A Moment Like This Novels & Stories

Shantal Harver dies with one painful truth in her heart: she loved the wrong man. Ullysis Ray Ford, the cold ruler of a billion-dollar empire, does not care if she lives. Shantal’s life ends in a car accident… and her story should end there. But it does not. Shantal wakes up one year earlier. She remembers everything, every lonely night, every cold look, and the moment she died. This time, she does not beg. She signs the divorce papers first, gives up the five percent company shares that could have protected her forever, and walks away like she was never his. But Ullysis does not let her go easily. The divorce is delayed. The empire shifts. People begin watching Shantal like she is a key they need to control. And Shantal starts to see the truth: her first death may have been no accident. Now Shantal has one chance to change her fate. One chance to uncover who wanted her gone. And one chance to make sure she never dies for love again.

TW: ️This story is a dark romance filled with angst and loaded with spicy moments. You have been warned. 18+ Jay: I made one mistake when I was eighteen. I slept with my best friend’s little sister. One night I’ve never forgotten. One girl I should have stayed away from. By morning, I was gone—leaving behind secrets and a heartbreak that lasted ten years. Now I’m back. An NHL superstar with a reputation as dangerous as my shot. Madison still looks at me like I ruined her life. Maybe I did. But the moment I see her again, I know one thing. I never stopped wanting her. And this time? I’m not walking away.

Every girl dreams of finding her mate. The moment they turn eighteen, it becomes the hope they hold onto and the promise of love. But not for Iris. At 20, Iris has already lost her home, her pack, and the innocence that came with believing in fairy tales. After a brutal rogue attack leaves her people leaderless, she’s forced to move to Clawstone Pack, a pack ruled by Alpha Zane Theron. And that’s when she feels the unmistakable pull of the mate bond. But he doesn’t. Zane doesn’t feel anything. No bond, no spark, no recognition. He’s unable to sense his fated mate… and believes Iris is just another girl trying to lie her way into his life, like so many before her.

“A forbidden fruit he can’t resist.” A hardworking perfumer, Arella Rogue violated rules once and shared a passionate night with a stranger. After seven years, a twisted fate brings them together, but her heart is still raw to gamble over her unrecompensed feelings. An optimistic and charismatic businessman, Skipper Linton’s plan crumbles like his heart the moment he meets the woman he once knew. Their scorching passion reignites, but there’s a slight problem—she’s forbidden fruit he shouldn’t bite. If there's one thing Arella learned from her past—it’s not to play with fire. But the more she pulls away, fate brings them closer. And one long-buried secret can change their lives forever.

One fateful afternoon; Olivia Strongkins walked into a salon, hoping to score a last minute appointment. Only to discover that despite the signs and all the right props, it wasn’t a hair salon at all. But a front for a drug and all things crime business. As startling a moment it was, her eyes met those of Dominic Salvatore and she saw forever. And therefore began to play a game of hide and seek with the notorious underground crime lord and billionaire. Who was hell bent on keeping her at arm’s length, as a mean to protect her from being used as a pawn by his enemies against him. Until she swiftly entered his heart and world, like she had always belonged there. Leaving him no choice but to claim her, despite the consequences- as his most prized possession.

A month before Wendy Johnson and I are set to marry, she tells me she wants to have another man's baby. Following my refusal, she keeps bringing it up daily. Half a month till the wedding, I see her pregnancy report. Just like that, I find out she is almost a month pregnant. It turns out she has no intention of seeking my agreement on this matter. At that very moment, my love for her for so many years dissipates for good. I'm calling off the wedding and destroying all our shared memories. On the day we are supposed to get married, I join a sealed-off research lab without a second thought. From now on, Wendy and I no longer have anything to do with each other!

Abigail has always lived in pain—unloved at home, blamed for her father’s death, and trapped in a life that never felt like hers. When her mother remarries a wealthy man, she enters a new world that still doesn’t accept her. At university, her life shifts the moment she meets him. Alex. Arrogant, dangerous, and impossible to ignore—until she realizes the truth. He’s not just a stranger from a reckless encounter. He’s her stepbrother. Now bound by secrets, tension, and forbidden attraction, Abigail is caught between fear and desire, while enemies at school try to break her down. She should stay away. But some people are impossible to escape… even when they’re the ones you should fear most.

As a wolf shifter growing up in one of the strongest packs on the continent, I should be living my best life. But after my mother ran away and got herself knocked up by some demon, I became the town's pariah. They call my species Slades, half-demon, half-wolf shifter. We're hunted and killed the moment we first shift. Unfortunately for me, my first shift is coming sooner than I'd like and if I don't form some kind of plan, I'm going to shift in front of the whole god-damned pack and then there'll be no running. So, I do what any sane young, desperate woman would do in my situation. I summon a God.

“Ohhh fuck, baby… yeah, that feels so fucking good.” My stomach dropped. The voice was Nadia’s. My half-sister. Zara Calloway knew something was wrong the moment she opened her apartment door. She just didn’t expect betrayal to be waiting in her own bed. Her fiancé. Her half-sister. The two people she trusted most in the world—wrapped around each other like she didn’t exist. So she didn’t scream. She didn’t beg. She simply took off her ring… and walked away from her entire life. One betrayal. One rooftop bar. One reckless drink too many. That night, she meets Cael Ashford—a man who looks at her like chaos is something he has been expecting. And by morning, she wakes up married. Cael Ashford does not believe in accidents. He believes in plans. Long ones. Patient ones. The kind that take years… and a wife to complete them. Zara was never supposed to be a mistake. The problem is—neither is wanting her.

Rated 18. Mature Content. Sahara Cooper grew up like a princess—protected by three powerful brothers who would destroy any man foolish enough to come near her. But what they don’t know is that her heart has long belonged to someone else: Leaf Morgan, her brother’s best friend, who is ten years older than her and the one man she is never supposed to love. To Leaf, Sahara has always been nothing more than a little girl he needed to protect. But the moment he starts seeing her as a woman, everything between loyalty and desire begins to crumble. Because loving Sahara Cooper doesn’t just mean breaking a rule—it means going against the entire Cooper family.