Published under Pop Fiction (2014)

“You chose the hard life, I chose to love you.”  Ara Loraine “Rayne” Yen-Sia has everything. Luke JoPierre Zamora Cariño has her heart. And he chose to break it. She chose to run away from everything. She’d moved on and he’s still stuck.  “Bakit mo kailangang mag-move on, when it was you who first let go?”

Is Love really sweeter the second time around?

Westside University is a home for the wealthiest, most powerful successors in the business world. Students of this campus are not just rich and popular, but also very intelligent. Importante sa lahat ng estudyante ang ranking nila sa school, at gagawin nila ang lahat mapanatili lang na nasa itaas. Being super rich and brainy is the status quo everybody sets to achieve para hindi ma-out of place. Kaya isang malaking sakit ng ulo para kay Sofia Althea Perez, isang probinsyanang matalino nga pero hindi naman mayaman, kung dito siya mag aaral. Wala naman siyang karapatang tumanggi dahil ito ang gustong eskwelahan ng kanyang principal sponsor. Makakapag-aral siya kapalit ng isang misyon. Ang siguruhing pumapasok araw-araw si Jave Santillan-the campus Demon Rex, the most notorious bad boy of all Westside University. Madali lang ang trabaho. Especially if she's the famous and the most talked about... Bad Boy's Princess. cover credits to: Yuki Dianne

Hindi man natupad ni Aika ang buohin muli ang kanilang pamilya. Hindi naman siya nagsisi sa naging desisyon niya para sa mga ito, lalo't nakikita niya na masaya na ang mga ito ngayon. Kahit pa kapalit 'non ay ang kaligayahan naman niya. At sa paglipas ng panahon, muling magbabalik ang taong noon ay pinakawalan niya. Sa pagku-krus muli ng kanilang landas, handa na nga ba siyang pakisamahan ito ngayon, bilang isang kapatid? Hanggang saan ang paninindigan niya na kalimutan ang nararamdaman niya para dito, kung matindi parin ang epekto nito sa kanya? Parati niyang itinatangging wala na siyang nararamdaman para dito pero magtama nga lang ang mga mata nila ay naghuhuramentado agad ang kanyang puso. No matter how many times she denies her feelings, her heart couldn't lie. Because all along she's still in love with him. Book 2 of When She Loved Him (Half Blood Boys Series #1) STARTED: 09|04|15 FINISHED: 11|02|15 Levelion

Masaya si Aika sa kanyang marangyang buhay, kumpletong pamilya at mga kaibigang mapagkakatiwalaan na parati pang nandyan para sa kanya. Almost perfect na nga ang lahat. But she didn't expect that loving him is much happier, 'cause for her. He completely turns everything too perfect, na halos wala na siyang mahihiling pa dahil ang makasama lang ito ay sapat na sapat na sa kanya. But she never thought that loving him is not going to be easy. How can she continue to love him, kung masasagasaan niya naman ang mga taong malapit sa kanya? Paano kung sabayan pa ito ng isang malaking pagsubok na magpapabago, sa noon ay masaya niyang buhay? Will she still fight for love o itatapon nalang niya agad yon and being with him, will become just a beautiful memory...when she loved him. (Half Blood Boys Series #1) STARTED: 05|24|15 FINISHED: 08|24|15

Charlotte Tamayo believes in love and wanted to settle down before she reaches the age limit at the calendar. Ngayon na thirty na siya, kailangan na talaga niyang maghanap ng mapapangasawa. Kaya ba kahit ano gagawin niya, para lamang mag wok-out ang relasyon nila ng current boyfriend niyang si Segundo Gregorio Dimabanaag? Paano kung malaman niyang niloloko lamang pala siya nito? Paano na ang kanyang planong pag-aasawa? Paano rin kung ang solusyon sa muling pagkakaayos nila ni Segundo Gregorio Dimabanaag ay ang kanyang since-grade-two crush na si Claude Anton?Ang kanyang malaking problema ay ayaw siya nitong tulungan, paano niya kukumbinsihin ang kanyang since-grade-two crush na tulungan siya. Pero sa huli, paano kung marealize niya na ang tinitibok na pala ng puso niya ay si Claude Anton Hidalgo, not anymore Segundo Gregorio Dimabanaag? Pero ang pinakamalaking problema, si Claude Anton, walang gusto sa kanya, ni crush wala, paano na? Paano siya I crush back ng crush niya? End: September 27, 2014

The thing with Valentine's Day is, either you hate it or you love it. And Zade Pascual definitely belongs to the first category. Para sa kanya, isang araw lang ito ng commercialized version ng pag-ibig. Walang kakilig-kilig at napakalayo sa true love stories na nababasa niya sa mga libro. Nasubok ang kanyang anti-Valentine's sentiment when she unexpectedly meets Andreau Cortez-an award-winning actor and film student at her university-in the cafe where she works-- on Valentine's Day of all days. Andreau, their new cafe regular, surprises Zade by asking for her help with his latest short film project, which she hesitantly agrees to. Despite a rocky start, Zade discovers the real Andreau Cortez beyond the camera and celebrity gossip. Over the fika-not date hangouts and late-night conversations, their effortless friendship blurs into something more, to the point na akala ng lahat (yes, friends and family included) na sila na ni Andreau. Caught off guard by her evolving feelings, Zade must confront her own heart. Hanggang best friend nga lang ba ang tingin niya kay Andreau? Can their story unfold like the happy endings she loves in books? Well, sometimes, the best love stories take time to tell.

Geek and bookworm Jamie Navarro doesn't exactly know how to have fun when she's dragged to her first night out with her friends. When River Ongpauco shows her with dancing, body shots, and a good time--she ends up on his bed the following morning. *** Jamie is as innocent as they come, but when she wakes up alone on River's bed after spending an amazing night with him, she can't help but leave a killing curse (Avada Kedavra) on his window. But River is determined to woo her, and their one night turns into something more--a perfect relationship with a somewhat perfect boyfriend...if only he opens up to Jamie and stops keeping himself at arm's length. When this breaks them apart, can River give his heart and his all to the girl he first took for granted? Will she let him? DISCLAIMER: This story is written in Taglish. COVER DESIGN: Louise De Ramos

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