Second Wave Summer

Title: Second Wave Summer
Published by: Six de los Reyes, Tara Frejas, Jay E. Tria
ASIN: B07D5JYNQK
Release Date: May 19, 2018
Genre: ,
Pages: 107

All roads lead back to beachside music festival Summer Crush for another weekend of high waves, rock & roll, and the promise of summer romance. 

On any given day, Michael Brian doesn’t need to do much to hit the right notes with a girl, but there’s something about this day—and something about this girl—that’s got him out of tune. (A Taste of Summer, Six delos Reyes)

Indie filmmaker Datu puts on his dusty event videographer hat for Summer Crush. But memories of a love he let slip away resurface from every corner of this surf town. Now what he thought would be an easy job just isn't so easy anymore. (Rushes, Tara Frejas)

Corporate-highflyer-on-vacation Ringo has a question to which cookie bar boss woman Kris has the answer, if only they’d stop getting in each other’s way. (Ask Me Nicely, Jay E. Tria)

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I love that Six, Tara and Jay are able to make their universes and characters collide into this one fun and exciting series. I'm very much looking forward to more "Summer Crush" festivals to come in the next 5-10 years!

Mabel, book blogger

 

What I loved the most about this was its setting and how the setting was cleverly maximized. I haven’t gone to La Union in ages, but reading this book really made me feel like I was there, enjoying my own plate of delicious bagnet (yep, I’m more of a bagnet girl than a champorado fan, sorry), listening to the soothing sounds of waves kissing the shoreline, and enjoying the summer wind in my hair.

Shealea, book blogger

A Taste of Summer is a love story waiting to happen.

Rushes is braving the currents of reality to claim a love worth fighting for.

Ask Me Nicely is love winning over the technicalities that make a relationship complicated.

Love finds you when you least expect it. Love makes a way for two people to meet again. Love hears the truth in your heart and lets you grow.

Second Wave Summer is love doing its magic.

Fay, book blogger and author of All About That Bass (from Summer Feels)

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Play It By Ear (Backstage Pass #2)

Title: Play It By Ear
Series: Backstage Pass #2
Published by: Tara Frejas
Contributors: Tara Frejas, Rix Forto, Layla Tanjutco, Chi Yu Rodriguez, Shaira Bea San Jose
ASIN: B07QQNNFBC
Release Date: May 15, 2019
Genre: , ,
Pages: 198

What does it really take to be a champion?

When East Genesis Project’s Jo Yihwan reluctantly pinch-hits for injured band mate Steven Bae in a reality TV-slash-talent competition, he decides he’s only in it to win. After all, he is representing his band, and the All-Kill Champion title had some handsome perks attached to it.

But he didn’t expect to meet a gutsy, driven teammate like Ha Yoojung, or feel drawn to her incandescent spirit week after week after week. He didn’t expect her to be carrying a devastating secret that could cost them the grand prize, either.

What starts as a competition becomes so much more. With careers, a long-held dream, and honor at stake, can Yihwan and Yoojung’s hearts survive?

 

CW: Mentions of sexual assault

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Stay With Me (Backstage Pass B-Side)

Title: Stay With Me
Series: Backstage Pass #2.5
Published by: Tara Frejas
Contributors: Layla Tanjutco, Shaira Bea San Jose
ASIN: B07RLX9JWQ
Release Date: May 31, 2019
Genre: ,
Pages: 80

"Come live with me for a while."

Moving to Seoul for a job at an entertainment company has made a self-reliant woman out of Filipina. But when she gets injured in an accident and her boyfriend, Gabriel, proposes she move in with him until she’s back in shape, Fi reluctantly gives up her independence in favor of some TLC.

What happens when being under one roof ignites the desire she has been firmly keeping underneath the surface? Will she up and leave, or decide to stay?

This is a Backstage Pass B-Side, a supplemental read to Play It By Ear.

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Keeping Miss Kalila

Title: Keeping Miss Kalila
Published by: Tara Frejas
ASIN: B08642T6BG
Release Date: April 1, 2020
Genre:
Pages: 202

With a job that she loves, an adorable senior dog, and a baby she fought hard to conceive on the way, life is going well for thirty-one-year old school teacher Kalila Rayos. That is, until her ex-boyfriend and first love, filmmaker Datu Alvez asks if they could try again.

Saying yes shouldn’t be too difficult. After all, she’s still also in love with him and Datu’s efforts to be there for her make her feel she truly has it all. But on top of her worries as a soon-to-be mom, a crisis that hits her school forces her to shift her priorities away from her own desires.

Will the one who got away be strong enough to stay, or will their second chance at love crumble and break her heart once more?



** Please note the following content warnings for this book: miscarriage (backstory), casual sexism, and verbal and physical abuse from a parent.

This book follows #romanceclass guidelines requiring HEA/HFN for romance, and is Heat Level 3 (at least one “open door” sex scene). **

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What If We Fall In Love?

Cover for What If We Fall In Love?Title: What If We Fall In Love?
Published by: Tara Frejas
ASIN: B0BP2X6VY3
Release Date: December 31, 2022
Genre: , ,
Pages: 180

What If We Fall In Love? is a collection of stories about what ifs that get answered, what ifs that end with happy ever after.

What if you had a chance at love?

Let it be known that Manuel La Rosa had always found Jamia Damiles beautiful, and not only in a breathtaking, how-are-you-even-real kind of way. He also found her smart, competent, and funny—you know, completely out of his league.

But when she agrees to be his fake girlfriend for his cousin’s wedding, Manuel slowly realizes Jamia might be within his reach after all.

What if you took the first step?

Starting a food truck business isn’t easy—just ask Paz Laban, who almost burned down her truck on opening day. Thankfully, help was nearby, and it came to save the day wearing a tight shirt and a familiar face.

They call him Coby now, but to her, he will always be Jako: the shy and lanky son of the Galarosas, who lived across their street in her hometown in Bicol. Little does she know that to him, she’s the unattainable crush…and now he’s ready to shoot his shot.

What if you choose to be brave?

Five years ago, college friends Aki Buenaventura and Bonnie Salvador made an unwritten pact to get married if they find themselves single at thirty-five. It all seemed like a forgotten promise until an ISP fail leads work-from-home employee Bonnie to knocking on Aki’s door and asking to spend a few days at his apartment.

When proximity and the rush of fond memories force Aki to confront his long repressed feelings, will he finally muster the courage to take the leap?

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