Isabelle was a club girl. Not a name, not a voice--just a body people passed over without a second glance. But not Ryder. Something in him pulled her in, made her forget why she joined the Wardens of Sin MC in the first place. Made her forget she came here with a plan: get paid, get out, finish nursing school. Until Ryder reminded her exactly what she was in his world. She bent. But she didn't break. Now, she has no distractions. No man to crave. No heartbreak to nurse. Just herself--and the future she's resuming. Ryder never meant to fall for the girl everyone could touch. But he did. Hard. And when he was reminded that she'd only ever be a club girl--that hope was a luxury he couldn't afford--he destroyed what they had. Humiliated her. Left her behind like the wreck he saw in himself. But the truth never stays buried. And by the time it comes out, it might be too late.

Before Marlowe Ackerman goes away to Brown University, she does the bravest thing she's ever done. She confesses to her best friend, Oliver Abbott, that she is in love with him. And Oliver breaks her heart gently. To him, Marlowe is his safe place. His best friend. The one person who has always been there for him. His feelings for her have never changed, and he is certain they never will. At eighteen, Oliver is desperate for a fresh start after years of being the awkward, gangly dork. Parties, girls, fraternity life, reinvention-he wants everything he thinks college is supposed to give him. But once he gets there, nothing feels right without Marlowe. While she thrives at Brown, Oliver falls apart. He fails classes, wakes up hungover, surrounds himself with the wrong people, and slowly realizes the reason his feelings for Marlowe never changed is because he has loved her all along. But he's too late. When he goes to tell her, he finds her in bed with her boyfriend, Sam. Jealousy and heartbreak make him spit ugly, cruel words he will regret for the rest of his life. Marlowe ends their friendship for good. Ten years later, Oliver has changed. He is a history teacher at their old high school, a wrestling coach, and a man who has spent a decade learning from the worst mistake of his life. When he hears that Marlowe Ackerman is coming back to town for their high school reunion, Oliver knows better than to think he deserves a second chance. But he wants one. Not just to tell Marlowe he still loves her. To show her he has become someone worthy of loving her the way she deserves. He was her almost. Maybe now, he can be her always.

For two years, Lia has built a life she never thought she'd have: quiet mornings, a man who feels like safety, and a love that doesn't hurt. Xavier Steel is everything she was never meant to trust, yet somehow, he becomes the only place she feels at home. But the past does not disappear just because she escaped it. When the truth of who she is comes to light, the man she loves stops seeing her as his future and starts seeing her as a threat. And when he sends her back to the man she escaped, he has no idea he has just delivered her to the one person who will use her to destroy him.

Danny Verdago - recruited straight from the Military and trained to become a highly specialised undercover operative. For eight years, he's devoted his life to a single case- one that has demanded everything and cost him more than he ever imagined. What Danny never planned for was Tia. For the past four years, she's been his wife, his rock, and the one constant in a life built on secrets. She's the reason every sacrifice has been worth it and the reason he's ready to walk away from his career. Now, one final undercover deployment, the climax of everything he's worked for stands between Danny and the desk job that promises a future beyond the secrets and the double life. But as the operation hurtles toward its end, Danny is dragged deeper into the life he's spent years trying to keep separate. With the case closing in and the stakes higher than ever, he faces an impossible choice. How far is he willing to go to finish the mission he's sacrificed so much for? This time, the price of success won't be measured in years, careers, or half truths. It could cost him Tia, the family they've dreamed of, and everything that truly matters to him.

I stayed when I shouldn't have. I stayed through half-listened conversations and promises that disappeared the moment someone else needed him more. I told myself I was overthinking. That things would change eventually. So I learned how to swallow my discomfort. My loneliness. My doubts. Until everything fell apart. Now I can't stop wondering why it took almost losing my life to finally understand what I already knew all along: I should've left him long ago. ............. Warning: This story uses mature language and scenes. © IcecreamSundae5. All rights reserved.

Dr. Morrigan Freeman has spent years studying how the human body reacts to the smallest triggers. She never expected her marriage to collapse because of one. When her laptop fails minutes before an online lecture, Morrigan logs into her husband Christopher Pane's computer-and discovers the affair he's been having with her cousin. The messages are explicit. The hotel receipts are undeniable. And the dates line up perfectly with the weekend Morrigan miscarried their baby. But Morrigan isn't the kind of woman who takes this behavior lying down. And revenge is a dish best served cold.

Amelia and Derrick were high school sweethearts until the night of their graduation party when Derrick discovers their relationship has been a lie. Nothing more than a contract to unite two families and save them from bankruptcy. Losing the boy she thought was the love of her life on the night of their graduation party was heartbreaking. Losing her best friend was painful. Having to throw away her favorite bedding was nauseating. Having the boy she thought loved her follow her and torture her at every opportunity broke her. And finding out that it was all for nothing, that all the pain and loss was over money... is infuriating. One child and one marriage between a Rushford and a Williams is what it will take to set them free. Amelia isn't the heartbroken girl from high school anymore. That girl was destroyed. The girl in her place is a mosaic made from the shattered pieces of that girl and she's not going to let anyone break her ever again. An arranged marriage between former lovers turned enemies... This is a work-in-progress DRAFT. Chapters will be edited multiple times throughout the writing process. Chapters are not to be distributed/published by anyone other than the author. *Triggering content for some readers: cheating, eating disorder, suicide attempt.*

Dane always said love was like a puzzle: you start with the edges, build a frame, and trust the rest will fall into place. For years, he and Callidora fit perfectly, until his loyalty to his late friend's little sister became the missing piece that didn't belong. What began as compassion twisted into late-night calls, quiet rescues, and promises he had no right to make. When Calli reaches her limits, his apologies are desperate, his love real, but the picture they'd built together had already been pulled apart. Can Dane convince Calli that the picture they once started is still worth finishing, or has their puzzle already fallen apart for good?