Non Zero Sum

SLOANE HOLBROOK is a thirty-five-year-old copywriter whose only commitment is to sarcasm, but every major holiday turns her into a single, pitiful spectacle for her judgmental family. Her solution? JACKSON, a charming, commitment-phobic Australian golf coach who needs a distraction just as badly as she does. They forge the "Holidate Pact" a year-long contract to be each other’s flawless, platonic plus-ones for every major event, with one rigid rule: zero feelings. But when a New Year's Eve kiss designed for public consumption feels startlingly real, Sloane and Jackson realize surviving the holiday calendar is easy; surviving the relentless, rule-breaking, undeniable attraction might be impossible. They signed up for a cynical transaction, but what happens when their fake relationship becomes the most honest thing in their lives?

A young sports therapist, Mila Torres, joins the Frost City Titans, a pro hockey team famous for their talent and infamous for their tempers. What she didn’t expect? Four star players become fiercely… and dangerously attached to her. The Captain, disciplined and untouchable, keeps breaking his own rules for her. The Goalie, calm and unreadable, hides an obsessive intensity. The Enforcer, violent on the ice, is fiercely protective off it. The Rookie, reckless and young, falls hard with zero brakes. As the season heats up, so do the rivalries—on and off the ice. Mila is their anchor, their obsession, and their weakness. But the deeper she falls, the more she realizes the team’s greatest threat isn’t the championship… it is the four men who refuse to share the ice or HER.

Dans les contes de fées et les films dHolywood, les personnages se rencontrent, tombent amoureux et vivent ensemble et heureux pour l'éternité. Pourtant la vraie vie est souvent loin de ressembler à un conte à l'eau de rose. Nous avons presque tous,vécu à un moment ou à un autre de notre vie,un amour non partagé,des difficultés...Comment faire pour sortir d'une situation souffrante ? Comment oublier? Passer à autre chose ? L'amour n'est toujours pas rose,surtout le mariage. Souvent ils procurent plus de souffrance que de joie.

Ce qui se passe lorsque vous tombez en amour avec l'homme de fantaisie dans vos rêves seulement pour découvrir qu'il est vrai... mais, pas humain? C'est la question que Gertie Hitchcock confrontés. Non seulement a-t-elle chaude et sexy homme de rêve dans la chair, mais c'était beaucoup de situations inattendues qui inclus forme exotiques shifters et fou amoureux qui filée et kidnappée ! Son rêve l'amour peut venir à son secours et la sauver de certains mauvais sérieusement les erreurs de jugement ?

Je peux le sentir. Je peux le sentir. Il vient ici tous les soirs mais j'ai peur de lui faire face. Qui est-ce ? Qu'est-ce qu'il veut ? Je le sens approcher de mon lit, je retiens ma respiration et je ferme les yeux. " Je sais, tu sais que je suis là. Je sais que tu es réveillé " a dit sa voix profonde. Je sens son souffle sur mon cou, ça m'a fait frissonner le long de la colonne vertébrale. "Pourquoi as-tu si peur ? Je peux entendre ton cœur battre sauvagement " a-t-il chuchoté près de mon oreille, je sens une main sur le bas du dos où mon débardeur expose la petite peau sur mon dos. Je saute du lit pour lui faire face pour la première fois. Mon visage devient pâle en le voyant. Il est comme avant, mais si différent. C'est lui qui vient tous les soirs ? Mes yeux s'élargissent, non non non... "Toi ! "Je crie. Il rit et avança vers moi, comme un animal vers sa proie. J'ai reculé puis soudainement mon dos frappe ma table d'appoint. Il met les deux mains sur la table, me piégeant entre les deux. Il se met le visage plus près de mon oreille, à l'instant, je ferme les yeux. " Oui, moi " il murmure. Oh oh je suis morte…

Aliyah, a girl who has never known hardship finds herself in hot water as loan sharks come for her after her father's demise, thrown to the wolves by her relatives, she is left to solve this problem alone. And her only way out was to sell herself to the highest bidder at an auction. 100 million dollars! The man yelled as he bid an outrageous sum for her. What happens when she finds out that Ben Carlo, The man who bought her was the same person she used to bully and treat miserably back in college?. Ben Carlo is now a Powerful and ruthless kingpin, With the tables turned, Will Aliyah be spared or will she be plunged into unbelievable misery in his hands?.

Glenisha Concepcion is an independent woman who works hard to support her mother and their daily needs. One day, she urgently needed a large amount of money to pay for her mother’s treatment, so she agreed to work as a dancer in a bar. There, she would become involved in a problem in exchange for a huge sum of money. She would be able to get her mother treated, but the cost would be the ruin of Gustavo Alcantara’s reputation. Out of fear, Glenisha ran far away—but fate would bring her and Gustavo together again. Gustavo had nothing on his mind but taking revenge on Glenisha… but how could he do that when it was his own heart that would betray him? Will vengeance prevail when love begins to bloom?

[You can now catch Mercedes, Sedar and Neriman appearing in, Hidden Secrets: A Screwed Up Love Story. Thanks!] Mercedes Winterburn awoke in a stranger's bed to discover she was married to him; she immediately demanded a divorce and walked out of his hotel suite without looking back. A few days later, she demands a large sum of money in exchange for agreeing to stay married for one year to Sedar Ozturk, a Turkish billionaire with a past that comes back to haunt him, plunging Mercedes into a world of chaos. What began as a contract marriage evolved into something far greater than either of them could have imagined. What will the Turkish billionaire do to save his wife when they are thrown into a world they are both unfamiliar with time and time again??

When Brynn lands a sudden, great job at a management company in New Beerenland, she revels in the fact that she has made it. A great job means the end of all the financial atrocities: no sharing apartments, no ex-drama, no checking the menu before ordering. With the perks of managing a private management agency, she gets the occasional run-in with royalty hosting their public engagements and managing how they appear to the general republic. Enter Ryker Glucksberg, a prince who runs his eyes down all over Brynn’s body and can’t seem to keep her off his mind. They meet, and sparks fly. Brynn doesn’t believe in love. Ryker is not the prince who wants to settle down. And then zero in on the institution that will do everything in its power to keep them apart or bring them together?

Adela Montes It took one night. One night of a thoughtless action to irrevocably change my life. One moment, I'm at my father's house going to college and socializing. The next, I'm stuck with a MAFIA boss and his son. One who despises me with every fiber of his being. Stephano Mendoza I was beyond irritated when she interrupted. Large doe eyes, ink-black hair, and a very wide mouth. She disrupts the silence, even when she says nothing. Because it's just her personality. And I hate it. I hate her. But Vince gives zero fucks because, while one moment she's a rat's daughter, the next, she's my wife. My fucking wife.