Ava wanted to be an artist, but she knew exactly how hard to become famous was. Instead she killed her ambitions and decided she would grow up to be an art teacher. Staying in her small apartment in downtown she thought her parents had forgotten about her, and that was just as she liked it, that was till a man came knocking at her door. Damien Fox was in a pickle, and he hated pickles, from the day he received one in his cheeseburger when he was 2 he vowed he would never go near one so what happens when fate has a cruel sense of humour and matches him with a girl who could eat pickles straight out of the jar?

Lennie is not your typical stripper. She graduated from Harvard Law. She hates to party and she prefers t-shirts and flip flops to g-strings and stilettos. Nothing with her quite adds up and that's the way she likes it. Lennie's been on her own since she was 17 and her only family are her widowed neighbor, his daughter, and Lennie's best friend and fellow stripper, Daphne. She's not looking for love but all at once it seems to find her. Everything used to be simple. But with all these new relationships she can't help but feel divided.

When Arianna marries billionaire Zach Price to save her family, she doesn't expect to fall in love with a man who'd always consider her a second choice. An unexpected turn of events brings the couple closer together, but can a marriage based on lies and deceit ever survive? ***** When Arianna's older sister, Olivia, decides to run away on the day of her wedding, Arianna is forced to take her place to save her family from ruin. But her new husband is angry, heartbroken, and seems to hate her guts. The cold, elusive billionaire Zach Price has never quite struck Arianna as the kind of man she'd want to spend her entire life with. She was more than content with her sweet, thoughtful boyfriend Noah, but when circumstances force them together, Zach and Arianna's hearts get entangled in a way she never saw coming. As the couple grows closer, they must battle the demons of their past and of the lives they left behind - especially when Olivia returns and decides she wants Zach all for herself. Content/Trigger Warning: This story contains scenes of violence and sexual abuse, and mentions abortion and miscarriage. [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]] Cover designed by Ren Tachibana