Romances de Anne writes

Five years of marriage, and Serena Vale was nothing more than a ghost in her husband’s mansion. Jackson Blackwood was brilliant, cold, and irreversibly tied to the memory of his first love, Avery, the woman who betrayed him to marry his identical twin brother, Jaden. When a devastating car crash leaves her husband, Jackson dead and his twin surviving, Serena’s world shatters. But grief quickly turns to horror when the surviving twin returns. He carries Jaden’s face, but his most intimate, private habits belong to Jackson. Then the realization hit her; Her husband is alive. He faked his own death and stole his dead brother's identity, just to escape her and play protector to Avery. Broken, abandoned, and carrying a secret that could change everything, Serena leaves behind a signed divorce agreement and vanishes into the night. Seven years later, Serena returns to Los Angeles as a powerful, untouchable CEO. She has built an empire, rebuilt her heart, and moved on with her new fiance, Nathaniel Cross, a gentle, attentive man who gives her the devotion she always deserved. Then Jackson reappears, consumed by regret and a burning obsession to reclaim the only woman he once neglected. He doesn't just want her forgiveness; he wants her back. And he holds one final, terrifying card: he never signed the divorce papers. She is still his wife. But as hidden betrayals unravel and past sins come to light, Jackson will learn that winning Serena back isn't just about fighting her anger, it’s about surviving the dangerous shadows lurking in her new life.

Aria Vance never wanted a new family. After her mother marries a billionaire businessman Richard Hayes, eighteen-year-old Aria is forced to leave behind the life she knew and move into the enormous Hayes estate. But there is only one problem. Richard already has a son, Jaxon Hayes. And Jaxon immediately hates Aria. To him, Aria and her mother are outsiders who have invaded his home, his family, and potentially his inheritance. He makes Aria’s first year at Crestwood College miserable, constantly reminding her that she doesn't belong. But Aria has one secret, Blake Reed, Crestwood’s golden-boy hockey captain. She's admired him from afar for months but lacks the confidence to approach him. After her handwritten love letters are repeatedly discarded, Aria decides to take a risk and secretly obtains the phone number she believes belongs to Blake. She begins texting him anonymously. Unknown to her, the number doesn't belong to Blake, it belongs to her stepbrother, Jaxon. And while Aria believes she's finally communicating with the boy of her dreams, Jaxon slowly becomes fascinated by the mysterious girl behind the messages. Meanwhile, Blake begins noticing Aria in real life. Suddenly, Aria is caught between the boy she thinks she's talking to, the boy she secretly loves, and the stepbrother determined to make her life miserable. And eventually, everyone is going to discover the truth.