His Heart Was Never Mine

Everyone in Maple Heights knew Caleb Hart never kept a girl for long—and I was no exception. I thought I was different, until I learned I was just a stand-in for his first love, the girl he never let go. When she returns, I have to decide: stay and be second best, or walk away before I lose myself completely.

To save his disgraced family, Caleb Lin marries me—a nobody with nothing but callused hands and a borrowed name. For three years, I played the loyal wife while he pined for his childhood sweetheart, Grace. Now that his father's name is cleared, all that's left is a divorce agreement and a heart that never truly belonged to me.

Anna spent five years married to Derek, sacrificing everything while he devoted himself to another woman. Now, with freedom finally within reach, Anna must decide if she can truly let go—or if Derek’s latest betrayal will shatter her once and for all. Torn between longing for home and the sting of old wounds, Anna faces a final, gut-wrenching choice.

Emma survived a brutal group home and devoted her life to caring for the silent, troubled Nathan Miller—only to be betrayed and discarded when he finally speaks. As love and resentment tangle, Emma faces lies, humiliation, and a choice that could break her heart forever. Will she risk everything for the boy who destroyed her trust, or walk away for good?

Alex finally wins the campus ice queen—only to discover, in bed, that her body and soul are locked for someone else. As cruel online rumors swirl and her true feelings for her childhood protector ignite, Alex is forced to play the villain in a love story he can never win. When betrayal, heartbreak, and desire collide on one stormy night, he must decide: fight for a girl who was never his, or walk away shattered forever.

Natalie knows she’s just a side character destined to lose everything—the boy she loves, her family’s future, even her own dignity. To protect Caleb from a fate worse than heartbreak, she stages a brutal betrayal, forcing him to hate her before destiny tears them apart. But every lie she tells cuts deeper than the truth, and no one can ever know the real reason she let him go.

For seven years, Natalie loved Caleb—a brilliant, deaf scholarship boy who always kept her at arm’s length, no matter how hard she tried to bridge the silence. Humiliated at reunions, left out of weddings, and ignored by the man she thought was her forever, Natalie discovers the ring he never gave her and the secret he always hid: he was never sure he deserved her love. Now, standing on the edge of heartbreak, Natalie must decide if love can survive when the words are never spoken.

First love isn’t always a fairytale—sometimes, it’s the storm that ruins everything. I was supposed to go to Stanford with Autumn Reyes; we were childhood sweethearts, inseparable, until the day she chose the school’s new heartthrob and left me in the shadows. Her wild love story with Mason burned through our town, leaving rumors, heartbreak, and broken promises in its wake. I tried to save her—tried to save us—but my loyalty only led to betrayal. When Autumn’s trust shattered and my dreams were locked away, I was left with a question I can’t stop asking: how do you forgive the person who turned your first love into your deepest wound?

For ten years, Annie was traded from one cold home to another, finally forced into a loveless marriage with Jason Carter—the wealthy heir who never wanted her. She gave him loyalty, care, and her body, but he saved his love for another woman and called Annie dirty in her own house. When she finally asks for a divorce, Jason refuses—not out of love, but because he can't bear to lose his caretaker, leaving Annie to choose: stay invisible, or walk away and reclaim her life.

I paid his rent, funded his dreams, and still, Sean gave his heart to someone else. Now, as a new, eager sugar baby tries to buy my affection with charm and ambition, I wonder if I’m just another transaction in this city of deals. When love is bought and loyalty is always for sale, who’s really using who?

Natalie Parker was paid to break her own heart—accepting five million to leave her college sweetheart, Alex Sutton, for good. Four years later, she returns to a world where she’s the ghost in Alex’s rearview mirror, forced to watch him love a girl who looks just like her. But when old wounds reopen and secrets threaten to explode, Natalie must choose: reclaim her lost love, or finally set herself free.

He was always supposed to be the boy who protected me—but on the night I finally confessed, I learned just how fragile love can be. When Noah, my childhood fiancé, betrays me with the prom queen, my world shatters overnight. Forced to break our engagement and leave everything behind, I vow never to look back. But fate—and one stolen cat—pulls me into a final showdown I never wanted. Now, with heartbreak and hope warring inside me, I have to decide: can I ever trust him again, or is this goodbye forever? When the person you love most is the one who hurts you deepest, is a second chance ever worth the risk?