Scarredheroine Stories

Kira Thompson doesn't trust easily-not after the ambush in East Africa that killed her teammates and ended her military career. Betrayed by her commanding officer and lover, she disappeared into the ruthless world of private security, where emotions are liabilities and trust gets you killed. Liang Jun has everything: wealth, status, and the reckless confidence of a man who's never faced real consequences. As the son of China's ambassador to the UN, he's more interested in Shanghai's nightlife than the credible assassination threats against his life. Bodyguards are inconveniences. Rules are suggestions. And the scarred American woman assigned to protect him? Just another obstacle to ignore. But when the Qing Triad makes their move, Jun realizes Kira isn't just a bodyguard-she's the only thing standing between him and a brutal death. Forced into proximity, their explosive clash of wills ignites into something neither can control. She sees past his careless facade to the man beneath. He sees past her armor to the wounds she hides. As betrayal circles closer and old enemies resurface, Kira must decide: keep her walls up and do her job, or risk everything for a man who's already claiming her shattered heart. In a deadly game where love is the ultimate weakness, survival might cost them everything they never knew they needed. ©️ Relle H

Lila left Cape Town thinking a new city could erase old ghosts. Instead she finds herself scraping by at a Miami strip club, perfecting DIY makeup and fake nails while her body carries a map of burned, hidden scars. When a dangerous, impossibly controlled man named Nikolai Vega steps into her life - part club owner, part rumor, all lethal - their reckless chemistry detonates into something neither of them expected. Nikolai is the kind of man who makes the city bend: the kind who kills without hesitation and signs checks without blinking. He's also the first person who looks at Lila and doesn't flinch at her scars. He buys her a life, a Vogue cover, and a ten‑carat promise ring, then drags her into the full glare of public obsession. The internet calls her names; the tabloids try to ruin her; trolls dig in the wounds she thought she'd buried. This is a twisted, darkly romantic slow burn about survival and ownership. Lila must learn to trust a man who owns whole blocks and doesn't believe in safe. Nikolai must learn to protect without destroying the fragile thing he loves. Together they push boundaries, break rules, and discover that some promises are weapons - and some are the only way to heal. Short pitch (for query letters / elevator pitch - 50-70 words) A gritty, sexy slow burn: Lila - scarred, stubborn, and chasing a modeling dream - is rescued from the streets by Nikolai Vega, Miami's most dangerous kingmaker. As he turns her into a Vogue star and stakes a public claim with a ten‑carat ring, the world fights back. Their love becomes both shield and battlefield in a story about trauma, possession, and the messy work of being saved.

Available on Kindle Unlimited Buy the finished story from Publisher: https://4thavenuepress.com.au/impassioned-deceit or Amazon: https://a.co/d/5w5JPtp Would you risk your life for the one you love? At thirty-two, Hannah Wagstaff's scandalous past, and the scar it left her with, has made her a spinster, scaring away any offers of marriage. She had given up on love until by chance she was reunited with Patrick, a man who had lit a flame in her heart years ago before disappearing from her life. Patrick O'Doherty couldn't believe his eyes when he saw Hannah. He had been certain he would never see her again, but there she was, and this time he would do anything to keep her in his life. Things take a drastic turn when Patrick's vengeful stepfather starts demanding ownership of the cattle station that was left to Patrick by his father. Suddenly, Patrick finds himself on the run for his life, trying to uncover the secrets of his stepfather's past and the reason he would be willing to murder for a cattle station. Hannah is distraught when she's told Patrick died in a fire. Her grief continues when her sister is kidnapped without any clue to who could have taken her. Months later, when her sister returns, Hannah goes looking for the culprit. What she finds is Patrick, alive and working as a bartender at a hotel. Passionately reunited with Hannah, Patrick discovers that not only is his life under threat, but hers as well. What secrets tie their families together? Will he be able to protect Hannah, or will his love for her ultimately cost him his life? Content Warning: contains sex, strong language, and some violence

Available on Kindle Unlimited Buy the finished story from Publisher: https://4thavenuepress.com.au/shrouded-passions or Amazon: https://a.co/d/9oPuCLX Murder, lies, deception, and love set in the outback under the Australian sun. A past of stolen gold, lies, and murder joined their families together. It was a past that Devon Munroy and Lotte Higgins knew nothing about. All they knew was the passion they felt for each other. When Lotte is shot and dies in Devon's arms, his world is destroyed. Four years later Devon has married the person his father handpicked for him, but he's still grieving for the woman he lost. He's a mere shell of the man he once was, his life having become a drunken haze without meaning. Then he meets a woman who reminds him so much of his lost love it makes his heart ache. Lotte has been in hiding for years, but when more bodies began turning up around town, all brutally murdered, she knows it's time to bring down the person who tried to kill her. And Lotte knows who is was-the woman Devon is now married to. Changing her looks in order to keep her true identity hidden, Lotte takes a job in their home, hoping to find some proof of the woman's crimes. But can she resist Devon when she's so close to him? And when the truth comes out will Devon be able to forgive her deception? Content Warning: contains sex, strong language, and some violence

They called her ugly. They called him crippled. Both were lies. When Amara's stunning step-sister runs away from an arranged marriage to the powerful billionaire Zayden Black, Amara is forced to take her place-burn scars, quiet spirit, and all. Rumors say Zayden is ruthless, heartless... and unable to walk. But the man Amara meets is nothing like the whispers. He's cold, yes. Intense, absolutely. But far from broken. He didn't want a bride. She didn't expect kindness. Yet in a house built on fear and secrets, something unexpected begins to bloom-a love no one saw coming. A scarred girl. A feared man. An unwanted marriage... and a story of love rewriting itself.