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

Men were just pretty distractions she used and discarded. Commitment bored her. Control thrilled her. Until the night he just saved her. He wasn't a name she could tame-he was danger wrapped in secrets, a trap she walked into smiling. Now she's the one caged, tangled in silk, steel, and a desire that eats her alive. He doesn't return what he takes; he claims it until it shines only for him. But in the heat of their obsession lies the truth she can't outrun. He might know what happened to her best friend she'd die for. She has to choose between the man who's destroying her beautifully, or the best friend who vanished without a trace. In her twisted possession, she has become the one possessed. And he has found the perfect jewel to ruin. *********************************** Started: May 1, 2025 Ended: July 21, 2025

He was her first everything. She was his only softness in a world built on blood. They were childhood sweethearts-first friend, first kiss, first love-two hearts learning to beat in sync before the world taught them what their last names truly meant. In the world of mafia bloodlines, love means nothing when your name is wrong. Born into rival families, they were torn apart by a war that demanded loyalty over desire. Because in the mafia, love is a liability. Years passed. Families turned colder. Promises burned. Now, she wears another man's ring-a strategic engagement, a future carved in power. She buried every trace of him-of them-beneath silence and duty. Until the day he returns. And steals her. No explanation. No apology. Just chains of memory, venomous love, and a touch that still knows every inch of her soul. He is no longer the boy she loved. He is sharper now. Untamed. Unforgiving. Yet something lingers behind the rage in his eyes-something she doesn't understand. As they run from the enemies hunting them both, she's forced to confront the cruelest truth of all: The past never stayed buried. And the boy she once loved... may be the man who destroys her. *********************************** Started: August 09, 2025 Ended: September 26, 2025

[The Wattys 2025 Shortlist] ********** She spent twenty-four years preserving herself for one man-only for him to choose her best friend instead. Tomorrow, they would vow eternity to each other, while she remained nothing but a spectator to a love she had longed for. Desperate, she devised a plan, one final chance to make him hers. A single drop of aphrodisiac, a carefully orchestrated encounter-she would take what was meant to be hers. But fate had other plans. In the darkness of her deceit, she fell into the arms of the wrong man. A ruthless, merciless, and identical in every way except for the shadows that clung to him like a second skin. Her trickery had backfired, and now, she was at the mercy of a man whose hunger knew no bounds. He devoured her, claimed her, and became intoxicated by her taste, scent, and the desperate, helpless moans she never intended for him. She had set a trap, but it was she who had been ensnared. In her desperation, she had tasted her own poison. And he had found a new obsession. *********************************** Started: March 22, 2025 Ended: April 21, 2025 Revised: August 2, 2025

R18|MatureContent|Romance|Action #COMPLETED - - - One organization; five merciless women. Behind their innocent faces hide their true identities. They can kill without feeling guilty. Mercy? It has never been in their vocabulary. There's only one rule to keep you alive; OBEY & NEVER BETRAY. You have been warned. Welcome to Atrómitos Orgánosí ! I am Sophia Nicolle Panopio, also known as POISONER. "Beware of what you eat, honey." S: 09/28/20 E: 11/09/20

"You are my prisoner until your heart beats for me." ✧⋄⋆⋅⋆☽༓☾⋆⋅⋆⋄✧ After barely surviving a brutal mafia war, Damon Lombardi, a powerful mafia leader, owed his life to Celestia Amara Soriano, a girl with an angelic face who saved him. For three relentless years, he searched for her, unable to forget the woman who had captured his heart. When he finally found her, he did not hesitate; he abducted her. Now, with Celestia in his grasp, he is determined to make her fall in love with him, no matter what it takes. Date of Release: April 4, 2025

Nemesis Louie Montero is a class S assassin who was given a mission to marry the mafia boss of a certain organization that would help them rise from the depths of falling. He was named Iverson Jade McGregor, his name as cold as him. Nemesis belittled the mission and expected McGregor to go on easy on her but it turns out that what she expected was wrong, severely wrong when McGregor became possessive of her. "I hate it when I see you in the arms of another man, Nemesis. I just couldn't stop myself from feeling this. Damn." ------------------ ||COMPLETED||

The end is just the beginning. Read the Chess Pieces #1, #2, #3, #4, #5 before reading this.

Fourth The mischievous man who's always pretending. SPG | R-18

Aius An angel in a rebellion