Sam needed a wife. I needed a stable for my horses. We agreed to a marriage of convenience, but it seemed to be more. For a while. Until my distant cousin, who was Sam's ex, showed up on our doorstep. And I was no longer convenient.

LANA It was supposed to be simple. A favor for Caleb. All I had to do was play the part of his girlfriend, just long enough to convince an unwanted admirer to back off. We've always been close. Believable. Safe. But everything changes when Kane Deveraux walks back into town. He has always been a locked door. Cold, distant, impossible to read. But the man who came back is different. Now, his gaze holds me a moment too long, a silent, weighty thing. I see the muscle in his jaw tighten when Caleb's hand brushes my arm. The air itself changes when he's in the room. That old, empty silence between us is now full, taut with something unspoken that he brought back with him. I don't understand this new tension, this sharp, unwelcome awareness that pricks at my nerves. I only know that the safe, simple world I built is gone. And I can no longer pretend that I want it back. KANE I told myself I could forget her. I let oceans and cities grow between us, believing the distance would smother her memory. I thought leaving was the cure. It was a lie. Every day away from Lana Reyes carved at me. The echo of her laugh, the memory of how she could light a space just by breathing in it was a ghost I couldn't escape. I thought coming home would cauterize the wound. That I would find her a stranger, or find myself numb. Then I saw her. Standing beside him. Beside my brother. And the world went up in flames. The want I buried. The hunger I denied. It all roared back the second her smile landed on someone who wasn't me. I've tried restraint. I've tried silence. None of it matters now. Bloodlines mean nothing where she's concerned. If taking her means breaking every rule, if wanting her means shattering my family. Then so be it. Because Lana Reyes isn't just another girl. She's the only thing I've ever wanted enough to burn everything for. She was never his to begin with. And I'll take her. Consequences be damned. Mature, steamy, and dark romance content ahead.

Iris Mercer was never meant to be loved. Not in that marriage. Not by a man like Elliot Graves. It was supposed to be an arrangement. It became a year of shared silence that was never empty, of touches that were careful not to want too much, and a love that grew anyway, stubborn and deep. Then Elliot forgot her. The accident took the year that belonged to her. It left Elliot with memories of another woman, a different life. A life before Iris. He remembers nothing of the marriage that changed him. Iris remembers it all. She watches her husband move through their home in a body that knows her but a mind that does not. She hears Elliot's voice form another man's words. She grieves for a love that existed only in a single, stolen year, because some kinds of love are not repeated. They are built once, and lost forever. This story contains explicit intimacy, strong language, emotional trauma, and themes of memory loss, manipulation, and familial abuse. Intended for mature readers only.

Marriage was supposed to be a promise-but for Kayla, it became a battlefield. Overshadowed by Damian's ego and Alyssa's manipulations, she struggles to protect her heart while holding onto her independence. As secrets unravel and trust fractures, Kayla is forced to confront betrayal, heartbreak, and the truth about the man she once loved. Yet in the aftermath of divorce, she discovers that strength isn't about clinging to what's lost-it's about reclaiming herself. Amid the ruins of the past, a steady hand offers patience, care, and the chance to believe in love again. Slowly, tentatively, Kayla learns that new beginnings can bloom from the most unexpected places. "Some endings aren't failures-they're beginnings in disguise."

foun·da·tion noun a basis (such as a tenet or principle) upon which something stands or is supported. Birdie Buchanan has always felt wrong in this world. Sensitive. Different. Odd. Weird. Too much. Until she moved to Mercy Ridge and met Liam Durant. Liam's never seen Birdie as strange, he sees her as brilliant and beautiful, exactly who she is meant to be. When Liam's absent father was trying to earn back his family's trust, Birdie steadied him. When Birdie's senses overwhelm her, Liam is there to quiet the world. They were each other's foundation. Then college changes everything. Birdie is swallowed by loneliness and the exhausting effort of trying to fit into a world that refuses to understand her neurodivergence. Every whisper, every stare, every cruel joke pulls her further from the one person who ever made her feel safe. Liam feels so far away, thriving in his new world she doesn't belong in. Liam is putting on a good front as the rising college basketball star with the NBA in his sights. He doesn't want anyone to know that he's completely breaking under pressure. He's failing all of his classes, the sport that once defined him has become a prison he can't escape, and his teammates slowly reveal just how cruel they can be. Liam tries to take it all on his shoulders, remembering the future he has planned for him and Birdie. When a prank meant to humiliate nearly becomes a tragedy, Liam is forced to face the truth of what his silence has cost nearly cost him. But will it be too late for Birdie? No cheating. Guaranteed happily ever after. BOOK 2 OF THE MERCY UNIVERSE. BOOK 1: CORNERSTONE BOOK 2: FOUNDATION BOOK 3: BEDROCK *COMING SOON*

Emerald Sawyer has always been my home. She was the one who saw something in me when everyone else saw a hockey goon who couldn't even read properly. When the world called me stupid, she called me capable. When I had nothing, she sacrificed to give me everything. Now, I'm Hayden "Haymaker" Sawyer-the league's most feared enforcer. My violence goes viral. My fists pay the bills. Every fight, every brutal hit, every autograph, every picture, every deal-I do it all for her. But somewhere along the way, I lost sight of her. I missed the warning signs-the threats, the harassment, the shaming, the strangers who hate her simply for being mine. When she showed me, I told her it didn't matter. It was jealousy. It was nothing. I told her that she was safe. I was wrong. The losses started piling up. The fans raged. My anger grew. My fights became more reckless. My temper snapped, and I said careless words that pushed away my entire world. While I'm smiling for the cameras, my wife was brutally attacked by a fan. While I'm protecting my career, my Emerald was fighting for her life. Every moment I'd ignored her, every time I'd put hockey before her, every careless word I'd ever said-all of it hit me at once. Now I see everything. She's alive, but terrified. She doesn't trust me. She doesn't feel safe with me. She flinches when she sees my jersey. I will never forgive myself. But I cannot give up. I will prove to the only person who ever saw me-the only person who ever loved the real me-that I am still worthy of her. That I can put her first, that I can make things right, that I will fight with everything I am to keep her safe, to bring her back to me. I demand vengeance for my wife, against everyone who ever harmed her-and that includes me. Because Emerald Sawyer is my home, my heart, and my everything. This fight-for her-is the most important fight of my life. A Marriage In Trouble Second Chance Romance. No cheating, HEA always.

ONGOING -- Maverick was happy. He had friends. A career and hobbies. A girlfriend. Things were trending up. Until Maya-fucking-Falcon walked through the front door and turned his world upside down once more. She had no right. No right to make him long for what could have been. No right to parade her perfect little kids around his community. No right to make him question every decision he'd ever made. And he'd make sure she knew it. But as the truth of their past comes to light and he uncovers a web of manipulation and lies bigger than them all, Maverick must confront the fact that none of it had ever been about him. That he'd simply been a puppet in the deliberate and tactical destruction of the only woman he'd ever loved. -- To Echo a Falcon will follow Maya and Maverick as they reluctantly open the door to their shared history and relearn who they are to one another - with a sprinkle of shenanigans from the kiddos (and maybe even the Ravens). This story will be an ongoing WIP that will launch on Wattpad, but once the Hive Mind Patreon goes live on 2/14/26, it will be available to read with a FREE membership on the Patreon - where chapters will be released one week ahead of Wattpad. This story will explore some heavier themes - including off-page SA, betrayal, and loss of a spouse/parent - so please make sure to review the full TW list when it goes live. Guaranteed HEA!

Aeris and Illeine did everything right. They discovered they were mates, fell in love, and lived happily ever after. For a little while. Everything changes when the couple discovers that their sacred bond is actually the artificial product of a horrible sacrifice. To Aeris, the connection that once seemed so pure and beautiful is now tainted by death, horror, and regret. For Illeine, the great tragedy is her not-so-fated mate's reaction to the revelation. The question of, "what if?" sends Aeris fleeing into the comfort of past, leaving a heartbroken Illeine to face the future alone. But she won't stay down. And she's going to make sure he truly understands what it means to live with regret. All she has to do it make sure she doesn't fall into her own trap.

Blurb Born the second twin, Fae was always the shadow-the quiet teacher, the caretaker,,the one who stayed in the shadows and let her siblings shine . When her sister became Luna to a powerful Alpha, she recognised his widowed brother, Blaidd as her own. But he was a man still bound to the memory of his dead mate. For eight long years, she raised his children, kept his home, and did her best to make him see her. But when she discovers the rune carved into his flesh-a witch's mark ensuring she could never bear his child-the truth shatters the last illusion of love. In a public hearing before her Alpha, she asks for what no mated wolf ever has: the right to live her own life. Her courage ripples through the pack, exposing the cracks in every tradition meant to keep her bound. And as she steps beyond her mate's shadow toward a distant land and a craft that calls to her soul, she begins to awaken to the woman she was always meant to be - one carved not from obedience, but from fire, freedom, and forgotten dreams.

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***