Hearts Unwired

Ella Reyes, a 28-year-old freelance illustrator living in Manila, has grown up believing in fairy-tale love. After a series of failed real-life relationships, she turns to online dating in hopes of finding her soulmate. When she meets Peter Cross, a charming British aid worker stationed in Syria, they form a deep connection. He's kind, understanding, and everything she's ever wanted in a partner.

But as months go by and love turns into devotion, Ella is drawn into a web of emotional manipulation, digital deceit, and financial desperation. Blinded by love and gaslit by hope, she sends money, secrets, and her soul across the sea until the fantasy begins to crack.

This is a story of yearning, betrayal, and ultimately, resilience as Ella claws her way out of the wreckage and learns the true meaning of self-love.