"The best kinds of happy endings are the ones you have to fight for."
— Unknown
Lucas and Emilia's story has been a long, emotional journey. One built on loss, forgiveness, and the courage to believe in love again.
I can't thank you enough for walking through it with me. Every message, every comment, every moment you've spent reading has meant the world to me.
Their story may have found its ending, but Ruby Creek still has more hearts worth fighting for.
WHERE TO GO NEXT?
The next story line in the Broken Redemption World begins with James & Annelly in Broken Misery (James & Annelly Book 1), a story about redemption, second chances, and the dangerous edge between love and trauma.
OR...
If you're ready to explore another side of Ruby Creek, the side where power and money try to circumvent love, go meet Shane & Becca in Twisted Fate, book 1 of the Twisted Path World— where privilege meets its match, and love becomes an act of rebellion.
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The blurbs for both Broken Misery and Twisted Fate can be found below.
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BROKEN MISERY
(Broken Redemption Series: James & Annelly Book 1)
"Not all monsters hide in the dark. Some smile when they break you."
Annelly
I'm in trouble—the kind of trouble that has me fleeing from my life in the middle of the night, leaving everything behind.
Ruby Creek, the small town where I grew up, seemed like my safest refuge—until I ran straight into him.
James Serrano, the man who shattered my heart, sees through my fear and insists on helping me.
He promises to protect me, to be the man I once believed he could be.
But trusting him again feels impossible when all I can remember is the pain of his indifference and how easily he erased me from his life.
James
I like my life simple and carefree—no attachments, no drama, no regrets.
But when Annelly Conners reappears, scared, heartbreakingly vulnerable, yet so fiercely captivating, she unravels everything I thought I wanted.
If I were smart, I'd walk away like I did before.
Instead, I'm breaking every rule I've lived by to protect her—even if it means facing the feelings I swore I'd long buried.
She's everything I don't want but seem to need. And now I'm making promises I'm not sure I can keep—because losing her again? That's a risk I refuse to take.
In the Broken Misery, one woman's fight to reclaim her life collides with a man's war between love and self-preservation—but the danger closing in could destroy them both.
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TWISTED FATE
(Twisted Path Series: Shane & Becca Book 1)
He was born to rule. She was forged in fire. But falling in love might be their undoing.
I know how to survive. I've been doing it since the day my mother taught me to hide in closets and wait for the monsters to pass.
Trusting people? Loving them? That's how you get broken.
So when Shane Montgomery—Mr. Golden Boy with his perfect smile and world of privilege—offered to help me, I didn't believe him. Why would someone like him care about someone like me? I'm barely holding my life together—working double shifts, sleeping too little, chasing a future no one thinks I deserve.
But Shane is relentless. Not just with tutoring or grades, but with me. With seeing me. Touching the parts of me I've kept buried because needing someone is dangerous. And wanting him? That's a cliff I can't afford to fall from.
Still... I'm slipping.
Because when he looks at me like I'm his everything—like I'm the only thing he needs, like our love is fated, written into the very fabric of the universe—I almost believe him.
And if I allow myself to fall—really fall—it won't just be into his arms.
It'll be straight into the wreckage of everything I've fought so hard to survive.
In the first installment of the Twisted Path Series, opposites collide, secrets unravel, and two star-crossed lovers cling to each other in a world determined to tear them apart.
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Thank you for walking this path with me through the pain, the hope, and every fragile piece of love Lucas and Emilia fought for.
Their story may have found its ending, but Ruby Creek still hums with heartbeat and promise. And I can't wait for you to meet the next souls brave enough to fight for love again.
With all my love,
Ariana ✨
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