Short Reads

"My husband, who's a negotiation expert, allows his intern to recklessly anger some criminals. It causes me, the hostage, to suffer severe injuries ..."

"Braving a downpour, I delivered a lavish food order, anticipating the hefty commission and a $100 tip.Laughter suddenly echoed from the villa.Someo..."

""Ms. Summers, are you sure you want to terminate this pregnancy?"Solana Summers has been lost in thought, but the repeated questioning su..."

"I am a pureblood succubus. Every seven days, desire consumes me.Stuart Newlin always complained that I clung to him too much, that I distracted him..."

"Joel Gleason, my childhood sweetheart and fiancé, promised he'd marry no one but me. But then, to help Jenny Swisher, my adoptive sister, get throu..."

"I was the girl Ian Sutherland, the underworld boss himself, personally picked to be a shield for his beloved.By the third year of our marriage, I'd..."

"The wedding had reached the part where the groom kissed the bride.I closed my eyes and leaned in to kiss Stella Stafford, only to end up with a mou..."

"On the night before our engagement ceremony, Jeremiah Clarke's childhood sweetheart, Kylie Yates, used the opportunity to set an explosion in my ma..."

"On the day I attend the centennial celebration of my alma mater, I encounter my first love, Victor Whitmore. After he delivers a speech as an alumn..."

"My health was not good, but I had always wanted a child.My husband, citing concern for my health, avoided intimacy with me for a year.Then I stumbl..."

"Gabriel Black and I had grown up together as childhood sweethearts, and when we reached adulthood, our families arranged our engagement.From the da..."

"On the day we were supposed to get engaged, my fiancé, Marco, married the Don's daughter.My father was framed and thrown in jail. I needed five mil..."

"I was New York’s golden girl, the perfect princess. But for three years, I loved a monster, Don Damien Costello.I finally got the courage to propos..."

"Two weeks ago, my family and I went hiking and camping.When the storm hit and the mudslide erupted, my adopted sister shoved me into a ravine. My p..."

"Alpha Terrence and I had been pup-less mates for five years.But one day, Terrence had accidentally ingested wolfsbane, leading to a diagnosis of se..."

"I burned my painting right in front of the students and university staff.Thunderous applause filled the hall.Everyone thought it was some kind of p..."

"We’d been together for seven years, but during that entire time, my fiancée rejected the idea of getting married ninety-nine times, all because of ..."

"Drew Anderson's beloved stepsister, Lisa Anderson, severely injured a pack member with wolfsbane. Drew wanted me to take the fall.He said that as l..."

"Growing up, my mother always told me — choose your fated mate. Otherwise, you'll end up betrayed.But I was convinced Lennox was different.After all..."

"I've been in a secret marriage with my CEO husband, Mitchell Clayton. But Mitchell keeps making our son, Aster Clayton, call him "Uncle Mitch&..."

"They caught my fiancé with my sister on the night of our engagement party. Tangled in a private wine cellar.My family name was dragged through the ..."

"After three years of courtship, Noah Howell finally agrees to marry me.However, on the day of our marriage, he abandons me on the altar in pursuit ..."

"My husband secretly swapped the transplant recipient, giving the kidney that was meant for our daughter to the daughter of the woman he had always ..."

"After being reborn, I stopped preventing Rachel Jackson from having any contact with her childhood sweetheart, Logan Cole. She gave Logan all her s..."