Sydney James Wantirano is a woman of contrasts. With a fiery, untamable spirit and unyielding principles, she commands respect and admiration. Yet, behind this formidable exterior lies a tender heart that remains devoted to her parents, despite their harsh treatment and the absence of familial love. Her efforts to honor and make them proud are both a testament to her resilience and a source of hidden pain. Everything changes one fateful night when Sydney meets Xarius-a charming, effervescent man who shatters her rigid world. His presence awakens something in her that she never knew she was missing. For the first time, Sydney feels truly at home, valued, and loved-experiences she thought were forever beyond her reach. The irony of finding solace in someone so different from herself only deepens the impact of their connection. But such profound change comes at a cost. Sydney is faced with an impossible choice: between embracing the happiness Xarius offers and fulfilling her obligations to those who have always been her burden. Torn between two conflicting paths, she must decide whether to pay the price for her newfound joy or abandon it to maintain her old responsibilities. Will Sydney find a way to navigate these treacherous waters, or will she escape into the safety of the familiar, leaving behind the twisted wildlands of her heart? Started: July 18, 2020 End: December 17, 2020

To transform her family's life from rags to riches, Cari is determined to focus on her studies and set the idea of love aside. But upon meeting the mysterious Ross, she knew things will never be the same again. Will Cari be able to tame the fiery beast in him--or let herself burn from the heat? ___ Possessing both beauty and brains, Carmilla Rina Dela Pente is dearly called 'Aphrodite' by her best friends. Despite being a head-turner, Cari has no intention to entertain suitors because she has strict goals set up- to fulfill her family's dreams. One soccer game unexpectedly changes her life, ultimately drawing her to the cold and handsome Ross. For the first time in their lives, both Cari and Ross experienced the bliss of falling in love. But with their feelings growing stronger, Cari soon discovers that their love comes with a price- one that may cost her not only her special love ones, but even more. Disclaimer: This story is written in Taglish. Start: May 12, 2020 End: July 18, 2020

| Stonehearts #8 | COMPLETED | A crystal of positive attitude, a ray of growth and a blinding sunshine, Vivienne Peridot Hermoso is one radiant energy. This lady born on the 19th of August always believed that by honoring positivity, abundance in everything will follow. So when she learned something that is detrimental to everything she had hoped and wished for, she saw to it that her receptiveness and maturity will peek thru her dilemma. It took her awhile in her quest to understand the game of the universe being played on her but later on accepted and decided to move on. But when she got everything controlled and her next moves planned, one man came barging in and started ruining her every scheme.

| C O M P L E T E D | 21 JANUARY 2020 - 31 AUGUST 2020 | Stonehearts Series #7 | Ruby Carianne Barrameda isn't your typical girl. Fiery and captivating just like her birth stone, this lady born on the 20th of July, never once backed down to a challenge. With her wit and luster of positive attitude, every task she's given will be marked done and completed before it even started. This young lady always thought that the inextinguishable flame inside her heart would never die just as long as she maintain her life-force energy to be clear of hatred, motivated, and confident. And that it would be easier for her to overcome any timidity she faces along the way. But is her radiance and determination be enough for this man? Or does she need to break her heart to save his?

| COMPLETED | 15 June 2017 - 19 February 2020 | Stonehearts Series #6 | Pearl Alicia Alexandrite Bautista, born 21st of June, is known as the person with the purest of heart. She, like her birthstone, which is the only organic in nature amongst the twelve, was born to be gentle, nurturing, kind and supportive. She had her fair share of troubles and difficulties in her life. Like how she stood on her own two feet after her parents died when she was 16. Like how she struggled to get a degree while juggling three part-time jobs just to get by. And like how she took in the responsibility of being a parent to a baby her cousin left when she died. All of that, she accepted with a big smile and arms wide open. But one thing she can't ever willingly accept was the thing that happened one night. The thing that started with one guy.

| COMPLETED | 30 March 2017 - 27 June 2019 | Stonehearts Series #5 | Just like how her birthstone is coveted by royalty, Emerald Charisma Vinluan is yearned for by people because of her excellence in her field of work. This darling girl who has the beauty of an autocrat was born on the 22nd of May and has embodied all the characteristics of her birthstone Emerald. She's loyal, holding and keeping faith to things unknown. She's very much grounded, balance and sensible despite the towering success she achieved in her profession. She's positive, always dwelling on the good things to come. She's then living her imperfect but satisfied life. But everything started crumbling down when she was tasked to work with someone who mastered the way of bringing out the worst in her. Someone who inhabits the bittersweet parts of her past.

| COMPLETED | 21 November 2016 - 30 March 2017 | Stonehearts Series #4 | Just like how valuable her birthstone is, Minerva Diamond Timbresa is her parents' one and only, precious baby. Born on the 23rd of April, Aya is absolutely like her birthstone Diamond. She has that enduring beauty, the one's that will never fade nor wither with the fast-changing time. Has that unparalleled brilliance, she, most of the time, surpasses people's expectations. She also has that unbreakable spirit, she's highly optimistic and thinks that there's no such thing as a gloomy day. But will her disperse personality still be intact once she meets a man so deadly that no one's brave enough to work for him? Will she still be as unbreakable as diamonds when she meets the dire and terrifying Earl Ferris Pedrialva?

Finally, umamin na rin ang mailap na si Daniel na love din niya si Kitty Maxene! Magkasundo naman kaya ang dalawa lalo na at bratinella itong ating bidang kuting? Hmmm...Huwag bibitiw sa book 2 :) Enjoy reading, guys!

Gilen Ramirez is a happy-go-lucky- kind of woman. She always had a food in her bag. She doesn't care what other people think of her as long as she knew that she's not doing anything wrong. But what everyone doesn't know is behind her happy-go-lucky attitude hides a very serious woman who knows how to use a gun. Kaino Garcia is an NBI Agent who was given a job to protect a woman who knows too much. Nang makita niya ang babae, gusto niyang matawa. She's nothing but a happy-go-lucky glutton woman. Ito ba ang babaeng may alam ng lahat na kailangan nilang malaman? Baka nagkakamali lang ang superior niya. Pero walang nagawa si Kaino kung hindi protektahan si Gilen, ang hindi niya alam, na sa pag-protekta niya sa dalaga, manganganib din pala ang puso niya.