WATTYS 2020 WINNER THIS IS NOT A PAID STORY. ONLY THE BONUS CHAPTERS ARE. YOU CAN READ THE MAIN STORY FOR FREE! When Brenna and Shea, two rival hockey players, have to collaborate to take down a common enemy, they soon discover love is a ruthless game. ******* Brenna Harrison, a gifted hockey player, wants to prove her worth in the hockey world. She knows the consequences of playing on the boys' hockey team: degrading comments, sexist rules, and jealous boys, but she's determined to undermine the patriarchal foundation of her favourite sport. Shea Smith is also a gifted hockey player... but he sees Brenna as a threat. He believes she doesn't belong in the boys' league, despite her astounding skills; he's jealous. So, when the opportunity to potentially eject her from the league presents itself, Shea takes the opportunity. He agrees to a bet with his enemy, Connor Watt; a bet that will break Brenna's heart and make her not want to play hockey. At least... that's what he thinks. Soon, he's regretting the decision and decides to tell Brenna. She's furious, but also sees this as an opportunity to have the root of the problem ejected from the league. Brenna and Shea agree to take Connor down and expose him for who he truly is: as sexist jerk. But with bending the rules, there comes a price.

UNEDITED Between his semi-committed addiction to smoking and his role as CEO of Elemental Coffee, Cassian Russell has spent the majority of his life running one of the most popular coffee shops on the Island with his best friend, Jake Swift. After an initial decision to expand their business, Cassian and his fellow investment partner, Penelope Montgomery, stay in West Kelowna to promote their business to a new winery. While Cassian's aware the head of the management team of Utterly Uncorked is someone he was madly in love with when he was a kid, he's not prepared for the unfathomable relationship that follows their reunion. Penelope Montgomery has been working double time to expand the horizons of Elemental Coffee since Jake and Cassian hired her, so when she's presented with the opportunity to help them open up shop in West Kelowna, with new responsibilities and additional incentives, she jumps on the job. Working with Cassian, the man she's been crushing on since they met during a business trip, is supposed to be easy, right? No. When Cassian reunites with an old friend and she sees the smouldering flame between them, things get harder for Penelope. How long can she watch the man she loves fall for another woman? After feeling out of place for decades, Penelope is more lost than ever. As time goes on, Cassian begins to realize the calamities of having a relationship with another big-corporation business person. Relationships come with a price, and he doesn't know if he's ready for the one he has to pay. And when a shocking new revelation comes to light, he's forced to make a choice between his company and the broody, cynical attributes of love.

The Moon Goddess destined them to be lovers, but their kings forced them to become enemies. They met one stormy night when all his senses were nullified by poison and she couldn't see him clearly in the darkness through the pouring rain. But she knew exactly what he was. He was a warrior for his king and she used to be a general for hers. With both kingdoms fiercely at war, she knew that if they were to ever meet again, it would be on the battlefield. The Moon Goddess must have been bored when she created this joke of a match because there was no way for them to be together. An utterly unattainable, ill-fated match.

Highest in Werewolf: #2 "Selene, my daughter, please hear us out. I know we don't deserve it, but your sister is pregnant and-" I held up my hand to stop the man named Benicio Dixon from speaking. Surely they didn't call me here just so they can dump all their personal problems onto me or dig up the past. If that was the case, they're quite foolish. I'm not interested in the slightest. Shifting my attention from my father to the woman he stood behind, my gaze narrowed on the small but visible bump under her sundress. Hestia Anne Dixon. My younger sister. The Luna of my old pack and the woman my mate chose over me. She was pregnant. I turned to the male sitting beside her in the Alpha's seat. Guilt and regret crossing his striking features when he refused to meet me in the eye. "If the reason you called me here is because of this nonsense" I gestured between my sister and mate, "Then it would appear I wasted my time. With all due respect, Beta Dixon, I am an Alpha. I have many and much more important things to do than discuss petty mate bonds. If It wasn't obvious enough, I'll make myself clear-" I stood up, not caring for the gazes burning into my skin. "Whether or not she has this pup has nothing to do with me. Luna Walker's mate has nothing to do with me. In fact, none of you have anything to do with me outside of pack business. If you're worried about my interference-- don't. I won't say nor do anything. To put it simply, I don't want him. I didn't want him for the past four years since he rejected me and you all left me to die. Rest assured that seeing him again won't change anything. Now if you'll excuse me, I have things to attend to." I held my head high, walking off with my Beta trailing behind me. Just as I reached the door, it abruptly pulled open and I came face to face with the most beautiful man I've ever seen in my life. Dark, crystal grey eyes bore into me and I found myself go still. Alpha Raizel Locksworth. The Bloodlust Alpha.

A Special Agent is sent to work undercover at mega-company to uncover its criminal roots - only to find the mission upended by the arrival of its infamous CFO, whose own plans risk obliterating them both. ----- When rumors of a drug-running operation based out of a million-dollar company start circulating, the Agency receives orders to send their very best to bring the organization to its knees. Their best bet? Imani Sarraf - the Special Agent who fearlessly steps where few others dare. Their biggest problem? Nolan Cress - the CFO who chose to step out of anonymity and appears intent on ruining Sarraf's every plan. As they dig further into the company's shady past, the two will have to learn to work together in order to avoid certain death - if one of them doesn't kill the other before then. ----- in progress

Three crime syndicates came together to create Project Erase, an experiment to obliterate all humanity in a child and raise them into mindless soldiers and heartless assassins. Six years after Project Erase was eradicated, Laramie was contacted by an FBI agent and was informed that someone was restarting the project. They needed her help to expose the identity of a fake CEO and figure out the real phantom CEO funding Erase. The real mastermind behind the corporation was someone she was told she would never see again. Someone she never stopped searching for. Why? She owed him a life debt. Excerpt: My red stilettos clicked across the marble flooring, the sound as loud as the beat of a drum pounding in the silence of the room. My skirt swished and brushed against the tops of my knees, swaying with me as I walked. My gun and silencer were both tucked into the purse I held in my hand and they were as easily accessible as my red lipstick. I came here to accomplish a goal and that's exactly what I plan on doing.

A senior witchling is forced to team up with her nemesis, an angel in training, in order to protect their academy and its students from old foes stirring in the shadows. *** Stoneport Academy is a haven for divine beings and creatures of the dark alike, not that they necessarily enjoy sharing it. It has been declared neutral ground since the passing of the Faerie Accords, and that is the only thing keeping Callie Karr from plowing her fist into Nathaniel Gaumont's perfectly irritable face. Despite the Accords, a series of students go missing under suspicious circumstances at the beginning of their final year, all supernaturals. Tensions rise as whispers of an old enemy wreathed in shadow and death rock the community. Callie will go to any lengths to protect her coven; Nathaniel will do whatever it takes to protect his academy. Together, they'll have to bridge their differences and put a stop to this new foe, no matter the cost. *** in progress updates: fri

Ingrid Rodríguez A 20-year-old girl who knows almost to nothing of the outside world. Her strict parents made her see what they wanted her to see. They wanted her away from the outside world so much that they put her in online school throughout her entire life. She was too timid and shy to talk back to anyone, which led to years of people walking over her. Her older sister is one of the main ones. Her aging grandmother is the only person who understands what she's going through and desperately wants to take her away from it all. Tristian Locke A 25-year-old tattoo artist who believes his heart is broken beyond repair. His mother, who has experienced painful trauma is now in a state of shock. His father, who is a lawyer, wants his son to get out of the phase he is in so he can have a "real" profession... so it seems. Tristian, in his mind, has disowned his father for the many things he's done behind his mother's back as well as his constant attempts to lure him back into the old ways of their family history involving the Irish Mob. On the outside, Tristian is calm and subtle, but on the inside, he has pent-up anger that he only releases accidentally or while training in the gym. His mother, alone, is the very reason he hasn't completely broken yet and is the source of all his inspiration. Tristian no longer believes in love. His father being the worst example of what love should be, is painted into his mind. He stays away from relationships and women as he wants nothing to do with them until she walked into his shop. ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ " He tattooed his name on my heart " WARNING: THIS BOOK CONTAINS MATURE CONTENT AND EXPLICIT LANGUAGE. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK. #95 in Romance - 12/06/17