In the heart of London - England, the story began: Three years of silence, distance, and cold stares-that was their marriage. The only warm thing Elena Hartwell could get from her husband Logan Bennett was intoxicating intimacy in their bedroom. She should have left then. But she didn't. Because love makes fools of the strongest hearts. But the final blow came when: * One night when her husband looked her in the eye and said, "Elena, You'll never be good enough to carry my children." * Her husband traded her like a pawn to a business partner while he enjoyed a cozy night with his mistress. * Her husband's "true love" showed off an engagement ring and baby bump online. It was humiliating. Cruel. Everything shattered. That was the day something in Elena snapped. She didn't cry. She didn't scream. She just slid the divorce papers to her husband and demanded what was rightfully hers. Logan laughed. "You'll leave with nothing, gold digger." Elena said. "If you're not clear on that, I don't mind having my lawyer teach you a thing or two about marriage law!" But Elena didn't know that once she stepped into this heartless marriage, there was no escape. The more she fought, the more hurtful she would had gotten. But no matter what, Elena would ready to fight tooth and nail against her bastard husband to get her freedom back.

**I am going to leave the full story up until end of November, then I will remove most parts so that this story can be edited. There will be changes to the storyline in the edit.** When Everleigh agrees to spend the summer with her friend Amelia at her family's lake house, she expects lazy days, deep talks, and maybe a chance to escape her hectic city life now that school was out for the summer. What she doesn't expect is Asher - Amelia's older brother. Brooding, clever, and surprisingly charming, Asher is nothing like Everleigh is used to. And neither of them can ignore the undeniable spark that ignites when they meet. As Everleigh and Asher begin to explore their connection, drawn together by quiet conversations and electric glances, their growing bond is tested by more than just their own doubts. Lurking in the background is Casey, a long-time family friend with a crush on Asher and one of Ashers best friends. With a knack for manipulation. Casey isn't ready to let Asher go without a fight-and she'll do anything to drive a wedge between him and Everleigh, even if it means turning Amelia against her. Love, loyalty, and secrets collide in this emotionally charged summer romance. Can Everleigh and Asher hold on to what they're building-or will someone else's obsession shatter their chance at happiness?

You know how it goes when it comes to romance. One minute you're on cloud nine and then you start plummeting. I thought everything would be rainbows and unicorns forever. I was naive and I paid the cost. I'm now a 23 year old divorcee and a single mother to a two year old boy. Life couldn't get any better. Now I must go back to the world I ran away from after my divorce. What can go wrong? I'm just a single mother and the ex-wife of a billionaire. Now that I think of it a lot can go wrong and real quick. let the chaos begin. ☀☀☀ Mature Language so read with caution.

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.

*Book Two in the Gentleman's Proposal Series* Josephine's life has always been controlled by those around her. After her new husband leaves her bereft and alone, she decides to finally do something about her suffocating existence. On impulse, she flees to America and starts a new life, one filled with adventure and danger. When her sorry excuse of a husband shows up again, intending to take her back to England, she puts her foot down; she absolutely, unequivocally will not return. When Reginald Browning, Earl of Whitehall, goes to obtain his estranged wife from America, he does not find the young woman who left him years ago. Instead, he finds a new Josephine: the gunslinging star of a Wild West traveling show. He knows that he wrecked their marriage the first time around. But how can he hope to fix things when he can't even get his wife back onto English soil? Content Warning: Pregnancy Loss and Descriptions of Physical and Sexual Assault Against Women, Infidelity

Mason Hughes is a successful business owner and CEO of a prestigious security firm who prefers the life of solitude. All he wants is to do his part in the world and ignore everything else. It's something he has always managed well, until he strikes a deal with a non compliant customer to forgive a debt owed to him. Sophie Lanning is an independent woman finishing up her final year of college for legal studies. She never had time to date or worry about men, her only focus on achieving the best. Her dream is to make the world safer, one case at a time but first she needs to find a way to fund law school. When she returns home after graduation her parents drop a bombshell, one that will alter her future forever, she is to get married, to someone she doesn't know in exchange for her parents safety. As the couple enters the binds on matrimony, they have to learn to co exist with each other while still strangers. But when issues from their past come back to haunt them both, they find that they need each other more than they would like to admit. But can these strangers really make something great? Or will they just be forever tied in a marriage founded on nothing but secrets? **** trigger warning : chapters 40&41 reference sexual assault. This book also includes stalking.

𝙒𝙚 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧'𝙨 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮. He was the boy who would sneak through my windows late at night to hold me in my sleep. We made plans for forever. Dreamed of the life we would build full of adventures and unending happiness. 𝙒𝙚 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧, it's what they always say. Until we weren't... 𝙉𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚'𝙨 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙚𝙡𝙨𝙚. 𝙃𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙮𝙖𝙡 𝙥𝙪𝙩 𝙖 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮. 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙮, 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙨𝙣'𝙩 𝙚𝙣𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝.

Nicholas Cole has everything money, power, a family that loves him, and an empire that bears his name. From the outside, he's the man everyone envies: the billionaire who built himself from nothing, the devoted husband to Emily, and the proud father of a little girl who is his world. But success comes with shadows. And sometimes, the greatest danger doesn't come from the outside but from within. When a new face enters his company-brilliant, bold, and unlike anyone he's ever met Nicholas's carefully controlled life begins to crack. What starts as curiosity turns into obsession. What feels harmless becomes dangerous. He tells himself he's not that kind of man. But temptation has a voice that sounds like reason until it's too late to turn back. Now, Nicholas must face the price of his own desires. Because in the world he built, love is fragile, loyalty is fleeting, and one mistake can destroy everything. "I had everything. Then I wanted more."

__❤︎ The Maid and the Mafia King ❤︎__ Losing her father at the age of 20, Bella started to search for jobs. Not to mention, she already was doing 2 jobs. But they were not enough to pay her father's debt. With the help of her friend's cousin, she got the job of working as a maid in a big mansion,owned by a multi billionaire. She heard the owner of the mansion was young and the mansion too screamed rich and power. But what she didn't know was the owner of the mansion was feared by people, the most perilous Mafia king of Italy and around the world. She didn't know one more thing. That the ruthless Mob king was going to claim her 𝑯𝑰𝑺 no matter what. _________ "Sshhh.. no one cares," Lucifer's hot breath hitting my neck as his lips slowly tracing down to my collarbone. "No please- w-we shouldn't ahh.." I gasped as he took the skin of my sweet spot between his teeth. "Don't open your mouth. I won't be responsible for what I would do to you if you open your sweet mouth again, " he didn't give me time to response before he claimed my lips possessively. ________ •[ WARNING ] Contains MATURE CONTENT, VOLGAR LANGUAGE, ABUSE. (18+) _________ Started: 12/08/20 Completed: 24/11/20 •°•°•°• [Cover by me]

Nora never wanted much. Just a steady home. Simple days. A life that held its shape. She didn't crave excitement or change. She only needed predictability. Her routines, her quiet, her small world. It was enough. She believed that if she kept everything perfectly still, the life she had built would hold. And for a long time, it did. But when the ground finally shifted under her feet, Nora didn't move with it. She froze in place, the way people do when they have no other direction to turn. Because where does a person go when they have nowhere to go? Warning: This story uses mature language and scenes. © IcecreamSundae5. All rights reserved.