They say that happy-go-lucky people bury their deepest pain behind smiles. For Maverick Evander, an architecture student, was entangled in a web of uncertainty by his parents' decision to separate. Beneath his playful image and a well-known loud circle, he was able to carry a facade-a mystery no one could ever decipher. How can you read someone when they are just black pages in the book? That's how engineering student Rade Archiel Tejano sees Mavric: a blinding sun you could only graze upon. And the more he tries to solve the puzzles in Mavric's mind games, the more Mavric's wall thickens. Will Rade be able to crush someone who is already broken? Will Mavric top someone when he's the one who's falling? In a play where one had to win, both of them fell...hard.

Earth Series #1

Brent Fortejo is an actor and notorious womanizer-the youngest of the Fortejo siblings. Love isn't in his vocabulary. He could thank his multi-billionaire father for that- for imprinting his philanderous genes in him. Kaya naman hindi siya nakikipagrelasyon sa kung kanino. Not until he met Ashley. She changed him in the craziest way possible. Kaya naman ginawa niya ang lahat para maisakama ang dalaga. That way, he would realize that it was all his desire. But he was wrong. He couldn't admit to himself that he was capable of feeling something else, apart from lust. Will he be able to commit to a future with her? What if his old habits get the best of him and ruin the beautiful affair they have?

Erotica | R18 | Dark Romance He's married. He's my billionaire boss. I'm the intern. What could go wrong?

(Trope Series # 3) Arielle was contented living her quiet life. She's got a job that pays well, a place to live, eats three times a day, and had friends that she genuinely enjoys being around with. Life's good as far as she's concerned. It may be boring for some, but she's at peace and contented and that's what's important. Until she met Zion. He's hot and funny and kind-and he wants her. So when he asks her to be fuck buddies with him, against all logic and rationality, she said yes. It's just temporary and for fun. As long as she knows her boundaries and consciously stops herself from being attached, she'll be fine. It's all for fun and experience... so how bad can it be, right?

Paid to work as Hidden Sparks' city villainess, Mystic suddenly finds herself in the middle of an impending cosmic trouble that could destroy East Wellington. But with the city hero by her side, can Mystic manage to change the course of faith and end this chaos in time? *** With an ongoing recession in effect in Hidden Sparks, city hero Mister Beckman unexpectedly asks for help from city villainess Mystic. As they spend more time together, they discover that someone is planning to open the intergalactic prison that Mystic once closed. Decided to catch the culprit who stole the relics from the National Museum, Mister Beckman and Mystic work hand in hand to stop an upcoming catastrophe in the city. Now faced with betrayal and distrust, will Mister Beckman and Mystic choose to stop the monsters that are wreaking havoc in East Wellington? Or will they decide to keep still and let the people realize that they are more than what they are perceived to be? Disclaimer: This story is written in Taglish. Cover Design by Regina Dionela ♦♦♦ Cosmic Trouble at the Guillen's Rooftop © 2022 by Elena Buncaras ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the author, excepting brief quotes and lines used in some description, written specifically for inclusion in this book. This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, some places, and incidents are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, places, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. 01/01/22 - 12/05/2022

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Because of one borrowed night, everything changes. It lingers. It complicates. It grows into something neither of them planned, and neither of them knows how to walk away from. Now Tyler is stuck between the life he was raised to choose and the one that finally feels like his. And Rian has to decide if she's willing to be the thing that breaks it.

An Epistolary Horror ✉ | When her best friend starts seeing an old lady outside her window every two in the morning, Marla takes it upon herself to solve the mystery.

An Epistolary Thriller ✉ | Steven is ecstatic when Celestine Elora, the dreamy new girl in town, agrees to go out with him. He thinks he's finally living the dream, but that's when he receives a chilling warning from a stranger: YOUR GIRLFRIEND IS A PSYCHOPATH!