Center For Fiction First Novel Prize

Christy Rhee (FL) was distraught when she came to learn that she was getting married at 21 and not only that but that she was getting married to the Mafia Boss's son, Jillian Colbert (ML), whom she had never met before but had heard speaking to her father on some occasions. She was being used to pay a debt that her father had incurred when she was little and she was taken away from everything she knew and loved in the blink of an eye. Jillian was cold, merciless and heartless and at the beginning, living with him was hell but she finally adjusted to the mafia lifestyle. Slowly but surely, Christy fell in love with Jillian. However, Jillian’s ex/friend, Alyssa, made it her mission to make sure Jillian would never fall in love with Christy while Christy tried her best to make him fall for her. Will Christy succeed? Or will she just be the wife on paper but never the wife at heart?

"จะพูดว่าคบกับฉันน่ะ...ผู้ชายในสต็อกโละหมดหรือยังล่ะ" "แล้วไง? ก็ถ้าฉันอยากจะโยนนายเข้าไปไว้ในสต็อกอีกคนมันจะมีปัญหาอะไรหรือไงล่ะ?" "ชอบฉัน?" เขาเลิ่กคิ้วถามพลางผลักไหล่ฉันจนฉันเซถอยหลังไปชนกับกำแพง ก่อนจะยกแขนขึ้นมาเท้ากับกำแพงเพื่อกักฉันไว้ ฉันเชิดหน้ามองเขาอย่างท้าทาย "ที่อยากจะได้ฉันไว้ในสต็อกเนี่ย เกิดชอบฉันขึ้นมาแล้วหรือไง?" "แล้วถ้าฉันบอกว่าใช่ล่ะ?" ตะวันกระตุกยิ้มมุมปากเหมือนที่ฉันทำก่อนจะก้มหน้าลงมาจนปลายจมูกของเราชนกัน "ชอบฉันจริงเหรอ?" เขาถามขึ้นอีกครั้ง ฉันมองตาเขาก่อนจะกลั้นใจตอบออกไป "อืม...ชอบ" สิ้นสุดประโยคจากปากฉันเขาก็ตามมาทาบทับริมฝีปากลงบนปากฉันและถึงแม้ว่าฉันจะไม่ได้ขัดขืนหรือผลักเขาออกเหมือนทุกทีแต่ฉันก็แอบตกใจอยู่ลึกๆ ตะวันแค่สัมผัสริมฝีปากลงบนปากฉันกดมันลงมาเน้นๆ แค่นั้นก่อนจะผละออกไปเขาก้าวถอยหลังไปหนึ่งก้าวแล้วพูดขึ้น "แต่ฉันไม่ชอบ...ง่ายไป" พูดจบเขาก็หันหลังเดินออกไปทันที เขาด่าฉันแบบนี้อีกแล้วนะ คอยดูเถอะ! ไม่ชอบเหรอ คอยดูต่อไปแล้วกันไอ้บ้าตะวัน!

Night Stalker Series 1 It all started with a hit on my face. You see, I’m rich, a club owner and women fill in line to have a little taste of me. Until a certain devastatingly gorgeous brunette shows me that I won’t always get what I want. She challenges me that no woman ever did. The fact that she’s off-limits, I should have stopped with my little games, but I took things too far. Eventually, she becomes my addiction. I start to feel something—something so deep that I’ve never felt before, but I just couldn’t help myself. One night with her is not enough. I need to have her again. He’s an arrogant, narcissistic, and condescending SOB who gets under my skin. There's no denying that he’s attractive. But things have to change now—he shouldn’t always get what he wants because he says so. I also can't deny the fact that I’m deeply drawn to him. I start to feel something that scares me. So I give in and one thing leads to another. Until I realize that despite being a pretty face playboy, Pyke has flaws with a huge heart that capable of caring for someone like me.

Harry Payne, a sexy and enigmatic CEO. Harry comes from one of the most important and richest families in the entire UK. He is responsible and organised, he is a businessman without time for nonsense or romance. His last girlfriend cheated on him with his best friend because of his unavailability. Now he is facing a big problem. His cousin's wedding is in three days and he needs to find a suitable girlfriend to attend with him. Harry pays a lot of money to stay out of the headlines, so his family has no idea what he has been up to. As he doesn’t have time for relationships he decides to hire a girlfriend for two weeks. Will he be able to keep it professional or will he lose his calm with the beautiful escort Alice?

He doesn't take no for an answer. And she's never said yes-until now. Arden Blake has built world on control. A high-powered event planner with a sharp tongue and tighter walls, she doesn't have time for complications-especially not ones wrapped in six feet of tattoos, arrogance, and pure sin. Enter Rhett Maddox- ex military, ex lover, and the man who walked away without a word five years ago. Now's he's back in town, cocky as ever, and owning the nightclub she's been forced to work with. The last thing she want is to play nice. But the way he looks at her? Like he remembers exactly how she sounded when she used to beg for it? Yeah That's dangerous. Rhett doesn't play games .He plays for keeps. And this time, he wants more than her body- he wants her surrender. Mind, mouth, and soul. But Arden doesn't beg anymore. Unless he makes her...

The stubborn Unica Hija – Stephanie Alicia Villamar meets a young colonel who is recognized as the most playboy guy in their town and supposedly her husband! The two had an agreement to not bother each other after the wedding since her husband's duty is to protect the country. Stephanie carried on with her life as usual, but her world turns upside down when her husband was transferred to their town. What could possibly go wrong between the pair if their marriage was only for convenience, and how long would they pretend?

Adelynn is left with no choice, but to get married to a CEO, in order to clear off her father's huge debts. Six months into their marriage, she encounters her exboyfriend, Jensen. He becomes dangerously obsessed with getting her married to him. With this agenda on his mind, he tries to get rid of Dominic, Adelynn's billionaire husband. When she realizes that she's in love with both men, she has to make a crucial decision. Will she choose to save her marriage with her billionaire husband or will she give in to her desires to be with her exboyfriend who is also her boss? When the truth about Jensen's crooked personality is revealed and Dominic's intentions come into play, what is Adelynn willing to do for the sake of love? Guys, please check out this book. I'm not going to disappoint, I promise.

The story revolves around Olivia, the abandoned daughter of an Alpha. She is treated badly and has to run away from the pack when the ill treatment became too much. Her life changes when she mistakenly hides at the evil forest and she is taken by a werewolf, Augustus. He had been cursed and unless he finds Olivia in each lifetime, he would live like a wild animal in the bush. Olivia tried all her best to run away from him but all attempts proved abortive and at the end of the day, Augustus told her that for every time he has to find her and be with her, if not, he would be condemned to a life of loneliness and doom. At the end, Olivia stayed with Augustus and fell in love with him after rejecting him for several months. Augustus took Olivia back to his pack and she was shocked to see that he was the revered Lycan king. She is extremely happy and at the end of the day, her status is elevated and even people from her pack can see her from afar. The Story focuses on love, dominance, commitment and power.

Mary Parker's life has been transformed after the death of her sister Claudia and the disappearance of her mother, and what used to be colorful to her is now black and white. Mary is absolutely certain that she will soon be reunited with her sister on the spiritual plane, and for this reason she does not allow herself to fall in love, and doesn't want anyone to fall in love with her. But he sees his plan go awry when he meets Philippe Taylor on a party night. Newly arrived in New York, Philippe is the newest owner of Taylor's Music. He is used to nightlife and he can't imagine the surprises that new york city will bring him, especially after he meets a very beautiful and authoritarian woman. Would he be willing to live a no-strings-attached romance with his newest neighbor and partner, Mary? Would she be willing to allow anyone to get close to her? Together Philip and Mary will need to take care of Mariazinha, an extremely poor and very docile child, while her grandmother is hospitalized. Sometimes fate plays with people and someone or an accident can change everything!

After discovering that her best friend Megan Francis her fiancèè, Anthony Rhones, at their engagement party, Stevie Carter called it off, never looked back, and disappeared into thin air. Anthony, being the arrogant, cocky, and evil CEO of a company, finds himself swept up in Megan's charm when she begins working for him out of desperation. But their courtship was filled with lies, betrayal, and secrets, for Anthony has a dark past.