Kwan is one fifth of Korea's most popular idol group, and a dedicated, card carrying heartbreaker. But what happens when he is confronted with the girl from his past? the one that got away? 

Takeshiro "Shiro" Inoue is a star catcher in Puro Yakyū, the professional baseball league in Japan until injury forces him out. An old contact with the American Major Leagues has him returning to the States and to Lydia Holmes, one of the best pitchers he has ever faced and his best friend whom he'd met right before he'd started his career.  They have been close for eight years, the majority of which had been restricted to online interactions.  But now that they are on the same soil, his career isn't the only Shiro is interested in reclaiming.

 Perhaps I have a little of the monster in me after all...

How much would you sacrifice for those you love? To save her father, Sunshine must give up the life she's longed for to a powerful gangster.

Can she go with him and keep herself?

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Art Historian Aidan Bell and student Collista Carson can't stand each other. Yet for some reason, he asks her to be his new assistant.  Although doubtful that they can co-exist without killing each other, Collista has her grade in his class to think about and so accepts the position.  One thing leads to another, and before long, the two are finding it hard to maintain their professional distance.

Then the specter of Aidan's murky past casts its shadow over the forbidden relationship.  Add a priceless painting, a ruthless art collector and soon Collista finds herself in the position of having to help Aidan solve a mystery before he goes down for the count.  Will he have enough time to teach her what she needs to know about the art of the steal?  

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Pathologist Alexx Woods has been widowed for well over two years now.  Promoted to Chief Medical Examiner, she’s flourishing professionally.   Friends and colleagues at Miami-Dade’s CSI department have been wonderfully supportive, especially bad boy CSI Ryan Wolfe, who, to the surprise of everyone, has gone above and beyond the call of friendship in his quest to ‘be there’ for the team’s favorite ‘mother’ figure. 

Yet as Valentine’s Day approaches, life is about to change once again for Alexx.  It all starts with a misunderstanding and the arrival of an unexpected visitor.  The startling revelations that ensue compel her to delve into long suppressed emotions, confront rigid societal conventions and her own deep seeded fears about loving again.

A Story Written for the 100 First Kisses Challenge

Tavin Wilson and Cameron Caldwell have disliked each other for years. Something happens to change their opinion of one another, and they become friends. During their friendship, they learn that they were wrong about one another and their friendship develops into something more.

"It was the third time he'd said her name that way, voice full of want, pleading for something, anything, from her."

(Alexx Woods/Ryan Wolfe)