Breaking the Ice

Spending eight years with Terence Barnes taught me a harsh truth: I would always play second fiddle to Pearlie Ballar, the girl he constantly indulged. One word from her could instantly shatter my composed fiancé's focus. After he abandoned me for her for the ninth time, I reached my breaking point. I discarded my wedding ring and walked away for good. Now, Terence is finally panicking, completely blindsided by my sudden departure and my refusal to keep enduring his neglect.

For years, Elena lived as a mere extension of Elijah’s elite world, a quiet shadow trailing behind his billionaire brilliance. Their marriage was a gilded cage built on duty rather than desire. When a sudden realization shatters her complacency, Elena decides to reclaim her identity. She walks away from the luxury and the man she once adored to find herself. Now, Elijah must face the void she left behind and decide if he will let her go or finally truly see her.

After refusing to drive Mason, a student sponsored by his wife Abigail, the protagonist is drugged and kidnapped. He awakens on a desolate highway, the victim of a calculated revenge plot. Abigail and Mason livestream his struggle to a global audience, treating his survival as a twisted betting game. Instead of breaking, he stares into the camera and demands they return. This young-adult action story follows a husband fighting to reclaim his life from a spouse who turned his existence into a viral spectacle.

After three years of a seemingly perfect marriage, Clara discovers a hidden phone that shatters her world. The device reveals her husband, Mark, is leading a double life filled with lies and another woman. As Clara digs deeper into his secrets, she uncovers a web of financial fraud and betrayal that threatens her safety. Caught between heartbreak and the need for justice, she must outsmart a man she no longer recognizes to reclaim her future.

After three years of quiet matrimony, a fierce confrontation shatters the union between Marvin Bogart and his wife. Consumed by rage, Marvin brands her a lunatic and casts her out, tossing her possessions into the cold. When she asks if he will ever regret her absence, his cruel parting shot is that only ghosts will miss her. She accepts this harsh truth with a quiet, tragic smile. Marvin has no clue how literal his words are, or that her terminal fate will soon make her one of those very spirits.

Days before her wedding, Kristine’s mother is lured abroad, only to return as a lifeless body with missing organs. Desperate for justice, Kristine turns to the police, but her billionaire fiancé, Nathan Cole, callously shuts her down. To protect Shakira, whose recruitment agency facilitated the trip, Nathan blames the victim's greed and tosses Kristine a blank check to buy her silence. Facing his chilling indifference, Kristine must decide if her impending marriage is worth the ultimate betrayal.