She was his coworker. She was his close friend. She was his cousin. These were all things I knew. There were just a few crucial components to their connection of which I had been unaware. She had been his crush. And now he was hers.

The edited version of this story is now available on Kindle . But this is the raw version and you are welcome to the initial chapters. Cadi Hughes and Gray Callahan have been best friends for as long as they can remember, growing up side by side through scraped knees, schoolyard rivalries, and teenage dreams. From the moment Cadi first met Gray-a brooding, storm-eyed boy on his first day of Reception-she knew he was different. Over the years, their bond became unbreakable, a constant in a world that was always changing. Their childhood friendship blossoms into love, and as they grow older, they build a life together-marriage, careers, and a child, their son Tomos. But everything shatters when Gray betrays Cadi in a way that is unforgivable. The aftermath is devastating, leaving them both wrecked in ways they never imagined. As misunderstandings, resentment, and buried truths unravel, they must confront the painful question: Is their love strong enough to survive, or have they reached the breaking point? Caught between love and heartbreak, Cadi and Gray must decide-will they find a way back to each other, or will this be the end of everything they've built? *Read on if you are worried about triggers like cheating. But this might spoil the plot* No, no actual cheating. But there is a kiss which has an explanation. So ,if that is too much, its possible this is not the story for you.

Veronica is a 23 year old curvy girl who has always done what is expected. One day she decided she needed a break. Little did she know her weekend getaway would change her life forever. The actions of another will cause her heartache, loss of family but most of all the guy she has always loved. Lucas her highschool sweetheart. Whit aka Blade is a 42 year old biker. He comes from a broken background and had always longed to have someone to love. He thought he found it but after coming home after a run with his club brothers he finds his woman with his long lost brother. When these two meet can they heal each other? *This story contains acts of violence and sexual assault.

He lives by rules. She breaks them just by existing. Atlas "Priest" Adams is the president of the Saints of Retribution MC-a brotherhood of former soldiers who hunt the worst monsters hiding in plain sight. He believes in control, silence, and distance. No titles. No promises. No babies. Attachments get people killed. Dr. Indigo "Blue" Thorne isn't looking for danger. After a brutal night in the ER, she finds solace in a bar-and in a man who promises nothing beyond one night. She agrees to his rules because she doesn't want forever. Neither of them is telling the truth. What starts as a no-strings arrangement turns into something deeper, even as Priest insists Blue is temporary. Then the past comes roaring back. When his brother's widow arrives at the clubhouse pregnant and desperate, Priest's silence and half-truths destroy everything Blue thought she understood. So she disappears. Months later, fate drags them back together in an ER bay-where Priest sees the woman he lost... and the child she's carrying. Now Priest must face the consequences of the rules he hid behind, the words he never said, and the woman he never claimed. As secrets unravel and danger closes in, he'll have to decide whether love is a weakness- -or the one thing worth bleeding for. PRIEST is a dark, emotional MC romance about control, miscommunication, and the cost of loving halfway-featuring a hardened hero, a strong heroine, betrayal, redemption, and a hard-won happily ever after.

Sophie Reed is hollow. After her long-term boyfriend traded her in for a newer model, she's done with "forever." She wants one night of reckless, messy, unscripted fun. No names, no feelings, no heartbreak. Eli Davis wasn't part of the plan. He's the guy with the dangerous smirk and the reputation that should have sent her running. Instead, she finds herself in his bed, discovering that behind the player persona is a man who knows exactly how to put her back together. But Sophie is terrified of being the girl who gets dumped twice. To protect what's left of her heart, she lays down the Rebound Rules: • It's temporary. • It's casual. • And most importantly-it's a secret. Eli agrees. He plays the part. He lets her ignore him in the hallways. He watches her walk past him at parties like they're strangers. But while Sophie is busy trying to stay detached, Eli is busy falling. He's done being her secret. And he's about to show her that some rules were made to be broken.

Sophie believed love was simple, predictable, and safe - until Lucas, her fiancé - the man she had trusted with her heart, started drifting away. Between glittering galas, family pressures, and the return of an old flame, Sophie found herself sidelined from her own life - and even her own wedding. Lucas thought love could survive on desire and loyalty alone. But when Sophie disappears, leaving behind a silence that shatters his world, he realizes the truth: love must be earned every day, with honesty and presence. In the months that follow, both are tested, changed, and haunted by what they lost - until a single, impossible moment offers a chance at redemption. Can love survive the fractures of betrayal and reclaim the hearts it almost lost?

Married to brilliant surgeon Ciaran Wilson, the man who once stood in pouring rain just to drive her home, Leah spends her nights with cold dinners and broken promises while he saves lives at the hospital. Leah faces a heartbreaking question: how long can Madame keep waiting for a husband who no longer chooses her?

At midnight, on the most imparting day of her life, Charlie's life was shattered by her husbands betrayal. Trying to leave it all behind, she gets into a terrible accident making everyone believe that she has died. Derrick falls apart at hearing the news and regrets everything, so when she turns up alive and well, he will stop at nothing to get her back. Will she take him back, or will she move on with the life she initially sought after.

Melanie and Benjamin have known each other almost their entire lives, together for a decade, married for five years, and in a matter of moments, all that is thrown away when Melanie discovers her husband's betrayal. Heartbroken, outraged, and pregnant, Melanie struggles with the biggest decision of her life. Should she stay and try to fix it, or should she start over? Benjamin knows just how badly he screwed up but Melanie doesn't. If his wife ever finds out the full extent of his screw up she will leave him in heartbeat.

The man I married broke me. Not because he didn't love me- but because he couldn't stay when grief moved in. Three pregnancies. Three losses. One marriage that shattered under the weight of everything we couldn't fix. And somewhere in the silence, in the distance I didn't know how to cross, he made a choice that broke what little I had left. If only I had known how fragile love could be. This is a story about loss that doesn't heal cleanly. About love tested in the quiet. About betrayal that doesn't come from hate-but from weakness. Sometimes heartbreak doesn't arrive all at once. Sometimes it happens slowly, while you're still trying to hold everything together.