As Pure As Snow

Calista Arden has tried to seduce her husband, Theodore Montclair, for the 999th time, only to fail in consummating her marriage with him as always. Afterward, she calls her older brother, Elijah Arden. "I'm planning on getting a divorce, Elijah." Elijah remains silent for three whole seconds over the line. Finally, he speaks up in a deep, gravelly tone, "I already told you before that it's impossible for you to drill through Theodore's stone-cold heart no matter how hard you try." With reddened eyes, Calista can only chuckle quietly. "Yeah. I'm the overconfident fool here." "Come to Nordland," Elijah says lightly. "There are plenty of hunks here who are as good-looking as Theodore. Since that idiot doesn't know how to cherish my amazing and adorable sister, he can just spend the rest of his life as a devoted man of religion who has no family of his own."

Si Maxine Garcia ay tatlong taon ng kasal sa CEO na si Shawn Velasco. Wala siyang ibang ginawa sa taong iyan kung hindi alagaan, pagsilbihan, at mahalin ang lalaki hanggang sa tuluyan itong gumaling mula sa kanyang pagkaka-aksidente. Ngunit pagkatapos ng lahat, malalaman niyang may iba pala itong babae at ang masakit, bumalik siya sa dati nitong minahal na iniwanan siya habang pansamantalang naging inutil. Nasagad na si Maxine sa sakit na idinulot ng lalaki sa kanya kaya nagdesisyon siyang hiwalayan ito at ayusin ang sarili niya. Subalit sa kanyang paglisan ay siya namang biglang pagsimula ng asawang CEO na ipanalo siya pabalik…

My dad is a fan of tough love parenting. When I was a kid, there was a time when I obtained full marks on two subjects. But he told me, "Your grades don't mean anything in life. If you were a true man, you'd leap down five floors without batting an eyelash." Some time later, I was awarded for my act of bravery. But Dad scoffed in my face. "Not even a hair is harmed on your head. Why should you be awarded anyway?" I thought Dad wanted me to go through more training in life. On Christmas Eve, he ditched me on a snowy mountain under the guise of wanting me to go through more training. He didn't give me a tent or a lighter. Later on, Dad even brags about his parenting method to his relatives and friends. "A real man should survive and thrive in a desperate situation! I told Julian that he can forget about being my son if he can't even make his way back to the summit!" But the red dot on the GPS tracker installed in his phone hasn't moved for the past three hours. The truth is, I've already frozen to death in the mountains. Trapped in my fist is a crumpled, torn scrap of paper. Meanwhile, my soul is currently floating above the dining table while watching Dad brag about his tough love parenting.

Sa nakalipas na anim na taon, pinagbintangan siya ng masama niyang kapatid at iniwan siya ng asawa niya noong buntis pa siya.Makalipas ang anim na taon, gumamit siya ng ibang pangalan. Ngunit, ang lalaking umiwan sa kanya dati ay walang tigil sa pangungulit sa harap ng kanyang pinto.“Ms. Gibson, ano ang relasyon mo kay Mr. Lynch?”Ngumiti siya at sumagot lang siya ng kaswal, “Hindi ko siya kilala.”“Pero sinabi ng sources namin na minsan daw kayong kinasal.”Sumagot siya habang inaayos ang kanyang buhok, “Tsimis lang ‘yun. Hindi ako bulag.”Sa araw na ‘yun, tinulak siya sa pader sa sandali na makapasok siya ng pinto.Nagsalita ang tatlong anak niya, “Malabo daw ang mga mata ni mommy, sabi ni daddy! Aayusin daw ni daddy ‘yun para kay mommy!”Nagsalita siya, “Bitawan niyo ako, darling!”

Bagi Jovita, hidup adalah persaingan yang selalu dengan mudah dimenangkan. Dengan berbagai karunia kelebihan, ia adalah sosok perempuan yang penuh kesempurnaan dan membuat siapa pun berdecak sarat kekaguman. Akan tetapi, bukan hidup namanya jika tiada cobaan. Badai dahsyat pun datang meluluhlantakkan segenap pencapaian, merampas buah hati dari buaian, menghancurkan kepercayaan, merenggut kebahagiaan. Di tengah kelelahan mempertahankan pencitraan dari terpaan ombak hinaan, asa berkelebat mengajaknya ke tepian, menambatkannya pada sebuah pulau tenang di tengah Laut Baltik yang penuh keanggunan. Keanggunan yang menggugahnya untuk merangkai kembali harapan, ketenangan yang sanggup membangkitkan rasa cinta yang telah ia benamkan. Namun, hidup seolah belum mau memberikan Jovita kemudahan. Perbedaan dan permasalahan memicu berbagai perasaan bergumul berkelindan. Akankah dua insan yang penuh perbedaan dapat disatukan atau justru akhirnya terpisahkan? Akankah Jovita menyerah takluk pada keadaan atau kembali menunjukkan kepiawaiannya memenangkan pertarungan kehidupan?

“Do you, Alex Snow, take Jennifer Walker, to be your lawfully wedded wife?” My soon to be husband looks at me with the eyes of a beast, ready to rip me apart at any second as he says tightly “I do” Although he just vowed to take me as his wife, to love and cherish, his ‘I do’ vowed something else entirely. It was an oath to make me suffer horribly at his hands. As soon as the words “I do” left my own mouth I was certain, I just sealed my own fate by marrying Alex Snow. In a small town called “Snow” known in all of Alaska for its huge illegal smuggling business on the border of America and Canada, Alex Snow; the new leader of the Snow clan that controls and dominates the smuggling territory, forces Jennifer Walker into marrying him against her will. After his father gets murdered by Jenny’s father, Patrick Walker, the Snow clan vows to take their revenge on the whole Walker bloodline. But killing the responsible man, sends both families into a blood feud as both clans vow to make the other one pay. The only way to stop that bloodbath from turning into a massacre, and claiming more innocent lives was a peace offering in the form of marriage from both families. Jennifer’s world turns upside down as she turns out to be the one Alex Snow asked to marry specifically in order to stop that war. Her only thought at that moment was “He is going to make my life a living hell” *The town Snow and everything it represents is real inside the world I created in this book. It’s as real as you believe it to be, but It doesn’t exist in real life*

"Silvia Ironwolf, for your crime of murder, you will be forever banished from the Packs," Omega Rovit intoned. Another humiliation. To have my fate read out to me by the lowliest member of the Ironwolf Pack while all the others turned their backs. Rovit was loving it. He had worshipped Jedan. He leaned forward, his face close to mine, his spit landing on my face, "And if you ever return to the Wildlands," he finished, "You will be torn limb from limb, your remains fed to the vultures." If my hands had not been bound by the leather mitts, shackled together with silver, I would have ripped his sneering face from his skull and fed that to the vultures. My nails scraped against the soft leather interior of the mitts. My iron nails. The pack guardsmen blunted many tools before giving up on removing the iron from my fingertips. The iron was part of me now. They said that Jedan was barely recognizable when they found him. They said that the iron was a curse that had been bred out of the pack centuries ago. They said that it was my curse that killed Jedan, future Alpha of Firewolf. It was Jedan's inability to understand 'No' that killed him. Now I will be punished. Banished forever from my pack, from the Wildlands. From my love, Vuko. The brother of the man I have slain. * Four years later and the Wildlands packs face a grave threat to their existence. Vuko, the reluctant Alpha of Firewolf, believes they need Silvia if they have any chance of survival. *He* needs Silvia. Will Vuko find Silvia? Will Silvia forgive the packs for the injustice done to her? Is she truly cursed? Are Vuko and Silvia destined for each other?

Nia is faced with different choices and terrible decisions as her mom lays sick in the hospital. She is forced to take up a job which brings her drama, trouble and love. Life doesn't get better when she becomes a maid in the Williams mansion, home to a large British family, who aren't very welcoming to strangers. Surrounded by different people, some who despise her, others, trying so hard to get her out of the mansion, Nia has to adapt to different ways and things in order to save her mother's life.

“I want to claim you so much for me that every f*cking wolf doesn’t ever dare to look at you anymore,” he whispered in a raspy breath. *********** Jenna Spears being the legitimate daughter of the Alpha of the crescent moon pack never wanted to marry Damien Stones, but is caught up in a marriage of alliance between her father and his father. A week before their wedding she finds him having an affair with her step-sister Coty and he rejects their mate bond. Hurt, betrayed, and devastated. Jenna is drunk and ends up having a one-night stand with a stranger. What was worse, she was pregnant for him. Her father insists on her marriage with Damien, on the day of her wedding just when her stepsister pulls a stunt out of spite the stranger appears to claim his pup. What would happen when she finds out her one-night stand was none other than the dreaded Alpha of the Silvercrest pack, Ryker Stones? Her fiance’s uncle and her father's enemy?

I've painstakingly prepared a nice feast for my son's fifth birthday. My wife, Cheryl Bennett, looks a little impatient. She complains, "You really love making things hard for yourself, huh? How are we supposed to finish everything with just the three of us?" I just smile at her. Then, I whip out a birthday cake and get my son, Jasper Ford, to make a birthday wish. After the candles are lit, I close my eyes as well and make a sincere wish in my mind. When I open my eyes again, I hear Cheryl's system exclaiming in surprise, "Congratulations, Cheryl! You've completed the quest! You and Jasper can now leave this world!" Yes, both Cheryl and Jasper have already made up their minds to abandon me so that they can return to their original world. That's great news. After all, I no longer want them by my side either.