Leonora | K. Izana

── .✦ 𝓞𝓾𝓻 𝓢𝓸𝓾𝓷𝓭𝓽𝓻𝓪𝓬𝓴 𝓢𝓮𝓻𝓲𝓮𝓼

╰┈➤ˎˊ˗ 𝑺𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆. 𝑺𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏, 𝒏𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎.

Maristela Vanderbilt never believed that history could reach back for someone living in the present.

Until a strange twist of fate brings her to the Philippines of 1889-a country caught between devotion and rebellion, beauty and suffering, where every name carries a story and every choice has a consequence.

In a world far different from her own, she meets Don Izana Kurokawa Monteverde y Alarcón, a man whose silence hides countless battles and whose heart has learned to survive in a world that constantly takes from him.

But somehow, in the middle of a century that was never meant to be hers, Maristela finds a place she never expected to belong.

˚₊ · »-♡→ "Tayo na sanang dalawa ang siyang huli at ang umpisa, Papatunayang ang unang pag-ibig ay 'di mawawala"

A love that feels familiar.

A love that feels like it was written long before they met.

Yet when history begins to repeat its cruelest chapters, they must face the question neither of them wants to answer:

Can a love that defied time also defy fate?

Inspired by the longing of a love that promises to be both a beginning and a final chapter, Leonora is a story of two souls, one unforgettable bond, and a love that refuses to disappear-even when centuries stand in their way.

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࣪˖➹﹑ Credits to the rightful owners of the arts that I used in this book ᯓ✿