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Kayla, anti-romantic creator of a 26th-century matchmaking system, has to confront Analyst Mathew's theories on love and soulmates in order to defend her life's work from becoming a business disaster.｡ ✴︎ ⋆⚛ 🤖 ⚛⋆ ✴︎ ｡Kayla Lacson is the brilliant mind behind Dorothea, the most advanced AI dating application of the 26th century, designed to calculate compatibility with extraordinary precision. She trusts data, logic, and predictable outcomes, believing that love is a biological equation that can be solved.Mathew Matel is a Behavioral Analyst as brilliant as Kayla is. He joins her team, and his theories on love and soulmates challenge her belief systems. And when Dorothea's latest revision loses public trust and corporate pressure mounts, he becomes the catalyst that pushes Kayla to uncover the flaws in her creation and fracture her carefully structured world.Despite Dorothea's calculation of their incompatibility, Kayla is drawn to Mathew. Flashes of his face begin to haunt her as she tries to untangle his unexplainable familiarity. And soon she must decide whether love is something to manipulate or something she must surrender to.｡ ✴︎ ⋆⚛ 🤖 ⚛⋆ ✴︎ ｡ONC 2026Round 1 Winner and Ambassador PickRound 2 Winner and Ambassador PickRound 3 Qualifier and Longlister｡ ✴︎ ⋆⚛ 🤖 ⚛⋆ ✴︎ ｡Genres:RomanceSciFiSpeculative FictionUnconventional SciFiHard SciFiSlow Burn Romance…

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Ninnette, a water-wielding Sea Drifter, has to ally with the destructive sea demon Kazi in order to break a deadly curse that binds them together before it claims her life.°:•.🪸.•:°Ninnette is a Sea Drifter with the power to command water, dredging shipwrecks, and salvaging lost treasure. When she braves a sunken ship no one else dares to dive, she finds a strange clockwork bangle that binds her to an ancient curse and to the infuriating Kazi, a demon who leaves destruction wherever he goes. The moment the bangle is activated, they are hunted by a secret order led by the relentless Priestess Aleja, who believes the armlet is the key to something far greater than treasure that no one is ever meant to possess. And she will sacrifice anyone to reclaim it.But the true danger isn't the order. It isn't the demon Kazi.It's the curse.When Ninnette puts on the bangle, a countdown begins. If she doesn't break the curse in three days, she will die like every wearer before her.°:•.🪸.•:°She commands the sea.He is a demon who has lived for centuries.They are both bound by a curse.Only three days to survive.°:•.🪸.•:°Set in a Maritime Steampunk world and inspired by Filipino culture. From Spanish influence to the seafaring Sama-Bajau.This story weaves dangerous magic, high stakes, and heart-aching romance.°:•.🪸.•:°ONC 2025Honorable MentionRound 1 WinnerRound 2 Ambassador PickRound 3 Ambassador Pick°:•.🪸.•:°RomantasyHigh FantasyFantasy AdventureSciFiSteampunkFantasciYoung Adult…

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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 MenteeAmbys 2024 (Winner) Favorite Fantasy Novel˖⁺‧₊˚ ✧ ˚₊‧⁺˖First of two planned Volumes.˖⁺‧₊˚ ✧ ˚₊‧⁺˖Genre:Epic FantasyHigh FantasyAdultFantaSci˖⁺‧₊˚ ✧ ˚₊‧⁺˖…

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To end her string of bad relationships, Isabel allows the most advanced AI dating application to observe her. Because love is too complicated, it needs a 26th century calculator. ﮩ٨ـﮩﮩ٨ـ♡ﮩ٨ـﮩﮩ٨ـDating is an algorithm in the year 2525. After several past heartbreaks, Isabel Santos, a confident and determined woman living on the shuttle planet Strata-5, takes another chance to find her lifetime partner. She joins Dorothea, an advanced AI dating application designed to satisfy the primal human need for connection that extends both lifespan and healthspan. Because why only fix heartbreak when you can also prevent heart disease.Isabel agrees to be observed by Dorothea for a case study to optimize her experience and her dating success. But as she dives into one date after another, Dorothea's data starts pointing her to a truth that can provide her with the unexpected love she is looking for. Will she be able to take the leap and finally find her happy ending? Or will Dorothea match her with an upgraded microwave?ﮩ٨ـﮩﮩ٨ـ♡ﮩ٨ـﮩﮩ٨ـGenres:SciFiHumorEutopianPsychologicalNot your typical SciFiﮩ٨ـﮩﮩ٨ـ♡ﮩ٨ـﮩﮩ٨ـContent Warning:Non-graphic Sex SceneSubjective Dark HumorMild ProfanityPsychological and Emotional DistressMental and Emotional Health…

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Danilo, a self-destructive man falls for a ghost from the American-era Philippines, pursuing love and gold, only to discover some dreams demand a price he might not be able to afford.***Danilo's life is a mess. From the nightly drinking to chain smoking to the constant nagging of his mother, it seems like nothing is ever going right until he meets Dulnuan, a ghost who lived during the time of the American imperialism in the Philippines. He befriends her, and she becomes a light at the end of his dark tunnel with a promise of a love that defies death and a chest of gold that could free him from his misery. But love between the living and the dead can't last, and treasure always comes with a cost. As Danilo chases the shimmer of hope, he must decide how much of himself he is willing to lose for an impossible wish.***GenresAdultParanormalTragedy***CONTENT WARNING:Grim ThemesExplicit SexMorally Gray Characters***…

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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.*****Ambys 2025 Favorite (Winner) Romance Novel*****Genres:#Contemporary#Romance#Fantasy#Romcom#YoungAdult…

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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 drifters. 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 drifter 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 (sea nomads) in the Philippines. *Completed Draft 0*#Romantasy#Fantasy #Steampunk#Romance#Adventure#YoungAdult#Action…