A campy Beauty and the Beast! Julia Swift is terribly sexy. Unfortunately there's nothing she can do about it. While attempting to hide in plain sight from a world she fears only wants to use her, she is claimed as a personal stylist by vivacious socialite, Vérité Claire, a glamorous eccentric with a penchant for guiding talented oddballs to meet their potential. Her curious crew includes sassy housekeeper, Lotte, insanely territorial biographer, Bernard, and eventually Orson Vaughn, a hulking outcast living in self-imposed exile since being betrayed in his shameful past. In spite of Julia's trust issues and Orson's tendency towards self-sabotage, they grow closer through a series of exchanged favours until two people who are trying very hard to be invisible are seeing an awful lot of each other. Will a final favour which sees Julia helping Orson in a revenge plot against former adversaries put too great a strain on their unlikely relationship and prevent it from blossoming into something more? If Vérité Claire has anything to say about it then the answer is, "Not a chance, darlings!" So powder your noses because The Favoured, The Fair and Ms. Vérité Claire is a light-hearted Beauty and Beast-like romantic farce with a pie-throwing, rodeo-riding, chocolate covered, diamond studded French-tipped twist! Swoon responsibly. *No part of this book may be reproduced or used in any manner without the express written permission of the author.

Alas syete ng umaga, sa may Avenida, Maynila... Pakapal nang pakapal ang di-pangkaraniwang hamog na bumalot sa labas ng 7-eleven. Hamog na hindi namin alam kung paanong lumukob sa labas ng tindahan. Walo kaming naiwan. Walo kaming nagsisimula nang mangatog sa takot. Nakatayo at humahagilap ng kahit anong masisilayan sa labas. Bakas sa anyo ng lahat ang pagkabigla, ang pagtatanong kung ano ba talaga ang nangyayari. Ni isa sa amin ay di makapagbitiw ng salita dahil parepareho kaming walang ideya. At sa isang iglap, wala na kaming narinig na anuman mula sa labas. Nawala ang boses ng mga nagsisigawang tao, ang mga busina ng jeep. Isang nakabibinging katahimikan. Tanging ang mabilis na tibok ng puso ko na lamang ang aking naririnig. (Ang "Saan Kami Pupunta" ay kwento tungkol sa walong taong hindi magkakakilala na naiwan sa loob ng 7-eleven habang ang mundo sa labas ng tindahan ay nilamon ng di maipaliwanag na hamog. Sundan kung paano sila mabubuhay, tatakas, at tutuklasin kung anong misteryo ang nangyari sa mundo) Copyright © 2014 by ruerukun All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the author, except in the case of a reviewer, who may quote brief passages embodied in critical articles or in a review.

Two geeks who secretly like each other; one who has anxiety and one who suffers from grammar pedantry syndrome.