For five years, I loved Julian Mercer. I answered every call, endured every humiliation, and convinced myself that one day, he would finally choose me. Then, at his birthday party, I heard him laugh. “He's not my boyfriend. I only invited him to serve drinks.” When I asked if he'd ever loved me, his answer was simple. “No.” That was the night I discovered something far worse than his rejection. I was trapped inside a toxic romance novel—one where I was destined to suffer for a hundred chapters before forgiving the man who destroyed me. So I decided to rewrite the ending. I disappeared. And when the world believed I was dead, I woke up in the care of Adrian Sterling—Crown City's coldest billionaire and Julian's most powerful rival. Adrian gave me everything Julian never had: patience, tenderness, and the freedom to choose. Then he confessed a secret. He'd been in love with me for six years. But just when I finally began falling for someone new, Julian discovered I was alive. And the man who never wanted me suddenly refused to let me go. This time, however, I wasn't waiting to be chosen. **I'd already chosen someone else.**

For seven years, Elliot loved billionaire CEO Adrian Sterling, only to discover he was nothing more than a substitute for Adrian's first love. Heartbroken, Elliot finally walks away—and finds comfort in the arms of Julian Bennett, the brilliant mathematician who never forgot him. But when Adrian realizes what he's lost, he refuses to let Elliot go. Now, caught between a possessive ex and a first love who never stopped waiting, Elliot must decide who truly deserves his heart.

Mason Carter has the perfect roommate. Adrian Bennett cooks his meals, reminds him to eat something other than instant noodles, and somehow puts up with his terrible sleeping habits. They bicker over groceries, steal each other's clothes, and spend most evenings together on the couch. They're practically an old married couple. At least, that's what Mason likes to joke. Then Adrian drops a bombshell: he's gay, his ex-boyfriend is getting married, and he needs Mason to pretend to be his boyfriend at the wedding. Easy enough, right? Except one fake kiss turns out to be a little too convincing. Suddenly, Mason can't stop noticing Adrian's lips, his hands, or the way his heart races whenever they get too close. And when Adrian finally gets tired of waiting for something that may never happen, he starts pulling away. No more late-night meals together. No more falling asleep on the same couch. And worst of all? Adrian starts dating someone else. Mason insists he's not jealous. He's straight, after all. So why does watching another man make Adrian smile feel like losing the one person who has always been his home?

Betrayed by her fiancé and her best friend, Nora Ellis escapes into a stranger’s hotel room—and finds shelter in the arms of a powerful Alpha. One unforgettable night leaves her carrying his child. But the enemies hunting her want more than her inheritance. Her blood can unlock her family’s hidden sanctuary, and they will stop at nothing to possess it. Forced to flee a hospital after giving birth, Nora returns to find her newborn daughter gone. For four years, she searches. A new lead brings her to the Silvermoon Pack, where she becomes nanny to Alpha Ronan Vale’s little girl. Maisie adores her, her sleeping wolf stirs whenever Ronan draws close, and the house begins to feel dangerously like home. Nora doesn’t know that the child curling up in her lap is the daughter she lost—or that her father is the man she has never forgotten.

I Chose the Dragon They Told Me to Fear On her wedding day, Elara Ashford discovers that her fiancé never intended to make her his wife. He intends to make her a sacrifice. Beneath the altar waits Ronan Blackthorn, the chained Dragon King whose stolen power sustains the queen’s rule. Elara’s blood will finish what years of torture could not—unless she makes a different choice. She steals a knife, opens his chains, and asks him to take her out alive. His price is a marriage oath. Now Elara shares a castle with a dangerous husband whose sharp tongue hides wounds he refuses to discuss. His people distrust her. Her former fiancé wants her back. And every unexpected kindness makes their practical arrangement harder to keep practical. She married him because she wanted to survive. Falling in love with him will give her something far more frightening to lose.

Peter Hayes thought Graham Schroeder was the perfect roommate: immaculate suits, sharp wit, expensive taste—and absolutely no romantic potential. They were both bottoms. They had decided that made them safe. For three years, they shared coffee, borrowed clothes, and dismissed every almost-kiss as a joke. Then an ill-advised confession changed everything. Now Graham wants Peter close, but refuses to call it love. He offers tenderness in private, then takes it back by morning. And when Peter discovers a side of Graham reserved for another man, their carefully maintained arrangement begins to unravel. Peter wants more than stolen moments. Graham would rather lose control of anything than admit who already has his heart. They built a home around the promise that they would never fall in love. Neither knows what to do now that the promise is broken.

For four years, Emma Hayes has survived by hiding the name she was born with—and the truth about her parents’ deaths. One night with Alessandro Vitali was supposed to be the exception. No past. No explanations. No morning after. Six weeks later, she’s pregnant. Then the mafia heir appears at her door, discovers the baby, and produces a photograph someone took of her without her knowledge. On the back are four words: Ask her real name. Alessandro offers protection, but trusting him means stepping into the world she’s spent years avoiding. And as their attraction becomes something neither can walk away from, Emma discovers a connection between their families that could destroy them both. She’s carrying his child. But can she trust him with the truth?

Valeria Gómez takes a cleaning job at the Ríos estate to help pay for her brother’s heart surgery. She’s warned to keep her head down—and stay away from the boss’s four-year-old son. But when Mateo lashes out, Valeria notices something everyone else has missed. He keeps looking past her, toward a closed door. She kneels. She waits. And the boy who won’t let anyone touch him reaches for her. His powerful father, Alejandro, wants her to stay. As Valeria grows closer to them both, she discovers that Mateo’s fear has a source much closer to home than anyone suspects. Then the little boy finally speaks—and asks her to protect him from someone his father trusts.

Damian Costa trusts cameras, background checks, and the kind of money that makes problems disappear. Then Tessa Miller walks into his mother’s bedroom—and stays when everyone else wants to leave. She’s a maid with worn-out sneakers, crushing debt, and a sharp tongue she usually remembers to control. For nine days, Damian watches her through a security camera, searching for the price behind her kindness. When Tessa discovers what he’s done, he offers to pay every dollar she owes. She tells him no. Now the most feared man in the city wants more than her company. He wants her laughter, her kisses, and a place in the life she guards so fiercely. But the closer he gets, the harder it becomes to resist making decisions for her—and one act of protection could cost him the woman he’s falling for.

Matteo Caruso can silence a boardroom with a glance. Then a six-year-old girl walks into his Manhattan tower, clutching a battered teddy bear, and stops him with one accusation. “You’re my daddy. And you let my mommy go hungry.” Sophie has his eyes. Her mother has the name he has spent years trying to forget. Elena Voss. Matteo believed she walked away. Elena has an old phone full of unanswered calls—and a cruel message sent from his number. He never wrote it. Now a little girl is testing whether he knows how to be a father, and the woman he still loves is struggling to believe he ever wanted them. But someone inside the Caruso family kept them apart. And Elena’s name was in the family archives thirty years before Sophie came looking for him.