Ilocos Stories

A novel you can enjoy as a pure romance love story, or-if you wish-a sociopolitical critique of the developing world, alongside an inspiring spiritual journey of the humble, resilient everyday hero. An emotionally powerful narrative achieving its objectives through its Trojan Horse structure: A high-performance Ferrari of absolute, hidden power... disguised in white denim and sneakers. A meticulously crafted story of multiple layers and highly nuanced subtext. Logline When Filipino American Cris and rural beauty Anna are drawn into a ten-day whirlwind romance, their short summer together unfolds as a love story for the Philippines, and years later, blossoms into a love story for God. ..... A deeply emotional romance novel... that absolutely subverts romance. ..... Synopsis "Orange, the Color of Sunset" explores the volatile, whirlwind relationship between Cris, a derisive, Manhattan-raised son of a powerful Philippine senator, and Anna, an academically accomplished yet fiercely guarded intellectual powerhouse rooted in her provincial community of Ilocos Norte. Their rapid summer romance escalates into intense ideological battles, reflecting deep class disparity, socio-political third-world corruption, and the resilience of the marginalized masses. Despite their abrupt and painful separation, their time together forces both characters toward significant personal transformation, in the hopes that, one day, their love may yet endure, for they are "just on Earth." ..... Orange, the Color of Sunset © National Library of the Philippines (NLP) Copyright

GALLEGO SERIES #1 Rio Escurra has always known how to survive. After the loss of her father and her mother falling ill, she became the anchor of her family. So when she's offered a generous sum to pretend to be her estranged childhood friend, for the sake of a dying man's last wish, Rio says yes. Pero hindi niya inakala that what was supposed to be just a summer pretension, will get her life tangled with Sian Gallego-Castañeda, the golden boy. The heir. The grandson. Torn between the comfort Sian offers, and the lie she's built her life around. Rio found herself falling; for a life that isn't hers, and a boy who no longer believes in second chances. noviscuit ©2026 Written in Filipino and with love. Genre : Teen Fiction / Romance Language : Filipino-English Date started: May 20, 2026

Rodrigo Duterte and Imee Marcos. An alliance of secrets. Force over traditions. Politics long diminished beneath passion. Disclaimer: This story is purely fictional and a product of a creative literary concept and does not reflect any of the characters mentioned in the story. This narrative is not intended to reflect the actual personalities, beliefs, private lives, or actions of the real individuals in any way. This work is for entertainment and creative purposes only and is not meant to cause harm, offense, or defame any person, living or dead.Reader discretion is advised. This story contains mature political themes, strong language, and fictionalized depictions of power dynamics.

ISS#1 | "If you can't handle things anymore, you can lean on my shoulder."

"We don't change for someone, we change for ourselves because of someone." Date Started: January 7, 2018 Date Finished:

Start: March 2020

With her heart deeply shattered, Tonya travels far North to a place she has never been to before - to the province of Ilocos Norte. She only plans it to be a temporary escape, but fate turns those few days to forever. **Author's note** All characters appearing in this work are fictional. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. All rights reserved.

Congressman Ferdinand Alexander Marcos; wealthy, personable, attractive, gorgeous, clever, and the public's favorite. What more could he possibly want? Oh, Dr. Franchesca Ilocos Conjuanco, his sweetheart, who he subsequently discovered was the daughter of his family's number one political foe. Worst of all, she abandoned him on the day he was going to propose, leaving him to protect the most important person in her life from his family.

Upon entering the City of Laoag you'll be greeted with the famous Aurora Park. In the morning it is just an ordinary park but when evening comes and they lit up the lights, the spark starts. Eva, an introvert girl from the town of Banna 38 km away from the city, hoped of chasing her dreams in her dream university the Mariano Marcos State University. In her stay in Laoag, Aurora Park will be her favorite place at night. Little did she know that besides her dream she will also meet 5 kinds of people in the park and fulfill their dreams: finding real love. Will Eva find a way to help the people find real love or will she find one for herself? 5 broken hearts. 5 cries of love. 50 nights in Aurora Park.

luciana trinidad is a volunteer doctor on the northern part of the philippines, in ilocos norte meets the astonishing workaholic bachelor, who is running for congressman of the first district of Ilocos Norte in the 2022 election.

Though cliché, Xyrelle lives her life to the fullest because she believes it's the only way she can show to life how grateful she truly is with everything she's received. She enjoys the company of the wind that always comes from the west like what she always expects it to be. She will never trade if for anything, no matter how boring it may seem to other people around her . . . or so she thought. Her seemingly perfect life is placed on the edge as she, without realizing it, gradually neglects the simple life she's taken care of for years. She's never expected herself to give in to human weakness. She believes that the happiness she has is not yet enough, the reason why she's trying to find more from people who she thinks could complete her contentment. Ang hindi niya alam, pati ang ihip ng hangin ay unti-unti nang lumiliko mula sa pinanggagalingan. Sa pagkakataong marami nang pagbabago, makakaya pa kaya niyang hanapin at makamtan ang inaasam-asam? GONE WITH THE WIND (Acuaverde I) Tagalog/English supremekath, 2018 slow updates placed under major revision

Since Colonial Vigan, the influential and political elite of the city were supported by assassin families called Blades, but to bring an end to that, Victoria Aglaban was told she would be the last of hers. Fresh from a break up in Manila, Vic returns to her hometown of Vigan to help her father's fledgling B&B and finds comfort in pleasant dreams of a romance in the old Spanish town. When her ex-boyfriend follows her to Vigan and is suspected of extorting the eldest son of a political family - the man she considers a brother, Vic's dreams begin to darken. She sees herself as a woman named Leona ordered to kill the man she loves, a Spaniard from Nueva España, and Vic fears her reality will demand the same. ❀ COMPLETE ❀ Cover Credits: My Little Sis

A model and a politician? Isn't it a model and an actor and a politician and a lawyer? Chantall Davis, a highest paid popular model in Hollywood and an Ilocos Governor Candidate Mr.Sandro Marcos' has a relationship for almost a year. The Marcos knows and the Davis knows their relationship. But what if they tell the world about it. Will the world ruin it and make it blurry?Or will someone appear just to make their relationship foggy and will be the reason of their conflict? Will they wipe the fog for the clarity of their love or will just let someone blow an air to make their relationship blurry and foggy. Loving each other is a clarity, but time will make it blurry for them? Story Started: February 19, 2022 Story Completed: May 14, 2022

Can love really transcend time and space? Is fate inconstant or is it set in stone? Gertrude is set to marry the man her parents chose for her. It was the norm at that time and she had accepted it as her fate... until an uninvited man enters her home one summer night. Author's Note: Finished with first part of the story (Hispanic Era, 1890s) but 2nd part is still being written.

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A simple girl named Allison Ysabelle Paguia, a girl who hasn't yet dated because she focuses in her journey, reaching her dream to become a Nurse not until her path crossed with Achylys Grae Alvarez.

How can you change someone's perspective especially when they were haunted by their past? How can someone believe in love when his parents are the proofs that something magical as love doesn't exist at all.

Shanchai Carmuela Arradaza is the benevolent girl of Manila who had moved in Ilocos. Despite of the influences she encountered wayback in her hometown, she never forget the fact that she was once a city girl and that she will not destroy her mantra. However, does the future holds more details about her? But once she saw the man, she was begging herself to go to his path.

WHAT IF ONE DAY YOUR BROTHER MARRY YOU?