At kung kailangang buntisin kita para maging akin, i will gladly do it in a heartbeat." - Shun KimShun Kim has wide range when it comes to getting information. He would know your deepest and darkest secret in just a snapped of his finger. He is the kind of man that you'll never dream of lying because he'll know even before you spoke a lie.And it was put to a test when he meets the stunning waitress, Themarie Alfonso.Shun Kim has a tons of connection but he couldn't find a single information about the woman who robbed his sanity, his peace of mind, his attention and his heart.What to do? What to do?

    When Drake Palma met Alys Perez, his whole world collided. She pestered him to be her pretend boyfriend because of a favor asked. Of all the girls who shamelessly approached him, she really did stand out. Asking him to be her boyfriend and then dumping him the next second.But destiny was at play. After days and weeks of being together, he just found himself wanting to keep her.

    Set against the turbulent history of East Asia in the twentieth century and by turns erotic and tragic, Magdalena vividly depicts three generations of strong Filipino women. Aimee Liu, author of Cloud Moutain Cecilia Manguerra Brainard s novel Magdalena takes its title from a protagonist descended from several generations of equally compelling female characters. . . Brainard uses a nonlinear narrative and multiple points of view to describe the history of the Philippines that roughly corresponds to its contact with the United States from the Spanish American War to the war in Vietnam. The novel brings into focus not only the romantic and social conflicts of different generations of women but also economic and racial divisions in the Philippines . . . Interspersed throughout the novel are archival photographs of places and people, photographs that remind the reader that while the characters are fictional, the backdrop is historical reality. Kathleen Flanagan, Longwood University, World Literature Today With her second novel, Magdalena, Cecilia Brainard adds new portraits to the gallery in Philippine literature. She has always had a strong sense of place. Here, she provides an inner landscape as well. Together, these provide the coordinates for the family secrets that bind the characters as securely as bloodlines. Linda Ty-Casper, author of The Stranded Whale In this novel, Brainard blends a series of multiple perspectives to create a polyphony of voices that enacts Philippine society before and during the Second World War. The narrative is a nuanced vision of the workings of culture, social class, obligation and the Filipino personality. Rocio G. Davis, author of Transcultural Reinventions: Asian American and Asian Canadian Short Story Cycles I have been looking for a good story about the war. N.V.M. Gonzalez, author of The Bread of Salt and Other Stories (upon reading Winning Hearts and Minds, one chapter of Magdalena.) About Brainard s first novel When the Rainbow Goddess Wept The strengthening of the national spirit; the loss of innocence in two generations these themes are explored by the author, who was born in the Philippines, with persuasive conviction and stark realism. (Publishers Weekly) A fast-paced, sensitively written first novel about the psychological damage war wreaks, seen through the eyes of an intelligent, resilient young girl ... Brainard s appealing characters are larger-than-life people who change before our eyes, yet remain utterly convincing. (Kirkus Review) "

    The scowl on his face? Definitely to warn people to stay away. His deteriorating grades? Obviously maintaining the bad boy façade. The silence he rarely breaks? Clearly so that he doesn't spill his secrets. He's cold. He's fucked up. He's an asshole. Or so they say. They think they know Xavier. They sure as hell don't. It takes one glimpse of Xavier's reality for Haley to realize nobody knows the person they all think they know. Nobody knows the frightened little boy hiding behind the cool façade, the silence brimming with unuttered screams, the grey eyes concealing all that pain. Nobody knows Xavier. But maybe Haley can. And maybe she can save him.

    She feels like all her dreams are coming true when they actually end up becoming friends.Things are looking up, but Xeira soon finds out how friendship can get complicated when tangled up with love. First, she has to deal with Chris, a guy friend who’s in love with her, then she has to cope with her feelings for Kyle – who’s in love with someone else!Will Xei ever get her heart’s desire? Or will her heart learn to beat for Chris instead?

    You’re my future partner 2. I’m famous and my writings have been immortalized 3. You’ve violated my privacy and these are not meant for you Let’s hope it’s not the last one. Before this year, I had my life all planned out. This book contains the story of the year that changed my life (well, my life so far). It’s the year I learned how to be invincible. That wasn’t really specific, but I guess you have to read on to see what I’m talking about. Love, Camille

    Every page is a part of who I am. Every word is a piece of my mind and heart. You may have good and bad things to say about me, but let me ask you this... Do you really know me? I express myself best through writing. Dive deeper into my dreams, fears and everything in between. What you’ll read is 100% real and written from the heart. Sit back, relax, and enjoy. At kapag hindi niyo na-enjoy, bawi ako sa Part 2. Charot!

    Who could be better suited for the position than her best friend Reece? The two of them have been inseparable since they first met, moving in together isn't such a big deal. But both of them have a secret that they're keeping, and the close quarters make it harder to keep those secrets hidden inside. Faye's done something she wasn't supposed to, and now she's afraid that she's waited too long to be forgiven.Reece is in love with someone who doesn't love him back. And she now lives down the hall.

    He was 25 years old and I was 15 years old when I first met him.That was the exact time that I thought that age has nothing to do with love or has it?

    Dane’s Treble Five barkada then comes up with an ingenious plan to not only get Dane’s groove back, but Barbs as well. Ang plano? Kailangan pumili si Dane ng isang ‘unlucky girl,’ make her fall in love with him, and then break her heart… all within 100 days. Naniniwala ang barkada niya na once makita ni Barbs si Dane with another girl, she will totally want him back.Ang napiling ‘unlucky girl’? Si Kate Borja. Simple, innocent, and romantic, Kate gets to spend time with the school’s most popular guy. What she doesn’t know is that she’s in for the biggest surprise (or heartbreak?) of her life! Things take an unexpected turn nang magsimula ng ma-develop ang feelings ni Dane para kay Kate. Coincidentally, ang best friend niyang si Luis ay in love din kay Kate. Will love destroy their very solid barkada? Or will Dane and Luis willingly put their love for the same girl on hold just to save Treble Five?

    If she agrees, her life can go back to normal—back to a time when monsters were nothing more than the stuff of nightmares. But walking away also means leaving Etienne behind… Bad boy Etienne Beauchamp has never been in a real relationship before, but he knows one thing for sure. If you care about someone, you do whatever it takes to protect them, even if it means letting them go. Too bad his inner dragon doesn’t agree and will stop at nothing to keep Taya for his own.

    The only problem is that to him she's always just been one of the gang, if that. Now with the end of her high school career coming fast she has very little time to change the situation at all, before all hope is gone.Unfortunately Mitch loves Keeley Thomson, the new girl in school who's everything a guy could want. Thin, pretty and smart, all rolled into one perfect Mitch fantasy fulfilling package. It would be enough to make a girl hate her, if it weren't for the fact that Keeley is one of Becky's new best friends, and willing to do some truly outrageous things to help her get the man of her dreams.In the end this is a story about coming of age in the modern world, dealing with the fact that adulthood hits us all, and the knowledge that love, while powerful, can sometimes be far different than what it first seems.

    Until one semester in college, nagtagpo ulit ang landas nila. As their unusual relationship unfolds, Astrid’s ordinary life slowly turns into something she wasn’t expecting. Idagdag pa ang pagbabalik ni Harold—her first love and her first heartbreak—sa eksena.Amid the backdrop of an exciting university life, maraming pagdadaan si Astrid as she learns a lot of things beyond her academic endeavors: love, forgiveness, friendship, trust, and even secrets—secrets that may actually cause her another heartbreak.Will Astrid’s relationship with Karl blossom sa gitna ng maraming pagsubok? Or will she find happiness in someone else’s arms?

     *****When straight-A student Maddie is forced to move to LA, she plans to keep her head down, grades up, and make it through senior year as unnoticeable as possible. But when she stumbles upon an underground boxing match starring the intriguing Hayden Walker, she sees a chance to protect those she loves from her crazy, abusive father. She offers Hayden money in exchange for self-defense lessons, a dangerous arrangement that just might end up changing the pair of them forever.

    Him and his crew likes to wreak havoc in town, not giving a shit to anyone they step on along the way. You know that misunderstood villain in every good hero's tale?Well, this is his story.___Cunning. Ruthless. Intimidating.That is Oz Lacy.They feared him. They respected him. They worshipped him.No one dared to cross him.That was . . . until that time in their sophomore year when a gutsy redhead gave him a piece of her mind. He knew he wanted her right then. But she was the twin sister of his arch nemesis Scout Crimson.The real problem, though, started in their junior year. The year his heart got broken. The year he was royally messed with. The year his cold heart turned even colder.Now it's senior year.All he wants?Justice and revenge.Who the hell said he can't have both?Like they said, payback's a bitch.Especially when it came from the devil.___BAD BOY x DORKY GIRL trope