I was in college. With my childhood friend. In our first year there, I thought he would finally make the first move. It was so obvious something was happening between us. But he didn't. He dated. Other girls. Maybe, he needed a little more time to realize. The second year, he continued with this bullshit. But then, he did something he never did before: He kissed a girl in front of me. Enough. Tags: grovel, sorrow, kiss with OW, forgiveness, best friend, besotted hero, sport, college, new adult. Main couple: Chance and Erin Sex with others while friends. Player/Sport. College. No sex with others after confessing. Besotted hero. Besotted best friend. Grovel. Happy ending for the main couple. Second chance. Boyfriend. Possessive. Mine. Chapters: 20-25 chapters with epilogues "So - He starts, clearing his throat - I want to apologize for yesterday at the party. Really apologize. I really didn't mean that... I didn't mean that to happen, I promise you. Ashley come on to me and.... Well, the rest you saw. I didn't mean to upset you. I am sorry for this babe. - He says, looking into my eyes, waiting for a response." Just read if you like HEA and forgiveness.

When Sophie's marriage implodes in her face, she has no choice but to start over with her infant daughter Lou. Betrayed and jaded, Sophie is struggling to establish a life with her young daughter, while still bound to the man that chose another woman over his wife and child. When she meets Linc, a new vision for her future begins to appear.... but can their relationship withstand the forces against them? Faced with Sophie's controlling ex-husband and his jealous new wife, Linc has to fight to protect the burgeoning relationship he is building with Sophie and her daughter. For Linc, Sophie is so much more than a pretty face. Second best? A place holder? No, for Linc, Sophie was his everything.

Copyright © 2025 by Bookish Dae After single mom Sophia overhears the love of her life, Grey, call their life "exhausting," her world shatters. She walks away, forcing the tattooed, man who adored her and her son to embark on a relentless journey fighting for a second chance to become the husband and father they deserve.

Sam needed a wife. I needed a stable for my horses. We agreed to a marriage of convenience, but it seemed to be more. For a while. Until my distant cousin, who was Sam's ex, showed up on our doorstep. And I was no longer convenient.

Copyright © 2025 by Bookish Dae After a year of enduring her husband Silas's constant, subtle comparisons to his impeccably ambitious and model-esque coworker, Dalia Jackson reaches her breaking point when he dismisses her homemaking as laziness and her voluptuous body as a lack of discipline.

They've both lost someone-but in very different ways. Tommy Doyle had loved his wife before he lost her. Diane Callahan survived her husband before he was killed. Tommy and Diane meet in a grief support group in Boston, neither looking for love, only a way to get through the day. They both see something in each other and, before they realize it, that something begins to grow. Until Tommy discovers the truth he never saw coming. Something he believes he can't overcome. Shattered, he pushes Diane away, breaking the heart of a woman who was only just learning how to trust again. By the time he realizes his mistake, it's too late. Now he has to find a way to take back what he lost-what he threw away. Now he will need to prove that love after loss is still worth fighting for. A story of grief, healing, and second chances. TRIGGER WARNINGS: This story contains themes that may be difficult for some readers, including grief after the death of a spouse, emotional trauma, and recovery after loss. It also includes references to domestic violence and follows the journey of a survivor of intimate partner abuse. While the abuse is not portrayed in graphic detail, there are times it is discussed and the survivor has flashbacks. Reader discretion is advised.

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.

ONGOING -- Maverick was happy. He had friends. A career and hobbies. A girlfriend. Things were trending up. Until Maya-fucking-Falcon walked through the front door and turned his world upside down once more. She had no right. No right to make him long for what could have been. No right to parade her perfect little kids around his community. No right to make him question every decision he'd ever made. And he'd make sure she knew it. But as the truth of their past comes to light and he uncovers a web of manipulation and lies bigger than them all, Maverick must confront the fact that none of it had ever been about him. That he'd simply been a puppet in the deliberate and tactical destruction of the only woman he'd ever loved. -- To Echo a Falcon will follow Maya and Maverick as they reluctantly open the door to their shared history and relearn who they are to one another - with a sprinkle of shenanigans from the kiddos (and maybe even the Ravens). This story will be an ongoing WIP that will launch on Wattpad, but once the Hive Mind Patreon goes live on 2/14/26, it will be available to read with a FREE membership on the Patreon - where chapters will be released one week ahead of Wattpad. This story will explore some heavier themes - including off-page SA, betrayal, and loss of a spouse/parent - so please make sure to review the full TW list when it goes live. Guaranteed HEA!

When Elena's fated mate walks into the restaurant during her shift, there's an instant connection-until his chosen mate steps out from behind him. Informally rejected but expected to remain in his pack, Elena and her wolf struggle to accept that the moon goddess has cursed them with a nightmare rather than blessed them with a dream. Meanwhile, Dakota faces the hardest decision of his life: should he put his chosen mate first and spit in the moon goddesses' face or put his pack first by choosing his fated mate? When it becomes clear that Dakota has chosen to have his cake and eat it too, Elena is left searching for a way to safely reject her fated mate. As the consequences of his choices start to unfold, he learns that you can't make everyone happy, but you can make everyone miserable.

Daniel Nakamura never expected to find his mate at his ex-fiancée's wedding. The three-tailed kitsune came to Seattle to prove he's moved on-that being rejected for "not being powerful enough" didn't break him. Instead, he meets Hana Sato, a one-tailed kitsune treated like a servant by her own family. While their wealthy relatives obsess over status and tail counts, Daniel sees what they refuse to: Hana's empathic gifts, her quiet strength, and the mate bond that makes his fox sing for the first time in his life. For Hana, the bond was instant-terrifying and undeniable. She's spent twenty-two years being told she's a disappointment, a burden, barely worth acknowledging. When Daniel looks at her like she's precious, she knows it's too good to be true. He'll realize his mistake. He'll walk away like everyone else. But Daniel isn't everyone else. A fated mates paranormal romance about finding your worth, chosen family, and the courage to burn every bridge for the person who makes you whole. Featuring kitsune shifters, a protective hero who goes feral for his mate, a heroine who discovers her own power, and a guaranteed HEA.