{𝘉𝘖𝘖𝘒 𝘖𝘕𝘌 𝘖𝘍 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘓𝘖𝘝𝘌𝘓𝘌𝘚𝘚 𝘛𝘙𝘐𝘓𝘖𝘎𝘠} Ria Romano knew hurt like the back of her hand. She was dealt her fair share of bad cards, more than anyone so young should have to face. A cynical girl riddled with the remnants of her past, a shattered sort of soul. She concealed like it was second nature; her instinct being to suppress. She'd offer you a cigarette with a shrug while you were crying because she never was too great with affection. She didn't smile so often but when she did and it was directed at you, you'd never feel such satisfaction. I was told Aria preferred to be alone, isolated; clouding her mind with inhales of her cigarette and drowning it in alcohol. Until she was dealt her good card, out of the pack of bad. They had a love beautiful enough to last a lifetime, the type directors desire to capture and authors aspire to write. Two souls, shattered by the cruelty of the world time and time again with flames that rekindled each others. They were each other's oxygen. They breathed life back into each other, those two insomniacs. <3

After being left behind by the older millionaire who once begged her for a baby, Marah Jones tells one vicious lie to make sure he doesn't walk away unscarred: she's pregnant with another man's child. The problem is the younger surfer she used in her revenge has spent over a year wanting her with an obsession hot enough to make her forget why lying to Preston Sutherland was dangerous in the first place.

Larkin, a gorgeous and sweet twenty-something, has dedicated her world-class talent in computers and technology to helping good criminals disappear and catching the worst of them on the dark web. Despite witnessing the filth of humanity in the underground world, she still sees the glass as half-full, dresses in bright colors, and seems like someone untouched by cruelty. She was perfectly content hiding in the shadows and taking down sickos from behind her screen-until she crossed paths with Simon Lucas G. Jonas, a super tall, hunky, and devastatingly handsome tech CEO. From the moment she saw him, she knew he was her type. If she were a computer keyboard, she would've gladly let him stick his flash drive into her USB port. Hoping to impress him (and maybe snag his attention), she decided to break into his supposedly hack-proof, fortress-like cyber wall. She succeeded-earning her ultimate crush's attention... but also his burning hatred. Now he won't touch her with a ten-foot pole, avoids her like the plague, and looks at her as if she's gum stuck to the bottom of his shoe. Her charm and cuteness? Completely wasted on him. Larkin thought she'd cracked every code in the world. Turns out, she's still struggling with the hardest one yet: The Code To His Heart

Dr. Beauxdeaustreuz Bistalan felt like he suffered a massive myocardial infarction when he first laid eyes on Dr. Carmel Lucia Gozar Jonas, a gorgeous, cool and smart as heck, and a bad-áss government agent slash ObGyn. Right there and then, he knew that she's the one for him. So, he decided to pursue her, even if it means moving to another country just to be close to her. Beaux has everything a woman could want, he's an absolute good-looking, hunky, gentleman. A cardiac resident doctor who truly cares for his patients, in and out of the operating room. A hopeless romantic that would make songs and poems dedicated just to the woman he loves, and many more things that can melt someone's heart again and again. But Carmel is having none of it, because she pushes him away and deflects his advances every time. She refuses and swore to never fall again with anyone, after she got her heart broken by the person she's loved for three years. However, B's dedication is as strong as his feminist values, his hatred to patriarchy, and his defiance to toxic masculinity. He's so dedicated to making her fall in love even if it means being her rebound.

Princess Sumaguban is twenty one, a nursing student, and the only girl in a family of law enforcement. Her father is a chief in the U.S. military, strict but deeply loving, and her uncles in the Philippines wear badges of their own. The kind of family that makes boys nervous before they even say hello. She has effectively had no boyfriend since birth. Not because she couldn't. But because she never wanted what boys her age offered. Too loud. Too careless. Too frat boy, all bravado and no backbone. She was named Princess for a reason. The only girl, fiercely protected, raised with discipline, expectations, and a future she took seriously. School came first. It always did. Her life is busy and full, split between nursing school and hospital rotations, running on caffeine, adrenaline, and stubborn optimism. One ordinary day, she sees him. Tall. Russian. Brown curls that refuse to behave. Glasses. Incredibly handsome. He doesn't smile. She can tell. Lips so luscious it throws her off balance, but she already knows a man like him belongs in a lab or an operating room, not standing this close to her, not close enough that she suddenly forgets how to breathe. She offers him a bite of her favorite snack. She knows she shouldn't have. But in that moment, she knows he takes more than a bite. He takes something that sinks into her chest, threading itself through a place that was never meant for anyone else.

Savannah Lewinsky is lost in the woods in the middle of a snowstorm, and her only hope of survival is a mafia debt collector-Silas Fitzgerald. As she tries to escape from him, she only finds herself returning to the arms of the man who wants to own her completely. *** Getting lost in the wilderness is an ironic fate for a forestry graduate like Savannah Lewinsky. Seeking escape from her suffocating relationship after discovering her boyfriend's infidelity, she makes the reckless decision to run in the middle of a snowstorm. But the woods have eyes, and they are drawn to Savannah. Silas Fitzgerald, a man living deep in the forest, has finally found the woman he wants to spend his life with, and he'll do whatever it takes to keep her within his reach-even if it means making her his in the most irreversible way. As Savannah finds herself craving Silas, will she still choose safety, or will she risk it all? DISCLAIMER: This story is written in Taglish. COVER DESIGN: Louise De Ramos

Dominic John Pierceton is the perfect gentleman-a tall, devastatingly handsome American ambassador with a chiseled jawline, piercing blue eyes, and a carefully measured charm that commands every room. His life is built on control, his reputation spotless, his restraint unwavering. But the moment he meets Maria Elenna "Mela" Dellos Valles-Montejo-the shy, eighteen-year-old daughter of the Philippine President with a quiet grace that hides her own buried desires-his world tilts in ways he never anticipated. Mela's innocence is disarming, her blushes revealing what her lips won't dare say. She's only known men like him in the pages of her sister's forbidden romance novels, but Dominic's attention stirs something deeper, something that makes her heart race and leaves her wanting more. For Mela, the stakes are just as high; she knows how hard her mother worked to become president, and risking her family's reputation is the last thing she wants. Yet, with each encounter, she finds herself caught between loyalty to her family and her undeniable pull toward the ambassador. Dominic tells himself he must keep his distance, yet every stolen glance, every accidental touch ignites a desire he can't ignore. Bound by duty and a flawless public image, he's always been in control-but with Mela, that control begins to slip. Behind closed doors, propriety and restraint give way to something darker, a chemistry neither of them can resist. Their worlds are at stake, and yet, neither can bring themselves to walk away. With each encounter, the pull between them grows stronger, promising a forbidden romance that will test how far The Gentleman is willing to go-and just how much Mela is willing to risk.

Katrina may be a successful emergency physician, but she was once labeled a "disgrace" by her abusive father. She's determined to focus on her career until Mason, her nephew's best friend, starts pursuing her. *** Katrina Isobel is a successful emergency physician in Chicago. However, in Guam, her alcoholic and abusive father constantly labeled her a "disgrace" as a rebellious teenager. After moving away at eighteen to build a better life, she returns to Guam fifteen years later following her father's death. Katrina is determined to reconcile with her sisters and focus on her career, settling well into a job at a local hospital. But little did she know, her life would face a complication when her nephew's best friend and a son of a multi-billionaire, Mason Lyndhurst, began pursuing her. DISCLAIMER: This story is written in Taglish. COVER DESIGN: Rayne Mariano

For someone like Attorney Kimberly Jane Wencezlao, reputation is important, and involvement with a younger man in her class, especially Elijah Pierceton, is a secret she has to hide. *** "A respected professor at Saigon University and a defense attorney, Attorney Kimberly Jane Wencezlao has built her life on control, discipline, and reputation. Every move is calculated, every boundary firmly in place . . . until Elijah Pierceton. Best on the field and self-assured in the class, Elijah is everything she should avoid--a smug athlete, her student, and the one man who refuses to be intimidated by her authority. He's a risk she can't afford. And yet, with him, she feels something dangerously close to freedom. When everything is on the line, is disobedience worth losing it all?" DISCLAIMER: This story is written in Taglish. COVER DESIGN: Rayne Mariano

Caelan is out for revenge, determined to ruin Everleigh's life after her affair with his father. But hate is a dangerous emotion . . . and he finds himself craving Everleigh far more than he should. *** Everleigh Palma's life was ruined after she got involved with a married man. Branded as a homewrecker, she buried her past and built a new life as a creative writing professor at a private international school. But she can't get away that easily with her past. Caelan Viglianco is consumed by vengeance, determined to shatter her world after her affair with his father. Yet hatred proves dangerously intoxicating, because the more he despises her, the more he craves her, with a desire far stronger than he ever intended. DISCLAIMER: This story is written in Taglish. COVER DESIGN: Rayne Mariano