Salustiano Varkas is a man who built an empire on calculated coldness and unyielding power. To the world, he is a titan of industry, but to his enemies, he is a target. When a high-stakes betrayal leaves his fleet in ruins and his life hanging by a thread, he is discarded and washed up like broken driftwood on the jagged shores of a remote coastal village. Sunnira Meranda "Summer" Dela Cruz is the village's fiercest secret. An orphan who raised her younger brother and herself on the rhythm of the tides, she isn't intimidated by much. She knows every hidden cove and knows exactly how to handle the storms, both on the ocean and in her life. When Summer finds a man broken, bloodied, and barely breathing on her shoreline, her instinct isn't to run, but for him to survive. She drags him into her modest shack, expecting nothing but a heavy burden. But as Salustiano awakens, stripped of his security detail and his suit, the two worlds collide. He is a predator forced into the company of someone who doesn't fear his bite. She is the anchor he never knew he needed. In the quiet intensity of the island, where status means nothing and the sea dictates the rules, the billionaire will learn that while he was a master of his own empire, he is completely at the mercy of the girl who saved his life. After a lifetime of commanding others, has the beast finally found his master? Santi x Summer

𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐄𝐃 | ©zerefiera Kasal - isang bagay na pilit iniiwasan ni Victoria. She hated the arranged marriage set by her father. Ni hindi nga niya kayang magustuhan ang lalaki, ang pakasalan pa kaya? Desperate to escape the leash of an unwanted marriage threatening to tie her down, she planned on fleeing to her grandmother's province, but fate had a different path carved for her. Nagising na lang siya na naliligaw sa isang malayong probinsya. The tall towers and luxurious life she grew up with were replaced by beautiful views of mountain range and wide rice fields. The life there was calm, peaceful, and slow - something she always craved for. The life there turned out to be sweet - as she started to get used to the pair of chocolate brown eyes greeting her in the morning; the only pair that could make her heart go wild, yet calm her down at the same time. Kasal - isang bagay na pilit niyang iniiwasan dahil takot siyang magmahal. But the man she met in that foreign province made her think that if she would end up marrying someone... It's going to be him. First Published: 2023 Republished: Nov. 22, 2024 Finished: July 9, 2025

Around Manila Series 2 Missy and Anton Sometimes, letting go means less wounds than holding on. Missy, a Broadcasting student and iskolar ng bayan from the Polytechnic University of the Philippines, is known for her social skills. She blends in anywhere, whether it's a hairstyle, an outfit, or new people. With her personality, she effortlessly connects with others. Missy believes that every connection is like a string, some loosely tied, others knotted tightly. She spent her life gripping them tightly, even when they burned and hurt her hands. Because to her, that's what love looked like. But how long can she keep tying knots with people who only want to untangle themselves? How much of herself must she give up just to stop them from turning their backs? Antonio Gabriel Simon, her ex-fling, a Political Science graduate and alumni from PUP, comes back into her life. Antonio has always believed that if someone doesn't like you, just let them go. Their strings cross paths again when they both receive a surprise message from Beebeads: they've been chosen from thousands of past buyers of couple bracelet for a chance to win ₱500,000, if they can prove they're the most heart-fluttering couple. Will they allow their strings to be tied once more? Can they tighten the knots again, despite the thousand reasons to loosen them?

Pierce Psyche Esquivel was a determined singer songwriter. And being a successful artist has its own perks. He love every bit of what he has now, it was his dream. And he'll never let go of it...or so that was he thought.

[TO BE REPUBLISHED] seniors series #2 A Senior Highschool series. complete [unedited] 2# NBS Bestseller under Local Fiction [November 2024] Maraming nagsasabi na hindi naman daw patimpalak ang buhay, pero bakit ang daming hurado sa bawat galaw ng tao? Arrisea Cabrera knows this very well. Her beauty leads people to believe she is there to appease them - pero kabaliktaran naman ng kanyang ganda ang kanyang ugali. She doesn't filter her words and actions, she is rebellion itself. Bilang estudyante ng TVL track, she gets all the nasty comments when it comes to being inferior but she fights back with her savage comebacks. Para sa kan'ya, her life means her rules. Adonis Renoir Reverio appears to be the perfect preppy rich boy of the ABM strand because the dark and ugly parts of his world are hidden from the rose tinted perspectives of the people around him. Pero hindi sa kan'ya, sa isang babaing nakipagpustahan na mahuhulog siya rito. It was farfetched for her to know him more than what the surface offers but she did...and both of them suffered a lot because of it. Sometimes, we are only brave enough to try - not knowing the potential losses and not knowing the cost of tasting this kind of euphoria.

Highest Rank: #13 in Action (Sept. 2, 2022) Ranked #7 in Crime [Fiction] (March 13, 2023) Ranked #7 in Action-Romance tag (March 25, 2026) Ranked #34 in General Fiction (November 19, 2022) Ranked #51 in New Adult tag (July 9, 2022) A princess who seeks freedom and a man who seeks for answers. A murder will bind the two of them together. ---------- All Crown Princess Cecilia De Saint-Germain Aldrich, she preferred to call herself Princess Ceci, dreamt of is having the freedom she desires in her life. The sudden news of getting married to someone she barely knew made her push the agenda to her father, the King, of letting her have the freedom she wanted before getting married. And so, she left Eshasea and went to another country where she could find her freedom and peace, not worrying about being royal blood and her responsibilities as royal blood. She didn't expect what could happen the moment she set foot in the Philippines. She just wants to have the time of her life as she planned to spend her one-month vacation in the Philippines, yet she ends up witnessing a murder right in front of her and getting herself involved between two dangerous mafias who, the other one wants to protect her and the other one is after her head. Will she be able to sweep her own feet, ride a white horse, and get herself out alive? -------------- This story is written in Taglish PUBLISHED UNDER IMMAC PRINTING AND PUBLISHING HOUSE

After twelve years abroad, Lorraine returns to the Philippines-only to be taken against her will. Kidnapped by men under Aries Lucien Salazar, a man convinced she is his fiancée. To survive, Lorraine is forced to play along and pretend to be the woman he's been searching for... until pretending starts to feel real. And when freedom finally comes, Lorraine is faced with a choice-walk away and reclaim her life or stay and risk her heart for a man who was never meant to love her. *** Mature Content Warning: R18+

✔ | Sun Rays Series #2 Words are powerful, even the ones you never say out loud. Redler, an ABM student, has always been better at writing things down than actually saying them. She's not trying to be invisible; it just kind of... happened. Being quiet is safer and less complicated, and she doesn't even mind staying in the background. Then there's Davin from the HUMSS, her complete opposite. The charming guy everyone knows who's carrying air that draws people in. An artist who believes that art has always had a place in this world, and somehow, he speaks about literature like it belongs just as much. He doesn't try to change her. He just stays and sees her in ways no one else ever bothered to. And for some reason, that's more terrifying than being ignored. Now Redler's caught between the comfort of being unseen and the risk of being known by someone who actually pays attention. Because what happens when the girl who hides behind her words meets the boy who believes those words deserve a place in the world? And what if, for once, she wants to be seen... instead of just writing herself away? Disclaimer: story is written in taglish. Date Started: 03/13/24 Date Ended: 07/16/24

A Navy SEAL. Known as a wild beast in underwater combat. But when Colton Altaraza got shot on his last mission and miraculously survived, he needs to endure all the pain and frustrations. But this time he won't be alone. He will be with the same woman who saved him from death. WARNING: Mature Content | SPG | R-18 | REMINDER: Be aware of the grammatical error and poor delivery of sentences, dialogues, and so on that you will encounter while reading. The author is always trying her best to improve until she gets better. I did not proofread this story. This is raw and has a lot of flaws. If you can't afford reading a story that is not perfectly written, this is not for you. Thank you for dropping by. I appreciate your time.

Anjelous was forced to pretend as someone else's wife after being abducted by a woman who looks exactly like her. Although crazy, it should be easy--her 'husband' was her first love after all--but no, she's trapped in a toxic loveless marriage. But are her feelings enough to make her live a lie? *** Lucienne Anjelous Corpuz has always lived a simple life in Isla Verde. But one day, she wakes up in an unfamiliar room after being abducted, and she is then asked to do an impossible task--to pretend as Mayor Wax Salvaterra's wife, a woman whose face is a carbon copy of hers. She didn't know how it happened but one thing's for sure--someone claimed her identity and married her first love. Now that she finally has the chance to be with Wax, will she be able to break down his walls and melt his heart? Or will discovering the lies that the fake Anjelous made only prove that gaining his 'love' was nothing but a false hope? Disclaimer: This story is written in Taglish. Cover Designer: Rayne Mariano