Taking Back What's Mine

A flooded Maine beach house forces me into a sixty-day cohabitation with Nathan, my ex-husband. As our current partners watch closely, the space we share begins to expose the painful history of our failed marriage, including the tragic night we lost our baby. Surrounded by unresolved memories and a sealed hospital report, our carefully constructed lies unravel. To move forward, I must decide between the man who desires me and the one who can truly endure the pain of staying.

Jared Pierce, the feared leader of Oceanton, was known for his obsessive love. Yet, on the eve of their wedding, he disappears, returning only to confess he slept with another woman named Melody to save her life. Despite his dramatic displays of guilt, Jared continues his affair immediately after the ceremony. Heartbroken, the protagonist invokes a mysterious system to exit this reality. She now has seven days remaining before the world erases every trace of her life and memory.

In Till the Flower Blooms, Cassiopeia Hepburn discovers a horrifying betrayal by her billionaire husband, Lucas Cadell. To save his illegitimate son Liam from kidney failure, Lucas forces their five-year-old daughter, Anya, into surgery without Cassiopeia's consent. Rushing to the hospital, Cassiopeia finds the operation already underway. As Lucas restrains her, claiming this sacrifice is the only way to save Liam, Cassiopeia realizes the man she once loved has become a total stranger.

When Adam Sanchez slides a custom ring onto her finger, it is not a promise of devotion, but a devastating insult. Cruelly comparing her to her mother, Adam demands she accept a life hidden in the shadows as his secret lover. He plans to marry his beautiful new secretary, expecting his partner to willingly play the mistress. Shattered by his cold-hearted proposal, she faces a defining choice: accept the degrading role he has carved out for her, or walk away from the man she loved.

Aleena Caruso is a tech prodigy and reluctant heir to the Caruso Mafia Empire. Her only goals are protecting her younger sister Eleanor from the brutal underworld and building a tech company far from her family's blood-soaked legacy. She hates her father, the mafia, and falling in love. When her father arranges her marriage to Nico Bellini, heir to a rival mafia dynasty, Aleena sees it as a cold business merger. To prevent her escape, she is assigned a bodyguard: Zane Caldwell, a haunted ex-military officer whose piercing gaze unsettles her. Aleena plans to play along until Eleanor finishes school, then vanish. But Nico and Zane are secretly falling for her, and neither intends to let her go. She swore never to love—but in this dangerous world, love may be the deadliest trap of all.

On the night I suffered from a high fever, my boyfriend chose to leave me alone to comfort his first love instead. This heartbreaking abandonment shattered my trust and forced me to confront the painful reality of our relationship. As I struggled with illness and emotional betrayal, I realized that I was never his priority. Now, I must find the strength to walk away from his neglect and reclaim my own life, leaving behind a man who could never truly put me first.