Part One: Mother Loses Daughter) Lana is a seventeen year old girl living with her mother, Vivianna, who comes from generations of wealth. They have a fractured relationship which began after Lana's father, Nicholas, mysteriously left when she was six, causing Lana to become depressive and turn to drug abuse.
(Part Two: Daughter Finds Mother) One night after a ball organised by her high-society mother, Lana discovers a secret: her mother murdered her father in order to protect her integrity and money. Their relationship may be completely destroyed, but to protect their name, Lana and Vivianna embark on a journey within secret circles of violent glamour.
(Part Three: Daughter Loses Mother) Through the act of vengeance, the mother-daughter bond is rebirthed, but short lived as Vivianna is poisoned by jealous extended family members, leaving Lana alone to chase shadows once again.
WATTYS WINNER
When her fiancé ends up in a coma and his secret mistress, Halley, shows up, Mary feels like her world is falling apart. What she doesn't realize is she's actually falling in love...with Halley.
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Eight years after a traumatizing accident that killed one of her loved ones, Mary Kincaid is about to marry her childhood sweetheart when the universe yanks the rug out from under her yet again, leaving her fiancé badly injured and in a coma. Of course this is when his secret mistress shows up, a beautiful person whom Mary should by all rights hate - so why does she find herself inviting her to stay in the spare bedroom? She soon learns that sometimes the person you're looking for comes when you're not looking at all.
Content and/or trigger warning: This story mentions violence, addiction, and childhood trauma, which may be triggering for some readers.
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