Finding out we were going to be parents was supposed to be the happiest time of our lives. Instead, I feel my husband, Ethan, drifting away from me a little more every day. He's late coming home from work, he disappears for long periods of time, he's irritable and closed off, and nothing I say or do seems to reach him. As tensions between us mount, I'm discovering parts of my husband's past that I never knew existed. And when everything comes tumbling down, I'm forced to ask myself: how well do I really know the man I love?

PAUL I cheated on my fiancée. Sophie and I were building our future. In love, happy, peaceful. Then she found a lump in her breast, and I made the worst choice: I numbed my fear by sleeping with someone else. My worst mistake and my biggest regret. Now I see Sophie around town with him. She's radiant and laughing with people who actually show up. I'm trying to learn how to be a man who does. If she lets me, I'll spend the rest of my life proving I can choose her when it's hardest. If she lets me... SOPHIE I thought the promise was in sickness and in health. But he buried his fear in someone else. On the same night, I walked into a bookstore and met the gentle giant owner, who invited me to his book club full of misfits. I'm laughing again, I'm smiling more than I ever have, and I'm healing my heart. My bookstore owner keeps showing up like it's as easy as breathing. I don't know what the future holds; I don't know if I'll win this battle against cancer, but I do know I'm done wasting time on people who love only when it's easy. CALLUM She came into Rivers & Rhodes Bookstore and asked for books with happy endings only. I gave her a recommendation, an invitation, and an offer of friendship. Now, this beautiful, brave woman is completely under my skin. I'm not here to win a competition against him. I'm here because choosing someone, second by second, is the only way I understand love. 12/10/25 - Currently undergoing edits.

Imagine Realities Book 7 Havenwood #1 I'm a single mother or it feels so. Because Eren the guy I went on a few dates with, lost my heart to and accidentally got pregnant by. He's been here, but not actually here, not mine. And almost two years later. I realised actions alone can't always be loud. Especially when I see him with a woman he never told me about. Broken Promises do hurt, but Unspoken Promises? They hurt the same or worse.

Amelia spends a summer in Italy, exploring beautiful places and swimming in the glittering sea. It's there she meets Callum, the boy who has forever in his eyes. They spend months together, exploring hidden beaches and making memories. Each night is spent in each other's arms, bodies entwined. When real life comes calling, they make their relationship work long distance, until Amelia flys to join Callum in the States. What should have been a beautiful reunion becomes a nightmare. Amelia thought she had found the one. She didn't see the betrayal coming.

"I wish she would just disappear." When Keith says those words, he has no idea how close he is to getting his wish. For years, Ella has loved Keith from afar. A fated contract marriage is her one chance at a happily ever after, and she'll do anything to be seen by the man she adores. But her devotion isn't enough to break through his guarded heart. Shattered, Ella rebuilds her life from the ashes, determined to never need another man again. But years later, Keith storms back into her life, ready to avenge a past he doesn't understand. He's already lost her once. Will he make the same mistake twice and lose his only chance at true love forever? A slow-burn, second-chance romance where a billionaire CEO must earn back the wife he so carelessly threw away.

Quick note for my readers before you start this story. It is going to be taken off and sent off to the editor on the 13th of December 2025. Fern thought marriage meant partnership, love, and the quiet safety of family. For four years she's tried to believe that-tried to ignore the sharp edges of a mother-in-law who never wanted her, an ex who had moved too close for comfort and a husband who is always looking the other way. But when her husband's negligence leaves their little girl in a hospital bed with burns on her hand, Fern can no longer swallow the excuses. She is done being the afterthought in her own marriage. Her husband Conner insists he loves her, but love doesn't keep a child safe. Love doesn't silence a mother-in-law's whispers or stop an ex from poisoning the air of every family gathering. Love isn't enough-not when Fern's entire world has been built on the shaky ground of compromise. And as the fractures in their marriage widen into fault lines, Fern has to face the question she's been afraid to ask- What if walking away is the only way to save herself and her daughter?

Cole Weston had lost everything he'd ever loved and for ten long years he's wandered. First as a tracker then as a bounty hunter until a small town calls to him and he decides it's time to stop running from his past. Grace Jennings and her daughter are hiding from a killer who will stop at nothing to find her. Will Cole be able to listen to his heart and take a chance on love again? Will Grace ever be able to trust another man with the truth?

DARK ROMANCE ! Cheating, very twisted, obsessive ML, a lot of trauma... Lizzy's lips tilted up into a self deprecating smile. The divorce papers were filled, his part already darkened by his informations and his signature long dry on the paper. Her own was still fresh. Only twelve hours old. "How long has it been waiting ?" She dared to ask. There was a lot she wouldn't, but this, this she felt like she should know. How long had he been planning on divorcing her ? --- Elizabeth Clark loved her husband. She had found peace in their arranged marriage and as dysfunctional as it seemed, she had cherished her new home with all she had. Dante Giovanni had merely been biding his time, bearing through this hell of a marriage by counting down the seconds until he could get out of it. But when his wife sets him free, he finds out freedom has a bitter taste and that he might have passed by the love of his life. And Lizzy discovers she is more than just a man's daughter or wife, that she deserves more than what she had been given until then and is ready to fight for it.

Completed • First Draft - not edited. || "You gonna sit there all night?" Luka glances at me, smirking. I glare back. "I was enjoying the last few seconds of peace before having to spend an evening pretending to like you." "That's funny," he says, unbuckling his seatbelt. "Why?" I snap. "Because I was thinking the same thing." || The rules? Easy enough. 1. Pretend to be the perfect couple. 2. Keep it professional. 3. And whatever you do, don't. catch. feelings. Simple, right? Sofia Calloway never planned on going viral for throwing a drink in Luka Mikhaylov's face. But one video, one pissed-off hockey star, and one furious university later... she's suddenly stuck in a fake relationship with the guy she can't stand. He needs to clean up his image before the NHL draft. She needs the free tuition that comes with the deal. All they have to do is smile for the cameras, hold hands at the games, and act like they don't want to strangle each other. Then come the late-night arguments that last too long. The stolen glances that feel too dangerous. The moment where "pretend" starts looking way too real. Because when you break the rules, someone's bound to lose. And this time, it might be both of them.

Hell's Reaper's MC Book #2 Sarah Jones is from New York City, on a whim, she decided to go for a surprise road trip - that is after her career came to a screeching halt. Caught between happiness and worry that she is out of work, a job she hated. She forces herself to do some well needed soul searching, and job hunting; changing the scenery with a long road trip, where? Who knows. After being stuck in the constant battle of parents who could never see her accomplishments as anything good, a job she hated, and to top it all off she felt like she was some mindless drone following orders everyday. Not to mention the fact that she has a younger sister who is a hellion that wears a pretty smile - playing the devil's advocate is her favorite pastime. Sarah could never find that small something that has been missing her whole life. Is it so bad that all I want in life is to find happiness? To find what's missing? COPYRIGHT: © 2019-2020 Lillianne Young All Rights Reserved