Lucas Bennett lived in boardrooms and balance sheets - a world of precision, strategy, and control. Emma was warmth, laughter, and every unpredictable thing he never planned for. Somehow, against all logic, they worked. Until Claire , his assistant & most trusted employee, destroyed everything they had. Emma had heard enough. Believed enough. And without a single raised voice or broken dish, she simply left. The silence she left behind was deafening. He had rebuilt failing companies. Recovered from losses that broke lesser men, but, for the first time in his life, Lucas Bennett didn't know how to fix something. He had lost Emma Now came the part nobody prepares you for. Becoming someone worth coming back to.

In emergency medicine, the golden hour is the crucial sixty-minute window after a traumatic injury-the brief span of time when the right care can mean the difference between survival and loss. Dr. Mason Carpenter lives for that hour. At St. Mary's Trauma Center, he is the golden boy of the Emergency Department. He's brilliant and calm under pressure. He's addicted to the adrenaline, the thrill, the absolute rush of saving patients knocking on death's door. At home, he's a devoted husband to his high school sweetheart - the love of his life - Honey. Or, he used to be. Honey Carpenter has loved Mason since they were fourteen, since he was the gangly boy with hearts in his eyes who stumbled through asking her out for ice cream. She stood beside him through medical school, residency, crushing debt, sleepless nights, and every sacrifice it took to build the life they dreamed about. Now she is pregnant with their first child. And Mason is married to his work. He's missing ultrasound appointments, the gender reveal, the baby shower, and, most importantly, he's not there to support Honey - who's having an incredibly difficult first pregnancy. Honey feels her husband is drifting farther and farther away into the ED, and no matter how many times she tries to tell him she is lonely, exhausted, and afraid, Mason gives her the same answer. "They need me." But Honey needs him too. As her pregnancy progresses, her loneliness twists into something darker, but her doctor dismisses her symptoms as "first-time mom jitters." And her husband is too busy saving strangers to see his own wife fading away. Until Honey collapses at home and is rushed into Mason's emergency room, fighting for her life and their daughter's. Now Mason has to reckon with what he was chasing, what he ignored, and what it may cost him - the woman he loves more than anything. And he can't lose Honey. He won't survive it. 💛 Second Chance 💛 Marriage In Trouble 💛 No Cheating

When Sonya's kicked out of her apartment, she learns that her boyfriend is a lying liar who lies, and takes the apartment owned by the grumpy owner of The Shop, Billy Saul. As she deals with her new teaching position, and seeing her ex and his woman parading around town, her friendship with Billy grows into something more. Until one night when the tensions are to a boiling point, and Billy decides "F*** it." Just when it all feels like a dream come true, something, and someone, from Billy's past causes Sonya to question everything that happened between them. Does Sonya give him another chance? Or is he just like her ex?

Lila Morgan had once been Jackson Deacon Hayes's whole world. His best friend's little sister. The girl who trailed after them in summer with scraped knees, bookish eyes, and a heart too soft for the kind of world he came from. The girl he loved in silence until one reckless, perfect night changed everything. Then he disappeared without a word, convinced leaving was the only way to keep her safe. Years later, Deacon is back, harder than he used to be, shaped by old violence, the military, club life, and the weight of choices he can't undo. He returns to find Lila no longer the shy girl he left behind, but a guarded, graceful woman carrying wounds he never meant to give her. Then he sees Jade. His dark features. Lila's green eyes. And the truth he can't outrun. Now the past Deacon tried to bury is standing right in front of him, and the woman he never stopped loving is caught in the middle of secrets, danger, and betrayal far closer than either of them expects. As old enemies circle and buried truths come to light, Deacon will do whatever it takes to protect Lila and the daughter he never knew was his. He left once because he thought it was the only way to keep Lila safe. This time, he's staying.

I stayed when I shouldn't have. I stayed through half-listened conversations and promises that disappeared the moment someone else needed him more. I told myself I was overthinking. That things would change eventually. So I learned how to swallow my discomfort. My loneliness. My doubts. Until everything fell apart. Now I can't stop wondering why it took almost losing my life to finally understand what I already knew all along: I should've left him long ago. ............. Warning: This story uses mature language and scenes. © IcecreamSundae5. All rights reserved.

Before Marlowe Ackerman goes away to Brown University, she does the bravest thing she's ever done. She confesses to her best friend, Oliver Abbott, that she is in love with him. And Oliver breaks her heart gently. To him, Marlowe is his safe place. His best friend. The one person who has always been there for him. His feelings for her have never changed, and he is certain they never will. At eighteen, Oliver is desperate for a fresh start after years of being the awkward, gangly dork. Parties, girls, fraternity life, reinvention-he wants everything he thinks college is supposed to give him. But once he gets there, nothing feels right without Marlowe. While she thrives at Brown, Oliver falls apart. He fails classes, wakes up hungover, surrounds himself with the wrong people, and slowly realizes the reason his feelings for Marlowe never changed is because he has loved her all along. But he's too late. When he goes to tell her, he finds her in bed with her boyfriend, Sam. Jealousy and heartbreak make him spit ugly, cruel words he will regret for the rest of his life. Marlowe ends their friendship for good. Ten years later, Oliver has changed. He is a history teacher at their old high school, a wrestling coach, and a man who has spent a decade learning from the worst mistake of his life. When he hears that Marlowe Ackerman is coming back to town for their high school reunion, Oliver knows better than to think he deserves a second chance. But he wants one. Not just to tell Marlowe he still loves her. To show her he has become someone worthy of loving her the way she deserves. He was her almost. Maybe now, he can be her always.

Bridstow, Shropshire, 1962. Emily Calloway runs the village surgery of Dr. Hartley and Dr. Hargrove with quiet, unfailing competence and asking for very little in return.'What would I do without you?' Dr. Hargrove says more than once. But when a beautiful blonde arrives at the surgery one afternoon with monogrammed luggage and every appearance of belonging at Dr. Hargrove's side, Emily discovers there are some heartbreaks no amount of discipline can keep neatly contained, and Dr. Hargrove will discover exactly what life without Emily Calloway is like. This is a vintage old school Mills & Boon-style inspired tale, but with a stronger heroine, and a little grovel thrown in.

They say our destiny is up to our own choices, but what if we were never given the chance to choose ourselves? Clara Cooke knows all about choosing others before herself. After all, that's the very definition of being a mother. The boldest choice she ever made was divorcing her cheating husband to raise her daughter all on her own. She's never regretted it, but it's left her awfully mistrusting of other men since. Especially if it's the brooding town hunk who's adorned in tattoos, forceful scowls, and a surprising soft spot for her eleven-year-old little girl. Hasn't she learned that some things are just too good to be true? Rhett Easton has never cared for anyone but himself. Why should he, when his mother abandoned him the second he was born? Now it's his turn to take care of his spitfire grandmother who raised and stood by him, the only woman he's ever truly cared about. Until them. He never expected the kid to weasel her way into his life and bring her mother with her. It's going to be a lot harder to pretend he hasn't secretly wanted her for the past decade, especially when she's always seemed too good to be true. Clara has never wanted to be saved, and Rhett has never cared to do the saving. But when destiny brings them together, is that what they'll finally choose? *Rated 18+ due to language and mature subject themes. All Rights Reserved to TheFeveredBookaholic.*

Twisted Vows - A Love That Should Never Have Been, A Betrayal That Can't Be Forgotten. Leah Lockhart thought she had left her past behind. After six years of being the unwanted wife of Jacob Fairfax-the man who never loved her, the man who always belonged to someone else-she finally walked away. Divorced, determined, and ready to reclaim her life, she's done playing the role of the devoted fool. But just as she starts to piece her life back together, a bullet shatters the fragile walls she's built, pulling her back into a world of secrets, danger, and a family that never truly wanted her. Jacob always knew his heart belonged to Lizzie, Leah's perfect sister. But fate had other plans, forcing him into a marriage he never wanted. Now, with Lizzie back in his arms, he should finally feel whole. Instead, he's consumed by the one woman he was so sure he could forget. Leah was supposed to be nothing more than a mistake, a regret he'd long since buried. But when he sees her moving on, sees another man touching what was once his, something dark and possessive ignites within him. As old wounds reopen and long-buried emotions rise to the surface, Leah and Jacob are forced to confront the twisted vows that still bind them. But when danger comes knocking and the sins of the past refuse to stay buried, will they finally break free... or will they be dragged under by a love that was never meant to survive? 🔥 Betrayal. Obsession. Revenge. Some vows are meant to be broken. But some... are impossible to escape.

Book 5 of the Dark Knights series Kilt - When Butcher decides to revamp the clubhouse, she's brought in as choreographer and lead dancer, to help get the party started. Falling in love with her was never the plan...she's eighteen years younger than me!....Oh and did I mention...she's Thorn's baby sister....