Amelia and Derrick were high school sweethearts until the night of their graduation party when Derrick discovers their relationship has been a lie. Nothing more than a contract to unite two families and save them from bankruptcy. Losing the boy she thought was the love of her life on the night of their graduation party was heartbreaking. Losing her best friend was painful. Having to throw away her favorite bedding was nauseating. Having the boy she thought loved her follow her and torture her at every opportunity broke her. And finding out that it was all for nothing, that all the pain and loss was over money... is infuriating. One child and one marriage between a Rushford and a Williams is what it will take to set them free. Amelia isn't the heartbroken girl from high school anymore. That girl was destroyed. The girl in her place is a mosaic made from the shattered pieces of that girl and she's not going to let anyone break her ever again. An arranged marriage between former lovers turned enemies... This is a work-in-progress DRAFT. Chapters will be edited multiple times throughout the writing process. Chapters are not to be distributed/published by anyone other than the author. *Triggering content for some readers: cheating, eating disorder, suicide attempt.*

This is planned to be story #1 in the Not Another Were Story: The Rejection Series Nalia is a 20 year old werewolf shifter waiting to find her mate. Nalia is hopeful of the mate bond due to the loving connection she has witnessed with her mother and father's pairing as well as that of her Alpha and Luna of the pack. When Nalia finally meets her mate when he visits her pack on pack business, Nalia is excited and hopeful to start her life with her mate. However, upon arriving at her mate's pack, where he is the Beta of Rivermoon Pack, Nalia experiences disrespect from her mate and others in the pack. Will Nalia choose to stay with her mate who is destined to be hers or will she choose another path, one that may have been her true destiny?

Sarah thought she had the perfect marriage-until one devastating moment shattered everything. The man she trusted most has betrayed her in the cruelest way, and the pain of witnessing it with her own eyes leaves her questioning everything she's ever believed about love. Broken and desperate for healing, Sarah returns to her childhood home, where familiar comforts and family support help her begin to piece herself back together. But she doesn't expect to find Eric-the boy she once loved and the one who let her go-still waiting in the background of her past. Eric knows he made the biggest mistake of his life when he lost Sarah. Now he'll do anything to prove that she deserves more than heartbreak... and that second chances aren't just for fairy tales. Will Sarah find the courage to dream again-and can Eric finally give her the love she's always needed?

Kaia has been dating Beast, an Enforcer from the Dogz of Hell MC, for about a year. One night, Kaia is "initiated" by the women of the MC Club. However, the initiation is not what it was supposed to be. When Kaia gives Beast the opportunity to back her up, he gives his loyalty to his club. Kaia calls in her protection, 4 brothers who will do whatever it takes to protect their little sister. And after losing what he had wanted most, Beast begins to question loyalty of his MC and brothers.

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?

David Harrington once had it all. A wife A family A home built on love A privileged life Now he's lost everything. Served with divorce papers at the very firm he built, David falls from perfection to headline. Emily - the only woman he's ever loved - is done. But he's not. Haunted by who he destroyed - and by a secret he's run from for decades - he'll do whatever it takes to win her back. Emily isn't just done - she's rebuilding. Devastated but not destroyed, she's forging a new life for herself and the boys. But when a sophisticated and enigmatic hotelier steps back into her world, she realises she isn't quite finished with love. But is he a safe harbor - or another beautiful shipwreck? Ava never meant to fall for him, and now she's left with an awful decision. Does she chase a love that was never really hers? What about the woman she can't stop measuring herself against? Emily isn't just the wife Ava envied. She's the reflection of everything Ava wishes she could be. The affair was just the beginning. The aftermath is where the real story lives. Follow for spoilers: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578834088188 Music playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1uoptfoogWScDIfzPAolHG Updates every Friday and Saturday. © 2025 LolaLovesParis - All Rights Reserved.

Obedience kept her alive. Marriage may destroy her. Milan Vescari enters her arranged marriage with a flawless smile and a lifetime of training buried beneath her skin. She has been conditioned to survive, not to love, and certainly not to challenge the man waiting for her at the altar. But Veyron Morozov arrives with another woman on his arm and ice in his eyes. Their vows become a battlefield. And the walls around them begin to crack under the pressure of secrets neither can outrun. As alliances shift and danger coils closer, Milan discovers that the man she married is as fractured as she is, and just as capable of breaking the world around them. Two fractured souls ensnared in the same life. One marriage built to fail. And a fight none of them are prepared to lose.

Emory thought her and Nathan's love was steadfast in the face of their families life-long rivalries. That they were devoted and happy. After leaving their hometown behind they'd found their new beginning and a chance to let their love flourish. But running away doesn't always mean overcoming, and their peace is destroyed when outside pressures lead Nathan back home and astray from the life they were building. Romeo & Juliet Inspired Perceived betrayal(s) by the h Actual betrayal(s) by the H TW for cheating: The cheating tag applies to the betrayal by H. There will be a kiss between H and OW. The H will spend time with OW in ways that I would consider pseudo-dating. There are no emotions involved but the H is getting something out of these interactions - i.e. attention, distraction. To me there is still an intimacy involved in this betrayal, although I wouldn't consider it to the level of emotional cheating, some may so I would like to flag that here.

I was raised to obey. Polished. Perfect. Promised. When my father ordered me to marry the heir to one of the Dominion's ruling families, I understood exactly what it meant. Power traded for peace, my freedom bartered for his empire. My new husband wasn't the monster I expected. He was patient, careful, and treated me with nothing but respect. It didn't take long for me to fall in love. I thought it was mutual. Then the truth unraveled, and I learned another woman still whispered his name in the dark. But I was never meant to be a quiet tragedy. When the truth broke me, I didn't stay broken. I made sure I was the one they whispered about next.

I thought we were heartbroken together, grieving as one. But the night my mother passed away, was the same moment all my childhood illusions came crashing down around me. My role model, the person I looked up to the most, my own father was not who he claimed to be. As time moved on, more secrets unravelled and I couldn't help but wish he died instead of her. I turned into a monster, born out of the sharpest betrayal, determined to claim revenge and become utterly merciless.