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I waited ten years for Ethan.
He was in London getting his PhD.
I was back in the States, teaching.
I taught alone, moved alone, sat alone in the ER with an IV in my arm.
He said that when he came home, he'd marry me.
But the day he came home, he brought her with him. The woman who'd followed him all the way to London.

My husband told me to take the train home for Thanksgiving because his childhood sweetheart needed my seat in the car.
So I bought a ticket—to my own hometown.
He thought I'd be waiting at his parents' house when he arrived. Cooking, cleaning, playing the dutiful wife while another woman sat in my place.
But when he called to demand his dinner, I was already gone. And when he threatened divorce, I...

On the day of the academy application deadline, my entire family was busy choosing a school for my twin sister, Ivy. Even Adrian, the man who'd promised to make me his Luna, only cared about her.

In my last life, I followed them to Moonvale Academy. Four years later, Adrian proposed to Ivy in front of everyone. My family applauded. That night, I died alone.

This time, I secretly chose Frostland ...

My mother gave me her kidney. The price was my husband.
As the orderlies wheeled me toward surgery, Mom gripped my hand and begged through her tears: “Promise me you'll divorce Ansel. Your sister needs him.”
My husband had already signed the papers. “Give me one year,” he said. “Once Tam's back on her feet, we'll get remarried.”
I survived the operation. I signed away my marriage. Then I vanished ...

I made Sebastian Grant date me for a year because I'd saved his life.
Even though he couldn't stand me, I pressed myself against him when he tried to leave, traced my fingers down his chest when he turned away.
When his friends talked trash, I left marks on his neck and sent him out where everyone could see them.
Then an anonymous text arrived: [I'm the one you saved that day. Not Sebastian.]
Th...

In my family, there's a rule: any woman who reaches thirty without getting married must return to the family estate and have her marriage arranged by the Council of Elders.
When I told Dominic Moretti about this, he was sitting on my desk flipping through financial reports.
After hearing me out, he let out a derisive laugh.
"Is the Bennett family some medieval royal house? A bunch of old men get t...

On the day Carter and I remarried, our son Finn had been in the hospital for forty days.

The line at City Hall was long. Carter spent the whole time with his head down, texting, wearing a smile I hadn't seen on him in years.

The person on the other end was Wren Dalton, an art student getting by on a scholarship and part-time jobs. She'd turned Carter down three times. When he sent her a full set...

My husband had my dog burned. Then he took away my antidepressants.

He promised he'd never leave me. He promised he'd stay until I got better. But when his best friend Clara—a psychiatric nurse—told him I was faking my depression, he believed her. He believed her when she said I was crazy. He believed her when she said I needed treatment.

So he signed the papers. He locked me in a psych ward. He...

I stopped letting people get close to me a long time ago. It was cleaner that way. I would not hurt anyone, and no one would get the chance to hurt me.

Ryder Kane never got that memo.

I am not here for his smile, his charm, or the way half the city seems to be in love with him. I am here because guarding him pays well. One contract covers two years of tuition. I protect him, finish the job, get ...

A Little Magic and Moonlight
Some stories are inherited. Others are written together.
Fifita Hart never expected to inherit a magical bookshop, especially one filled with talking books, moving shelves, and creatures with absolutely no respect for personal space. But when a mysterious letter from her late aunt leads her to The Moonlit Margins in the charming town of Moonwick, Fifita discovers that ...

For twenty-one years, Jordan has lived as a man, bound to a lie, hiding her female omega biology and fighting tooth and nail in the men's professional hockey league. Her biggest obstacle has always been Caleb, her fiercest rival on the ice and the arrogant alpha heir of her pack.
Until the mate bond snaps into place.
Caleb knows his wolf is losing its mind over his lifelong enemy, struggling with ...

“Hunters don’t fall in love with vampires. They kill them.”

Sadie Mercer left her Hunter clan behind years ago, determined to build a normal life instead of inheriting a war that was never hers. Working multiple jobs while helping solve supernatural crimes, she’s finally found her place… until she discovers an unconscious man bleeding on her doorstep.

Vasiliy Dobrev is the last Pureblood Count, ...

The Quarterback. The Placekicker. The Tight End. The Wide Receiver. The returning Cornerback. Boys who play together, stay together—on and off the field. And Virgin Marni Rose is the untouched toy they've vowed to share.

And ruin.

For the first time—together.

Meet the Sins of Blueridge High. A pack of beautiful football gods who rule their school and hunt and defile virgins for sport—down to...

What would you do if your biggest chance to become a Guardian ended with you turning a respected ruler into a bearded frog?

For Yasmine, there is only one answer: hope nobody talks about it again.

Unfortunately, the Guardians have other plans.

Instead of throwing her out, they send Yasmine to Bellwick with one simple task: restore an abandoned magical inn called Aradessa and prove she can contr...

On my coronation night, my beloved Alpha placed the Luna’s crown upon my head and declared before everyone, “From this day on, you are my Luna.”

When I awoke, I lay in a ruined room without windows. My wrists were scarred from cuts, and my account held nothing but debt.

Worse, my wolf had vanished along with my husband.

Searching for him, I entered a man-eating parking garage, walked into a mon...

“Sit your ass down, princess. Hockey isn’t for you!”

Vesper smiled.

“Hockey isn’t meant for me, or you just don’t have the balls to watch a girl defeat you?”

Soren Vance hates her attitude.

He hates her stubbornness.

And he definitely hates the way his wolf reacts whenever she gets close.

Vesper Cross was never supposed to play hockey. Her father made sure of that.

But when the team needs ...

“Did you really think a human girl like me could fall for your little game, Roman?”

Ella was supposed to be the pathetic human girl the Alpha boys could toy with. A scholarship student among wealthy, pureblood werewolves, she had neither their power nor their status. But when she discovers Roman’s cruel bet to make her fall for him, she decides to turn his game against him.

With a carefully craf...

“You have got to be kidding me. HIM? As my stepbrother?”

Jackson Hayes is the last guy I ever want in my life.

He’s arrogant, cruel, and the school’s favorite bad boy. He knows exactly how to push my buttons, and making me miserable seems to be his favorite hobby. Every time we cross paths, we end up fighting—and I’ve promised myself I’ll never let him win.

Then my dad falls in love with his mo...

I can see other people's net worth.

The day my boyfriend learned he was the long-lost son of the richest man in this city on the East Coast, he came home and lied to my face.

"The DNA test didn't match," Caleb Foster said with a sigh.

Above his head, his net worth climbed past $14 million.

I did not expose him. I only smiled and said, "Don't worry. As long as you can take hardship, there'll al...

“I, Adrian Voss, reject Brill Cox as my Mate.”

At twenty, I was the only girl in my Pack without a wolf. Now my fated Mate has rejected me in front of everyone—and thrown me out to die.

But I refuse to let their cruelty be the end of my story.

Left to freeze in the wilderness, I’m saved by a mysterious white wolf, the first creature to show me kindness without asking for anything in return. Det...

I spent five years loving a man I secretly built from nothing—pulling strings, clearing obstacles, lifting him higher than he ever knew. Then one night, outside a private room, I heard him plan my future without me: a mistress's role, a generous allowance, and a smile to soften the blow. I walked away, burned every gift he'd ever given me to ash, and disappeared into three years of silence and pur...

I was born to end wars, not start them. At least that's what the prophecy says.
Dragon, werewolf, witch. Three bloods no one thought could mix, sealed the moment I hatched because nine clans were terrified of what I might become. Now I'm just Ravenmoor's favorite joke, powerless while Lilith rules the school like the devil she was born to be, and she's made it very clear she hates me.
Then Lucien ...

Trigger Warning - This fictional work contains moments of violence, assault, near sexual assault, and verbal/emotional abuse. Please be aware that they are brief and not overly graphic. Please read only if you are comfortable with this.

She stays perfectly still, lifting both hands to rest against my chest, her fingers clutching the soft fabric of my shirt. Her breaths come quick and shallow. ...

Some houses don’t have exits. Just doors that look like them.

Roxy never wanted her mother’s new life.

She certainly never expected to find herself living under the same roof as Dorian Sinclair—the powerful billionaire who now calls himself her stepfather.

Calm. Controlled. Unreadable.

Dorian sees everything, including the secret Roxy wishes she could erase.

After he catches her witnessing so...

"I yield." Two words that cost Sienna everything and bought back the only man who ever made her want a future worth staying for.
Sienna has spent months running from the Yosemite pack, hiding the one secret that could get her killed: she's an unclaimed female Alpha. When West-Slope's Alpha, Henry, catches her mid-rescue during a vampire attack, captivity turns into an attraction neither of them ca...

Rule #1 for a disgraced witch: Never mix potions you don't know.

 Rule #2: NEVER accidentally trigger a honeymoon spell with a dragon prince.

Lola thought failing her witch academy exams was the ultimate disgrace. But when she accidentally teleports Prince Rahl onto a secluded yacht and binds them in a fake marriage spell, she realizes things can always get worse.

To break the curse, they have ...

I was born an Alpha.

Unfortunately, everyone seems to think that means I should act like a lady.

My father wants me in dresses, behaving politely, studying harder, and staying out of fights. The racing world wants me to prove that a woman can survive on a track built for men.

And I’m tired of proving myself to people who already decided I can’t.

Then my father gives me an ultimatum: raise my g...

When Jake Savage walks out of prison, the man he used to be is long gone. Now known as Wrath, he carries a debt to Rancid and a reputation forged in blood. His road leads to Reading, Pennsylvania—straight into the clubhouse of the Road Warriors MC, where violence is currency and loyalty is law.
Love was never part of his plan. But when danger closes in, Wrath does the only thing he’s ever been sur...

My sister's husband showed up on the gossip pages with his first love, so Claire decided to divorce him. Then she asked whether I was leaving too.

"Of course," I said.

I had been my sister's shadow since we were kids. Claire was smart, capable, and brave enough for both of us. She married billionaire CEO Grant Whitaker, and I married his younger brother, Cole. Following her had given me a home, ...

When I woke up, an entire year of my memories was gone.

My fiancé, Kai, told me the car accident had stolen my memories, but not the love we shared. He was gentle, attentive, and seemed like the one person in the world I could trust.

Until his younger brother, Jasper, came back.

The way he looked at me was nothing like the way a man looks at a stranger.

He said Kai had been lying to me all alo...

Austin Sheffield—the all-powerful Lycan King, and the man who once made my heart nothing more than a wager.

When I overheard his lies with my own ears, I didn’t cry, beg, or try to hold on to him. I left behind everything he had ever given me and disappeared without a trace.

Six years later, I returned to his world under a new name, with my son, Sheldon, by my side.

I thought that if I was care...

I thought I had the perfect husband—until I discovered he was cheating on me with my own stepsister.
Then I learned our marriage agreement was a lie, and Eric had secretly sabotaged my chances of becoming a mother while protecting Isabella.
I had trusted him, endured painful treatments, and believed we were building a future together.
Now, every promise felt like another cruel betrayal.
Heartbroke...

After Saffron was injured, Theodore personally sent Maeve to a psychiatric hospital.
“Take good care of her.” Those were his words before Maeve endured years of torture.
When she was finally released, her own fiancé failed to recognize her, mistaking her for a woman he could pick up at a bar.
Three years earlier, Saffron had falsely accused Maeve of trying to run her over.
Without hearing her sid...

Ten years into my marriage, I'd traded my paintbrush for a spatula and turned into Mrs. Holloway.

Ever since my sister Brooke moved in, my husband Bennett and my daughter Lucy had picked up a habit. Anytime Brooke and I disagreed, they put it to a vote.

On my birthday I wanted steak. Two hands went up for the salad bar Brooke liked. When I hadn't slept in weeks and wanted to see a therapist, the...

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Three years into my marriage, I discovered the devastating truth: I had never been married at all.

Damian, the man I had loved for eight years, had secretly married another woman while letting me believe I was his wife. For three years, I had willingly played the role of his secret mistress, never suspecting the truth.

The cruelest part? I had endured countless painful rounds of IVF jus...

My best friend Sophie has a rich dad, a romance-novel addiction, and Daddy’s black card.

I have student loans and three part-time jobs.

So when Sophie decided to live out every love story she’d ever read, she hired me to play the villainess.

The mean girl who corners the class genius? Me. The spoiled heiress who won’t leave the campus heartthrob alone? Also me. Ten bucks per cringey text. Cash ...

The day we moved into the new estate on the hill, every bedroom had a name next to it. The master suite for my parents. The east wing for my brother, Luca. And the best room in the house, the south suite overlooking the Hudson, was labeled Sofia's Room. My name wasn't anywhere. Out in the hallway, a workman was screwing brass nameplates onto every bedroom door. None of them said Chiara. Ten years ...

My father was thrown in the county jail, and my mother collapsed with illness. I went to beg my husband, Elliot Watt, to step in and save him. Instead, he made me choose.
"We've been married four years and you've never gotten pregnant. Now Paige is carrying my child, and the Watt line can't die out. I have to think of her and the baby."
"Either you stay on as Mrs. Watt in name only, move into the ...

All my life, whenever I wished for something, my younger stepsister got twice as much. One doll for me meant two for Chloe. One bedroom meant she got a bigger room plus a study. Even my own mother seemed to love her twice as much.   Then a strange interface appeared on my phone and confirmed the rule.   So I stopped wishing for good things.   I wished for a twenty-six-year-old boyfriend. Chloe got...

For five years, Reese was dead certain I couldn't survive without him. That arrogance was why he dared to strap me to a polygraph chair on my birthday. Why he looked me dead in the eye and said he regretted marrying me. Why he transferred the tickets for my birthday getaway to his first love, letting her lounge in my pajamas, sleep in my bed, and flaunt the heirloom my mother left me before she di...

“You’re playing a dangerous game, Elizabeth.”

“Then stop making it so easy for me to win.”

At Saint Lance Academy, the vampire elite rule through blood, wealth, and fear. Adrian Dracula has never met a woman he couldn’t read—or a temptation he couldn’t conquer.

Until Elizabeth walks into his life.

She looks like an angel, cries like a victim, and lies like a professional. Behind those innocent...

The night I was kidnapped, my family was gathered around the long table, raising their glasses to Valentina's birthday.
The kidnappers demand a ransom. I knew it was useless, but with him forcing me, I made the call anyway.
The first call, no one picked up. The second, it was declined.
The third, it finally went through.
"Elena, you've been struck off the Castellano family. Hear me clearly: even i...

The morning of our wedding, Dante Russo led the hit that wiped out my family.
Branded a traitor, stripped of my name, I spent three years scrubbing blood from dog kennels at the docks. I lost my hands, my music, and three babies I never got to hold.
Then I learned the truth: there was no hit. My parents and the man I loved staged it all—to teach me a lesson, because my adopted sister Isabella crie...

My sister Vivian dated men the way other people taste champagne — a bright sip, then set the glass down before anyone could ask her to finish it.
Never enough to satisfy anyone. Never long enough to be held responsible for the empty glass.
When those men discovered one another, they did not punish her.
They chose me.
Attention I had never received became flowers, invitations, and late-night calls...

Typically, brides swap bouquets for good luck when wedding motorcades cross paths.
But in Liam’s Southern hometown, they had a twisted tradition: they swapped brides.

When our limousines met bumper-to-bumper, Kinsley leaned right past me. She pressed a lingering kiss to my fiancé’s cheek.
"Hope you don't mind, Rachel," she purred with innocent malice. "I’m stealing your groom."
The groomsmen ho...

My father planned to hand me over to the heir no one in New York's old-money circle dared to cross, so I ran away with my boyfriend.

Then my boyfriend was hit by a car. We had no money, and Wesley Harcourt showed up out of nowhere and helped us.

We were grateful to him.

Later, a doctor at a private hospital told us my father had aggressive cancer. I worked up the courage to ask Wesley for help ...

As a kid, I took everything apart. The trick was getting it back together before Dad noticed.

After college, that particular skill got me a job as a live-in companion and personal care assistant. The pay was outrageous. So was the challenge of the man I’d been hired to look after. He used a wheelchair, wanted nothing to do with anyone, and had already driven away seven assistants.

His mother too...

At Academy, the poor don't get second chances.

And I, Thea, am not only a scholarship girl struggling to survive among the elite—I'm also the biggest joke on campus: the girl her own boyfriend keeps as a stand-in for the woman he truly loves.

Reese once showered me with affection, making me believe I was special.

Until someone set me up and humiliated me in front of everyone, and he chose anoth...

I hid my massive crush on Nolan Mercer for fifteen years. I wasn't his dream girl, so I kept my mouth shut.

Then a "Romance System" popped into my head and locked me in as his true love.

Game on. I stopped playing the nice girl. I forced him to marry me, and basically kept him trapped in my bed every chance I got.

Nolan despised me for it. I didn't care. I figured the System forced him to play...

“Get in the coffin, Nomon. This time, you belong to me.”

Alaina is the Hunter Association’s deadliest weapon—a fearless woman hiding a lethal secret. To earn the antidote keeping her alive, she must tame Nomon, the ancient vampire progenitor who once treated humans as nothing more than livestock.

Two thousand years old, ruthless, arrogant, and impossible to kill, Nomon has never bowed to anyone....