Luke Carter had it all-fame, fortune, and legions of adoring fans. As the biggest country music star in the world, he could have anything he desired. Anything except Aria, his high school sweetheart-the girl he left behind to chase his dreams of stardom. But when a devastating tragedy pulls Luke back to his hometown, he's forced to confront the life he left behind-and the one person he's never been able to forget. Running into Aria for the first time in five years, Luke realizes the extent of the heartache he caused and how much he lost when he abandoned her. However, Aria isn't the same girl he left. She's strong, guarded, and has moved on-at least on the surface. Behind the walls she's built lies a pain Luke can't ignore, a pain he knows he caused. As old sparks rekindle and buried emotions resurface, Luke finds himself caught between the allure of his glittering career and the deep yearning to fix the mistakes of his past. But winning Aria back won't be easy. She's made a life without him, and there are secrets-both hers and his-that threaten to keep them apart forever. Can Luke prove he's changed and finally be the man Aria deserves? Or will the unresolved scars of their past be too deep to heal? Find out in Finally Home by Ariel Hughes

I always thought we were destined to be together. A decade together and what seemed like the perfect love story. Until one day, it slowly started to unravel at the seams. I realized our "perfect" love story only looked so perfect because I was being complacent. Once I started to speak up for myself, the facade crumbled and it all came crashing down. This is my story.

She loved him loudly. He loved her quietly-only when it was convenient. Leah believed two years of love meant security, a future, a place she could finally call hers. Yet, every time it mattered, he chose someone else. A best friend. A familiar comfort. A silence that hurts more than betrayal. This is a story about emotional neglect, unspoken loyalties, and the slow realization that love without priority is a form of loss. It asks a difficult question: How long can you stay where you are never fully chosen?

Alpha Eryx broke the Blackmoon Pack's sacred laws when he put a bond on me - a human. The Elders punished him, but, bleeding and broken, his love never wavered: "It's okay, Reese. I'm doing this for you." Eventually, the Elders showed mercy - allowing us to live as outcasts on the condition that Eryx sires a true-blooded heir first. Freedom was within our grasp, and we were determined to have our happy-ever-after. It took months for Eryx to conceive with the stunning and cruel she-wolf, Ophelia Beaumont. When the baby turned out to be female, the Elders demanded he try again. "Soon," he promised me, sleeping with Ophelia for several more months until she was pregnant with their second. "Soon... we can start our life together." Yet as he grows distant, preoccupied with his budding family and Ophelia's melodramatics, I am left in the dark. And now, I'm carrying his child - a secret I haven't yet revealed. Do I cling to the love we once had, or is it too late for that now?

Fifteen-year-old Ainsley Myers doesn't look like someone who's afraid. She's quiet, loud when needed to be, flat, and sarcastic. The kind of girl who fills silence with humor and defiance, who keeps people laughing just far enough away that they never get too close. Where her twin sister Athena learned to move gently through the world, Ainsley learned to hit it first, using noise, wit, and distance as armor. Athena was protected. Ainsley was not. Athena grew up kind, soft-spoken, and trusting, never fully knowing the depth of what her sister endured, only sensing that something was wrong. Ainsley never told her. Not because she didn't love her, but because she didn't know how to explain it. Because the worst parts didn't feel explainable. Because silence felt safer than truth. When their current foster dad is arrested, everything they believe about their lives collapses. They weren't abandoned. They were stolen. Waiting for them is a family that never stopped searching: a father who left space at the table, brothers raised on stories and hope, and a home built on patience instead of punishment. For Athena, the return feels like a chance to finally breathe. For Ainsley, it feels like danger. Because sarcasm doesn't survive gentleness. Armor doesn't work in a house built on patience. And distance becomes impossible in a family that refuses to give up on you. As Athena begins to settle into safety, Ainsley resists closeness with jokes, walls, and emotional deflection. But the longer this family stays, the harder it becomes to pretend she doesn't care. The harder it becomes to keep fighting a world that no longer looks like a threat. Surrounded by people who don't demand, don't push, and don't leave, Ainsley must face the one truth she's spent her life outrunning: That maybe she doesn't have to be loud to be safe. That maybe she doesn't have to be sharp to survive. And that love doesn't have to hurt to be real.

The Inheritance Duet - Book Two Three years later, nothing is the same. Luna is gone. Julian is left behind with the wreckage. The girl who once believed in mercy no longer exists, and the man who never feared consequences is forced to face them. Power has shifted, wounds have hardened, and the past refuses to stay buried. This time, mercy is not freely given. It is measured. It is conditional. And not everyone deserves it.

Some scars fade. Others just learn how to hide. Grace is finally learning what it means to be safe. She has Ash - fierce, unshakable Ash - and a place in the world that no one can take from her. The bakery, the relationship, the club. A life. A family. But peace was never going to last forever. With the club's president - her biological father - potentially being released from prison, the future Grace has only just begun to build starts to feel uncertain again. He's not the man she imagined growing up. And in a world where loyalty means everything, blood might not be enough. When an old threat returns and blood is spilled, Grace is left reeling, haunted by a moment that changed everything. She's survived pain, abandonment, and fear. But this? This might break her. As loyalty is tested and lines are drawn, Grace must decide who she wants to be - and how far she's willing to go to protect the people she loves. Because someone called the devil back to town. And Grace is done being anyone's prey. SEQUEL TO THE STRAY!!!

Daisy Bennett was your typical quiet, nerdy high schooler who was forgettable, who lived next door to Chase Sterling, the hunky, popular, football player who everyone loved. At school, they pretended that they didn't know each other, but Daisy knew Chase better than anyone. Daisy knew that his parents were drug addicts, with his father physically and emotionally abusive to them. Chase spends a lot of time at her house, often eating dinner with them. Daisy loved Chase, but she would never think of telling him. Little does she know, Chase also loved Daisy, but his life was too chaotic to bring anyone else in. Then, Chase and his family moved away and Daisy never heard from him again. Fast forward 15 years later, and after a horrible break-up, Daisy moves to a new city, starts a new job in a hospital and moves into a new apartment building. Her only neighbour? She doesn't know, as they are never home. She works nightshift and they seem to work a day-time job, and their paths never cross. Months after leaving a letter introducing herself and not hearing anything back, she is sick at home and decides to go down to the mailroom to check if she got any packages. And there he is. Chase Sterling. He looks exactly as she remembers, just with a lot more muscles and tattoos. A whirlwind romance novel of two lives reconnected, filled with heartache, loss and a whole lot of sexual tension. Chase has secrets from his childhood that Daisy doesn't know about, so will he be able to make it up to her? Will they be together finally after all these years?

Rosie Pippenridge wanted a peaceful life, running her quaint bakery. She was happy with her current situation until President Tiny Outlaw of the Outlanders MC stops at her bakery for a donut or twelve. When Tiny takes an interest in Rosie, he wants to show her life as a biker's old lady can bring excitement. Rosie prefers not to be a biker's old lady and wants her current quiet existence. Tiny will stop at nothing to claim this uninterested baker as his. The only problem is a club princess wants to be Tiny's old lady. The club girls aren't what you think they are, the club princess will interfere, the brothers will carry on, and Rosie will prove nothing fazes her. If you think this is your typical biker story, think again.

ℙ𝕒𝕚𝕘𝕖'𝕤 𝕗𝕣𝕒𝕘𝕚𝕝𝕖 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕝𝕕 𝕚𝕤 𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕓𝕖 𝕤𝕙𝕒𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕕. ... In a world where survival means navigating a twisted family dynamic, Paige has always lived in her sister's shadow, trapped under the oppressive thumb of an abusive stepfather. When he is finally sent to jail, the police arrive at her door, leading to shocking revelations: a DNA test reveals she has eight older brothers and a father she never knew existed. As Paige is thrust into the chaos of her new family, she quickly discovers they're not just ordinary men-they are members of a powerful mafia, with secrets as dark as the life she's escaping. Meanwhile, her twin sister, Payton, sees an opportunity to exploit their new family's connections, threatening to turn them against Paige. Amidst loyalty, betrayal, and the fight for identity, Paige must navigate this dangerous new world. Will her brothers see through Payton's manipulative ways, or will the ties of blood lead to a deadly clash? In a gripping tale of resilience and survival, Paige must confront her past to protect her future-and uncover the truth about the family she never knew she needed.