He built me the life I'd always wanted. I just never asked what it was built on. At eighteen, I fell in love with Xavier Zagreus over the course of one unforgettable summer. Then my family moved away. Twelve years later, I came home expecting little more than memories. Instead, I found the man I'd never truly forgotten. The town's golden boy had become everything people always knew he would. Successful, respected, and devoted. He was also a single father to a little girl who quietly stole my heart before I ever realized she'd change my life. This time, we got it right. The big wedding. The happy family. A home I'd once only dreamed about. Now I'm raising the daughter he loves more than life itself, carrying our first child together, and living a life people would envy. Until one overheard conversation changes everything. Because the man I married has spent years protecting more than our family, and the closer I get to the truth, the more I realize some secrets were never meant to survive the light. I always dreamed we'd find our way back to one another. I just never imagined what he'd become while I was gone. ⚰️NOTE⚰️ Not How I Dreamt You is an emotionally heavy, psychologically dark romance featuring an intensely obsessive (anti) hero, abundant spice, morally gray characters, and themes that aren't intended for every reader. Please do go over the CW within.

I left my husband two years ago. Unfortunately for me, Damien Blackcrow doesn't believe in things like divorce. Or boundaries. Or laws. Or sanity, honestly. That's why we worked so well together. Until we didn't. Until he got caught in a compromising position. The problem is Damien Blackcrow never understood what the word leave meant. Not when we were married. Not when I moved out. Not when I filed the papers. And definitely not now. The bigger problem? The Crimson Saints MC practically built Crimson Bay's darker corners in blood. People here know when to look away. They know which roads not to drive after midnight. And Damien? My ex-husband-the club's enforcer-keeps showing up looking at me like divorce was just another word for foreplay. Which would be less of a problem if his role didn't come with access to all kinds of extracurricular activities. Like stalking. Black roses on my porch. Masked men outside my windows. Dead women turning up around town. Now Halloween week in Crimson Bay feels less like a holiday and more like a countdown, and the more blood spilled between us, the harder it becomes to tell whether I'm running from my ex-husband... or remembering why I married him in the first place. Note from Graves This isn't a sweet love story. It's a campy Halloween nightmare full of obsession, biker violence, stalking, push and pull, and a woman celebrating her favorite holiday with a body count.

After the man I loved believed the worst thing about me, I vanished. He's the president of a motorcycle club built on loyalty and trust. When his brothers decided I was a spy, he hesitated, but only for a moment. Then, my punishment and hell began. Now he has learned the truth, and is determined to find me and win me back. I plan to make that as difficult as possible. Updates on Wednesday and Friday. Read ahead on my Patreon, link in my bio!!

Valerie fell in love with a big biker hunk. She couldn't believe her luck, being an older woman and all. But the relationship turned out to be more work than it had been worth. When do you realize it's time to walk away? Ox fell in love with an outsider. He knew he couldn't keep her away from the MC for too long because the MC was his life. But he didn't realize how much his MC life was resistant to letting an outsider in. Until he made a mistake that had the woman he loved walking away without looking back. Can he repair the damage not only he, but his MC and blood family, caused her? Or will she pick someone better, safer?

Jace Kurt went to Milan for one reason: to escape. After her fiancé destroys six years of love by cheating on her with her own sister, she leaves everything behind for a summer away with her best friend. Milan was supposed to be her fresh start, a chance to forget the betrayal and find herself again. She never expected to spend one unforgettable night with Nicolai Lombardi, a powerful Italian man who was hiding more than she could ever imagine. She didn't know he was a mafia boss. She didn't know he was married. She didn't know that one night with him would change her life forever. When Jace discovers she is pregnant, everything becomes complicated. Nicolai denies her claims, accusing her of chasing his wealth and power, until the truth becomes impossible to ignore. Bound by a secret they cannot reveal, Jace and Nicolai find themselves drawn into a forbidden relationship filled with desire, guilt, and consequences. A summer in Milan was supposed to be her escape. Instead, it became the beginning of the biggest heartbreak of her life.

Navyaa Greene thought she had her happily ever after. She was moments away from marrying her middle-school sweetheart when Benjamin Moore never showed up. Instead, he ended their forever with a two-line text, choosing freedom over the woman who loved him. Eight years later, Benjamin has everything he thought he wanted, NBA championships, fame, and fortune, but none of it fills the emptiness she left behind. When fate throws Navyaa back into his life, Benjamin is forced to face the consequences of the biggest mistake he's ever made. The woman he abandoned has built a new life, she's raising a son he never knew existed, and she's in love with the one man who refuses to let her go, his former best friend. Some mistakes cost a lifetime. Benjamin only hopes this one doesn't cost him the only family he's ever truly wanted.

Meet Wyatt Shore. Playboy, millionaire. A man that hides a dark past he's tried so hard to bury. Then, along comes Isla Skye, unravelling everything he thought about love. What happens when Wyatt's past rears its ugly head? Will he get to keep the girl that he's head over heels for?

Nolan Miller fell for Macie, hard and fast, without considering how she'd fit into his real life, the one where he is known as Wrecker VP of the Phantom's. Six years, one wedding, and two kids later, Wrecker comes home from a run to discover that his wife changed the locks. She knows what he did, and she's done. When the club's battles spill over into her front yard, she and her children are forced back into his orbit and his club. Where she learns his mistakes have followed him home. Little does Wrecker know, but his mistakes may cost him more than just his marriage; they may cost him and the club everything. Meet the Phantom Mc's: a group of unapologetic assholes who ride and die for each other. They're your stereotypical criminal bikers guilty of over-indulging in booze, women, and money. These men are not heroes, nor do they want to be, and the real stories are found in the women who tolerate them.

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.

The affair broke his heart. Thanksgiving broke his family. Family is supposed to be where you go after betrayal. What happens when family is the betrayal?