#romanceclass books with main characters mid-twenties and up
Yes To You
Forced (thesis) proximity. Fake wedding date. Flirty, younger guy. Sibling’s best friend and the one that got away. No matter the journey and pitfalls, it all leads to happy-ever-after.
First Time for Everything
During lockdown, good friends Sabrina and Victor spent a few days together in the same apartment. She was starting a cafe; he was teaching her some of his family’s recipes. They made sandwiches, then made out, and almost had sex. At 39 years old, it would have been her first time. She panicked, fled, and did not return any of his calls or messages.
That night looked like a rejection, but Victor was never mad at Sabrina about it. They’d known each other for a long time, and if anything had happened he would have failed a relationship anyway. He was already everything to everyone, from keeping the family business running, to being the reliable eldest son while the world was seemingly on fire. No time to fall in love, even with one of his favorite people.
Two years later, Victor gets a call from Sabrina who asks if they could possibly try again. Which part? Everything.
Pawfect For You
Pa-meow-manhikan (The Propawsal) by Danice Mae P. Sison (grumpy x sunshine, idiots in like, heat level 2, adult)
Puppy Love by Ines Bautista-Yao (extrovert x introvert, second chance romance, heat level 0, adult)
Best Days Ever by Tara Frejas (royalty x commoner, second chance romance, heat level 3, adult)
Safe Haven by Celestine Trinidad (can’t remember anything x remembers too much, best friend’s sibling, heat level 0, adult)
Furever With You by Angel C. Aquino (confident x shy & awkward, forced proximity, heat level 0, adult)
No Touching by Jay E. Tria (tall & timid x small & feisty, reluctant helper, opposites attract, heat level 3, adult)
What If We Fall In Love?
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?
What if you took the first step?
What if you choose to be brave?
Kilig
RomanceClass and Komiket’s first comics anthology KILIG contains 14 romance stories by 22 Filipino creators. Explore kilig in its many forms: first crushes, second chances, enduring love, from the very personal to the collective, shared thrills.
- Panaginip ng Pag-Ibig by Marianie
- Cat in the Bag by Sumikiyo and Munppence
- Tuesday Mornings by Hench Dulin
- Egg Soup Sunday by Fay Sebastian and Arli Pagaduan
- tan by Me by Suzette de Borja and Gianne Rabena
- Raise the Curtain by Alexandra Sevilla
- Doctor Congeniality by Celestine Trinidad and Liza S. De la Cruz
- Unang Lakad by marmastry
- OTW by Danice Mae P. Sison and ydbugs
- Under the Apocalypse Sun by Cee and Ghost
- Against the Current by Yugen and Zee Dino
- One True Plant by Carla de Guzman and Liza S. De la Cruz
- Ikaw Pa Rin by Chapy Fadullon
- Last Minute Love You by Milo Galang and Cris Santos.
More info about this anthology here! KILIG anthology from RomanceClass and Komiket
Love To Meet You
Expectations vs. Reality
At 33, career woman Sol Trinidad wasn’t really looking for anything other than a fun evening when she attended the fan meet of hot Korean celebrity Nam Jihun. She certainly wasn’t expecting to get up close and personal with the actor—like rolling-in-the-sheets-until-dawn personal. It was just one night after all. She will never see him again and he’ll forget about her soon enough. Right?
Manila was supposed to be just one of the many cities in 30-year old Nam Jihun’s work itinerary. Just like in any other city, he was excited to greet his fans. Then he met Sol, someone who had a knack for throwing all his expectations out the window. Romance wasn’t in his schedule, but he wants to keep seeing her again, if only she and his celebrity trappings would let him.
Take Two
VJ Locsin is six months away from her 40th birthday and so far, nothing in her life has gone according to plan. Instead of being an executive TV producer and the jetsetter she envisioned herself to be, she is working 12-hour shifts as a housekeeper to pay for student loans in cold Ontario, Canada.
But the universe, it seems, has its own plans. One winter night, at a party VJ didn’t even want to go to, she finds Marco, the boy she left in Dumaguete, Philippines two decades ago.
Marco Ramirez is fresh in town as an international student, hungry to find the fulfillment he’s been looking for. And who should he see, of all people? VJ—the girl who asked him to star in her college film project, the girl with the mischievous eyes, the girl he slowly fell in love with, the girl who ghosted him nineteen years ago.
Marco tries to get closer to VJ again by asking for help navigating his new life. VJ struggles to stay away—after all, she knows what it’s like being in a foreign land.
Will their reunion be a blooper or the sequel that leads to a happy ever after?
Scambitious: The Complete Series
Jane likes to pretend to be other people. Don’t trust her with your money, your things, or your heart.
- YOUNG AND SCAMBITIOUS
- PROPERLY SCANDALOUS
- SHINY AND SHAMELESS
- GREEDY AND GULLIBLE
This edition compiles all four Scambitious stories into one book. Stories must be read in order. 42,900 words.
#RomanceClass NomCom: A Foodie Romance Anthology
#RomanceClass is a community of Filipino authors of romance in English. This anthology features all-new romance short stories from 14 #RomanceClass authors. Each author was assigned a trope and a shared setting {the fictional Nomnom Commons Food Park in Ortigas, Metro Manila).
All proceeds will be donated to charity*. If you’ve purchased this anthology, you will receive an update on the donation in your email through Gumroad.
Available for $7 (or the price that you set), in EPUB and MOBI, only until April 14, 2022.
*We are donating the proceeds to For Our Farmers, a youth-led non-profit organization that helps farmers in the Philippines. Visit their Instagram.
Love is All Around: An Alta Holiday Anthology
It’s the holiday season, and for the first time in a long time, the Aritzes set aside the glitter of Manila for their quieter ancestral home in Maria Grasya, Batangas. And while Mamita is ready to deck the halls (with a trick or two up her sleeve) her apos still have problems of their own, and Christmas is the last thing on their minds…
ONE FINE DATE by Carla de Guzman
THE TEMPTATION OF BRIDGETTE by Suzette de Borja
ALWAYS WILL by Bianca Mori
Your Place Next Year
Alia Monterojo may be the country director of one of the largest consulting firms in Manila, but she absolutely doesn’t want to be at this important breakfast meeting right now. In another time she would have been in La Union, spending her only free week a year at the beach, with a certain someone who doesn’t even know her full name. She’s missed the trip for several years now, for good reason, but she still wishes things were different, that she was with him instead.
This year, she gets her chance, when he shows up at the breakfast meeting as an invited guest—because he’s the CEO of the small company they might acquire.
Truth or Dare
Nine years in the friend zone. One night to break the rules.
Cassie Flores has been in love with her best friend forever. When she finally dares Santino to make a move, the truth will either break her heart…
…or capture his for good.
