"Don't contact me if you're dying." When Keith Ingram utters those cruel words to his new wife, he doesn't know how much he'll come to regret them. For years, Ella Bryce has loved Keith from afar. When a contract marriage gives her one chance at happiness, she vows to make him see her-even though the scars of her past make her efforts fraught with pain. But just as her devotion begins breaking through his guarded heart, devastating lies shatter their fragile bond. Broken and discarded, Ella rebuilds her life from the ashes, determined to live on her own terms. She is no longer the unseen girl he left behind. Years later, Keith storms back into her life-colder, harder, and more ruthless than ever. He thinks he knows the truth about their past. He is wrong. Now, Keith must face the reality of what he destroyed. Fate has given him a second chance to see the woman he was blind to, but the road to redemption is paved with secrets. Will he make the same mistake twice... or can he win back the wife he so carelessly threw away? ----------------------------------------- THE MENDED HEARTS SERIES Book 1: The Unseen Bride (Keith & Ella) ← You are here Book 2: The Debts We Don't See (Marcus & Celeste) Each book is a complete standalone with guaranteed HEA. Read in any order, but connect for the full family saga. Trigger warning: This story contains emotional abuse, gaslighting, and family abuse.

Once upon a time, a girl was sent away. No trial. No second chance. Just a story everyone believed because it was easier that way. Five years later, she comes back. This is the part where, in a Disney movie, she'd forgive everyone, hug her family, and learn the power of love. Instead, Gianna De Santis learns how to break bones, keep secrets, and survive rooms that were never meant to be safe. The family expects a villain. The kingdom expects obedience. And some Princes are not always charming . There are no fairy godmothers here. Only men with power, women with knives, and lies that refuse to stay buried. And while everyone's busy wondering if Gianna is still dangerous- They forget to ask the real question: What happens when the girl they tried to erase comes back sharper... and finally decides to stop being nice? Because this isn't a Disney movie. And the girl who survived the tower doesn't believe in happily ever after- She believes in consequences.

Married to brilliant surgeon Ciaran Wilson, the man who once stood in pouring rain just to drive her home, Leah spends her nights with cold dinners and broken promises while he saves lives at the hospital. Leah faces a heartbreaking question: how long can Madame keep waiting for a husband who no longer chooses her?

After a career-ending injury, NFL star Mason Reeves returns to his hometown in search of new purpose. He finds his ex-girlfriend dating new men, and his teenage children want nothing to do with him. As a matter of fact, they're hellbent on making him as miserable as possible. When Mason barrels back into her life, Mallory Robinson refuses to fall for his temporary charm or ill-kept promises. Years ago, she forced him to follow his dreams of playing professional ball, but she didn't wait around to be his second option. As a recent widow with three children, she has finally found the strength to date again. Now, Mason is back and sabotaging her love life at every turn. Not only does he want a relationship with his kids, he wants Mallory. Worse, she doesn't know how much longer she can resist him. *Intercepted is a romantic comedy featuring a lovable antihero experiencing great personal growth. It explores the untraditional modern American family and highlights the resilience of love. This book contains mature themes. Viewer discretion is advised.* Noteworthy: Watty Award Winner 2023 Featured on @StoriesUndiscovered Shortlisted on @ContemporaryLit Featured on @adultfiction

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Chloe Marlow thought she had buried the past for good, the man she once loved, the choices that shattered them, and the truth she swore never to speak aloud. Vienna was supposed to be a fresh start. A quiet life. A safe one. But the past doesn't stay buried forever. Especially not when it wears a tailored suit and walks back into your world like it never left. Liam Ashford was never just a mistake. He was everything, brilliant, ruthless, and dangerously unforgettable. She left without explanation. Now, he's not the same man she remembers. Colder. Sharper. And looking for answers he doesn't even know he's missing. As proximity forces them into uneasy orbit, old chemistry resurfaces with a vengeance, and so do the secrets Chloe has fought to keep buried. But the truth has a heartbeat of its own. And when it finally breaks through, no one will walk away unscathed. Now face to face one last time, the question remains, can they rewrite their ending, or are some betrayals too deep to ever come back from? This Is Their Final Crossroads Fate doesn't offer infinite chances. This is it, their last shot at healing what's been broken... or watching it shatter once and for all. This is Book 3 in His Favorite Book Series: Book 1: His Favorite Investment Book 2: His Favorite Obsession Book 3: His Favorite Secret ***Content Warning*** This story contains mature themes including sexual content, emotional manipulation, morally complex relationships, cheating, and adult language. Reader discretion is advised RECOMMENDED FOR AGES 18+ Copyright Disclaimer © MaryRose 2025 This is a work of fiction. All characters, events, and settings are the products of the author's imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or real events is purely coincidental. No part of this story may be copied, reproduced, or distributed in any form without the author's signed authorization.

I thought there was no deep connection like an emotional connection. And I thought that marrying my first and Only boyfriend was the start of a forever. But he took our sacred bond for granted, and destroyed it in such a brutal way I could feel it on my bones. It spread through my body and soul like a disease. And I discovered, how Cheating, in any form or coated by any excusing justifications is still as destructing. Sometimes, to the point it becomes Cureless.

She was light. He was ruin. And he would burn the world before letting her go. Elena never expected her quiet life to end in a gilded cage. But one look from Dante Moretti-the ruthless billionaire mafia king-and her fate was sealed. Taken. Owned. Claimed. Dante doesn't believe in love. Only power, possession, and control. And Elena? She's the one thing he refuses to lose, no matter how much of himself he has to destroy to keep her. But she isn't the weak, breakable girl he thought she was. And the deeper she falls into his dark world, the more she begins to unravel the man behind the monster. A king can't afford a heart. But what happens when his obsession becomes his downfall?

Elena Rossi works two jobs just to keep the lights on, haunted by the half-a-million-dollar debt her father left behind when he vanished. By day, she sells books. By night, she dances as "Scarlett," saving every crumpled dollar to survive. Her world of quiet desperation shatters when Dante Moretti walks out of the shadows. He's handsome, dangerous, and knows things about her that no one should-from the secrets of her father's disappearance to the silent tears she cries when she's alone. He claims he wants to protect her, calling her his "investment." But his protection feels like a cage, his obsession like a brand on her soul. Dante is a man tied to a brutal criminal underworld, a world that seems to be the source of all her problems. To pay her father's debt, she might have to give up her freedom. To survive, she might have to trust a man who could be her savior or her damnation. But as she's drawn deeper into his world of violence and secrets, she discovers the most dangerous debt of all might be the one her heart owes to him.

Hailey just wants to finish her fall semester of classes. She wants to be able to go home and spend the holidays with her family. She doesn't want to have to worry about classes for a whole month. Hailey wants to be left alone. However, fate has different plans. When Hailey least expects it, Ethan comes crashing into her life. The two have an unlikely bond that keeps pulling them back to one another. Hailey just wants to be happy, while Ethan wants to know about this girl who keeps appearing in his life. Together, they make a wild end of the year. Cover created by hiraaeth