Just one night, just one time. ELENA I always believed Adrian was the one for me. Even when life kept us busy, we were happy. He showed his love in his own quiet ways, and I trusted that. I believed in us. Or maybe... I believed in the version of us I had built in my head. Until one night, a folder filled with secret messages shattered everything I once trusted. ADRIAN I thought I had everything. A woman I loved. A thriving career. A child we were about to welcome into the world. But one temptation from my past nearly destroyed everything I had built. Two years later, our marriage still stands. But forgiveness doesn't erase betrayal. And time doesn't always heal. Yet... could we ever truly come back?

Robyn and Nate were supposed to be endgame. She thought they were rowing in the same direction; he thought their foundation was solid. Then, there was a kiss---revealing cracks they'd both overlooked. Now they're circling each other with all the sharp edges of people who loved deeply and broke badly. Nate is left wondering if he can rebuild a relationship that fully collapsed, while Robyn questions whether anything short of science fiction could bring back the trust she lost. CW: Physical affair (a kiss) and Emotional affair Rankings: #1 OWDrama 12/20/25 #2 Cheating 12/21/25

Iris Parker stepped into marriage with Brandon Wordsworth, knowing his world was full of shadows, a family who despises her, an ex-wife who refuses to let go, and children being pulled under their influence To them, she's nothing but a gold digger. An intruder. A mistake. But Iris is not what they believe. Like the flower she was named for, she carries her beauty with strength, her grace with defiance, and her silence with secrets of her own. When loyalty falters and the past tightens its grip, Iris must decide: will she keep fighting for a place in a family that never wanted her and her children, or walk away and remind them all she never needed them to begin with?

Amara thought she was building a future with the man she loved-until he asked for a "break" to revisit an old flame and left without looking back. No warning. No closure. Just silence. Rather than wait around for answers that might never come, Amara accepted an opportunity abroad, erased every trace of her past, and quietly started over. In a new city, with a new identity and purpose, she rediscovered the power of choosing herself-and in time, found the kind of love that never made her question her worth. Five years later, Amara returns to the States for her college reunion. She's successful, happily married, and whole. But one unexpected encounter with the man who left her unraveling brings old wounds to the surface. Now he wants answers. Maybe forgiveness. Possibly more. But some absences speak louder than apologies-and some doors don't open twice. This is a story of romantic reinvention, emotional reckoning, and the kind of healing that doesn't beg for validation. A story for anyone who has ever rebuilt their life from silence and emerged stronger, softer, and unapologetically whole.

Grovel Guys Book #3 What could be the worse way to fuck up your marriage? Keeping the divorce papers hidden and ready, just in case things didn't work out. And what could be worse than that? Your wife finds out, signs it and disappears just because of your one crack in commitment.

Marietta's world shatters the night her husband and her best friend die in the same car , together, at midnight, on a road neither belonged on. The whispers start immediately. The evidence isn't far behind. Left with more questions than memories, Marietta and Isaiah are pulled together by the one truth they can't escape: the people they loved were hiding something. Something that looks a lot like betrayal. As they search for answers, grief turns into connection... and connection into something dangerously close to love. But the deeper they fall, the more the past warns them: Some secrets didn't die in that crash. And an unexpected turn of events.

One lesson I learned very early in life was to be cheerful, to be agreeable, to do as I was told and ask for nothing, and to never ever complain. Smile Maddie. Be happy Maddie. Don't make trouble and maybe they'll love you. I grew into an adult who took care of others and never expected that those I loved would take care of me in return. I gave and never asked, never expected, never demanded. Smile Maddie. Be happy Maddie. Don't make trouble and you'll find someone that will love you. And then one day, a Dragon walked into my workplace and turned my world upside down with a single wink. Having grown up watching his father treat his men like they were disposable, just meat bags to be fed into the grinder, Dragon was determined to be different when he became president of the Dragon's Inferno MC. He cares about his people. He takes care of them. He was upfront with me, taking care of his MC and those he considered to be his would always be his priority. And I agreed to that, I joined him in that mission, throwing myself into becoming the perfect old lady of the prez. Smile Maddie. Act happy Maddie. Take care of them and maybe they'll love you. Smile Maddie. Be happy Maddie. Don't complain and maybe he'll love you. I told myself I was independent. I was strong. And I didn't need my Dragon to take care of me. And I almost believed it. Almost. But now I'm watching him with her. I'm watching him comfort her. I'm watching him listen to her, support her, reassure her. I'm watching him take time from his day to check in with her. I'm watching him worry about her. I'm watching them become closer right in front of my eyes. I'm seeing every thoughtful gesture he does for her. And me? I'm not happy. I'm not smiling. I'm done being agreeable. Fuck not causing trouble. I'm about to set my Dragon's world on fire. And then I'm walking away. She can have him. For the first time in my life, I'm choosing myself.

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.

Cierra Kattah leaves behind her family in the UK to chase a new beginning in North Carolina. Determined to build a better life, she becomes a nanny for a quiet, grieving man and his two young sons. Kurtis Blanks, once a devoted husband and father, has locked his heart away after a tragic loss. But when Sandra steps into his home-and slowly into his world-he's forced to face the one thing he swore off forever: feeling again

--A betrayal to grovel to redemption romance -- June and Dylan had spent half their lives loving each other. Their individual stories, a web of densly intertwined threads since childhood. But a gut-wrenching betrayal and its unexpected consequences unravels it all in an instant, leaving them both irrecovably changed in the process. ‼️read authors notes before reading‼️