Chinoy Stories

(Tuazon #1: Downtown Lights) Maven was considered the black sheep. She was the middle child of a five piece siblings with the most IDGAF attitude. She never liked the spotlight. Never loved the frontline. She always loved to stay behind because it's comforting. She was okay with being alone. Her siblings are pairs, she was the middle. She didn't have anyone and she's fine with it. But sometimes, she wishes that someone's there.

Due to his past breakup, Matt Clifford De la Torre has been afraid of commiting into a relationship. Every potential girlfriends, talking stages, mutual understadings, name it, he turned it all down by ghosting the poor girls. Paasa na kung paasa, hindi siya takot sa karma. He is afraid of being hurt again. But all his fears drowned when he met Jeana Lim. A half- chinese, half- filipina girl, two years older than him whom he met in an Area's Schools Press Conference. He has never been into older girls, but aside from tha, she is just completely his type. Hindi niya naman planong patagalin ang anumang pagkakaintindihang mayroon sila, but destiny had her own plan. And that is to plot Jeana to be Clifford's karma.

Series #1

A romantic love story between a man from a traditional Chinese Family and a Filipina woman. Will their love end the tradition or will the tradition end their love?

This emotional coming-of-age mystery follows 16-year-old Marceline as she embarks on a journey to uncover the truth behind her sister's tragic death in a supposed drunk-driving incident. Determined to restore her sister's dignity and prove everyone wrong, she follows her ultimate plan to infiltrate the prestigious Golden Writers Club and retrieve her sister's final written works. As she inches toward the truth, Marceline unearths buried secrets, lies, and unresolved conflicts. But, amidst of it all, she also finds herself drawn to unexpected firsts with unlikely companions-Lucie, Stephen, Demi, and...Derek. In their presence, she comes to understand that acceptance, self-discovery, and friendship may be just as important as uncovering the past.