to mention it's her last year of playing too. Would Zoe redeem herself and let the ball drop on the other side of the net?

WEST AVENUE SERIES #2 (COMPLETE) Qiana Margarette Figueroa grew up with a strict mom. Telling her what the dos and don'ts at first feels like normal and that's for her own good but as she grew up she knew she's missing a lot because of that. It's too strict that it feels like a leash on her neck, she loves her mom but it was too suffocating already that she knew it's not doing her good anymore. It feels like she lost her childhood years and now losing her teenage years because she's not allowed to do a lot of things. When she turned eighteen she finally decided to break the leash, to escape the dungeon she once called home. She wanted to be free. She wanted to be a normal person with adventures and mishaps. Qiana wanted to break free, and make unforgettable memories that will teach her lessons. Would Qiana finally live her life to the fullest and have adventures and mishaps which she believes will turn into something great?