She loved him loudly. He loved her quietly-only when it was convenient. Leah believed two years of love meant security, a future, a place she could finally call hers. Yet, every time it mattered, he chose someone else. A best friend. A familiar comfort. A silence that hurts more than betrayal. This is a story about emotional neglect, unspoken loyalties, and the slow realization that love without priority is a form of loss. It asks a difficult question: How long can you stay where you are never fully chosen?

Emily Calloway runs the village surgery of Dr. Hartley and Dr. Hargrove with quiet, unfailing competence and asking for very little in return.'What would I do without you?' Dr. Hargrove says more than once. But when a beautiful blonde arrives at the surgery one afternoon with monogrammed luggage and every appearance of belonging at Dr. Hargrove's side, Emily discovers there are some heartbreaks no amount of discipline can keep neatly contained, and Dr. Hargrove will discover exactly what life without Emily Calloway is like. This is a vintage old school Mills & Boon-style inspired tale, but with a stronger heroine, and a little grovel thrown in.

The Last Cabin Christmas I spent fourteen Christmases loving Carter Hayes. Fourteen winters. Fourteen trips to the same snow-covered cabin. Fourteen years of being his friend. The problem wasn't that he didn't know me. The problem was that he never saw me. When Carter arrives for our final Christmas at the cabin with a beautiful new girlfriend on his arm, I tell myself it doesn't matter. I've survived this before. But Sienna isn't like the others. She knows exactly how I feel about him. And she isn't afraid to use it. As the snow falls and old traditions begin for the last time, I realise something has to change. Because I can't spend another Christmas being someone's second choice. So this year, I choose myself. Even if it means leaving Carter behind. A friends-to-lovers, slow-burn romance filled with unrequited love, holiday angst, jealousy, heartbreak, grovel, and a happily ever after. ❄️ Friends to Lovers 🎄 Christmas Cabin Romance 💔 He Falls Second 😡 Mean Girlfriend Drama 🏔️ Snowed In ❤️ Grovel & HEA

Nothing prepares you for heartbreak that lands only hours before your wedding. One moment you are celebrating the last hours of single life, smiling at a future you trust. The next, you are staring at proof that the man you love has betrayed you. He says he is sorry. He pleads. Yet the picture of love you held so tightly fractures in an instant. Sports agent Fiorella Barella has more than one truth to uncover, and with her closest friends beside her, she is ready to pull at every thread until the whole story unravels.

Pixie was tired of her long string of failed relationships, so she decided to take love out of the equation and become an Alaskan mail-order bride. Stark was gruff and grumpy and definitely not looking for love after he lost the woman he loved. He and Pixie shared a common goal of wrestling a living out of the harsh Alaskan bush, and as they were learning to rely on each other, their tentative friendship turned to more. Until a secret from Stark's past came to interfere with his present.

I stayed when I shouldn't have. I stayed through half-listened conversations and promises that disappeared the moment someone else needed him more. I told myself I was overthinking. That things would change eventually. So I learned how to swallow my discomfort. My loneliness. My doubts. Until everything fell apart. Now I can't stop wondering why it took almost losing my life to finally understand what I already knew all along: I should've left him long ago. ............. Warning: This story uses mature language and scenes. © IcecreamSundae5. All rights reserved.

US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HB6871H2 UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0HB6871H2 In emergency medicine, the golden hour is the crucial sixty-minute window after a traumatic injury-the brief span of time when the right care can mean the difference between life and death. Dr. Mason Carpenter lives for that hour. At St. Mary's Trauma Center, he is the golden boy of the Emergency Department. He's brilliant and calm under pressure. He's also addicted to the adrenaline, the thrill, and the absolute rush of saving patients knocking on death's door. At home, he's a devoted husband to his high school sweetheart-the love of his life-Honey. Or, he used to be. Honey Carpenter has loved Mason since they were fourteen, when he was the gangly boy with hearts in his eyes who stumbled through asking her out for ice cream. She stood beside him through medical school, residency, crushing debt, sleepless nights, and every sacrifice it took to build the life they dreamed about. Now Honey is pregnant with their first child. And Mason is married to his work. He misses ultrasound appointments, pregnancy milestones, and the baby shower. Worst of all, he is never there to support Honey through an increasingly difficult pregnancy. No matter how many times she tells him she is lonely, exhausted, and afraid, Mason gives her the same answer. "They need me." But Honey needs him too. As her pregnancy progresses and she feels something is deeply wrong, her doctor dismisses her symptoms as first-time-mom jitters. Her husband is too busy saving strangers to see his own wife fading away. Until Honey collapses at home and is rushed into Mason's emergency room, fighting for both her life and their daughter's. Mason must reckon with what he was chasing, what he ignored, and what his absence may cost him-the woman he loves more than anything. Now, the golden hour belongs to Honey. And Mason may already be too late.

COMPLETED All her life, Lilah knew the role she was expected to play but could never quite get right. Deciding to put herself first, she left everything behind. Away from a controlling ex-fiance and the family she was never enough for, Lilah is slowly beginning to heal. Plagued by nightmares she flees to the quiet town that happens to be home of The Reaper's Guard MC. Trading her laptop for paint brushes, she is on a mission to find herself, no matter the cost. To most, juggling two jobs and a full course load would seem overwhelming, but to Lilah it means freedom to finally be herself. Everyone knows of Scythe, but nobody really knows him. Keeping to himself, the club enforcer is known by his reputation. Quiet, intense, and deadly, he sets everyone on edge. When it comes to torture, he is an artist. The echoes of his works line the walls, floor and ceiling of the clubhouse basement. When fate intervenes and these two broken souls meet, sparks fly. Unfinished business with a traitor has Scythe distracted when Lilah's past comes knocking. Will their fragile flame survive the aftermath?

Everyone knows Amelia Caldwell. The world calls her a diva. A nightmare. A supermodel who leaves chaos wherever she goes. Ethan Hayes believes every word. Forced to drive his fiancée's infamous sister across the country, Ethan disguises himself as an awkward assistant to keep his fortune a secret. Determined to expose the spoiled woman everyone warns him about, he makes the journey as miserable as possible. But the woman beside him isn't demanding. She never complains. She never asks for more. And somehow, the more Ethan tries to prove she's exactly who everyone says she is, the more he realizes they've all been wrong. As the miles pass, Amelia quietly falls for the sarcastic "assistant" who sees only the lies written about her, not knowing he's hiding the biggest lie of all. Sometimes the brightest smiles hide the deepest scars. And sometimes, the truth is found **Behind the Flash**.

I spent twelve years loving Mason Hayes. Twelve summers. Twelve birthdays. Twelve years of almosts. The problem wasn't that he didn't know. The problem was that he did. He just never realised what it was costing me. When Mason arrives at our annual lake house vacation with a girlfriend on his arm, I finally understand something I should have learned years ago: Sometimes loving someone isn't enough. So I leave. And for the first time in his life, Mason has to figure out what it means to lose me. A grovel-to-HEA romance about unrequited love, heartbreak, and finally choosing yourself.