Best Female Growth Stories & Novels Collection

They said I was his queen. I believed it for three years.
I believed our meeting at Stanford was fate. I believed in the tenderness when he fastened that diamond around my neck. I believed every word when he promised "forever."
Until I heard him at the gala, laughing with his friends as he said, "Her? Just my plaything."
Until he pinned me in that stairwell, tearing at my clothes, and screamed tha...

When I opened my eyes on the operating table at Boston General, I'd somehow been sucked into that trashy novel—becoming Emily, the doormat everyone walked all over!
My snake of a husband Michael was shoving divorce papers in my face, demanding I "step aside." His mistress Sarah hung on his arm with that smug smile, while my monster-in-law joined their chorus, trying to steal my son Noah away.

But...

She used to be the town’s golden girl, until the ice took her brother and shattered her voice along with him.

Now Cassandra Lane avoids the rink, the spotlight, and every reminder of who she used to be. But when George Hale, a cocky, privileged transfer with something to prove, shows up wearing her brother’s number, the silence she’s hidden in begins to crack.

They’re paired for drills. Forced t...

Tonight, delivering food to a private dining room, I pushed open the door and saw him.
Harold Sterling—the world's hottest supermodel. The man I abandoned three years ago.
He was telling his friend: "That vain woman? She was just a sugar mama who got bored and ran off. I'm only looking for her to ask why she humiliated me like that."
I desperately tried to escape, but—
Just as the elevator doors w...

Five years ago, I was sent to prison.
Convicted of arson and the deaths of twelve people.
I was innocent.

The real killer is Madison—now with my ex, Dylan.
Prosecutor Ethan knew the truth, yet he sent me to hell.

They thought I died behind bars.
They were wrong.

I'm out.
And I’m here to ruin them all.

I thought I had the perfect life.

A mansion in Westport, a successful husband, a beautiful daughter. Sixteen years of marriage that seemed unbreakable.

Until I found another woman's watch band in my husband's car.

Until I discovered that woman was my daughter's soccer coach.

Until I realized my nine-year-old daughter was helping her father lie to me.

Some betrayals strike like lightning. Othe...

My hands were slick with sweat on the steering wheel, then the brakes hit the floor—nothing! My Porsche went screaming down the cliff, and as we smashed through the guardrail, I caught a glimpse of cut brake lines under the dashboard. The same brakes my husband Austin had just "checked" yesterday!
When I found myself floating above my own mansion, I finally got it—this was murder! I drifted throug...

"They taught me that love was supposed to be unconditional. That mothers always forgive. That family comes first, no matter what.

They were wrong.

I was Emily Thompson—veterinarian, wife, mother. I gave up my career to support my husband's failing farm. I spent eight years nursing my asthmatic son, building a life around their needs, sacrificing my dreams for their comfort.

Then they chose a st...

What if your guardian became your greatest threat?

Bound by a silver oath meant to shield, I found it chained me instead. But the real battle isn’t the burning mark on my wrist—it’s my forbidden love for Dominic. He’s both my protector and executioner, my salvation and ruin.

How do you defy fate when your heart has already surrendered to it?

I'm crouched on this fucking balcony clutching a pregnancy test, hands shaking like a leaf—two blazing red lines staring me in the face. I was such a goddamn fool thinking I'd tell Remy about our baby tonight. What a sick joke!
The banquet hall's roaring below and there's that bastard on stage, arm wrapped around Olivia, shouting "This winery has NO future without her!" Each word slams into me lik...

They killed me for a gold medal.
On the podium, chemicals burned my skin as they stripped me of my title. My stepsister Madison smiled. Coach Ryan pretended to be disappointed. My family chose to believe the lie.
Three days later, I fell from the balcony—and died a cheater.
But death was only the beginning.
I've returned to six months before the betrayal. This time, I know their plans.
Madison thi...

DNA test results: I'm not the Kelly family's real daughter.
Their actual daughter Sierra came home.
She got my room, my college fund, and my boyfriend started protecting her too.
The night our house caught fire, I almost died inside, but my boyfriend said "thank God the real family is safe."
"Figure out who you are first," he told me when we broke up.
My parents spent my college money on Sierra's ...