His Heart Belonged to Her First

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.

Mariah spent years chasing Ethan’s passion, only to realize his devotion belonged to someone else. Now, as she faces a new engagement and Ethan’s world unravels, she must choose between longing for what’s lost and embracing a future she never imagined. Betrayal, heartbreak, and forbidden desire collide in this gripping tale of love and letting go.

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?

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.

Natalie Carter thought she’d found safety in her marriage to the governor’s son—until his memories and his first love returned to shatter her world. Torn between pride and heartbreak, Natalie must decide if she’ll let Maple Heights define her worth, or if she’ll fight for a love that was never truly hers. In a town where reputations last forever, one wrong move could cost her everything.

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.

He was my first heartbreak—and now, as the fiancée of a wealthy man with too many secrets, I’m about to meet the ghosts I thought I’d buried. I was always the 'good girl,' the safe choice, until a proposal ring and a scandalous pregnancy upended my carefully planned life. Carter offers security, but his world is full of women I’ll never measure up to—and tonight, he’s inviting me into his circle for the first time. But nothing prepares me for who’s waiting there: Tyler, the wild love I never got over. When midnight falls and old wounds resurface, will I cling to the future I chose, or risk everything for the boy who broke me? When your heart is split between comfort and chaos, which do you betray?

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?

Natalie gave up everything—even her Olympic dreams—to protect Caleb, only to discover years later that he never loved her, only repaid a debt. Betrayed by the boy she trusted most and humiliated by his cruel friends, she finally reads the journal that shatters her last hope. Now, with his first love back in town, Natalie must choose: cling to the ghost of his gratitude, or walk away and reclaim her pride before she loses herself forever.

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.

Natalie thought her marriage to small-town golden boy Derek would heal old wounds—but his heart is still haunted by another woman. When betrayal resurfaces at her own family’s doorstep, Natalie must decide: keep pretending for the sake of her daughter, or finally break free from a love that was never truly hers. Will she ever be more than his second choice, or is heartbreak her only inheritance?

He looked like the boy I lost, so I let him break my heart. Rachel Serrano built her empire from nothing, but she can’t let go of the past—or the face that keeps haunting her. When a violent night ties her fate to Grant Whitaker, Chicago’s golden heir, the world sees obsession, but only Rachel knows the truth: Grant is just a stand-in for the boy she could never save. As old wounds reopen and his fiancée returns, Rachel must choose—cling to the ghost of first love, or finally break free from a cycle of longing and loss. But when secrets spill and hearts shatter, who’s really using whom? Is loving a memory better than risking her heart again?