Emotions run wild, sparks fizzle as Lia and Asher try to fight their growing attraction and try to be the one who wins this deal. But how can they win this without losing each other first? **** I smiled as I gently let my fingers brush across his fisted palm, feeling the tingles rushing through my fingers. I closed the small distance between us, which made him stiffen even more. “Liana.” He whispered in his husky voice. "Wha-what are you doing?" "Trying to seduce you." I said and his eyes widened. He looked nervously at my hand that was on his hand, resting over his thigh. "Wh-what?" He croaked as I dragged my finger up his leg. "What are you doing?" "I already told you." I said. "Is this working?" I asked him and he looked ready to flee. I trailed my fingers up his arm and then slowly down. I could feel his body jerking up with every one of my touch. Feeling bold, I pushed my fingers in to his hot mess of dark hair and he sighed. "Please." He whispered. "Tell me. Is this working?" "Ye-yes." He croaked out, his eyes half closed. I put my lips closer to his ear so that he could feel my words. "Is this working?" I asked. "Yes." His word left in a deep moan. I kissed him on the side of his ear and then bit it lightly. "Is this working?" "Yes. Yes, yes." He groaned. My body was on red alert, but I refused to give into the sensations pinging inside me. I didn't want to be seduced by my own game. "Good." I said as I pulled away from him. "Wh-" He looked dazed. He looked confused. "I feel sleepy. I am going to bed." I said and ran away. *** Making a deal with an arrogant guy is difficult. Making a love deal with the same? It is complicated. Here are the few pointers to win a deal, with your ex best friend, who has grown in to a handsome, arrogant ass. 1. Cook for him and make sure it's a mess. If it makes him sick, all the better. 2. Buy him a gift. It is better if it is something really cuddly. 3. Ignore him completely, when he starts to notice you. 4. Seduce. Even when you have no idea on how to. 5. Go on a date with someone else just to taunt him 6. Get kidnapped His heart, body and soul will be yours to keep and torture. As Liana tries to make Asher fall for her, just so she can humiliate him, she realizes she isn't the right person for the job. She needs the help of her friends and a little bit of luck. But what she needs most is restraint; the love deal has more fine print than she has gambled for. ___

Her lips touched and teased and coaxed him and he felt her touch in every cell and every bone. Soft and supple, her body was around him. Everywhere. He was hungry for more, but he couldn't break this sweetness. Shy and timid, she kissed like herself. All so innocent, but incredibly passionate. The kiss was gentle, yet also fire. And he couldn't help anymore. He wanted more. He pushed her back gently and her back hit the wall and he pressed himself to her amazing body. Her tongue hesitantly touched him and then it grew bolder, teasing, nipping, sucking. Killing. "Ah." He thought. "Can I really stay away after this?" "I can't." She thought. *** A guy, a girl, a contract and sizzling sexual tension between them. Is it possible for them to come out of it with zero casualties? *** "I'll give you a place to stay and I'll pay you, all you have to do is to pretend to be my wife for an year, in return. It is that easy." Or is it? With a contract, their deal is filed, signed and sealed with a kiss. Finally, Alexandra will have a home, have someone to back her up in the fight of getting back what is legally hers. Logan will have the revenge he wants against his ex-girlfriend, Stacy. Gambling with the matters of heart is just dangerous. You might hit the jackpot or you will be neck deep in heartbreak. It all depends on the cards that have been dealt to you. And they will both realize it soon enough, when their heart take over their brain. ___

Elena Hart only wanted a quiet Christmas. Away from the noise, the pressure, the loneliness of being a latent wolf. After a year of nonstop bakery orders, a disastrous almost-engagement, and a wolf that refused to come out, she goes to a solo holiday escape to the snowy mountain town of Winter’s Edge, planned by her best friend, Harper. The plan for this holiday is simple: silence, pastries she isn’t required to bake for anyone, and absolutely no men. But when she finally arrives, soaked from a sudden snowstorm, frozen to the bone, Elena discovers the cozy cottage she is supposed to stay, Everpine Haven, has been already occupied by... none other than: Caleb Monroe. The Alpha of Pine Ridge. Her best friend's older brother. The boy she once had a hopeless crush on. Now a single father with broad shoulders, winter-blue eyes, and a wolf who looks at her like he wants to eat her alive, Elena is sure it is going to be anything but simple. * Caleb Monroe wanted a quiet Christmas of his own—just him and his five-year-old son, Milo, away from pack politics, expectations, and the pressure of parents pushing him to find the next Luna of the pack. The last thing he expects is to share a cottage with Elena Hart—his sister’s best friend, the sweet girl who used to deliver cookies to their house… and who now has a scent his wolf can’t seem to ignore. With the storm closing in, the roads blocked, and no other rentals available, they agree—reluctantly—to share Everpine Haven until the weather clears. But between snowball fights, shared hot chocolate, Milo’s not-so-subtle matchmaking attempts, late-night baking disasters, and the crackling fireplace that seems determined to push them closer, their fragile truce melts into something warmer… sweeter… impossible to deny. As Christmas approaches, Elena must decide if this unexpected holiday detour is temporary—or if the cozy cottage, the sweet pup, and the quiet alpha with the guarded heart are the home she’s been longing for all along. And Caleb must choose whether he’s ready to take one more chance? This holiday, love might be the warmest miracle of all.

She thought she was done with love. They plan to change her mind and claim her as theirs! # After Keya's mate, James, shattered her heart by proposing an open relationship, Keya stopped believing in fairy tales. Love became a lie, and desire is just a game. But everything changes the night she runs into Rhys and Rafael—the twin Alpha princes, her childhood crushes, and her brother’s best friends. Magnetic, possessive, and all grown up, they make her feel everything she’s tried to forget. They make her feel like a woman once again, and she's ready to explore more of this feeling. Keya will take everything they have to offer, but she has one rule: don’t fall in love. But Rhys and Rafe don’t play by the rules. They want her—mind, body, and soul—and they’ll stop at nothing to claim what’s theirs. They want to make her their queen, and they will do anything for that. When James realizes Keya is slipping beyond his control, he loses his mind. He will do whatever it takes to pull her back—even if it means destroying the only real love she’s ever known.

"You are merciless." He said, his voice granite. "You thrive in making me..." "Not as much as you." She said as she pushed her hands inside his hair and pulled. A little, but it still stung. "Do not provoke me, Jade." His voice held a hint of warning, but oh, who was he kidding? She was only going to take it as a challenge and she would prove that she would win. "Sometimes... when you want to do something illicit, like wanting someone who is not yours, a little punishment is good for the soul. If it is all pleasure, oh, it will tempt you to sin again and again, and that is not good for anyone." *** "One long overdue conversation with one sexy as hell Ex-husband!" Jade and Jared had once been in love, the kind of crazy, stupid love that made them both burn hotter, shine brighter. He taught her how to become her own woman, she taught him how to open his heart. He gave her power, she offered him innocence. A misunderstanding, a betrayal, a lie and their love was shattered. Stupid and young, Jared broke the special kind of love. Jade walked away from him, heartbroken, falsely accused, miserable and pregnant. Four years later... fate is offering them a second chance, in the form of an interview. Jade has to interview Jared Wilson. Billionaire CEO, handsome devil, the forbidden fruit made out of desire and lust. It is her job. She has done it a million times. Jared is being interviewed by Jade Thompson. Cheater, bad wife, temptation from hell, Satan's little seductress. It is just an interview. He has done it a million times. But it is not easy for both of them, because it is not just another interview. Jared wants to fight for her. He wants to woo her away from her husband. Jade is not ready to go down that rabbit hole once again. Once bitten, twice think about it! Their already fragile love, will it break again? Or this time, will it become strong and survive their ego and stubbornness? Can this interview be the answer to Jade's prayers? Or will it become her way back to heartbreak town? Can Jared finally get what he wants? A happy life with her? ___ #dreame writing Marathon - love story contest

She bit her lips, looking up at him with a devilish smile and pressing a finger against his soft, plump lips. His breath left in a shuddering gasp as his hands found her lush body and he pulled her towards him and this time it was her turn to gasp. "Holden," she breathed his name out in a moan and his eyes smouldered, full of desire and need. No one had ever looked at her like that—she couldn't imagine not being at the receiving ends of that look— like they would die of pain and pleasure if they didn't touch her, never in her life. And she felt powerful, she felt undefeated. She felt like she could war a million battles, and win every one of them. "Yes, freckles?" His voice was hoarse, breathy and his words slid against her electrified skin, sending tremors down to her toes. "I can pay you with kisses, yes. Like this." She said, as she grabbed him by his neck and pulled him to her. "I can be your unpaid servant/slave, whatever." "What?" He blinked up at her as if he couldn't understand what she was talking about. "Steal her away, Holden and teach me how to seduce." She said as she looked into his eyes, challenging him to defy her words. For a moment, he looked utterly pissed. His eyes brew violent storms in their depths. Dark and dangerous and alluring, the look in his eyes made her stomach clench with unspeakable need and lust. "Okay, freckles. If that is what you want." He said, after what felt like a decade, his voice a soft, defeated sigh. He cupped her face gently in his hands. His fingers trailed along her cheeks, her chin and he pressed his thumb against her bottom lip. She trembled from the touch. --- Sky Mitchell has an unrequited crush on her childhood best friend, Hunter Reed for a while now, which almost everyone can see except the oblivious recipient of her affection. And Hunter Reed has a gorgeous girlfriend Sky hates and the girlfriend is not going anywhere else, unless Sky makes a deal with the devil, Holden Reed. One drunken mishap and many sleepless nights later, Sky agrees to sell her soul. Holden will steal Hunter's girlfriend away and Sky will repay it with kisses and whatever else Holden needs. They sign the pact and everything is set in motion. Kisses. No feelings. Faking. It is easy, isn't it?! Or so she thinks! Suddenly, she is kissing the wrong brother in the shadows, inside the closet, under the bleachers and she is starting to get addicted to the kiss. *** #Dreame Writing Marathon -- Love Story Contest

Between lies and secrets and looming death, can she survive the rebirth without getting killed again? **** 'A legacy bound by moon. Can she reclaim her birthright, find her happiness with her mate and destroy her enemies?' His breath was hot on her neck. His canines scraped along the sensitive spot where her pulse throbbed. She moaned, even as she resisted the pull of him and his hard body. He pressed a kiss against the vein in her throat, that was begging to be touched. A finger gently rubbed against her breast and she hated herself for moaning out. "You- what are you-" her voice was hoarse. "One day you will become mine and you will never, ever think about anyone else except me. I will show you how a real man loves and you will discover the untamed wildness that sleeps within you. One day you will stop being so afraid of the secrets that lies in your soul. Until then, Elian dream of me in the steamy nights when air is thick and lusty, and stay in your bed writhing, moaning, wanting, oh so wet. I will dream of you too." He sucked her throat and then bit it and licked It stung but the pleasure was blinding... "Until next dream, my fierce Queen." *** All her life Elian Knight hated werewolves. Those hideous beasts were the reason her parents were dead. After her parents' death, Elian is adopted and raised around the Order of Amethyst, a group of elite hunters. One fateful night, while doing the usual patrol, she stumbles upon a majestic beast with glowing silver eyes. Instead of fearing the beast, she finds herself attracted to this creature from hell. And the meeting is just the first of many that will change the course of her life. After the meeting, she starts to have vivid dreams about the beast and she is disturbed by the way it always ends - her screaming in pleasure as the mysterious man with silver eyes takes her and marks her. She knows what it means, and that is what scares her the most. One night, her whole life changes when she is hunted and killed by The Ruby Hunters, the best of the best, along with one of her good friends, Robyn. She is dead, or rather she was, until she is NOT! In a freak twist of fate, Elian wakes up six months before her death, the night where she first met the silver-eyed beast. Elian now knows what is going to happen after six months. The betrayal by nine hunters, one of them her good friend. She has six months to seek the truth without rousing the suspicion of others. Six more months to change her fate. She will find her answers, she will unearth every hidden secret, find out who she is and why she was murdered, and then... she will get her sweet, sweet revenge. After all revenge, it is best served deadly cold! ___ #Dreame Writing Marathon -- Love Story Contest #Rebirth & Revenge

"We are all like the bright moon, we still have our darker side." - Khalil Gibran ~ Falling for her manipulative ex-best friend's devilishly handsome ex-husband is not in her to-do-list, except that she can't help the fall. ******* Tamara has always lost everything to her ex-best friend June, from her school grades to the lead role in every school production to her childhood crush, her first love, Lucas. After June's marriage to Lucas, Tamara has to move away from June and their small town, to move on from an unrequited crush and a destroyed friendship. She is almost this close in forgetting June, Lucas, their relationship, and her feelings for both of them. She is finally comforted by the knowledge she is far away from June and her manipulations, but how wrong she is! When Tamara receives a letter from June, begging her to come home and save her, she believes it is another one of June's manipulative tricks to mess with her, until she gets a call. June is Dead! Going to June's funeral is a mistake, as it becomes more and more complicated than she has bargained for. She realizes her heart still beats harder with just a look from Lucas, and she is still not over him. Or June. And then there is June's baby boy, whose smile makes her heart hurt with love and happiness. It is chaos. It is insanity. She should have run as fast as she could have. But she doesn't and it turns out to be the worst and best decision she has ever made. Lies and secrets, Tamara will learn, always leave destruction in its wake. But who is it going to destroy? Can she come out of the spider webs of deceptions, without hurting herself and 'her borrowed family? Can she make Lucas trust her and accept her? Or will June win even after she is dead? *** #Dreame Writing Marathon- Love Story Contest