A reimagining of LM Kaplin's book, Mine. When Trisha moved to Strawberry Way with her husband, Chris, it was with the intention of finally starting their family together. It was a beautiful house, an idyllic neighborhood. The kind where everybody knows your name and gossip about each other is a staple. The pregnancy soon followed. She had no idea that the pregnancy would trigger her husband's abusive side. A side that denies he even fathered her child. A side that put her in a survival mode that she never knew she'd have to live in because of her husband. And then there was Carter. She damn sure didn't expect the weird, yet sexy, neighbor to start having eyes for her. Treating her better than her husband does. Imagine how she felt when said sexy neighbor decided that he would no longer sit around and listen to her abuse. Deciding to let the streets of Strawberry Way run red with blood to have her.

Cali and Chance have been best friends since the sandbox. She was always the bookworm, introverted friend that calmed his extroverted, charming ways. Cali's love for Chance bloomed from that friendship into romantic interest, even though she knows that he will never settle down and has never so much as had a girlfriend. She is sure that Chance is the one, she just cant seem to get him to see that. Especially when he suddenly decides to stop being a play boy and settles down with her roommate. Chance has loved Cali since before she even agreed to be his friend. She is his home, his safe place. The one that has accepted and protected him no matter what. When he starts to see her outside of their normal stomping grounds, and notices other guys noticing her, he starts to feel more than that old male friend guardian jealousy. He starts to want more from her than their normal hugs and banter. And that upsets him. He cant risk losing Cali just because he cant keep dirty thoughts of her out of his head. Can she get him to see her? Can he stop watching her? And when it's all said and done, will they still be Best Friends?

Journey never planned on falling in love, and Emilio never planned on slowing down. What begins as quiet coffee visits turns into something deeper. Intentional. Devastatingly real. For the Long Way is a slow-burn romance about choosing each other, building a life between two worlds, and learning that the most powerful love is the one that waits, stays, and commits fully. NOT EDITED/ FIRST DRAFT

The ring is on. The radios are live. And the town is hotter than ever. Sage Woodson-almost-Stapleton thought surviving a car crash and taming Liberty Creek's grumpiest Fire Captain was the hard part. She was wrong. Now, she's the Chief Nursing Officer of a hospital facing budget cuts, she's planning a wedding with a mother who thinks "glitter" is a color, and her fiancé, Captain Connor Stapleton, is working overtime to catch an arsonist targeting their town. The honeymoon phase is over. The power struggle has begun. But they aren't the only ones bringing the heat. Chloe Woodson has taken over the 911 Dispatch center, and she has a voice made for sin and an attitude made for war. Her favorite target? Lieutenant Javier Ramirez. Javi likes his fires contained and his women manageable. Chloe is neither. Their radio arguments are the town's favorite form of entertainment, but when the headsets come off, the friction between them turns into a different kind of spark one they are desperate to keep hidden from Sage and Connor. With a serial arsonist closing in on Station 1 and secrets piling up in the Woodson house, the squad has to pull together before everything they've built goes up in smoke. New couples. Old enemies. Same massive trucks.

When burnout leaves high-powered attorney Naomi Ellis with nothing but exhaustion and silence, she escapes to a remote mountain cabin-the kind of place where no one can find her. She's craving solitude, healing, and maybe a little peace. But there's one problem. The cabin isn't empty. Caleb Walker, a gruff construction worker with no patience for city types, has been living there while he rebuilds his life after a loss of his own. He's all rough edges, flannel, and quiet storms-and he has no intention of sharing his space. Forced to live under the same roof, Naomi and Caleb clash over everything-until the snow deepens, tempers thaw, and something unspoken starts to grow in the silence between them. What begins as a reluctant truce turns into late-night confessions, stolen glances, and a connection neither of them saw coming. But as the snow melts and the world creeps back in, Naomi will have to decide whether to return to the life she left behind-or stay with the man who showed her what home could really mean. A slow-burn, small-town, forced-proximity romance about healing, surrender, and love that feels like breathing.

Lynn and Christian were everything to each other once, first love, first promises, first heartbreak. When fate brings them together again after almost a decade apart, the love they once shared feels hauntingly familiar and dangerously unfinished. Second chances are tempting. But some old wounds don't always close with time... and love alone may not be enough.

Amina wants a baby-on her terms. No romance. No strings. No father involvement. But instead of going the clinical route, she picks the one man she despises: Lukas. Why? Because his genetics are perfect. His record is perfect. His health is perfect. His brilliance is undeniable. And he has a type of raw dominance that she thinks would produce a strong child. So she sets a formal business meeting. Slides a contract across his marble desk. States her intentions with no emotion. He laughs first. Then he reads the contract. Then he looks at her-really looks at her-and says: "If you want my child, Amina... you're not getting it in a cup. You're getting it the natural way." She refuses. He smirks. But Lukas has waited years for this door to open. And he knows exactly how to bend her resolve. Eventually, she agrees-strict rules, boundaries, a timeline, and an exit clause. She believes she can keep her heart out of it. But she has just stepped into his game. And Lukas? Lukas doesn't intend to give her just a child. He intends to have her. Completely.

𝗥𝗛𝗘𝗔 𝗟𝗢𝗥𝗘 was raised to be a shadow. Sit straight, smile when you're spoken to, don't make people repeat themselves and don't you dare draw attention and learn to be grateful they let the deaf daughter stay in the room at all. In Northvalle, perfection is currency. Her sister, Alina, is priceless. Rhea is the problem they keep just out of frame.. .. She's had her eyes on 𝗘𝗭𝗥𝗔 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗞𝗢𝗩 longer than she'll ever admit. The city's quiet threat. Fixer, the man you call when you're out of options and ready to sell whatever's left of your soul. He doesn't play about what's tied to his name. He doesn't repeat himself and when you keep him waiting too long, he collects more than debt. He's invited into the Lore empire for one reason.. Alina. A marriage on paper. An alliance at the table. Lore influence for Markov protection. Breaking that kind of deal would cost more than money and everyone at that table knows it. Ezra knows what's at stake. But the wrong girl keeps catching his eye... the daughter who was never part of the offer, the one who moves like she's been taught her whole life not to be seen. He should keep his distance. Instead, he starts to toy with the line.. a glance held too long, a touch he has no business giving, secrets in dark corners that would ruin her if anyone ever found out. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩 𝙨𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧. 𝙃𝙞𝙨 𝙤𝙗𝙨𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙩 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⋆ 𐙚 ̊. "We shouldn't be doing this..." "Then stop trembling every time I breathe your name, Malyshka." ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⋆ 𐙚 ̊. • 𝘼 𝘿𝘼𝙍𝙆 𝙈𝘼𝙁𝙄𝘼 𝙍𝙊𝙈𝘼𝙉𝘾𝙀 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Mature| 18+ Copyright ©️𝗐𝗋𝗍𝖾𝗇𝗂𝗆 2025 All rights reserved.

Nico Thorne is the perfect gentleman. The perfect student. The perfect best friend. For his whole life, he has been a fixture in the St. Patrick household. He eats at their dinner table, vacations in their guest house, and guards Amahle's brother like a brother of his own. He is the golden boy of Locust Grove, the heir to a legal empire, and the one person everyone trusts implicitly. To Amahle, he is just the background noise of her childhood the cold, distant figure who never looked her way. But she was wrong. He wasn't ignoring her. He was studying her. While Amahle thought she was invisible, Nico was memorizing her every move. waiting for the perfect moment to shatter the boundaries between them. He doesn't care about the decades of friendship with her brother. He doesn't care about the consequences. When a devastating mistake threatens to ruin her family entire future, Amahle thinks she has nowhere to turn. But Nico is there. Ready to help. Ready to make it all go away. She thinks he's her savior. She doesn't realize that in Nico's world, salvation comes with fine print. He isn't playing a game of chance; he's playing a game of control. And by the time Amahle realizes she's a pawn on his board, it will be too late to run. He's always been close. Now, he's never letting go.

Elias wakes from a coma convinced Jordyn is his wife. She's already trapped in a life she can't escape and he's promised to someone else. Will delusions become reality or will remembering cost them everything.