But all that changed when Geoffrey's business went under. Now penniless and homeless, Geoffrey is living with his recently widowed mother, whilst Olivia has been forced to work as a housemistress at her son's elite boarding school.With their marriage under intolerable strain, Geoffrey makes a mistake - one that has devastating consequences for the guilty and innocent alike . . . 'A moving and engaging debut novel . . . shortens the dark nights' Santa Montefiore, on Learning to Speak American 'A heartrending story, well-told, about coping with unimaginable loss. Dartford evokes strong, sympathetic characters while writing fluently and from the heart. I raced through it.' Hilary Boyd, on Learning to Speak American

     Laurel thought life had dealt her its worst blow when her marriage fell apart. For almost a year, she worked to put herself back together. These efforts culminated in a new job in a new place. Away from all the reminders of pain and humiliation, she can begin again. But what if her attempt to escape doesn't take her away from Colton, but brings her to him instead? Colton is reaping the sorrow and misery he deserves. For the worst of reasons, he hurt the woman he loves. Laurel's heart won't heal easily or ever without God's help. Will she give him the chance to regain her trust? Or will he be forced to live the rest of his life alone?

    She was his first love, his soulmate, the woman he adored. Amy Brown had loved Elijah Cooper since they’d been teenagers He was her first and the last man she’d ever love. One night changed everything. A night where they would both lose the most precious thing to them – each other. Five years later and they had both moved on with separate lives. Five years later and everything had changed but was still the same. This is a story of young love, heartbreak, and maybe second chances, if only they would trust their hearts

    It’s a story of imperfections and frustrations. A story that’s rarely told but often lived. A sometimes unpretty story, but then real stories normally are... Away from all that they know, all that brought them together, Darlene and Reid find the only troubles their marriage has ever faced in their new home of Chicago. They find a test of loyalties, of strength, of love, when all that they expected to find was their happy ever after.Where Reid finds their new life a breeze, Darlene finds it a storm. Reid powers ahead in his new publishing job, reveling in his success while he fails at home. Darlene is jobless, friendless, and increasingly Reid-less; trapped in a perpetual winter when all she craves is the warmth she’s grown accustomed to.She finds comfort in music that has been such a huge part of her life, eventually performing at a local bar and striking up a friendship with its owner. That friendship threatens to expand into something more when everything Darlene is lacking in their marriage is offered to her in the form of the irresistible Blue. Will she deny the consequences and accept him? Or will Reid fight the odds and find a way to recharge their relationship?Happy ever afters are for fairytales...

     He must have just moved in, even though I never saw the moving truck. He's just as arrogant as I remember, mowing the lawn without a shirt and grinning like an idiot. When he catches me staring at him through the window, he winks. So cocky. He flirts with me like he never broke my heart. And then he tells me something that I just can't believe. We're married.

    But he's not sitting at his desk...he's leaning over it, and he's about to kiss the fiery redhead who's spread out underneath him... Six years and a college degree later, she's back working at the same legal firm she left under such miserable circumstances. Only now, she's returned as Blake Callaghan's legal equal, not as his secretary. Blake can't believe she's back...she's just as gorgeous as he remembers her but she's an ice-queen, refusing to talk about their past. They are thrown together on a tragic custody case and it's all a bit too close to the bone for Kristin. She knows she has to reveal the secret she's held for six years...but is terrified of how he will react. A heartfelt, second-chance romance set in New Zealand, Blake & Kristin's story will touch your heart. 'Blake's Mistake' is low-steam with a HEA and no cheating. Darcy Andrews writes classic second chance romance stories set in her beautiful country. She writes satisfying, relatable characters and always ensures there's plenty of drama and angst to keep you reading to the last page... 'Blake's Mistake' is the third book in the Second Chance Series.

    . . well, you get the point.I did not cheat on my wife. I’m not that guy.The media and the angry jury of keyboard warriors have already decided that I did.I’ll be damned if I let the outside world ruin my marriage.But is it already too late?No, I’m going to sacrifice whatever it takes for the woman I love.We broke each other, but I’m going to make it right . . . we’ll return to us.

    She had tried desperately to turn herself into the perfect wife for his infrequent visits, but no more! She was through trying to become someone she wasn’t. And she was finished reading about his mistresses in the tabloids. She’d had enough! So why did her heart race when he walked through the door? And how did she end up in his bed? Damon Galanos had been forced to marry Sasha to retain ownership of his ancestral home, but he never intending to stay married to the innocent girl. However, after destroying her grandfather for his blackmail, Damon found that he couldn’t get Sasha out of his mind. So he returned to his “wife”, realizing she had become a beautiful woman – one he planned to explore further. Imagine his surprise when his docile wife demanded a divorce!

    Our hearts broken... Our souls torn to pieces...He was my world, my whole life. My reason for breathing. I had a perfect marriage, a baby on the way, and I felt fulfilled—almost invincible. Until the day life hit, leaving me broken, vulnerable, and alone.She was my life. My ray of hope on the cloudiest day. With her, I thought I had the ultimate safety. A love that would never hurt or betray me. I gave her my heart, my body, and my soul. Until she broke me, destroying every dream and illusion I had about life, love, and marriage.In our grief, we made a mistake. A mistake I'm not sure we can come back from.

    For me, it was in the soul-searing golden eyes of a magnanimous CEO. It all started when I decided to go back to work. After putting my career on hold, I told my husband I wanted to reclaim the woman I once was. My intentions were pure, and my heart belonged to my husband. Then, I met him. Alexander Asher is arrogant. Rude and dismissive, he got under my skin. I absolutely hated working for the Manhattan playboy and heir to his family’s fortune. Then, a misunderstanding led to friendship, the friendship became fierce, and soon I found myself questioning Asher’s motives … and my own.I shouldn’t feel this way. I fought the temptation until a dark secret had me rethinking everything, especially what I once thought was perfect. Two men are devastatingly broken by my actions—and I can only fix one. When I make my choice, will he even want me after all that’s happened? ******Pure Abandon is a STANDALONE novel in the Abandon Collection and a USA Today Smashwords Hitlist Bestseller!The Abandon Collection is a series of standalone novels featuring dynamic heroines who have to abandon their reality in order to discover themselves . . . and love along the way. Each book features a new couple, an exciting city, and a rose of a different color.

    Carousing. Flirting. Charlotte, Duchess of Rutherford, will do anything to create a scandal large enough to force her husband to finally petition for a divorce. Once madly in love with Philip, she is now determined to escape from their less than civil marriage and the reminders of his betrayal.Until he stole her away...Philip Burgess, Duke of Rutherford, is not a man to tolerate regrets. He wed Charlotte for revenge, not for love or convenience, knowing she would come to hate him. But he never expected he would one day find himself craving her attention or desiring her company.And gave her something more...Philip is no longer the cold, deceitful man she married years ago. And when he promises Charlotte a divorce if she will help him become a better husband for another woman, she wonders if she truly wants to lose him— and if Philip may still possess her heart after all.

    I couldn’t escape him. I didn’t want to. I was his. He was mine. But he wasn’t my husband. My once treasured marriage was now flawed and imperfect. By the time the guilt set in, it was too late. Reality was trying to keep me away from my obsession. My husband was that reality. My obsession was West. But West was forbidden. Taken. Married. We were swingers. It was the perfect arrangement. Until I fell in love… With West.

    When the most difficult decision of Laurie Baker’s life needed to be made, she took off for a weekend alone to weigh her pros and cons and consider all her options.What she didn’t expect was to run face first into one more complication her life didn’t need.Distracting, sexy, and British, Liam Parker offered Laurie exactly what she needed when she was desperate for attention.One night of pleasure.She wanted it.She craved it.She took it.And when the sunlight dawned and the lusty haze of one night of passion disappeared and reality revealed itself…Laurie returned home knowing that everything she had once believed, everything she had once loved and desired, was about to be tossed upside down and shaken in a way she could never imagine.

    The first time was when the love of my life stole my heart and then broke it into a million pieces. Brian Callahan. I’ve never been able to get over how deeply that hurt, that feeling of betrayal mixed with anger and unending heartbreak. The second time was over twenty-seven years later when someone kidnapped the person who meant the most to me…my daughter. I was getting these texts on my phone and pictures of her, threats of what they’d do if I didn’t follow their instructions. Their instructions wanted me to go back into my past, to the darkest moments of my life, and revive them. They wanted me to look up the man who crushed my heart under his heel like it didn’t matter and help them…destroy him. Brian I may be a billionaire CEO of a successful conglomeration of businesses, but I’m not a good guy. I have a dark past, which leaks into my present more times than I care to admit. When I met Cassidy twenty-seven years ago, it was love at first sight. Cassidy and I shared our hopes and dreams with each other. I promised her the moon…and then I let it all come crashing down on her. I’ve thought about her more than I should have over the years, but when she showed up in my life by chance, I knew that this time I couldn’t let her go. Note: Brian is the first book in The Callahans series. It can be read as a standalone romance. My second box-set is included as a bonus :)

    They are in love, with each other, and their two children. They’ve spent their entire adult life together, happy in the small southern California beach town they call home; until one day Ben comes home and tells Grace he’s leaving. Now Grace is left wondering what happened to her life, to her home, and when exactly did things start to go so wrong. To find out, she turns to the place she didn’t even realize she was missing, the place she grew up, and the place she still considers home. With the help of her family and friends and the ocean, Grace begins to rebuild her life and remind herself where it is she truly wants to be…and, whether or not that life includes her husband. Locked In is a story about love and forgiveness, about riding the waves of life, and it is about how we continually reshape ourselves but never really feel grown up.