Cover Reveal: Waiting in the Wings (special illustrated cover edition)

August 8, 2025 No Comments

It’s here! It’s here! It’s heeeeeeere!

It’s cover reveal day, folks—and YES, I know. I’ve done this before. For this very book, in fact. The beauty of being a self-published author, folks: You can do whatever you want with your book, just because. And because I met an artist whose work I really liked and I just really wanted an illustrated cover for Waiting in the Wings, I did exactly that.

I wanted to capture a moment in the book that’s been sorta-kinda immortalized through a couple of live readings but couldn’t really capture in my 2024 photo cover. Figured illustration was the best way to do it, and I’m so, so happy because @rwiizo definitely delivered the feels~!

And so here it is, the special illustrated cover edition of Waiting in the Wings!

My Work, Personal

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!

My Work

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?!!?)~~

Book Tours, My Work, The Writing Community

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:

The Writing Community

Get your kilig for FREE!!!

June 26, 2025 No Comments

Yes, friends—we are giving away a bunch of free books and short stories by some of your favorite #RomanceClass authors! KILIG FOR FREE is happening now until Sunday, June 29th!

Here are the books and short stories you can download for free:

Fake Date Number Three – Mina V. Esguerra (short story)
Tame the Kitten – Bianca Mori
Love at First Run – Angel C. Aquino
Home at Last – Angel C. Aquino (short story)
If the Dress Fits – Carla de Guzman
Your Heart, To Go – Tara Frejas (short story)
Love to Meet You – Jay E. Tria
The Billionaire’s Game – Ansela Corsino
Until You – Ana Tejano (short story)
Take Two – Kaith C. Cimafranca
Comfortable and Familiar – H. Bentham (short story collection)
Pameowmanhikan: The Propawsal – Danice Mae P. Sison (short story)
Another Word For Happy – Agay Llanera
Alter Christus – Catherine Dellosa (short story)

If you have always wanted to read a #RomanceClass book or more romance books written by Filipino authors, here’s your chance to find a new book/author to love! And if you have always been here (thank you so much!), please continue sharing the love by letting your other bookish friends know about this giveaway.

Ready?

Yes, I’m ready to add new books to my TBR!

Happy downloading and happy reading!