Atlantis Altamirano was uniquely beautiful, influential, rich and quite powerful. She's an Heiress and a political princess. While on the other hand her other identity as Atlantis Melinkov was exceptionally genius with all the dorky, geeky and nerdy stuff. She was as mysterious as her name.
But something happened that turned her life out of its equilibrium. Atlantis Altamirano was 'technically dead' and Atlantis Melinkov was in an indefinite leave. She was in for a new dilemma and new identity as Aia, Aia Trinidad, the plain, normal and one of the crowd seventeen year old teenager.
How could she live a normal teenage life as what her father wanted her to be if she has a platoon of soldiers for a security detail and add Lt. Gabriel Castellejos, the stiff, stoic and serious Special Forces Airborne trooper in tow.
And she was living in a military camp. An effin MILITARY CAMP!!!! Surrounded by military people, military trucks, tanks and M16 rifle, now, was that normal at all?
Would love even blossom in an unconventional place as military base?
We'll see about that...
Adopted at birth, Katherine's only birthday wish is to know more about her biological mother. But as she starts her quest, Kath finds herself in the middle of a search and a blossoming romance that turns her world upside down.
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Geared for an adventure, Katherine Jesse Smith flies all the way to the Philippines to look for her biological mother. With only a name and a letter in her hands, she braves into an unfamiliar place to start her search. But when several mishaps welcome her on her arrival, Kath starts to doubt her plans. Just when she's about to fall into another trap, public school teacher Crisostomo Ibarra-Flores suddenly comes to her aid. As they continue Kath's little adventure, they discover that things are far more complicated than they originally thought. With the distance that seems to be separating them, can Kath manage to hold on to the blossoming romance that she has with Cris? Or will their relationship be a fleeting moment and nothing more?
Disclaimer: This story is written in Taglish, a combination of Tagalog & English.
Cover by Louise de Ramos
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