Peridot wasn't one for shitty romances. She hated the ongoing war and sexual tension that was easily resolved by one person sucking the other off. So how the hell did she let her life turn into one of those shitty romances? Peridot is a college student who hates legitimately anything that dare breath around her. She was a social outcast and a huge gamer. No one knew her name, only referring to her as 'Techie' due to her pretty much living in the computer lab, and she liked it that way. She has few friends and would much rather interact with something predictable and efficient. So why the hell did the Goddess on campus have to ruin that? The Goddess, or rather Lapis Lazuli, was quiet different. She enjoyed social events, though she herself didn't talk much, and was captain of the swim team. She also was the new person around campus and yet she was already popular. Maybe it was fate, maybe it was dumb luck, but this social butterfly finds herself crashing into the coldest and most cruelest person she's ever met. And she's determined to make her life hell.

A no-nonsense IRS agent sent to investigate a family business for tax fraud finds it difficult to do her job when the suspect is so frustratingly adorable. ~~~A 2021 WATTY AWARD WINNER!~~~ ***** Summer Hong is good at her job. As a field agent for the IRS's criminal investigation division, she knows never to let things get personal. Her resolve is tested, however, when she meets the beguiling Holly Layton. Holly loves Christmas, and loves the Layton Christmas Tree Farm even more. If only her father would take her seriously and let her play a bigger role in the company. Dealing with an IRS agent breathing down their necks isn't what she had in mind, though. Still, if she succeeds in somehow making the problem go away, maybe she'll finally get the recognition she deserves. But how do you get rid of a "problem" you secretly have a crush on?