holiday competition

Not to fall into the cycle of reincarnation within the vast world, The heart transmits the Dao among humans. Willing to wield a sword to end myriad calamities, Exchange ruthlessness for a world of emotions!

Author: Cindy Spencer Pape firmly believes in happily-ever-after and brings that to her writing. A multiple award-winning author, she has published almost sixty novels and stories. When not hard at work writing, she can be found restoring her 1870 house, dressing up for steampunk parties and Renaissance fairs, or with her nose buried in a book. Visit her website: www.cindyspencerpape.com. Holiday Hearts Follow the five Holiday siblings as they find romance one by one. Between holiday magic and scorching passion, each of them find and fight for the loves of their lives. Yuletide Enchantment: Noel Holiday doesn’t like Christmas. When he finds himself trapped in a magical Christmas village with sweet and steamy Shelby Carter, the season suddenly becomes spicy. While they figure out the magic, they also discover passion like they’ve never known. Like Bunnies Star Holiday wants some time alone, so she heads to her family’s cabin for a few days. After a car accident, something changes. Star is suddenly a rabbit—four paws, fluffy tail and all. When she doesn’t check in, her brothers send her ex-boyfriend to check on her. Veterinarian Theo Morgan picks up the injured bunny and carries it into the cabin, only to discover the rabbit in his arms turns into Star as soon as they cross the threshold. The Holiday family agic forces the two to stay together. They have plenty of time to talk about their relationship. If they bother to spend time talking instead of making love. Valentine’s Heart Computer guru Valentine Holiday doesn’t have time for love. When a computer dating service sets him up with overworked social worker Corazon Lopez, Val can’t figure out what’s going on. Neither can Cora. They meet to discuss it and the sparks fly—all the way to a tropical paradise perfectly designed for passion. Midsummer Dreams Summer Holiday has had dreams of Matt Warren since she was six years old. The dreams aged along with her, taking her and Matt from childhood friends to voracious lovers. Matt knows Summer is real, and now that he’s out of the military, he comes to Charleston looking for his soulmate. Once they meet in the flesh, Summer has to decide if Matt really is the man for her. All Hallow’s Evie Sam Holiday’s new house is haunted. Soon he meets the ghost—a beautiful woman named Evie Bonnell. Evie’s unfinished business is that she died a virgin. Over the days leading up to Halloween, Sam agrees to teach her about the pleasure she missed in her lifetime. His only problem is that he doesn’t want her to disappear after her wish is granted.

Wen Meng transmigrated into a melodramatic interstellar novel, becoming the malicious supporting character and fake heiress. As a result, she was thrown into a desolate star's lake at the beginning and nearly drowned. Fortunately, she awakened the beast-taming ability, and with the help of the system, she successively tamed various young disaster beasts and lived together with the little ones. One day.. A pitch-black serpent coiled around Wen Meng's body, its head affectionately resting against her cheek. "Get off her!!" The white wolf at his feet suddenly transformed into a handsome man He clenched his fists and roared at the black serpent. "What's it to you?" The black snake spoke, its voice human-like. To assert its dominance, it coiled around her even tighter and flicked its tongue against her ear. "Can't you understand?" The man, burning with jealousy, grabbed the snake by the neck. "If you play like this, it won't be fun anymore." The black snake unexpectedly transformed into the handsome 858. The smoke cleared, and the two men were grappling with each other. The scene was extremely ugly. "How did they... turn into humans?!" Wen Meng couldn't believe her eyes. "So childish, still fighting." The big eagle spread his arms and hugged Wen Meng's waist from behind, resting his chin on her shoulder, greedily inhaling the fragrance of her neck. "Only beasts without confidence compete for mates." "Exactly!" The little bear comfortably rested its head on Wen Meng's snow-white thigh, rubbing its furry face vigorously. One of its paws was stretched out, and Wen Meng was trimming its nails. The little bear spoke in a soft, childish voice, "Not like me, I'm a good baby." But at this moment, Wen Meng had already come to her senses. She murmured, "You too can turn into humans, right?" Big Eagle: "..." Little Bear: "..." Later, they all wanted to have her to themselves. Using all their tricks to ruin the reputation of other disaster beasts, Filial piety turns sour, consumed by jealousy. Bai E: "Say you love me, that you love me the most, right?" Wen Meng: ... (I love, universal love) Anaconda: "Why can't we be together? Did you give birth to me?" Wen Meng: ... (You've grown up and become disobedient) Thunderbird: "Open your eyes and look at me. I don't believe your eyes are empty." Wen Meng: "Put your clothes on!!" (nosebleed gushing) Bear King: You think I have no feelings for you? I just go into heat a bit later. Wen Meng: ? (Bear hug, uh, can't breathe) And then later— Wen Meng found the culprit who had plotted against her. "Compete with me? You're not even worthy." That person glanced at Wen Meng with disdain Not a trace of remorse. She had never taken Wen Meng seriously. Wen Meng opened the space card. The most terrifying disaster beast in the galaxy appeared at the same time. The magnetic field and celestial phenomena of the Emperor Star were in complete chaos, as if it were the end of the world. These ancient god-like beasts of calamity bowed to her, Glaring at the enemy with fierce eyes. The woman's face turned pale, filled with terror "Did that scare you?" Wen Meng laughed "I've always wanted to ask you, do you really know, "Actually, you are the impostor?" Finally.. Wen Meng's former fiancé, General of the Empire, roared with reddened eyes, "Tell me! How many more men do I have to defeat to win your heart??" Chief Inspector of the police station, the mad scientist director, the aristocratic business tycoon... all being called out at the same time. And the one, two, three standing behind her... there were too many, Wen Meng couldn't remember them all. This world is a vast battlefield of Asuras.

A 15-year-old schoolgirl randomly joins a competition which she discovers is confidential unless she really wants to participate. At the end of registration, she finds out that the participation was in a world that wasn't Earth. She was sent to another planet and the only way back was through the completion of the competition. She goes through dangerous battles to be able to save countless worlds, but by doing so, she has to continuously sacrifice.

When Omega Lily Evans returns to her hometown for Christmas after five years away, she brings more than just gifts; she is parenting Alpha Dominic Stone's secret kid, the man who destroyed her heart. Everyone knows Dominic never sleeps with the same woman again, but he couldn't get away from Lily until he unexpectedly married someone else. Lily has forged a new life as a respected defense attorney, but fate has other plans when she realizes her true match is Dominic's cousin, Ethan, a charming hockey star with his own holiday traumas. As the holiday season pulls them together, Dominic learns about Lily's return and the child he never knew existed. With two men vying for her heart - one by former passion and one by genuine mate link - Lily must pick her path while protecting her daughter. Will Christmas magic mend old wounds, or will ancient werewolf traditions rip them apart?

A stubborn young Duke on the verge of being replaced by his heartless and greedy uncle comes to the realization that he needs to fight if he wants to keep what is his. But after the war he lost his will to fight, to live. He no longer fit in with high society, he was scared inside and out and he didn't know how to fight a battle with reputation instead of swords. On a mission to find an imposter, he runs into his late captain's younger sister. In a strange turn of events, she swears a life debt to him and immediately begins to improve his broken reputation with her wild and bright demeanor. The orphaned daughter of an Earl runs circles around her conniving guardians constantly ruining their attempts to marry her off so they can inherit the Earldom, all while secretly preventing the Poor Earldom she loves from going to ruin. Strong-willed and smart she thinks she's got it all figured out. She just needs to block all potential marriages and keep her land and people afloat for another year and a half and she'll be free. But what happens when she's outsmarted and out-maneuvered by someone unexpected? And is she really as immune to good looks and charm as she thought... or was she way overestimating herself?

It’s the holiday season and while Jasmine, is shopping for presents, she accidentally bumps into a handsome and charming Jasper. She breaks the expensive crystal glass swan he had just purchased! Unable to pay him back, they make a deal. she will pretend to be his girlfriend and accompany him home to meet his parents. But what if his parents aren’t human? and what if she's isn't ordinary too?.

Mazoku and his friends go on an epic conquest to eliminate all of the Forsaken Realm while also getting stronger to becone the next Power Kings!

When Wynter almost lost everything, and the only thing that's holding her together is a promise to someone she holds dear in her heart, then someone comes along and sweeps her off her feet in a whirlwind romance, will she choose her heart or her mind?

Roset only planned a short holiday abroad. But when bombs destroy her homeland overnight, she becomes a refugee in a country that is not her own, grieving, lost, and with no family left. The government offers her one impossible choice: enter a program that matches refugees with citizens seeking wives, move to a remote town, and help rebuild the future… or face a life of uncertainty and exile. Her new husband, Hino, is kind but a stranger. Their marriage begins as survival but slowly, through shared meals, quiet traditions, and the birth of their daughter, something deeper begins to grow. Just as Roset begins to believe she has found a new home, a single message shatters her world again: her brother, thought to be dead, is alive. Bringing him into her fragile new family means confronting old grief, new bonds, and the challenge of blending the past with the future she is building. From the ruins of loss to the quiet peace of a rural life, this is a story of resilience, love born from necessity, and the family you create when the world takes everything away. What does it mean to start over when your past still lingers and can a heart scarred by loss truly learn to feel whole again?