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It’s Pio Season!

August 2, 2025 No Comments

Hey guys, it’s Leo Season…but also PIO SEASON!

Have you met my sweet, charming, flirtatious boy Pio Alvez? I heard he’s quite the ladies’ man, and he captures hearts just like that. Well, here’s your chance to meet him! Like Nobody’s Watching is on sale on Amazon for the whole month of August!

It’s all fun and games until someone catches feelings.

If there’s something Pio Alvez is good at, it’s pretending to be someone he’s not. On stage and on-screen, the actor has mastered the art of becoming the characters he plays, and his new role should be no different. After all, how difficult would it be to pretend to be smitten with a beautiful, intelligent go-getter like Audrey Alonzo?

Perhaps it’s more difficult pretending not to be.

Get the book here.

I’m also uploading a chapter a day on Wattpad so you’re going to be able to read it there for free. Check it out here.

The $1.99 promo and free version on Wattpad will be up until August 31, 2025.

Happy reading!

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Waiting in the Wings is having a special illustrated cover!

July 28, 2025 No Comments

For a few weeks now, I have been working on this special project with a local artist named rwiizo, whom I met at Komiket Market! Market! in May. I was browsing through the many stalls at the event and was instantly taken by his art style. I asked him if he was open to handling cover commissions, and he said yes, so I followed him on his IG account and had a look at his body of work while I decided which book I wanted him to sprinkle his magic on.

And then I decided it should be Waiting in the Wings. Because why not?

~~(Because paboritong anak lol. WHO SAID THAT?!!?)~~

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3 Takeaways from the Connect the Hearts blog tour!

July 25, 2025 No Comments

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!

April 7, 2025 No Comments

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!

February 15, 2025 No Comments

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!