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Danilo's life is a mess, from the drinking to the smoking to the nagging of his mother. It seems nothing is ever going right until he meets Dulnuan, a ghost who lived during the time of American imperialism in the Philippines. He befriends her, and she becomes a light at the end of his dark tunnel with the promise of a romantic adventure and a chest filled with gold to get him out of his miserable life. But how can he be together with Dulnuan? How can she help him find the gold? Will he wish desperately enough to make it all come true?***Premise: A man on the brink of suicide befriends his savior, who is death itself.***Genre: Adult Grimdark Paranormal Fantasy***CONTENT WARNING:Grim ThemesExplicit SexMorally Gray CharactersThis is not Romance***Happy Reading!Hi_D…

HeideHunt

A Filipino-American book nerd attempts to save her precious library from closure with the help of a mysterious vanishing book and a boy she should never fall for.*****Elsy, a Filipino-American book nerd, faces a crisis when their town's growing reliance on artificial intelligence technology threatens her beloved Littleton Public Library with permanent closure. With only a month in hand, she takes the initiative to reignite the community's love for reading, or else she loses her sanctuary forever. She then discovers a guide on how to captivate hearts, a book that mysteriously disappears and reappears in the townsfolk's hands, causing peculiar effects as if the library has secret plans of its own.As she continues her campaign and navigates conflicting beliefs between technology and tradition, she finds an unexpected ally in Finn, a boy her bestie likes. Their budding friendship complicates things as they try to discover the miracle of falling in love... with books.A story of passion, diversity, and a little bit of magic.*****Genres:#Contemporary#Romance#Magical Realism#YoungAdult…

HeideHunt

The heir to the throne struggles to stay alive and keep his birthright while a tracker is thrust into a brutal hunt for a girl who can save or destroy the kingdom of Daracka.˖⁺‧₊˚ ✧ ˚₊‧⁺˖A frail kingdom. A dangerous weapon. A lost soldier with the power to tip the balance.Out of his obsession for learning, Kazuri, a Maestro of knowledge, recreates a destructive machine used in the last catastrophic war in the kingdom of Daracka. This weapon's only fuel is an explosive energy inside the body of an experimental soldier. Kazuri must have it, and so the hunt for the soldier begins.Jiro, a boy with the ability to fly, is a Maharlika from Aradack who only wants to live ordinarily, staying on their island for the rest of his life. But when a tragedy strikes his family, his home becomes a constant torment of memories. He joins the hunt to escape his pain and sets out to find the soldier who would change his fate.Reiji is the Matu, next in line for the throne of Daracka. He quenches his ambition to rule, but when he learns that someone he trusts betrayed him, he lets the fire inside him burn. He plays his own game of secrecy, risking the peace of the kingdom.The Master ✧ The Flyer ✧ The Heir˖⁺‧₊˚ ✧ ˚₊‧⁺˖Heide Reynes gives you a world influenced by the culture of her own country, the Pearl of the Orient Seas.Inspired by the Igorot People (an ethnic group from the northern mountains), the Maharlika (the ancient feudal warrior class), and the traditional Tagalog in the Philippines.˖⁺‧₊˚ ✧ ˚₊‧⁺˖Wattys 2023 FinalistWattys 2023 Bootcamp Mentee˖⁺‧₊˚ ✧ ˚₊‧⁺˖First of two planned Volumes.˖⁺‧₊˚ ✧ ˚₊‧⁺˖Genre:Epic FantasyHigh FantasyAdultFantaSci˖⁺‧₊˚ ✧ ˚₊‧⁺˖…

HeideHunt

When Akali, a young diwata, chases her dream to become the best tattoo artist in the realm of the Engkanto, she struggles with the challenges of her new job and gets into mischief as she serves various creatures in the famous parlor of Pinta inside an acacia tree.***Featuring the mythological creatures from the Filipino folklore.***Akali is a diwata--a spirit creature, steward of the forest. Everyone expects her to live among the trees and watch over them, but when she grows a passion for the craft of tattooing, she hopes to become the best tattoo artist. She finds work at Pinta, a famous tattoo parlor inside an acacia tree, but only as a cleaning girl. She hopes for a chance to exhibit her talents there and be discovered, but she gets into mischief instead. On her path to attaining her goal, she finds friendship with Makka, a dwende who is a small, cunning creature that likes to play tricks on others, and with Kayn, a mysterious person with a full-body tattoo. With these newfound friends, she braves the trials of her job and navigates the community of different creatures from the realm of the Engkanto. But she soon learns of a curse that prevents her from speaking, which puts her in a position where she might lose her chance of achieving her dream. ***Genre***#Fantasy#YoungAdult#Mystical#Adventure#Humor***Note***Just Write It || 10 Chapter Challenge***Rankings***#1 in #FilipinoFolklore (07/09/23)#1 in #Adulting (09/09/23)#1 in #Diwata (10/05/23)#2 in #FilipinoAuthor (08/08/23)#14 in #YoungAdultFantasy (08/08/23)#20 in Filipino (07/09/23)…

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A princess in search of her past. A boy driven by money. A crew that is loyal to the end.Princess Ria is adopted, and she has lived with the acceptance that she will never know her real parents. But when she learns of the existence of her adoption document that was kept hidden from her all her life, the desire to know her past is triggered. She is determined to get her hands on it and she sets off on an adventure aboard the Opal with her childhood friend--an army lieutenant--and a crew of cunning sea gypsies. She hires this group to plan and execute a heist to retrieve the document, but when she obtains it, she finds more than what she is looking for--something that can root doubt in the people of the kingdom and threaten her brother's throne.On her journey, she works with Gin, a sea gypsy and a concresi--one with the ability to influence tangible non-living materials. For years, he has worked on grand thievery jobs, gaining a reputation for the Opal. He is a skilled dredger, and undefeated in coin dives. Despite his past, he is strong minded but bad history had its way of sowing cynicism in him. He cares about money and his crewmates, nothing more. To him, the rich are all the same selfish and egocentric people, and he sees Ria as one of them.Ria and Gin don't trust each other but when plans go awry, they are forced to set aside their differences to survive. Running for their lives across the Kingdom of the Draga Isles, a friendship grows between them and blooms into a forbidden passion that neither of them has expected.**Inspired by the Bajau (nomadic sea gypsies) in the Philippines. *Completed Draft 0*#Fantasy #Steampunk#Romance#Adventure#YoungAdult#Action*#20 in #FantasyRomance (out of 23K stories) (04/30/23)#2 in #FilipinoAuthor (05/29/23)#12 in #Filipino (07/09/23)#3 in #Steampunk (05/28/23)#16 in #Heist (05/27/23)#10 in #Gypsy (05/27/23)New Title Idea: Diamond and Salt…