De Avila Series #1 "Wattys 2022 Grand Prize Winner" Known as the most stubborn and troublemaker daughter of the De Avila family, nothing stops Socorro from pursuing her dreams and passion for writing. Despite living in the 19th century, she believes women can also do great things like men. Being the next daughter to be sent off to an arranged marriage like her older sisters, she's now determined to create her destiny and break every single custom of what a woman was taught to do. She earns money by writing love letters as a ghostwriter. Everything seems to work according to her plan until she meets a young nobleman who can catch her lies and make her feel the love she thought only exists in books. Book cover design by @mariya_alfonso Language: Filipino Date Started: October 31, 2021 Date Finished: June 18, 2022

"Marriage? It was more like a contract. A contract where you sign an alliance treaty more than being bound to together with love and compassion. A contract where you agree to fulfil to terms and conditions instead of wedding vows. Just a mere contract. No happiness, no joy, no celebration. No kiss to seal their marriage, the blue stamp did the job....." A love story of 1600s The Prince of Jevanna had a dreadful past where he loses his beautiful wife, Ophelia. To add more frustration to his life he was burdered by the affairs of Jevanna and was being forced to marry the princess of Cyrail to reduce his burdens and strengthen bonds with the allies. While going through such a stressful situation, will he be able to forget Ophelia? Will he find out who her murderer was? Will the Princess of Cyrail teach him how to love once again? Will their love blossom under the ruthless gaze of the killer or would she become another victim? Read more to see how the couple goes through different trials and difficulties of belonging to a royalty in this tale of suspense, drama and of course... Romance~

imagine niyo na lang ito yung ending nila carmela at juanito hihe. Para naman malunasan ang puso mo at puso kong nawasak ng kwentong to. huhu.

"Matagal-tagal rin akong nangulila sa'yo, mahal ko... Nabuhay ako nang napakahaba at hindi ko man lang nahawakang muli ang kamay mo, kaya hayaan mo munang yakapin kita ngayon, Carmela." ⊰ Written from November 2017 to September 2019. --------------------------------------- Highest rank: #1 in Historical (2019), #1 in FanFiction (2017), #1 in MarNella and UndeniablyGorgeous (2018 & 2019) ---------------------------------------- Disclaimer: This is a fanfiction (both comprised of JuanEla the first and our little JuanEla's story in the modern time) made for @UndeniablyGorgeous' I Love You Since 1892. Please do read the story first before this book. Thank you! Cover and all photos are edited by @curiousparadox.