[CARPE DIEM SERIES #1] A girl chasing her father's pride. A broken boy. A found family built on music. And a past that was never as buried as they thought. *** Kara Sandoval has spent her whole life being almost enough for her father. Almost the daughter he wanted. Almost worth being proud of. So when she enters an international songwriting competition, she puts everything she has into one song. The only problem is the stranger she hires to sing it hands her piece back and tells her she doesn't know what she's doing. Janus Valderama is her kuya's bandmate. Which means no matter how much Kara wants to forget that humiliation, the universe has other plans. One thing leads to another and suddenly she's part of the music club-surrounded by a ragtag group of people who are, against her will and better judgment, starting to feel like home. But the closer they get, the more Kara realizes that some things were never a coincidence-and some truths, once uncovered, rewrite everything you thought you understood about the people you've come to love.

[CARPE DIEM SERIES #2] A grieving girl with a promise to keep. A boy she was never supposed to trust. A found family built on deadlines and chaos. And a story that deserves to be told. *** Avery Rayne Carreon didn't join the publication to make friends. She joined to become Editor-in-Chief-to write the editorial that would finally give her best friend's death the justice it deserved. The plan was simple. Keep her walls up, do the work, and let no one in. What she didn't plan for was the editorial board. Loud, chaotic, and annoyingly impossible to ignore, they are not what Rayne signed up for. But somewhere between missed deadlines, crazy coverage, and mid-night presswork, they start to feel like something she doesn't have a word for yet. And then there is Nash Dillon Cadogan. Talented, infuriating, and the only person standing between her and everything she came here for. He wasn't supposed to matter. She wasn't supposed to let him in. Yet she is running out of reasons not to. Everyone leaves eventually. She knew that better than anyone. She just never counted on people stubborn enough to stay.