Detective

“Oh my darling Uncle”. I said while hugging him as he was backing me. “Uncle?”. A different voice asked and it seems to come from the person I'm hugging. He turned around with me in his arms and I stared into his eyes. Dark eyes. Uncle Max's eyes are blue, like mine. I let go of him immediately like I had been burned and blushed furiously. “Uhm, sorry. I thought you… were my uncle”. I told him. A chuckle brought my attention back to his handsome face. “Hello cutie, why do you think your uncle is here?” He said, his voice sending shivers down my body. *** Happiness Matthews, a 19-year-old college freshman, thought she had everything figured out when she left her small Texas town for the bright lights of California. But after a dangerous security guard targets her in her new apartment, she has to move in with Mason, her uncle's friend, who she met two years ago at his wedding. Mason, a man in his thirties still haunted by the woman who left him at the altar two years ago, never expected to share his home with his best friend’s niece. At first, their living arrangement seems like a temporary inconvenience—but the longer they stay under the same roof, the harder it becomes to ignore the magnetic tension building between them. As the lines between family and desire blur, Happiness finds herself drawn to the man who carries both charm and a painful past. But with every passing day, the unspoken rules become more difficult to follow, and a dangerous truth about Mason’s past threatens to tear them both apart. In a story where forbidden attraction and unresolved heartbreak collide, Happy must choose between loyalty, family, love, and her own future—before the stakes get even higher

After whiskey, betrayal, and the undeniable urge to spite her cheating, gay ex, Maeve Summers had a one-night stand with a gorgeous stranger. Six years later, former detective turned journalist Maeve is horrified to discover he was Aurelian Morgenstein, the mysterious mafia lord she must interview to save her crumbling career. With piercing blue eyes and a jet-black serpent tattoo coiling around his hand, Elian is every bit as tempting as he is dangerous. Especially when her five-year-old daughter, Sia, shares his infamous gaze. Now, Maeve must decide what’s more at risk: her career, her heart, or the truth about Sia’s father.

小さなクラス内事件をきっかけに、金髪の美少女・海堂エリカは「探偵事務所（謎解き部）」を立ち上げる。 幼馴染みの雨宮直央は、そんな彼女に巻き込まれながら、止まった時間を動かすように歩き出す。 次々と舞い込む日常の謎を解き明かす二人。 だが、彼らはまだ――あの日の痛みを抱えたまま、笑っていた。 そして、誰も気づかなかった“もう一つの謎”が、静かにその輪郭を現していく――。 それでも、蒼眼の名探偵は今日も笑顔で叫ぶ。 「ひらめいた！」

Synopsis/Blurb In the quaint town of Silverwood Falls, nestled deep within the misty forests of the Pacific Northwest, lies a secret as old as time itself. Under the enchanting light of the full moon, a hidden clan of werewolves roams the ancient woods, their existence shrouded in mystery and myth. Enter Emily Hawthorne, a spirited botanist with a passion for unraveling the town's rich tapestry of folklore. When Emily stumbles upon cryptic clues hinting at the presence of supernatural beings lurking in the shadows, her insatiable curiosity is piqued. Determined to uncover the truth, Emily enlists the help of her childhood friend, Liam Grayson, and the enigmatic Isabella Cruz, owner of the town's occult bookstore. As Emily delves deeper into the town's dark past, she discovers a sinister plot brewing beneath the surface. Gabriel Blackwood, the charismatic CEO of Blackwood Enterprises, has set his sights on Silverwood Falls, intent on exploiting its supernatural heritage for his own gain. With the help of his ruthless enforcer, Marcus Reed, Gabriel will stop at nothing to bend the werewolves to his will and harness their powers for profit. Caught in the crossfire of greed and preservation, Emily finds herself drawn into a dangerous game of cat and mouse. With the help of Detective James Miller, a skeptical but open-minded investigator, Emily races against time to protect the werewolves and uncover the truth behind Silverwood Falls' hidden secrets. But as tensions escalate and betrayals abound, Emily soon realizes that not everyone is who they seem. With enemies lurking around every corner and the full moon looming overhead, Emily must summon all of her courage and cunning to survive the whispers of the moon's spell and emerge victorious in the battle for Silverwood Falls' soul.

Kathilyn Winston, a 20-year-old woman who lived with her biological aunt and uncle in New York after the death of her parents by a murder. One day, her aunt and uncle were in debt with Luca Cambridge, Isaac Cambridges adoptive father. Upon their debt, Kathilyn’s aunt and uncle made a deal to marry their biological daughter off to Isaac Cambridge. Hearing the rumors about the Cambridge family that gained their wealth by brutal and cruel means, they forced Kathilyn to disguise as their daughter and marry her off with Isaac. On the day of their wedding, Kathilyn fled the wedding and disappeared. After a year of being on the run in Texas, Kathilyn bumped into her fiance Isaac by the street.

Angelo Madrigal is a virgin who has decided to be celibate until marriage, but is raped just a week to his wedding. The whole situation takes a different turn when he is tested positive for HIV just two days to the wedding, and when Diego, his fiance, calls off the wedding in the morning, he jumps off a bridge in an attempt to take his life. He is saved by officer Marcelo Sanchez. Marcelo isn't gay, but after having sex with a guy just a week before, he begins to yearn for more of the experience. He talks to Angelo against committing suicide and the two later coincidentally meet at the supermarket, where Angelo finds out that he is married and is left devastated. What happens when Marcelo starts developing feelings for Angelo?

"Real men don’t fall in love. Love is for the weak and foolish, and I, Don Alessandro, will never raise a fool as a son." Kai Alessandro learned those words the hard way. Groomed by his father to be the mafia leader, Kai’s life is built on power, fear, and control. Love? That’s a weakness he can’t af-ford. Amelia Carrington is all about survival. By day, she’s a college senior juggling classes. By night, she’s a hacker-for-hire and part-time stripper, desperate to pay her mother’s medical bills. Men? They’re just wallets waiting to be emptied. Their worlds collide when Amelia hacks into Kai’s account, stealing $5,000,000 to save her mother’s life. Kai hunts her down, and instead of exacting revenge, he gives her an offer: work for him to repay the debt or face a fate worse than death. The agreement was to keep things strictly professional; work only. But they eventually had a one-night stand which was supposed to be a mistake since they were both drunk, what was a mistake eventually turned into an regular affair, blurring the lines between their hatred and a passion neither of them could control. Romantic feelings begin to intertwine with their shared hatred, feelings that they both weren't ready to admit to. But what happens when Amelia eventually realizes that she was pregnant for kai Alessandro, one of the most dangerous gang leader in the world and a man who was supposed to be her enemy?

Because I was a cheapskate, I rented a cheap apartment. The catch? Someone had died in it. The soundproofing of the house was bad, and I could hear my neighbor’s wife moaning every night. But my other neighbor told me that there was no one living in the apartment next to mine.

“ในวันที่ฉันควรจะได้ยืนข้างเขา…กลับกลายเป็นวันที่เขายืนอยู่กับคนอื่น” ความรักวัยมหาวิทยาลัยของเราเหมือนจะราบรื่นดี จนกระทั่งวันหนึ่ง วันที่เขาเปลี่ยนไป หลังจากพบว่าเพื่อนสนิทของฉันคือเพื่อนรักในวัยเด็กของเขา วันรับปริญญา วันสำคัญที่ทุกคนถ่ายรูปคู่กับคนรัก แต่ฉันกลับต้องยืนเดียวดาย มองเขายืนกอดกับใครอีกคนที่ไม่ใช่ฉัน… และนั่นคือวันที่ฉันเลือกจะหายไปจากชีวิตเขา ลบทุกความทรงจำที่เคยมี…แต่โชคชะตากลับไม่ปล่อยให้มันจบง่ายๆ เมื่อฉันกลับมาอีกครั้ง กลับต้องเจอกับเหตุการณ์ไม่คาดฝัน จนฟื้นขึ้นมาในห้องมืดทึม ที่ทุกอย่างตกแต่งราวกับห้องของมาเฟียในนิยาย และที่น่าตกใจกว่าคือ…เขาลักพาตัวฉันมา! ชายหนุ่มร่างสูงกำยำ ผู้เคยเป็นเจ้าของหัวใจฉัน ก้าวออกมาจากห้องน้ำด้วยผ้าขนหนูพันเอวเพียงผืนเดียว ก่อนจะเอ่ยประโยคที่ทำเอาหัวใจฉันแทบหยุดเต้น… :: “ได้ข่าวว่าเธอมีคู่หมั้นแล้ว?” เขาจ้องมาทางฉัน พร้อมแววตาที่เปลี่ยนไป…

She stood before him, her eyes blazing like a roaring flame and her heart pounding faster. He moved closer to her to feel her pain, but she stopped him before he went further. "You lied to me!" She said, her voice trembling. "I should have known this fairytale was too good to be true. And now, I've realized just how right I was." He swallowed hard and took a step closer to her until his eyes levelled into hers. Then, he spoke the first words that came to his mind. "I love you, Yolanda. It's the only truth I know." But Yolanda was no longer listening. Her heart was already set on another course. ****** Yolanda Hamilton, a successful detective in the city of Washington DC finds out the biggest secret of her life when she learns that she's a werewolf and a powerful sorceress. However, her powers were passed down to her to serve a higher purpose. What happens when love gets in the way of the fulfilment of her destiny?