"Beauty is pain, honey. Pero ang pag-ibig? Iyan ang operasyong kahit walang anesthesia, handa akong tiisin... basta si Doc ang humahawak ng scalpel." Si Cairo ay isang celebrity makeup artist na ang tanging batas ay perfection. Para sa kanya, ang lahat ng deperensya ay kayang itago ng contour at concealer. Ngunit mababasag ang kanyang mundo nang makilala niya si Dr. Gauri, isang doctor na walang oras para sa vanity at mas pinapahalagahan ang katotohanan kaysa sa ilusyon. Sa pagitan ng makulay na brushes at matatalim na scalpels, madidiskubre nila na ang tunay na kagandahan ay hindi nakikita sa salamin-kundi sa mga peklat na matapang nating ipinapakita sa taong nakakaintindi sa atin. Isang makulay na banggaan ng sining at siyensya. Dahil minsan, ang kailangan mo lang para gumaling ay ang taong hindi takot makita ang iyong bare face.

"I'm still gay. I think. But Gosh, I'm so in love with her." Zae is the university's flamboyant gay and a rising star in fashion. Xavi is his quiet, lens-loving best friend of twenty years. They were the perfect platonic duo-until a glitch in their decades-long friendship turned a safe brother-sister bond into a confusing, soul-deep romance. Forced to strip away the labels they've lived by, Zae and Xavi must navigate family shock, societal judgment, and their own fears to prove that the most beautiful masterpiece isn't found in a textbook or on a runway, it's found in the one person who has been there all along.

Keo Brent Saviano is a proud femboy graphic designer. People often think he's gay because of his soft looks and feminine style. At work, he's always clashing with Sully Lascano, a fiery copywriter who thinks she has him all figured out. What she doesn't realize? The mysterious boy-next-door she's secretly crushing on is actually Keo Brent, just not in his usual heels and skirts. Book 1 of Skirted Men series. Single Point of View. Started: JUN-24-25 Ended: NOV-23-25

On a flower-filled island of Isla Primavera, Hyacinth runs away to escape an arranged marriage. She finds refuge with her mother's friend and meets Eris, a dressmaker. Desperate, she asks him to marry her to avoid her fiancé. Eris agrees, and they marry. But after the wedding, she wakes up from a coma, back in her old life, everyone insists it was all just a dream. But Hyacinth refuses to believe it. She remembers everything vividly, the island, the flowers, and the man she married. Book 3 of Isla Primavera series. Single Point of View. Tag-Lish. Started: APR - 26 - 2025 Ended: MAY - 16 - 2025

Disclaimer: This is the first book that I've ever written. Proceed with caution and understanding. --->> Hiraya Francesca is the golden child of Eunthastica University Foundation, the genius prodigy is bound to nothing but success. She treaded her life with grace and confidence. For her, failure isn't a roadblock but a redirection for something greater. A perfectly curated diamond amidst stone and sand. A perfectly curated success in a world full of commonness and mediocrity. Hiraya can have anything in this world, may it be beauty, brain, or boys. Everything. Except for Deimos Soledad de Merced. Kaya noong nagkaroon ng pagkakataon at hinayaan nitong makapasok si Hiraya sa buhay nito ay hindi na niya pinalagpas pa ito. She seized her chance and gambled, ngunit tama nga yata ang sabi nila; lahat ng matatalino, pag dating sa pag ibig ay nagiging bobo. She poured her heart and soul into all the oceans that she sailed and the spaces in between that she crossed, only to be welcomed by betrayal and loss. She loved him, he despised her. She trusted him, he betrayed her. She watched him tore her kingdom, and offer it to his own queen. Stripped out of her own title, the golden child lost her kingdom and crown. Date started: December 2023 Date finished: December 2024

Disclaimer: This is the second book that I've ever written. Please proceed with caution and understanding. --->> Eros Soledad de Merced was born to lead, rule, and dominate. Born as the eldest grandson of Soledad de Merced, everyone knew the weight of the crown he was born to carry. He was a man destined to lead. A boy who was born to rule. A man who carried the weight of his responsibilities with excellence and perfection. Eros knew what was expected of him at a very young age, so everything was carved into his mind. He knew his life, and he knew his future. For him, there was no room for failure. It was perfect, it was good... until it wasn't. One summer. A girl named Winter. Cold as her name might sound, yet she was able to set fire to his perfectly drawn life. The plans that were carefully built along his path suddenly became unclear. And amid his crumbling life was her, Winter Eloise Cojuangco. The woman who owns the pair of the most perfect forest green eyes he'd ever seen. The woman he left behind to fulfill what was expected of him. And the very same woman also happens to be the mother of his son. Date Started: December 2024 Date Finished: February 2025

Kairos Levi Soledad de Merced was chaos and wildness altogether. A lover of the world and all the pleasures it has to offer. Love and commitment? That never existed in his vocabulary. He was the type to give you the highs and all the best things in life, leaving you wanting more, only to be forgotten by him the next day. Chasing the wild tide of life and living without inhibitions was his way of life. He prefers all things physical and casual. He wants his life to be simple, easy, and hot- the same way he wants his woman to be. Ma. Anisa Sta Ines is smart, confident, strong-willed.... and smart again. Matalino, matapang, magaling. Pero hindi maganda. All her life, she has been nothing but an extra in everyone's story. The wingman, the third wheel, and the go-to person for everyone interested in her friends. She knew she was never meant to be chosen, never meant to be pursued. She was the calm of a Wednesday morning; The stability that people usually take for granted. But her stability and peace ceased to exist when Kairos rejected her love letter in front of the whole Eunthastica. Not because he rejected her in front of the whole school. But because the letter wasn't for him, it was supposed to be for Iñigo, his cousin. ---- Started: June 2025 Completed: September 2025

Elara Soledad de Merced thrives in attention and affection-being the youngest and only daughter, never once did she experience being set aside and treated as someone deemed unworthy. All her life, she was treated with utmost care and love. The princess with a perfect life who had never gone through hardship. Boys dream of her. Girls look up to her. Some hate her. Whatever she does, everyone follows. Second to none, rejection was something she was never familiar with, until him-her first love and the only man who ever rejected her. But not even her first rejection could stop her, so she pulls out her highest heels and her sparkly little dress, because what Elara wants, Elara gets. Luis Silvino Prodigalidad is what she wants, and she will get him, even if it means painting his hurricane into pink skies.

Kio Soledad de Merced always kept his life quiet and private. He never wanted anything flashy and grand. Attention and spotlight were the two things he never wanted to have. Calm and easy, that's how he preferred his life. Shiloh Lumiere Bendia's life was far from what he wanted, she was born for the spotlight. Living under the scrutinizing eyes of the world, Lumiere's life consists of cameras and flashes following her whenever she moves. The world gravitates around her, and everyone who sees her is drawn to her light, including him. The moment he saw her on that stage with the spotlight shining on her, he knew he would spend his whole life admiring her from afar. But with the twist of fate and a little luck, his fate might have changed. A secret moment. A lingering stare. Quick stolen moments behind the camera that no one knows about. But to what extent can they sacrifice for a losing battle they knew they would never win? To love is to risk. To risk requires courage and courage is only found in places we're too scared to take. ---- Date Started: March 2025 Date Finished: June 15, 2025

An epistolary story of a hot daddy vampire and a corporate slave girly with a dream to be a trophy wife.