The end is just the beginning. Read the Chess Pieces #1, #2, #3, #4, #5 before reading this.

Spoiled and rich, Maddison Montealegre convinced herself that love is only for the weak. But when she meets Clegane Cordova, she can't deny her feelings. Their blossoming love is only the start of this tale of lost love, betrayal, and misunderstandings. ***** Young, privileged, and spoiled, Maddison Montealegre thought she had life figured out by promising herself she would never fall in love and be under anyone's spell. But when Clegane Cordova enters her life, Maddy's declaration goes out the window. She falls head over heels in love with Clegane and experiences many firsts with him. However, before they can live their happily ever after, one act of selflessness sets in motion a series of misunderstandings that leave Maddy heartbroken and more jaded than ever. When she and Clegane meet again after years apart, will he prove to be her first and last or will her stubborn heart push him further away? DISCLAIMER: This story is written in Taglish. Cover design by Siiryal

The saddest thing in the world is loving someone who used to love you. Yes, I still love him, still thinking about him. His face, his laugh, his love. Pero yung thought na ayaw na niya sa 'yo? It feels like your heart is getting ripped out and stomped on, and then someone is trying to pry open your chest to put it back. It makes your stomach hurt, like it's nauseous. You feel like life isn't even worth living anymore, but you know you can't die, just in case that person wants you back. But what if hindi na? habang buhay ka na lang bang aasa? habang buhay ka na lang bang maghihintay sa kanya? O uumpisahan mo nang kalimutan siya at magmahal ng iba?

He is Asher Ruiz. Mayaman. Gwapo. Sikat. Name it, he has it. Pero sa paningin ni Athena Miguele Hizon, he's nothing but a mere weirdo. She doesn't want anything to do with him. But, her curiosity said otherwise. She became his "personal assistant" and entered the door to his life, which was troublesome for her considering her "walang pakialam sa mundo" personality. Will the risk she took for him be worth it? "I entered the maze to the game of feelings. Puso ko ang nakataya dito. Inaamin ko na sa sarili ko, I like that dork."

#StanfieldBook1: Duke Steele "So which is it... are you leaving me because I'm a criminal? Or because you think I'm a liar?" Secrets. Lies. And deception. It all comes back six years ago, when Louraine Samantha Allegra thought her life was turned upside down and she was tossed into a black-hole of misery of life-the ugly past she never wanted to remember. But then, six years had passed and Louraine stood face to face with a man who will be her husband, the same man who froze her heart. Duke Arjun Steele-the man with undeniably good-looks, confidence and oozing sex-appeal. Dangerous and darker. Can his fiery eyes warm her heart and melt the icy barriers he himself erected? Disclaimer: The story is written in Filipino/Tagalog. __________________________ Started: December 2014 Ended: August 2015 AyamiLu © Copyright 2014-2015 All rights reserved.

Cynical Zara Gonzales and notorious playboy Blue Steele gamble their hearts in a game with a single rule: no falling in love. But when the past comes resurfacing back to Blue and Zara finds herself running for her freedom, maybe rules are meant to be broken. *** Running from her father's debt, Zara Gonzales masks her appearance and keeps a low profile working as a game developer for notorious playboy and bachelor Blue Steele. Intrigued by her obvious dislike for him, Blue is adamant to charm her, and eventually, she can't deny the flames of passion burning between them. With a single rule of they can't fall in love with each other, can Zara gamble her heart and risk losing to a man who believes that love doesn't exist? DISCLAIMER: This story is written in Taglish. COVER DESIGN: Louise De Ramos

#StanfieldBook3: Sage Steele Shakyra Noelle Lagdameo wants to know the memories her brain had refused to reveal. Kyra only knows her life as a 22 years old woman-- who was lively and eager to chase her own dreams, away from her controlling father and selfish socialite sisters. Yet she woke up in her twenty-sixth-year-old self, without any hint what her life had been in the gap between. Her psychoanalyst advised her to go forward and live the way she used to. But how can she do that when a large part of her brain was missing? She couldn't completely lead a life feeling incomplete. Like a jigsaw puzzle, that's what her brain looks like-- an incomplete mess. Determined to find out the life her brain had shut out, she quested to look for it and she started with a man with an unforgettable name etched on her brain-- Vaughn Sage Steele. But what if she didn't like what she finds? Could she face the truth and accept it then? Disclaimer: The story is written in Filipino/Tagalog. _________________________ Started: September 2015 Ended: August 2016 AyamiLu © Copyright 2015-2016 All rights reserved.

Hindi ko alam kung anong pinasok ko. Basta ang alam ko, sinundan ko ang best friend ko kung saan man sya dinala ng mga lalaking naka-tuxedo. Basta ang alam ko, kailangan nyang pumasok sa Legerdemain Academy, isang prestihiyosong paaralan kung saan nag-aaral daw mga piling mag-aaral. Ayon sa bali-balita, misteryoso daw ang school na iyon. Bukod sa sobrang laki, kakaiba rin ang pamamalakad ng school at pati mga estudyante, kakaiba. Pero wala akong paki-alam. Papasok ako dito at....bahala na. "You don't choose the Academy. The Academy chose you." -BASED FROM THE ANIME ALICE ACADEMY- HIGHEST RANKINGS: #1 - SUPER POWERS CATEGORY 05/11/'18 - 08/03/'18 - 11/06/'18 #1 - MAGIC CATEGORY 06/19/'18 - 08/03/'18 #1 - FLAIR CATEGORY 07/06/'19 #5- FANTASY CATEGORY 11/13/'18 #8 - ACADEMY CATEGORY 10/25/'18

#StanfieldHeir4: Serena Steele Winter Serena Steele-- heiress to Stanfield Empire-- is the very beloved youngest of the Steele. Oh yes! She relished her fame and basked in her glory. But her childish heart secretly yearns for something magical-- a love that will lead her to forever. But no one is good enough for her brothers. They think men just want her for what she have and use her to climb up to a ladder and get to the top. And some men are not ashamed to show her that she was indeed coveted because of her title. She's tired of those kind of men. Weak, opportunist and coward. Might as well be an old maid than marry for convinience. But on her way to fulfill her promise to her brother, she journeyed in a far away farm with an abandoned castle and found a man who owned a heartbreakingly gorgeous face and a mysterious heart. Killian Draco DeVilla-- the Devil's son. Dark and dangerous. But brave. The man who makes her heart flutter. Can she persuade him without tripping her crown first? Disclaimer: The story is written in Filipino/Tagalog. _________________________ Started: July 2016 Ended: AyamiLu © Copyright 2016 All rights reserved.

#StanfieldBook2: ZekeSteele (#Wattys2016Winner Collector's Edition) "I've made mistakes out of my rebellion. But I embrace them because they made me who I am and what I am now. I found a brother, people I can trust, and a girl who meant the world to me... And I fell in love. I thought I don't deserve her love because I have always blamed myself for her brother's death. And she hated me for the past. We suppressed the feelings we had for each other, and buried them for so long. But it was a rebellious love. We couldn't fight it. We're weak against each other, and the only way to win was to lose." Disclaimer: The story is written in Filipino/Tagalog. _________________________ Started: June 2015 Ended: February 2016 AyamiLu © Copyright 2015-2016 All rights reserved.