He called me ‘marriage material’—but not worth loving. On the eve of our wedding, I discovered Mason’s spreadsheet: every woman ranked, every feeling reduced to a checklist, and my own column stamped ‘suitable for marriage.’ His heart still belonged to Jordan, the wild first love he’d never dare choose. My world collapsed, but instead of breaking, I ran—straight into the life I’d buried, the mother I’d lost, and the courage I thought I’d forgotten. As family secrets and old wounds ignite a public showdown, I must decide: will I keep living for someone else’s rules, or finally claim my own story? If you were chosen for convenience, can you ever become someone’s first choice—or is the bravest thing to walk away?
Derek thought leaving Rachel was the only way to heal after years of loving a girl who could never let go of her first love. But when fate throws them together at their high school reunion, old wounds rip open and forbidden feelings burn hotter than ever. Now Derek must choose between the future he promised and the girl who always haunted his past—before everything explodes.
Melissa’s only comfort—her empathy doll—goes missing, stolen by her childhood nemesis Derek, reopening old wounds and forbidden desires. As their tangled past resurfaces, Melissa is forced to confront betrayal, family ruin, and a love she’s tried to bury. But when secrets and shame push her to the edge, one violent act will change everything forever.
Sometimes family is the cage you have to escape to find your wings. Mariah grew up in a house where love was rationed, dreams were discouraged, and every small hope felt like rebellion. Marked as unlucky from birth, she learned to survive on scraps of affection—until one quiet act of defiance from her stepbrother gave her the courage to fight for more. Through heartbreak, betrayal, and a fleeting first love, Mariah battles for her right to an education, a future, and a happiness she’s never known. Every time the world tries to drag her down, she claws her way up—until she’s finally forced to choose: forgive the past or claim her own destiny. Can a girl born in the mud ever shine like a pearl, or is she fated to be trampled forever?
Natalie thought her past with Derek Shaw was dead and buried—until her ex-husband’s crimes drag her back into the heart of danger, and her first love is the one putting her in cuffs. Torn between old wounds and new betrayals, she faces a web of obsession, revenge, and a love that refuses to die. Will she escape the shadows of her past, or be destroyed by them for good?
Natalie thought her love for Derek would last forever, until his childhood best friend Hailey shattered everything. Now, caught between past betrayals and old flames, Natalie must decide if holding on will destroy her—or if letting go is the only way to save herself. Will she finally break free, or will the ghosts of first love pull her under?
A woman’s chance discovery of a long-lost love note leads her on a journey of reconnection, healing, and justice as she reunites with her first love, confronts her past, and finds the courage to embrace a future built on trust and devotion.
A young woman quietly comes to terms with the end of a long, tangled love, finding freedom and self-acceptance as she finally lets go of her first love and the shadows of her past.
Sent to wed an enemy leader at fifteen, Natalie returns five years later to find a stand-in living her life—her parents stolen, her future hijacked, and her first love in someone else’s arms. Poisoned, betrayed, and reborn in a time loop, she seizes power in a cutthroat capital, determined to expose the impostor who tried to erase her. If she plays her cards right, she’ll rewrite the past—and make everyone who used her choke on their own lies.