Starting-over Stories

Gloria Williams thought survival meant enduring. Enduring the silence after apologies. Enduring the weight of being needed by everyone but herself. Enduring a love that slowly disappeared while she stayed. Then one night, everything changed. After a violent argument sends her to the hospital, Gloria learns she needs emergency brain surgery- one that could leave her unable to walk, speak, or even wake up. With her children on her mind and a marriage already breaking beneath her feet, she must face a terrifying truth: surviving the surgery may be easier than surviving the life she's been living.

Rachel Green was supposed to be starting a new life in Paris - not leaving behind the man who always felt like home. When she boards the plane with their daughter, Ross Geller is left in New York with nothing but missed timing, unfinished words, and an ocean between them. Emails and late-night calls become the only way they know how to stay connected, but distance doesn't quiet the feelings they've spent years circling around. As they try to co-parent across continents and build separate lives, every message, memory, and reunion threatens to blur the line between moving on and finding their way back. And distance has a way of revealing truths that were easier to ignore up close.

It began with a question she couldn't answer, and a marriage that couldn't survive her silence. Now she's alone in a cramped Hudson Valley apartment. No plan. No safety net. Just room to breathe. Until one night, she wanders into a music venue... and sees him. She's not sure she has anything left to give. But somehow, between late-night calls, endless drives to catch him in other cities, and stolen moments in the chaos of his world, her unraveling existence evolves into that of a famous musician's girlfriend. After the Fall is a raw and tender love story; it doesn't promise rescue, but something rarer: recognition. For anyone who's ever had to lose everything to discover what they truly needed. 📖 New chapters released weekly.

She didn't leave into safety. She left into the unknown. Healing After Him is the true story of what happens after you finally walk away from abuse... and realize there's nowhere safe to land. After escaping a relationship that nearly destroyed her, Dani is faced with a reality she never expected - she can't go home. With her children beside her and no clear path forward, she enters a women's shelter and begins a journey that is anything but easy. There is no support group. No instant healing. No perfect comeback story. Only survival. This memoir pulls back the curtain on what recovery really looks like - the withdrawal from a trauma bond, the loneliness, the repeated cycles, and the slow, painful process of rebuilding a life from nothing. Unfiltered and deeply honest, Healing After Him is not a fairytale. It's what happens after you survive.

After twenty-nine days, love was only the beginning. Ali and Joe took a chance on something that wasn't supposed to be possible. Now they're facing the reality of what loving each other truly means. Between kids, careers, distance, and a life that never slows down, staying connected isn't easy. Airports replace late-night texts. Video calls replace quiet moments together. And real life brings challenges neither of them could have predicted. As schedules collide and pressure mounts, Ali and Joe must learn how to fight for each other without losing themselves. Because love isn't just about how it starts-it's about the choices you make when things get hard. Can what they found in twenty-nine days survive the weight of everyday life? And what will they risk, sacrifice, and change to stay together? Sometimes love isn't a feeling. It's a decision-made every single day.

After ten years of a quiet, crumbling marriage, Hyacinth finally chose herself. In the solitude of the countryside, she began to heal-rediscovering the woman she lost while loving someone else. But when a high school reunion brings the past crashing back, old feelings resurface... and so do the questions she thought she'd buried. Is she ready to forgive, or has she finally learned that some love stories are better left in the past?

"Dustin, Billy has been hitting me." "He what?" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Amelia was in a year long relationship with Billy and it didn't go the way that everyone thought it was. Behind closed doors she was being abused and now she has to deal with the trama of what he did to her. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Trigger Warning: - talk of abuse, drugs and alcohol. IF ANY OF THIS TRIGGERS YOU, EXIT OUT AND READ MY OTHER STORY. ILY. -this story is just for fun. - some facts will not be true, and if you point that out, I will come at you

Nova Rouge, a eighteen year old boy, with an intergalactic criminal record and a magnetic effect to get into trouble. His older brother Jona, isn't a good example of a model citizen, which is why they move to Bry (Earth) for a fresh start, but the Rouge brothers realize that there's is something different about them, besides not being human, that they're Legends. A group of the most feared and respected warriors of the cosmos.

I make monstrosities and sins not art

For a brief time a few months ago, my legs turned to marshmallow when he touched me. Now I want to grind his thumb in a vise. Or stomp on his big toe in my hiking boots and ask him, "How does that feel?" Lucy Bernard is close friends with teacher-buddy widower Deon Goldbloom. She bakes brownies to help him get over his heartache--four years and still not dating--and keeps him company on hikes, thrift store forays, and happy-hour outings. They call themselves sidekick soulmates, and with Phoebe, the trio are like three social Musketeers. Until the night everything changes for the better. At first. And then... Lucy and Deon are still friends, but it's not the same. Not even close. Still, a guy can dream, can't he? But Deon isn't content with dreaming, and that's his big mistake.

Alonna and Jacob have been on and off all year , but will their relationship last ? Were they really meant to be ? Will they allow someone else to come between them ? Or will they be able to work it out ? Read to find out ! Hope You Like It

She was once cheerful, beautiful, and loved by everyone at school. But everything changed in an instant - her mother's death shattered her world, and her father, drowning in sorrow, turned to alcohol. People turned away, former friends whispered behind her back, and the girl who used to shine was left in complete darkness. In the hope of starting fresh, she moves to America. There, far from her past, a new life awaits - a new family, and a job in a cozy little diner, where the warmth of the grandmotherly owner speaks louder than words. But the past doesn't let go... And after a year, she returns - to face her father... and the girl she used to be.

Maggie and Rachel had been friends forever. They were the ones who'd been friends from birth, who did everything together, more like sisters than friends. What happens when you find out not everything you thought you knew about a person was true, they're not the person you thought they were. Read along as Maggie learns the true meaning of being a best friend.

This is not the end. It's the beginning of something softer, slower, and more real. Have you ever felt like you missed your chance? Like you're too late, too broken, or too far behind to start again? In this heartfelt collection, Ruu speaks to the quiet parts of you - the parts that are still healing, still hoping, still holding on. Through gentle reflections, soul-touching stories, and soothing affirmations, This Is Not the End is a warm reminder that: 💬 You haven't failed - you've just been rerouted. 💬 You don't need to start over perfectly - you only need to start softly. 💬 You're not behind - you're still becoming. This is your space to breathe. To feel. To remember the light you still carry.

The title says it all.

** WEEKLY UPLOADS ON MONDAY ** What do you do, as a very single gal, when you inherit a sum of money that puts your dreams back in your grasp but learn you have to be married to gain the money? You hit up your best friend to marry you in an 'on paper only" marriage. The issue arises when your best friend admits he's in love with you. And decides to show you all the reasons you two need to stay married "until death do us part".

She was his world, the love of his life until she's no longer that.

When Isadora Gannon faces a tragic incident in her life, she's forced to move with her mother to a completely new world. Somewhere she's never been. After the passing of her father, Izzy sees everything in a new light. Taking things for granted was one thing Izzy did a lot in her life. However after experiencing one of the worse things imaginable, she starts to realize there's a lot more to life than what she had seen in her 18 years of life. Now meet Damien Valco. He's an enigma in the eyes of Isadora. She doesn't seem to understand him. At All. One minute he seems nice and caring but the next he looks spine-chillingly terrifying. Determined to uncover his secret, Izzy sets off to investigate. Now you may think this going to be cliche. However I can assure you that I do not plan on it going in that direction. Hope You enjoy it!

This is my version of a continuation for Midsommar (2019). Dani had returned home years after the events of her trip to Sweden. She had escaped the cult, and now is trying to make a new life for herself. How will she hold up with her trauma and haunting past? Especially when it threatens the new life she has been building?

"Starting over is easy...said no one...ever!" Follow Maggie as she embarks on a new, crazy and utterly insane road to self-discovery as a MENTOR/HANDLER for the super group One Direction. Be there as she forges relationships with these five young men, learn who she bonds with and who she doesn't. Find out if she has what it takes to live in their world and them in hers. Buttons are pushed, heart strings are pulled and lines are crossed. Is this the excitement and adventure that she had in mind or is she on a journey that is destined for disaster.