There’s no such thing as fairytales. There’s no such thing as fidelity. Anything can happen at any moment. One minute you can be so happy that all you want to do is scream, and the next… you’re sitting all alone in your bedroom crying your eyes out because the one person who you thought would be there with you through anything, isn’t there anymore. I watched my mom’s heart break.

So why would I want to follow in the same fate? Why would I want to indirectly stumble right into my hearts demise? I can’t. I won’t.

Love is an illusion – There’s just no such thing.

Rayna finds her husband cheating on her with her best friend. The divorce is messy, and Miles wants anything but to let her go. Realizing what a mistake he has made, he tries everything to get her to understand how much he loves her. She decides its best to start over, away from New York, and moves back to where it all began.

Kelly Hawthorne is a detective who has his own baggage and skeletons in his closet. But when he helps Rayna on side of the road, neither of them realize just how much fate has stepped into their lives. Can they make it together even when their pasts come looking?

From New York Times and USA Today best-selling author Rachel Van Dyken comes the Ruin series.

Kate has built her life around staying careful, steady, and far away from anything that could break her again. Seth Tate, the town’s star quarterback, is the exact opposite—reckless, intense, and carrying a past that refuses to stay buried. When their worlds collide, neither of them is prepared for how quickly attraction turns into something deeper. But love between them is never simple. Old wounds, emotional walls, and pressures from the world around them keep pulling them apart just as they start to feel close. Kate wants to protect her heart, Seth wants to prove he’s worth the risk, and both must decide if what they feel is strong enough to survive everything working against them.

Ava arrives at her new school determined to stay invisible and drama-free. She wants fresh starts, quiet days, and zero complications. Then he notices her. Loudly. Confidently. Relentlessly. The school’s favorite heartbreaker treats teasing like a sport, and Ava like his newest challenge. She insists she can’t stand him, even as their sharp banter turns into something dangerously fun. Behind the smirks and charm, Ava begins to see layers she never expected, and walls she didn’t plan to lower. As sparks fly in hallways and hearts race faster than logic, Ava learns that resisting temptation is much harder when it makes you laugh.

It wasn’t supposed to mean anything.

Just one night.

Sydney Hale goes home with a stranger who’s charming, funny, and way too easy to talk to. The chemistry is instant, the sex is unforgettable—and somehow, they end up staying up half the night laughing, talking, and getting to know each other in a way that feels dangerously real.

It scares her.

So the next morning, she does what she always does when things start to matter—she leaves. No goodbye. No explanation. She moves on.

Except he doesn’t.

Carson—which was not the name he told her—can’t stop thinking about the woman who slipped through his fingers. He’s drawn to her in a way that has nothing to do with attraction and everything to do with connection. He texts. He calls. He shows up. He wants more.

Sydney wants distance.

Then she sees a headline.

A photo. A name she doesn’t recognize—until she does.

Carson Beck. The biggest, hottest quarterback in the NFL. A notorious playboy with a reputation for chewing through women and walking away without a second glance.

The realization hits hard: she didn’t just sleep with a stranger—she slept with him.

Now she’s caught between panic and disbelief. Because the man she spent the night with doesn’t match the one splashed across every sports page. And despite his reputation, Carson is still chasing her like she’s the only woman who exists.

She knows better than to fall for a quarterback who lives under stadium lights and headlines.

But Carson Beck has never wanted anything the way he wants Sydney Hale.

And this time, he refuses to fumble her twice.

Dr. Shelby Richardson is living the life she always dreamed of. A lavish life in New York City, far away from Montana and her impoverished childhood. The deep wounds to her heart have healed, gradually disappearing under a thick layer of scar tissue. Wounds that required many hours of therapy to close. When Shelby finds herself dumped and fired on the same day, she vows to regroup and start her life over. Years of therapy provided her with the strength and tools to prevent another nervous breakdown. Before she can make any decisions about her future plans, she must overcome one more hurdle. The Hawaiian wedding of her best friend, Gretchen. To Blake Remington, owner of Remington’s Reindeer Lodge and best friend of Alex Benson. The boy who broke her heart twelve years ago. As the wedding party embarks on a five-day cruise to Hawaii, Shelby and Alex call a truce, agreeing to be civil for the sake of the bride and groom.

Olivia Walker lives a life shaped by expectations, where every choice feels planned by someone else. Between demanding parents and a picture-perfect boyfriend, she feels herself slowly unraveling. The one constant in her world is Tucker, her loyal best friend who has always been quietly by her side. When heartbreak finally pushes Olivia to break free, one unexpected moment shifts everything between them. What begins as a simple agreement to keep things light quickly tangles into something far more complicated. As lines blur and emotions deepen, their once easy friendship begins to change. Now Olivia must face what she truly wants, while Tucker wonders if staying in the shadows is still enough.

Alessia is known for fixing the kind of messes no one else can handle, and she does it with style, sharp wit, and zero patience for nonsense. So when she is assigned to manage Jace, a headline-making quarterback with a talent for trouble, she treats it like just another job. Except Jace is not just a problem to solve. He is charming, relentless, and far too interested in getting under her skin. Alessia would rather keep things strictly professional, but the more time they spend together, the harder it becomes to ignore the spark between them. Between press appearances, clever comebacks, and lingering looks, their carefully controlled game begins to shift into something neither of them planned.

Taylor is determined to make senior year all about her—faster runs, healed heart, no drama. But life clearly didn’t get the memo. When her brother’s best friend, Pierce, and her ex, Niko, both step back into her orbit, Taylor’s plans start spinning. They’re fire and ice, chaos and comfort, temptation and trouble—everything she swore she’d avoid. Yet when they make an offer that turns all her “no’s” into very complicated “maybes,” she begins to wonder if love isn’t about choosing sides but finding balance in the in-between. In this playful, heated, and heart-tugging romance, healing comes with laughter, longing, and a double dose of temptation.

Mason Kade is not known to be nice. He is ruthless, manipulative, and unforgiving. Most will say that he is a jerk and he is to those that cross him or cross his loved ones. However, he does not want to be who he is. He does not enjoy hurting others, but there is no limit to the lengths he will go to protect himself and his brother. This is the story of how he came to be and this is why so many love Mason Kade.

This is a story of a destroyed family and the effects it had on a son.

“What the hell, Max?!” I hear Jason shout from upstairs as I eat my breakfast. “Get your lazy behind up. It’s almost eight thirty,” Max replies. “And it’s Saturday. I always sleep in,” Jason argues. “Not today. We got guests coming over later. This house needs to be cleaned before Mom and Dad get home.” “But it’s not like these guests are coming in my room,” Jason states. “He’s right,” Kayden mumbles next to me. “Yeah, but you know Mom. She always wants everything so perfect and fine, like it’s the President coming to dine.” Nathaniel rolls his eyes. “You can never know, bro. Dad has lots of c

Brooke Waters had it all—a beautiful baby daughter, an NFL star fiancé, a successful physical therapy practice. Then an injury put her fiancé John out of commission, and hotshot running back Colin stole his place on the team. Now, years later, single mom Brooke has sworn off football players for good—until Colin walks into her office with his own potentially career-ending injury, and big brown eyes that make Brooke want dangerous things. As Colin and Brooke work together, sparks fly… but football might not be finished stealing away what Brooke loves most.

Age Rating: 18+

Lucas has carefully built his image as the rebel, the one no one expects much from, and he plans to keep it that way. When his twin brother agrees to tutor Rina, Lucas ends up stepping in, pretending to be someone he is not. It should be simple, just a favor and a secret kept. But Rina is not like anyone he has met before. She sees past the attitude, past the walls, and straight into the parts he keeps hidden. As their connection grows through late nights and quiet moments, Lucas finds himself caught between the truth and the role he is playing. Because the more he pretends, the harder it becomes to ignore what is real—and what could change everything.

Every summer, Dewbridge smells like hay, gossip, and heartbreak. For Mattie, it also smells like Rylan—the golden boy next door who somehow always saves her from the chaos of farm life. He’s the star quarterback, the hometown favorite, the one destined to leave their small town behind. But when one secret turns into another and one kiss changes everything, the line between friendship and forbidden love starts to blur. In a place where every whisper burns hotter than the sun, Mattie and Rylan must decide if their spark is worth the firestorm waiting for them.