The story of Hades and Persephone... "Who are you?" "This is your dream, remember? Tell me who I am..." he said, absently coiling a tendril of her long hair around a finger. She narrowed her eyes at him. "If this is my dream, oneiroi, then answer my question. Who are you?" The voice of a natural ruler, he thought. He leaned down and whispered in her ear. "I am your lord husband."

As daughter of a man in charge of the CIA, Gemma knew her father was overprotective. She just never thought he would assign a man she couldn't stand to be her bodyguard under the rouse of a fake marriage. (Formerly known as STUMBLE)

Elise had no idea when she came home that day that she'd end up mated to a complete stranger. A new Alpha and the need for an alliance between packs have made her pawn FPSSA WINNER - BEST SUPERNATURAL ROMANCE round 4 WARNING: sexually explicit scenes

What do you do when you wake up one morning with the worst hangover ever, still naked, and with your brother's best friend on the same bed, showing off his glory nakedness? You freak out, stare at him in disbelief and then finally let him have you again...and again...and again...and again? Oh boy, I did not sign up for this.

Adelaide Ryan: her pack's weakest link. A pocket-sized werewolf who suffers from shifter performance issues…Basically, she's stuck in her lowly human form and is about as scary as a bunny rabbit. Rafe Greywood: the big, bad alpha who won't give her the time of day. But that's okay, 'cause she's totally not in love with him. Nope. No way. [REMOVED]

One-shot romances (updated occasionally).

A wounded Marine receives an unusual offer.

**Story Removed** Now available as Amazon Kindle eBook!

It's funny the things you learn about a person after they die. I loved him once. Could I love him again? -Young Sofia has just come back to Pakistan, lured by her father's death. Can she overcome her grief? Moreover, can she trust herself not to fall in love with the one person she can never have? Love has never been so tempting. The tale of a girl and her once-upon-a-time servant.

Claire Delaney's life turns upside down after the death of her father, Mark Delaney, who is the CEO of Delaney Corp.- one of the most successful hotel chains worldwide. Mark's last dying wish? Marry off his daughter to the owner of Weston Hotel Group in order to keep the partnership between both companies. Can Claire possibly seek love in an arranged marriage? Read to find out.

Ilse dumped her boyfriend because of a football match. She hates football with all her heart. What will happen when she's sent to Paris to work as a personal interpreter for a gorgeous football player during the World Cup?

For Gemma, the hardest part about traveling across southern Africa looking for an infamous criminal wasn't the constant danger, the long days, or even working undercover. It was pretending not to have feelings for her partner, who was not only endearingly complicated and frustrating, but also her new pretend husband. [SEQUEL TO VERTIGO] [COMPLETE]

Darla Karr wanted the high life, and she would do anything to have it. But once she is left widowed, penniless, and with nothing to comfort her, how is she to go on? What will bring her peace? What will bring her complete numbness? MF. Warning: noncon. Very mature themes. NC-17.

Princess Anahita of Neyaer has to marry Prince Nathaniel of Willerlia to end the war between their countries. She realizes that peace will require much more than only her sacrifice, when her husband leaves as soon as they arrive at his father's palace and she suffers the hatred of his people. Will she be able to maintain peace or will all have been in vain? Better summary inside.

What do you do when your attractive neighbor proposes a mutually beneficial arrangement for one weekend? Throw caution to the wind and fall in love with him, of course. {Completed story in four parts.}

He stared down at me, eyes dark and unrelenting. "Do you want Malcolm?" Stupid question. But I nodded anyway. "Then kiss me." Talk about getting caught between a rock and a hard place. *SKoW Winner*

Karen asks her friend Brian to stand behind the camera for an intimate photo shoot meant to be a gift for her overseas boyfriend

Emma Mills is a vampire culinary arts major. One night a scamp of a werewolf wanders in and collapses from hunger. She feeds him and he decides to repay her kindness in the only currency he owns.

Written for a friend. A movie night becomes something a bit more interesting.

Sequel to In His Arms She Fell. Almost 2 years, another woman and 6,000 miles haven't been enough to keep Keith from remembering the skinny, brown-eyed girl he met in Mississippi. On the other side of the world, Lila sees Keith every day in the little girl he knows nothing about. Their story continues as life continues to teach them more about redemption, love...and hope. COMPLETE.

RE-POSTED. After vowing to never date another frat guy, he's trying to bend her new rule. Only because she'd so stupidly, under the influence of cheap punch and an extremely stressful Thursday, confessed that he might just be the most adorable guy on campus. Complete.

For some reason, the instant Ben and Olivia meet, they hate one another. Every time they're in the same room, all they seem to do is fight and trade insults. But according to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, hot hate is twin brother to hot love.

Life was complicated enough. Her job required a clearance, several passports, and lying to her boyfriend. When she gets mixed up with the CIA's fifth Most Wanted, she has to go undercover with her partner as his fiancée. It doesn't help that he's overprotective, that they have to sleep in the same bed, or that he manages to get into that little compartment behind her heart. [FIN]

Christine Miller vowed to never fall in love again after having her heart broken. Tyler Seguin is a young hockey player for the Boston Bruins. He's living the carefree single life, but what happens when the two keep running into each other? Well, they're in for the biggest roller coaster ride of their lives. The question is, will everything work out in the end? Read to find out.

I had known Elliot Sinclair since I was 10 and never felt any compulsion to get naked with him. What could possibly have happened last night to change that? I prodded my sozzled mind for an answer, but none was forthcoming. **Removed and now available on Amazon and Smashwords!**

Tatiana Fiori was being forced to marry the boy she loved, but it was for business reasons. Being overweight and constantly looked down on, Logan Henderson refuses to. What happens when in the end she's a Yale graduate and became a Victoria's Secret model, and was needed to help run the company. With playboy billionaire Logan Henderson of course?

She never thought she'd be the type of girl to end up in one of those oh so forbidden student-teacher relationships, yet here she is. But there's a twist: she's the teacher. And he is her defiant, charming, disarmingly attractive student. ONESHOT

Fix-ups are the worst for Kate, who hasn't trusted a man since her father took off. So when the gods send her back to Ancient Rome and into the arms of a famous gladiator, she's certainly going to have something to say about it. Even if he is her soulmate

He was quiet, brooding and closed off. He sat next to me every class, even following me when I changed seats. He never talked, never looked my way and if it weren’t for that damn Morrissey shirt, I’d have kicked his stalking ass. ONESHOT.

She's an 18 year old girl with dreams too big for her small town. He's a jaded NASDAQ executive who has everything but dreams of nothing. When their paths cross by chance they come to discover that both life & love are anything but what they imagine. COMPLETE.

Don't fall for the biggest player in school, that's what I have always told myself since starting high school but with him trapping me in bathrooms with him and pushing us into janitors closets he is starting to make remembering that rule very difficult. *Complete*

Victoria, presented as a gift from her village to the Dark Prince for his coronation as the new king, suffers from the prince's dark mood and lust. WARNING: VERY DARK & EXPLICIT SEXUAL CONTENT...

SKoW AWARDS ROUND 12- JUDGE'S PICK for BEST HET & RUNNER-UP for BEST DRAMA! At 10, being in love with an older boy felt heady and wonderful. At 16, annoyance set in as she realized he didn't think of her the same way. Now, at 22, she feels hugely pathetic that she never got over him. But what happens when it turns out he might want her, too? Sex, idiocy, lying, & crying ensue.

Lila just wanted to keep her head down and stay out of trouble until she could get out of this one horse town. Eden just wanted to hunt her down like her own personal Big Bad Wolf and hold her here forever. Sequel to Shattered.

One night, Bryony Bennett had her first real kiss and a lot more taken from her, and from no less than Darren McFadden, her older brother's best friend, who she'd been in love with for, oh, only the last five years. *Three-shot*

New Year's Eve - snowed in with an Irishman with a wolf grin and a gift for making me blush, cold hands, warm lips, a half-zipped dress, outdoor encounters, and the consequence of morning routines. Oh, and my mom and boyfriend are here, too. [ONESHOT]

Reporter Quinn Rafferty gets the chance of a lifetime to interview the latest hit band. Unfortunately for her this means traveling on a bus around the country with four men - and having to ignore the advances of one extremely determined Ryder Sloane. FIN.

In a fit of sudden heroism, Miriam Porter saved a little girl from certain death. But the girl turned out to be the president's daughter. So now who's going to save Miriam from falling in love with the president's sexy son? Oh, shenanigans...

."I am Aragan and you are now my slave wench, my possession" he roared. "Submit and you will be treated well.. fight and I will take your neck between my hands." What was she to do now?

It didn’t matter to my Hindu Mum that he was an Italian badass covered in tattoos; the Indian fortune-teller had predicted that I would marry him so according to Mum, marry him I would. **Lucan’s Story**

I can't be romantic and get you to think

He's a millionaire playboy. She's a girl who's just trying to get by. They were best friends growing up but five years can really change a person.

I know it's wrong. I know it's terrible. But I want to deal with my abusive father myself; no one else should be involved. He think's otherwise. Rated M for a reason - cursing, abuse, sex

She's a bleeding heart liberal. He's a jaded Marine. She's the best friend. He's the older brother. She's middle class. He's loaded. And they're sharing the same address. Painfully cliché? You have no idea. SKoW Winner and Runner-up, Round 8.

Devan McCoy could get any girl he wanted, and any that didn't want him, no matter how bad his attitude was. When Devan's life starts to fall apart, he has only one person he can turn to, but is she willing to help? Can her view of him really change?

Grant and Tabby have always been a 'best friends with benefits' kind of couple and they like things the way they are. But what happens when Tabby meets a guy who can give her what Grant is too afraid to? -One Shot-

All I wanted was one last peaceful summer before I finished college. Needless to say, I hadn't expected my brother's best friend to climb through my window every night...or that it'd be so hard to turn him away. Judge's Pick for SKOW's Best Cliche Round 7

So he’d been around forever, taking on the big brother role and sheltering her from the evils of the world. Could one stormy night alone in her bedroom really change all that? One-shot.

Jett always used to play Superman. Alaira was the perfect damsel in distress. A victim of rape and of an abusive boyfriend, being rescued was overdue. But can Jett handle the pressures of being a real hero? Shoes of a hero are awfully big shoes to fill.

*COMPLETE* Burroughs said it best, “Perhaps all pleasure is only relief.” This is how Callum led his life until he met Marina. Maybe pleasure can be something more than relief.

He's the greatest thief in the high Sahara, and he makes his living stealing from the royal family. A glittering new necklace has caught his attention, and the only thing that stands between him and his new prize is the Princess it was made for.

Attraction cannot be denied and desire cannot be repressed. A romantic story. One shot.

Avery Sanders should have been pleased that she received a full ride to Verminton University, one of the most prestigious colleges around. All goes well until she meets Jack Shanahan. He's rich, arrogant, and his father is paying for Avery's education.

[COMPLETE] Aliana was born with skin the color of dusty cinnamon. It was her skin that brought her to the feet of the Younger Prince of Deshret as a present to serve in his harem. And it was because of him she met his brother. Fate has an interesting domino effect.

COMPLETE Sarea had led a fairly normal life until that arrogant, pompous snake chose to drop in on her. Literally. Then she learns that she is his lifemate and that dragons actually exist. No, they really do. And he just happens to be their crown prince.