

After being brutally murdered—her body dismembered and scattered—Bella's soul returns home on Christmas Eve. There, she finds her biological parents, Paul and Evelyn, doting on her adopted sister, Anna, while remaining cold and indifferent toward her, completely unaware that their own daughter is already dead. When Bella's body is discovered, Evelyn, a forensic examiner, and Paul, the police chief, lead the investigation—yet fail to recognize the victim as their own child

Sophie, a hardworking but overlooked Common-Blood vampire, dies alone in the basement of her family’s mansion on the very day she is supposed to receive the Coven’s Distinguished Service Award. While her parents, brother Conner, blood-bond mate Ryan, and favored Pure-White-Blood sister Ella celebrate Ella’s college graduation upstairs, Sophie is attacked by three rogue vampires. She is drained, violated, and left with a fatal head wound. Her desperate phone calls for help are dismissed as “tantrums.” Her family continues to treat her absence as attention-seeking. They decide to “teach her a lesson,” give her closet space to Ella, and only grow concerned when a holy-silver gift (stolen by Ella) burns Ella’s hand.

When Sean Leed was young, his father was killed by Ben Leed, together with Alex Ford and Eve Todd of the Sky Sect. Determined to avenge his father, Sean secretly trains in martial arts. During this time, his sister is forced into marriage. Just as things are about to spiral out of control, Sean rescues her and avenges his father, making Ben, Alex, and Eve pay the price.

I died on the day I was supposed to receive the Pack’s Distinguished Service Award. Three hours after I died, my parents, my brother, and my mate were just wrapping up the graduation party they’d thrown for my sister. While my sister, Ella, was posting a cozy family photo on Instagram, I was locked in our basement, using my tongue to swipe on my phone and call for help. The only person who answered was my mate, Ryan. All he said was, "Sophie, cut the drama. Ella's graduation party is important. Enough with the tantrums!" This was the ninety-ninth time they had let me down. And the last. I lay in a pool of my own blood, my lungs still. They thought I was just throwing a fit, hiding somewhere. That if they taught me a lesson, I’d come crawling back. But they didn't know. I was home the whole time. I was already dead.

As Anne Smith stands in the spotlight receiving her medal, she declares her love—not for her husband, Noah Jones, but for Dr. Mason Quinn. At that moment, Noah lies on his deathbed, crushed by twenty years of silent sacrifice. No gratitude from Anne—only their daughter's cold disdain sealing his heartbreak... But when he opens his eyes again, it's the eve of Anne's departure. This time, Noah chooses to live for himself.

When Lily and her doctor meet in private to discuss a the results of a cancer screening, her husband Mason accidentally overhears. Believing that Lily has cancer, he divorces her, kicks her out of their house, and shacks up with her best friend—all so he can cut her loose before she can drag him down. Just as Lily is left with nothing, she meets Adam: a billionaire CEO who needs a fake relationship to appease his nagging grandfather. Lily and Adam move in together, even as Mason mocks Lily for being on death's door. But what Mason doesn't know is that Lily isn't the one with late-stage cancer—he is!

On my birthday, one of my husband’s subordinates leaned close to him and whispered in Russian, “Sasha has a surprise prepared for you tonight.” My husband smiled at me as he finished cutting my cake. Then, in the same language, he replied, “She has quite a few tricks in bed. I’ll see her later. “Just don’t let Madam find out, or I’m afraid I’ll get thrown out.” Everyone around laughed and assured keep it quiet. None of them knew that I’d been fluent in multiple languages since I was a child. What they also didn’t know was that I’d found the hidden phone he kept in the false drawer, where all the filthy videos of him and Sasha were saved. I didn’t confront him. Instead, I contacted a few remaining connections in the Vegas and had them prepare a new identity for me. In three days, Claire Vega would no longer exist, and he would never have me again.

Irene, adopted daughter of the Holy Radiance Court, was rescued from the ruins and cherished as a princess for eighteen years. The day the "real" princess Vivian returned, she lost everything: her title, her room, her family's love, and even Luna, the unicorn who was her last companion, murdered by the impostor's schemes. What no one knows is that with the giants' wrath about to consume the kingdom, the girl they all curse as a traitor is the very volunteer who walked onto the sacrificial altar. She gave her own eyes to her paralyzed sister, endured the covenant brand devouring her body, and went alone to her death on the night of her coming-of-age ceremony, leaving only four words behind: eighteen years, we're even. As the Eternal Flame swallows her fragile figure, her family finally tears the city apart searching for her. Only after her death do they begin to love her — but a shattered heart can never be pieced back together.

From a young age,Greta was abandoned and forced to survive on her own. In her quest to claim her adoptive father's unpaid wages, she encountered ridicule and Mistreatment at the hands of the Walker family. Unbeknownst to the Walkers, they had been tirelessly searching for a family named Clara, not realizing that Greta, the very individual they had been disparaging, was Clara all along..

Josh Dugan and Vivian Zahn’s seven-year marriage is threatened by a dangerous stalker, Mark Loeb, whose obsessive advances ultimately lead to the deaths of Josh’s parents. Vivian vows never to betray Josh again. However, when Josh later sees Vivian secretly stuffing a scarf that Mark gave her into her pocket, his last shred of hope is shattered. With the help of his old flame, Gwen Larson, he decides to walk away from Vivian for good.