Who would have thought that a single ice cream could make Celestine's life flip in an instant? One moment, she is a clinical psychologist living a quiet, orderly life in a major hospital. The next day, she is pulled into the military's shadowed world as an embedded civilian advisor tasked with psychological and ethical oversight for AFP's most elite military unit: SINAG. There, she meets the men who live in the margins of war: Rowan, the smooth-talking sniper who never misses; Silver, the sharp-tongued and brutally honest EOD expert who sees explosions as equations; and Kai, the youngest sharpshooter, fierce in combat yet awkward with anything resembling affection. And at their center stands Commander Captain Tres Levi-disciplined, impenetrable, and carved from duty. In stolen glances after missions, in quiet debates about morality, in the fragile silence where fear lingers unspoken, their guarded hearts begin to shift. To Kiss The Thistle is a slow-burn romance about restraint, trust, and the kind of love that blooms not in softness-but in survival.

Cursed with the worst luck in love by her grandmother, Emari Scroll, a celebrity stylist, still refuses to give up, hoping that one day, a man will unconditionally love her with all her gone wrongs. Kaya nang makilala niya si Lewis sa isang dating app ay swipe right agad siya: foreigner, blue eyes, sweet, at kamukha pa ni Leonardo DiCaprio noong malunod ito kasama ng barkong Titanic. Enter, Alt Flores, ang potential leading man ng lahat. Tall, dark, and unfortunately handsome na direktor na hindi niya kailanman matatanggap! Maliban sa masakit sa mata nitong all-black outfit, nagdidilim din ang paningin niya sa ugali nito. But when Scroll's love quest takes a disastrous wrong turn, she finds herself in very serious trouble. Una: Manyakis at balak siyang pagsamantalahan ni Lewis. Pangalawa: Niligtas nga siya ni Alt pero nag-viral naman siya sa buong Pilipinas bilang cheater na secret wife. Pangatlo: Kailangan nilang magpanggap na mag-asawa para sa safety niya. Whether through fate or curse, will Scroll realize that the best story isn't found by swiping right, but with the man she keeps swiping away?

𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀, 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 ＃𝟯 || People said I was hard to love, but this ray of sunshine made it look so easy.

Forced to enter law school, Artellia Mercaveles wants to prove to her ex-boyfriend and her mother that she can finish her degree despite her passion for the arts. But when she meets Fierro and her newfound friends, she soon realizes that life is more than living up to someone else's expectations. *** Art is the heartbeat of Artellia Mercaveles' soul. But when her boyfriend admits he cheated with someone from law school, she vows to prove him wrong and show the world she can be a lawyer despite her passion for the arts. Living under the shadow of her mother, a celebrated bar topnotcher, the pressure to succeed weighs heavily on her shoulders. Law school becomes her battlefield, and crossing paths with Fierro Oeuvre Fortaverde is the twist she never saw coming. Yet as destiny unfolds, Artellia realizes that chasing everyone's expectations is an endless void. She must now fight to define herself, not how others demand, but as the masterpiece she was always meant to become. DISCLAIMER: This story is written in Taglish. ILLUSTRATED BY: ArtbyMakade COVER DESIGN: Rayne Mariano

erps series #4 completed | epistolary You only know it's real when it hurts. Sencha likes tocrescent. She would do anything for her favorite author. Kahit pa tiisin ang gutom sa gitna ng internship, maglakad sa ilalim ng matinding heat index, o pumasok bilang server sa malapit na canteen sa kanila---para lang makapag-ipon ng pera para sa libro nito. Testigo ang pagod at puyat niya kung gaano niya kamahal ang mga kwento ni Cio. But when she finally had the chance to buy her book---one hand held out earlier than her, got the book, and brought it to cashier. Easily. Effortlessly. Hindi tulad niya na pinagod muna bago makabili ng libro. And all hell breaks loose. She couldn't forget the betrayal. She stalked him online and made sure he knows she wasn't the type to forget this pain. But what she doesn't know---the man she constantly rants about is tocrescent himself.

Mary Evangeline "Mer" Evangelista, a content creator pastry baker, abandoned and betrayed by her first love had to hide her pregnancy from her parents in order to protect the image of her traditional family from public shame. Joseph Benavidez, a hot, runaway intruder with far too many carpentry skills-broke into Mary's house at exactly the wrong moment. . . or the right one? Because Joseph certainly believed he received the "right key" of the house his friend had rented for him. When Mary's entire family showed up unannounced that morning, and Joseph was casually half naked in the living room, everyone immediately assumed he was the same "Joseph" who got their daughter pregnant. As if that weren't chaotic enough, a video call from his mother and grandmother made things worse when they immediately assumed Mary was the woman he'd run away with to escape his arranged marriage. When it rains, it pours, but in Joseph's case it becomes a super typhoon. Joseph's two damn goals? Una, pigilan ang kasunduang kasal niya at ng kanyang childhood first love na iba ang mahal. Pangalawa, hindi masaksak ng itak sa tagiliran sa tabi ni Lapulapu dahil sa pagiging martyr niya sa pag-ibig. And the only way to break the engagement is if he marries someone else. As insane as it sounds, but there's no annulment in his family so whoever he marries will be his lifetime partner. Will Mary accept his marriage proposal-not just for pretend, but for real despite being strangers? Mary needed a husband to protect her child and avoid disappointing her parents. He is perfectly unmarried, a good man who is willing to love her child, and quite insane as her, surely a marriage of convenience doesn't require a complete sanity and romantic love. Or maybe within their marriage, someday, she and Joseph could learn to love each other, too?

Selene Aurora "Sera" Solomon was flabbergasted when her boyfriend, Caleb Finley Monsalve, suddenly knelt and proposed in the middle of the bar. Even if she was having fun with her friends after a productive day at work, the 21-year-old Sera still managed to wear that ring and said yes! But the 24-year-old Sera would definitely say no, because she knew how things would turn upside down in just more than two years. . .

People think temptation always wears red lipstick. Sometimes, it wears a white coat. Maria Victoria Velasquez earns a living selling confidence. As the face of Vezoccidré Bar's merchandise, she knows how to turn heads, entertain strangers, and leave before anyone mistakes desire for affection. Dr. Benjamin Carlos Condez has spent his life doing the opposite. He heals lungs but struggles to breathe through the weight of his own past. He believes in discipline, routine, and God-until a loud, tactless woman crashes into his quiet life and somehow refuses to leave. Agreed to share the same space, the two become unwilling witnesses to each other's brokenness. The closer they get, the more they uncover truths that neither medicine nor religion can easily explain. Somewhere between emergency rooms, unanswered prayers, and the home they never meant to build together, they begin to ask a frightening question: Can two people with completely different worlds become each other's miracle?

Juan Miguel Leviste is the last man Penny wants standing beside her at the altar. He is arrogant, unreadable, and far too comfortable with the power his family holds. But when their families arrange their marriage for reasons, neither of them is allowed to question, saying no is never an option. Their marriage was never only about love. It was about debt and responsibility. But the closer she gets to Juan, the more she begins to realize that the man she was supposed to use might be the one person capable of ruining everything she has spent years trying to accomplish. Including her heart.

This is an epistolary story from the Prince Series. Kori is a studious student whose world revolves around her academic excellence. With every achievement and pressure from her family's financial problems, she slowly feels the burnout consuming her. Wanting to help her family financially, she impulsively replied to the DM of the school's notorious friendly boy-or someone she considers crazy-and agreed to be his private tutor for his failing subjects. Langston Tirzo Uy Samonte, with the friendliest smile, brown hair, amber eyes, and charming laughter, someone who has a face that couldn't be forgotten in every young heart--the sunshine prince- has taken an interest in her, playing some sweet talk with her. What started as a harmless distraction, a whim, soon became a pastime she never realized she'd somehow enjoy.