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.

Copyright © 2025 by Bookish Dae Xavier Blackwood, the ruthless CEO of a top law firm, has only ever softened for one person: his brilliantly witty wife, Anya. Their marriage is a perfect blend of his quiet intensity and her vibrant humor. Until the night Anya sees what she shouldn't: her husband, disheveled and laughing intimately with his beautiful junior associate, Isabella. Seconds later, an anonymous email arrives, a shockingly explicit photo of the two of them, timestamped that very night.

Copyright © 2025 by Bookish Dae Crushed by work, Leo sought release. His wife was exhausted, but her sister was all too willing. A secret affair began a thrilling escape for him, a calculated seduction for her. But when his wife discovers them, the devastating fallout forces a choice: can a marriage survive the ultimate betrayal, especially when the other woman is family?

This story is has been taken off Wattpad and will be published on Amazon towards the 2nd week of November.It has been sent off to the editor with additional chapters for the final cuts. Blurb For twenty years, she built her life around Ronin - the man she met in university, the father of her son, the partner she thought she knew. But one winter afternoon, a chance glimpse through a café window shatters everything she's clung to. Reeling from betrayal and years of quietly diminishing herself, she walks away from the home they shared, from the son who doesn't understand, and from the woman she's become. As she tries to rebuild a life on her own terms, she must face the hardest truth: she has always been second best in Ronin's heart and maybe in her son's, too. Tender, raw, and unflinching, Second Best again is the story of a woman learning to choose herself, even if it means starting over with nothing but her own name.

BOOK TWO Chapters for Encrypted Vows will start going up at the end of September. I'll be updating regularly, so you can follow along as the story unfolds. Five years ago, Dawn Ramsey let the wrong man in. Alessandro Ruiz charmed his way into her bed to access an encrypted file that should have stayed buried. He got what he came for, but she caught on and walked away before he could take anything more. Now he is back, acting as if the past holds no weight. He offers her a position at his firm. A chance to refine her skills. She agrees, with one condition. Everything between them must remain strictly professional. But her reasons for accepting run deeper. Someone has been taunting her, leaving coded messages only another hacker would understand. Each message feels more deliberate. Each one cuts closer to the people she loves. She knows she must uncover the truth before the threats become something irreversible. And that includes protecting the man she has tried so hard to stop loving.

Nothing prepares you for heartbreak that lands only hours before your wedding. One moment you are celebrating the last hours of single life, smiling at a future you trust. The next, you are staring at proof that the man you love has betrayed you. He says he is sorry. He pleads. Yet the picture of love you held so tightly fractures in an instant. Sports agent Fiorella Barella has more than one truth to uncover, and with her closest friends beside her, she is ready to pull at every thread until the whole story unravels.

𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 | ❝ i think being addicted to drugs was a lot easier than being addicted to you ❞ 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐱 𝐨𝐜 𝐣𝐚𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐱 𝐨𝐜 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐠𝐨 𝐩𝐝 , 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝟏 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟐 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 - 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝟏 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 - 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝟐 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐬: 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐝 - 𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐲 𝐦𝐞 © 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐲𝟐𝟎 , 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎

Enjoy this story free until January 2nd WATTPAD ORIGINAL EDITION Ellie and Leroy are from two different worlds but their love is one of a kind. Can it survive life-changing news that will challenge them as a couple with much to gain and even more to lose? ***** (Prequel to Tay Marley's smash hit, The QB Bad Boy and Me) Sometimes home isn't a place, it's a person. From the moment their eyes met, Ellie knew he would be her destiny. Handsome and ripped, there's just something about Leroy Lahey, soon-to-be college star quarterback, that makes him impossible to resist. Consumed by a passion neither one of them can quite understand, Leroy and Ellie spend the summer together. Left senseless and overwhelmed by his touch, Ellie experiences a world of desire she could never have imagined. Safe in Leroy's arms, Ellie begins to see a life beyond high school: going to college, starting her own business, having a family. But when life-altering news shakes them to their cores, Leroy and Ellie must discover if their passion is enough to help them get through what might possibly be the greatest challenge of their lives. Content and/or trigger warning: This story contains scenes of sexual activity, which may be triggering for some readers. [[word count: 80,000-90,000 words]]

Enjoy this story free until January 2nd WATTPAD BOOKS EDITION. Sometimes home isn't a place, it's a person. From the moment their eyes met, Ellie knew Leroy Lahey would be her destiny. Handsome and ripped, there's just something about Baylor University's soon-to-be star quarterback that makes him impossible to resist. Consumed by a passion neither can understand, Leroy and Ellie spend the summer together. Left senseless and overwhelmed by his touch, Ellie experiences a world of desire she never imagined possible. Safe in Leroy's arms, Ellie begins to see a life beyond high school: going to college, starting her own business, having a family. But when life-altering news shakes them to their cores, Leroy and Ellie must discover if their passion is enough to help them get through what might possibly be the greatest challenge of their lives. Tay Marley returns to tell a heartwarming and heartbreaking story of Drayton's parents and the summer that changed everything in the prequel to The QB Bad Boy and Me.

Enjoy this story free until January 2nd As Dallas and Drayton navigate life in the spotlight, Spencer is navigating intense feelings for Nathan - her best friend's brother. ***** Dallas and Drayton are planning their wedding, talking babies and learning how to navigate life in LA now that Drayton is a hotshot football player in the big leagues. Meanwhile, Spencer and Nathan are back at home in Colorado, coming to terms with their feelings for one another and learning how to co-parent with Grayson, the father of Spencer's daughter. Will the realities of adult life strengthen them - or will their relationships break? [Sequel to The QB Bad Boy and Me] [[word count: 150,000-200,000 words]]