Mikey Manila Novels & Stories

Mary Ann “Maan” Perez resigned from her work as an office secretary in their province to apply as a Customer Service Representative (call center agent) in Manila. After receiving a message from her prospective employer for a scheduled interview, she decided to contact her cousin to tell her to fetch her at the bus terminal in Manila for she will be staying with them for a week. Unfortunately while on her way to Manila, her cousin Joan, had an emergency to attend to and would not be able to fetch her. Instead Joan’s cousin from her mother's side of the family came to fetch Maan. Virgil ‘Gil” Velasco (Joan’s cousin) who lives in his own apartment brought Maan to his house with an agreement that Joan will be fetching Maan that day. Later that day, Joan called to inform them that she could not fetch Maan because her mother is suspected to have contracted COVID-19 and needs to be under observation for at least 14 days and if it wasn’t bad news enough, an announcement was made that night that the government decided to put National Capital Region (NCR) and the entire Luzon under lock down. Going in and out of the area is prohibited for 1 month!Locked in together for a month, will they catch the virus called love and start a romance or will it end when the lock down ends?

Stav hate Alice. He hate her from each and every fibre in his body. Alice was rude and arrogant; with ego the size of Manila and heart that was a big block of granite. But for some weird reason, he could keep his mind off her. Alice Monetelebalo was a mystery and he wanted to slowly unravel her. Too bad, unlikely any woman Stav Trajano has ever met; and one thing was certain, she was going to be the turning point of his life.

MANILA’S BILLIONAIRE is a series consisting of 4 billionaires around Manila, Philippines. Billionaires who are ready to protect their woman under any circumstances, and dark stories. 1. HIS AMBER 2. The Runaway Girl and The Billionaire 3. Sold to Mr. Beast 4. Dark Agreement ___________________ "We all need to feel safe and I'm happy to have you as my safe place." After leaving her abusive husband, Lana Reign is out on her own for the first time. She’s hopped from city to city to avoid the men who made her life a living hell. When it seems she’s finally found a new place where she begins to feel safe, she slowly grows confident that her life is looking up. A chance meeting with Xyrus Ashington sets her life on a course and her soul on fire. Xyrus launched a business that went on to viral success while he was in college, and now as a thriving entrepreneur, he’s most interested in maximizing profits. A billionaire living the dream. But all that changed when he set his eyes on Lana. Things between the two heat up as they fall hard and fast—that is, until she gets an unexpected surprise that will test the strength of their relationship.

Tunnels deconstructs the individual’s Romantic fascination with ‘love’ or the grammaticality of beauty. Ideally, the ‘tunnels’ in the collection are subterranean love poems from the suburban imaginary. These seemingly syntactic tunnels travel through one’s literary imagination or heterotopic dreamscapes, and while αγάπη (Greek for ‘love’) inspires these rhizomic tunnels to navigate the abysmal ‘meta-spectacle’ of gesture, language or moment of poemness, the mind like the many-colored jeepneys of Manila, where driving past roast goose restaurants in Shek Kip Mei or spotting stilt houses in Kampong Kleang, attempt to explore the transgeneric textualities of the everyday, alongside the unstructurality of time and space, the littoral and the liminal.

During the mass terrorist attack in Manila, every legal-aged citizen is required to work for the government in order to reclaim the living land by battling as an option. The country where the terrorists originated is still in the unknown and under further investigation. Meanwhile, juveniles who were separated from their families had no choice but to live by themselves — whereas building a town, planting food crops, hunting animals and even manslaughter is even a necessity by means of survival. Keisha and his brother, Jaden, are left alone to be chased by vicious brutes hiding from the shadows. Until then they found hope wherein they can rule over and claim justice in the ongoing catastrophe. Is this going to be their chance to be the unsung heroes?

Sofia Reyes lived her life by the book... careful, meticulous, invisible. But when a single photograph drags her into the orbit of Tristan Jacinto, Manila's most elusive billionaire, everything she thought she knew about safety and control unravels overnight. What begins as scandal becomes a dangerous dance of power and proximity. Tristan is calculating, magnetic, and built from a world where reputation is armor and affection is currency. To him, everything is a transaction. To her, everything is survival. But the closer she gets, the harder it becomes to tell if she's protecting her name - or her heart. When the smoke clears, will Sofia escape with her life intact, or will she find herself too entangled to ever let go?

ASTURIAS SERIES 1: FERTON As Elinor Callie Valdez de Montalvo receives the unexpected inheritance of the de Montalvo family's properties through her grandmother's will, she is determined to right the wrongs of her past and honor her departed grandmother's legacy. Leaving behind the bustling city of Manila, Philippines, she returns to her roots in Asturias, where destiny awaits. In the midst of fulfilling the provisions of the will, Elinor's path intertwines with that of Ferton Gavin Servan, a ruggedly handsome farmer from their ancestral hacienda. Sparks ignite, and a love story like no other begins to unfurl amidst the breathtaking landscapes of Asturias. Together, Elinor and Ferton face numerous trials and tribulations. Will they have the strength to conquer the challenges that lie ahead, or will they choose to surrender to the obstacles that seek to tear them apart?

Axel grew up in the slums of Manila with his unmarried mother who previously works as an entertainer in Italy. He have no idea who his father was until one day, strange men came to their home and took them away. His Mom then revealed that his Dad is a Mafia leader who had once ruled the Italy, and Giovann is his uncle. His life then changes, he is trained and guided by his so called uncle. But being in the mafia comes with a price. His mother is killed by their enemies, leaving him with a heavy heart. Later on he discovers that his Dad is just in the Phillippines living a normal life with a family of his own. So he goes back to see him. But unexpectedly he meet a woman who would turn his life around.

Jeyah Abby Arguello lost her first love in the province, the reason why she moved to Manila to forget the painful past. She became aloof to everybody else until she met the heartthrob of UP Diliman, Darren Laurel, who has physical similarities with her past love. Jealousy and misunderstanding occurred between them, causing them to deny their feelings. When Darren found out she was the mysterious singer he used to admire on a live-streaming platform, he became more determined to win her heart. As soon as Jeyah is ready to commit herself to him, her great rival who was known to be a world-class bitch, Bridgette Castillon gets in her way and is more than willing to crush her down. Would she be able to fight for her love when Darren had already given up on her? Would there be a chance to rekindle everything after she was lost and broken?

Driven by his determination to secure custody of his children, billionaire Kerill Wang is forced to hire a woman to act as their mother for three months. That decision leads him to Charlene Rosarios, a simple provincial girl who comes to Manila in search of work. He offers her a contract worth one million pesos and in her desperation, she accepts, unaware that she is about to step through the gates of hell. Kerill’s children are anything but kind. Used to seeing their father introduce a different woman into their lives again and again, they do everything they can to drive Charlene away. Will Charlene survive the cruelty she must endure inside that massive mansion? How long can she tolerate Kerill’s cold, cutting words about who she is? Will she ever win the hearts of the children? Follow this heartfelt story filled with humor, pain, and love, a journey that begins with nothing more than a signed contract. Can true love be found when everything is only meant to last for three months?