Holiday Hockey Tale: The Icebreaker's Impasse

The crowd starts a countdown to midnight like New Year’s Eve. I close my eyes and smile, holding Liam’s hand tightly. Everyone yells “ONE!” and cheers. I open my eyes and see the iridescent liquid light of the full moon pouring out of the giant orb flowing down over us. People around us ooh and ahh at the beautiful sight.  When the first rays of moonlight cascade over my skin, I feel a heat inside me turn into a burning fire. I gasp and look up at Liam. He looks at me with wide, surprised eyes. “Mate,” he murmurs and squeezes my hand tighter. It isn’t a comforting feeling. There are no sparks like people describe when they touch their mate. Maybe it takes a few minutes to develop. I smile and try to admire Liam, but I don't want to say it back. Nothing feels different. I still love him, but he’s not the one. Liam is looking at me, but it isn’t a look of true love. It’s lustful and carnal. I feel a pit in my stomach. Liam isn’t my mate. How can this be? And how was he able to call me his mate if he’s not mine? “Zara,” a woman’s voice says in my head, “My name is Lavender. I’m your wolf and you’re in grave danger, my dear. You need to run. You need to run now. Your life depends on it.” “My… wolf?” With everything that happened the past couple of hours, I forgot she was waking up. “L-Lavender, what’s happening? What do you know?” Lavender repeats her order. “Zara, you need to run. I can explain later. I’m so sorry this is happening to you, sweet girl.”

Ini kisah Nata. Jenata Soebandono. Wanita matang 29 tahun yang belum juga menikah karena sibuk dengan segala goalsnya. Bukan tidak mencari. Hanya saja, sejauh ini dia merasa belum dipertemukan dengan pria yang mau memahaminya dengan baik. Sampai pada di satu kesempatan random, seorang sahabat mencomblanginya dengan seseorang yang sudah ia jamin baik dan tampan. Arkugi Darmawan. Merasa nothing to lose, Nata setuju-tidak setuju mengiyakan ide random di sela-sela jam kantor itu. Dan Komunikasi pun terjalin. Dengan sangat dewasa. Seiring berjalannya waktu, perasaan, dan hal-hal lain yang tidak bisa ditebak, justru hubungan itu malah membawanya bertemu dengan pria lain yang tidak kalah merepotkan perasaannya. Kini, berada di antara dua pria yang sama besar ngototnya, Nata sukses jadi bulan-bulanan pikirannya sendiri. Memilih satu di antara dua tidak pernah sesulit ini, terlebih ketika ternyata kedua pria itu punya hubungan darah. Seperti dibantu keadaan, satu insiden manis pun terjadi. Membawa Nata tidak hanya yakin pada hatinya tapi juga pada keputusan-keputusan krusial yang akhirnya harus dia ambil. Tentu bukan hanya untuk kebaikannya sendiri, tapi juga kebaikan pria yang ia cintai, juga demi kebaikan calon buah hati. Nata hanya tidak menyangka, kalau keputusan-keputusan berat itu mengantarnya pada kehidupan yang tidak pernah dia sangka sebelumnya.

Aryan Mada Kusumo, pria tampan berusia dua puluh tujuh tahun, pewaris satu-satunya Kusumo Grup yang bergerak di dunia perhotelan sekaligus seorang model profesional. Pria yang memiliki sejuta pesona dan humble. Foya-foya dan hidup bebas adalah mottonya. Tapi bagaimana jika dia didesak menikah oleh kedua orangtuanya? Bukan hanya didesak, bahkan kedua orangtuanya sudah menjodohkannya dengan wanita yang bahkan dia tidak tahu siapa. Sementara Aryan tak suka terikat hanya pada satu wanita.Nur Callia Maharani, seorang chef wanita berusia dua puluh enam tahun. Tidak berencana menikah dalam waktu dekat ini karena ingin fokus pada pekerjaannya tanpa harus membagi pikiran dengan hal lain. Tapi bagaimana jika suatu saat, dia malah dijodohkan oleh seorang pria yang belakangan baru ia ketahui adalah pria yang dibencinya? Pria yang menjadi musuh bebuyutannya saat ia kecil.Apakah perjodohan antara wanita super serius dan pria yang terkenal tak pernah serius ini akan lancar?

Contracted to get married to a crippled man. She found out that he was a notorious playboy who had no intention of falling in love. They got divorced and shortly after, she found out she was pregnant. “Boss, I found your ex-wife and she is with two handsome boys who look like you!” She was surprised to meet James after so many years, and he had returned to claim his children back. What would transpire between ex-lovers? Will she go back to a notorious playboy or there is more to it than meet the eyes?

“You can’t love me!” I snapped, tears blurring his handsome face. “Why?” Asher demanded, looking appalled. “Because I betrayed you…” I whispered, my heart breaking apart. “Because I came here to…destroy you.” What happens when the man you were sent to destroy turns out to be your mate and the love of your life? 25 years old Ivy never expected her beautiful life to turn into her darkest nightmare by a man named Alpha Killian Price. After destroying her pack and killing her entire family, except for her father, Killian has an offer for Ivy that could help her piece her life together again. But that offer comes at a price Ivy wasn’t ready to pay. Killian wanted her to destroy GrayCrest, the most powerful pack in the country, in exchange for her father’s life. But how could Ivy destroy the pack whose Alpha was her mate and the love of her life? Her father or her mate…there was a choice Ivy needed to make. But the stakes were too high and time was running out fast. Can Ivy make the right choice before the most brutal war in history claims innocent lives and destroys hundreds of packs in its wake? Sizzling, passionate, funny, and full of unexpected twists and actions… witness a story that will take your breath away!

Sold like a circus animal. Collared, forced into misery and self-hatred. With a single blow, she hopes to change her life, only to find herself trapped again. Ocean has no idea what freedom means, but she desires nothing more than a taste of it. The secrets hidden from her will unfold before her eyes, no one can escape the truth. ~~~ The book excerpt: "Here, I have a key to your heart," I left the key in my palm, metal, and skin together. I stumbled upon the ancient artwork in the locker rooms. It caught my attention because it resembles a dagger, so I took it and waited for the perfect opportunity. "Silly girl, that is not the key to my heart. Pathetic attempt." Vladimir growls in disgust. If I'm lucky, I'll be free by the end of the night. Taking the first step toward my destruction, I grin and move my hips in time with the slow music in the background. Vladimir swallows, his Adam's apple bobbles in his throat. The vampire's eyes focus on the crook of my neck as I stop directly in front of him. I place my palm on his chest, guide my fingertips down to his abdominal muscles, a corner of my lip twitches in disgust. When he closes his eyes, I take the opportunity to plunge the key directly into his heart, smiling as his eyes shoot open and he looks down at me in horror. "Are you still convinced I don't have the key to your heart?" I ask, grab him by the collar, and pull him closer. My lips nearly touch his ear as I whisper, "It fits."

After a one night stand which leaves haunting memories, a young girl on the bridge of losing her sanity, is pregnant for a billionaire husband who is unable to concieve with his wife. She falls in love with a man out of her reach and will do anything to have him all to herself. He is her last pillar to sanity while she is his last hope of having a child by his own flesh and blood.

Nagsilang si March ng quintuplet. Mag-isa niyang pinalaki ang mga ito habang nagtatago sa kaniyang boss no'ng siya ay isang intern pa lamang. Ang ama ng quintuplet ay si Rod. Ito'y kasal na sa iba dahilan kung bakit ayaw ni March ipakilala kay Rod ang mga anak niya. Makalipas ang pitong taon, nakita ng ina ni Rod si March. May hiningi itong pabor dahilan para magkita muli si March at Rod. Sa kanilang pagkikita, matatago pa ba kaya ni March ang mga anak nila? O siya ang itatago ni Rod sa mundo kung saan tanging siya lang ang makakapiling nito?

The once-glorious empire is in ruins, its capital buried beneath ash, following a bloody uprising. A competent scavenger who has been hardened by grief, Zara endures in the broken world, plagued by memories of the empire's devastation, particularly the ruthless purge that claimed her family's lives. She discovers a secret amid the rubble: a wounded man named Kael who says he is the final heir to the crumbling empire. Zara reluctantly consents to assist him, viewing his survival as a way to make amends. But Kael isn't interested in bringing back the empire he was born into. Rather, he is dangerously knowledgeable about a weapon that could upset the delicate balance of power in the world. An unforeseen attachment forms between Zara and Kael, complicating their objective as they create an uneasy alliance to traverse the lethal world of bounty hunters, imperial loyalists, and rebels. Zara is compelled to face her own troubled past—including the potential that her long-lost brother is still alive and fighting for one of the factions—as they delve deeper into the empire's hidden secrets. After the rebels kidnap Kael and torture him to find the weapon, Zara must decide whether to risk everything to save him or let him perish. Zara and Kael are pushed to the limit by their increasing love and the burden of their common past as they work against the clock to destroy the weapon and keep it out of the wrong hands. Will the fires of their decisions consume them or will they find salvation in a world of ashes?

(3rd book in the CEO’s series)️ “Amara Collins might be twenty, but she’s so strong willed that whatever Amara wants, Amara gets, even if he’s her boss at work. Henry Salvatore might be calm, sweet and priest like but that didn’t stop him from hating his stalker of a secretary, who had successfully gotten on his nerves. The rich CEO can’t get rid of his secretary because the more she annoys him, the more he’s fascinated about her, not knowing his secretary had secrets and wounds to nurse. Secrets big enough to kill her!(Third book in the CEO’s series)