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Before He Chose Me  by Creesey1234
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Before He Chose Me Louis loved Violet first. Everyone knew it. She was his soulmate, his future, the woman he was supposed to marry. He had already bought the ring and planned the life they would build together. But before he could ask her to spend forever with him, Violet disappeared without a trace. Months passed. Searches ended. Hope faded. And Louis was left with nothing but grief and the memory of the woman he lost. Isabelle was the only person who understood his pain. She had lost her best friend too, and somewhere between shared heartbreak and lonely nights, they became each other's comfort. When Isabelle discovered she was pregnant, Louis did what he believed was right. He married her. For three years, Isabelle built a life around a love she desperately wanted to believe was real. They had a home. They had a daughter. They had moments where she thought he loved her fully now. He did love her,but not in way she wanted. He loved her halfly,while the other was till with Violet. Then Violet came home. Alive. Changed. And still carrying the heart Louis thought he had buried. Now Isabelle must face the truth she always feared: she was never the woman Louis chose first. But this time, she has a choice of her own. She can keep fighting for a love that was built from someone else's absence... Or she can finally choose herself.
BROKEN VOWS (Lucas & Emilia Book 1) by ArianaClarkAuthor
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Choosing her cost me everything I'd ever loved... including her. It's why I left the small town where I grew up and vowed never to return. I'm no longer the "golden boy with a bright future" they all remember. Instead, I carry the scars of a tortured past. A broken man deemed unfit, even by the Navy SEALs he'd dedicated the past decade to serve. What was supposed to be a quick trip to sell my parents' property turned into this twisted journey that forced me to confront my demons. And then there she was. My first love, and deepest regret. The woman who still owns every piece of my blackened heart. When she asked for my time, I couldn't refuse. Now I can't walk away. Not after hearing of the danger her husband, a missing FBI agent, has brought to her doorstep. After everything, I owe her my help. It's why I offer to protect her and her two little girls from the danger circling them. It's a vow I never should have made, given the trail of bodies I've left in my wake. Like the harbinger of death, I'm the last man either of us should trust. In the Broken Redemption Series, one man's vow to protect the woman he lost becomes a battle between redemption, forgiveness, and the kind of love that refuses to let go. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lucas & Emilia's story begins here: Book 1 of their Broken Redemption arc. Each couple's love story in the Broken Redemption Series is told over multiple books and forms a complete arc within this collection of connected romances set in the small town of Ruby Creek. There's no required reading order, but if you'd like to start at the very beginning, you're right where you belong. Lucas & Emilia are the first couple, followed by James & Annelly, whose story begins with Broken Misery (Broken Redemption Series - Book 1 of their arc).
The Wrong Daughter by PrncssBunz
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I never told my family I was the one who saved our home. They let my sister take the credit. At her grand celebration, my eight-year-old daughter spilled juice on her designer shoe. She kicked her. My mother slapped me to the floor in front of two hundred guests and called me nothing. So I made one call. And took everything back. Now the truth is out, and the daughter they dismissed is the one holding their entire world in her hands.
Where the Light Shines by LexieHill82
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Twenty-six years ago, Elise McNeil's life fell apart in a hospital room. While she struggled through labor with their son, her husband Bernard Carpenter was nowhere to be found. Neither was her best friend, Jasmine Daniels. By the time Bernard finally arrived, Elise already knew the truth. The betrayal destroyed her marriage and shattered the life she thought she was building. Forced to start over, Elise rebuilt herself from the ground up. Raised her son, Isaiah, started a successful event-planning company, and learned to survive without depending on anyone else. Love became the last thing on her mind. Then she met Julian Mercer. After losing his wife, Maureen, to a long illness, Julian spent years emotionally frozen in grief. Before they could build the family they dreamed of, she was gone, leaving him trapped between memory and loneliness. Now Maureen's family wants an elaborate memorial event filled with wealth, prestige, and appearances. But Julian wants something far more meaningful. He wants people to remember the woman she truly was. When Elise is hired to coordinate the event, an unexpected connection begins to grow between two people who thought love belonged in the past. What begins as understanding slowly turns into friendship, attraction, and something deeper neither of them expected. But old betrayals do not stay buried forever. Family tensions, jealousy, grief, and unresolved wounds threaten to destroy the fragile happiness they are only beginning to find. Because sometimes the life you rebuild becomes more beautiful than the one you lost.
Illogically Yours by StellerDeller
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When Sonya's kicked out of her apartment, she learns that her boyfriend is a lying liar who lies, and takes the apartment owned by the grumpy owner of The Shop, Billy Saul. As she deals with her new teaching position, and seeing her ex and his woman parading around town, her friendship with Billy grows into something more. Until one night when the tensions are to a boiling point, and Billy decides "F*** it." Just when it all feels like a dream come true, something, and someone, from Billy's past causes Sonya to question everything that happened between them. Does Sonya give him another chance? Or is he just like her ex?
One Night in Nashville by midnightbluewriting
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Minutes before Mariah gets married, her maid of honor shows her a viral video. In it, a woman tells the internet about the magical night she spent with a handsome stranger in Nashville-and asks for help finding the man she believes is her soulmate. Mariah happens to know exactly where he is. He's waiting at the end of the aisle for her. After creating a viral moment of her own, Mariah spends the next two months hiding from the unwanted fame that turned the worst day of her life into a public spectacle-and transformed her into the infamous Burn It All Bride. Then she meets a gruff, devastatingly handsome stranger on a flight who has absolutely no idea who she is. With him, she doesn't have to be the heartbroken bride millions of strangers think they know. She can just be Ivy. And the quiet Texan beside her becomes Tex. When an emergency landing strands them for one night in the city Mariah has cast as the villain in her story, she is determined to make the best of it with the man who is already making Nashville feel different. As the attraction between them becomes impossible to ignore, they agree on three rules. One night. No real names. No promises beyond morning. And no chance of ever forgetting each other. They walk away the next morning believing their perfect night will remain exactly that-a beautiful memory neither of them is allowed to chase. Mariah is still rebuilding the life her cheating fiancé destroyed. And Tex... Tex is trying to start over after betrayal cost him everything he worked years to create. Until fate brings them together again on Beaumont Ranch, and the stranger Mariah promised to leave behind becomes impossible to walk away from twice. Some nights break your heart. Some nights heal you. And some nights change you forever.
Too Much Cliché  by Adhuni
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Dr. Karen Miller, a woman defined by quiet competence, carries the curse of her name. Though shy and kind, she is perpetually unseen beneath the spectral shadow of the "high-maintenance Karen" cliché. Five months pregnant with the child her husband, Theo, desired, her reality shatters when she overhears Theo's friend label her a manipulative trap. The accusation is a lie, but Theo's silent, cowardly endorsement reveals a void at the core of their marriage. Now, Karen must break the spell of the stereotype and search for the invisible, true self that Theo failed to defend 📍Copyrights Reserved by : @Adhuni2026
Don't Call Me Yours [Available Now On Amazon &Selar] by RuthieJane7
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Portia , I gave him my whole heart, my loyalty, and ten years of my life. I never thought the two people I trusted most would be the ones to end it. Douglas , She was the love of my life. By the time I understood what I'd let happen, I'd already lost her for good. When Portia walks in on her husband and her best friend, the two people who taught her what "forever" was supposed to mean, her world doesn't just break , it ends. But endings have a way of making room for someone new. With Robert's help, a man as ruthless as he is magnetic, Portia sets out to reclaim everything that was taken from her , her name, her power, her pride. What she doesn't expect is for revenge to feel a lot like falling in love again. Or for Douglas to fight harder for her now than he ever did when she was still his wife. Caught between the man who broke her and the man who's helping her rebuild, Portia has to decide what she actually wants: vengeance , or a second chance at a love she swore she'd buried. Because the next time someone owns her heart, it'll be on her terms. ⚠️ Note: This story is complete, but the final chapters + epilogue are published on my Amazon page (not here) due to platform overlap restrictions. 💌💌❤️‍🔥Amazon : https://amzn.eu/d/0i1iMG78 💌💛Amazon Author's Name: Trisha Tells 💌❤️Selar: https://selar.com/11523up1a8
L'Étranger by notmytypewriter
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He saw nothing. The world saw everything. Bronte has loved Dorian Rhodes since she was fifteen. She thought nothing could break his hold on her-until one overheard conversation shatters the illusion and leaves her with nothing but the truth. They say revenge is a dish best served cold. Bronte prefers hers on canvas. Dorian Rhodes has always known he would inherit Rhodes Gallery. It's his birthright-even if his father isn't convinced he's ready. When he's finally given the chance to prove himself, curating his own exhibition, failure isn't an option. But one artist refuses to play by his rules. L'Étranger is elusive, captivating, and quickly becoming the most sought-after name in the art world-and the only one who keeps turning him down. What Dorian doesn't realize is that the artist he's chasing is the one he already drove away.
The Version Of Him by nooshebati
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Ethan used to be the awkward boy nobody noticed. Layla loved him before the money, attention, and new crowd changed him. But over the last three months, something feels different. Late nights. Cancelled plans. Quiet lies. And one girl who suddenly seems to be everywhere he is. After a humiliating night forces Layla to question everything, she begins to wonder if the version of Ethan the world admires is slowly replacing the man she fell in love with. And Ethan is left to face a truth he never wanted to admit.