When Claire Bennett says she wants a divorce, no one takes her seriously. To Ethan Cross and the people around him, Claire is the quiet wife who should be grateful for the life his money provides. His friends laugh at her, his family circle treats her like a servant, and even her own parents tell her to stop making trouble and go back to her husband. After years of swallowing humiliation, Claire is finally done. What starts as a demand for a clean break quickly turns into a battle of pride, money, and control. Ethan refuses to believe the woman who stood behind him for so long would really walk away. His friends call it a joke. Her parents call it a mistake. But Claire knows exactly what staying will cost her: her dignity, her freedom, and the last pieces of herself she has left. As the marriage falls apart in public, Claire stops begging to be understood and starts fighting for what is hers. A fair settlement is only the beginning. For the first time in years, she is building a life that does not depend on Ethan's approval. But leaving a man like Ethan is never simple-and the moment Claire starts choosing herself, everyone around her realizes she was never as powerless as they believed.

"Say something, anything. Tell me they're lies, that what we have is real. Tell me you love me, Liam." I sobbed. I waited for him to say something, but minutes passed and all he did was stare emotionlessly into my eyes. There was no warmth in them like the warmth I always saw. Now, all I see is a stranger looking down at me for being a fool and playing into his hands. His coldness hit me like knives stabbing my heart over and over again. I had my answer. "Liam? S-say something please. Lie to me, I will believe it. I love you, Liam. I really do." Highest ranking: #1 in Support (28/11/2018) #1 in Discover (14/03/2019) #43 in Billionaire Thank you so much lovelies!

Jane Sinclair runs the family bookshop, lives above it in contented independence, and has spent the past year building a careful conviction: that the newly arrived village doctor - starchy and correct with everyone else - is entirely different with her, and that the difference means something. Dr. Thomas Langley likes Jane enormously. He simply hasn't worked out yet what enormously actually means. She's warm, outgoing, and likes to argue - nothing at all like the composed, correct sort of woman he's always assumed he was meant to end up with. So when a beautiful, well-connected socialite arrives in the village for the summer, looking like everything he supposedly wants, Thomas is intrigued -- and Jane begins to think she may have misjudged her handsome village doctor.

People pursue love in a relationship, but Jenny Adrian has a different idea because she knows better than to break the limits. (Previously titled "Beneath the Clouds") ∆∆∆ After a painful breakup with Blake Andrew, the man for whom she was willing to sacrifice her dreams, Jenny believes love is not what she needs. Like candy, it's sweet to the tongue but it brings destruction to the body. Years go by, and she rebuilds her life with her dream job in hand, a beautiful apartment in the heart of the city, and a grumpy cat she found on the street on a rainy night. She also dates a new guy, Noah Prince, although she refuses to commit. To her, Noah is just a weekend treat after a week of working her ass off to climb her career ladder. Jenny is back in control of her life with no man weighing down her decisions about her future. That is until the day she bumps into Blake at Noah's company gathering. Her balance is put to the test once again, but this time, Jenny knows better. ==================================== DISCLAIMER: This book contains explicit sex scenes and language. Enter at your own risk. ====================================

Savannah Price has moved on after he...walks out on her. She gets her life together even after the horrible event that brings her the joy of a little baby girl. Almost a year and a half later the one that she called her lover comes back into town. Colton Young comes home after fighting for his country. He's home on leave but only for the summer. He finds out that the girl he had left a year and a half ago is still in town. Savannah has to live with what happened but Colton has to live with what he did to her that brought the mess to her. Will Savannah be able to let him into her heart again? Or will everything they have die out like the summer does...

Gwendolyn is living the fairy-tale life. She's a princess. She lives in a castle with her father the king and her loving siblings. Everything is perfect. Or it was. One day, Gwen overhears a visiting prince commenting on her appearance in the harshest of terms and her world is upended. She's always known she didn't look like your typical princess, but her family thinks she's beautiful. No one has ever been so mean. Devastated, Gwen runs into the Haunted Forest and there she meets the Cursed Princesses, a group of outcasts and misfits who band together to show Gwen that she really is a princess. Based on the hit WEBTOON and adapted by best-selling author Michelle Knudsen, these novels will take readers deep into the world of the Cursed Princess Club.

Whether it's your first time or your seventh time, writing a novella in 12 weeks isn't easy. As a 2021 ONC Winner and two-time Honorable Mention (2023/2024), I totally understand. After years of participation and reflection, I have lots of advice to share on how I wrote a winning novella and look forward to writing every year. Inside this guide, you can find everything from insider tips to craft chats to contest commentary. So grab a cup, get your notebook, and settle in: it's time to start writing! Copyright © 2022 Elle Chaika

*Book One in the Gentleman's Proposal Series* In Victorian England, Miss Augusta Browning has few marriage prospects. Thankfully, she has a thriving career - one that absolutely no one can know about. Sebastian has just inherited his father's estate. Or, rather, his many debts. Nearly penniless, Sebastian must marry and quickly turn his new wife's dowry into another fortune to save his family name. And he knows one woman who is available and unlikely to cause scandal.

When darkness falls, the vampires come out. Sixteen-year-old Kiara Morrow knows that better than anyone. She's been trained her whole life to wipe bloodsuckers off the face of the earth. But then she meets Luke. He's a vampire but he's unlike any vamp Kiara's ever known. ***** Luke may be what Kiara's been looking for her whole life, but as far as her family is concerned, the only good vampire is a dead vampire. The closer she grows to him, the more Kiara is forced to confront the foundation of lies her life has been built on. But Kiara's bloodthirsty family isn't the only problem they have to face. People in town are dying. Something evil is looming on the horizon... [[word count: 100,000 - 150,000]] Cover designed by Holly Thurston