[PUBLISHED UNDER POP FICTION, AN IMPRINT OF SUMMIT MEDIA] One competition, one man, twenty-five women, and a bet. Zachary Astor wanted to be the Bachelor for one purpose alone: to prove to his friends that he can ditch twenty-five women without ever looking back at any of them. But will he stand on to his words when he meets Julianne Grey, the only woman who seems to regret being in the competition? Despite what he thinks, Zachary will find his thoughts preoccupied by the weird, silent, and mysterious girl he keeps on giving a rose much to his own amazement and her disappointment.

After Reagan found out that she was a product of her mother's teenage indiscretion and her so-called father's reason for her abuse, she went to her boyfriend's house for comfort only to find him sleeping with another girl. With that she ran and ended up at the bus stop where she met a man named Derek. She was enthralled with his beauty and she ended up opening to the stranger's serene face. Derek, however, after hearing her story, decided to help by letting her stay with him. She doesn't want to impose but what else does she have to lose? She had nowhere to go and sure as hell didn't want to go back. She accepted his offer and stayed with him. After two years, she came back. To where the pain started. Reagan will soon find out that Derek was no ordinary man. And when she finds out, she will be thrown into a world that shouldn't exist in real life. Can she take it or should she ran away? More secrets will pop out and her ex boyfriend, has a secret of his own.

(SIGNED AND PUBLISHED ON POPINK) He's mean. He's tough. He's dangerous. He's a playboy. And most of all,he has extreme obsession for cheesecake. That is Callisto Worthington, son of Chip Worthington, the most powerful and feared gang lord of the entire west coast of United States of America. On the day of father's 35th year of reign, he announced that he will be retiring and the next in line was Callisto. He was utterly in cloud 9 but his mood was dampen when his father said there is catch. He needs to finish his last year in high school in order to be fully eligible to run the gang. He was outraged. He was 20 years old and going back would be embarrassing. If he doesn't finish, his father will pass the responsibility to his older brother, Cain, a college graduate and in the works of being a doctor. Callisto didn't want his brother to rule the gang. He didn't have the strong stomach for violence like he did and a big wuss. So he decided to grant his fathers wishes. It will be one hell of an experience for Callisto since he dropped out of high school a long time ago. Would it still be the same than before? He's in for a big surprise as he encounter hardships and who knows, he might find a girl he could fall in love with at the side.