Smart, beautiful, nurturing, and kind. Iyan ang tingin kay Samara noon pa man. Pero sa kabila ng matataas na grado ay ang paglakad sa malalakas na bagyo. Ika nga ng best friend niyang si Erin, walang puso si Sage Amaranthiel Lazarraga para sa kahit sinong lalaki. She can't afford to be distracted. Pero paano kung ang daan na matagal mo nang tinatahak ay mayayanig dahil lang sa sinusuway ka na ng sarili mong puso? Bata pa lamang ay mulat na si Samara sa realidad ng buhay. Having lost her father at the age of 15, income had been scarce- they barely make ends meet. So she took it upon herself to study hard, committed to giving her mother-who works two jobs-a good life someday. She does not think of anything other than her priorities, and the person she's yet to be. But just like a normal person, she thinks about it from time to time: in her solemn hours, in the stillness between obligations, she wonders: What is it like to fall in love? Well, the transferee, Luther Castiel Zuñego, might just show her. But the question is: will she accept that love? Especially knowing that his world is leagues different from hers?

TWISTED VOWS - A Marriage Built on Hate Isabella Moretti never wanted a husband-especially not him. Arrogant. Cold. Unforgiving. Dominic Devereaux walks into a room and owns it. The kind of man who doesn't ask-he takes. And now, thanks to a deal she had no say in, she's his. He doesn't want a wife. She doesn't want a marriage. But that doesn't stop him from setting the rules. From controlling her every move. From looking at her like she's an inconvenience he can't wait to break. She hates him for taking her freedom. He hates that she refuses to surrender. Every glance is a battle. Every word, a challenge. Every night, a test of wills neither of them is willing to lose. But hate is a fickle thing. And somewhere between the fights and the fire, between the cold stares and the searing touches, something shifts. It's in the way he looks at her a second too long. The way her breath catches when he's close. The way the lines between resentment and desire blur until she can't tell where one ends and the other begins. Because Dominic might be her enemy, but he's also her husband. And the most dangerous part? She's no longer sure if she wants to escape... or if she's already fallen. TROPES : | FORCED MARRIAGE | | FORCED PROXIMITY | l ENEMIES TO LOVERS | | SLOW BURN | | BILLIONAIRE ROMANCE | | ARRANGED MARRIAGE |

--- Twisted Truth (Ongoing) Aurelia only wants one thing-to find out who killed her brother. Because of that, she starts her own secret investigation. But a man from a dangerous organization finds out what she's. He should hate her. He should stop her. But instead, he starts to fall for her. Now, Aurelia is caught between finding the truth and dealing with someone who might be part of the enemy. Can she handle the truth, even if it changes everything?

Sa dinami-rami nang p'wedeng bumalik, bakit ikaw pa? ••• They said, "first love never dies". But for Pauline "Pokwang" Batongbakal? Ang tinaguriang Queen Bee ng Malunggay St., Brgy. Tumana, Marikina City. It is not. Just like colors, love fades. And just like season, people change. At first, she was clueless about love, not until Robin "Tutoy" Padilla--her neighbor--showed her how it works. But since they were first-timers, they believed that love will last a lifetime. They were young--that was the problem. They had no idea that love is always accompanied by pain and sacrifices. Robin had to leave for his future. After so many years, he came back as if he didn't cause any damage. He is acting as if nothing happened. But just as others were saying, love is sweeter the second time around. No matter how hard Pauline tried to avoid him, it was not working, since destiny was making a way for her to venture everything for love again. She was willing to gamble on Robin--her Nibor. ••• Love Location Series #5: Marikina City Book Cover by: Chikadorang_Negra Started: 06/16/22 Completed: 12/19/22

You cannot read this as a standalone story! Read "Addicted Damien" and "Abused Diablos" first! Sartori #3 "I abandoned Drugo. . ." . . . Mature Content Warning: R18+