THE FOUR SEASONS SERIES #1 Like the birth of spring, Ylliana Amarisse Maravilla stepped into a new life in the city. Living under the roof of her estranged aunt and cousin, she met Cadrien Raphaelo Velgara, a third-year Biology student and her cousin's best friend. Growing up in poverty, love wasn't in her list of priority. She doesn't fall in love with guys easily. The only thing that matters to her is to become a registered nurse someday. ‎ ‎But while she was busy chasing her dreams, this softly captivating man keeps stirring up her emotions. He was kind, gentle, and everything a woman could ask for. She vowed to never be swayed. Especially that loving the man was strictly forbidden in the first place. ‎ ‎She thought she wouldn't. However, her heart betrayed her. She lost. She fell. She broke the rule she set for herself. And now, she had to face the man with love blooming inside her heart. ‎ ‎Knowing well that he only treated her as nothing more... than a little sister.

Briseida Montrose has always been the black sheep of the powerful Montrose Dynasty - one of the Asia's most influential family of social media moguls, owners of Montrose Media Group, an empire built on image, influence, and control. To the public, they're flawless. To her, they're strangers. After being ghosted by her own family for two months, Briseida is suddenly summoned for what she's told is a "family dinner." What she doesn't know is that it's a setup - an arranged engagement designed to strengthen business ties with another powerful family: the Santoros, a dynasty of world-renowned chefs. Her supposed fiancé, Evanridge Santoro, is a mute chef whose silence speaks louder than all the noise around her. Calm, patient, and grounded, Evanridge becomes the quiet contrast to her chaos - the one person who doesn't judge her for falling apart. But love doesn't come easily for Briseida. With a boyfriend who betrays her, a family that treats her like a pawn, and a career that's the only thing keeping her alive, she must choose between protecting her fragile world or risking it for something real. Because maybe, just maybe... the man who cannot speak will be the one who finally teaches her how to be heard. ❀࿐ Started: 10-10-25 Ended: 11- 26-25

ISLA DEL TESORO #1. Meria Nasha Fermi is a brilliant and wise girl. But her principles that stood firm and strong, were easily destroyed by him. Because of an issue, she decided to move out of Isla del Tesoro. That was the best way she could think of. She chose to sacrifice herself. Sadly, it looks like fate wasn't on her side. Nang manirahan sa Maynila, she thought that everything would go well. Not until she found out about her family's secret. Her schoolmates got mad and did something beyond bullying. Hence, she decided to run to Baguio. Never expecting to meet someone there, but she was wrong. Until where can her fate take her? Maybe somewhere, far better than expected? Would it take her to Zennon Ashenbert again? With everything bottling up inside her, how will she cope up? Can she ever go back to Isla del Tesoro again? If so, then how? With all the chains that are binding her, how will she loose those chains? Hanggang kailan ba kakayanin ng isang tao ang pagiging mabait at maintindihin? *** Started: Sept. 4, 2020 Ended: Dec. 24, 2020

Dion Andrius, a determined and overachiever college heartthrob of BS Biology, made his goal clear to himself already, and it is to become a professional... The best surgeon someday. A relationship-oriented man who has been living a perfect life like a lottery winner, especially when he met Thalia, a not-so-crybaby and a daddy's girl from BSBA FM who put too much pressure on him as he tried reaching her standards, and that's her daddy. She's just wanting someone who'll love her the way his father treasures her and the way her father loves her mom. And yes... He did prove it's him she's searching for. Butterflies. Sugars. Honey. Unfortunately, after all those sweet and good times... He's not born under a lucky star yet. What happened, then? #ATLLWP

Grayson Amell Ruiz has it all, the good things and the bad things. But not until Ava Amelia started bugging his life.

Desperate to save Astorga, her café/studio/home, from her grandfather's wrath, Mattie sought help from her brother to change their Tata Bram's mind. Ngunit sa pangingialam lang ng kuya niya ay nadamay pa ito sa galit ng matanda. Now, Tata Bram gave the siblings two options. He will only retract his decision to demolish Astorga if: 1) Nathaniel can find a woman he would want to marry 2) Matina begs for forgiveness for beating up an investor's son The first option was absurd. Kung may gusto mang pakasalan ang kuya niya, walang iba kundi ang trabaho nito. As far as she knew, Nathan only dated paperworks. The second option though, is a nail to swallow for Mattie. She doesn't want to apologize. She SHOULD NOT. And she has a solid reason not to. Pero paano na ang Astorga? It is her life, her home, and her bread and butter all in all. Ready na sana siyang lunukin ang prinsipyo niya. But when she saw Nathan look at Valerie Hechanova with longing, yearning and love in his eyes, pumihit ng 180 degrees ang plano ni Mattie. Maybe the first option is not so impossible afterall? Kailangan lang ng konting push ni Nathan. At para sa ano pang naging best sister siya kung hindi niya tutulungan ito. It would be hitting two birds with one stone. Nathan gets to be with his love, and she gets to keep Astorga. Her plan is watertight. Pinangalanan niya pa itong Project Valathan. The only remaining problem was, Enoch Irving Hechanova, Val's balikbayan cousin, is like a gum on her shoes. Hindi tuloy makaporma ang kuya niya dahil palagi itong nakabuntot kay Val. To eradicate the devastatingly handsome guy out of the scene, sapilitang isinangkot niya ito sa project niya. Now everything is set for Project Valathan. Pero iba atang project ang nangyayari dahil imbis na si Valerie ang mainlove kay Nathan ay mukhang siya pa ngayon ang nahuhulog kay Enoch. Hala! Paano niya masasalba ang Astorga, eh parang papuntang Project Matinoch na ito?

Beatrix Phoebe Serrano

First Book of Allure Men Series Eris Jace Salazar, a strong and independent woman determined to stand on her own, makes a deal with Lorenzo Feline Carreon III, the ridiculously handsome heir of a powerful family, who was hiding a secret that could ruin everything he has. She needs the money. He needs a way out. And the solution just happens to be a sham marriage neither of them truly wanted. The rules were supposed to keep things simple, pretend to be happily married, keep their emotions out of it, and under no circumstances let anyone discover the truth. But living under one roof, pretending to be a real couple, turns out to be more complicated than they thought. Started writing: September 19 2019 Ended writing: November 4 2025

Amid hidden pain and unexpected challenges, two hearts cling to love, navigating a fate they never chose. Essence Series: First Installment. start: 07/21/2025 finish: 02/07/2026

*THE WATTYS 2025 SHORTLIST* Cassandra, an engineering student, was orphaned young. Since her parents died, she supported herself and her brother. She took all kinds of jobs to pay for their studies and her brother's medical care. She's cheerful, mischievous, and loving, but she never expected her life to change when she met Zac Miguel Ortega, a professor at her university.