She thought it would be just another school year. No drama, new school, new faces, same quiet plan: keep her head down, stick with her two cousins, and survive until graduation. But fate had other ideas. In a class full of boys─with only nine girls─she somehow found herself stuck in the middle of it all. Literally. She didn't plan on being noticed. She definitely didn't plan on being picked as the class secretary either. But here she was─getting called out during roll call, being chased around for reminders, and slowly becoming close with people she didn't expect to talk to. The chaos. The noise. The teasing. The attention. All of that? Let's just say, it wasn't part of her plan either. What started as a simple plan to survive the school year turned into something a little more complicated. Especially when the boys started treating the girls like queens─and her, like she was something even more special. And just when she thought she was handling it all... she found out one of her classmates is her old crush from elementary. The one who used to make her smile for no reason. The same guy she gave cringey handwritten love letters to before. In scented paper. With matching hearts and stickers. 'Peste yan. Super nakakahiya. Like, bakit ba ako nagbigay-bigay pa ng love letter dati?' 'Minor moment ko lang 'yun, pero eto na siya─major embarrassment!' 'Pwede bang mag time-travel at bawiin lahat ng papel at pride ko??'

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CHASING YOUR HEARTBEAT - SAINT VELMORA SERIES #1 Morthysia Xaviana Rousseau never believed in people who stay-not until she met him, Zeffrano Jace Nueschel. The boy who treats her like a queen and loves her with a devotion she never thought she deserved. Via built her walls so high that no one could ever climb them. But as Zeffrano slowly breaks down the barriers around her heart, she finds herself falling for the one person who seems too complicated to be hers. But can love find its way to their hearts? Or will it become another reason to let go of the heartbeat they've learned to cherish in each other?

Li Tianyuan, the all-powerful emperor of the Great Dynasty, has everything a ruler could want-land, power, concubines, and the loyalty of every subject in the palace. But he has never had someone who looks at him and sees just a man, not the dragon throne he sits on. That changes the day he spots a quiet young eunuch stopping to save an injured stray cat, a small act of kindness no other courtier would ever bother with. He claims the eunuch too quickly, too roughly, driven by a hunger he has never felt before, and pushes the terrified boy into running from his chambers. Now, he is determined to wait: he gives the eunuch better quarters, sends his favorite sweets every meal, and shows up night after night with small, gentle gifts, never pushing for more than the eunuch is willing to give. He even gives the eunuch what he begs for: distance, indifference, the normalcy he craves. But every night, the emperor leaves the door to his private chambers unlocked. He knows the fear in the eunuch.

Isaak is the last of the sacred Padisha line, raised from childhood as a pretty, docile toy traded between rival kingdoms, known to all by a honeyed nickname: the sweet lotus prince. Waking from amnesia after a bullet grazed his skull, he has spent ten years believing the gentle lie woven around him by Karsyn, the emperor who saved him-until he uncovers the hidden toys under his childhood floorboards, and the ugly truth his whole world has buried. Everyone lied to him to keep him compliant. Everyone saw him as nothing more than a pretty decoration for a crown. Only Karsyn has carried the truth for ten years: he killed the monster who hurt Isaak, blurred the voyeur's eyes in every painting, and asked the healer to erase Isaak's pain. He has loved Isaak since he was sixteen, hiding in plain sight, burning the world to keep him safe. When all lies are stripped away, will the awakened last Padisha choose vengeance... or the love that has always waited for him?

Daun Alarie Licarno, a young woman whose life changes after being diagnosed with scoliosis. Struggling with her condition, she gradually loses her confidence and begins to believe that the people who once loved her will eventually turn away in disgust. Because of insecurity and fear of rejection, she builds walls around her heart, convinced that she is no longer worthy of being loved. Everything changes when she meets Titus Reed Santorionas, the university's basketball star and lead vocalist of The Phoenix. Behind his carefree smile and rebellious attitude lies a broken soul. Orphaned at a young age, Titus was raised by a pastor who adopted him and brought him up in the church. Despite growing up surrounded by faith and knowing the truth about God, he still struggles with anger, loneliness, and a life filled with rebellion. As their paths continue to cross, Titus unexpectedly becomes Alarie's safe place. He encourages her to see her worth beyond her physical condition, reminding her that beauty is never defined by a person's imperfections. Ironically, the advice he gives Alarie is the very advice he has never been able to apply to himself. While he helps her heal, he remains trapped in his own pain. Their journey is far from easy. Alarie's stubbornness and overwhelming fear consume her, pushing her deeper into hopelessness until she begins to battle suicidal thoughts. At the same time, Titus is forced to confront the wounds he has spent years hiding behind his rebellious life. Together, they learn that healing is not found in pretending to be strong, but in allowing themselves to be vulnerable. Through love, loss, forgiveness, and faith, Alarie and Titus slowly discover that no amount of pain, brokenness, or imperfection can separate them from the one who has loved them all along. They come to understand that true healing does not begin when life becomes perfect, it begins when they surrender their broken hearts to the one whose love never fails.

Dr. Diego Melendez, the world's greatest surgeon from the Philippines, dies in a tragic accident after a long shift at APEX Medical Specialists Hospital. But instead of reaching the afterlife, he awakens in the body of Queen Kim So-Hyun in the Joseon Dynasty. Armed with modern medical knowledge and an unbreakable spirit, Diego must survive palace conspiracies, assassination attempts, and political battles while hiding the truth about his identity. Along the way, he captures the heart of the cold and powerful King Lee Hyun-Woo. As love blossoms between them, Diego faces an impossible choice between returning to his own time or staying with the man he loves. A story filled with romance, comedy, drama, revenge, and fate that transcends time itself.

TRAPPED: The Bicol Express Outbreak is a Filipino post-apocalyptic survival horror story set aboard a high-speed train traveling from FTI Station in Taguig to Bicol. When a sudden nationwide viral outbreak turns infected people into violent, fast-evolving creatures, the train becomes a moving prison carrying stranded passengers through a collapsing Philippines. At the center of the story is Kalix Monteverde, a broken father trying to reconnect with his estranged daughter Victoria, who already carries years of resentment toward him. Forced into survival, they must navigate not only the horrors outside the train but also the emotional wounds inside their fractured relationship. As the infection spreads and the infected begin to evolve into smarter, faster threats, the passengers-engineers, soldiers, students, and civilians-are pushed into desperate decisions, brutal sacrifices, and a race toward a rumored safe zone called HAVEN-1. It's a story of survival, family redemption, and humanity's collapse under an unstoppable outbreak.

Looking straight in my eyes he said "I didn't like the way he was staring at you." I bit my lips "And how was he staring at me?" Leaning towards me he replied "Like he wanted to fuck you. I won't allow anyone looking at my wife in such a way. You are mine and fucking you is mine and only mine to do." For the first time I felt it... I felt that I belong to him. I am his. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Rafael Martinez || Hazel Cameron Two totally different people... complete opposite to each other. She is selfless. He is selfish. A marriage deal, she agreed because she loved her brother and he signed because he wanted revenge from the person who killed the girl he once loved. There is no love in this marriage, he was forced on her but she accepted him. She was his only way to get revenge.

Previous title AAROHI : HIS FORCED WIFE he wants a pawn. for a property deal of his dead grandfather.the condition is only married heir has right to claim the property. he wants a wife that don't interrogate his life.... he decided to cage a innocent soul that not intefear in his life. he saw her at cafe and decides to take move..... "please don't hurt my mom" she begging on her knees "then Marry me" he orders. "if you want your mother alive, then marry me aarohi , or else--" he threats .. will he has feelings for her? will she Happy in this forced marriage? will they be together in future? ..