{"product_id":"meant-to-be-in-manila","title":"Meant to be in Manila","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBefore Sunrise\u003c\/em\u003e meets \u003cem\u003eLove Hard in this RomCom\u003c\/em\u003e set on a walking tour of Manila, Philippines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSophia Eunice “Piayaya” Hermosa, (now former) Philippine history teacher and a believer of meant-to-be, is on a plane back home to Manila after being ghosted by her Canadian boyfriend (whom she uprooted her life for) just as she arrived in Vancouver, Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRaphael Alfonso “Rafal” Herbert, urban housing architect and artist, is going home to his father’s homeland, Philippines, to chase after the girl who ghosted him—and convince her of his love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy some miracle of the romance comedy gods, Sophia and Raphael meet on the plane bound for Manila and strike a bargain to help each other with their respective ghost-ers. Raphael will pretend to be her fiancé at her brother’s wedding and Sophia will drive him around the city to look for the girl he loves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs they search for closure from their failed relationships and tour Manila along the way, it won’t be long until they find out that they’re exactly where they’re meant to be: with each other.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMica De Leon\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Filipino writer of swoony romance comedy novels and SFF novels. She has won the Don Carlos Palanca Awards For Literature in 2019 and 2022 for her essays on romance, feminism, history, fantasy, and the Filipino identity in the aftermath of Martial Law and the 2022 presidential elections in the Philippines. She likes walking on the beach, dogs, cats, swoony and spicy romance novels, lengthy epic SFF novels, and Taylor Swift.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConnect with her on Instagram and Tiktok: @micadeleonwrites.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Times Distribution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51436327272745,"sku":"9789815266122","price":19.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/9789815266122.jpg?v=1761674265","url":"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/meant-to-be-in-manila","provider":"Epigram","version":"1.0","type":"link"}