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The Princess of Manila by liadeflores
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(Pearl Palace Series #1) [18+] Georgina Aldana never expected to wear a crown, let alone marry the prince she had spent fourteen years hating. Inside the palace, however, Juan Miguel de Loyola proves to be nothing like the cruel boy she remembers. Behind his seemingly cold and guarded exterior is a man carrying impossible burdens, and despite herself, Georgina begins to fall in love. But the palace is full of secrets. A woman who is believed to be Miguel's longtime lover refuses to disappear. Political alliances continuously shift, and the ghosts of an unsolved massacre threaten to ruin the fragile trust they've built. As old truths resurface, Georgina is forced to question everything she thought she knew, not only about the Loyola Massacre, but about the man she now calls her husband. DISCLAIMER: The story is written in Taglish. WARNING: MATURE CONTENT | R-18 COVER DESIGN: Yours truly
I Was Once Like You - COMPLETED by GorgeousYooo
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STATUS: COMPLETED [ISLA GRANDE SERIES #01] Four years after the tyranny happened in Lourense's life, she finally got out of her comfort zone. Vhanne Lhourense's life as a college student was turned upside down when she decided to grab the opportunity of having a scholarship and transfer to a well-known college in Isla Grande. After the long year she had mourned, she finally got the news about the car that had crashed into her parents'. While she seeks justice for her deceased parents, she discovers some secrets within Sierra Leona Colleges, the school where the children of wealthy and privileged families attend. A hell school, concealed as heaven. It holds a much more dangerous truth behind its metal doors and high walls. Violence led by the group of spoiled brats from school puts Lhourense and her new friend face to-face with life. As she struggles to lift the dark curtain and ensure justice, her emotions will get in the way and her heart will be turned upside down. The winds of youth will blow so hard and so intense that nothing at Sierra Leona Colleges will ever be the same. But despite all the tyranny she experienced, will she be able to love the man who is connected to someone who ruined her life? What if she falls in love with someone already but the person who left her comes back to win her again, who will she choose? Is she willing to give Ryler a chance or choose Yuan to continue their unfinished story? If the adage "first love never dies" were true, why would she fall for someone she has never loved before?
Wife By Law, Love By Chance (Ford Series #2) by GoldenIshes
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Ford Series #2 Claudia grew up in a humble but loving household-where every peso was stretched, every meal was shared, and every dream was carried by prayers and sacrifice. From a young age, she knew she wanted to help others. Hindi dahil sa drama. But because she saw pain up close: neighbors who couldn't afford check-ups, families torn by sickness they couldn't treat. Kaya bata pa lang siya, alam na niyang gusto niyang maging doktor. Behind the scholarship that changed her life is the powerful Ford family, whose son, Azri, is as distant as he is enigmatic. Raised in luxury but haunted by his own family's expectations, Azri is used to building walls. What neither of them expected was to be forced into an arranged marriage-a quiet agreement between families, sealed before Clawy ever knew his name.
The Embers (Eulogy of Us #2) by klasifikada
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Yvonne Maica Lim is an aspiring UAAP court side reporter for UST, she was so close to getting her football player crush after plotting on him for almost a year...but everything fell apart when she had to fake date the infamous star basketball player of the UST Growling Tigers instead. Book cover by cottonbro studio in pexels
Eight-Word Love Story [Published Under Flutter Fic] by ov3rtin_ker
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One of the boys, Alfredalae Moren Zamora, stands as an image of a beautiful lady with a heart of a man: tough, resilient, and brave-just like her father, whom she's living with alone. After her sister died of cancer and her mother left for another family, Moren only had her papa to rely on. Even so, she has four 'boy friends'. The most annoying one is Ross, her childhood bestie, aka ENEMY. She hated him first. He hated her more. Eight words. Sigurado na si Moren na babae ang gusto niya. Hindi lalaki. At mas lalong hindi si Ross! Pero kapag inatake ka nga naman ng kamalasan, hindi ka makaiiwas. Moren unintentionally did something wrong. As a consequence, she has to act like a girl and pretend to be in love with Ross. All that to help him win Celine, his dream girl. From squabbling and petty fights, how will Ross and Moren make everyone believe they are together? Will Moren be able to help Ross win? Or will she find herself losing first? Will their eight words stay the same? Or will the fake dating proceed to something else? Ended: January 2022
A Promise Buried In Time (Vergara Series #1) | COMPLETED - UNDER EDITING by airywts_
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Synopsis. Two childhood friends who know each other very well. Been there through their lowest and highest point of their life. When they were young, Zachriel promised to Gwyndelle that he will marry her no matter what happens and promised to her that they will witness each other's success and have a beautiful life together. But everything changed when they both turned 18, Zachriel's family arranged a marriage for them. Gwyndelle doesn't want to get married yet. She wants to study first before marriage. Gwyndelle goes to Plaridel - her home town. She lived there and studied at Bulacan State University to pursue her dream course. She finished Medical there. 15 years passed, and she received a letter from their friend, and it said that Zachriel, her childhood friend. It was another fixed marriage by his family. Zachriel was in love with Gwyndelle since they were kids. Gwyndelle was in-love too. But an unexpected tragedy happened. Zachriel got into an accident while he was going to the church for the wedding with his new fiancee. His parents call Gwyndelle to save their son. Gwyndelle rushed to the emergency room. She saw his boy, full of blood. The question is, is she going to save the boy and have a successful operation or will she fail to save him? Are they going to fulfill the promises or will they be buried in time forever? STATUS: completed STARTED: 06/29/25 ENDED: 08/21/25
Never Meant to Fall (Midnight Series #1)  by Sarvanta
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Midnight Series #1 Is being smart a blessing. . . or a curse? Sera's life feels like a game- quiet, calculated, and always a step ahead. Like a chessboard laid out before her, where she moves as the queen and others exist merely as pieces. She's an independent woman. She doesn't need anyone. She knows her boundaries. She knows her worth. Or at least, that's what she believes. Then she meets a man who was the complete opposite of her. A man who doesn't plan ten steps ahead, only the next day. Someone who wakes up just to survive. A pawn, trapped in the same game she thought she had already mastered. She was never meant to fall. Yet somehow... she already does. -Sarvanta
Broken Vessels  by joelexxe
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A Man Of God Series #1 Like a jar, I was whole. Tidy on the outside, but too fragile to keep. Then came the cracks. Small, easy to hide at first. Until I shattered, piece by piece, in the hands of people who never intended to keep me from the very beginning. They called me a mistake. And soon, I started calling myself unworthy. For a while, that become my only name. So I ran. From Him. From everyone. Ashamed of who I had become, and the cracks I had gathered from years of being blind. But can someone who is been shattered... still hold love again? What if healing feels heavier than the cracks? And what if God was never angry... just waiting? Started: March 19, 2024 Ended: July 5, 2025 Just a note: I don't own the original photo, everything you see here was created using elements available on Canva.
Once Upon a Star (Celestial Series #1) by raphonzel
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Haven Audrea Polina grew up asking questions the world never answered kindly. Bakit may mayaman at may mahirap? Bakit may magaling at may pangkaraniwan lang? Bakit may mga taong isinilang na parang sigurado na sa sarili, habang ang iba, pilit hinuhubog ang pagkatao para lang matawag na may silbi? She lives between four corners; of a room, of a classroom, of expectations she learned to carry too early. A girl who can do many things, yet holds nothing she can truly call her own. She exists quietly, believing that being ordinary is safer than hoping for more. Haven never wished upon stars. Not because she didn't believe in them, but because she feared the cost. She learned early that the universe has a way of taking something back. And with a family already held together by sacrifice and love, she chose gratitude over longing. Settling felt like survival. Until Gabriel Elias Martinez came into her orbit. With eyes that carried warmth instead of distance, he showed her a world beyond what she had learned to afford. Beyond fear. Beyond quiet self-denial. Through him, Haven saw color where she once only allowed herself comfort. And for the first time, she looked up-not to ask for more, but to wonder if she was allowed to keep what made her feel alive. Yet stars have their own sky. A light pulled too close can burn. A star forced out of its place can lose its glow. And love-when tangled with fear, timing, and self-worth, can become something fragile. So Haven does what she has always done. She steps back. She looks up. And instead of wishing, she prays, that the star she learned to love remains alight, even if her place is only to look up from afar.