*Wattys 2018 Winner / Hidden Gems* CREATE YOUR OWN MR. RIGHT Weeks before Valentine's, seventeen-year-old Kate Lapuz goes through her first ever breakup, but soon she stumbles upon a mysterious new app called My Dream Boyfriend, an AI chatbot that has the ability to understand human feelings. Casually, she participates in the app's trial run but finds herself immersed in the empathic conversations with her customizable virtual boyfriend, Ecto. In a society both connected and alienated by technology, Kate suspects an actual secret admirer is behind Ecto. Could it be the work of the techie student council president Dion or has Kate really found her soulmate in bits of computer code? She decides to get to the bottom of the cutting-edge app. Her search for Ecto's real identity leads Kate to prom, where absolute knowledge comes with a very steep price.

He grew up in a world where kindness meant weakness and love was a bullet waiting to be fired. She grew up believing that the world was good, that hearts could be mended with patience and warmth. He's the shadow people fear to whisper about - the mafia's heir, a man with blood on his hands. She's the sunshine he never thought he deserved - naive, gentle, too pure for the chaos he breathes. They don't know each other. Not yet. But fate doesn't ask for permission. When their paths collide, he finds himself wanting something he was never taught to crave - redemption. And for the first time in his life, he's willing to change. For her. But can love survive in a world built on secrets, guns, and lies?