Wren falls in love before she understands what love can cost. Knox stays close enough to hurt her, never close enough to choose her, teaching her that longing can be cruel when it has no name. Years pass in avoidance and restraint, in almosts and maybes that rot into silence. By the time fate finally claims them, Wren has already learned how to live without him, and Knox has learned too late what it means to lose her without ever truly having her. The bond snaps into place like a sentence, not a gift. Love is no longer innocent. Forgiveness is not promised. But somewhere beneath the damage, something still aches to survive. This story is set in a universe where bonding and mating is commonplace. There is always a HEA ***this story explores mating bonds in humans as a cultural norm. There are no werewolves or supernatural beings in this world***

My husband missed our daughter's birth because he was too busy with work. Story of our lives. And the four other women in his life -- his ex-wife, his PA, his mother and his sister -- all hate me. So, I didn't think he'd care when I served him with divorce papers. Well, that got his attention.

As the enforcer of a motorcycle club in East Tennessee, Trigger likes to be in control. He grew up around the club, and his main job is to protect those he cares about. What he never thought would happen is that a single mom who works for the club would be one of those people he wants to protect. Rya is a single mom doing what she can to provide for her and her daughter. She is used to taking care of herself. Will she learn to let someone else take on some of the responsibilities and help her? She never expected a strong quiet man to change her and her daughter's life.

THIS IS AN EXCERPT ONLY. This draft of this story is completed on Patreon and Inkitt. It will be coming to Amazon/KU in 2027. Jesse and Dodger have been inseparable since childhood, their love fierce and all-consuming. She always knew the Dark Shadows MC would come first-it was his legacy, his world. And she never asked him to choose. Even when his absence felt like a knife to the heart. Even when it became unforgivable. Left behind to care for her dying mother, Jesse clings to the last threads of their love, but Dodger is slipping further away, distant and cold. When he accuses her of betraying him, of throwing her life away, something inside her finally breaks. She's spent her whole life waiting for the people she loves to stay. This time, she'll leave first. *No cheating *Talk of miscarriage *Parent loss

// THE SADDEST THING ABOUT BETRAYAL IS THAT IT NEVER COMES FROM YOUR ENEMIES. // Dallas LeFleur's secret life has been found out. Now she must prove her loyalty to the Death Reapers MC, by any means necessary. If the mistakes of the past chase away the one man she's ever wanted, how can it not irrevocably change her? Trace McKenna is utterly obsessed with his blonde bartender turned traitor. He kidnaps her, then lets her go. Now he's stalking her after sending her away. His depravity and darkness yearn for her. What else is he supposed to do when he's the one she should be afraid of... - please read Death Reapers MC #1: Angels to Ash and #2: Kane's Curse first in the series! TW: DARK ROMANCE, gore, sexual content, assault, torture, death ©marvelicious

Nolan Miller fell for Macie, hard and fast, without considering how she'd fit into his real life, the one where he is known as Wrecker VP of the Phantom's. Six years, one wedding, and two kids later, Wrecker comes home from a run to discover that his wife changed the locks. She knows what he did, and she's done. When the club's battles spill over into her front yard, she and her children are forced back into his orbit and his club. Where she learns his mistakes have followed him home. Little does Wrecker know, but his mistakes may cost him more than just his marriage; they may cost him and the club everything. Meet the Phantom Mc's: a group of unapologetic assholes who ride and die for each other. They're your stereotypical criminal bikers guilty of over-indulging in booze, women, and money. These men are not heroes, nor do they want to be, and the real stories are found in the women who tolerate them.

Copyright © 2025 by Bookish Dae After single mom Sophia overhears the love of her life, Grey, call their life "exhausting," her world shatters. She walks away, forcing the tattooed, man who adored her and her son to embark on a relentless journey fighting for a second chance to become the husband and father they deserve.

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.

He's a gorgeous model. She has severe acne scarring. It doesn't help when she hears him brutally disparage her looks. So she teaches him a verbal lesson in humanity. That should have been that. So why won't he stop calling her?

My fiance has a girl best friend. I hate her and she hates me and she's hated me from the start. My hate grew over time. After some particularly vile things she said, I uninvited her to our wedding. Then Gibson said the wedding wouldn't be happening if she wasn't invited. So I handed him his rings back.