"Wattys 2021 Winner in Historical Fiction Category" Si Agnes Salazar y Romero ay ikinasal sa lalaking malabong masuklian ang kaniyang pagmamahal dahil sa matinding galit nito sa pamilyang kaniyang kinabibilangan. Ang kanilang pagsasama ay puno ng lungkot, pasakit, at suliranin. Natuklasan ni Agnes ang lihim ng kaniyang asawa na si Alfredo na tuluyang sumira sa kanilang pagsasama. Nang dahil sa isang aksidente, tuluyang nagbago ang kanilang buhay. Sa muling pagtatagpo ng kanilang landas, magagawa bang balikan ni Agnes ang buhay sa nakaraan? O ang mapait na nakaraan kapiling ang dating asawa ang maging dahilan upang piliin niya ang bagong buhay kasama si Mateo? Hanggang saan ang kayang gawin ng isang taong nalugmok sa pagsisisi, panghihinayang, at pag-ibig? Started: December 31, 2020 Completed: August 9, 2021

The love that I knew wasn't like the ones written in a book. It wasn't beautiful and magical. It doesn't bring butterflies in my stomach and it doesn't make me feel special. It doesn't feel like home, I do not feel secured. It does not make me feel safe and worthy. The love that I experience doesn't feel like love. I'm not really sure if it is love because it made me doubt, insecure and unloved. And all I experience was pain. No it was torture. To see him love someone else when all I could do is to love him and let him love her. Now I don't know if I could ever love someone else, After him.

Zita is a woman who can't be tamed. Her freedom and unending adventures are the very reasons men flock to her, always thrilled just to be near her. Wild and free, her spirit speaks nothing but adventure. Her presence draws people in without even trying. Simple and plain have never been part of her vocabulary-at least, not until she met him. Saturn-her guy version. The moment he entered her life, everything she did suddenly felt simple, almost plain. He can't be tamed. His freedom makes her feel caged. His existence unsettles her, bothers her, pulls her attention in ways she refuses to admit... and soon, curiosity becomes something deeper. In her attempt to figure him out, Zita finds herself falling-slowly at first, then all at once. Until one day, she wakes up searching for him, only to realize she has fallen for Saturn hard and deep. Will she be able to tame him? Will he ever let her tame him as she never run out of hope? Will he ever let her in to his life with her indefinite hope?

"You are invited to Temptation Island."