Wattys 2019 Winner in Historical Fiction Category Dahil sa isang pagkakamali, out of nowhere ay bumalik sa taong 1855 si Choleng. Nalayo man nang tuluyan sa pamilya ay hindi naman niya inasahang makikilala ang mga taong may kanya-kanyang dinadalang pighati sa kani-kanilang puso ang magpapagulo at magpapasakit nang bonggang-bongga sa kanyang ulo. Maghihilom pa ba ang mga pusong minarkahan ng pagkamuhi at hinanakit? May pag-asa pa nga bang muling mabuo ang mga nagkapira-pirasong pagsasama na winasak ng salapi, kapangyarihan, pag-ibig, at mga ibinaong lihim? Samahan si Choleng na tuklasin ang katotohanan sa kanyang paglalakbay pabalik sa nakaraan. Alin nga ba ang dapat niyang paniwalaan? Ang banta ng kanyang pangitain? O, ang banta ng nagbabalat-kayong katotohanan? Simulan: July 16, 2017 Tinapos: October 29, 2020 #1 in Historical Fiction 05/10/2018 #1 in Classics 05/18/2018 #1 in Mystery 08/06/2022 Wattpad's Talk of the Town 03/01/2022 Current Book Cover: Binibining RaichiMirae Previous Cover: Binibining thiszyourclover

Simple lang naman ang gusto ni Samantha sa buhay, ang maka-graduate na may highest honors at talunin ang karibal niya sa academics na si Audrey. Pero nagulo ang buhay niya nang makilala niya si TOP; isang notorious na gang leader sa lugar nila. At dahil sa isang pagkakamali na dapat niyang pag-bayaran, masasangkot siya sa maraming gulo. Makabalik pa kaya sa dati niyang buhay si Samantha o habangbuhay na siyang masasama sa gulo na dala ni TOP? Unedited version. :D

Nikolas Matteo Del Franco is the eldest son of former Governor Leonardo Del Franco and veteran actress Emilia David. He grew up with people expecting him to be like his father. Lahat ng kanyang gagawin ay pinapanood ng maraming mga mata. He wanted to be a pilot but his father did not allow him to choose for himself. Nabuhay siya sa utos at gusto ng ama at ginawa niya ang lahat para sa ikasasaya ng kanyang pamilya. At the age of twenty nine, he became the Governor of Vigo Del Mar. Ibinuhos niya ang lahat ng kaya niyang gawin para marating ang nais ng pamilya niya para sa kanya. He built his own reputation and outreached everyone's expectation. His father wanted him to marry a young lady from a political family, pero hindi na niya iyon gusto. Tutol siya sa gusto ng ama na ito ang pumili ng babaeng mamahalin niya. Until he met Yvanna, a known journalist who always makes news articles against him. Wala atang artikulong ginawa ang dalaga na pabor sa kanya. Her influence to media started people to question him. She's a malware for Nikolas and in order to stop her from making baseless issues about him, he did something that will change her life forever.

It's a fight between Kara and Matias Del Franco, the snobbish businessman who's building a property on her family's land. With neither of them willing to back down, who will eventually get what they are fighting for? Or will this complicated scenario lead them to something they have never asked for? *** Matias Del Franco dreams of having his own business empire to prove his worth to his strict politician of a father. But just as his first building was built, his plans barely even starting, a raging woman called Kara demands for him to return her family's land to her. But neither of them is willing to back down. At such a crucial time, he cannot afford to fail, and he has no choice but to strike an unlikely deal with her. With Kara by his side, he finds his world turning more complicated--and it seems like he's getting more than what he has bargained for. Disclaimer: This story is written in Taglish.