For eighteen months, Samara has loved Luke wholeheartedly. She's ignored the uncomfortable feelings, swallowed her doubts, and convinced herself that Ari, Lukes sister's best friend was simply part of the package. Ari has always been there. Always taking up more space in Luke's life than any "friend" should. And every time Samara questioned it, Luke had an excuse ready. Ari was just blunt, Ari didn't mean anything by it. Ari was family. Ari had always been around. Then one recorded conversation is sent to Samara. TROPES: OWD Female Best Friend Sisters Best Friend Overheard (sent recording) TW: Body shaming - will be renaming this but needed to get this story out of my head

Beautiful After Broken After discovering that the man she's loved since she was fourteen fathered a child with the woman he cheated with, Ava's world crumbles. With two children to protect and nothing but heartbreak in her rearview mirror, she walks away from the only life she's ever known. But starting over isn't simple. As Ava battles betrayal, motherhood, and the quiet war inside her heart, an unexpected encounter with an old friend from the past opens a door she never imagined. Mateo always saw her-even when she didn't see herself. Now, as the pieces of her life scatter, Ava must decide if she's willing to rebuild... and if love can truly grow in the ruins. Beautiful After Broken is a soul-stirring story of love lost, strength found, and what it really means to choose yourself.

I spent twelve years loving Mason Hayes. Twelve summers. Twelve birthdays. Twelve years of almosts. The problem wasn't that he didn't know. The problem was that he did. He just never realised what it was costing me. When Mason arrives at our annual lake house vacation with a girlfriend on his arm, I finally understand something I should have learned years ago: Sometimes loving someone isn't enough. So I leave. And for the first time in his life, Mason has to figure out what it means to lose me. A grovel-to-HEA romance about unrequited love, heartbreak, and finally choosing yourself.

Trying to be a positive person and dance my way to happiness.

A drunken night connects a beautiful movie geek with a grumpy biker. She's all soft edges and quiet curiosity. He's leather, attitude and a talent for pushing her buttons. Yet that night cracked something open just enough for her to see the man under the scowl and for him to notice the fire behind her shy smile.

Trouble ran once before. This time, she's not coming back. After years of surviving abuse at the hands of the man who was supposed to love her, Trouble Bennett finally snaps when her husband lays a hand on their son. With nothing but her little boy, a dog, and the clothes they can carry, she drives straight into the past she swore she'd never return to. Home. Back to the motorcycle club compound she grew up in. Back to the father known as Heartbeat Jones. Back to the chaos, loyalty, violence, and brotherhood of club life. But returning home means facing more than old memories. It means confronting the woman she used to be-the wild girl born to raise hell-and the dangerous man who never really forgot her. In a world ruled by club colors, blood loyalty, and buried secrets, Trouble quickly learns that escaping one monster doesn't mean the fight is over. Because Judd isn't done with her. And the club? The club protects its own. Raw, emotional, and fiercely protective, Trouble is a gritty motorcycle romance about survival, found family, and a woman willing to burn the world down for her child.

Beast had a rough upbringing. Born to his crack-addict mother. She beat him regularly and locked him in a cage until he was eight. His mom was a sweetbutt for the SoS MC until she sold them out. Ricochet was their enforcer when Mayhem's dad was in charge. He knocked her up before she sold out of the club. They agreed to wait to kill her. She ran. They were found when Beast was eight. Ricochet killed the rat and took his son. He went from a weak victim to a smart, strong, MC Warchief. Now most would say he is one of the smartest, strongest, and deadliest men they know. Hawk was born on the Cherokee reservation, exactly two minutes before his twin brother. Life on the Rez was not easy, but having a twin meant he was never alone. They did almost everything together, including joining the SoS MC, then later the original charter. Hawk was noticed not only for his size and strength but also for his brain. Even as a prospect, he noticed a mathematical error, from the other side of the desk and the paper was upside down to him. He had a one-night stand at a party with a local woman. She returned a month later to let him know he was going to be a dad. She runs, leaving him the child, within days of him being born. Hawk swears off women afterward. He lives for his son. That was until he met the beautiful and shy, Willow Montgomery. Hawk fights his attraction, but seeing her with his son melts his resolve and heart. Poppy and Willow Montgomery spent their childhood in a religious cult. Their parents disowned them when they ran from the cult to go to college. They move from Louisiana to Colorado with their friends. Recently Poppy and Willow both have seen members of the cult around. They are terrified they will be taken back. Will Beast and Hawk open themselves up to love? Can the twins show them they deserve love? Can they fix each other? Will the cult take the twins back? Find out in book five of the Sons of Silence MC.

Camden Edson never believed in happily ever after. Men were fine for a good time, but love? Commitment? Marriage? Those belonged in fairy tales, not real life. After watching her father walk away from her family for another woman, Camden built her life around one simple rule: never depend on anyone. Then she met Theo Sullivan. Somehow, the brilliant cardiothoracic surgeon slipped past every defense she had. He became the one person who made forever feel possible. Two years into their marriage, Camden is thriving as a clinical psychologist while Theo begins an intense cardiovascular fellowship at the same hospital. Long hours and opposite schedules leave little time for each other, but every stolen moment reminds Camden why she took the chance. Until one weekend changes everything. When Camden receives an emergency call that her estranged father is being rushed into open-heart surgery, she desperately tries to reach Theo. His phone goes straight to voicemail. Then she calls his best friend. Only to discover Theo was never where he claimed he would be. As old wounds rip open, Camden is forced to confront more than the possibility of her husband's betrayal. She's suddenly responsible for saving the life of the man whose own infidelity destroyed her family, while questioning whether the marriage she fought to believe in was built on the very lie she swore she'd never survive twice. Some hearts can be repaired. Others never heal the same way.

Kylee Pierce has survived more than most could bear. A broken past. A lost child. Parents who abandoned her when she needed them most. Becoming pregnant should have been the beginning of her forever-but instead, it cost her everything. The baby she loved was taken from her in an instant, and the life she thought she was building collapsed with it. But Ky didn't break. She rebuilt. She carved out a life on her own terms and became a woman who knows her worth-one who refuses to shrink or bend for anyone... even the man who has haunted her heart for years. Dex Williams has loved her from the start. But loving his sister's best friend was never an option-so he buried it and built walls thick enough to keep them both safe. Until one terrifying moment a year ago, when Ky ran into danger without hesitation... and he nearly lost her forever. In that instant, everything became clear: she is his. But loving Ky means risking everything he's spent years protecting. Years ago, Dex loved another woman. Scarlett was kind, full of promise-until an accident stole pieces of her memory and left Dex drowning in guilt he's never escaped. Since then, he's lived half-guarded, afraid that loving again means losing everything. Now Ky is walking away-because she refuses to chase a man who won't choose her. And for the first time, Dex realizes that loving her means facing the past he's been running from... before it costs him the one person who still believes in him. Can Dex and Ky finally give themselves the chance at love they've been too afraid to take? Or will guilt, grief, and heartbreak pull them apart before they ever truly begin? All Rights Reserved.

Kelsey and Zach go way back. For three years straight, they spent every day of summer together at the beach. After they hit three years, Zach decided to break things off with Kelsey. After that day, she vowed never to think about him again; knowing she would never see him again due to the miles in between them. These days, Kelsey is a twenty two year old mother to a five year old. She works long days just to provide for her little family. Zach is the star player on his college baseball team. He gets amazing grades in class, but between studying, practice, and games, he still manages to find a little time to have fun. What happens when their lives cross paths again, years later? Will they find out they have an unknown connection? Or will things just lead to heartbreak?