Catalina Jasmine Rivera knows how to leave before anyone gets the chance to leave her. As a rising celebrity actress, Catalina has mastered the art of walking away-on-screen and off. She knows how to smile through rumors, hide behind carefully crafted answers, and keep people from getting too close. Because when you grow up believing that everyone eventually leaves, it's easier to leave first. Then she meets Lake. And this isn't the first time they've met. She finds herself stuck with him in a dating reality show where staying is the key to winning everyone's hearts-just not hers. Between stolen moments, memorized scripts, family secrets, and a relationship they were never supposed to have, Catalina finds herself falling for the one person she had spent years trying to forget. But Lake knows a version of her that the cameras never will. *** If their first meeting was about falling in love, what happens when they meet again? Will Catalina finally learn to stay-or will she run once more, believing that no matter how much she loves him, fate was never on her side to begin with? Part of the Collection: Starstruck Series - you don't need to read this in chronological order. ----- This book includes some mature scenes. Date started with plot and character planning: 2022 Date started: May 29, 2026 Date completed: August 26, 2026

**Updated twice a week, one chapter on Tuesdays and two chapters on Saturdays** An orphan from the territory of Oril, Elizabeth Hale has spent her life believing she needs no one. When Omar Methuen, a Mage of the Republic of Erae, arrives searching for children worthy of joining the Alessia Program, Elizabeth is offered a chance to become one of the Republic's elite soldiers. To earn her place, she must survive a mysterious trial known as the Ikthan. Though she passes, something within the realm awakens and follows her home. Far away, beneath the Vaelin Empire, the imprisoned Psion Galendil breaks and utters a prophecy foretelling a woman whose hands will both destroy a continent and bring lasting peace using the artifact Hal Uther. As war engulfs Balrus and long-buried secrets begin to surface, Elizabeth finds herself drawn into a conflict far greater than she ever imagined. Pursued by powers she cannot yet understand and haunted by a realm that refuses to let her go, she must uncover the truth behind her past before the fate of the continent is decided for her.

Sa isang baryong nakatago sa pagitan ng alamat at dilim, isang binata ang napadpad upang hanapin ang kanyang pinagmulan. Ngunit ang ipinakita sa kanya ng baryong iyon ay hindi ang mga kasagutan sa kanyang mga tanong... kundi ang kakaibang mundong nagkukubli sa kaibuturan ng dilim. Doon nakilala ni Elian si Amaris-isang dalagang may ngiting kayang magpatahimik ng gabi, ngunit may kagandahang kinakatakutan sa pagkagat ng dilim. Sa mundong puno ng mga nilalang na nagtatago sa likod ng gabi, sapat ba ang pag-ibig para tanggapin ang naiibang mundo? Magagawa ba ni Elian na patuloy na mahalin si Amaris kung malaman nyang isa ito sa mga bagay na kinatatakutan nya? Tatakbo ba sya o mananatili?

Monica Lowe hasn't celebrated New Year's for ten years. But this year, she was forced to. Vince Hudson was the boy Monica met at the hospital a decade ago. At that time, she didn't know he would matter this much in her life. But he did. He became her protector. Her Best friend. Her Family. For ten years, Monica and Vince laughed together, cried together, and stood by each other through everything life threw at them. But then he left. And Monica believed it was because of another girl. What she never knew was that Vince's departure had always been tied to her... and that he had spent years secretly loving her. Vince returned at the same time Eric and Daniel entered her life. And just when she thought things couldn't get more complicated, Vince's ex-girlfriend showed up. Now, with rivals, old wounds, and hidden feelings pulling them in different directions... Can their New Year's kiss still happen?

Amanda Brooks has one goal: survive her final year at Earlwood Academy, keep her scholarship, and get into her dream university. That would be easier if Theo Anderson didn't exist. Arrogant, infuriating, and always one step ahead, Theo has made it his personal mission to challenge Amanda at every opportunity. Their rivalry is legendary and neither of them knows when to back down. When the principal forces them to put their feud aside, Amanda is determined to keep her distance. Theo has other plans.

[BL Story] When the mute, baker boy kept the monster from living. ___ Clyo Li'nan was mute. It was inborn, a reality he has always known. He lives a life where hope was nothing but just a word. Soft. And gentle. That's what he is. But someone was watching him. And then one morning in his peaceful and endearing life, he started to find envelopes left by the unknown customer. Handwritten notes. At first it was orders but the day after that it began to change. There was a letter. A letter of concern. And then there was Laso Cain. The vigilant customer. The lion poet. He was ill tempered, but it began to change. In the rainy night he was wounded and trapped under the dim light. And then one angel flies down to earth just to give him hope. But what is hope when it is given by someone who lacks it entirely? Madness become dependable, especially when it talks about his angel.