Set in the 1990s, 19-year-old outgoing beauty, Tin Escalante, has always had the most cliché dream ever--to live a better life. Growing up unprivileged, she is ready to do whatever it takes to lift herself and her family out of poverty, even if she has to marry one of her international pen pals. Tin was perfectly fine with all the clichés in her everyday life until two major twists came to spice it up: she discovered her love for writing a romance novel, and she crossed paths with Rio Agustin, a promising computer engineering student, who looks like a '90s matinee idol that came straight out of a movie. In an attempt to write a non-cliché love story, Tin finds herself crafting an unbreakable bond with the aloof Rio, whose top priorities do not include romance. When two unique main characters in two different slice-of-life books are bound together, can they eventually share the same cliché happily ever after? Language: TagLish Book cover illustrated by Vega Saide

Beyond Series #1 When you're in love, you could be the most stupid person you could ever be. Wrong feels right. Black looks white. Smiles over cries. To be in pain means to be vain. Toleration seems like an obligation. All for love. Kung may isang taong magpapatunay nito, siya na ang pinaka-kwalipikado: Dana Pineda, a fine arts student, talented painter and certified love-sucker. Almost four years of relationship and counting, envisioned future together, first love and first and everything--reasons engraved in Dana's mind that serve as a constant reminder as to why she should keep the toxic relationship with her long-time boyfriend, Jared. Para kay Dana, kung hindi si Jared, wala ng ibang tatanggap at magmamahal sa kaniya. Ito na ang kaniyang magiging una't huli at wala ng iba pa. For her, she's just an unattractive, insecure, and less worthy woman oozing with flaws, issues, and emotional baggage. Wala namang ibang lalaki pa ang gugustuhin ang isang babaeng gaya niya. There's no one else for her. Or so she thought. Her life's greatest plot twist is about to happen, when Javi Aragonza, the popular basketball team captain, barged in without knocking.

Stellan Salvatore, a man who is full of dreams and positivity. Even with the death of his mother, Stellan did his best to be the responsible brother for her sister Sheridan Salvatore. One night, Eris Deveraux, a woman who is full of mischief and negativity appeared in front of him. And the appearance of this chaos led Stellan to make a grave decision that can change their lives forever. He then only realized what kind of a deal he formed with the chaos. He let the chaos in and so his calm life will transform into a chaotic one. Two different people with different perspectives in life will form an alliance because of one thing: they have what the other one desires. Their different beliefs will continue to crash and vex one another. However, with the idea that both of them are strangers to one another, Stellan Salvatore couldn't help but to doubt the person whom she made a deal with. Especially after learning that Eris Deveraux, is a suspect of her own parents' murder case. Until when he is willing to turn blind only to get what he wants from her? Until then he would let himself be at the edge of the cliff with the fear that Eris Deveraux might push him anytime and make him fall? Until then he is going to let himself be in the midst of chaos? Will he still be able to get out if he runs away? What is he willing to sacrifice for his own desires? Will he side with chaos and destroy the calm in their lives? Or will he overpower the chaos and let go of his desire for the sake of his younger sister? What is he going to choose? Calm? Or chaos?

Valerie Dana F. Encarnacion, a senior high school student, hates this particular guy because no matter how much hard work she puts into everything, she always ends up being second. Kaya naman, para makaganti, harap-harapan niya itong sinasabihan ng masasamang salita pero sa huli, hindi pa rin siya nananalo dahil wala naman itong pakialam sa kanya. But circumstances changed. They became close, and she never thought she would end up liking him...given that she has a boyfriend. Book Cover by: Jasmin Chew

Jannah, a third-year college student, shoulders the weight of her life's burdens. Every day is a battle to balance her academic life with the emotional turmoil within. Then she is paired with Lucas, the university's star athlete who is also known for being a heartbreaker. Unexpectedly, she finds solace in him-a reckless escape from her troubled life. What begins as an academic partnership becomes something more: a relationship that's limited to physical intimacy.

Yvonne Maica Lim is an aspiring UAAP court side reporter for UST, she was so close to getting her football player crush after plotting on him for almost a year...but everything fell apart when she had to fake date the infamous star basketball player of the UST Growling Tigers instead. Book cover by cottonbro studio in pexels

[Remedy Series #3] Beauty is a gift with its curse. Mahalia Blessica Natividad was born with unparalleled beauty, captivating men who eagerly flock to her feet. But behind the face that never declines, hides a bruised identity, one that must remain hidden in the shadows. The world bends to those who fit the conventional standards of beauty-until she crosses paths with Donatello Abel "Diego" Guillermo, an activist and ambitious fine arts student who dares to reject her pretty privilege, convinced that appearance is only a façade and that true beauty lies within. Will they uncover the silver lining in their conflicting views, or will their differences tear them apart? Date Started: 02/14/2025 Date Finished 11/02/2025

From greatness to being unknown. Augustina Coleen Lorenzo survived from a car accident, but the damage it brought is to forget her memories. Meeting Lourde Reagan Laxamana, her childhood best friend again brought back the feelings of what she had for him when they were young until med school. This time she has the courage to confess to him. To show him the love that comes from her calamitous heart. As she remembers the details of her life, it starts to unfold the truth about what happened to her. Her vulnerability. Her Indecisiveness. How she identifies the meaning of life during the years in medical school and to walk in the midst of uncertainty and fear in order to navigate one's purpose as a doctor. And how she realizes that the world that she has been chasing most of her life from other people will only be found in her fingertips. And the love that she seeks comes from the one who stayed during the struggling hours of her life. START: FEBRUARY 22, 2025 END: JUNE 24, 2025

Life is heavy, especially when you live on the surface of poverty. A nursing student from PLM, Keanah Amorsolo always pushed herself to study and to work harder just to make a difference in the life that she is living in the slums of Tondo. Meeting the most annoying medical student from UP Manila, Jovanni Villareal, is not part of her busy life, especially since he is only determined to piss her off. She did not know that he could introduce her to the other face of life and color it with his ecstatic personality and humor that echoed laughter in her chest. He became an escape for her. Those little hopes she wishes came true with one person. Him. How short-lived moments with her made life for him. How his perceptions of earthly things changed in the eyes of humanity. To love requires sacrificing a part of yourself, but still, it's worth it because it's love at the end of the day. But how can she continue to live when situations have buried her to the ground of chaos and disparity? She tried to scream for help, but only the ground could hear her. And him? He is busy saving his patients lives. START: OCTOBER 31, 2024 END: FEBRUARY 25, 2025