Leyton Rossi would go to any lengths to make sure he gets Kristina Sayson. Kristina would try anything to escape the alluring stranger who claimed to own her. But there's no escaping the devil, is there? Leyton Rossi has been stalking the unsuspecting innocent girl for years. Made sure she remained untouched. And when things got out of hands, he swooped in, leaving Kristina no chance but to submit to him. Or will she? ‼️THIS BOOK IS WRITTEN IN TAGALOG-ENGLISH‼️ ************************************* This is a fast-paced story and is NOT for the slow-burn romance girlies. This a romance book with dark themes and unconventional characters. This is not for the faint of heart. Read at your own risk. Tropes: Arranged marriage romance He fell first, he fell harder Forced Proximity No cheating Virgin FMC Morally grey MMC Completed: May 2024

Kio Soledad de Merced always kept his life quiet and private. He never wanted anything flashy and grand. Attention and spotlight were the two things he never wanted to have. Calm and easy, that's how he preferred his life. Shiloh Lumiere Bendia's life was far from what he wanted, she was born for the spotlight. Living under the scrutinizing eyes of the world, Lumiere's life consists of cameras and flashes following her whenever she moves. The world gravitates around her, and everyone who sees her is drawn to her light, including him. The moment he saw her on that stage with the spotlight shining on her, he knew he would spend his whole life admiring her from afar. But with the twist of fate and a little luck, his fate might have changed. A secret moment. A lingering stare. Quick stolen moments behind the camera that no one knows about. But to what extent can they sacrifice for a losing battle they knew they would never win? To love is to risk. To risk requires courage and courage is only found in places we're too scared to take. ---- Date Started: March 2025 Date Finished: June 15, 2025

Sandejas Legacy #3: Chaining Lockets Sandejas Legacy continues... "He's still chained like a locket, not to me...but in someone else's neck." Crest Veronica Sandejas is the high-maintenance fashionista heiress of Atty. Iñigo Sandejas. The ultimate kikay of the century, she loves shopping, glittery things, booze, and parties. She believes in living her life to the fullest because she can only have it once. She loves spending money; she loves hanging out with friends and partying all night that her father could already imagine white strands of hair on his head. She's a happy-go-lucky woman, but behind those smiles lies the loneliest woman you'll ever meet. Crest was living the life until she met that man with seductive gray eyes and a strict, cold face, Lt. Lorcan Keith Dmitrov, the man who would turn her life upside down. She thought it was the start of her own happy ending, but soon realized she was not in a fairytale with rainbows and butterflies. Instead, they're in a dark fantasy, scary and twisted. When the secrets from their past start unraveling and monsters start chasing them, what if the ends of the links locking them met? Will they be able to free themselves from the chains tied to them?

(ON GOING) Adeline Isla Ramirez, a second-year BSHM college student, just transferred to Northvale College. She didn't know that moving to her new school would lead her to cross paths with Zayn Alastair Valdevera-the smart yet annoyingly irritating guy na bigla na lang nakahiligan na inisin at asarin si Isla. Pero bigla nga ba talaga? Pero paano kung ang dahilan ng pang-aasar at pang-iinis ni Alastair kay Isla ay mauuwi sa pag-iibigan? Because of Alastair's teasing, what if Isla slowly starts falling for him? What happens when the "I hate you, Alastair!" turns into "I love you, Alastair!" just because her heart unexpectedly falls for the same guy who keeps annoying her? As their love grows, isang problema ang nag hihintay sa kanila na malaking tyansa na parehas nilang ikasira. A love that bloomed starts to wither. Shattering each other's hearts into pieces, dahil lang sa isang bagay hindi nila kasalanan pero may malaking bigat sa kanilang relasyon. And just like that. . . The "I love you, Alastair" turns back again into "I hate you, Alastair!" ____________________________ Started: June 13, 2025 End: - NOTE: This is first drafts/rough story Unedited ____________________________ bookcover artist: Shushayyn

(Game Series # 8) Adriadna Deanne Manjarrez, NBSB, promised herself na kapag pumasok na siya sa law school ay magkakaroon na siya ng boyfriend. Sabi ng parents niya, kusang lalapit ang lalaki sa kanya basta mag-aral lang siya nang mabuti. Kalokohan. Naka-graduate na siya at lahat pero wala namang lalaking luma-lapit. So, she made a promise na pagpasok niya ng law school ay maghahanap agad siya ng boyfriend. She wanted someone na gwapo dahil naniniwala siya na kung masasaktan na lang din siya, sa gwapo na. And after a while, she finally decided to chase after Rhys Arevalo-gwapo, mukhang mabango, at top 1 sa batch nila. She wanted him to be her first boyfriend... kaso hindi siya mapansin nito. Sino ba naman siya? Ni hindi nga siya kasama sa top 10 ng batch nila. At ang balita ay type nito 'yung matatalino. Ginawa niya na lahat, pero walang umeepekto... until she decided to befriend his best friend Samuel Hayes Fortalejo.

Jannah, a third-year college business 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's paired with Lucas, the university's star athlete, who's also known for being a heartbreaker. Unexpectedly, she found solace in him, a forbidden escape from her troubled life. What begins as an academic partnership, became something more, a relationship that's limited to physical intimacy. As their situation deepens, she's confronted with the reality: it was a mistake. Will she be able to stop herself from falling? Or will she break all the rules for him?

Not all lies are bad, sometimes they bridge two people to fall in love. Lianna Lou Arenas's name has been used by her friend-her name carries beauty and the standard favored by the boys in their province. Alam na alam iyon ng kaibigan niya, kaya ginamit nito ang pangalan niya para makuha ang atensyon ng lalaking gusto nito. But that lie bridged and led Lianna to meet Perez Iverson Claveria. He belongs to the influential, wealthy Claveria family, tied to the very name of their province. Now that Lianna has been caught in the lie... and now that she's getting to know Perez, who's the talk of the town not because of his family, but because of the teasing and insults thrown at his physical appearance... will love surpass the physical? Hindi rin naman mahirap mahalin ang isang Perez. His family is not the only thing he can brag about, because he can be loyal to the girl he wants. A Claveria never cheats. But they can get crazy.... At a young age, Perez has already found the girl he wants to marry. Despite all the lies, he brushed them off like dust, as if they never really mattered. His eyes are set on one thing. Lianna. And the teas of Claveria begins. ** First tea!

𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐄𝐃 | ©zerefiera Kasal - isang bagay na pilit iniiwasan ni Victoria. She hated the arranged marriage set by her father. Ni hindi nga niya kayang magustuhan ang lalaki, ang pakasalan pa kaya? Desperate to escape the leash of an unwanted marriage threatening to tie her down, she planned on fleeing to her grandmother's province, but fate had a different path carved for her. Nagising na lang siya na naliligaw sa isang malayong probinsya. The tall towers and luxurious life she grew up with were replaced by beautiful views of mountain range and wide rice fields. The life there was calm, peaceful, and slow - something she always craved for. The life there turned out to be sweet - as she started to get used to the pair of chocolate brown eyes greeting her in the morning; the only pair that could make her heart go wild, yet calm her down at the same time. Kasal - isang bagay na pilit niyang iniiwasan dahil takot siyang magmahal. But the man she met in that foreign province made her think that if she would end up marrying someone... It's going to be him. First Published: 2023 Republished: Nov. 22, 2024 Finished: July 9, 2025

Hyacinth Brianna Wayne Galvez grew up in a family of teachers-where lesson plans were praised and chalk-dusted hands were the norm. But her dreams don't fit on a blackboard. Hyacinth wants to build, to create, to engineer a world where she is finally enough. Yet everywhere she turns, voices whisper that she's aiming too high, that engineering isn't a place for someone like her. Torn between loyalty to her family's expectations and the fire of her own ambition, Hyacinth walks a path riddled with doubt, fear, and quiet rebellion. But dreams aren't her only burden. Haunted by a broken home and the shadow of her parents' failed love, Hyacinth fears emotional closeness. Her heart builds walls higher than any machine she could ever design. When someone unexpected begins to reach through her carefully constructed barriers, she must face a choice: risk everything for love-or push it away before it can hurt her. As she stands at the intersection of two futures-one carved by fear, the other forged by courage-Hyacinth must choose: Will she let the voices of others decide her fate, or will she fight for the life and love she truly deserves? A heartwrenching story of resilience, dreams, and the courage it takes to say goodbye-to fear, to doubt, and sometimes... to the people we love the most.

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