Emily Carter is barefoot beneath a mafia boss's desk when her husband walks in and tells him she's unstable. For three years, Derek has controlled her money, her friendships, and the story everyone believes about their marriage. Tonight, Emily has nowhere left to run. But Alexander Moretti refuses to hand her over. Then Derek mentions her dead father's name—and the man who hasn't flinched at a single threat suddenly loses his composure. Emily thought she was escaping a cruel husband. Now she must uncover what he has been searching for, why Alexander knew her father, and how much of her marriage was a lie.

For a hundred years, Evander Vale loved the woman everyone feared. He shared his life with Seraphine, healed her broken magic, and helped her reclaim her place among the elven courts. Then she tore out his soul. To please a saint who had framed him, she burned his body and promised to bind his spirit to another man's sword. When asked whether she would miss him, she said, "He is only my familiar." Evander has seven days to survive—and one chance to escape. This time, he intends to leave nothing behind. Not even his love for her. But some bonds survive the worlds that separate them. And the woman who destroyed him may be far more dangerous when she realizes he is gone.

At eighty years old, Eleanor Whitmore walks into a prestigious New York dance academy, only to be mocked by arrogant instructor Adrian Cole and his students. But when Adrian performs a legendary routine to humiliate her, Eleanor calmly reveals something that leaves the entire room speechless: she created the choreography herself. What begins as an embarrassing confrontation uncovers a fifty-four-year-old secret involving stolen artistic credit, a powerful dance dynasty, and a woman whose name was erased from history. Now, with time running out before the historic studio closes forever, Eleanor must confront the man who stole her legacy and prove that it's never too late to reclaim what belongs to you. A powerful story of dignity, betrayal, second chances, and the courage to be remembered.

Connor Reed was hiding behind a steering wheel when Charlotte Hayes ran into his headlights—barefoot, drugged, and pursued by armed men. He saved her life. Once she recovered, they shared a night neither could forget. Then he disappeared. More than four years later, the beautiful CEO finds him beneath a truck in a rundown garage. This time, she brings a little girl with his eyes. Charlotte wants answers. Their daughter wants a daddy. Connor wants them both close enough to protect—and far enough from the truth to stay safe. Because the man Charlotte thinks she can bring home is the man his enemies call the Merchant of Death. And someone has just discovered he has a family.

Ella Bennett escaped her family's cruel scheme—and spent one unforgettable night with a man whose name she never learned. A month later, she's pregnant. With her grandmother's care held hostage, Ella travels to meet Cole Whitmore, the cold commander her family expects her to marry. She intends to end the engagement, not make him responsible for a stranger's child. Cole refuses even to meet her. He's searching for another woman, and sends money to make Ella leave. Then he sees her. Suddenly, the man who wanted her gone is begging her to stay. But Ella has already learned what promises can cost. Before she'll trust his, Cole will have to prove he wants her—not just the baby.

A week before her wedding, Audrey Bennett discovers that her fiancé and her best friend have secretly changed the destination—and bet on how long it would take her to notice. Then he takes the engagement ring off Audrey’s hand and gives it to her friend as the prize. After ten years of explaining away humiliation, Audrey stops asking to be chosen. She ends the engagement, accepts the career opportunity she nearly gave up, and keeps the wedding reservation she paid for in Ireland. There, an old friend offers her something unfamiliar: help without conditions, affection without pressure, and the freedom to say no. Preston expects an angry bride to arrive in Iceland. Audrey has plans of her own. A romance about betrayal, an unforgettable wedding reversal, and learning that love should never require you to surrender your dignity.

Audrey Bennett came to her best friend’s wedding as a bridesmaid. Before the night was over, she was standing beside the groom. Nathaniel Blackwell is wealthy, guarded, and convinced every relationship comes with a price. When his fiancée disappears, his family proposes a replacement. Audrey agrees on her own terms: her job, her independence, and the right to leave. Their marriage has separate bedrooms, carefully negotiated rules, and a plan to part after one year. It should be simple. Until Audrey discovers suspicious payments at work—and realizes her new husband’s family would rather question her motives than examine the money. Now her best friend is keeping secrets, her livelihood is threatened, and the man who planned their separation is finding reasons to knock on her door. But wanting Audrey is the easy part. Can Nathaniel learn to love her without deciding her life for her?

For four years, Elliot Mercer has hidden his scent beneath an enchanted ring. He has a loving family, a place at university, and one rule: never let an Alpha decide what happens to him again. Then his former tormentor corners him at a university reception. The ring breaks. Across the ballroom, Alpha heir Rowan Ashford recognizes his mate—and Elliot tells him to stay away. Rowan stops. It is the first thing about him Elliot doesn’t know how to resist. But the man who hurt Elliot has brought something more dangerous than a threat: a document bearing Elliot’s signature, supposedly granting permission to take him back. Elliot never signed it. As they challenge the claim, Elliot discovers how many people helped bury his escape. Rowan discovers what protecting him could cost his family—and how easily protection can become another kind of control. Between stolen glances, careful touches, and kisses Elliot chooses for himself, an unwanted bond becomes something neither man is ready to lose. But wanting an Alpha is one thing. Trusting him with the scars is another.

Tessa Ward only meant to rest for five minutes after an eighteen-hour shift. Instead, she wakes in Nico Bellini’s private bedroom, wearing his shirt, just as his grandmother and two guards walk in. When photographs of Tessa enter the wrong hands, Nico announces that she is his fiancée without asking her. By noon, Tessa has lost her job. By the next day, someone is using the supposed engagement to question her family’s connection to Harbor Light, a charitable fund tied to the Bellinis. Tessa refuses to let Nico’s protection become another decision made for her. Following the photographs, old account records, and the truth her mother kept hidden for twenty-seven years, she discovers that the fund’s secrets reach into the present. Nico can help her find the records. He cannot choose what she does with them—or whether she will ever trust him enough to stay.

Four weeks before her wedding, family-law attorney Emma Hart sees her fiancé kissing her younger sister outside a roadside motel. Instead of confronting them, she preserves the evidence, protects her assets, and waits. Then her sister takes the microphone at the wedding and announces that she is carrying the groom’s baby. But when Emma’s mother demands forgiveness, she awakens a twenty-two-year-old secret powerful enough to destroy far more than one marriage.