My husband was in a terrible accident that required six months of physical therapy. While I stood by him, cheering him on, he was making plans to leave me. For his physical therapist.

Kayleen thought love would protect her. Instead, it shattered her. After uncovering the ultimate betrayal-the man she loved secretly building a family behind her back-Kayleen is left broken in a hospital bed, torn between the ruins of her past and the terrifying promise of a future without him. Healing isn't simple... not when love, lies, and lingering scars are tangled so tightly around her heart. Just when she believes her world has ended, an unexpected figure from her past steps in-her uncle. A man she hasn't seen in over ten years suddenly becomes her lifeline, pulling her out of the darkness she thought she'd never escape. With his help, Kayleen begins to piece herself back together, slowly rediscovering the woman she once was... and the strength she thought she'd lost. But her uncle's return isn't without a price. One day, he comes to her-not to offer help, but to ask for it. His request? That Kayleen help a man she's never met. A stranger who has just awoken from a coma. A man deeply important to him... and someone who, like her, has been betrayed by the one he loved. Two broken hearts. One unexpected arrangement. And a chance to turn their pain into something new.

Fern thought marriage meant partnership, love, and the quiet safety of family. For four years she's tried to believe that-tried to ignore the sharp edges of a mother-in-law who never wanted her, an ex who had moved too close for comfort and a husband who is always looking the other way. But when her husband's negligence leaves their little girl in a hospital bed with burns on her hand, Fern can no longer swallow the excuses. She is done being the afterthought in her own marriage. Her husband Conner insists he loves her, but love doesn't keep a child safe. Love doesn't silence a mother-in-law's whispers or stop an ex from poisoning the air of every family gathering. Love isn't enough-not when Fern's entire world has been built on the shaky ground of compromise. And as the fractures in their marriage widen into fault lines, Fern has to face the question she's been afraid to ask- What if walking away is the only way to save herself and her daughter?

At nineteen, Beck Turner enters her first year of college with cautious excitement-a new town, a new roommate, and a future built on stability and structure, just like the life she came from. She plans to stay focused, stay safe, and stay on track. Then she meets Eli Ryder-and everything shifts. Eli is sharp edges and quiet storms, a guy from the wrong side of town carrying a past heavy enough to drown in. Haunted by abandonment and held tight in the grip of addiction, he's convinced he's beyond saving. Beck sees more. What starts as a chance connection ignites into something fast, fierce, and impossibly intense. With Beck, Eli glimpses warmth and trust he never believed he deserved. With Eli, Beck discovers the thrill of stepping beyond the lines she's always lived within-and a love that is equal parts joy and fear. But love, no matter how powerful, isn't a cure. As Eli's addiction tightens its hold, their world begins to fracture. Promises break. Lies spread. Beck fights harder-trying to be his anchor, his light, his reason to choose recovery. But every step forward drags them further back. When his addiction threatens not only Eli's future but Beck's emotional survival, she's forced to face a devastating truth: love can open the door to change, but it can't make someone walk through it. Raw, romantic, and unflinchingly real, this story explores a love fueled by fire and desire, the cost of loyalty, and the painful beauty of knowing when to let go. It asks one powerful question: How far can love carry you... when the person you love won't save themselves?

Nora never wanted much. Just a steady home. Simple days. A life that held its shape. She didn't crave excitement or change. She only needed predictability. Her routines, her quiet, her small world. It was enough. She believed that if she kept everything perfectly still, the life she had built would hold. And for a long time, it did. But when the ground finally shifted under her feet, Nora didn't move with it. She froze in place, the way people do when they have no other direction to turn. Because where does a person go when they have nowhere to go? Warning: This story uses mature language and scenes. © IcecreamSundae5. All rights reserved.

Five years ago, I stood at the altar in white, ready to vow myself to Ronan Vale. My protector, my obsession, my forever. Until a gunshot shattered my world. I survived. But he left. No explanations. No promises. Just a letter as cold as his silence, telling me we were done. Now I'm walking down another aisle. This time to a man I despise. A man who threatens my family, who wears power like a weapon. I swore Ronan was gone forever. I swore I'd never forgive him. But on the day I'm meant to become someone else's bride... Ronan comes back. He stole me once with love. Now he'll steal me again with fire. He says I'm his. He says he'll burn the world before he lets me go again. And the worst part? I should hate every second of being in his house again. But my heart remembers what my pride refuses to. And that terrifies me more than Ronan Vale ever could.

Olivia was everything to Xander Thorne-his reason to breathe, the center of his world. She was the bright light in his dark empire, the promise of a life he never thought he could have. Their love was all-consuming, fierce and tender, built on whispered dreams of a future they'd both believed in. But when Olivia was framed for a betrayal she never committed, everything they shared was put to the ultimate test. Instead of standing by her side, Xander let doubt and fury blind him. In a single night, he tore apart the life they had built-burning not only her art but the memories that meant everything to her. Now, standing in the wreckage of what they once shared, he sees the truth. And it's enough to break him. Because Olivia wasn't just his wife, wasn't just the woman he'd built his future around-she was the air he breathed, the blood in his veins. And without her, he's nothing. He'll do anything, risk everything to win her back. To prove that what they had wasn't just a dream lost to ash. Because she's still his world. And he won't stop fighting for her, no matter how much she hates him.

I never believed in marriage. Not after growing up watching it tear my family apart. Wanting someone was easy. Loving someone was dangerous. But promising forever? That felt impossible. And then came Dean Ashford. He never asked for much; just me, just us, just a future he swore he'd protect with everything he had. And when he asked for that future-when he held out a ring with hands that were shaking-I did the one thing I never wanted to do. I walked away. He broke. I broke. And the next morning, when I finally found the courage to choose him-really choose him-I had no idea he'd spent the night destroying everything we ever were. I had no idea what I was walking into. I had no idea what he'd done. I thought the worst thing I'd ever feel was the fear of losing him. I was wrong. Because nothing prepares you for the moment the person you love looks at you with eyes full of secrets... Nothing prepares you for the truth that the one night you walked away was the one night he didn't. And now I have to decide if the love I built my world around can survive the one mistake that broke both of us.

‼️This story is completed and available to read on Patreon. It will be coming to Amazon/KU in 2026. ‼️ My life was idyllic, especially with a husband like Christopher... Handsome, successful and adoring. Everything he did, he did for his family. Or so he lead me to believe. The truth is out now, casting a light on the cracks in our marriage, and the rot spreading through them. Christopher believes I'll turn the other cheek, but it's time he learned that he doesn't know me as well as he thinks he does.

She was the fire he couldn't forget. He was the silence that broke her. After five years apart, Della returns to Chicago with a single goal: survive the conference and avoid the man who shattered her. But fate-and desire-have other plans. One unexpected night at the club they once called theirs reignites a storm of memories, pain, and longing. Dorian is successful now. Powerful. But still haunted by the girl he couldn't save-because he never knew she needed saving. As secrets unravel and past betrayals resurface, Della and Dorian must face the truth about what tore them apart-and the dark force determined to keep them that way. Love wasn't enough then. But this time, it might be their only chance.