Ruined By My First Love

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?

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?

Rachel’s engagement is shattered by her fiancé’s betrayal and a string of humiliating messages from his mistress. Just as her world collapses, the ghost of Jason—her high school nemesis and secret first love—returns to haunt her lonely apartment. Torn between a loveless business marriage and the boy she never got to confess to, Rachel must finally choose: betray her family’s future, or risk everything for a love that died too soon.

After sacrificing everything for the woman he adores, Derek is left broken when his girlfriend Natalie turns his devotion into humiliation. As betrayal and shame pile up, Derek must decide if loving her is worth losing himself—or if it's finally time to walk away. His heart is on the line, and the next move could shatter it for good.

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?

Melissa’s only comfort—her empathy doll—goes missing, stolen by her childhood nemesis Derek, reopening old wounds and forbidden desires. As their tangled past resurfaces, Melissa is forced to confront betrayal, family ruin, and a love she’s tried to bury. But when secrets and shame push her to the edge, one violent act will change everything forever.

Derek thought leaving Rachel was the only way to heal after years of loving a girl who could never let go of her first love. But when fate throws them together at their high school reunion, old wounds rip open and forbidden feelings burn hotter than ever. Now Derek must choose between the future he promised and the girl who always haunted his past—before everything explodes.

Lillian thought she could handle Derek’s reckless love, but after years of heartbreak and betrayal, she finally finds the courage to walk away. Now she faces her family’s matchmaking schemes and a new job back home, torn between the thrill of toxic passion and the terrifying freedom of starting over. Can she choose herself for the first time—or will she end up crawling back to the man who broke her heart?

After dying unloved and betrayed, I wake up back at the graduation party where my life was ruined. Everyone thinks I sabotaged the golden couple, and my childhood friend married me out of pity—never love. This time, I’ll expose the prom queen’s twisted games and choose the quarterback over the boy who only saw me as a backup—unless the secrets of that night destroy us all.

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 thought her love for Derek would last forever, until his childhood best friend Hailey shattered everything. Now, caught between past betrayals and old flames, Natalie must decide if holding on will destroy her—or if letting go is the only way to save herself. Will she finally break free, or will the ghosts of first love pull her under?

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.