By N.S. Brown In the high-stakes world of Manhattan finance, Julian Brown can balance any ledger-except the one that matters most. For two years, Julian has been running a dangerous deficit in his marriage. He has quietly diverted the financial resources, time, and emotional security of his wife, Clara, to prop up the manufactured crises of Chloe, his toxic childhood friend. To Julian, it's the ultimate ego trip: playing the noble protector to a fragile bird while treating his wife as a low-maintenance asset who can survive on the freezing scraps of his neglect. Clara is a brilliant independent designer built on quiet dignity. She doesn't complain when Julian forgets her birthday, or when the cheap convenience-store necklace he buys her turns her skin green. She assumes they are a team saving for a future upstate. She has no idea her resilience is being used as a slush fund to buy another woman's applause. But cheap materials can't withstand the friction of reality. When a sudden, devastating overdraft exposes Julian's systemic deception, his elaborate fortress of excuses crumbles. Clara doesn't scream. With cold, absolute clarity, she cuts the mutual liabilities, packs her sketches, and walks out the door-leaving Julian with a perfectly balanced, entirely bankrupt life. Now, the arbitrage is over. To win back the only woman who ever loved him unconditionally, Julian must face the brutal valuation of his own cowardice. But when a foundation is left in the dark for too long, some cracks are too deep for a ledger to fix. A deeply emotional, high-angst contemporary marriage-in-crisis romance featuring heavy betrayal and intense emotional reconciliation.

In the Western Realm, money means power, power means control, influence, advantage. Even the gods favour The Elites - blessing them with the largest bond groups and the most powerful gifts. All it would take is one person. One single person from the lowers to be fated to someone powerful. Abrogation - That's what we need in the lowers. Before my people are wiped out entirely. If only it was that simple...

"No!" I screamed in his face, sobs wracking my body as I pounded my fists into his chest. "Get away from me!" "I'm so sorry!" he screamed back, gripping my face, forcing me to look at him. His thumbs brushed my tears, but I kept hitting, emotions a tangled mess with rage, hurt, that stupid pull toward him. "Keep hurting me," he rasped, voice breaking. "Punish me if you need to." Then he crashed his lips into mine, the kiss fierce and desperate, all teeth and tongue, pouring out his regret and need. Mature 18+ ⚠️ This story includes dark and potentially disturbing themes such as violence, assault, manipulation, and explicit mature content.

Molly had a great job, a serious boyfriend, and a quiet life in San Francisco. Then Bruce's stepsister thought it would be hilarious to fill out the internal transfer form on Molly's work laptop while Bruce watched. By the time Molly saw the confirmation email, the visa was already processing. The contract was signed. There was no undoing it. She was moving to London. When she demanded Bruce fix what his sister broke? He asked her to apologize. To Crystal. For being upset. So Molly left a note on his kitchen counter - Good Joke! - and got on the plane.

What happens when you don't believe in love at first sight, but then it happens to you? You feel this connection and you don't want to let go, but you have previous commitments that pull you away. Before you leave, you both make plans to meet, 12 months from now, in the same location. What happens when those plans don't go as intended? What happens when one person waits while the other moves on? How will you survive when you have to watch as they move on right in front of your eyes? Spoiler: There will be a happy ending between the two main characters. I will try to post updates at least once a week.

Clara My heart has belonged to Spencer Fisher since that day in high school, when he winked at me during Mrs. Doyle's chemistry class. For twelve years we've been together through the good, the bad, and everything in between. For twelve years I've stood by him and supported him and watched him as he realized every single one of his dreams. But when Spencer's father is diagnosed with terminal lung cancer and he starts pulling away right when I need him most, we might have finally found the one thing that will tear us apart. Spencer I thought I had it made. But now I'm feeling it all slip away as the pressures of work and bills and hard decisions mount. And above all else, I have to watch my old man slowly wither away. I'm not used to feeling helpless, and now all I can do is watch the man who has always been larger than life to me die. I know Clara's doing her best to support me, but lately it feels like all I do is let her down. When my colleague introduces me to his sister Laney, it feels harmless at first. Laney listens without making demands. She's sympathetic. She reminds me to take care of myself. If she flirts occasionally and I find myself enjoying it? Well, that's probably harmless too. It's not like I'd ever act on anything. I'd never betray Clara. But the road to hell is paved with bad decisions, and by the time I realize what a fool I'm being, I might be too late to stop myself from losing the woman I love.

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Highest Rankings: #1 Divorce #1 Miscarriage #6 in Affair #12 Past #25 Marriage #397 Heartbreak Marriage. The happily ever after every woman wants, but when it doesn't last, that is when that happy ending doesn't last. Instead, you are left with nothing. You are left with sadness and pain, always thinking about what you did wrong. That is how it was for Willa. She was married to a rich man, Alexander, who had given her love and care. They had such a happy life. But, then she finds out he had been cheating her for three months. And so, she headed up packing away, leaving the man she had once loved. The man she still loves. Tarnished and broken, Willa moves in with her best friend, starting a new life as a florist. But after two years, the man whom she married, comes back. But, not alone.

They said love would protect her. She believed him. But Elena Reyes's perfect life shatters the night she walks into their hotel suite, and sees her husband, Adrian, in another woman's arms. Fury, heartbreak, betrayal. She is left with two choices: forgive or fight. She chooses to fight. Divorce papers. Power moves. A public fall from grace. As Adrian's lies unravel, Elena rebuilds with help from old friends, a new career, and a heart determined not to break again. This is not about second chances. This is about reclaiming everything he thought he took from her.

She's been rejected. She's been beaten. She's been used. She's been made for a position of power. *** When Kristin Knight is rejected and sold at the hands of her mate, she spends two years in captivity, beaten and used. She keeps up with the time through a sky light window, watching the sun rise and fall, marking each new day without a rescue from the man that put her there. So, when given a fleeting moment to escape, she takes it and runs with the sole purpose of not being caught. Only to end up in Black River territory, the fastest growing pack in the nation, found bloody and freezing to death at the hands of Alpha Grayson Black's guards. And the last thing she expects to find is that unmistakable pull of the mate bond to an entirely new Alpha - one stronger than she's ever encountered before.