Lyra, a recent college grad on a break with her narcissistic boyfriend, flees to a beach town where a steamy affair with a billionaire CEO forces her to choose between meeting others' expectations and pursuing her dreams. Lyra's boyfriend of four years wants a break. What Lyra wants isn't of much importance, though. At least, not to her parents, who think her dreams are just a phase. Agreeing with people is much easier than trying to prove them wrong, and that's what Lyra has done for a while. Right until the impromptu solo trip to the coastal town of Marfolk. Right until the meeting with the dark-haired, blue-eyed Emrys. He gets under her skın like no other man, and soon they're caught in a riptide of a forbidden, passionate romance. Too bad it has an expiration date-the day Lyra returns home. Content warning: this story contains mentions of domestic violence that can be upsetting to some readers. Reader discretion is advised.

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.

Ten years ago, Rosalie walked away from the man she loved after he betrayed her and married her stepsister. Since then, she has built a powerful career from the ashes of what they once were, convincing herself she had long moved on. But when she comes face-to-face with Elliot again-now a powerful and secretive CEO-old wounds begin to open, and the heart she thought had healed starts to bleed all over again. Some ruins never truly stay buried.

To everyone else, Nora and Philip had the perfect marriage - a lovely home, and a life many envied. But perfection is a fragile illusion. When Philip falls for another woman, Nora's world shatters in slow motion. Caught between betrayal, bruises, and unbearable love, she must choose between holding on to what's already broken or reclaiming the pieces of herself she lost in the name of "perfectness." As the affair spirals out of control - secrets unravel, loyalties flip, and forgiveness becomes a battlefield. In the end, love is no longer about who wins... but who survives.

What do you do when the man who promised forever keeps breaking you in private? When every "I love you" is a lie? When you find proof of not one affair but three? I stayed silent for six years. Then I left in the loudest silence he'd ever heard. One suitcase. All the evidence. My wedding ring is on top. Gone. This is the story of how I rebuilt myself-and how he watched me rise from the ashes of his betrayal.

Everyone thought I had the perfect marriage. A loving husband. A beautiful home. A relationship people admired and wished for. And I let them believe it. I smiled in public... While silently breaking in private. For three years, I endured disrespect, betrayal, and a love that only existed when people were watching. Until the night everything changed. A phone call. An accident. And a truth I could no longer ignore. He was with her. The same woman he told me not to worry about. The same woman he chose over me-again and again. Now he's broken. And suddenly... he needs me. But I'm no longer the woman who begged to be loved. This time, I'm choosing myself. And walking away from the perfect marriage that was nothing but a lie

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.

He called her his. His ol' lady. His wife. Property of Clutch. Rebecca "Bex" Pierce never belonged to anyone. She chose him. She stood beside him. She wore his patch with pride. Until the night he chose wrong. When a lie tears through the Dawnbreakers MC, loyalty turns toxic and pride turns cruel. In front of his brothers, in front of the clubhouse, Clutch does the one thing Bex never thought he would. He doesn't hit her. He doesn't cheat. He just doesn't believe her. And if he doesn't believe her? Then the patch means nothing. So she takes it off herself. Throws it at his feet. And walks away from the only life she's ever known. No protection. No club. No husband. The fallout fractures the Dawnbreakers from the inside out. Secrets unravel. Brothers fall. The club reforms. But the woman he lost? She isn't waiting to be claimed again. If Clutch wants his wife back, he won't just have to apologize. He'll have to rebuild everything he broke. Publicly. Relentlessly. Without expecting forgiveness. Because this time, she isn't property of anyone. Not even him. This story was born inside the Grovel & Betrayal Facebook group during a live "build-a-book" day. You asked for: • Public humiliation • Believed-the-wrong-person betrayal • Nuclear heartbreak • A man who has to earn her back And as I was reading your comments, one character kept echoing in my head. Clutch. You met him in Unlawful Hearts. You saw the quiet weight he carried. You heard him whisper to Remi. You watched him stand in the fire with the Dawnbreakers. This is his story. Welcome back to the Redemption Road world, this is within the same timeline as Unlawful Hearts.

Leanne Elswood has spent her entire life surviving-moving from one foster home to another, invisible to the world except when she was being mocked. In a school where wealth meant power, she was the scholarship girl no one defended... except herself. Caleb Thrift had everything, status, money, and influence,but behind closed doors, his life was hollow. Craving control and attention, he made Leanne his favorite target, pushing her to her limits,until she pushed back. When she publicly humiliates him, Caleb retaliates in the cruelest way possible, shattering what little dignity she had left. Years later, fate brings them together again at university. Determined to stay invisible, Leanne avoids him at all costs. But Caleb has other plans. Driven by ego and a reckless bet, he sets out to win her trust... and destroy her all over again. But somewhere between lies and late-night confessions, something changes. What begins as revenge turns into something dangerously real. And when the truth comes out, it doesn't just break her.... It destroys them both.