He wore leather jackets, she wore a menace on her face. She decided to protect him from his demise, he decided he was better off without her. Zayn Javadd Malik was falling unconditionally for this new girl at work. It seemed stupid until he found her to be more than a just work fling. A mate. Gloria Edward Robinson was the girl with a sparkle in her eyes and magic in her fingers, literally. She was born with a guilt and duty to protect her people. From the monster, from the most vicious Practitioner of magic. How will they settle in the Cacophony of each others' lives? How, when she blames him for everything wrong with hers? ~A Zayn Malik fanfiction. Check the 'Prologue' to find out more. Cover credits: @tannlove3 This book contains magic, cute protagonist flings, and immensely adorable Zayn. No sexual content but intimate hand holding and nose kissing, while Zayn breaks the fourth wall more often than not. Read at readers' discretion.

Thirty-year-old Elise Andrews couldn’t bring herself to marry Griffin, her childhood friend-turned-sweetheart, so she let him walk away. Eight months after their break-up, she arrives in her hometown of Chicago on Christmas Eve and hears a voice from the past calling her name in the grocery store. It’s Griffin’s mother Janice, who invites Elise over for a neighborhood gathering of eggnog and carols.Walking into Janice’s house sends Elise tumbling headlong into memories of her relationship with Griffin — and with Janice, who exudes the kind of warmth Elise ached for after her own mom passed away when she was six. But Griffin has moved on, and suddenly Elise doubts her decision to give him up, and lose her chance at being folded into his wonderful family. Confused and reeling, she goes in search of an answer to a universal question: How do we say good-bye to people we’ve loved without losing everything they’ve meant to us? Heartwarming and witty, All Is Bright is a charming story about coming home for the holidays — and finding gifts in the most unexpected of places.