WATTY'S SHORTLIST 2023 Stuck in the never-ending responsibilities as one of the breadwinners of the family, Calisse Abigail Guillermo, an Iska from UP Manila, seeks to find true comfort between drinking and smoking. But she never does. Her desire to find consolation in everything is not found within the consumption of toxins. When she meets fellow smoker Chance Luy, a UP med student, in the bustling street of Pedro Gil, she thanks the heavens for a chance to meet him. Chance is your worn-out med student who is stingy. As they ponder about life, would they find solace as they share a moment of smoke?

Niki and Andy have been friends since high school. Punong-puno ng kontrobersya ang pagkakaibigan nilang dalawa. Their other friends used to tease them a lot in high school, certain that they were just hiding their true feelings for each other through their friendship. Sa sobrang dalas nilang tuksuhin ng mga ito, they have grown immune to it. Sa sobrang tatag din ng paninindigan nilang dalawa na friends lang talaga sila, nagsawa na ang mga kaibigan nila sa panunukso sa kanila... eventually. And then, the global pandemic happened. Niki and Andy somehow found themselves living under one roof together. Will they re-affirm where they stand with each other or will they discover that they were wrong all along?

As Sutherland's new king, Emory Davercher faces countless challenges, but nothing as excruciating and frustrating as his mysterious, eccentric betrothed. *** When King Emory of Sutherland receives news that his betrothed is on her way to Sutherland, he sends her away before even laying eyes on the woman he has no intention of marrying. Months later, after a narrow escape from an assassination, he flees to his childhood home where he discovers a massive problem. Due to an unfortunate mishap, his betrothed has not left Sutherland. She's been in his secret estate all along. Grand Princess Florence Paulet of Gavaria and her cousin, Lucy, thinks her arrival in Sutherland will be easy. She doesn't expect that her betrothed, King Emory of Sutherland, will send her straight to an empty estate on an island where they fend for themselves for months. And when he finally shows up, he has the audacity to fool her by introducing himself as someone else. After having killed dozens of chickens with her bare hands to stay alive, and with lying as her ultimate weapon for survival since she left Gavaria, what else can an annoyed, blithe, and audacious Florence do? Of course, she has to return the favor and make him twice the fool. He thinks he's fooling her, and she finds fun knowing it's the other way around. As the harsh winter traps them in the estate, lies, little accidents, and undeniable attraction draw them together stronger than the snowstorm. But not as much as Florence's true reasons for leaving Gavaria, which are also making their way to Sutherland.

(Trope Series # 3) Arielle was contented living her quiet life. She's got a job that pays well, a place to live, eats three times a day, and had friends that she genuinely enjoys being around with. Life's good as far as she's concerned. It may be boring for some, but she's at peace and contented and that's what's important. Until she met Zion. He's hot and funny and kind-and he wants her. So when he asks her to be fuck buddies with him, against all logic and rationality, she said yes. It's just temporary and for fun. As long as she knows her boundaries and consciously stops herself from being attached, she'll be fine. It's all for fun and experience... so how bad can it be, right?

When a malevolent witch wakes up two-hundred years later in a completely different England, she has to solve the mysteries of her past with the help of an old immortal nemesis before her true enemies get to her. *** In 1822, Lady Aster Byrne is considered the most powerful witch in all of England for her ability to step into dreams and manipulate dreamers. But the night of the massacre changes it all. She thought she died, but she didn't. She just slept for two centuries. Two-hundred years later, she wakes up in Genesis City, one of dozens under the Saint Society. She's told that while she slept, witches had survived the huntings and won the war against the vampires. Ever since, the society had thrived, creating borders to keep them safe from the ferals who survived the war. Now that she's awake, she's no longer just the powerful witch who can navigate dreams and nightmares. She's now the possible answer to immortality. And from the moment she wakes up, Aster gets the royal treatment only given to Astrals. That is until she discovers something that will turn her from worshiped to hunted. Something is wrong with her. And something is definitely awry in this new world. As Aster tries to figure out what really happened to her two-hundred years ago, she comes face to face with Harald Evensen, a cold, immortal piece of vampire she hated then and forever. He betrayed his coven to be part of the Saint Society for a very good reason. And part of that reason is her. As much as she wants to have nothing to do with him, she needs him. Being the only one who had lived for the two centuries she was asleep, he has answers to her past. And he has blood to offer. Whether Aster likes it or not, her life depends on both.

Powerful deity Isla Develler is cursed and goes to the other side of the world for a solution, where she encounters more trouble than she imagined, among them a human who ignites her darkest desires and a mischievous god who seems to enjoy her struggles. ***** Growing up in a powerful family of Opulents, beings with blood of both the gods and angels, Isla is the best candidate to be the next Opulent Empress. But being an Opulent means getting a Curse. Isla just got hers and it's a bad one. Before her ambitious cousin finds out and ruin her chance to the throne, Isla is forced to go to the other side of the world, live in a dilapidated colonial house in the middle of a mystical forest that hides many secrets, and lead the incompetent Department of Lost Things where the temporary solution to her Curse is kept. Things get a little tricky for Isla when she encounters a human teenage girl who lost her memories. But Jade is just one trouble Isla will face in East Isles: Across the forest, in a human village, lives Lucas, a powerless but famous human jazz singer with a flock of devout fangirls, and he fills Isla's nights with dark desires that may lead to her ruin. And within the forest is Avi, a mischievous and untrustworthy god, who seems to enjoy watching it. As Isla and the peculiar team of the Department of Lost Things reluctantly help Jade find her family, while working on a case for a major goddess with a major attitude, they struggle with everything human and powerless, and other things more sinister that lives very close to home. Content Warning: This story contains mature sexual content and themes of sexual assault and violence. Cover design by Kallmegaudier

Every embraces has its own journey. Written in Filipino #1 highest rank Book 3 of Arms Trilogy Covers are not mine. Credits to rightful owner.

Former title: In the Arms of Five Hot Jerks Ferell Series #1 - Dove She's like a beautiful dove, dressed in white feathers...caught by lies and secrets. Book 1 of Arms Trilogy Covers are not mine, credits to rightful owner.

Geneva Withers never lies to her three great-aunts, but she keeps quite a few secrets, all of which she accidentally spills on no other than Damon Priest, a man she hardly knows. Could she trust him to never tell a soul? Growing up with the tight upbringing and indoctrinated with beliefs of her three great-aunts, Geneva is never spared of the true reasons why she was came to live with them. But as years pass, reading nothing but the bible and going nowhere but the church on Sundays, and being exposed to the eccentric Stratford cousins her aunts warned her about, she begins to grow curious of many things about her own life. Who is she, really? What does she love and hate? As she takes the first brave steps to find herself, however, she encounters a slight delay when, one Sunday morning at church, she accidentally reveals her deepest secrets to one of the Stratfords: Damon Priest, a man who uses her secrets to bring out things about herself that she never knew existed. Her aunts say he's the devil, and she's scared to end up like her mother. But there's something about Damon Priest that keeps drawing her in. Sin or not, she can only pray. The Abberton Series will center on the Stratford cousins and their life in their beloved home, Abberton. Cover by Shek

A place where everything is mysterious, enchanting, bloody, and shitty. Entering is the other way of suicidal. Just one wrong move and everything will blur. A lot of secrets are being hid. Not the typical school to have fun. Death is everywhere. Bad, worse, worst, monster and evil are scattered. Must shut your mouth, never against to anyone. "Once you enter, there's no turning back." Never trust your curiosity, it could just drive you straight to hell. WELCOME TO HELL UNIVERSITY! --**-- Date Started: February 8, 2016 Date Finished: August 17, 2016. Mystery/Thriller/Teen-Fiction Book Cover by PixyGoddess