Josette Wilde never imagined her happy ending would start with her house burning down. Once a hopeless romantic who believed in grand gestures and cinematic kisses, Jo learned the hard way that real life rarely follows a script. When the man she thought was her forever walked out the moment she told him she was pregnant, Jo was left to rewrite her story-this time as a single mother to a fearless little girl named Hannah. Years later, just as Jo lands the kind of job that could finally give them the life they deserve, disaster strikes-her home is destroyed in a freak accident, leaving her and Hannah with nothing but each other. With no place to go, Jo turns to the last person she ever expected to lean on: Mitchell Harris, her charming, fiercely protective childhood friend. He offers them a place to stay, and Jo accepts-grateful, but uneasy. She's been secretly crushing on him for the last couple of years, and living under the same roof only blurs the lines she's fought for years to keep in place. As Jo and Mitchell fall into an unexpected rhythm-shared meals, whispered laughter, stolen glances-the life Jo always dreamed of suddenly feels within reach. But just as her heart begins to hope again, the past shows up at her front door. Hannah's father wants back in, claiming he's ready to be a father and fix what he broke. Now, Jo is faced with an impossible choice: return to the familiar comfort of a love that once betrayed her, or risk everything on the man who just might be her forever-if she's brave enough to believe in a new beginning.

💔 WHERE YOU LEFT ME Book One - The Birch Harbor Series Second chance · Secret baby · Small town · He was Birch Harbor's golden boy. She was the mouthy kid from Maple Street. He never stood a chance. 🌊 THEN - Summer 2020 FLYNN DONOVAN remembers Ivy Novak. Camp. Skinned knees. Attitude problem. He didn't think about her twice. Then she walks back into his summer and she's not a kid anymore and he's fucked. Golden boy. Future cop. Cocky as hell. The kind of guy who smiles and girls forget their own name. Never had to work for anything. Ivy Novak is not easy. Eighteen. Sharp. Trailer park. Doesn't laugh at his jokes. Doesn't blush when he turns it on. Looks at him like he's a minor inconvenience. One summer. That's all it was supposed to be. He fell. Badly. Like write-love-letters-on-twenty-dollar-bills badly. (Flynn Donovan doesn't fall. Except apparently he does. Face first.) Then she ended it. Parking lot. January. Three words. There's someone else. There wasn't. 🥊 NOW - Autumn 2025 A bullet puts Flynn on leave. His mom gets sick. Birch Harbor's golden boy comes home. She's still there. Still mouthy. Still pulling pints at Owen's bar - his best friend's bar - like she didn't gut him five years ago. IVY NOVAK is not the girl she was at eighteen. Single mom. Two jobs. Raising her daughter, keeping her head down and her mouth - mostly - shut. She broke Flynn Donovan's heart five years ago. It broke hers too. 👶 And there's a kid. Four years old. Frog boots. Chicken nuggets. No filter. Blue eyes. His blue eyes. 🖤 He thinks she wrecked him on purpose. She knows she had no choice. The secret she's been carrying for four years is about to blow both their lives wide open. 💔 Two timelines. One secret. A four-year-old with a stuffed frog and a detective badge who's about to change everything. ⚠️ Content warning: explicit sexual content, strong language, emotional trauma, family manipulation 💔 18+ · New Adult Romance

Skates, Secrets & Baby Kicks Gracie Sage Swan has spent her whole life avoiding chaos. At just twenty-four, she owns the most loved bakery in the city, lives in a cozy house with her little sister and dog, and stays far away from the drama surrounding her twin brother's famous hockey team. Especially Holden Lopez. Cold. Arrogant. Untouchable. Captain of Team USA. And Freddie Swan's best friend. Holden is everything Gracie knows to avoid - a heartbreak waiting to happen wrapped in broad shoulders, dark eyes, and a dangerous smile. But after one reckless night celebrating a championship win, their worlds collide in a way neither of them can undo. Four months later, Gracie discovers the truth: she's pregnant. Terrified of losing everything, Gracie struggles to tell the father - only for Holden to accuse her of trapping him and Freddie to nearly destroy their friendship with one punch that shakes the entire team. Now trapped between public scandals, family loyalty, and feelings neither of them wanted, Gracie and Holden are forced into each other's lives whether they like it or not. But somewhere between late-night cravings, stolen glances across the rink, protective brothers, chaotic teammates, and the tiny heartbeat that changes everything... the ice around Holden Lopez begins to melt. And for the first time in his life, the captain who feared love might finally be ready to fight for it.

Irene Bennett has survived a lifetime of cruelty behind designer smiles and gilded family dinners. With a stepmother who despises her, a father who ignores her, and a stepsister who envies every breath she takes, Irene learned early how to fight alone. Bold, beautiful, and fiercely talented, she dreams of building her name in the fashion world-and escaping the toxic home she was forced to grow up in. But freedom comes in the most unexpected form: marriage. When her stepmother arranges a surprise wedding with none other than Aaron Grayson-the cold, ruthless CEO of Grayson Corp.-Irene knows it's a trap meant to exile her. What her family doesn't realize is that she wants out, and if marrying a billionaire will do that, so be it. Aaron Grayson is a man with ice in his veins and a wall around his heart. After years of betrayal and public scrutiny, he's closed himself off from emotions-especially love. Agreeing to an arranged marriage is just a business move to quiet family expectations and fuel media speculation. But Irene isn't what he expected. She doesn't fear his silence. She challenges it-with fire in her words, passion in her art, and a storm in her eyes. What starts as a marriage of convenience begins to unravel into something neither of them planned. Secrets will surface. Past wounds will reopen. And the more Aaron tries to keep his distance, the more Irene slips through the cracks in his armor. In a world of contracts, cold stares, and couture, two broken souls are about to learn that the most dangerous vow... ...is the one made with the heart. "A marriage of convenience. A love neither saw coming." Rankings- #1-fashiondesigner (7/02/2026) #1-beautiful (7/02/2026) #3-handsome (7/02/2026) #2-arranged (7/02/2026) #9-him (7/02/2026)

𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘧𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘎𝘰𝘥? Reign Evans has come to be okay with what she thinks God has destined her to be: a single mother. Scars from her past relationship ran too deep to be healed, she thought, so it only makes sense to live as God wants her to, even if that means she goes through life with just her son. But what if she thought completely wrong? Abel Westbrook, a God-fearing military man, breaks the barrier Reign has around herself and shows her all God has planned for her, which includes marrying him... a month after they meet. Reign thought that marrying a man she hardly knew would be her biggest test of faith in Jesus yet, but marriage is forever and they both have a life-long of lessons to learn. The first one: it will always be in His hands. /// Bible Translations include AMP, CSB, ESV, NIV, NKJV, and NLT💛

Book two of the 1 Peter 4:8 series🦋✨ - In Perkinston, Mississippi love comes softly, but at the cost of everyone knowing your business. When twenty-four year old Honeydew Landon moved to Perkinston her goal was to work at Sassy Styles and grow her craft. What she didn't expect to find was the attention of the charming and dashingly handsome Football Coach, Beau Carpenter, a man eighteen years her senior. As Honeydew grows her craft and learns how to graciously defend herself, she quickly becomes a spectacle of the malicious town that has an issue with practicing what they preach. With faith and courage as her drive, Honeydew shows the people of Perkinston a lesson on how to truly live and love like Jesus. - 1 Peter 4:8 Series "Above all, maintain constant love for one another, since love covers a multitude of sins." ‭‭1 Peter‬ ‭4:8‬ ‭CSB‬‬ These stories are scripture-filled, faith-based, and tell of Christians growing in their faith, or new Believers coming to know the unmatched power and love of Christ, in turn, they all live according to the Perfect Word of God. Book One: Loving Eleanor * Book Two: Honeydew Book Three: Gunnar's Redemption-sequel to Honeydew, but can be read alone Book Four: Glory *this story is a historical fiction set in 1949 that does not deviate from the harshness of the times. All of which include racism, prejudice, and vulgar language. Mentions of sexual assault. Published: November 10th, 2021 Completed: December 27th, 2021

AUTHOR NOTE - GOOD JOKE! HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM WATTPAD AS IT WILL BE PUBLISHED ON AMAZON SHORTLY. 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.

He didn't break her all at once. He taught her how to shatter herself. To everyone watching, she has the life girls dream of : money, beauty, a powerful husband, and a marriage wrapped in perfection. But behind their locked doors, perfection is the punishment she can never escape. He tells her who to be. He tells her how to walk, how to breathe, how to think. Every mistake is a lesson. Every bruise is a reminder. Every betrayal is somehow her fault. And she believes him. Because after years of being molded, corrected, and rewritten, she no longer remembers who she was before he decided to "fix" her. She only knows the rules he carved into her bones. Don't speak too loudly. Don't ask questions. Don't look at him when he's angry. Don't look away when he wants your attention. And above all Don't ever forget that love is earned, not given. Her sister whispers that she's losing herself. Her friends say they're worried. Her subconscious screams that something is wrong. But she silences all of them. Because she is so close so close to becoming the perfect wife, he swears she could be if she tries a little harder. And if she can be perfect... Maybe he'll finally love her. Or maybe perfection is the very thing that will destroy her. *This story depicts domestic and emotional abuse. These scenes are fictional and not meant to glorify or romanticize abuse. If you are in a harmful or unsafe situation, please reach out for help: 1-800-799-7233 (SAFE) thehotline.org You deserve safety.

Ami is on her way to becoming exactly who she wants to be. She is remodeling her condo, starting her new job at the university, and her family unit couldn't be tighter. So, when she encounters her mate, the one man made for her, and he's next in line to be the Alpha, how could she have known that her charmed life was destined to be blown up by the very man that was made to love her? And what's worse than your fated mate cheating, abusing you, and impregnating his ex? Your fated mate cheating, abusing you, impregnating his ex, and getting you pregnant at the same time! She has no choice. She has to go to the Royal Alpha and request his protection. What she didn't want was to feel the pull of the mate bond once again. Especially to such an imposing man. But he isn't like her ex. And he's willing to give her the space and time to open up to him. But he won't wait forever. After all, an Alpha needs his Luna.

Josephine had things that she wanted to confess. She'd actually began to wonder if she'd somehow become addicted to sex... and if she had, was that a bad thing, or could it actually be a good thing? She had to confide in someone, so she told the one man that she knew wouldn't judge her. But things don't always turn out the way you plan. As Josephine recounts her story, sex consultant Michael can't control his own arousal and his reaction to this intriguing and alluring woman.