I never thought that playing with my nephew behind my own house would drag me into witnessing one of the biggest drug deals in the history of Sialkot. I almost made it to the house without being noticed, atleast that's what I thought. I felt my heart drop to the pit of my stomach as I was pulled to a hard chest with a strong grip on my waist. All I remember before darkness enveloped me was hearing a dangerously low and husky voice saying, "You're MINE, Mehru". Little did I know that this day would lead to my life turning upside down.

It's safe to say that Sofia Sayed Mughal has never been much of a runner. A Mensa member, and in the list of youngest MIT graduates, Sofia is more of a sit-indoors-and-develop-space-ship-launch-codes, kind of person. However, when a visit to her late father's ancestral village in Pakistan turns into a marriage trap, she has to find a way to escape her autocratic uncle and cousin. She will do anything to avoid becoming her uncle's GPP (Grandchild-Production-Plant)... ...even break into a stranger's car. A really hot, really pissed off stranger's car.

❝You think I'm a bounty hunter?❞ Well that surely wasn't how Leia Kar imagined her first conversation with Quinn Carter would go. Hell, she didn't think they would ever have a first conversation. 「 detailed summary inside #hiddengemsawards winner 2017 Gold Awards Humor 2nd Place winner 2017 Blooming Authors Awards Humor 2nd Place winner 2017 The Writers' Olympics Awards 2nd Place winner #61 in humor - 08.17.17 」 Copyright © 2016 by trapdoctorx. All Rights Reserved.

When college student Kasey Whitton takes a job babysitting for single dad Jian Li, she doesn't expect to fall in love with the newborn baby -- or with Jian. ***** Love is the last thing on Kasey Whitton's mind when she agrees to take an overnight babysitting job to help support her struggling family. But as her business relationship with single dad Jian Li slowly develops into something more, Kasey is surprised to find herself falling in love with him despite his hot-and-cold attitude towards her -- and the fact that she has a long-term high school boyfriend. Will her growing feelings for Jian and his newborn son be enough to convince her to risk everything stable in her life? Or will Jian's fear of commitment -- and his belief all the women in his life are cursed -- be enough to keep them apart? [[Best Diverse Story, The Fiction Awards]] [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]

In a small Indiana town, a teenage girl hasn't been seen for months, and her brother Reed is sketchy on the details. But seventeen-year-old Mayuri Krishnan doesn't know any of this-not yet. For her, Reed is the boy of her daydreams, the name she scribbles in her notebook, and the starring role of her online cliche mafia romance. When he stumbles upon her secrets, she first thinks Reed's claims to be from an Albanian crime family are lies intended to trick her. Soon, Mayuri begins to question the thin line between fiction and reality. Threats are made, daggers are drawn, and near-misses come too close for comfort. With Reed's promise to keep her safe from those who want her dead, and her growing belief that he may be lying about it all, Mayuri chooses to keep the dangerous part of her life a secret from her cop father. Things come to a head when she teams up with Reed's ex-girlfriend and best friend to uncover his secrets, leading to a night when a knife and a gun determine all their futures. She didn't mean to run away from a murder. She didn't have a choice. Abducted by someone she trusted, Mayuri must use all her wiles to save herself. The true lies that drew Reed and Mayuri together-and the false truths they discover along the way-could drive them apart forever.