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In Ashford County, Pennsylvania, the law is supposed to be impartial. People are not.
Evrin is learning that much the hard way.
Set against the quiet authority of courtrooms, law-school corridors, and the unspoken hierarchies that govern who belongs and who doesn't, this novel follows a young man navigating ambition, vulnerability, and desire in a world that demands composure above all else. What begins as an ordinary social gathering spirals into a private reckoning-one shaped by power, restraint, and the dangerous pull of being seen too clearly by the wrong person.
As Evrin struggles to define his boundaries, he is drawn into an unsettling intimacy that blurs the line between choice and coercion, attraction and control. Every interaction leaves a mark. Every silence carries weight. And beneath the polished surface of legal professionalism, something far more human-and far more volatile-waits to surface.
This is a story about what the law cannot regulate: want, fear, consent, and the cost of yielding-even briefly-to someone who believes they already own the outcome.
Quietly tense, emotionally charged, and deeply intimate, this novel explores how power operates not just in courtrooms, but in private spaces where no rules are written and no witnesses remain.
Starting off on the wrong foot, Malani Fabro unexpectedly falls for the student council president, Dominick Castellan. But when their blissful relationship is suddenly tainted by a misunderstanding, Malani finds herself torn between choosing her family or fighting for their love.
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Alone yet spirited, Emiliani Fabro endures living with her biological father for her mother's sake. As she struggles to navigate a course she finds uninteresting, she crosses paths with Dominick Castellan, the school's student council president. With their constant mishaps and misunderstandings, Malani never imagined that she might fall for someone like him. Despite his good looks and intelligence, something about his attitude irritates her. Nevertheless, their constant bickering and push-and-pulls eventually evolve into something more meaningful. However, when a tragedy strikes and threatens the love they are trying so hard to protect, Malani and Dominick's relationship is put to the test. Will they choose each other and fight for their love, or will they protect their families, even if it means breaking apart?
(After High Series # 1) Saffron Rose Borromeo appears to have it all-top grades, family connections, and a guaranteed future in law. But appearances can be deceiving.
Maximiliano Jose Delgado is her academic equal and complete opposite. Brilliant, intense, and fiercely independent, he seems to see right through her polished facade-and he clearly doesn't like what he sees.
From their first day at the SCA- College of Law, they're locked in a rivalry that goes beyond textbooks and test scores. It's personal. It's consuming. And neither understands why the other brings out such strong reactions.
But when good intentions collide with wounded pride, their carefully constructed worlds begin to crumble. Some secrets destroy trust. Some lies are meant to help.
And sometimes, the person you're trying to save is the last person who wants your rescue.
(Game Series # 10) Tali coursed through life with ease. Coming from a family full of lawyers, she knew that getting a job would not be a problem. Kailangan niya lang pumasa sa school at pumasa sa BAR exam. Madali lang naman iyon lalo na kung wala ka namang ibang iniisip kung hindi ang mag-aral. Hindi niya kailangang isipin kung may pambili ba siya ng libro o pambayad ng tuition.
Life had been really good to her.
But one night, she met this guy named Lui... She had heard stories about him, but has never really met him. And when she finally put a face to the name, that was when she understood the stories about him. Nakaka-baliw nga pala talaga iyong lalaki na iyon. There's just something about him that makes you want to say yes...
So, she said yes. Yes to kissing him. Yes to making out with him. Yes to everything.
Tali told herself that it was just for one night, but she found herself wanting for me despite all the protest of the people around her. She kept on convincing herself that he's not worth it... but she knew the moment his lips touched hers, it was already game over.
Escaping from his responsibilities as a future duke, Terron Dashwood moves to the Philippines, hoping to live a simple and humble life. But when he crosses paths with Eva and discovers her true identity, Terron starts questioning what simple really means.
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Hoping for a simple life, future duke Terron Dashwood leaves his family in Italy and moves to the Philippines alone. There, he meets Eva Galanis, a sari-sari store and barbecue place owner who often treats him as a baggage boy. Knowing that he will return to Italy one day to face his responsibilities, Terron firmly believes that his relationship with Eva is mere friendship and nothing more-but his friends think otherwise. With a deadline for him to return home and a death threat looming around, can Terron fight for his feelings for Eva despite the odds? Or will the complicated past that their families share only bring them further apart?
Disclaimer: This story is written in Taglish, a combination of Tagalog & English.
Cover Design by Regina Dionela
(Game Series # 8) Adriadna Deanne Manjarrez, NBSB, promised herself na kapag pumasok na siya sa law school ay magkakaroon na siya ng boyfriend. Sabi ng parents niya, kusang lalapit ang lalaki sa kanya basta mag-aral lang siya nang mabuti. Kalokohan. Naka-graduate na siya at lahat pero wala namang lalaking luma-lapit. So, she made a promise na pagpasok niya ng law school ay maghahanap agad siya ng boyfriend.
She wanted someone na gwapo dahil naniniwala siya na kung masasaktan na lang din siya, sa gwapo na. And after a while, she finally decided to chase after Rhys Arevalo-gwapo, mukhang mabango, at top 1 sa batch nila. She wanted him to be her first boyfriend... kaso hindi siya mapansin nito. Sino ba naman siya? Ni hindi nga siya kasama sa top 10 ng batch nila. At ang balita ay type nito 'yung matatalino.
Ginawa niya na lahat, pero walang umeepekto... until she decided to befriend his best friend Samuel Hayes Fortalejo.
Known for his short temper, Atty. Kylo Villaraza gets the biggest twist in his life as he unexpectedly falls for his secretary, Amara Jean Abella. But when the truth about their connected past resurfaces, the relationship Kylo tries to protect is suddenly wrecked apart.
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Falling for his secretary is the last thing on Atty. Kylo Villaraza's mind. He is a known playboy with patience as thin as a strand of hair. So, when Amara Jean Abella suddenly enters his life without warning, Kylo does his best to keep his distance... which unsurprisingly fails. Kylo falls for Jean even more, even planning a future with her despite his background with EL Ordre. But when Jean suddenly leaves him and he finds out about their complicated connection from the past, Kylo is suddenly unsure of what to do. Will Kylo chase after Jean despite the complicated truth--or will he waste away everything, even if it costs his life?
Disclaimer: This story is written in Taglish, a combination of Tagalog & English.
Cover Design by Regina Dionela
A standalone novel with Prosecutor Aubrielle Baxter's Point of View
Nadia de Marco knew what she wanted in life and that is to be the most powerful woman in the country. Growing up in the Philippines, she knew that it would be an uphill climb. There is misogyny everywhere, but instead of fighting it, she decided to use it to her advantage. That is probably the upside of being undermined, being almost invisible-people will never see you coming. While she was watching everyone's moves, no one was watching hers.
Things were going according to plan until Avery Brienne Eliseo came into the picture.
Suddenly, she got an enemy. And unlike Avery who has her cousin by her side, she has no one.
And she needs to have someone.
She's been looking for so long until she found Archibald Reign Gallego-the perfect partner in crime... or so she thought.
"The strongest team can always come to an end but the purest partnership won't come to an end but will face a lot of challenges together." As Sienna writes her own flow of life with the almost perfect man, her boyfriend. But they end up being challenge by the circumstance of life. Will they stick together until the end or end up being a lost partnership.
(Game Series # 9) Mauro Eugenio dela Rama's life revolved around school and work. At times, he felt like drowning pero hindi siya pwedeng magreklamo kasi pinili niya naman 'yon. For him, he'd rather be exhausted with his 9 to 5 and 5 to 9 kaysa humingi ng pambayad ng tuition sa tatay niya.
He was doing fine kahit nahihirapan siya. Akala niya hindi niya kailangan ng tulong...
Then he met Atty. Achilles V. Marroquin.
Mauro thought that he was just being nice to him dahil abogado na 'to ay siya ay 'di hamak na struggling law student lamang. Kahit nahihiya siya, humingi siya ng tulong dito. Kakapalan niya na ang mukha niya kaysa bumagsak siya sa subjects niya.
He thought he was just being regular nice to him... hanggang isang araw ay napapatanong na lang siya sa sarili niya kung normal pa ba 'to o nilalandi ba siya ng abogadong 'to?
[PUBLISHED UNDER LIB]
#3. "If I won't have you then might as well kill me, attorney."
[PUBLISHED under LIB]
#2. "If liking you is a crime then why don't you convict me, attorney?"
Hoping to clear her late father's name, Amara Jean Abella decides to become a lawyer and get the justice he deserves. But when she crosses paths with Atty. Kylo Villaraza, Jean discovers that the past isn't as simple as she thinks.
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Growing up, all Amara Jean Abella wants is to clear her father's name for a crime she believed he didn't do. To reach her goal, she then decides to become a lawyer, setting aside her original dream of becoming a journalist. When she unexpectedly gets Atty. Kylo Villaraza as her OJT mentor, AJ's hate for lawyers grows even more. He is a playboy and a guy who keeps on cursing at every chance he gets. But as she spends more time with Kylo, AJ's impression of him changes. The hate she once felt for him turns into admiration, respect, and love. With their complicated and tangled past constantly haunting them, is AJ strong enough to fight through it all? Or will she set aside everything, including her feelings for Kylo, and have her heart broken even more?
Disclaimer: This story is written in Taglish, a combination of Tagalog & English.
Cover Design by Regina Dionela
(Game Series # 7) Jersey thought that her life's already as good as it's gonna get... Wala naman siyang karapatang magreklamo-pasalamat pa nga raw siya 'di siya pina-abort ng nanay niya nung nabuntis siya ng tatay niya. Pero araw-araw din naman sa kanyang pina-mukha 'yun...
Hanggang isang araw, napagod na siya at lumuwas na sa Maynila. Bahala na. Kahit wala siyang kilala roon, kahit hindi niya alam kung saan magsisimula. Basta mahalaga, malayo na siya sa nanay niya.
Pero mali pala siya... maling-mali.
Sa Maynila, nandun lahat ng mapagsamantalang tao. Sa Maynila, nandun lahat ng manloloko. Sa Maynila, nandun lahat ng manggagamit sa kanya...
Gusto niya nang mawalan ng pag-asa.
Mabuti na lang dumating siya.
(Game Series # 5) Lyana Isobel Laurel never wanted complication. She never dreamed of marrying into a wealthy family-a family that's way out of her league- but Sean Denver Cuesta came into her life like a hurricane. She kept on convincing herself that it's not gonna happen, but every step of the way, she falls.
Sean's everything she never thought she wanted... but love makes people do crazy things. She fell in love, and she fell hard.
One day, things were perfect... But little by little, shit began to happen.
(Game Series # 6) Assia dela Serna's dream was to become a lawyer. Ever since she was little, she had dreamt of becoming one... But from a young age, she knew that her family wasn't financially capable of sending her to law school. Kaya naman bata pa lang siya, sinigurado niya na magiging maayos lahat ng grado niya. She made sure that everything in her transcript was perfect. She needed to get a full ride scholarship to the best law school in the country, St. Claire's Academy College of Law...
But things do not always go according to plan.
She didn't make it to SCA, but she made it to Brent. It wasn't the best school, but she met a lot of good people. She was happy. She felt like everything was going according to plan. She's gonna be a lawyer. She's gonna go home to her province and help the people in her town. Everything was great... until her last year in law school.
That's when shit started to happen.
(Game Series # 4) Charisse Faith Viste believes in working hard. She does not believe in luck, only hard work. Bata pa lang siya, nasanay na siya na pinaghihirapan lahat ng meron siya. Being the only girl in a family full of guys, nasanay na siya na kung gusto niyang makuha, kailangan niyang pagtrabahuhan. And because of this, she grew up tough. She already accepted the fact that guys are just too intimidated to even give her a second glance. She'll always be too smart, too confident, too much for everyone.
One day, she had this overwhelming feeling of sadness. She looked around and saw that everyone around her has someone by their side... Everyone has someone to embrace... Siya? Libro lang ang kayakap.
She used to be fine with the idea of being alone... alone, not lonely.
But not anymore.
She needed someone to stop her from feeling so lonely.
(Game Series # 3) Avery Brienne Eliseo never wanted the 'normal' life. Ever since she was born, she already knew that the life she'd lead would be far from what's normal... until her stupid cousin decided to 'protect' her by giving her a new life. But she wasn't stupid. She knew that one day, she'd have to go back to save his ass.
She needed to make friends--powerful friends. She needed people who would be of help when she needs protection. And where would she find powerful friends? In law school. The students there are the future presidents, senators, and congressmen of the country. She needed to be friends with powerful people...
And when she met Maven de Marco and learned that he's the most powerful one? She's determined to make him hers.
(Game Series # 2) Aurora Marie Floresca just wanted to escape their house. Ever since her father re-married, palagi na silang nag-aaway dalawa. She wanted her father to be happy, of course, but not with that evil step-mother wannabe. Unang pagkikita pa lang nila, masama na ang kutob niya sa babae. She wanted happiness for her father, but definitely not with that woman...
But unfortunately, the witch won. She managed to get her father to throw Rory out. She was forced to stay in Manila for the meantime. She didn't know what to do in Manila! Wala naman doon ang mga kaibigan niya. Wala siyang pamilya. The only consolation she got was the condo unit from her father--well, at least hindi naman yata gusto ng tatay niya na sa kalsada siya matulog.
She'd probably get a job or study again, she wasn't sure yet, but she's certain that everything would be fine... until she realized that her next door neighbor would be keeping her up all night with all the banging against the wall.
(Game Series # 1) For as long as Katherine could remember, Juan Alexandro Yuchengco has always been her dream guy. He's smart, kind, and could be funny when he wanted to... but the problem was, he never saw her as more than his sister's friend. And she's determined to change that.
She followed him to law school. She made sure that he's aware of her presence... and thankfully, her efforts paid off. Finally, Jax was looking her way.
But life is never simple. Life is a game. It's either you win or you lose. It's either you get it all or you lose it all. Kapag akala mong nandyan na, biglang mawawala pala. Kapag akala mong iyon na, may iba pa pala.
But how will she play if all the cards are stacked against her?
Addison Kailey Heira is an ultimate badass. Sariling desisyon niya lang ang sinusunod niya. That's her law. Mahilig siyang takasan ang isang bagay na nagpapabigay ng thrill sa kanya. Breaking rules excites her. Until she met the Buenaventura brothers. Katulad niya ay sariling gusto lang rin nito ang nasusunod. And Addi hates it because she doesn't want to obey their rule, their own law. Pero paano kung bumaliktad ang lahat at kagustuhan naman ng pag-ibig ang masunod? How will they abide the Law of Love if they're both smitten? Will Addi escaped this time? Or she'll get caught until she has no choice but to obey not her Law nor the Buenaventura's Law but the LAW OF LOVE.
-PerfectlyStubborn
