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Perfectly Imperfect (Available On Amazon And KU) by Creesey1234
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Mica Paul has spent fifteen years loving the one man she could never have, Reese McKeenan, her best friend's boyfriend. From the boy who politely rejected her in high school to the man who chose her best friend, Reese was always just out of reach. But when a devastating car accident kills two of their closest friends and leaves the survivors shattered, Mica makes a choice that costs her everything. To honor a dying promise, she lies under oath, protecting a secret that wasn't hers to keep, and becomes the town's most hated woman overnight. Abandoned by her friends, vilified by strangers, and viciously blamed by the only man she's ever loved, Mica flees with nothing but guilt and a broken heart. Five years later, she's forced to return home to say goodbye to her dying father. The wounds haven't healed. The hatred still burns. Especially Reese's. Their reunion ignites old resentments, buried passion, and a dangerous chemistry neither can deny. Hate turns to heated nights and stolen touches, but when long-buried truths about the night of the crash finally surface, revealing betrayal, affairs, and lies far deeper than Mica ever imagined, Reese's world collapses. The woman he spent years destroying may be the only one who ever truly protected him. Now the man who ruined her life is on his knees, desperate to prove he was wrong. But after everything he's taken from her, her reputation, her friends, her peace, can Mica forgive the love of her life? Or are some mistakes too devastating to overcome? He was her first love. She was his biggest regret. And this time, he'll fight like hell to make her his forever... if she'll let him.
Twelve Summers Too Late by PettyPeachWrites
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I spent twelve years loving Mason Hayes. Twelve summers. Twelve birthdays. Twelve years of almosts. The problem wasn't that he didn't know. The problem was that he did. He just never realised what it was costing me. When Mason arrives at our annual lake house vacation with a girlfriend on his arm, I finally understand something I should have learned years ago: Sometimes loving someone isn't enough. So I leave. And for the first time in his life, Mason has to figure out what it means to lose me. A grovel-to-HEA romance about unrequited love, heartbreak, and finally choosing yourself.
Unconditionally Yours by veranoire
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After leaving her emotionally abusive fiancé, Emilia Monroe returns home to start over. But when she meets Knox Wilder, her brother's best friend, she begins to wonder if everything she lost led her exactly where she was meant to be.
Whispers Of A Lost Summer by veranoire
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Maddie Carter and Beck Hayes shared a secret summer romance that ended in heartbreak. Now, Beck's move to Oak Haven puts them face-to-face for the first time in years. As old feelings resurface and buried memories return, they must decide if some loves are worth a second chance.
Claire by balanceunlimitedDK
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"Let's get a divorce." The words should have broken her. Instead, she felt nothing. Claire Bennett thought she had built a quiet, ordinary marriage with Ethan Miller until the day he asked to leave for his first love, Vanessa Reed. Without tears or arguments, Claire signs the papers and walks away, determined to return her life to the way it was before Ethan. But cutting contact completely is never simple. Vanessa's envy runs deep, and Ethan's certainty begins to crumble as the woman he left behind starts to shine without him. When a mysterious artist named Ryan Carter steps into Claire's life, he challenges everything she thought she knew about love, loyalty, and self-worth. In a world where appearances mean everything, Claire learns that the greatest revenge is peace, and that the right love never asks her to wait.
Everything Led to You by Smile1xx
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Millie Carne never planned on falling in love with a footballer. When she meets Luke Wellington in a London art gallery, she finds him arrogant, irritating, and impossible to ignore. Luke is instantly drawn to to the sharp-tongued girl who refused to be impressed by him. What starts as teasing banter soon becomes something much deeper. Between football stadiums, family chaos, heartbreak, and second chances, Luke and Millie discover that love is really simple; but sometimes it's worth every complication. "Everything Led to You" is a heartfelt romance about finding a person who feels like home, and realizing that every twist and turn in life was leading you to them all along.
The wife he couldn't love ✓ by 2010_Nitya
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You know what hurts the most? Watching the person you love smile differently for someone else. I noticed it slowly. The way his eyes searched for her first in every room. The way he remembered the smallest things about her but forgot the promises he made to me. The way my best friend suddenly avoided looking at me whenever he was around. At first, I told myself I was overthinking. Then I started noticing the silence after their conversations... the tension in the air... the feeling that I was standing between something unfinished. Maybe some love stories don't end before marriage. Maybe they continue quietly... while someone else gets hurt in the middle of them💔
Broken Promises by authorpandaa
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They have been married for 8 years. 8 years ago, he promised her a life filled with every luxury, swearing that one day he would give her the world despite being poor. And he did. 8 years later, he fulfilled every promise. A beautiful house, expensive gifts, comfort, status, he gave her everything she could possibly ask for. Everything except himself. Somewhere along the way, while chasing success and building a perfect life for her, he forgot that he was the one she needed the most. What exactly happened that everything changed between them? For details, get into the story to find out. **** Top #3 in India on 3/06/26, 04/06/26 and 05/07/26 Top #6 in India on 07/06/26 Top #2 in India on 06/07/26
My Valentine (18+) by xxgxtxoxx
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Joelle Jordan is just trying to survive university and her life at home. Bryce Valentine is trying to survive everyone else. Projected first-round NFL draft pick. Campus celebrity. The most watched college athlete in the country. When the two strike a deal to trade study sessions for Bryce and personal training sessions for Joelle's little brother, everything seems simple enough. Then Bryce crosses the line. Now Joelle is trying to navigate a boy who is emotionally repressed, touch-starved, obsessively devoted, and surrounded by more pressure than any twenty-year-old should have to carry. Add the coaches, media attention, NIL deals, scouts, photo shoots, and Bryce's oppressive father. The pressure that comes with being attached to Bryce Valentine is something Joelle is not equipped for. Especially when she starts getting a little too comfortable with the fact that Bryce can't seem to leave her alone.
The Distance Between Us - The Surgeon's Wife  by roshniTaless
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They say we have the perfect life. A powerful surgeon. A respected doctor. A beautiful home. A child. And a marriage everyone admires. Our marriage was never built on love. It started with a mistake. However I wouldn't dare to call our son a mistake... We live together. We share a life. But we are not really together. He is cold, distant, and always in control. Everyone respects him. Everyone admires him. Even me. But he has never loved me. And sometimes... I wonder if he ever will.