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

Book 5 of the Dark Knights series Kilt - When Butcher decides to revamp the clubhouse, she's brought in as choreographer and lead dancer, to help get the party started. Falling in love with her was never the plan...she's eighteen years younger than me!....Oh and did I mention...she's Thorn's baby sister....

[Synopsis Title: The Wife No One Knew] She loses her baby because her husband's daughter pushes her down the stairs-and when she wakes in the hospital, Ethan Sterling's first concern is damage control, not her grief. Claire Hayes has spent years loving a man who keeps her hidden. At the office, she is just another low-level employee. At home, she is the secret wife of the cold, untouchable CEO. She tells herself his distance is temporary, that his silence means less than the vows they signed in private. Then one cruel accident rips away her child-and with it, every excuse she has ever made for him. As gossip swirls about Ethan and his ex-wife Vanessa rebuilding their perfect family, Claire starts to see the truth: her marriage was built on convenience, her kindness was mistaken for weakness, and the little girl who hurt her may be just another victim in a far uglier game. Between workplace humiliation, buried resentment, and a husband who only realizes what he's losing when she stops reaching for him, Claire is forced to choose between staying in a life that keeps breaking her... or walking away for good. But leaving Ethan Sterling is not simple. Not when his daughter clings to her, his ex-wife sharpens her claws, and the man who never fought for her suddenly refuses to let her go. This time, Claire won't beg to be loved. The only question is whether Ethan will understand that before he loses her forever.

Is it better to live in a beautiful lie or the ugly truth? I'm not so sure anymore. Not now after finding myself on the other side of beautiful lies. There was a time I thought I was the one - HIS one. Turns out, I'm only second . . . . . . to her. For readers: *I will update as I please. Don't be rude about it. Thank you. *I do my best to proofread before publishing, but some typos and errors will slip through. Feel free to point them out! *Comments, active engagement, and helpful critiques are welcomed. *Mean, unnecessary comments that attack me, personally, or other commenters will be ignored and deleted. *I'm not a spicey writer. I rather use my word count for plot, character development, and GROVEL!!! *Most importantly, I hope you enjoy the little world I'm creating.

When Emi's husband forgets his phone one morning, it only takes a few messages for everything to fall apart. She returns the phone in the middle of a board meeting and walks away from the life that she thought was happy and secure. But after the fallout comes reality. The money isn't there. The stability wasn't real. And starting over with two kids in her mother's one-bedroom apartment is a lot harder than leaving was. As Emi rebuilds from nothing, turning a quiet passion for ikebana into something more, she begins to understand that just like the flowers, she needs space, support, and patience to come into her own. Her husband thinks she'll come back because there's no way she can do it all alone. But, he's wrong, about more than one thing.

Emmy: I've always loved Graham since the moment we were kids. We've been through everything together. But since the birth of our son pat was born I feel like I'm drowning. Like I'm not me. Now Graham has hired his bosses 23 year old daughter who obviously likes my husband. And I think he also enjoys her attention. So after telling him for months how it makes me insecure and him ignoring me I finally find my voice. He knows about my past he knows about my insecurities due to my father and the religion I desperately needed to escape so will Graham choose me or her? Graham: Em has always been it, but now I'm feeling distant and then there is Lucy. Do I let her slide more? Yeah I don't enforce boundaries but she's the bosses daughter and not my wife I wouldn't cheat. Just sometimes work comes first and it's nice to be appreciated by a woman when your wife isn't. But now em is pushing me further away and my best friend Chance says I'm basically cheating can I win em back or will the past we've tried escaping wreck everything?

Dylan Brennan has the corner office. The marriage. The five children. The life everyone sees and calls complete. So why does the laughter sound like it's coming from slightly too far away? At fifty-eight he has everything he spent thirty years building. He is not unhappy. He is finished. And for a man who has never stopped moving, finished is the worst thing to be. Then a woman named Riley walks into his life and for the first time in thirty years his mind goes quiet. For eleven months he is more alive than he has been in years. But she was never the answer. She was a vacation. And vacations end. MATURE CONTENT. This is not a typical romance. Expect complexity, not comfort. No villains, no neat endings - just choices and what they cost.

Anna comes home to find her husband, Mark, in bed with her best friend, Lily. They never see her-but that night, Anna vanishes. When Anna is declared dead, Mark becomes convinced Lily killed her to protect the affair. Lily, on the other hand, believes Mark murdered his wife to make her disappear for good. Neither trusts the other, and neither feels safe. From the shadows, Anna watches as their guilt turns into paranoia and their love into a weapon. Every lie pushes them closer to destroying each other. And Anna? She's very much alive.

Danny Verdago - recruited straight from the Military and trained to become a highly specialised undercover operative. For eight years, he's devoted his life to a single case- one that has demanded everything and cost him more than he ever imagined. What Danny never planned for was Tia. For the past four years, she's been his wife, his rock, and the one constant in a life built on secrets. She's the reason every sacrifice has been worth it and the reason he's ready to walk away from his career. Now, one final undercover deployment, the climax of everything he's worked for stands between Danny and the desk job that promises a future beyond the secrets and the double life. But as the operation hurtles toward its end, Danny is dragged deeper into the life he's spent years trying to keep separate. With the case closing in and the stakes higher than ever, he faces an impossible choice. How far is he willing to go to finish the mission he's sacrificed so much for? This time, the price of success won't be measured in years, careers, or half truths. It could cost him Tia, the family they've dreamed of, and everything that truly matters to him.

I loved him with every broken piece of me. For eight years, Nathan was my world , my husband, my safe haven, the man who held me through my darkest nights. Until the night I walked into his office and found him fucking Scarlett , his ambitious secretary... and the half-sister I had foolishly welcomed into our lives. The same woman who shared my blood and knew every vulnerability I possessed. The betrayal didn't just break my heart. It obliterated it. While I planned our family and our forever, they were laughing behind my back, stealing moments in the bed I slept in, building a secret life on my pain. And my best friend Rachel? She knew it all and chose their side. Now, the woman they destroyed is gone. In her place is someone colder. Sharper. Ruthless. I will smile through the lies while I dismantle their world. I'll expose their secrets, drain his empire, ruin their reputations, and make them feel every ounce of the agony they caused me. I'll take everything they love , and I won't stop until they're left with nothing but ashes and regret. But as Nathan begins to see the monster he created... as the man who once vowed to love me forever starts to break and beg on his knees... a dangerous question lingers: Can a love this damaged ever be redeemed? Or will my revenge consume us all? ⚠️ Note: This story is complete, but the final chapters + epilogue are published on my Amazon page (not here) due to platform overlap restrictions. https://amzn.eu/d/0bzfXUSq 🔥💌Amazon Author Name: Trisha Tells