**PREVIEW ONLY** Dr. Indiana "Indie" Miller never believed in fairy tales. How could she? Everything she ever accomplished was paid for in blood, sweat, and will. Emancipated at sixteen, she put herself through medical school while juggling three jobs, and built a life around one simple truth - that no one was coming to save her. Then her favorite patient introduces Indie to her grandson. And Teddy Williams is everything Indie never dared to dream of. Kind, steadfast, and completely devoted to her. He's the kind of man who notices the little things and looks at her like she's the only woman in the world. There's only one problem. Teddy's overbearing mother hates her. Thankfully, Nana Ellie is there to shield Indie from the worst of it, and despite the tension, Teddy and Indie fall deeper and deeper in love. Two years later, they're on the verge of forever and preparing to move to New Jersey for Indie's dream job at Bluewater Cancer Center. But when Nana Ellie dies, the woman who loved Indie like family is gone. Teddy's mother, Dawn, has spent his entire life making herself the center of it, and she has no intention of letting Indie take her place. Every mispronounced name, every crossed boundary, every cruel little comment is designed to prove one thing - Indie does not belong with him. As the pressure builds and the disrespect becomes impossible to ignore, Teddy finds himself caught between the family he was raised to put first and the woman he loves more than anything. He chooses wrong. And he loses Indie. Without her, Teddy is forced to face the truth of his choices. That his mother's love was never love at all, it was guilt, control, and enmeshment. And if he wants any chance of winning Indie back, he'll have to do more than apologize - he'll have to become the man she deserved all along. Because Indie Miller is done waiting for a fairy tale. This time, she's going to make one for herself.

Two words stripped Zeluna "Luna" Phillips of her privacy, her sanity, and her future: I'm pregnant. As a brilliant data researcher, Luna is used to solving complex puzzles, but her own life becomes a toxic equation when she discovers she is three and a half months along with her cheating ex-boyfriend's child. The father is a spineless coward, but the real threat is Chloe Tinker-Luna's former best friend, the girl who slept with her boyfriend, and the daughter of Luna's OB-GYN. When Luna's highly confidential medical file is leaked to the public square, her deepest secret is dragged bare before the world. The culprit is obvious. Chloe didn't just steal Luna's thunder; she dropped a digital bomb, blocked the blast radius, and vanished into thin air. But Chloe forgot one crucial detail: Luna knows exactly how to track a ghost. Now six months pregnant, Luna refuses to play the victim. Armed with nothing but her laptop and a lethal determination, she launches a multi-state manhunt that leads her straight into the Deep South. From the fractured families of her hometown to the historic streets of the New Orleans French Quarter and the glittering, high-stakes casino floors of Biloxi, Mississippi, Luna follows a trail of stolen money and monstrous lies. Because Chloe hasn't just run away-she has reinvented herself as "Chloe Sanders," weaponizing Luna's pregnancy to convince wealthy socialites and powerful moguls that she is the tragic mother-to-be, and Luna is the unstable surrogate withholding her child. Supported by a fractured alliance of old friends and Ezra Sanchez-a fiercely protective casino director who stirs feelings Luna never thought she'd feel again-Luna sets a final, inescapable trap at a multi-million dollar high-society wedding rehearsal. The countdown to the due date is ticking. The house is open. The battle lines are drawn. And Luna is about to prove that when you steal a mother's thunder, there is absolutely no harm done until the storm hits.

My Alpha mate's growl cut through the thunder. "You're just my bitch for release. Lavinia 's different." I am Lavinia . The "different" one. Alpha Noah's mate. And I stood frozen outside our bedroom as he fucked another woman-in our bed. For six years, I had bled myself dry for him, for our son Luke. I sacrificed my health, my wolf, my very identity to be the perfect Luna for Alpha Noah. All of it shattered by a single, gut-wrenching sentence. But the blow that truly killed me came from my own pup. "Mom, I'll buy Chloe more jewelry in the future. If you forgive Chloe today, I'll buy some for you too afterward," Luke's small voice pleaded, siding with her. He chose her over me. In that hollowed-out moment, the loyal Luna died. My fingers, trembling with a fury I'd long forgotten, found the number I swore I'd never use. One call. That was all it would take to burn their world to the ground. I wonder, will they even notice the smoke before the fire consumes them?

I was framed and imprisoned by my family. Silver burned my skin. Wolfsbane poisoned me in Moonshadow prison, I counted 4380 marks on cold walls. I, Celeste winters, was the Pack's star. Alpha Father ruled the North, Luna Mother stood strong, Brother protected me and the handsome Alpha heir Alexander became my future mate, after 10 years of chasing. Before 14, I thought fate blessed me. Then came the Blood Moon night, truth cut deep. I was fake. Scarlet was the real wolf princess. My parents hugged me, promised loyalty, but betrayed me. When Scarlet angered the Alpha King, they chained me to take the blame for her. After years of torture, freed yet scarred, Celeste aims to cut all ties with her treacherous pack. But they plead for her return, and Alexander, her former fiancée, offers an impossible choice: "I'll abandon everything to follow you." Her reply, sharper than any silver, was simply: "I don't want you."

𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐥 is an innocent, kind, and unshakable girl that is...until 𝐊𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐰𝐨𝐨𝐝; the Star quarterback, he's untouchable, mysterious and the guy she's tutoring that decides he wants her. He watches, waits, and tests her boundaries. Desire turns dangerous, and obsession doesn't play fair between these two.

"Juggie, I'm your fucking girlfriend! Betty's my fucking sister! How could you do something like this?" I asked him throwing every ounce of betrayal I felt into the words I said. Jughead looks to the ground, obviously guilty but not enough to spare my feelings. "I think I love her, Lyn." I couldn't believe my ears. "You love her? You love her?! Then what the fuck was I Jughead? What were the eleven fucking months that I've been at your beck-and-call, letting you fucking sleep in my bed when it was too cold at the Drive In, comforting you when you cried, BEING FUCKING THERE FOR YOU!" I was screaming, there were tears streaming down my face, it took everything that I had to keep my knees from giving out. I had given him eleven months of my time, of my energy, and he threw it in the trash...like it was nothing...like I was nothing. "I'm sorry Lyn, I never meant for it to happen this way." "Then how the hell did you mean for it to happen? Did you think I'd be okay with you breaking up with me for my twin sister?!" he didn't even answer, just stood there looking at me like he didn't know what to say, "Get out, get the fuck out, don't ever fucking talk to me again." He hesitated for a moment before quickly leaving my room, I stood there quietly until I heard the front door close downstairs, and then I collapsed... WARNING! Major age gap! Self harm! Drinking! Smoking! Smut! Read at your own risk!!!

(A short Novel) Valentina, a dedicated nurse and loving wife, is ready to start a family...but life has other plans. As she navigates the emotional world of expectant mothers and long hospital shifts, a young pregnant patient draws unexpected attention.

"Why are you so cold to me?" Lo asked. She didn't understand it. This should be a blessing to them both. Tristan stopped at the threshold of the door. She could see his muscular form tense, his large hands clenched at his sides. A thick silence followed; it was almost suffocating. Lo felt as if she couldn't breathe. "I'm no colder to you than any other." He spoke without turning back. Lo felt like her heart was being slowly crushed. "But... we are-" Lo fumbled with her words. "Enough. You are a child; you can't possibly understand the complications of our situation." Tristan growled as he spun around. His dark green eyes met her crystal blues with a fierce look. "I... I don't understand. My mother said you would cherish me from the moment we met... until our dying days." Lo said as she felt the hot tears start to drip down her cheeks. She knew she was young and naive, but she was no child. She was nearly grown. "She was wrong. I'm already mated; I will not abandon her. My father wants you dead. I shouldn't have stopped him." Tristan said with an icy tone as he turned and slammed the door on the way out. Lo could barely get her breath. She felt crushed, and it was more than emotional. It felt like he had just wounded her soul.

Nora Juniper Harlow has just gotten her heartbroken by the two most important people in her life. So in a quest to start over, she moves in with her sister and starts a new job, promising herself that she'll focus on finding a career and leave men alone for good. But there's this guy... Christian Callahan. Ruthless CEO of Callahan media. He falls first and he falls harder, but does any of that matter when he has a second agenda? Nora wants to stay away from anyone that could hurt her, but falling under his charming and protective spell happens quicker than she expected. She finds herself more infatuated with him than she ever could have imagined and he won't ever let her go. Christian makes it clear that Nora belongs to him and it's a quality she likes. Until she doesn't. Truths come out and Christian isn't easy to get rid of. In fact he's impossible to get rid of, and Nora starts to wonder if the man she fell in love with is all too similar to the one who broke her heart.