COMPLETE | Catalina Jasmine Rivera knows how to leave before anyone gets the chance to leave her. As a rising celebrity actress, Catalina has mastered the art of walking away-on-screen and off. She knows how to smile through rumors, hide behind carefully crafted answers, and keep people from getting too close. Because when you grow up believing that everyone eventually leaves, it's easier to leave first. Then she meets Lake. And this isn't the first time they've met. She finds herself stuck with him in a dating reality show where staying is the key to winning everyone's hearts-just not hers. Between stolen moments, memorized scripts, family secrets, and a relationship they were never supposed to have, Catalina finds herself falling for the one person she had spent years trying to forget. But Lake knows a version of her that the cameras never will. *** If their first meeting was about falling in love, what happens when they meet again? Will Catalina finally learn to stay-or will she run once more, believing that no matter how much she loves him, fate was never on her side to begin with? Part of the Collection: Starstruck Series - you don't need to read this in chronological order. ----- This book includes some mature scenes. Date started with plot and character planning: 2022 Date started: May 29, 2026 Date completed: August 26, 2026

Everything has its own story-its own mystery. Belle Allegra Glaria is a wanted assassin who hides behind countless masks. But now she's been assigned to a dangerous mission where she can't wear any mask. This mission was given to her by one of the wealthiest men in the world-Mr. Ascro. He wants her to track down and capture a notorious wanted serial killer. She accepted the mission, determined to prove herself to her agency-and, most importantly, to make her father proud. She's always followed his every command, believing he's the only one who truly loves and cares for her. But will she be able to finish the mission? To catch the killer? To uncover the secrets hidden behind the wanted killer's identity? To discover the mysteries? Most of all, will she be able to make her father proud?

Mayumi Aragon, the sunshine of the family who has the purest intentions will be completely controlled by her feelings. She has secret feelings for the man who loves her cousin, Lucille. She lost hope and was on the verge of giving up, when a series of things happened which brought her and the man she loves, closer. Blinded by revenge, Eliezer Joaquin Valmont who hides his true self in the name of Elias bowed to get back at his ex-girlfriend for breaking his heart just like that. In order to execute his plan, he will use the person closest to Lucille's heart. The girl whom he thinks is Lucille's weakness. And it's none other than Lucille's cousin and only best friend, Mayumi Aragon. He is a man of power with a hidden agenda. And she is a girl with a pure heart, not meant to be loved, but to be exploited. Will there be a winner in a game where both of their weapons are their hearts? Book Cover by: @shaney_art Story Started: April 25. 2025 Story Ended: July 13, 2025

Avrielle Celine Vergara thought she was just an ordinary girl, not until she found herself caught between two men who turned her world upside down. What she doesn't realize? She met them before, long before their fates intertwined once again. So, who will Avrielle choose? The one who can paint her world in golden? Or the one who can embrace her in the shadows of his darkness?