In April and May 2015, I ran a New Adult Contemporary class, sponsored by Anvil's Spark Books. Over 30 manuscripts were written during that time! While the publisher's deciding which ones will get a book deal (exciting!), I'll be posting some of the best scenes shared by the authors. Have fun reading and I hope every story becomes a book you all can take home soon! (Thank you, Tara Frejas, for the new cover image!)

#romanceclass is a community of Filipino authors who write romance, most in English. We wrote and published our books. Now we have an audio podcast! Each episode is an audio recording of two actors reading an excerpt from a romance novel by a Filipino author. All books featured are written in English. Season 1's readings are by theater actors Gio Gahol and Rachel Coates. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to get each new romance reading as it's uploaded. A weekly dose of feels! http://romancepodcast.com The #romanceclass podcast is produced by Tania Arpa and Mina V. Esguerra. I'll be posting links to each episode and show notes here. :)

In the future, maybe, Maria Lourdes and Andres Miguel will be their country's best and most influential leaders. But today they're just college kids who want to be together. This was a short story called Extraordinary, and I've continued it into a full book in 3 parts. I'm posting part 1, BROKEN, here. All 3 parts will be available soon. :)

Victoria Bennett is in control and in charge all day every day, but she needs help sometimes. Organizing a romantic proposal weekend for her client in Mexico (she's never been) would be that time - and the only person available to help her is Nathan Grant, notorious heartbreaker. She knows his past and shouldn't want him, shouldn't fall for guys like him, but that hasn't prevented her from lusting after him for years. It's just one weekend on the beach, away from people they know, alone with the guy who could cause her perfectly coordinated world to crumble. Shouldn't be a problem, right? For adults only. Read if you're the right age and can handle the themes.

[FILIPINO/ENGLISH] Advice for writers based on my experience self-publishing (more than 20 novels as of now) and traditional publishing (more than 10 novels with a traditional publisher, and consulting for other fellow authors). Read and learn, but you're free to do your own thing. Recommendations and suggestions lang naman. Thanks!

Hunter Dela Cruz, known for being the sexy beast and the brother of Thunder Dela Cruz, swore that he would never fall in love again. Love for him means complications and pain, and it's also useless. He's fine with what he does. He's okay bedding women, and it was crystal clear what he wanted from them. The only relationship he can give is when they're in bed. But she came and made his world upside-down. Zyline De Guzman came from a not-so-good relationship with her past and was living her life away from problems anymore. She just wanted a problem-free, stress-free life. But having Hunter around her makes that impossible to happen. It's also impossible not to fall for him, but the question is... Is Hunter Dela Cruz capable of falling in love , or will it be another not-so-good relationship in the end for her?

If you ever thought that you already have that perfect love story you've always dreamed of, think again. Everything in this world is not what it seems to be. Everything's twisted, including your story.

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