Diesel has been in the military since he was 18 and so ready to be out and start his life. He wants to find someone and fall in love maybe even have a family. He wants all of that with Aria but she feels moving on would betray her deceased husband. Can these two get past their heartbreaks and find love again in each other....
Prologue
Aria's pov
Watching the planes crash into the towers changed me forever. Knowing instantly my husband was gone forever broke something inside of me. I didn't need the officers to come to my door and tell me what I already know.
I didn't shed a tear that day. I just got angry. After my husband was buried, I went down to the recruiter's office and signed up. I had so many plans, but they died right along with my husband. I had to do this. I needed to feel like I was doing something.
I didn't know if they would take me because I wasn't in shape. I have always been a curvy girl. People always called me fat. When I got to boot camp a few of the guys laughed at me. They said someone lazy like me would never make it. I would show them.
I would prove I can do this. See I wanted revenge on the monsters that took my husband away from me. I had to do this. I needed this, or else I would fall apart. It seems like no one believed in me. That only pushed me to do better.
I was tired of being the victim. I had one person here that I would call a friend. He has been in since he was 18 so he has helped me out here a lot. We shouldn't be friends since he's my commanding officer, but he's nice to be around.
His girlfriend left him for someone else. I told him about my husband, and we bonded over being broken hearted. It was nice to have someone to talk too here. I didn't feel so alone anymore.
Everyone accuses us of being more than friends but were not. My heart is shattered. I could never love anyone again. I was better off being alone. one could ever take the place of my husband.
Diesel's pov
I look around at all the new recruits thinking I was once like them. Now I have seen too much and done too much. I'm feeling old and worn down, and I'm only 32. I put in my paperwork, and soon I will be retired from all of this.
I wanted to have a life outside of war. I have been in since the day I turned 18
Now I was ready to meet someone, and possibly get married one day. I know who I have my eye on, but it will never happen. She hasn't been the same since she lost her husband a few years back.
We met when she came here for boot camp. Everyone said she wouldn't make it, but she did. We have become inseparable. Yet we are just friends. She feels that moving on would be betraying her husband.
I wish more than anything that Aria would love me the way I love her. Maybe that's another reason I am leaving. I need to put some distance between us. I need to get over her. Hell, I haven't dated since my girl left me when I was shipped over to Iraq. She sent me the famous "Dear John" letter.
I couldn't really blame her for not sticking around. At the time we were both young, and we never promised each other a future. At the time I was broken up over it, but now I am over it.
I just want to find a nice woman and settle down. I want to have a family. That's the one thing I have always wanted. Honestly, I want that with Aria, but I know it will never happen. I need to get that fool thinking out of my head.
She has told me time and time again the only man for her was her husband. I mean we have held hands a few times, and she did kiss me once. But she regretted it right after. She broke my heart when she said it was a mistake that will never happen again. No, the best thing for me is to leave this place and forget all about her.
Brailey has always been what some would call an empath or a little bit psychic it runs in her family, but it isn't something she likes to share, and she never really had issues with it until him. Now she sees every little move he makes as if they were one. This must mean something right?
Nakia was the kind of woman other women thrived to become. She had a successful career and a beautiful home that she bought, and she was always on point. At thirty years old, she thought she had it all figured out, but boy was she wrong. Her mama always taught her that you need to be the woman a man wants and not the woman you want to be. Every day Nakia lives to prove that theory wrong. Through her so-called weakness, she has found a strength she never knew existed. Don't ever let someone's negative opinion of you become your reality.
Aiden was good and safe. Everything Josie should want, and everyone thought she needed. Yet he was not the one she craved. She was tired of always playing it safe. So, when she met Bryce, he set her world on fire. He was bad with a capital B. Everything she was missing in her life. The only problem was that Bryce would only end up breaking her heart. He was the love-on-them and leave-them type always looking for the next best thing. She knew that Aiden could give her the type of future she would need but was that even enough?
What would you do if your father hated you so much that he sold you off to a group of alpha werewolves? That's the very thing that happened to poor little human Fiona. Now she is forced to live with six sexy shifters and sleep with the four remaining single brothers and whoever gets her pregnant first not only gets land, but they will also become her mate. Who even does that? There was no way she wanted to be a part of any of this...
Willow lost her mother before she could even remember her or get to know her. It was just her dad and her brothers along with her. She started to see a lady riding a horse down by the lake but no one else but her ex Ethan could see the woman so everyone called her crazy. Is she really going crazy or was it someone trying to warn her of incoming danger?
Niko has always strived to be nothing like his Mafia crime boss father even leaving and falling love with a woman and having a son he named Noah. His father hated that so much that he had the girl killed and kidnapped Noah all to bring Niko back to him. All Niko wants to do is get his son Noah and little brother Nikolas away from his father but he knows the only way to do that is a fight to the death....
The day Raina gave birth should have been the happiest of her life. Instead, it became her worst nightmare. Moments after delivering their twins, Alexander shattered her heart-divorcing her and forcing her to sign away custody of their son, Liam. With nothing but betrayal and heartbreak to her name, Raina disappeared, raising their daughter, Ava, on her own.Years later, fate comes knocking when Liam falls gravely ill. Desperate to save his son, Alexander is forced to seek out the one person he once cast aside. Alexander finds himself face to face with the woman he underestimated, pleading for a second chance-not just for himself, but for their son. But Raina is no longer the same broken woman who once loved him.No longer the woman he left behind. She has carved out a new life-one built on strength, wealth, and a long-buried legacy she expected to uncover.Raina has spent years learning to live without him.The question is... Will she risk reopening old wounds to save the son she never got to love? or has Alexander lost her forever?
Melanie married Ashton out of gratitude, but she quickly found herself entangled in a web of relentless challenges. Despite these struggles, she stayed true to her commitment to the marriage. In the hospital room, Ashton indifferently attempted to draw her blood, disregarding her discomfort. This callous act was a harsh revelation for Melanie, awakening her to the grim reality of their relationship. Resolved to prioritize her own welfare, she decided to sever ties. With newfound resolve, Melanie filed for divorce. In the process, she unveiled her concealed identities, leaving everyone in shock. Throughout these turbulent times, Melanie realized that Derek, Ashton’s uncle, had been discreetly protecting her all along.
It was supposed to be a marriage of convenience, but Carrie made the mistake of falling in love with Kristopher. When the time came that she needed him the most, her husband was in the company of another woman. Enough was enough. Carrie chose to divorce Kristopher and move on with her life. Only when she left did Kristopher realize how important she was to him. In the face of his ex-wife’s countless admirers, Kristopher offered her 20 million dollars and proposed a new deal. “Let’s get married again.”
They don't know I'm a girl. They all look at me and see a boy. A prince. Their kind purchase humans like me for their lustful desires. And, when they stormed into our kingdom to buy my sister, I intervened to protect her. I made them take me too. The plan was to escape with my sister whenever we found a chance. How was I to know our prison would be the most fortified place in their kingdom? I was supposed to be on the sidelines. The one they had no real use for. The one they never meant to buy. But then, the most important person in their savage land-their ruthless beast king-took an interest in the "pretty little prince." How do we survive in this brutal kingdom, where everyone hates our kind and shows us no mercy? And how does someone, with a secret like mine, become a lust slave? . AUTHOR'S NOTE. This is a dark romance-dark, mature content. Highly rated 18+ Expect triggers, expect hardcore. If you're a seasoned reader of this genre, looking for something different, prepared to go in blindly not knowing what to expect at every turn, but eager to know more anyway, then dive in! . From the author of the international bestselling book: "The Alpha King's Hated Slave."
Betrayed by her mate and sister on the eve of her wedding, Makenna was handed to the ruthless Lycan Princes as a lover, her indifferent father ignoring her plight. Determined to escape and seek revenge, she captured the interest of the three Lycan princes, who desired her exclusively amid many admirers. This complicated her plans, trapping her and making her a rival to the future Lycan queen. Entwined in jealousy and vindictiveness, could Makenna achieve her vengeance in the intricate dance with the three princes?
After three years of loveless marriage, Kira was slapped with divorce papers. She has shown him her unrequited love throughout her entire marriage with him, but he decided to turn blind eyes all because of his lover. Distraught and heartbroken, Kira choose to sign the divorce papers with bitter heart. But then and there, she promised herself that when she's back, he will come crawling to her, but she will make him pay for hurting her. Join Kira as she transform to a wealthy heiress and soared as the CEO of a multi-billion-dollar empire, a remarkable healer and make her ex-husband pay!