This story will not be completed. I'm leaving it up for a bit for those who want to see the new author's note with the final story details. Asha doesn't believe in second chances. As a risk analyst, she lives by one rule: when data says something is a bad bet, you walk away. So when she watches Owen kiss his ex on a stadium kiss cam, the decision is easy. Owen knows how it looked. Now he has to prove to the woman he loves that the worst mistake of his life doesn't define him. And Asha has to decide if love is ever worth the risk of being wrong.

Just one night, just one time. ELENA I always believed Adrian was the one for me. Even when life kept us busy, we were happy. He showed his love in his own quiet ways, and I trusted that. I believed in us. Or maybe... I believed in the version of us I had built in my head. Until one night, a folder filled with secret messages shattered everything I once trusted. ADRIAN I thought I had everything. A woman I loved. A thriving career. A child we were about to welcome into the world. But one temptation from my past nearly destroyed everything I had built. Two years later, our marriage still stands. But forgiveness doesn't erase betrayal. And time doesn't always heal. Yet... could we ever truly come back? Available on Kindle : https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GX2ZC7R9

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.

Anna Agostino has lived in fear of the men in her life for as long as she can remember. In a world ruled by men, she survives like the roses behind the chapel near her family's estate-hidden, thorned, and quietly clinging to life. Her father-untouchable, calculating, and cruel-promised her at nine years old to Silvio Romano, the ruthless son of his consigliere. She's heard the whispers: ruthless. Untouchable. loyal to the Famiglia to his last breath. On her nineteenth birthday, when they wed, she knows she'll be handed from one monster to another. Silvio has been forged into a blade-sharp, disciplined, and unwavering in his duty. But his loyalty is not blind. For years, he and his closest friends have been gathering evidence-uncovering the corruption and blood-soaked secrets of the Chairman and their own fathers. Now the wedding is approaching, and the girl he once viewed as an obligation is no longer a child-she's a haunted young woman with secrets of her own. Can Silvio protect the woman he was never meant to love? And when the truth demands blood, will he have the strength to do what must be done-even if it means betraying the loyalty etched into his very being? *Trigger warning: Contains depictions of spousal abuse, parental child abuse, and references to human trafficking.*

A Marriage in trouble story. They were the "couple goals" from the moment they met in high school. The ones everyone believed would make it. Ten years later, their once-solid marriage begins to fracture under the weight of vicious gossip, half-truths, and misplaced trust. As outsiders worm their way into their private world, Paige and Trevor are forced to confront what's real, what's been lost, and where their loyalties truly lie.

--A betrayal to grovel to redemption romance -- June and Dylan had spent half their lives loving each other. Their individual stories, a web of densly intertwined threads since childhood. But a gut-wrenching betrayal and its unexpected consequences unravels it all in an instant, leaving them both irrecovably changed in the process. ‼️read authors notes before reading‼️

Lexi Nelson interests me in a way no woman has in years. Unfortunately, she wants nothing to do with me and makes so secret of that fact. My friends are baffled watching me chase after this cold, prickly woman who seems to have nothing but disdain for my very existence. One passionate encounter in a parking lot, however, leaves me convinced that Lexi isn't what she seems to be, and if I can just get her to let me in, I'll find enough warmth to last a lifetime. The only thing that's certain, however, I can't walk away now even if I wanted to. Once bitten, twice shy. I know what happens when I let men get too close; I know not to trust their sweet whispered words and promises of love. I won't let myself be hurt that way again. So I will ignore the way Daniel Wright's smile makes my stomach flutter like I'm a girl with her first crush. And I'll ignore everything inside me that wishes I could trust what he offers. But after a small lie that I told my mother to stop her matchmaking snowballs, I might not have a choice but to let Daniel in. The deal was, we pretend we're in a relationship until after my sister's wedding. The rules: no sex and no feelings. But the closer Daniel and I get, the more I'm tempted to throw out the rules and give him everything. But when the past comes back to haunt both of us, I have to decide if I'm willing to trust again or if I'm going to walk away for good. This is the second book in my Home In Cedar City series. Book one: Love, Second Chances and Other Nonsense is currently available to read on Amazon KU. This is a fake dating, grumpy/sunshine story with angst and OW drama. HEA guaranteed.

Queen Ottávia believed love had secured her place beside King Georgio III. Chosen over power and wealth, she gave him her heart-and nearly her life in the attempt to give him an heir. But when after many losses, their first child was stillborn and grief consumes her, the court turns cold. Her hope of comfort is shattered when the Queen Mother presents a cruel solution: her dearest friend, Valentina, brought to court as the surrogate who will bear the King's child. Torn between devotion and betrayal, love and survival, Ottavia must decide if she will remain silent and broken-or rise to claim power of her own. The crown is heavy. The betrayal is heavier ⚠️ Content Warning: This story contains themes of grief, including pregnancy loss, which may be triggering for some readers. No cheating ✍️

Zach Westbrook was my best friend-and the boy I'd secretly loved since forever. Until he said the one thing I was never supposed to hear. So I did what any heartbroken, humiliated girl would do. I ghosted him. Ditched the university we both planned to attend. And left without looking back. Our friendship ended the day I left town. Or so I thought. Three years later, I'm back. Not because I want to be, but because family comes first-and unfortunately, that means transferring to Ridgewater University. The same school Zach owns like a second skin. Still hot. Still cocky. Still the campus golden boy with a hockey stick. And still the last person I want to deal with. But I'm not the shy, awkward girl he used to know. I've changed. I've moved on. I'm no longer the girl who used to follow him around like a lost puppy. This time, I'm not the one getting benched.