Lani Woods is the ex-wife of prestigious business entrepreneur and billionaire - Oscar Maxwell. Living in the shadow of his fame, fortune, betrayal and their destroyed marriage, Lani is left with nothing whilst picking up the pieces of her broken heart. When she finally begins to move on and start putting her demons at rest, Oscar's father, who is also Lani's longtime friend, reveals some shocking news - he has Cancer. The ex's are violently thrown back into each other's lives again and for the sake of their family, they must learn to get along. Will they crash and burn like last time or will they attempt to fix what drove them apart in the first place? *PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS STORY CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE, EXPLICIT & MATURE CONTENT, AND VIVID SEXUAL WRITING. DO NOT READ IF YOU ARE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH ANY OF THE ABOVE*

Born a slave, made an heiress, Annabelle must battle a society unwilling to accept her and a love that threatens to ruin her in order to keep her freedom. ***** Born a slave, Annabelle soon finds that fate has other plans when she's purchased by a man named Elijah Finley, who not only rescues her from an abusive master, but also gives her her freedom. However, her new life comes at the cost of another: Elijah has made Annabelle the heiress to his estate, in spite of having a son. So Henry Finley, unwilling to accept his father's will, is determined to regain his rightful fortune at any cost -- even if that means seducing his father's former slave... Content and/or Trigger Warning: This story contains some racist and sexist language that reflects the historical time period when it's set. [[word count: 80,000-90,000 words]]