Before He Chose Me Louis loved Violet first. Everyone knew it. She was his soulmate, his future, the woman he was supposed to marry. He had already bought the ring and planned the life they would build together. But before he could ask her to spend forever with him, Violet disappeared without a trace. Months passed. Searches ended. Hope faded. And Louis was left with nothing but grief and the memory of the woman he lost. Isabelle was the only person who understood his pain. She had lost her best friend too, and somewhere between shared heartbreak and lonely nights, they became each other's comfort. When Isabelle discovered she was pregnant, Louis did what he believed was right. He married her. For three years, Isabelle built a life around a love she desperately wanted to believe was real. They had a home. They had a daughter. They had moments where she thought he loved her fully now. He did love her,but not in way she wanted. He loved her halfly,while the other was till with Violet. Then Violet came home. Alive. Changed. And still carrying the heart Louis thought he had buried. Now Isabelle must face the truth she always feared: she was never the woman Louis chose first. But this time, she has a choice of her own. She can keep fighting for a love that was built from someone else's absence... Or she can finally choose herself.

She spent twenty years teaching women how to slow down. He thinks they should just 'go outside.' At forty-four, Morgan Townsend has done everything right. She built a wildly successful wellness company, sold it for more money than she'll ever need, and optimized every minute of her life along the way. Now that she has nowhere to be, Morgan has no idea what she actually wants. So she trades San Francisco for three months in a remote North Cascades cabin, determined to figure it out. Enter Declan: her gruff, flannel-wearing, axe-carrying landlord who happens to be the same infuriating stranger who once roasted her business advice online. And, unfortunately, he's very easy on the eyes. Add in one giant guard dog who immediately chooses Morgan over his owner, a sunshine-yellow fishing pole, questionable wilderness skills, and enough attraction to keep even a mountain cabin warm... Maybe getting a little lost is exactly what Morgan needs. 🌲 Grumpy × sunshine 🪓 Mountain Daddy energy 🐶 Giant dog who steals the show 🏔️ City girl × mountain man 🤎 Later-in-life romance 🔥 Off-the-charts chemistry WILD AGAIN is a FREE short story exclusively for my newsletter subscribers. Join my newsletter to read the full story. 💛

What happens to a woman who built her whole identity around a future that never arrived? Serena has loved her husband, Gabriel Laurent, for almost fifteen years. Together, they built a life that looked untouchable from the outside. A beautiful home. A thriving business. A marriage that made strangers believe in soulmates. Even after all this time, there is still passion between them-something that never fully died. Blessed with the perfect husband family and a life wrapped in comfort, Serena has almost everything she ever wanted. Almost. Because after fifteen years of marriage, countless doctor visits, several miscarriages, and prayers whispered into the dark, Serena still can't have a baby. Some days, she tells herself she is okay. She tells herself she has Gabriel. She tells herself she has a life most women would be grateful for. She tells herself it is enough. But some kinds of pain don't disappear just because you learn how to carry them quietly. Then one night changes everything. A truth she was never meant to see comes crashing into her life. In an instant, Serena's world collapses. Far from her broken reality, Darrell Stewart is fighting his own battles-a single father drowning in debt, grief, and the memory of a love that once abandoned him. Love, to him, has always come with conditions. Disappointment. Leaving. But when Serena and Darrell cross paths, neither of them is looking for love. They are just two people trying to survive what life has done to them. Until survival turns into something deeper. Something neither of them planned for. Because sometimes, the person who helps you heal is not the one you prayed for... but the one who sees your pain and doesn't look away. And now Serena is forced to face a question she never expected: What do you do when the life you fought for becomes the very thing you have to walk away from?

In the quiet corner of my heart, he was my forever. He was my shadow, my secret keeper, my unspoken promise the boy who whispered "always" under starlit skies and made me believe in a love that could weather anything. Our trio with vivacious best friend Cecilia felt unbreakable. Until the day Caleb vanished without a word. No goodbye. No explanation. Just a space where my entire world used to be. For four agonizing years, I pieced myself together from the shards he left behind, carrying the ghost of his touch and the unanswered questions that haunted my sleepless nights. Then, in the glittering ballroom of a luxury hotel, fate delivers the cruelest twist: Caleb-older, devastatingly handsome, slipping a ring on the finger of one person who knew what he meant to me. Watching him get engaged to another woman hurt me, but realizing that the other woman was the same woman on whose shoulder I had cried multiple times destroyed me. But I would kill myself before I let them see the wreckage of my ruins. So instead of walking away quietly, I moved toward them. Plastering a smile on my lips, I lifted my wine glass and congratulated them. Congratulated myself because for years my heart was in his captivity and in this moment he had finally set it free. The exact moment I stopped loving Caleb Montaign. Now to me he was somebody I used to know. Three hearts, one forbidden Love

This is one of the two stories I currently have available on the Hive Mind Creators on Patreon! For just $5 a month you get access to both my stories and also the stories of my five awesome co-authors! The Husband I Left will be available on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited this fall. When Oliver Sinclair walked into the restaurant where Genny worked, all she saw was a tall, dark, and charming man who swept her off her feet. One whirlwind romance and Vegas wedding later, Genny realizes she might have gotten in over her head. While she knew her new husband wasn't hurting for money, she hadn't quite realized the extent of his family fortune, or the obligations that came with it. Genny is determined to make the best of things, however, and throws herself into fitting into Oliver's world. Three years ago, Oliver Sinclair lost the love of his life. Blaming his father for driving her away, Oliver vows to get revenge by marrying the most unsuitable woman he can find and presenting her to his father as a fait de accompli. He never expected to like his new bride so much, however. Or for her to drive him mad with desire. But secrets don't stay buried forever. When the woman he thought he loved walks back into his life, Oliver is going to have to make a choice. And when he makes the wrong one, Oliver is going to discover that the sweet, eager to please woman he married has another side to her. Genny isn't just going to be content with leaving Oliver. Oliver now has to contend with a woman who is out for revenge.

Erin thought she had the perfect husband until he returns from a bachelor party with a secret. When everything is revealed and Kyle's betrayal is exposed, will Erin be able to forgive? What started as a harmless night out, quickly turns into the worst night of Kyles life. He loves his wife, she's his best friend and dream woman all rolled into one. When he lets himself be influenced by his college friends and ends up where no married man should ever be, he risks losing it all.

Everyone remembers the man Tristan Scott used to be. No one saw the man he became... until a widow and her twins walked into his life. Dr. Tristan Scott has spent the last ten years believing some mistakes can never be forgiven. As one of the country's most respected cardiothoracic surgeons, he spends his days repairing broken hearts while refusing to believe his own deserves a second chance. Stephanie Miller never imagined she'd fall in love again. Three years after losing her husband, her world is simple: raising her six-year-old twins, honoring the love she lost, and protecting the life they built together. Love isn't part of the plan. Then life keeps placing the same man in their path. At first, he's simply Dr. T-the doctor the twins adore. Then he becomes the man who makes Sunday dinners feel a little warmer, quiet conversations last a little longer, and ordinary days feel extraordinary again. Slowly... Almost without anyone realizing it... A family of three begins making room for a fourth. But just as Tristan finally allows himself to imagine a future he never believed he deserved, life reminds him that tomorrow is never promised. Sometimes the greatest love story isn't about replacing the past. It's about becoming the person brave enough-and worthy enough-to begin again. If Again is a heartfelt slow-burn romance about redemption, healing, grief, found family, and discovering that sometimes the greatest second chance isn't falling in love again... It's earning it.

He broke her once. She survived losing him. Now he's back like nothing ever happened-and she's not sure she can survive that. Laura Hayes thought divorce would end the heartbreak. Instead, it only changed its shape. A year after walking away from the man who broke her, whom a part of her still loves, Laura is surviving rather than living, carrying loneliness like a second skin. And Adrian, buried beneath pride and regret, is discovering far too late that losing her hurts more than admitting he was wrong. When life keeps pulling them back into each other's orbit, old wounds reopen alongside something far more dangerous: hope. Because some loves do not disappear when a marriage ends. Some hearts never really leave.

He saw nothing. The world saw everything. Bronte has loved Dorian Rhodes since she was fifteen. She thought nothing could break his hold on her-until one overheard conversation shatters the illusion and leaves her with nothing but the truth. They say revenge is a dish best served cold. Bronte prefers hers on canvas. Dorian Rhodes has always known he would inherit Rhodes Gallery. It's his birthright-even if his father isn't convinced he's ready. When he's finally given the chance to prove himself, curating his own exhibition, failure isn't an option. But one artist refuses to play by his rules. L'Étranger is elusive, captivating, and quickly becoming the most sought-after name in the art world-and the only one who keeps turning him down. What Dorian doesn't realize is that the artist he's chasing is the one he already drove away.

Mica Paul has spent fifteen years loving the one man she could never have, Reese McKeenan, her best friend's boyfriend. From the boy who politely rejected her in high school to the man who chose her best friend, Reese was always just out of reach. But when a devastating car accident kills two of their closest friends and leaves the survivors shattered, Mica makes a choice that costs her everything. To honor a dying promise, she lies under oath, protecting a secret that wasn't hers to keep, and becomes the town's most hated woman overnight. Abandoned by her friends, vilified by strangers, and viciously blamed by the only man she's ever loved, Mica flees with nothing but guilt and a broken heart. Five years later, she's forced to return home to say goodbye to her dying father. The wounds haven't healed. The hatred still burns. Especially Reese's. Their reunion ignites old resentments, buried passion, and a dangerous chemistry neither can deny. Hate turns to heated nights and stolen touches, but when long-buried truths about the night of the crash finally surface, revealing betrayal, affairs, and lies far deeper than Mica ever imagined, Reese's world collapses. The woman he spent years destroying may be the only one who ever truly protected him. Now the man who ruined her life is on his knees, desperate to prove he was wrong. But after everything he's taken from her, her reputation, her friends, her peace, can Mica forgive the love of her life? Or are some mistakes too devastating to overcome? He was her first love. She was his biggest regret. And this time, he'll fight like hell to make her his forever... if she'll let him.