Yvonne Maica Lim is an aspiring UAAP court side reporter for UST, she was so close to getting her football player crush after plotting on him for almost a year...but everything fell apart when she had to fake date the infamous star basketball player of the UST Growling Tigers instead. Book cover by cottonbro studio in pexels

Everybody knows that Billie has only ever liked Deion. She spends her four years in junior high school waiting for him to notice all her advances. The most she can get in return is a friendly glance. But when Deion finally paid her some attention, Billie starts to rethink if he is worthy of her efforts. Disclaimer: This is written in epistolary format. Lovestruck Series: HATEMATE Part One Cover illustration by charameldraws ynativity, 2021

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Weddings. Vanya Nadine Joson dreaded weddings. Within her circle of friends, she was the only one remaining single and unmarried. Single, for as long as she could remember. She was slowly accepting the fact that she'll grow old alone, and she was already preparing for it. Her retirement plan was laid out, she already picked her senior home, she even began to draw out her last will on her mind. Until zooming out for the possibilities for the next forty years began to overwhelm her. Living alone wasn't so bad after all. But there was a time where she hoped for her wishful thinkings to come true. A time where she pictured an entire future with someone. Every night, in all of her prayers, he was there. In her mind, in her dreams, in her wishes. In the quiet. He was her secret she kept hidden in the dark. There wasn't a second passing by where she didn't regret how everything fell apart. They almost had it. If she could stop the clock and trace back every second, she would. Because the moment he left, everything came to a pause. The stillness made her numb as the years went by. Vanya remained unmoving. Stuck. And always wishing. Stuck on Pause (For the Record # 2) Completed (2023).

Twelve years after the breakup, Esmee and Luca are forced to settle down under one roof while Esmee waits for her father's recovery in the hands of Luca's physician parents. With more than a decade filled with questions on what went wrong in an almost-marriage relationship, they may find themselves tangled once again in midnight couch conversations and underneath-the-blanket college tales more often than before. And perhaps discover something more than what they've settled with after they parted lives twelve years ago. Stand-alone Epistolary MORE OFTEN THAN NOT August 2023

Everyone expects Pria to marry one of her college best friends a few years after graduating. When she finds out about his plans of proposing a marriage, Pria--certain that she would say yes--informs everyone in advance. Little did she know that he would be proposing to someone else. All her family members and friends are anticipating her wedding before the year ends. Not wanting to disappoint and with her heart still in a state of devastation, Pria comes up with a solution-a proxy groom. And with her other best friend, Sylas, coming back to town for her supposed wedding, she might just be able to pull this stunt off. Hopefully. Cliche Series WEDDINGS FOR DUMMIES ynativity, 2022 Cover Art by Jiselle

After two years of not hearing anything from each other, Billie and Deion unexpectedly meet at a college orientation. Not ending up on good terms in high school, both of them knew that they are never going to be friends again-not when they could only talk in the form of arguing most of the time. Surely, they did not want to meddle with each other's lives again. The last time they did, they ended up breaking each other's young, hopeful hearts. But things take a different turn when Billie is in desperate need of a token boyfriend, and Deion is her only available option. Lovestruck Series: HATEMATE (Part Two) ynativity, 2021 Cover illustration by charameldraws

Came summer and the best friends, Silas and Marchienne, have nothing to do aside from lurking around several dating applications. After swiping right on almost all potential partners (which mostly has led to such disappointment), both have had enough and agreed to try something new: for a month, they'll cut off connections with one other and travel solo to different countries. And whoever fails to bring home a partner by the end of the month owes the other a two-week-long Christmas Japan trip. Equally eager to claim the free trip, the two kept their plans in secret... only to end up in the same country, same city, and the same hotel with rooms parallel to each other on the day of their arrival. Stand-alone Epistolary TAKE HOME A BAGGAGE July 2022 Republished 2026

elizondo cousins series #1 | an epistolary Kamryn Navarro experienced her first heartbreak under the gray pouring sky. Ever since that day, she didn't like the rain. To her, it was a symbol of sadness. A symbol of the hope she once had but was destroyed. Rainsis Elizondo was like the rain, cold and unrelenting. He was sparse and scattered just like the raindrops. But when the rain fall once again, will it show two different souls the beauty of the downpour?

Overwhelmed by academic pressure, Vina Nathalie Joson decided to drop everything that could be a source of distraction, even her three-year relationship. Filled with doubts and seemingly spiraling into the deep end, Vina was losing grip. Losing herself. That breathing alone was hard. And the only person that has been keeping her steady and hopeful was gone. But she couldn't allow herself to drag him with her into the deep end. It was cruel. She had to let him go even if it means she needed to hold her breath. Yet, there he was. Still staying by her side. With a love that's steady and unwavering. Silently wishing for everything to go back the way it used to be. Or maybe, that was just him being hopeful. And all he was holding on to was an idea and moments in time that are too precious to let go. If We Could Press Rewind (For the Record # 1) Completed (2022).