Karmina Joan's Valentine's wish resulted in her seeing red strings connecting people's fingers. Suddenly, Cupid appeared, instructing her to collect six pairs of connected hearts by the following Valentine's Day to revert to her normal life. Failure would condemn her to a perpetual role as a matchmaker. *** Karmina Joan, a romance author, becomes numb to love after years of crafting stories about it. While attending her cousin's wedding, she encounters Cupid, who assigns her the task of uniting six pairs of souls before Valentine's Day or face eternal matchmaking. Through her journey, Karmina learns about the stages of connection from Cupid and grows fond of him. After completing her mission, she awakens from a coma, realizing Cupid was merely a dream. Yet years later, she meets someone resembling Cupid, named Eros, her genuine soulmate. Disclaimer: This story is written in Taglish, a combination of Tagalog & English. Cover Design by Louise De Ramos

THE LOSERS' CLUB SERIES 3 In need of juicy news for her online publication, the struggling journalism student, Millicent Rae Velasco, was forced to interview the intimidating student council president of their university, Juancho Alas Montero. But, not wanting to be the subject of rumors, he rejected her instantly. So, paano siya? Paano ang last requirement niya bago maka-graduate? Si Juancho ang iniatas sa kanya ng isinusumpa niyang prof na gawan ng profile article! Isa pa, dito na lang siya makakabawi! Kailangan niya pang higitin mula sa dulo ng impyerno ang grades niya! Being in a hopeless predicament, she ended up chasing after him. She hid behind the bookshelves where he was studying, memorized his schedule by heart, and talked to him straight on when she could. She only had one goal---write an article about him. Nothing more, nothing less. But life had a lot of things in store for her. Because through the glances she'd stolen, she picked up the sharp fragments of his life. Through the hidden smiles, she unraveled the content of his heart. And through the pages she'd written, she caught herself falling in love with him.

[UNDER REVISION] "Look at the sky and remember me." Yearning had always filled the heart of Freesia Fuentabella. Ever since she returned to her hometown to continue her studies, she knew the place had more to offer, particularly for her memories. Backed by longing for something that she used to have and the familiarity the foreign faces gave her, she found herself itching for the answer. But what was there to understand when her heart carried the same longing for a stranger she just met? His actions were all too confusing, and the unsettling familiarity about him did little to soothe her. Especially his name: Cloud. And his eyes, the color of a stormy sky---gray. And everyone knows gray clouds bring trouble. September 12, 2017 - April 30, 2018 1st Revised edition (2021 Version): March 30, 2021 - June 8, 2021 2nd Revised Edition: N/A

ꕥ poems! (completed) A book of poetic manuscripts of deception passing through the growing thorns.

An epistolary.

ELYU SERIES #2 The storms in San Juan, La Union are ruthless and tempestuous. Driven by her traumatic past, Avery Felicia Perez turned her heart into a stone to shelter it from further pain. She contented herself to bear witness of other people's fairytale love stories until a boy decided to break her barriers and pursue her... A tale of young love that started in high school. The years that followed proved that their love is one for the books. But while one is chasing his passion tirelessly, one is falling behind and slowly... falling apart. Until one day, you have to choose between chasing your dreams and being with the one that you love. No one ever told her that this life is a big storm, and she needs to find her shelter. Or be one, for all that matter...

ELYU SERIES #1 In the sleepy town of San Juan, La Union, the waves are unrelenting. Sereia Montanez leads a quiet life with no desire to rule the waves until a boy from Manila arrived and changed everything... This is a story about a girl, a boy, and an ocean between them.

Karaminah Viel Trajano has always been told that she's... peculiar. She just doesn't like the things that girls her age are expected to like. But she loves writing... that's probably the only normal thing about her. Problem is, her parents do not support her 'career' of choice. For them, it's nothing more than a hobby. It's either she follows their steps and become a lawyer or become a lawyer. She chose neither. Now, she's forced to work to make a living. But she's not really made for work. Given the choice, she'd spend the day daydreaming about her scripts and characters. Fortunately, someone offered her a job... Madali lang naman daw ito. Magiging 'manager' daw siya ng basketball team. She agreed... After all, how hard could it be to manage a bunch of boys who spend their days running back and forth on a wooden ground... right?

Love speaks to you as you breathe for life. In the dining hall. In the train station. In all moments where reality seems altered. And love will still speak to you even when its soul walks away. Even when language dies. These are entries and excerpts of mine sealed inside bottles you'll never see, locked up in my 18-year-old library of thoughts. A Collection: Volume I HOW WOULD YOU SPEAK OF LOVE WHEN LANGUAGE DIES? August 2023