She'll save Christmas just to spite him...When a late season hurricane hits Merry, Connecticut, city manager and single dad Noah Yates has to inform the already devastated residents that there won't be a Christmas Festival this year. No festival means no tourism dollars. A disaster of epic proportions for his hometown.But when home renovation expert slash smoking hot reality TV star Catalina King shows up with a camera crew and a budget big enough to put the town back together again, Noah balks. Hard. The last time Cat was in town she stirred up trouble everywhere she went. (Residents are still talking about the town's first and only bar fight.) Noah doesn't need a TV diva capitalizing on his town's tragedy or filling his daughter's head with glitz and glam.Cat is ready and willing to put Merry back in Christmas mode with a holiday special that will leave everyone believing in miracles and get her friends back in the home they love. But there's one big problem standing in her way. And his name is Noah Yates. He's wrong about her and she can't wait to prove it. Ring those jingle bells because it's on.

Lena Santiago conducts a strict, no-nonsense English class in sunny Cebu until Jihon Park arrives. A well-known Korean actor evading a scandal at home, Jihon is strikingly handsome, full of arrogance, and seemingly resistant to doing homework. Each lesson transforms into a battle: her grammar exercises against his sharp-witted retorts. However, behind Jihon’s confident smile lies a man grappling with past hurts, and beneath Lena’s professional exterior is a heart she has carefully shielded. Amidst vocabulary drills, coffee breaks, and unexpected revelations, chemistry starts to ignite in ways that no textbook could anticipate. As Lena instructs him in English, Jihon imparts lessons in patience, bravery, and allowing love to enter her life. Yet, when the real world intrudes, will their relationship withstand the ultimate challenge?

"By turns brave, bewildered, unspairing, and vulnerable, these essays strive to reinvigorate kawomenan by accommodating the experiences and aspirations of a new generation of Filipinas." -from the Foreword by Mabi David

Lena Santiago conducts a strict, no-nonsense English class in sunny Cebu until Jihon Park arrives. A well-known Korean actor evading a scandal at home, Jihon is strikingly handsome, full of arrogance, and seemingly resistant to doing homework. Each lesson transforms into a battle: her grammar exercises against his sharp-witted retorts. However, behind Jihon’s confident smile lies a man grappling with past hurts, and beneath Lena’s professional exterior is a heart she has carefully shielded. Amidst vocabulary drills, coffee breaks, and unexpected revelations, chemistry starts to ignite in ways that no textbook could anticipate. As Lena instructs him in English, Jihon imparts lessons in patience, bravery, and allowing love to enter her life. Yet, when the real world intrudes, will their relationship withstand the ultimate challenge?

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