Scorned after being left at the alter, Rachel Hall swore to never again let a man into her aching heart. Nine years later, she's forced into confrontation when she's hired as a mathematics professor - a dream come true, but there's a catch. The university's dean is none other than Caleb Ryker - the man who scorched her heart and shattered it into a million pieces. When the flames between the two burn hotter than ever before, they're at each other's mercy. Love and hate is a fine line to gamble with, but they can't seem to stray away. You know what they say... play with fire and you'll be burned.

I was never a woman who believed in promises. They always felt like wishes, soft things people made when they didn't know how else to hold on. Judas Mercer made them anyway. And somehow, he kept every single one. He waited for me when the world didn't. Built a life while I was still learning how to belong to one. Loved me in a way that I could finally trust. What I didn't realize was how much of our life already existed beyond me. How some bonds didn't begin with us but were already settled and familiar. She was a presence that had always been there. The woman from our past and our present woven into the spaces I thought were ours alone, standing there with us all along. Because Judas kept his promises. He just kept his secrets too. ~S~S~R~A~Y~N~E 🦋Perceived cheating 🦋Possessive MMC 🦋Dark romance themes 🦋high spice content

Mila: He broke my heart to save me. Instead, he destroyed us both. I fled my hometown with a shattered heart and a promise never to fall for Jonah Beckett again, the boy who held me through every storm... until tragedy struck. He pushed me away with a cruelty I've never forgotten. I walked away and moved on with nothing but the wreckage of what we were. Now I'm back, older, wiser, and nursing a fresh betrayal. All I want is quiet, closure, and a fresh start. A breather. What I don't want is Jonah; bigger, harder, and with heat in his eyes that says he remembers everything. Jonah: I never stopped loving her. I just stopped believing I deserved her. If we kept going, I would have eventually ruined her , snuffing out the light in her eyes. Now she's back, and every disciplined piece of me snaps. The girl I left behind has become a woman who looks at me like I'm both her biggest regret and her deepest temptation. I made a bad choice before, but now is my chance to save us both. Love broke us. Lust reignites us. Truth and fate might finally save us. A spicy, small-town, second-chance romance. This is a quick read with open-door spicy scenes. This is intended for readers 18+ ONLY.

He didn't break her all at once. He taught her how to shatter herself. To everyone watching, she has the life girls dream of : money, beauty, a powerful husband, and a marriage wrapped in perfection. But behind their locked doors, perfection is the punishment she can never escape. He tells her who to be. He tells her how to walk, how to breathe, how to think. Every mistake is a lesson. Every bruise is a reminder. Every betrayal is somehow her fault. And she believes him. Because after years of being molded, corrected, and rewritten, she no longer remembers who she was before he decided to "fix" her. She only knows the rules he carved into her bones. Don't speak too loudly. Don't ask questions. Don't look at him when he's angry. Don't look away when he wants your attention. And above all Don't ever forget that love is earned, not given. Her sister whispers that she's losing herself. Her friends say they're worried. Her subconscious screams that something is wrong. But she silences all of them. Because she is so close so close to becoming the perfect wife, he swears she could be if she tries a little harder. And if she can be perfect... Maybe he'll finally love her. Or maybe perfection is the very thing that will destroy her. *This story depicts domestic and emotional abuse. These scenes are fictional and not meant to glorify or romanticize abuse. If you are in a harmful or unsafe situation, please reach out for help: 1-800-799-7233 (SAFE) thehotline.org You deserve safety.

It follows Sarah, whose seemingly perfect life shatters when she uncovers what she believes is her husband Mark's affair. As she navigates the painful path of divorce, a shocking revelation about Mark's "childhood sweetheart" forces her to re-evaluate everything she thought she knew. It's a narrative exploring devastating betrayal, profound sacrifice, and an unexpected journey towards forgiveness and a new beginning.

He was a stranger I saved. He became the man I loved. And then...the man who broke me. ...................................................................... For Freya Reed, love was supposed to be simple. But one late summer morning, fate collided-literally-with Alex Blackwood, the kind of man who could turn a quiet life into chaos. Three years later, Alex isn't just her first love-he's everything she wished for. But a confession shattered everything she thought she knew about him, and about them. When love tastes like hazelnut and vanilla-warm, comforting, unforgettable-can it ever truly disappear? Or will betrayal always leave its bitter aftertaste? A short story of love, betrayal, and the fight to heal when everything falls apart.

For years, Emily thought she had it all. She had a loving husband, a beautiful home, and a successful career. But when her husband reveals that he's been cheating on her, her world comes crashing down. Emily is left reeling, trying to pick up the pieces of her broken heart and her shattered life. As she struggles to come to terms with her husband's betrayal, Emily meets a man who challenges everything she thought she knew about love. He's charming, passionate, and everything her husband is not. But as Emily falls deeper and deeper in love, she realizes that the pain of heartbreak never truly goes away. She is torn between the life she's built and the new love that beckons to her. As Emily navigates the complexities of love and heartbreak, she must decide whether to stay and fight for her marriage or leave and start anew. "Love Me or Leave Me" is a gripping tale of pain, love, and the choices we make in pursuit of our own happiness. #370 - marriage #36 - husbandandwife #248 - loving

Avelin has spent the last eight months paying for a crime she did not commit, married to a man who hates her. When the night of her twenty-fifth birthday finally comes, she spreads her wings for the first time and leaves the nightmare that is the court of Cairavelle behind. Asterion has spent the last eight months living a lie and extracting his pound of flesh from the wrong hide. When he finally realizes the extent of his mistakes, and what the price for them will be, he is prepared to fix what he broke or die trying. And he just might have to. Now, with the royal families and their courts in shambles, the hidden world of the Alatus is about to collapse in on itself. Avelin and Asterion must find a way to hold it all together, or risk losing everything and everyone they have ever loved.