"It was never the world that made it impossible, it has always been you." In the year 1966, at the heart of Manila, a determined future public servant Leana Dela Torre got herself into an argument with an anti-bad government aspiring journalist Danilo Orcullo while on a queue for an ongoing enrollment in a university. With their seemingly contradicting principles, opinions, and decisions, they seem to grow in each other, they decided to be together and tried their best to live the life that they have chosen and wanted. After tons of protest, threats of rebellion against the government, and the threat of life; a proclamation was declared, that put the entire land in a law that made the critics in danger and the dead fish alive. Due to the restrictions and new rules, Danilo Orcullo disappeared. After two years of service to the new society, Staff Sergeant Leana Dela Torre did not return to her post. - This is historical fiction inspired by true events. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, and incidents are either the products of the author's imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental. 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆: 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐜 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞; 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨: 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐥, 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥, 𝐬𝐞𝐱𝐮𝐚𝐥, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐞.

Paraiso--iyan ang tingin ni Ariella sa Isla ng Bughawi. Ngunit hindi niya akalain na sa isang linggong bakasyon niya, mahuhulog ang loob niya kay Isagani, ang misteryosong lalaki na kilala ng lahat, at ito ang mitsa ng muling pagkabuhay ng isang natatanging alamat na matagal nang bumabalot sa isla. *** Sa wakas ay nagkakaroon na rin ng pagkakataon si Ariella na makaalis ng Maynila at magbakasyon sa mala-paraisong isla ng Bughawi kasama ang kanyang matalik na kaibigan. Ngunit ang hindi niya alam, sa tagong isla na ito sa probinsya ng Quezon ay nananahan ang isang alamat. Tuwing ika-limampung taon, isang dayuhang babae ang iniaalay para maging asawa ng engkantong matagal ng naghahari sa isla. At ngayong taon, si Ariella ang napili nito. Cover Design by Rayne Mariano

sequel to Mailboy, second book in the Paperweight series. - - - ❝She never told him that every time she uses green paint, she sees the color of his eyes and she either wants to drown herself in it or set it on fire.❞

"It is your choice," he said, stepping so close to me that our lips were almost touching. "Either do what I say - or get another job." My heart stood still as I gazed up into his deep, dark, dangerous eyes... In a world where women's only role in life is to sit at home and look pretty, Lilly is determined to fight for her freedom. There's only one problem: a powerful man blocking her way.

Heartbroken over the death of her boyfriend, Thea is piecing together the remnants of her life and trying to move on. It would be a lot easier if Noah, the man she thinks she can fall in love with, wasn't the reason for her boyfriend's death in the first place.