[PUBLISHED UNDER POP FICTION, AN IMPRINT OF SUMMIT MEDIA] One competition, one man, twenty-five women, and a bet. Zachary Astor wanted to be the Bachelor for one purpose alone: to prove to his friends that he can ditch twenty-five women without ever looking back at any of them. But will he stand on to his words when he meets Julianne Grey, the only woman who seems to regret being in the competition? Despite what he thinks, Zachary will find his thoughts preoccupied by the weird, silent, and mysterious girl he keeps on giving a rose much to his own amazement and her disappointment.

| STONEHEARTS #10| Torie Maylalaine Gosingtian grew up with a silver spoon in her mouth. Being the youngest of the two daughters of a business magnate, she was conform to a specific box of living her life. She hated it. Hated every second of it. But as hard and tenacious as her birthstone, born on the 17th of October, Aly never once let herself succumbed to defeat. That is, not until she met him in one sorry, heartbreaking, drunken night.

| Stonehearts #9 | People see her as a rock of solid power and strength. She isn't easily wavered and never goes down without a fight. Elora Ysabelle Sapphire Samonte, born on the 18th of September, is a force of abundant and various energy one cannot comprehend in one meeting. A ball of pure wisdom but also a contradiction personified. Her life is nothing but an explosion of color and crazy designs, just the way she likes it. But when she found out her boyfriend cheated on her, black and white started to paint it's way through her once jovial life. But, she's not going to stand there and just watch her life turn monochromatic. She's going to bust her way through it, twist her life back to it's normal track. Even if it means twisting and getting tangled with a man like him, a man with a dark past like him.

| Stonehearts #8 | COMPLETED | A crystal of positive attitude, a ray of growth and a blinding sunshine, Vivienne Peridot Hermoso is one radiant energy. This lady born on the 19th of August always believed that by honoring positivity, abundance in everything will follow. So when she learned something that is detrimental to everything she had hoped and wished for, she saw to it that her receptiveness and maturity will peek thru her dilemma. It took her awhile in her quest to understand the game of the universe being played on her but later on accepted and decided to move on. But when she got everything controlled and her next moves planned, one man came barging in and started ruining her every scheme.

| C O M P L E T E D | 21 JANUARY 2020 - 31 AUGUST 2020 | Stonehearts Series #7 | Ruby Carianne Barrameda isn't your typical girl. Fiery and captivating just like her birth stone, this lady born on the 20th of July, never once backed down to a challenge. With her wit and luster of positive attitude, every task she's given will be marked done and completed before it even started. This young lady always thought that the inextinguishable flame inside her heart would never die just as long as she maintain her life-force energy to be clear of hatred, motivated, and confident. And that it would be easier for her to overcome any timidity she faces along the way. But is her radiance and determination be enough for this man? Or does she need to break her heart to save his?

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Eliza Velasquez is beyond belief to have Khairro Sanford - the man she once loved but has grown to hate - as her bodyguard. With them forced to spend more time together, can Eliza bury the feelings resurfacing in her heart? Or is there no choice but to surrender and fall the second time around? ****** Chief of Police Khairro Sanford is the epitome of perfection - as a handsome and rich gentleman, he technically has no worries to think of. However, his almost perfect life is rattled when he becomes the bodyguard of Eliza Velasquez, a girl who hates him to the core. Everything should have been strictly professional, but she's savage, confident, and independent... and Khairro's starting to like and hate her at the same time. With the undeniable attraction between them, can Khairro stop himself from falling for the girl who is off limits to him? Or will Eliza be a risk he's willing to take even if she will cost him his life? Disclaimer: This story is written in Taglish. CONTENT WARNING: This story has mature scenes which are not suitable for young readers. Cover Design by Rayne Mariano