games people play the psychology of human relationships

Veronica, a musician in a band, finds herself on a sticky wicket when she realizes that the man of her dreams—Théo Reynaud—is an elaborate masquerade to his danger-seeking alter ego. As she tries to stay relevant in the music scene, she battles depression and bouts of anxiety while dealing with a dysfunctional long-distance relationship. Théo is a fashion model striving to make a good living in the cutthroat industry while moonlighting as an informant. After a vindictive crime boss endangers his family, he is tasked to complete his final assignment to keep his loved ones out of harm's way, and be with the woman he loves. ▬▬▬▬▬▬ genres: CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE, CRIME, DRAMA ▬▬▬▬▬▬ This is a work of fiction. Places, characters, dialogues, and incidents are either the product of the author's imagination, or are used fictitiously. This story contains profanity, sexual themes, drug usage, and some violence intended for mature readers. Read at your own risk. [DISCLAIMER: The author does not own the original images on the book cover.]

Vivian felt like she was floating among the clouds. She had been selected to go to The Lycan World for research by Zodiac Space Research Organization. Very few astronauts got an opportunity to go on missions beyond the Solar System. So, it was natural to feel thrilled.Her mission was to report about the life found in The Lycan World. She was supposed to just observe the planet from far, capture images and return.When her space ship gets into the orbit of the planet, she is awestruck to see bipeds almost identical to humans.Curiosity gets the better of her and she lands on the planet without permission.The planet is in fact the home to thousands of werewolves who lead a primitive life; hunting and eating raw meat.The werewolves consider her just a piece of flesh that can be eaten and fight over her but she is saved by one of them.How will a powerless human survive alone in the world of werewolves?What will happen when she develops feelings for the one that wants her dead?

Kayla Mac moves to a new city with her parents and started a new school where she met Lucas Gray; a dashingly handsome and very rich guy. From the moment Kayla met him, she knew there was something not quite right about him. Combined with rumors of werewolves being present in the school, Kayla was yet to find out that she had been mated to Lucas by the moon goddess. Lucas, a werewolf who was to become the next Alpha of the Lucent pack, will do anything possible to claim his mate. What will Kayla do when she realizes that she had fallen in love with a werewolf?

Klaire was abused by her own family, sold to a billionaire, married to an alpha. ---- He was taken aback when he noticed a young woman seated on a tree branch. She was dressed in a white gown and wore no shoes. Her pitch-black gaze locked on the stream below. The breeze ruffled her hair. The pleasant aroma as it approaches causes him to close his eyes. Mate! - growled his wolf. “Yes,” he said, confirming that he had found his Luna. Unfortunately, there was something odd about her. And he quickly clenched his palm into a fist upon noticing something strange about the female. She is a human...

James has spent 15 long years awaiting his fated mate. When Laila, a fierce, independent human with a six-month timeline in the States, unexpectedly enters his life, she's everything he never knew he wanted. But Laila is no pushover; she's determined to resist James's persistent advances, wary of his notorious playboy past. Yet, despite her best efforts to keep her distance, Laila finds herself irresistibly drawn to James's charm and undeniable magnetism, despite her better judgment. But their budding romance is complicated as Laila finds navigating her relationship with James isn't easy, requiring adjustments and understanding on both sides. As their passion intensifies, they must navigate the complexities of the werewolf community's culture and the looming shadow of Laila's departure. And when a mysterious third enters the scene, harboring a secret affection for Laila, their love is pushed to its limits. Will James and Laila's connection prove strong enough to withstand the challenges thrown their way or will the Moon Goddess have other plans?

My name is Edna Holmes, the latest hunter from the Holmes family. I hunt wolves and vampires for a living. My reason? Mine was a little different from the others who fought to protect. I fight for revenge. … Edna Holmes, a human, carries deep resentment for the government that ruled the humans, wolves and vampires that lived together in the world. Marcus was sweet, adorable and charming, Derek was arrogant and dislikes humans and Edna was stubborn, dislikes the biasness of the ruling powers and bent on revenge no matter who they were. And what's the world's reaction about a human hunter with a wolf and a vampire as mates? So many questions, read the book to find out how it all goes down.

In a world full of werewolves, witches and humans, the humans didn't know about the existence of the werewolves or let me say, some humans. Alex Warren, an alpha to blue moon pack, the biggest and strongest pack, has been looking for his mate for so many years. Entangled with different kinds of ladies in the city, but still couldn't find her. Almost giving up, he finally had a one night stand with a young human. Ellie Loren, a pretty and easy going girl, who's in love with her childhood friend. As an alpha of his pack, he was forbiden to have anything to do with humans, but he couldn't stop himself from hovering over his human mate even while she was drunk, but what will happen when he wakes up the next day but couldn't find her near him? Will they ever cross paths again even after he had marked her? Or will a night stand turn into an unexpected outcome. find out in The Alpha's human mate. "How can my mate be a human? This is forbidden." He said looking up to the man standing before him. "Then do you prefer to stay alone for the rest of your life, or you can get married to whoever your mother chooses for you." The man replied back. He didn't say anything, he only sighed in frustration.

Jennifer Johnson is a young teenage girl, lived her entire life with the Stone family where she was adopted, she is a fearless werewolf who stops at nothing to have what she thinks belongs to her, she falls in love with alpha Larry of the Gaylord's family and believe she will be chosen by him as his mate but things do not go as expected for he dumps her and chooses her sister, she is heartbroken and gets even more confused when she learns the alpha's true intentions, she is captured by the Gaylord's and locked away in a secret place. She overhears the Gaylord's plans on wiping the other packs and discovers some ways to deal with them, she is saved by his long term crush, a human , Tyler wayne who has always been in love with her for a long time, she runs away with him and start a life far from the Gaylord's and finally come to meet her real brother, Andrew Johnson, she gangs up with him and the vampires together with the witches lead by Amelia Storm to fight the Gaylord's and end their reign but things don't go as planned for they make her suffer and take her brothers life at the time she needed him the most, she goes through a lot and deals with the Gaylord's to the last one of them but pays yet a huge price at the end.

My mate has a human girlfriend but wants me to stay so he doesn't weaken. What about me and what I want. Is death the only way out.

Having a human mate was not something he planned for but having a human mate beats having no mate at all. What is Alpha Hunter supposed to do when after wrapping his mind around the fact that his mate is a mere human he discovers bigger secrets?. His mate was still a minor who was a month away from her eighteenth birthday and she has been maltreated for so long by her father that she has a hard time getting close to any human especially men.