Bar Series #2 Love for brewed coffee. That is what Asha Montemayor and Skater Mejia have one thing in common. Little did they know that the past they have left behind connects their future. One is trying to build a home, the other one is trying to find a home. Sa piling ba ng isa't-isa sila uuwi? WARNING: This story contains disturbing details that might not be suitable for you such as murder, illegal drugs, abuse, and rape. Please read another story of mine if you are triggered with these kinds of topic. Thank you! Book cover - Starry Tan

Forced to enter law school, Artellia Mercaveles wants to prove to her ex-boyfriend and her mother that she can finish her degree despite her passion for the arts. But when she meets Fierro and her newfound friends, she soon realizes that life is more than living up to someone else's expectations. *** Art is the heartbeat of Artellia Mercaveles' soul. But when her boyfriend admits he cheated with someone from law school, she vows to prove him wrong and show the world she can be a lawyer despite her passion for the arts. Living under the shadow of her mother, a celebrated bar topnotcher, the pressure to succeed weighs heavily on her shoulders. Law school becomes her battlefield, and crossing paths with Fierro Oeuvre Fortaverde is the twist she never saw coming. Yet as destiny unfolds, Artellia realizes that chasing everyone's expectations is an endless void. She must now fight to define herself, not how others demand, but as the masterpiece she was always meant to become. DISCLAIMER: This story is written in Taglish. ILLUSTRATED BY: ArtbyMakade COVER DESIGN: Rayne Mariano

Victoria Laisle Ruiz, the well-known Psychology professor at Park Wood University. Simply a goddess without even trying, but definitely cold hearted. Or so they thought. She is elegant in any way and her presence screams dominance. No one dared to get to know her, as people tend to let her stoic and cold appearance gets the best of them. Not until the quiet and beautiful Krystal Vonne Reilly started her senior year at Park Wood, causing Victoria's world to flip. "Now you tell me, do you like me or not? Don't I ever have even the slightest effect on you?" Kyrstal said in a strangely serious tone, looking directly at her eyes. PS. Grammatical errors ahead. Will edit this once the whole thing is done. Enjoy

They say love knows no boundaries, but how can an orphan like me that had to work myself to death for every meal of the day, be romantically involved with someone who's destined for greatness and was born to lead a sophisticated and high maintenance life? "We stand on a different ground, Olivia. But I am willing to lose everything I have to stand with you" She managed to utter in a shaky voice, her usual stoic and emotionless face is now stroked with tears. And beyond all that, she's still as dazzling as ever. The moon serving as the only source of light inside her room, illuminated her alluring face and it made my hands itched and craved to caress her delicate skin I was dying to comfort her and tell her that it's going to be okay. But would it be? When the strongest enemy we have is herself.

Longing for peace in Isla de Vista, Amber is dragged back to the city when her father demands she marry a rich, dumb man to secure their business. But the moment she meets Elijah Buenavista-the "dummy" her father mocks-she realizes he's hiding secrets her family never saw coming. *** Isla de Vista's peaceful shoreline seemed to free Amber Paige Valencia from her father's demands. Yet peace never lasts. After being summoned back to the city, she is forced into an arranged marriage with a Buenavista, Elijah Luis, whom everyone calls a dumb heir. Amber anticipates a dummy. Instead, she meets a handsome, commanding man who's far too self-assured to be the dumb man her father mocks. And once the vows are spoken, the truth begins to unravel. Elijah Luis Buenavista is no simple rich boy. He is the youngest general in history, a strategist who battled in secret and planned their marriage for reasons only he knows. Will Amber embrace his deadly secrets or will loving him put her in greater danger than she thought? DISCLAIMER: This story is written in Taglish. COVER DESIGN: Louise De Ramos

Starved of any support from her family, Veil Cordivilla struggles to finish her degree in Architecture. After her very first heartbreak, she questioned herself whether she made the right choice. Now, she's trapped in a place where she has no option but to continue fighting even with a scarred heart - for her dreams. She doesn't want to stop because her dreams are what make her alive. And then she met Stan Verdejas, a CIA Agent materialized out of nowhere. She hated him for she believes that he's no different from her first love. However, as their cold and complicated relationship unfolds, she finds herself falling for him. The future is never ours they say. So when Veil thought that her life and heart is starting to get livelier, she was then again tested by her playful destiny and challenged by different choices. What will she choose now? -- UNDER MAJOR EDITING.

[PUBLISHED under LIB] #2. "If liking you is a crime then why don't you convict me, attorney?"

Kadiliman, iyan ang isang bagay na kamuntikan nang lumamon sa buong pagkatao niya. She's been fighting her inner turmoils all by herself. She was abused, neglected, rejected and unloved but despite of her tenebrific past, she found luminescence in the middle of the void inside her. Neptune Tallulah Silveri-Ellington has been living her own life alone with her dog named Uno. She's a writer and also a married problematic woman who writes stories with tragic endings because of this pain and hatred that she planted on her system. She never went on public as a writer but they knew her by the name of "Eight" A married woman without a husband. Isang taon matapos nilang maikasal ay iniwanan siya nito nang walang kahit anong maitinong dahilan. After years of separation from her husband, he came back while holding a paper on his hand, asking for his wife's signature, divorce papers. He's been sending those papers for years but Neptune did nothing but to sent back the papers. She won't give in easily. She will do everything just to save herself from going back to her old self no matter what it takes. But what if there are reasons behind those papers? Paano kung may mga bagay palang hindi ipinaalam sa kaniya para sa ikabubuti niya? Matatanggap niya kaya ito? She became a lionhearted woman but will she be able to stay like that until the end? Kahit pa dumating ang panahon na nalaman niya na ang mga dahilan sa likod ng mga papeles na iyon?