What Are Cold Reads

My best friend's brother and I have been dating for half a year, and she has no clue. My best friend drags me out on Christmas for a singles' night out. Unexpectedly, we see her brother, Chris Lambert, holding hands and kissing a girl under the fireworks. "Damn, Chris finally got the school belle!" She looks thrilled and pulls me forward to say hi. Chris awkwardly rubs his nose and introduces me to his girlfriend, "This is my sister, and the one beside her is… sort of like my sister too." I smile silently. We have held hands and kissed, yet now, I am just sort of like his sister.

BLURB: Caroline Parker, a struggling artist in the city of Philadelphia never imagined her life would change forever after an encounter with a billionaire at an exclusive art gallery. After a passionate one night stand with the Billionaire, she discovers she is pregnant. Will Caroline overcome the obstacles thrown her way or will these obstacles tear her apart? Find out more in this intriguing story.

David Giovionno, seorang duda muda tampan yang memiliki putra tampan berusia 4 tahun yang bernama Liam Sky Giovinno. Sikap dan auranya yang dingin, arogan dan tak terbantahkan itu muncul ketika ia kehilangan sosok istrinya setelah melahirkan putra pertama mereka. Meskipun terlihat tidak tersentuh, pesona yang dimiliki David tetap berhasil memikat banyak wanita cantik yang ingin mendekatinya. Liam Sky Giovinno, bocah tampan yang malang karena sejak lahir ia belum pernah merasakan kasih sayang orang tua yang sesungguhnya. David selalu mengatakan jika kehadirannya hanyalah pembawa sial. Siapa pun yang berada didekatnya pasti akan mendapatkan kesialan menurut David, meskipun pada kenyataannya yang dikatakan David sama sekali tidak pernah terjadi. Bagaimana kisah perjuangan Liam yang berusaha keras untuk menaklukkan hati David agar mau menerima kehadirannya dan bisa menyayangi Liam dengan semestinya? Lalu, bagaimana jika tiba-tiba saja sosok yang begitu mirip dengan mendiang istrinya muncul dihadapan David maupun Liam? Apakah kehadiran sosok wanita tersebut akan berhasil mengubah hubungan David dan Liam menjadi jauh lebih baik layaknya hubungan ayah dan anak yang seharusnya? Atau justru kehadiran wanita tersebut akan jauh lebih mengacaukan hubungan David dan Liam mengingat pola pikir David yang masih kekeh mengatakan jika Liam adalah anak pembawa sial? Mari temukan jawaban dan kisahnya...!

Anita Baker doesn't expect for the cold heart CEO, Liam Jackson to fall in love with her and choose her over her best friend. After her encounter with him in his office, she ran away, now she must face the consequences. Read more.

Kelsey Lieven, a beautiful accountant at Lazardo, was forced to marry the son of her father's friend, Weylin Malachy, a super cold CEO of Malachy Hotel.  Unfortunately, before the wedding was held, Kelsey suddenly disappeared. What really happened to Kelsey? And why was Weylin grateful that his future wife had disappeared?  And what will they do if they are reunited after six years?

Isang pangyayari sa gabing 'yon na hindi kailanman makakalimutan ni Melina. Dahil doon lahat ng mga bagay na mayroon siya ay nawala na nang saysay. Tila pati ang buhay niya. Laging nag-iisa at ayaw makipagkaibigan. Ganyan si Melina, binago siya dahil lamang sa isang trahedya na naranasan niya. Mababago pa kaya ang buhay niya? Buhay na may sigla at may saysay? Tila hindi pa pala ito ang hangganan. Hindi pa pala tapos ang lahat. ---------

I don't know how it happened. One minute I'm living an extremely lonely life and all it takes is getting lost to change all of that. But, change is good, right? Yeah, if you take the fact that I was entrusted with the most adorable little girl as good. Throw in a reunion with a twin brother that I haven't seen in years and a gang of bad boys to the pile and all is peachy keen. As complicated as it seems, there's more. Now, I have to keep a certain mystery boy away from me for my own sake. I have to deal with a brother that thinks these bad boys are his new best friends. And on top of all of that, someone's after me. Forget the fact that this is senior year. Why can't I just be Khloe Mason, an uncoordinated mess of fandoms. Now, I'm The Bad Boy's...What?

Two years after her sister vanished without a trace, Sera Duvall is barely surviving emotionally and financially. But when a chance encounter leads her into the arms of Lucien Calder, the tech billionaire who was the last known person to see her sister, she makes a dangerous choice: infiltrate his world and expose the truth from within. Lucien is controlled, powerful, and hiding something behind every careful word. He offers her a deal: stay with him for one week, and he’ll give her what she wants. But the closer Sera gets to uncovering what happened, the more tangled she becomes in a web of secrets, emotional manipulation, and a slow-burning desire she didn’t see coming. And in a world where love is leverage and lies are currency, the truth may destroy them both.

Within a world of manners, petticoats, finely dressed men and grand houses, tension and sexual attraction still rule. The purity of a woman’s reputation is everything whilst a man could be the worst kind of deviant and still walk amongst royalty. Navigating these tricky waters takes skill. A woman could risk it all for such a dangerous man and come away ruined… Follow Athena Thornfield as she starts employment at Fairfax Manor as a landscape designer. The millionaire Baron owner has a scandalous reputation with women. Can Athena complete the contract, learn about her desires and leave with her heart intact? Or will the Baron make her an offer she doesn't know if she can refuse?

Whitney. 28 years old. Hopeless romantic. Book worm. Whitney has never been the type to party. She would rather sit at home with a good book and read. Her parents left her a fortune when they passed away a few years ago so she has no need to work. The one night her friends , Jeniffer and Kassie, talk her into going out to a new club that had just opened up, she is bumped into my the club owner, Ethan. There is so much tension between the two of them. Ethan is a playboy who only wants sex. He doesn't do relationships. Whitney doesn't do relationships or sex. The two of them are at a game of who will give in first. Will he give into her and beg her for the attention he wants or will she give in to his pretty boy charm and give him exactly what he wants?