A collection of shorts, one-shots, bonus chapters, and scenes that I love but had to cut from The Inconvenient Matches books.

ONC 2025 - Ambassador Pick & Short List ---- Vix, a wise, eight year old, three-legged blue heeler vs. Indi, a sarcastic, two year old, half-eared Russian blue. It's a showdown for the century; and yet, despite their many differences, they have the same two, simple priorities driving their every day lives: loving their tiny human, Poppy... and hating each other. But when Poppy is stolen right before their very whiskers, Vix and Indi must learn to overcome the animosity between them and work together to find their beloved human before it's too late. ---- ONC2025 submission The inspiration for Vix and Indi's story came from prompt #106: "A cat and a dog, caught in their chaotic rivalry, begin to realize there's more to their animosity than meets the eye." ---- Adventure novella; dual-POV CW: reference to animal abuse, mild violence, strong language, loss of loved ones

Back to Him follows Evie Denton, a successful author whose marriage collapses after years of emotional neglect, infertility trauma, and betrayal. When her husband, Aaron, becomes cruel and distant following her cancer diagnosis and hysterectomy, Evie is forced to confront the truth she has been avoiding: the man she loves is no longer the man she married. Everything fractures when Evie discovers Aaron is having an affair with Susan, the wife of his best friend, Beau Corbin. As both marriages unravel, Evie and Beau, long kept apart by lies, unexpectedly find solace, honesty, and strength in one another. What begins as mutual survival becomes a partnership built on trust, respect, and emotional safety. As Evie reclaims her voice, her home, and her future, she must navigate divorce, professional upheaval, family secrets, and the fear of opening her heart again. Torn between the comfort of the past and the promise of something healthier, Evie learns that love is not about endurance, but choice. Back to Him is an emotionally grounded romance about grief, self-worth, betrayal, and the courage it takes to walk away from what hurts, even when it once felt like everything.

A short story following regretful professor Alexander and Amber Lynn, an ex-student at his college he used to see in secret. Never one for love and relationships, why is it only that a year after she left him he's realizing he harbours strong feelings for her? (!) This is a short follow-up story of two characters featuring in Love, Helena. This story stands for itself, so there is no need to read the book previously mentioned, but if you're intent to find out more on the characters' back stories, you are welcome to give it a read. **Contains mild mature themes and swear words, so skip over if you aren't comfortable with that sort of thing.

Helena Wren had it all. What more could one want besides a successful tycoon of a husband, brilliant children, luxurious country houses, and youth and time to spend on whatever her heart desired? Apparently, so much more. That was the tapestry people painted of her life, and it was fraying at the seams while she could do nothing about it. Or could she? A friend, who's so conveniently at her beck and call, -whether she realizes it or not- is about the only person determined not to see her downfall. With Xavier Gregory behind her, will Helena finally manage to take back the reins of her life? And after so much despair and heartache, dare she hope and dream of a happy ending? #1 in movingforward #4 in firstlove #7 in freshreads

Eliana had dedicated her life to her family. To her spunky twin daughters who brought her both endless grief and honest joy; and to her husband Jesse, her high school sweetheart and the love of her life. She'd happily sacrificed her dreams for what she'd thought was a better future. Until suddenly... it wasn't. When late nights and unexplainable purchases and guilty excuses became their new normal, Eliana began to take note. To document. To investigate. Her husband may think otherwise, but this housewife was no fool. And this time - when the truth came to light, as it always does - Eliana would be the one pulling the strings. ---- HEA; dual-POV Content Warning: Cheating spouse, language

I've known them my whole life. I grew up with them. I trusted them more than I trusted myself. But never in my wildest dreams did I imagine him- the sweet, quiet, lonely Aarav I protected since childhood- would be the one to shatter me. One move. One lie. One betrayal. And suddenly, everything I believed in collapsed. Now I'm walking away. From him. From our memories. From the girl who was too easy to break. This time, I'm chasing my dreams... not his shadows. And Aarav? He'll learn what it feels like to lose the one person who never gave up on him.

Meadow Hartley has loved Elijah Williams from the shadows. For everyone he was the charming, yet brooding golden boy, but for Meadow, he was her 'Rayne'. When his attention turns to someone else, her quiet longing turns to devastation. The final blow? Overhearing him say something that shatters her soul. Determined to move on, Meadow steps out of the sidelines and into her own light. But as she lets go, Elijah starts to see what he's lost. But, he might be too late to win her back. Especially, when his past seems determined to keep them apart.

Theodore Bancroft is intelligent, despite what some may think, but he has never had the respectability that an investor needs. He needs a wife to bolster his rakish image. A perfect wife. Adelaide Kingsley is perfect. Her one imperfection - getting caught in the Haversham gardens with Theodore Bancroft - is entirely by design. Not only does it get her out of her impending engagement to the odious Lord Greeling, but it also wins her the only thing she has never known: freedom. Her marriage to Theodore is more than convenient. It is a space for her to find herself for the first time in her life. Somewhere along the way, she starts to wonder if convenience has turned into love. Then, she finds her husband in a passionate embrace with another woman. NOTE: HEA between OG couple. Trigger Warnings: Dark themes surrounding sexuality, cheating, revenge cheating, questions of sexuality during an oppressive era, some domestic violence, and scenes of BDSM/control in a sexual context, depictions of disordered eating.

In the quiet fishing town of Morrow's Bay, they say the ocean never gives back what it takes. Lila Hollis was the town's heartbeat-a painter, a mother, a wife. Until the night a violent storm dragged her beneath the black waves, leaving her husband, Evan, to raise their two sons Finn and Noah in the shadow of a ghost. Seven years later, the sea finally exhales. Lila walks out of the surf and onto the sand, looking exactly as she did the night she disappeared. She hasn't aged a day. She remembers a kingdom of coral, a King with eyes of stormlight, and a pact made in the deep. But the world she returned to has moved on. Her sons are strangers, and her husband is in the arms of another woman. As the salt begins to crystallize on her skin and the tides begin to obey her every tear, Lila realizes she didn't just escape the ocean. She brought its hunger back with her. The Sea King is coming to reclaim his Queen. And this time, he'll drown the whole world to get her back.