Kailan mo nalaman na kaya mo palang mabuhay para sa lahat, maliban sa sarili mo? Ysabelle Serene Herera never had the luxury of falling apart. Nung namatay ang tatay niya, wala siyang oras para umiyak dahil may bayarin, may kakailanganin, at may aasahan sa kanya. Kaya naging ganun na lang siya, yung taong laging nandoon, yung taong hindi pwedeng sumuko. At nung sinaktan siya ng taong pinakamatiwalaan niya, hindi rin niya binigyan ng oras ang nararamdaman niya. She simply left. Quietly, without looking back, because sometimes the smartest thing you can do is stop waiting for things to get worse. The life she chose was never kind to her but she stayed anyway. She worked, she survived, and slowly she learned how to breathe again. She built a life that was finally, completely hers. Okay na siya and this time, she actually meant it. Then he came along. Cassian Drevian De Leoncourt. And Ysa, who had spent her whole life paying bills, swallowing pain, and holding everyone else together, finally met someone who looked at her like she was the one who needed to be held. She had spent so long searching for a place that felt like peace. But what if he was either her serenity, or the most beautiful chaos she would ever survive?

Studentista Squad series #1 What happens when a prim and proper second-year Dentistry student from Centro Escolar University crosses paths with a troubled first-year Law student from Ateneo under the not-so-peaceful arch in Mendiola? - Published: January 20, 2023 Ended: -- WARNING: This book contains adult themes, explicit language, and other scenes that some readers may find disturbing. Reader discretion is advised.

Have you ever met someone who fits your standards so perfectly that no matter how hard you try, you can't stop yourself from falling for them? There is something unsettling about your feeling from that person that it feel almost impossible. It is something that will drive you crazy because how come being near him feels strangely magical like everything around you begins to echo what you feel inside. He lingers in your thoughts, slips into your dreams, and before you know it, you're imagining a future that was never promised. It sounds like something out of high school for Elyne Cabrera that she once thought she had already outgrown. She even finds it a little embarrassing. But what can she do when everything feels incomplete without even a single glance from him? Nathaniel Ignacio is far from gentle. He's distant, cold, and often unkind toward her. But the more he pushes her away, the deeper she fall for him. Is it still possible to feel this way? Why does it feel so intense, consuming and insanely different for Elyne? Is she starting to fall in love with Nathaniel, or is it nothing more than just a trace of limerence?

University Belt Diaries #2 (ON-HOLD) UST X NU Celestina Emmanuel Fernandez x Juan Alexious Alejo

Silas Elian was always the name they chanted in almost every game. He was everyone's favorite player despite his over self-confidence. Somehow, it only made people like him more. His grades were a complete mess. Tinigil niyang maging top student. Ang gusto niya nalang, makapasa, pero bakit pati 'yon ay mukhang alinlangin pa? Isabel Aurelia, the class valedictorian that's so obsessed with keeping things her way that not everyone adored. Her world revolved around top scores, and a schedule so precise it left no room for surprises or people. Everything had its place all arranged according to her liking. Nagsimula silang magkalapit back when they were high school students. And slowly, from strangers, they built something. Something quiet. Something real. Pero hindi lahat ng nagsimula sa tahimik ay matatapos sa tahimik. Sometimes, the things we never say are the very reasons why love slips away. Book 1 of the "First Love" Series

Gracey Libramonte is the nation's Golden Girl. She has the fame, the effortless beauty, and the front-row seat to her father's impending presidency. Her life is a polished masterpiece, until Blaine Medeza steps into the frame. Her new bodyguard is a wall of cold muscle and maddening silence, seemingly immune to the Libramonte charm. Everything was perfect, until a single night of betrayal cracks her illusion of a great life. Her "faithful" boyfriend is a fraud, her friends are like paid performers, and the father she idolizes is hiding secrets that could destroy the country. In the wreckage of her life, the only person left standing is the one man who refused to like her. As they dive into a conspiracy that goes deeper than the ballot box, Gracey realizes Blaine isn't just protecting her life. He's the only one keeping her heart from breaking... and the only one who can wreck it like no one ever did before.

Juliana Francesca Alcarez doesn't believe in love anymore. After years of trying to heal from a toxic past, she built walls so high that no one could ever reach her heart again. Lennox Xavier Philip Del Prado has loved many, but never right. Behind his charm and smiles is a boy who only wanted to be chosen-yet always ended up being left. When their worlds collide in the middle of UAAP and Thomasian Goodwill Games, their connection feels inevitable. But love isn't always enough when timing, pride, and pain stand in the way. Will they find their way back to each other after everything they've broken? Or will love, once again, come too late?

Serene Viviene Quintana has always believed that love is nothing but a distraction. She's spent her whole life dreaming of one thing-to escape her small hometown, become a star, and finally give her and her mom the life they've always deserved. No boys. No feelings. No detours. Just pure ambition and hard work. But everything changes when she crosses paths with Keiser Flever Severino, a once-famous actor who disappeared from the spotlight after punching his co-actor on set. Arrogant. Mysterious. Broken. And somehow, the very thing Serene swore to avoid. As their worlds collide, secrets unfold, feelings bloom, and choices become harder to make. Will Serene risk the dream she's built her whole life for a love that came too soon? And will Keiser be her downfall, or the only one who truly sees her? Because sometimes, the biggest dreams are tested by the quietest echoes of the heart.

The Business Series # 1 Arrcadia, a sharp-tongued and snobbish woman, finds herself trapped in an old family tradition of arranged marriages. At just a young age, she is chosen by the son of her father business partner, the charming and flirtatious heir of one of the powerful business family to be his fiancé. She tries her best to hide in the farthest corner of the table to avoid being picked, yet fate plays a cruel joke on her.