Once upon a time, a girl was sent away. No trial. No second chance. Just a story everyone believed because it was easier that way. Five years later, she comes back. This is the part where, in a Disney movie, she'd forgive everyone, hug her family, and learn the power of love. Instead, Gianna De Santis learns how to break bones, keep secrets, and survive rooms that were never meant to be safe. The family expects a villain. The kingdom expects obedience. And some Princes are not always charming . There are no fairy godmothers here. Only men with power, women with knives, and lies that refuse to stay buried. And while everyone's busy wondering if Gianna is still dangerous- They forget to ask the real question: What happens when the girl they tried to erase comes back sharper... and finally decides to stop being nice? Because this isn't a Disney movie. And the girl who survived the tower doesn't believe in happily ever after- She believes in consequences.

Kylee Pierce has survived more than most could bear. A broken past. A lost child. Parents who abandoned her when she needed them most. Becoming pregnant should have been the beginning of her forever-but instead, it cost her everything. The baby she loved was taken from her in an instant, and the life she thought she was building collapsed with it. But Ky didn't break. She rebuilt. She carved out a life on her own terms and became a woman who knows her worth-one who refuses to shrink or bend for anyone... even the man who has haunted her heart for years. Dex Williams has loved her from the start. But loving his sister's best friend was never an option-so he buried it and built walls thick enough to keep them both safe. Until one terrifying moment a year ago, when Ky ran into danger without hesitation... and he nearly lost her forever. In that instant, everything became clear: she is his. But loving Ky means risking everything he's spent years protecting. Years ago, Dex loved another woman. Scarlett was kind, full of promise-until an accident stole pieces of her memory and left Dex drowning in guilt he's never escaped. Since then, he's lived half-guarded, afraid that loving again means losing everything. Now Ky is walking away-because she refuses to chase a man who won't choose her. And for the first time, Dex realizes that loving her means facing the past he's been running from... before it costs him the one person who still believes in him. Can Dex and Ky finally give themselves the chance at love they've been too afraid to take? Or will guilt, grief, and heartbreak pull them apart before they ever truly begin? All Rights Reserved.

Copyright © 2025 by Bookish Dae After a year of enduring her husband Silas's constant, subtle comparisons to his impeccably ambitious and model-esque coworker, Dalia Jackson reaches her breaking point when he dismisses her homemaking as laziness and her voluptuous body as a lack of discipline.

Main couple: Hailey and Cole No cheating. Instalove. Mine. Alpha. Caveman. Presence of OW/OM. Celibate. Besotted hero. Besotted man. Smitten. Happy ending for the main couple. Innocent, cute heroine. Virgin. Chapters: 20-25 chapters with epilogues. Hailey has been sheltered almost all her life because her mom had feared so much for her safety she never allowed any trips unless it was together with her. She had always warned Hailey about the evil of men and how they could harm young ladies like her. Hailey had feared so much that she decided to never wander outside of the safety of their house and unfortunately, she never made any friends and had never experienced anything either. People in her city were always widely curious about her life and some boys had actually tried to invite her out on dates, to the horror of her mother. She didn't know what happened to them because her mom didn't accept any invitations and she never talked with any of them either. Now at 23, tragedy had arrived in her life. Her mom had passed away from a stroke and she had no one to rely on but an untie that mom had said she should seek in case something happened. She needed to travel alone to her mom auntie's home, without any sort of companion. She didn't dare accept anyone who offered to help her because mom had said she should trust just her auntie and anyone else. She didn't know if bad men would try to snatch her again and her only desire was to find a safe place she could live her pacific life, the way she did when her mom was alive.

Book 9 of The Dark Knights series. Sheila - I love my Tiny, with all my heart...but his family?....I think they hate me as much as I hate them. I thought I'd seen the last of them, when Tiny said we didn't need to visit anymore. So when his whole family invades Abbot's Cove, Tiny's childhood best friend Molly, tagging along for the ride....you just know there's going to be trouble.. But it's when boundaries are already shifting, and tempers are already beginning to flare, that Molly drops her shocking revelations, about her past with Tiny. I don't know if I have it in me to forgive him....and when our oldest child is pulled into the mix, I don't think I want to see his face...ever again...

Joy thought having their daughter would bring them closer. Instead, motherhood made her invisible. Six months after Emily's birth, Joy's world is sleepless nights, spit-up-stained shirts, and the ache of doing it all alone. Rowdy says he's trying-looking for work, trying to be present-but when his best friend Becca offers him a job, it feels like another door closing. Because Becca has always wanted him. And this time, Joy isn't sure he'll say no. When late-night texts turn into secrets and laughter that used to belong to her, Joy realizes it's not an affair she can prove; it's one she can feel. And when she finally walks away, Rowdy has to decide if the comfort he found in Becca was ever worth losing the family he built with Joy. ⭐The entire first draft is available for subs on Patreon. Otherwise, you can read the full, and polished book when it releases on KU Spring of 2026).⭐

Nolan Miller fell for Macie, hard and fast, without considering how she'd fit into his real life, the one where he is known as Wrecker VP of the Phantom's. Six years, one wedding, and two kids later, Wrecker comes home from a run to discover that his wife changed the locks. She knows what he did, and she's done. When the club's battles spill over into her front yard, she and her children are forced back into his orbit and his club. Where she learns his mistakes have followed him home. Little does Wrecker know, but his mistakes may cost him more than just his marriage; they may cost him and the club everything. Meet the Phantom Mc's: a group of unapologetic assholes who ride and die for each other. They're your stereotypical criminal bikers guilty of over-indulging in booze, women, and money. These men are not heroes, nor do they want to be, and the real stories are found in the women who tolerate them.