[Published Under LIB x Wattpad] Peñablanca Series 1: Brave Hearts "Fragile but brave..." Amalia Argueles has adored the charming basketball captain Atlas Montezides for years. When he finally looks her way and shows her that love isn't all rainbows and butterflies, can her young, fragile heart be brave enough to take it? *** Amalia Argueles' heart was born weak. She considered waking up every day--even with her illness--a blessing, and Atlas Montezides shows her how much of a blessing life can really be with his love. But when that love risks her health, can Lia find it in herself to leave so she can live? Or can she risk her heart once more and be brave when she meets him again years later? DISCLAIMER: This story is written in Taglish. COVER DESIGN: Louise De Ramos

Thrown out of an abusive home, Suki pretends to be Devin's girlfriend while she stays with his family. But what happens when pretend feelings become real? ***** With nowhere to go after being thrown out of an abusive home, Suki asks Devin, a complete stranger, if she can stay the night with him. But what was supposed to be a short-term solution quickly turns into an open-ended promise: if Suki pretends to be Devin's girlfriend to ward off his pushy (if loving) mother, then she can live in his spare bedroom until she sorts out her life. But what happens when pretend feelings become real? Will Suki be able to overcome the fear and pain in her past in order to heal and fall in love? [[1st Place, The Rarity Awards, Romance Category]] [[1st Place, Skull Awards, Romance Category]] [[1st Place, The Royalty Awards 2017, Romance Category]] [[1st Place, The Gold Awards 2017, Romance Category]] [[1st Place, The Holo Awards, Romance Category]] [[1st Place, The Z Awards, Romance Category]] [[1st Place, The Purple Awards, Romance Category]] [[word count: 70,000-80,000 words]]

After falling in love with a younger and much less successful man, can Yiwen convince herself and her parents to accept him into their wealthy family? ***** When Yiwen Wang suddenly finds herself 30 and single, she lets her well-meaning best friend talk her into a blind date with the handsome Zi'an Li. And not only is he plucked straight out of a movie screen, his witty banter over dinner also convinces Yiwen he's exactly the type to make her toes curl. Yet, by some wicked twist of fate, he's five years younger than her and has no house, car, or stable, high-paying job. So how is she ever going to convince herself and her parents that he's the right choice? Especially when her new, attractive boss makes it very clear that he's interested in her? [[1st Place, Flower Awards, Chicklit Category]] [[1st Place, The Golden Awards, Chicklit Category]] [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]

NOTE: SPG/R-18 Walang nagawa si Kendra ng ipatapon siya ng ama sa Pilipinas kung saan naroon ang Lola niya. Nakakairita man na manatili sa bansang ito, kailangan niyang gawin ang napagkasunduan nila ng ama para makauwi siya. At isa sa mga kasunduang iyon ay ang matrabaho siya sa isang kompanya sa loob ng tatlong buwan. Kapag nagawa niya iyon, makakabalik na sya. Working to earn money is very hard, especially if you're Kendra Madrigal Bathory. Hindi siya sanay na magtrabaho. It was irritating to say the least, but her two gorgeous bosses change that. Vladimir Laxamana, her hot stud boss with mouthwatering smile. Unang kita palang niya sa lalaki, naakit na siya sa nakakalusaw na ngiti nito. Sa unang araw palang niya sa trabaho nagparamdam kaagad sa kanya ng interes ang binata at hindi siya bobo para hindi iyon makita. Then there's Lachlain Samaniego, her boss who has piercing blue eyes. When she first saw him, it was like his eyes sipped through her very soul, arousing her erotic desire. Isa itong masungit na boss pero bakit sa tuwing naglalapat ang mga labi nila, nakakalimutan niya ang kasungitan nito na kinaiinisan niya? Who would she welcome in her bed?

All Julianna knew growing up was fighting and killing. Being a contract killer was the only thing she knew how to do. However being too good at one thing will make you a target to even those you love. The one person she thought she could trust turns out to be the one person that would betray her, her lover, James. With vengeance and hatred as her last thoughts and feelings, Julianna's spirit is transported to another body, in another time, on another planet. Waking up she finds herself in a 17 year old body of the youngest miss of a powerful family known to the world as "wasteful trash". Julianna finds herself living with her wheelchair bound "uncle" and her senile "grandfather" in a section of the mansion known as "Landfill". In this new world, power is everything. Not knowing how to cultivate energy or knowing how to fight is a sin. With a second chance at life Julianna decided that this "wasteful trash" will now become the most powerful person in the world.

What do you do when you're the daughter of the Demon Master? Run away, of course! Hidden within the largest city of the world, Vulean City, Meya Country. Tucked away from the main roads and in a small dead end street is a hidden pearl of a restaurant that only seats ten people at a time. With it's ridiculous pricing for the dishes, it only brings in the rich, the famous, and the known. With it's qi infused decor and dishes, of course those partons would have to bow down to it's owner and chef! Baozhai Restaurant is run by a petite beauty. A beauty that everyone calls a calamitous star. A beauty that can ruin a man and collapse a city. But here, she's known as the fierce Chef Sya who'll ruin your face if you get on her nerves. "You feed this Duke with food that has now reach this Duke's heart!" Ju Long announced. "You must take responsibility for this Duke!" "Tsk. Then I suggest you starve!" Sya retorted back to him. "Wife~~~~~." Ju Long whined. "Who here is your wife?" Sya said looking around the empty restaurant. "She must be a ghost. I'll set out an extra bowl at dinner so she won't be a starving ghost."

Raine Marcella was tired. Tired from working several part time jobs to support her family, while taking care of her sick grandmother. Tired of not living for herself, but for others. Tired of taking care of everyone else. Tired of being taken advantage of. Tired of being a door mat to everyone, including her family. Tired of being too considerate of everyone. Too tired to even take care of her health. Raine died due to over exhaustion and health problems that she never took care of. Even when she was really sick, she did not get treatment for her illness. When she died, she was alone and forgotten by her family members. Raine really regreted how she lived her life. She wished that her next life, she wouldn't have to struggle so hard, just to live. Upon her death, her soul was bounded to a transmigrating system. And due to her selfless actions in her previous life, she was granted one wish. "I wish to have an easy life, so I can be finally be lazy in life." [Wish will be granted, with one condition, do you accept?] "What is the condition?" [Wish will be granted, with one condition, do you accept? Yes/No] Raine thought to herself and decided to accept the condidtion. How bad could the condition be? "Yes." [Congratulations, your wish has been granted. Downloading "GoldenFinger.ZIP" and "Succubus.ZIP"] "Wait... what?" Raine shouted as she could only watch as the two zip files download on the screen in front of her. "What kind of scam system is this?!?" Warning: R18, Gender Bender, BL/Yaoi, Yuri, and straight couple

She was known as The Ghost, the most fearsome poison assassin in Bido Kingdom. No one lives after she attacks. No one can buy her loyalty. No one can control her. No one knows her whereabouts. She comes and goes as she pleases, blowing in with the eastern wind and leaving with the northern storm. But before she was The Ghost, she was just Du Hongmo. An orphan picked up by a family of farmers that raised her until an unfortunate event killed her foster family. Pitiful, alone, and betrayed by humanity, she survived on the knowledge that the only person she could rely on is herself. Du Hongmo meets a Goryo. A vengeful ghost who ties her soul with Hongmo and teaches Hongmo everything she knows. "The world never wanted you. You have a cursed fate. The world brought you into this world unwanted and now the world wants to throw you away without even a chance to fight for yourself." The Goryo whispered into her ear. "Meeting me is your fate bringing us together. Du Hongmo, do you know what your name means? It means Poison Iris. And before I became a Goryo, I was a poison expert. I'll impart on to you my knowledge so you'll have a fighting chance in this cursed world. And in return, you'll feed me the souls of those you killed." Forced into an unwanted life and death contract with the Goryo, Hongmo strives to live a conscientious life while walking on a thin line of good and evil. On her journey to find herself and her place in the world, she will encounter the men who will stand beside her as she takes revenge on the man who lied, chased, and broke her.

One Year, that's what they agreed upon. That's why she worked so hard to please him. That's why she did everything in her power to help him and his people. So she could live her second life, the way she wanted. In peace. One Year, they promised each other. To live a life as husband and wife. One Year, to convince everyone that they were a loving couple. One Year, to gather information on his enemies. One Year, to gather as much support and power from the royal court to his side. One Year, of playing pretend and fooling the whole Kingdom of their fake love story. Little did she know, it only took One Year for him to fall in love with her. Will he keep to his word of One Year? Or go back on it and break their promise?