Playing Hard To Get Monica Murphy

Book #3 Wright-Petrov Series She once tasted him. Her first man. But he was too drunk to know. For years, she kept it a secret to protect herself and their friendship. Until he involves her in his craziest idea of being his wife. And no matter how hard she tries to resist, she blindly agrees. To placate herself, she strictly set the rules. Rules she freely breaks. Everything involving him is ambivalent. She even lost control of her heart. Will she learn to play his games just to keep him? Or will she teach him to value her by playing hard to get? Either way, all she ever wanted was to have another taste of him. And she is selfish, she wants it to be forever.

Sophia Clark is an 18-year-old werewolf who struggles with her inability to shift like the rest of her pack members, and because of this she is mocked and taunted. Her life takes a turn when she uses her acute intelligence to get into the most prestigious werewolf institution. But what happens when she notices an unexplainable desire and craving for her handsome professor; Xavier Rosswill? A mysterious brooding man who captured her in a way that left her gasping for air. Will Sophia be able to ignore her conflicting feelings? Or will she succumb to the flame of her desires and risk being burned in the process?

Alyvia is a Karma Dealer who had been dishing out Karma for 10 years, that is, until she met Jazmine Murphy. Jazmine Murphy is the ex-wife of Nicholas Murphy, a CFO & Billionaire who made his money through a string of good investments. After a tumultuous 4 year relationship & an awful divorce, Jazmine wants revenge on her ex-husband, so Alyvia takes one last job to get Jazmine her revenge. Everything goes according to plan when Alyvia breaks Nick's heart & takes his fortune in the process. She retires to her hometown & changes her name back to the one her mother gave her when she was born so he can never find her. So you can imagine her shock when he shows up in her little hometown 5 years later & flips her newly built world upside down. Will he forgive her for the pain & anguish she caused him? Or will he stop at nothing to take back the fortune she took from him?

Before my engagement, a fire broke out in my dressing room. The explosion sent shards of glass deep into my body. My best friend, Monica Addams, shielded me as we escaped the flames.  At the hospital, she stayed by my side as I clung to life.  She called my fiancé, James Miller. However, his response was dismissive. “Veronica isn’t feeling well, and I’m accompanying her to get an IV drip. If it’s no big deal, just drop it.” Furious, Monica unleashed a string of curses and called her own boyfriend, Lucas Smith, asking him to help find a specialist.  He brushed her off, too. “Stop overreacting. Veronica’s sick, so I’m getting her some medicine.” When I narrowly escaped death and met Monica’s gaze, I said in a low voice, “I want to call off the engagement.” Without hesitation, she responded, “If you end yours, I’ll end mine.” That was when both men panicked. 

Henley accepts to play the role of rich Bennett Calloway for a price, falling in love while wondering how he is connected to her brother's bogus conviction. ***** Henley Linden's brother is imprisoned for a crime he did not commit, and she will take any job to help him get out. Shortly, she's agreed to pretend to date millionaire Bennett Calloway for $10,000 in order to relieve his mother's pressure on him to find a marriage. Yet once Henley is immersed in Bennett's world, he falls for her and she begins to feel the same way. Despite her romance with Bennett, Henley learns that the Calloways are somehow implicated in her brother's conviction as she draws closer to them. As she delves deeper into a world of luxury and conspiracies, Henley is forced to rely on Bennett, even if it may cost her everything.

Ariana Alexandra, a singer with rising popularity, must marry the billionaire most wanted by many women, Sean Valentino because her parents planned the marriage arrangement between them a long time ago. Sean is charming and slowly manages to make Ariana fall into his arms. Still, when Ariana gets to know the possessive man, she finds another side of the man. Sean's unpleasant childhood and other dark side make Ariana struggle to understand the man and bring him out of the shadow of his dark side. Her marriage would be perfect until Sean's ex-girlfriend came and tried to get Sean's attention again. Once again, Ariana faced the hardest time and fought for her marriage.

"Kill me.." Alpha Kane said in a shaking voice, staring at his son who held him with his hands. His voice was croaking and he had just a few seconds to his Death. "Dad, I can't. I can't kill you!" Murphy said, whimpering in tears. "Do it now! It's now or never! If you kill me... You'll become the next Alpha" Kane said but Murphy wasn't buying what he was saying. His concern was how he could save his father but he knows he won't be able to do that. "What's the point of being an Alpha when there is no Werewolf left?" Murphy uttered. "Son... Please do it! You'll understand this when you grow up. Kill me now! Please" Kane said, already coughing and his pulse getting weak. Murphy stretched his hands forward and his fingers became longer. He had changed to Werewolf. "Save travels, Father" He said and struck his father on his neck. ******** 15 years ago, the capital of Switzerland suffered from Werewolf attacks. No one was safe in the city and they weren't allowed to travel out of their country. The country was filled with over a hundred Packs of Werewolves. 70 percent of those Werewolf Packs were evil while thirty percent were good. Because of the way the bad ones kill, they thought that all Werewolves were evil and should be eliminated. They were able to destroy almost all the Packs in Switzerland through the help of WEREWOLF HUNTERS and there was just one Pack remaining. And that Pack happens to be Blue Moon Pack - ruled by Alpha Kane. They killed everyone in the pack but only one escaped. His name was Murphy. Do you think Murphy will avenge his Family's death? Will Werewolf Hunters be able to eliminate the last Werewolf on Earth?

Ang akala ni Monica Prado siya na ang magiging masyaang babae sa araw ng kasal niya kay Jericho Mendel pero kabaligtaran niyon ang nangyari dahil hindi siya nito sinipot sa mismong kasal nila. Dahil sa sakit na nararamdaman ni Monica, uminom siya sa isang bar at doon niya nakilala si Zymon Coreal at inakala niyang si Jericho ang binata. Dahil sa matinding tama ng alak hindi namalayan ni Monica na may nangyari sa kanila ng binata nagbunga ng isang supling. Lumayo si Monica sa Manila para layuan ang mga taong naging parte ng buhay niya roon. Tumungo siya ng Davao para roon itaguyod ang anak niya. Ngunit paano kung habang nililimot niya ang nakaraan saka naman babalik si Zymon at Jericho sa buhay niya? Paano kung pareho nilang akuin ang pagiging ama sa bata? Handa ba si Monica na malaman ng dalawang lalaki kung sinong tunay na ama ng bata? May pag-ibig bang muling mabubuo sa pagitan ni Monica at Jericho o uusbong ang pag-ibig ni Monica kay Zymon?

Randy’s mother, Monica, was on her dying bed. Her only wish before she died was for him, my alpha boyfriend, to perform our marking ceremony before she passed. When Monica looked at him eagerly, Randy agreed to mark me. But after we left her room, Randy said that he was going to marry Alina. “Alina’s mother is critically ill. She also wants to watch her undergo the marking ceremony before she passes. We can wait a little longer before we conduct our own marking ceremony, Emma.” “But what about your mother? She wants to witness us undergo the marking ceremony too!” “My mother can hang in there a little longer. Don’t worry.” Randy then grabbed the ring that Monica had given to me. It had acted as a symbol of me being her daughter-in-law, but Randy gave it to Alina. Unbeknownst to him, Monica was already at Death’s door, and she was feigning a picture of health in front of him. On the day Monica passed away, Randy performed the marking ceremony with another woman. After I made preparations for Monica’s funeral, I vanished from Randy’s world. To my surprise, he started begging me to become his mate after I left.

Can Christmas magic help her hear the music again? Melody Murphy shared her love of music with her father, but after tragically loosing him on Christmas Eve two years ago, she no longer has any interest in music or Christmas. She returns to her hometown of Charles Town, West Virginia, to help her mother save the family antique business, content to stay focused on her work. However, when a chance encounter with an adorable five-year-old leads her to befriend an attractive single dad, Melody begins to realize she's been putting her life on hold, something her father would've never wished for her. Will she learn to hear the song in the falling snow again? Reid has recently moved to Charles Town to start over after his wife walked out, leaving him alone to raise their son, Michael. When Michael decides he needs Melody Murphy in his life, Reid needs to find out what it is that has his son drawn to the young woman like a magnet. The closer he gets to Melody, the more he begins to believe he might get a second chance at love after all. This is a sweet contemporary romance with Christian themes, perfect for holiday reading.