

Just a month before her wedding to Nathan Gray, Zoey Miller insists on having a child with her mentor's son to honor a dying wish. Disillusioned by their one-sided relationship, Nathan finally decides to move on—only to receive an unexpected call from his childhood friend.

Just a month before her wedding to Nathan Gray, Zoey Miller insists on having a child with her mentor's son to honor a dying wish. Disillusioned by their one-sided relationship, Nathan finally decides to move on—only to receive an unexpected call from his childhood friend.

When my parents divorced, their lawyers drafted a custody agreement. My sister and I would live with separate parents, then switch homes at the start of every school year. The handoff happened every August at La Serata, the Moretti family's restaurant. Every year, my parents fought over who got more time with Sofia. "Come to St. Barts with me for Thanksgiving," Mom coaxed. Dad's face hardened. "Sofia is with me this year. She spends the holidays with me." Mom pulled up her calendar. "You dumped her on me for nineteen extra days last year. I get those days back. Every single one." "Two of those days were school overnights. They don't count." Sofia rested her chin on one hand and gave them the helpless smile of a princess burdened by too much devotion. "If only there were two of me." Half an hour later, my parents compromised by booking the trip together. Only then did Sofia glance my way. "What about Emilia?" Dad picked up his water and looked past me. "She's not my responsibility this year." Mom finally met my eyes. "The hotel group closes an acquisition next month. I don't have time for this. St. Gabriel still has rooms in the senior dorm. You'll board there." They had just counted every hour Sofia had spent away from them. When it came to me, they could hand off an entire year without blinking. Under the table, I smoothed the napkin I had crushed in my fist. My phone lit up. [Ms. Harper: Your record puts several top East Coast schools within reach. Westbridge Institute's research scholarship would also be a great fit. Which one is your first choice?] I looked at California on the other side of the map and typed my answer. [Westbridge.] Three thousand miles ought to be far enough to leave my family for good.

"Mia gave up her birthright as the Alpha King's only daughter to run away with Leo, hiding her true identity for seven years. She bore him a son, Cayden, and waited faithfully while he chased power instead. When Leo inherits his brother's title—and his brother's widow, Jasmin—he promises Mia they'll finally be marked as mates once Jasmin bears an heir. Instead, he spends nearly every night in Jasmin's bed, feeding Mia empty comfort while planning to publicly claim Jasmin as his Luna. On what should have been their son's birthday, Mia and Cayden are humiliated, beaten, and cast aside in front of the entire pack. That night, Mia burns every memory of Leo and disappears—taking their son back to the one place she never should have left: Windmere, where she is the rightful heir to the throne. Now the hunted becomes the hunter. When Leo finally finds her again, she's no longer the girl who ran away for love—she's the future Alpha Queen who will make him kneel for everything he threw away."

When the truth was revealed that Charice was not the biological daughter of the Larson family, James Larson found her biological parents and insisted on sending her back to avoid spending money raising her. The Larsons mistakenly thought that Charice’s biological parents were from the countryside and hinted to her not to ever come back, for fear that she would return asking for money in the future.

Six years ago, blindfolded Haley was bedded by Mafia boss Lester. Now ruined by her cheating husband Bill, she signs a healing marriage contract with Lester. Finding out Lester's daughter is her lost newborn secretly sold by Bill, Haley starts a thrilling new life -- slapping down the toxic exes while falling deeply in love with Lester.

Seren Voss is the heiress to the Voss Group. Her husband, Torin, is a high-profile lawyer. Time and again, he puts the widow and son of his fallen best friend before his own wife and daughter, leaving them to suffer. After enduring enough, Seren takes their daughter, Lila, who has suffered severe emotional trauma, and flees Oak Valley. Even when Torin finally realizes his mistakes and does everything he can to make amends, Seren and Lila refuse to look back. They leave their painful past behind and start a new life together in Seattle.

On the very day Jake Stone, a coal miner, is caught in a tragic mining accident, his wife, Hannah Zahn, is out celebrating their daughter’s birthday—with another man, Fred Parker. The cruelest blow comes when Jake learns of his daughter’s birthday wish: that he would disappear forever.

Gravely ill, Mia Terra longs to spend her remaining days with her father and lifelong hero, Colonel Finn Terra. Yet Finn devotes his time to his first love, Julia Holt, and her daughter, Gwen. Unable to bear the neglect, Mia's mother, Liana Rowe, tries to confront him—only to be interfered with by Gwen, leaving Mia to die in regret. When Finn finally learns the truth, it's already too late for regrets.

As Don's mysterious heiress, Loretta is stepping out of shadows after she's had enough of humiliation from her father's mistress. The moment her true identity is revealed, she'll expose the traitors and corruption within the mafia house, and make everyone who crossed her family pay.