Tropes: Second Chance Romance • Small Town • Secret Baby • Childhood Best Friends to Lovers • Slow Burn • Forced Separation • Miscommunication • Found Family • Emotional Angst • Quiet Devotion He let her believe she didn't matter so she would leave. Indigo Hale and Jake Calder were supposed to escape Cedar Ridge together. Best friends turned first love. One scholarship. One truck. One last night before dawn. Jake never showed. Instead, he shattered her with words meant to hurt-because telling the truth would've made her stay. Indigo left anyway... and weeks later, discovered she was pregnant. Years pass. Cedar Ridge doesn't change. The ranch still stands. And Jake, older, quieter, bound by responsibility-never stopped carrying the weight of the choice that broke them both. When Indigo returns with a daughter who has Jake's face and none of his answers, the past refuses to stay buried. The town watches. Assumptions form. And love-unfinished, unhealed-demands to be faced. This isn't a story about forgiveness that comes easy. It's about love that survives silence. About fatherhood found, not claimed. And about the slow, aching truth that sometimes home is the one place you had to leave to understand.

Dissociative disorders; are mental health conditions that involve experiencing a loss of connection between thoughts, memories, feelings, surroundings, behaviour and identity. These conditions include escape from reality in ways that are not wanted and not healthy. This causes problems in managing everyday life. ----- "Hiya, Pretty Boy." "How's my Doll?" ----- Fem oc x Male oc Boxer x Rugby Player Friends to Lovers Oldest daughter x Only son -- book 1 of 2 --- #1 - joeylynch #1 - patrickfeely #1 - ireland #1-mentaldisorder

"I used to think I was a forest fire - brief, hot, and destructive. I didn't know that with her, I could be evergreen." In season one, Evan Buckley is impulsive, reckless, and searching for a purpose in the bottom of a bottle or the heat of a fire. Hallie Rhodes is just a dispatcher trainee trying to survive her first week without losing her cool. She's the steady voice in his ear; he's the headache in the other end of the radio. They say the 118 is a family, but as the years pass and the calls get harder, Hallie becomes the one thing Buck can't afford to lose. From the first flirtatious radio check to the life-altering moments that follow, this is the story how Buck 1.0 grew up, and the girl who stayed through every season.

" i want you more than any stupid song could ever say " ♉︎ ₊ ❜ caleb mcdaniel︙🏝️ ✦ * 💭 ⊹ © 2026 mrtoolate . ✦ : love island s8

*Book One in the Every Other Memory Series* Elle Montgomery is a model daughter, student, sister, and friend with everything ahead of her. Her ambitious, A-type personality doesn't leave a lot of room for her to relax, and she struggles to find balance as life becomes more and more complicated. But when she finds herself drawn back to childhood friend and reluctant bad boy Greyson Pruitt, who she's loved longer than she can even remember, life as Elle knows it will never be the same - and neither will she. From the outside looking in, Greyson Pruitt has it all. A one way ticket to division one college hockey and fast track to the NHL, parents who are madly in love (emphasis on madly), and no shortage of girls who are interested in capturing his cautious heart. But no one can see his world crumbling around him as we watches his friend battle a potentially terminal illness, his sister move six thousand miles away, and his parents' unpredictable, rollercoaster relationship fracture. So when the girl he's looked out for all his life sees what no one else can, how is he supposed to say no to what she offers, what he's always wanted? The only thing standing in his way? The fear that his happiness will come at the expense of hers. Stay tuned!

Aspen Carlee Ellington. "Beau's Girl" That's how I've been known since the 10th grade. Every time I looked into the future...whether it was an hour, a day or years ahead of me...that's all I saw. Me and him. Just like I'd always seen. I had no doubt it would be us. The one day I turned into a real fucking girl and voiced some feelings and watched him walk out of my life to go on some deployment I couldn't know the details of. My heart had a sinking feeling that I would never see him again. Now I'm 22 and it's two years later he's standing in my backyard with my brothers back from some godforsaken place...and yes. I'm still 100% his. Will this Christmas bring me a happily ever after? Beau Remington Brighton Every day I wake up and remember the most beautiful sexy girl I'd ever have the pleasure of knowing. Every day I find a way to torture myself to the brink of mental or physical death for shattering her. Fast forward two years, I'm standing in her backyard with her older brothers not knowing if she'll even acknowledge my existence. But fuck me...she's even more gorgeous than I remembered and I swear before Christmas is over, I'll have made her broken heart whole and she'll be mine. Aspen is a 21 year old dessert maker. Beau is a 28 year old Navy SEAL. Between ghosts from their pasts and dangers of their future...broken promises, broken dreams and broken hearts...can these two fix a love that was broken?

On her wedding day, Evelyn's perfect world crumbled in an instant when a woman walked in, took the microphone, and made a toast. But it wasn't a heartfelt speech about love, no, it was a dark confession. "I'm pregnant with your child," the woman said, looking directly at Evelyn's husband, Caleb Prescott. In that moment, everything Evelyn thought she knew about her marriage shattered. The man she thought would always be hers, was the father of another child?

Book one in The Second Chance Billionaire Series **** "You can't deny everything just like that," I screamed at the boy I once thought loved me as tears welled up in my eyes. "Well, watch me," he said casually, crashing on the sofa in his room. "We have to find a solution to this pregnancy. You can't expect me to abort our baby," I said, trying to make him see things from a better perspective, but the look on his face just proved how stupid he thinks I am right now. "Your baby, not ours," he said, shocking me. "Are you seriously denying sleeping with me and getting me pregnant?" I screamed at him as I let my tears flow freely from my eyes. "Look, I accept that I slept with you, but I definitely didn't get you pregnant. Why don't you ask all your numerous lovers? Maybe one of them will accept that they released their semen into you," he said with a bored expression on his face. "What are you talking about? I don't have any other boyfriend apart from you," I said, trying to fight the truth that was staring at me. "Oh, please spare me all this. Whenever you are done with this drama, leave and shut the door behind you," he said, getting up and walking to the bathroom while I stared at him wide-eyed. "Just so you know, if anyone asks you who is responsible for that thing you're carrying, and you call my name, I promise you I will deny ever knowing you at all. And trust me when I say I'll make your life miserable," he finally said before walking into the bathroom, shutting the door behind him. --- Twenty-two-year-old Paige Moretti is struggling with her son and her very demanding job with a low salary. She lives her life full of sadness and regret over the mistake that changed her whole life. But things take a massive turn when her boss has a meeting with someone she never wanted to see again in life: Jace Russo. Read and find out what fate has in store for them after six years...

Sawyer Hawthorne has built a life on hard work, quiet routines, and keeping his heart locked tight - especially in Foxglove Ridge, a town where everyone knows your name and your history. Lillian Winslow is the bright spark he never saw coming - a schoolteacher with a sunny smile and a stubborn streak just as strong as his own. She's determined to prove that beneath Sawyer's tough exterior beats a heart capable of love. Their slow-burning connection crackles with teasing banter, unexpected tenderness, and moments that make them question everything they thought they knew about trust and vulnerability. In a place where secrets linger like the scent of wildflowers and every glance holds a story, Sawyer and Lillian must decide if they're willing to risk their carefully guarded hearts for a chance at something real - and unforgettable. THIS IS THE FIRST BOOK IN THE SERIES: THREE OF A KIND. Started: 12/07/2025 Completed: 19/07/2025 Word count: 81 704

When Nathan Turence receives a phone call from his dad's neighbor, Lydia McArthur, his whole world changes. If anyone could be considered his arch-nemesis, the gorgeous woman next door would be it. Now that his dad has passed away, he needs to return to the town of his childhood to sort through his dad's personal life. Temporarily moving back to the small town his dad called home will bring about many challenges for Nathan, but nothing will be as difficult as battling the emotions that arise every time he and Lydia square off. Nathan knows something's going to start flying once he moves in - whether it'll be sparks of passion or fists of rage remains to be seen. _________________________ Trigger warning for sexual acts, SA, and coarse language. Rated MATURE. *I do not own any of the photos or videos used. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, events, and incidents are the products of the author's imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.* _________________________ Highest Ratings: #1 - adult romance #1 - emotional rollercoaster #1 - enemies with benefits #1 - falling in love #1 - grieving #1 - contract love #1 - small town #1 - small town drama #2 - millionaire #2 - instant family #5 - enemies to lovers #5 - new love #6 - love story #6 - ceo #15 - mature #17 - fast paced #20 - mature romance #27 - adult #37 - contract #56 - forced relationship #78 - adult-content