She Wants A Child, He Wants Her Heart

Three days after her death, Dominic Sharp receives a call to identify her body. With an arm around another woman, he indifferently tells the caller he does not care and will only come once the cremation is complete. Her remains are eventually sent to the crematorium and placed in an urn. When the employee reaches out a second time, Dominic responds with visible irritation, finally agreeing to show up to collect the ashes of the woman he so coldly dismissed.

At six months pregnant, a woman faces an unexpected turning point in her marriage when her husband suddenly proposes a new routine. He insists on purchasing a prenatal Pilates membership for her, a gesture that seems simple on the surface but carries deeper implications for their relationship. This modern romance novel explores the subtle shifts, unspoken tensions, and domestic dynamics that emerge from a single, seemingly thoughtful suggestion during a crucial stage of her pregnancy.

To all of Manhattan, Aria is merely the neglected wife of real estate tycoon Ryker Blackwood. While he parades his mistresses in public, she is left with a humiliating label. But when Ryker openly demands an open marriage and his latest scandal goes viral, Aria refuses to suffer in silence. Retreating to her art studio, she stages a provocative, simulated scene of passion. Sending the anonymous photo directly to her husband, she delivers a warning: value what he has before someone else takes it.

On his wedding day, the narrator watches his fiancée, Sabina Delgado, ruin their future. She confesses to assaulting her student, Eustace, solely to shield the young man from his family's harsh demands. Proposing a preposterous three-year fake marriage to the student, Sabina expects her fiancé to clean up her academic scandal and patiently wait for her return. Instead of playing the fool, he discards her wedding veil onto a stray dog, walking away from her manipulation forever.

Following her father’s death, a woman decides to end her marriage to Captain Marcus Hale and retreat to Pine Ridge Village. She deceptively secures his signature on divorce papers before resigning from her post at Fort Haven. During a final dinner with friends, Marcus criticizes her for cooking a meal his childhood sweetheart, Julia, dislikes. Unfazed, she toasts to her rival and severs their bond. Weeks later, Marcus returns from a mission, finally realizing the weight of what he lost.

When her husband misses Thanksgiving for a business trip, Ari takes their son to her in-laws' countryside home. However, a sudden complaint from a neighbor about spicy cooking smells coming from her apartment sparks immediate suspicion. Her husband is deathly allergic to chili, yet he claims to be home alone preparing a meal. Disturbed by his suspicious explanation and casual lies, Ari decides to cut her trip short. She drives home in the night to uncover what is really in her kitchen.