Love, Hate, and That Thing We Called Fate
By DP Books & Co.
Writer: Angela Atienza
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Language: English
IMPORTANT: This is a READ-ONLY version. A physical print edition is available upon request. https://dyslexicparanoia.com/contact
When a late-night call pulls Manila attorney Isabella Estrada back to Pampanga, she plans to fix her grandmother’s struggling café and fly out fast. Then she finds Marco Dela Peña, the boy who once stole her trophies and her temper, now the quiet force keeping their town’s parol (lantern) festival from falling apart.
With Christmas crowds swelling and a leaky roof threatening Lola’s legacy, Isa and Marco are shoved into a truce: rewrite the rules, steady the lines, and keep everyone safe and fed, preferably with tsokolate (hot chocolate) and warm bread. Sparks fly in alleys and at the gate, but under the glow of capiz stars, arguments turn into something steadier.
As storms test the plaza and whispers test their pride, Isa must choose between the boardroom that built her and the hometown that is beginning to heal her. Marco has learned to ask for help before fear speaks; Isa has learned that the right lines don’t fence you in, they lead you home.
Sweet, swoony, and full of small-town grit, Love, Hate, and that thing we called fate is a cozy enemies-to-lovers romance set against a Philippine Christmas, where community is the heartbeat and love arrives right on time.
Writer: Angela Atienza
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Language: English
IMPORTANT: This is a READ-ONLY version. A physical print edition is available upon request. https://dyslexicparanoia.com/contact
When a late-night call pulls Manila attorney Isabella Estrada back to Pampanga, she plans to fix her grandmother’s struggling café and fly out fast. Then she finds Marco Dela Peña, the boy who once stole her trophies and her temper, now the quiet force keeping their town’s parol (lantern) festival from falling apart.
With Christmas crowds swelling and a leaky roof threatening Lola’s legacy, Isa and Marco are shoved into a truce: rewrite the rules, steady the lines, and keep everyone safe and fed, preferably with tsokolate (hot chocolate) and warm bread. Sparks fly in alleys and at the gate, but under the glow of capiz stars, arguments turn into something steadier.
As storms test the plaza and whispers test their pride, Isa must choose between the boardroom that built her and the hometown that is beginning to heal her. Marco has learned to ask for help before fear speaks; Isa has learned that the right lines don’t fence you in, they lead you home.
Sweet, swoony, and full of small-town grit, Love, Hate, and that thing we called fate is a cozy enemies-to-lovers romance set against a Philippine Christmas, where community is the heartbeat and love arrives right on time.