Ellie met Ryder at a local bar. She was with friends, he was with his MC brothers. He charmed her in ways she had not expected. She thought they were enough. But what's the one thing an MC brother could do to make it permanent? It's the one thing he's not willing to do. His first girl didn't read into it. She thought they were just having fun until the "right one" came around. He was going to ask her to be his 'ole lady. Before he could, she broke it off. Now, he has no plans to ever have a woman on the back of his bike again.

**Brought to you by a suggestion of a person from a Facebook group Celia has always been a bigger woman than most, being teased and bullied since childhood. But when she met and married Dave, she thought she found the perfect man. Until she discovered he thought much less of her than she thought. After being publicly shamed and humiliated in front of their friends, she questions their marriage and decides to make a drastic change. What happens when a new, hotter man enters her life and won't let her go? Jesse is a trainer at a local gym. He dates casually, but has not found, "the one." Until he meets Celia. She's at his gym to lose weight. He will do anything to make her his and keep her perfect as she is! Trigger warning: The original MMC humiliates FMC in a big way by being demeaning about her appearance in front of others. I, in no way condone ANY shaming of people based on physical traits and characteristics, or of people, in general! She will be getting a better MMC. ;) **MATURE CONTENT!! BE ADVISED. FOR 18+.

Copyright © 2026 by Bookish Dae. A quiet archivist witnesses a mafia king's crime. He kidnaps her instead of killing her, forcing her to work for him. Trapped in a gilded cage, their hate turns into a dangerous obsession, then an all consuming love.

Some betrayals shatter more than a relationship. They shatter who you thought you were. Abby believed she had built a life on love, loyalty, and trust. A future carefully shaped with the man she loved. Until one moment changed everything. One confession. One betrayal. One truth she never saw coming. Suddenly Abby is forced to confront the deepest wound of all, not only the loss of the life she thought she had, but the question that follows every heartbreak: How do you forgive the unforgivable? As secrets surface and emotions collide, Abby begins a journey through pain, anger, faith, and ultimately healing. Along the way she discovers that forgiveness is not weakness, it is the bravest decision a person can make. But forgiveness does not erase the past. And some choices change lives forever. When another woman's letter arrives, everything Abby believes about love, betrayal, and redemption will be tested. Because sometimes healing does not begin with justice. Sometimes healing begins with forgiveness.

Alexander didn't cheat. He just gave someone else his attention, his laughter, and the smiles that used to belong to his wife. And she watched him drift, not to another woman's bed, but to her presence. Her laugh. The way she made him feel seen in a room full of people. Everything he found in someone else - Zara had been giving him all along. Eight years of marriage. One little boy who loved them both. And Zara standing in the middle of it all - wondering when she became the woman he stopped choosing. She warned him. Three times. The first - he dismissed her. The second - he called her jealous. The third - he called her insecure. So she stopped warning him altogether. And stopped waiting. Love wasn't enough... and now it might be too late.

A witch who lost the love of her life to her sister. She'd given up on love, determined to live alone and never put herself through that again. But someone was determined not to let her.

Aubrey Collins thought she had the perfect life-until she caught her fiancé with her best friend. Now she's back in her hometown, hiding a secret... and trying to stay away from the one man she's never been allowed to want. Editing in progress!

He was never supposed to want her. She was never supposed to look back. But grief does not respect rules. And neither does desire. ENGLAND, 1817 - HAWTHORNE HALL, DERBYSHIRE Nicholas Hale was raised in the shadow of privilege-close enough to power to be trusted, but never close enough to belong. He grew up beside Frederick Ashbourne, bound by loyalty, friendship... and one unspoken command. Stay away from my sister. Isabella was the sun of Hawthorne Hall-beautiful, untouchable, and promised to a future that did not include him. Until Frederick dies. And everything breaks. Now the house is silent. Grief turns to tension. And Nicholas is no longer willing to stay in the shadows. Because Isabella is no longer just forbidden. She is looking at him like she remembers what they almost became. And for the first time- he is not looking away. ⸻ A slow-burn, emotionally charged historical romance about grief, obsession, and the danger of loving what you were never allowed to want. If you like: * forbidden love * brother's best friend * slow-burn tension that becomes unbearable * emotionally intense, character-driven romance Then Hawthorne Hall will ruin you softly.

Eden: Griffin has been the quiet complication in my life since high school-steady, serious, and always a little too aware of me in ways no one else noticed. There were moments back then, quick and charged, that nudged me toward him, but nothing ever happened. He left for the military before I could face how much I didn't want him to go, and when he came back, everything between us shifted. He had a future without me, and I taught myself to fit around the edges of it. I pretended it didn't hurt. Leaving felt like the only way to escape what I'd never said. Now I'm home again, and Griff is a father to a little boy who attaches himself to me instantly. Griffin looks at me like he remembers every unspoken moment we left behind-and I'm realizing time didn't erase anything; it only made it heavier. Griffin: Eden was always someone I felt before I saw-my sister's best friend, too sharp and soft in ways I shouldn't reach for. Before I enlisted, there were stretched-out seconds and weighted silences we never named, and walking away was harder than I admitted. Life happened. Responsibility. A future I didn't plan. Eden stayed like a steady pulse I tried to ignore-until she left, and I told myself that was cleaner. But she's back now, and nothing feels settled. My son gravitates to her immediately, and I understand why. When I look at her, I feel every moment we never let ourselves want. But my past isn't finished with me... and I'm not sure how many pieces of her I can afford to lose again.

He didn't cheat. He didn't leave. He just gave everything away Becca thought her marriage was solid until she discovered her husband had secretly given away everything they had built together. She doesn't just lose money-she loses trust, security... and the future she fought for. Now Sam wants to make it right, to fix it. But Becca isn't sure she wants to be the woman who forgives him. And this time... love might not be enough to fix what he burned.