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3 Takeaways from the Connect the Hearts blog tour!

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So back in May, I sought the help of a wonderful group of bookish ladies who call themselves BookLoverTitas to organize a book tour for my latest release, Connect the Hearts. The tour ran from June 7 to 18, with 12 bookish titas participating, and they did such an amazing job. They kept me on my toes, anticipating their posts every day, and I loved that they enjoyed the book a lot.

I’d been holding off on actually posting about this because we were supposed to have a face-to-face meetup last weekend and I wanted to include photos of us on this post. But alas, the weather put a damper on our plans and we had to reschedule.

Anyway, this post is long overdue, so let me just do it before laziness gets a hold of me. These are my 3 Takeaways from the Connect the Hearts Book Tour:

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Keeping Miss Kalila is FIVE!

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Do all of you ever feel like time has been running so quickly? I’m always in some kind of mild shock when my babies (my books, lol) turn a year older. Like…what do you mean Keeping Miss Kalila is now five years old?

I released Keeping Miss Kalila on April 1st of the year the whole world shut down because of COVID. We were in a very uncertain, very scary situation and I wasn’t even sure if releasing a new book at the time was a smart move. But I did, and after I while I received messages from readers who said they found comfort in Datu and Kalila’s love story, which made me feel like I made the right decision.

But a book is never too “old” for anyone who’s just discovering them, and here’s your chance to discover Datu and Kalila’s love story too. To celebrate the book’s fifth birthday, Keeping Miss Kalila is now available for only $0.99 on Amazon!

Buy Keeping Miss Kalila for $0.99 here!

Read a sample on Wattpad!

This special birthday sale will run until April 30, 2025.

Happy reading, everyone! <3

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Connect The Hearts is now available for digital pre-order!

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That’s right, friends! You may now pre-order your digital copy of my upcoming book, Connect the Hearts on Amazon!

In case you missed it, Connect the Hearts is a collection of four short stories about the ways we find, forge, and foster our relationships using the technology available to us. Some of you who are familiar with my work will be able to meet familiar characters in these stories! And if you’re new to my work, don’t worry—I’m sure you’ll be able to enjoy these stories too.

The ebook comes out on March 13, just in time for the 2025 Philippine Book Festival happening at the Megatrade Hall of SM MegaMall in Ortigas. If you happen to attend the event, drop by the #RomanceClass booth and show me your ebook for a little gift! Hope to see you there! <3

I’m looking for a street team!

Do you wanna be part of my Connect the Hearts street team? I’m looking for at least three more people to complete the lineup — sign up here! Thank you so much in advance!

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I have a new book coming out!

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Yep, you read that right! I’m working on a new short story collection which I’m planning to release in March, and here’s a sneak peek of the cover that I’ve commissioned Filipino artist Lori Rebluna to create:

Tara, what’s the new book about?

It’s a collection of short stories, kind of similar with What If We Fall In Love?, but some of them are in epistolary form. If you have been following my publishing journey closely, you may have consumed some of these short stories in some shape or form in the last 4-5 years. These are previously published somewhere on the internet, and I felt that they needed a “container” of some sort, so I’ve compiled them in this one book.

When’s it coming out?

The target date of release for digital is the second week of March, just in time for the 2025 Philippine Book Festival. The print release will hopefully come in time for #RomanceClass April Feels Day 2025.

If you’d like early updates about this book, please consider signing up for my newsletter! Click here to subscribe.

Cover reveal and pre-order link coming in February!

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