PAUL I cheated on my fiancée. Sophie and I were building our future. In love, happy, peaceful. Then she found a lump in her breast, and I made the worst choice: I numbed my fear by sleeping with someone else. My worst mistake and my biggest regret. Now I see Sophie around town with him. She's radiant and laughing with people who actually show up. I'm trying to learn how to be a man who does. If she lets me, I'll spend the rest of my life proving I can choose her when it's hardest. If she lets me... SOPHIE I thought the promise was in sickness and in health. But he buried his fear in someone else. On the same night, I walked into a bookstore and met the gentle giant owner, who invited me to his book club full of misfits. I'm laughing again, I'm smiling more than I ever have, and I'm healing my heart. My bookstore owner keeps showing up like it's as easy as breathing. I don't know what the future holds; I don't know if I'll win this battle against cancer, but I do know I'm done wasting time on people who love only when it's easy. CALLUM She came into Rivers & Rhodes Bookstore and asked for books with happy endings only. I gave her a recommendation, an invitation, and an offer of friendship. Now, this beautiful, brave woman is completely under my skin. I'm not here to win a competition against him. I'm here because choosing someone, second by second, is the only way I understand love.

Kaia has been dating Beast, an Enforcer from the Dogz of Hell MC, for about a year. One night, Kaia is "initiated" by the women of the MC Club. However, the initiation is not what it was supposed to be. When Kaia gives Beast the opportunity to back her up, he gives his loyalty to his club. Kaia calls in her protection, 4 brothers who will do whatever it takes to protect their little sister. And after losing what he had wanted most, Beast begins to question loyalty of his MC and brothers.

He made me his ol' lady. I thought it was because he'd finally seen me as more than my brother's little sister. Until I heard him talking with his ex, I didn't realize he was with me out of guilt, that he'd promised to protect me. So I ran and didn't look back...until I had to go back to find him waiting for me.

He built an empire out of engines, rules, and sarcasm - then a five-year-old with his eyes showed up at his clubhouse. Ollie "Rock" Carter, President of the Iron Vultures MC, has everything under control - until a tiny genius named Rory marches in with a backpack full of crayons and chaos. Suddenly there's drama, old mistakes, jealous girlfriends, and more rules being broken than he ever wrote. Turns out, fatherhood wasn't in the bylaws.

Lily Beth is a struggling single mom of a four year old little boy and she is four months pregnant. She is desperate to find her long lost brother who may have a connection with the local MC. She comes to town in hopes of finding the only connection to family she still has. What happens when she shows up at the clubhouse and runs into a biker that seems to take an instant dislike to her? Speed is a member of the Devil Dog MC. He has been trying to win over Eve for the last couple of years. He really thought they had a connection but he is heartbroken to learn she has found someone else. He is angry and wonders if love is even worth it? What happens when a single pregnant mom shows up and he feels a need to help her?

My husband missed our daughter's birth because he was too busy with work. Story of our lives. And the four other women in his life -- his ex-wife, his PA, his mother and his sister -- all hate me. So, I didn't think he'd care when I served him with divorce papers. Well, that got his attention.

Emily thought she had the perfect life, the perfect husband. For years she believed in the life they had built. When she catches him betraying their vows, everything begins to unravel. Finding her inner strength, Emily moves forward, building a new future. Trent single-handedly destroyed everything that was important to him. He wants nothing more than to make things right with his wife, but how can you even begin to repair something so broken?

When Brielle's husband suddenly becomes distant and cold, she decides to put herself and their daughter first and serve Alexander with divorce papers. Will Alexander change and try to save his marriage, or will he let his family slip through his fingers? - Short story from my Tik Tok

My husband, Mark, is a good man; he's a strong man. When I needed him to step up with our kids as I finished dental school, he became our little family's rock without ever complaining or being bitter. He owned late-night feedings and diaper changes like a champ while I slept so I could be prepared for my classes in the morning. Now, it's my turn to return the favor. He's working hard on a high-profile case that could change the trajectory of his career if he wins this case. In marriage, sometimes a little sacrifice is needed, which is why on our tenth wedding anniversary, like the past six months, I'm celebrating alone, a sacrifice I'm more than willing to give to the man who's so proudly stood by my side all these years. That is until this betrayal . . . . . . well, let's just say it was never a sacrifice I was willing to make. For Readers: *This story is a novella. My goal is to keep it UNDER fifteen chapters with each chapter no more than 2K words. *Constructive critiques are welcomed. * I do try my best to proofread, but mistakes will slip through. Feel free to point them out!

Finding out we were going to be parents was supposed to be the happiest time of our lives. Instead, I feel my husband, Ethan, drifting away from me a little more every day. He's late coming home from work, he disappears for long periods of time, he's irritable and closed off, and nothing I say or do seems to reach him. As tensions between us mount, I'm discovering parts of my husband's past that I never knew existed. And when everything comes tumbling down, I'm forced to ask myself: how well do I really know the man I love?