skinny love : (n.) when two people love each other, but are too shy to admit it, even though they still show it. Paristella's Contest ~ Round 2 [ Short Story #54 / Romance #240 ]

Melody harus merelakan sisa hidupnya terampas karena dijadikan jaminan untuk menutupi hutang sang ayah. Tapi, siapa menyangka insiden tersebut membuat dirinya terjebak dalam situasi rumit di antara dendam dan cinta? *** Awalnya Melody mengira semua akan berjalan mulus seperti apa yang dia inginkan. Menikah dengan seorang pria yang dikagumi banyak wanita karena pesona dan kesempurnaannya. Raga terlihat begitu sempurna mulanya. Perhatian dan sikap pengertian yang ditunjukkannya, membuat Melody merasa menjadi wanita paling beruntung di antara yang lainnya. Namun, semua itu hanyalah kebohongan, kesempurnaannya tidaklah nyata. Raga berubah tepat setelah pesta pernikahan megah dan mewah mereka berakhir. Sosoknya yang tampak seperti malaikat yang pengertian dan baik hati, seketika menjadi iblis yang tidak punya hati.

WATTPAD ORIGINAL EDITION The Bro Code says to leave no bro behind... But what happens when you have to choose between love and friendship? ***** Nick Maguire would never betray his best friends, Carter and Austin, by breaking The Bro Code, and he knows they'd never do that either. They've got each other's backs. That is, until Carter's sister, Eliza, returns from Australia. Unfortunately, Eliza is basically incredible, and Nick almost immediately falls head over heels. The two begin to form an undeniable bond that crackles with electricity - and spells a whole lot of trouble. Nick is about to find out that codes are made to be broken. [[word count: 60,000-70,000 words]]

"I'm in love with you." How many times would I have to think about this, how many times, before she could hear it, feel it, see it in my eyes? "I'm in love with you." How could I make her see without telling her, without scaring her off... without losing her. I couldn't lose her.

NOW PUBLISHED BY SOURCEBOOKS FIRE! Sixteen-year-old Jackie Howard knows nothing about her new guardian Katherine Walter when she moves from New York to Colorado. After discovering that Katherine has twelve boys, Jackie fears that living in the Walter house isn't going to be easy. It's just icing on the cake that the boys look like models... Cover design by pizzazz-