Four years of hoping. Four years of empty tests and quieter nights. Yara Vale once fought for a living. Until one night in the ring left her body whole but her heart scarred in ways no doctor could fix. Now she fights something worse: sanity. Her husband, Xavier, has built empires from nothing. He can conquer markets, rivals, and men - but not the one thing she wants most. A child. When she starts believing her body has finally given her a miracle, the truth waiting behind their perfect marriage is far darker than infertility. Because someone has been keeping her from the life she's been begging for - and the man she trusts most might be the reason. Love was supposed to heal them. But some wounds never heal - they turn Iridescent in the light.

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cor·ner·stone /ˈkôrnərˌstōn/ noun an important quality or feature on which a particular thing depends or is based. Wendy Durant has loved her husband, Atlas, longer than she hasn't. He was her first kiss, her first love, her forever. Together, they built a perfect life - married after high school, raised two beautiful boys together, and were still blissfully in love. Until, slowly, Atlas began to pull away. Wendy did everything she could to keep their marriage from unraveling-juggling the house, the kids, and all the quiet, invisible labor no one thanks her for. But when Atlas fails to show up to their final resort therapy session, Wendy makes a different choice - she stops waiting for him. Determined to take her life back, Wendy gets a job, rediscovering her independence and finding unexpected freedom in a world where she no longer carries the weight for both of them. While she flourishes, Atlas unravels. He watches everything that matters slip through his fingers-his wife, his sons, the family he thought he was protecting by keeping his fear to himself. But to heal their fractured marriage, Atlas will have to face the real reason he pulled away... And what does it have to do with his brother's late wife, Carrie? A marriage-in-trouble second chance romance. No cheating, HEA always.

Finn: As secretary of the Iron Skulls MC, a one-percenter club, I'm the smart one. The strategist. The man who holds the brotherhood together with laws and loyalty. Then I crash my Harley, and ER nurse Riley Morgan stitches me up without an ounce of fear. She's all sharp wit and a code of ethics that should make her run from a man like me. Instead, she stands up to the cops for me, looks past my leather cut, and sees the man beneath. She's a complication I can't afford and a temptation I can't resist. But my world has rules. To make her mine, the club demands a brutal, archaic tradition-a price that will cost her more than her dignity. Now I'm caught between the brotherhood that raised me and the woman who is redefining my soul. They say no woman is worth a war. They haven't met Riley.

Blurb Born the second twin, Fae was always the shadow-the quiet teacher, the caretaker,,the one who stayed in the shadows and let her siblings shine . When her sister became Luna to a powerful Alpha, she recognised his widowed brother, Blaidd as her own. But he was a man still bound to the memory of his dead mate. For eight long years, she raised his children, kept his home, and did her best to make him see her. But when she discovers the rune carved into his flesh-a witch's mark ensuring she could never bear his child-the truth shatters the last illusion of love. In a public hearing before her Alpha, she asks for what no mated wolf ever has: the right to live her own life. Her courage ripples through the pack, exposing the cracks in every tradition meant to keep her bound. And as she steps beyond her mate's shadow toward a distant land and a craft that calls to her soul, she begins to awaken to the woman she was always meant to be - one carved not from obedience, but from fire, freedom, and forgotten dreams.

After several centuries of serving as a guard to a coven, Nathanial Hart, a lone vampire, is finally able to live out his days on his own terms, secluded and unbothered. After he fulfills this one last promise to the one and only friend he ever had in his long life. For eighteen years , Olette Sky, a spirited, young girl has been locked away in an orphanage, but she has finally been set free and sent off. She's told to find the path of an unknown man, the cryptic advice of her den mother. .. and so the young mysterious girl, called Lettie, ventures out alone, finding herself in a heap of trouble just as her path collides with Nathanial's. Danger unlike anything Nathanial has ever known lurks around this odd girl like a magnet, and it seems he is the one tasked to keep her safe. But why? What is so special about this orphan girl?

Nina Reyes lost her job, her health insurance, and maybe her last shred of stability. She's barely scraping by when she's appointed roommate to her high-school tormentor: Lincoln Carter, golden boy graphic designer... turned amnesiac who thinks they're dating. She doesn't trust him. Not his charm, not his chiseled jaw, and definitely not his sudden need to make things right. Lincoln Carter doesn't remember much before the accident, except Nina's warm brown eyes. But she flinches when he gets too close and flattens him with one-liners and vagueness. He does know possession. Nina feels his. He also knows guilt. Sticking and sinking into his skin. Now he's on a mission: figure out what happened, fix it, and win her. Even if it means airing out a few secrets. Forgiveness is not enough, he wants forever. #3 Top USA Stories 09/01 #1 Overheard - 09/02 #11 FamilyDrama - 09/25 #27 ContemporaryRomance - 09/24 #1 amnesia-love-story - 09/26

Bailey I fell in love with Nathan at the age of twelve. He was my twin brother's best friend. We all grew up together and were all so close. We did everything together. We were never separated from each other for very long. That is until she moved to our school. She bore her way into our group. Took my brother and Nathan's love from me. She made it look like I was a cheat, a thief and a liar. Even made my parents distrust me. I am not a wilted rose though, I am not someone you can just step all over. I am strong, I am proud and I will not take this betrayal lying down, I will rise from the ashes. Logan I've loved her from afar. I watched her brother and Nathan treat her like a princess. I saw how much she believed in Nathan and loved Nathan. I told myself that it was okay. I could live without her love, as long as someone loved her. Then she moved to our school and almost everyone that was supposed to lover her betrayed her. She tried to break and ruin their princess, but I know better. She was never a weak princess that needed protecting, she is a queen that will rule everyone and one day I will be her King and together we will burn down their kingdom.

Former CIA Case Officer Mireya King is forced to quit her job when an Op goes wrong, and her partner is killed. All the evidence points to her being the target, and she goes to her half-brother to work in the consulting firm he inherited from their father. An old rival works there, to her dismay, and her harassment continues. Mireya puts up with it because the other consultants make it clear they have her back. Handsome Vali Dalca, in particular, is eager to make up for his attitude initially. When the attempts on Mireya's life start up again, they work together to figure out who wants her dead before they succeed. ~~~~Warning~~~ Contains descriptions of rape/sodomy, violence, and fighting. All Chapters that depict these things will have ~~~Chapter number~~~ As well as warnings at the start of the scene and when it ends. ***Smutt Warning*** Contains smut and sex scenes. All chapters depicting these will have ***Chapter Number*** and warnings at the start of the scene and when it ends.

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 meet the gentle giant owner who invites me to his book club full of misfits. I'm laughing again, I smile more than I ever have, I heal my heart. My ex says he can learn to stay, but 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 that love only when it's easy. CALLUM She came in to 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. Content Warnings: on page cheating, emotional and physical infidelity, cancer, mentions of vomiting, bleeding, surgery. Please be advised.