1980 Something Brad Paisley

"พี่ไคท์ต้องการหาเพื่อนนอนเหรอคะ" "เราคิดว่าไง" "พี่ไคท์หาคนอื่นไม่ดีกว่าเหรอคะ ขิมไม่มีประสบการณ์ คงทำให้พี่ไคท์พอใจไม่ได้" "พี่ไม่ติด พี่สอนเราได้" "..." "ถึงเราไม่คิดจะเปิดใจให้ใคร แต่การมีคนคอยรับฟังปัญหา มีคนกินข้าว ดูหนัง หรือทำอะไรในสิ่งที่เราชอบด้วยกันก็ดีไม่ใช่?" "ค่ะ" เหมือนกับความรู้สึกแรกเริ่มตอนที่นทีเข้ามาทำความรู้จักกับเธอเลย ตอนนั้นเธอแค่ต้องการคนแก้เหงา ด้วยความที่เขาเป็นผู้ใหญ่กว่าจึงมีคุณสมบัตินั้น "แล้วพี่ไคท์จะได้อะไรจากการทำแบบนี้" "ได้เรา" "อ้อ" "หมายถึงได้อยู่กับเรา" "สองประโยคนั้นความหมายมันต่างกันมากนะ" เพลงขิมหัวเราะเมื่อเขาแก้ไขประโยค "ไม่ต้องแก้ตัวก็ได้ค่ะ"

โซ่ แส้ กุญแจมือ มุมหนึ่งก็น่ากลัว แต่อีกมุมหนึ่งก็ให้ความรู้สึกตื่นเต้นอย่างบอกไม่ถูก "เห็นแล้วเป็นยังไง" ชายหนุ่มเดินมายืนซ้อนแผ่นหลังคนตัวเล็ก พลางโน้มใบหน้าลงไปกระซิบข้างใบหูของเธอ "น่าสนุกใช่มั้ย" "ร่างบางรู้สึกมวนท้องกับสิ่งที่ได้เห็น และเสียงแหบพร่าที่ได้ยิน ก่อนที่อีกฝ่ายจะยกมือขึ้นมาปิดตาของเธอไว้ "หลับตาแล้วปล่อยใจฟัง"

DEVIL'S CURSE ต้องคำสาป 'เขา' ผู้นั้นเคลื่อนไหวอย่างดุดันอยู่เหนือร่างของเธอ ในความฝัน รสจูบ และการเสียดสี สร้างความสุขสมเสียจนไม่อยากให้มันจบลง เธอจมดิ่งสู่ห้วงจินตนาการมาอย่างยาวนาน กระทั่งเสียงทุ้มกระซิบข้างหู "มีความสุขให้พอ เพราะมันเป็นวันสุดท้ายของเจ้า" ดังนั้นความสุขในค่ำคืนนี้เธอจะขอรับไว้ทั้งหมดเอง

Raven was Kieran’s everything—until a deadly betrayal tore his family apart and he marked her as the traitor. Locked in chains and branded his slave, she waited for him to realize the truth. But he never did. Now, she’s free. A new name, a new face and a heart hardened by pain. Kieran wants her back. He swears he’ll fix everything. But Raven doesn’t want his love anymore. She wants vengeance.

"ฉันจะแต่งค่ะ" "หือ?" ไวซ์ครางอย่างประหลาดใจ ผิดคาดที่คิดว่าพรีมจะปฏิเสธการแต่งงานกับเขา "แต่ฉันอยากตกลงอะไรกับคุณก่อน" พรีมรู้ว่าเงื่อนไขที่เธอคิดไว้มันอาจจะเห็นแก่ตัว เพราะไวซ์เองก็คงไม่ได้อยากแต่งงานกับเธอ แต่เธอขอเลือกความรู้สึกของตนเองก่อน "ว่ามาสิ" เธอกัดริมฝีปากอย่างชั่งใจ และตัดสินใจว่าจะพูดมันออกไปให้จบๆ "ฉันอยากให้การแต่งงานเป็นแบบสัญญาแต่สัญญาของเรามีระยะเวลาแค่หนึ่งปี" "..." "คุณตกลงมั้ยคะ" พรีมสบตากับไวซ์อย่างคาดหวัง ขณะที่เขาตีสีหน้าเรียบเฉยจนมองไม่ออกว่าจะปฏิเสธหรือตอบรับข้อเสนอของเธอ ผ่านไปหลายวินาทีเขาถึงจะตอบว่า "ต้องนอนด้วยกัน" "คะ?" "ถ้าผมกับคุณแต่งงานกันแล้วแปลว่าคุณจะกลายเป็นเมียผม นอนด้วยกันก็คงไม่เป็นอะไรถูกมั้ย" "มันก็ใช่ค่ะ แต่..." ไวซ์เลือกพูดความต้องการของตนเองแทรกข้อแม้ที่พรีมกำลังจะหยิบยกมาโต้แย้งกับเขา "แต่ถ้าคุณไม่โอเค ผมก็ไม่แต่ง อย่างน้อยหนึ่งปีที่ผมเสียไปต้องได้อะไรกลับคืนมาบ้าง"

My roommate had a peculiar knack for pestering everyone into liking her posts on social media, all so she could collect enough likes to claim some prize or another. It was her way of life—nagging, nudging, and guilting us into clicking that little thumbs-up. One time, the campus beauty queen liked my roommate's ad for a facial mask. Not long after, she was in a horrific car accident. The vehicle caught fire, and her face suffered severe burns, leaving her disfigured beyond recognition. Meanwhile, my roommate seemed to undergo a miraculous transformation, her complexion turning porcelain fair and flawless as though she'd been kissed by the heavens. Then there was the academic prodigy, a shoe-in for graduate school, who liked her tutoring service post. Shortly after, he was exposed for academic fraud, and his once-brilliant reputation was reduced to ashes. Strangely enough, my roommate's research paper suddenly won an award, catapulting her to fame and fortune. And me? I fell into her trap too. I liked her rental agency ad, and before I knew it, my world crumbled. A scandal erupted, revealing that I was the result of a mix-up at birth. It turned out she was the long-lost child of wealth and privilege—a hidden gem cast into the rough, now reclaimed by her rightful family. As for me, I was packed off to the countryside village she had escaped from and forced into a brutal marriage with an old man. My life became a living hell, and eventually, I died there, broken and forgotten. But fate wasn't done with me yet. When I opened my eyes again, I found myself back on the day my roommate begged me to like her post in exchange for yet another prize.

You think you've had a bad day? My name is Braddock Westfield, Billionaire Alpha (head werewolf) of the Crescent Moon pack I've searched for my fated mate for 22 years and finally conceded to the elders to choose a Luna to produce an heir. The night before our union my pack was attacked by rogues (werewolves with no pack, no morals, mostly criminals), we suffered no losses except my Gamma (Lead Warrior), who now we need to pick up 100 miles away in a small human town at a Diner. I receive a call as I pull into the parking lot, that my chosen mate has been kidnapped by rogues on her way to my pack. Pissed off, I enter the Diner, an intoxicating scent hits me and my wolf howls in my head "MATE" (22years of searching and on my Union Day, you find her). Two men crash threw the door inside the diner, yelling "Charlie get your ass out here now, we're not done with it yet." The old woman behind the counter grabs a shotgun and makes them leave. A waitress comes out bringing food and that intoxicating scent, my heart clenches when our eyes lock and our mate bond snaps tethering our hearts together, as I look at her broken nose, bruised face, split lip, swollen green glistening eyes. I need to get her to leave with us, promising to keep her safe, revealing I'm a psychiatrist with facilities, to help her rebuild her self-esteem and build her confidence to help her, move past her obvious trauma. Explaining she's a werewolf and I'm her fated mate and at least 20+ years older than her, that may be more challenging. Let's not forget, I now need to find my kidnapped chosen that I need to reject. All this before 9am.

Accidentally killing her parents is what turned Neah’s life upside down. As punishment for her crimes, her wolf abilities are bound, and she is forced into a life of slavery by her brother. At the age of twenty-two, she saw no way of getting out and had given up on life, just trying to make it through each day. A contract between packs brings the arrival of the powerful, crimson-eyed Alpha Dane. A wolf that men feared, yet Neah couldn’t help but be fascinated by him. Adding Neah to the contract was never Alpha Dane's plan. Something about her strange scent lured him in, and he knew he couldn’t leave her behind, especially not when he heard the lies coming from her brother's mouth. But meeting Neah was just the beginning. If she isn’t challenging Alpha Dane, then it was her old pack that was trying to make life extremely difficult for him by keeping secrets buried. Please note, this book ends on a cliffhang

Ava: Nine years ago I did something terrible. it wasn't one of my best moments but I saw an opportunity to have the guy I've loved since I was a young girl and I took it. Fast forward to years later and I'm tired of living in a loveless marriage. I want to free both of us from a marriage that should never have taken place. They say if you love something.... It was time to let him go. I know he'll never love me and that I'll never be his choice. His heart will always belong to Her and despite my sins, I deserve to be loved.Rowan: Nine years ago, I was so in love I could barely see right. I ruined it when I made the worst mistake of my life and in the process I lost the love of my life. I knew I had to step up in my responsibility and so I did, with an unwanted wife. With the wrong woman. Now she has once again flipped my life by divorcing me. To make matters even more complicated, the love of my life is back in town. Now the only question is, who is the right woman? Is it the girl I fell head over heels in love with years ago? or is it my ex wife, the woman I never wanted but had to marry?

Aria was the Luna of the Winter Mist pack, renowned for her achievements in war strategy. Her contribution was crucial in her pack becoming the most powerful in the entire country. Everything in her life should be perfect. ...Except it wasn't. In actuality, Aria's life was anything but successful. She was helpless to the whims of her abusive Alpha mate and his mistress. A mate who never loved her. As she watches their relationship grow, her options are to run away or die trying to keep her Luna position. But this is not the story of how Aria sways his closed-off heart until he finally loves her. No, this is the story of how Aria died. So when she is faced with the opportunity to go back in time and try again... will she take it? ...Or is she fated to relive her mistakes all over again? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "...And if I refuse?" I asked hesitantly. "Then you will remain in the Abyss, forever reliving your earthly memories." My mind recalled the images that had just tormented me, showing me my death over and over again. I knew now she must have shown me that strategically so I had a taste of what my refusal would look like. "Then I don't want to be Luna again... and I don't want to be Aleric's mate," I said, surprising even myself that I was bargaining with a Goddess. But I couldn't shake the feeling something seemed off. "That is the fate I have chosen for you." "Then I don't accept," I argued. "I think there is something you're not telling me. A reason why you need me to go back so badly." She was silent, her silver eyes regarding me warily. "...So I am correct," I said, taking her silence as confirmation.