COMPLETED | 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

Mari Gauxiena Donovan, a sophisticated yet impatient doctor, crossed paths with Captain Jaxon Alexander Ventura because of a mission in Afghanistan that made their two different worlds collide. She's used to saving people's lives; while he's used to sacrificing his life to save people. She holds a scalpel inside the operating room. He holds a gun every time he goes to war. She stays inside a hospital. He stays inside a battlefield. They were there for a mission, but little do they know that this mission will also include them... falling for each other. *** Inspired by Descendants of the Sun

"Is it true na kahit pilit mong kalimutan ang isang tao, kung hindi pa tapos ang isinulat ng tadhana para sa inyo magkikita at magkikita pa rin kayo?" Akala ko noon, tapos na ang lahat. Akala ko sapat na ang mga taon ng pananahimik para tuluyan na naming iwan ang nakaraan. Pero mapaglaro talaga ang tadhana. Muli ko siyang nakita. At sa lahat pa ng lugar na puwede kaming magkita, sa loob pa mismo ng volleyball gymnasium sa Tokyo, ang lugar kung saan unang nagsimula ang kwento naming dalawa. Ngayon, muli na naman akong nakaupo sa mga upuang iyon, pinagmamasdan ang laro sa harapan ko. Pero hindi na katulad ng dati. Noon, isa lang siyang estrangherong walang ibig sabihin sa akin. Ngayon, isa na siya sa mga taong pinakamahalaga sa buhay ko. At marahil, dito rin muling magsisimula ang kwentong akala naming pareho nang nagwakas.

This story is about high school friends who grew up together, sharing every laugh, secret, and unforgettable memory. Everything was simple-until one of them started acting strangely whenever someone got too close. Is it just protectiveness... or is it jealousy?

"I don't understand." I shook my head. "What happened? You said the house was safe. That no one could get in. You said I was safe." He fisted the bare pillow, breathing heavily through his nose. "We were fucking set up." Dark curls stuck to my face, snagged by the beads of sweat that dripped down my temples. I retreated at that, leaving him alone on the bed. "I knew this was going to happen." "What?" His brow furrowed. "One of your people betrayed me once already." My voice came gravelly and dark. "That's the real reason I'm here." Impatient, pained breaths shuddered from his lips. "I need you to tell me the truth, Kendra." I hesitated. "... I can't." "Bullshit." He snapped at me. "I need to know what the hell is going on." "I can't." I stressed the words this time. "That's not good enough." The menace in his voice was worse than shouting. Every instinct in my body screamed at me to run. Instead, I remained frozen to the motel carpet. "You're a federal agent. I can't... I don't..." The words slipped through my fingers. I exhaled, defeated. "There's no way for me to know I can trust you." Anger molded his features, blue eyes going glacial. "I took a fucking bullet for you." My defenses crumbled. "You didn't know who you were protecting." His gaze sharpened. "Tell me the truth. Are you dangerous?" The question struck deeper than it had any right to. There was no reason for him to trust me. No reason for me to expect him to. But the way he looked at me didn't promise suspicion. It promised something else. Something far more terrifying. His fingers tightened around his gun.

Nieves Aurelia Wilson is a simple, poor girl who lives alone at the age of nineteen. On the night of her twentieth birthday, Nieves decided to celebrate it alone and bought herself a cake. That night, she only wished for one thing, to have someone with whom she could celebrate her birthday. When she blows out the candle, something magical happens that night. A grumpy man suddenly showed up, glaring at her. What's more surprising is that she accidentally summons a prince from hell just by blowing a candle. It looks like fate, with its capricious twists and turns, had a plan for the two. Their destinies were intertwined for a reason. Circumstances beyond their control tested the fragile threads that bound them together. Whatever it is, they're now entangled in the intricate dance of fate. Curse Series #1 Date started: June 16, 2024 Date ended: August 15, 2024

Kaezen Alejo, a 25 year old assassin who lives a life of secrets and danger. After being poisoned to death by her own sister due to jelousy, Kaezen finds herself reincarnated into the body of the "stupid wife" of a mafia boss, a woman known for her weakness and lack of skills.