Prior Engagement Meaning Novels & Stories

Amber Sinclair didn’t ask for a wealthy stepfamily, or a stepbrother who looks like he walked straight out of a magazine. But when her mother announces her engagement to billionaire Charles Aldridge, Amber’s life is thrown into chaos. Amber goes to the Hampton’s with only one mission in mind. Ruin the wedding. Except, she didn’t see him coming. Atlas Aldridge. Arrogant. Infuriating. Untouchable. Atlas is everything Amber hates yet, she’s drawn to him like moth to fire. One elevator mishap and suddenly the line between revenge and desire starts to blur. In a house where rules are unspoken and loyalty is currency, craving the wrong man could destroy everything. And Amber has never wanted anything more.

Three years ago, my fiancé's childhood friends murdered and framed me. They ground my leg bones and turned them into beads to make a bracelet. Then, they gave it to my fiancé after he woke up from an accident. He hated me to the core and wore the bracelet symbolizing his rebirth as he utilized all his resources to find me. He even placed my weak and crazed mother under house arrest to force me to appear. Three years later, during his and his childhood sweetheart's engagement party, a renowned jewel appraiser points out that the bracelet he's had this whole time isn't made of regular bone—it's made of human bone.

This is the tale of how the sexist remark, "Men are scum," was delivered to me on a scalding plate! Guess what? It all started with a birthday surprise party for my boss's fiance, but I was slapped with horror when I saw my boyfriend of two years being kissed by my boss with an engagement ring around both their fingers. Turned out I had been the side chick for two bloody years! Funny enough, I wasn't served a heart break alone, my boss had also been toying with the emotions of Cole McPherson, and together we swore to take revenge. Would I still scream, "Men are slime!" at the conclusion, or will my beliefs alter in the process of seeking revenge alongside Cole?

Raven had always been the ignored sister, the outcast and recluse of the Wilder royal family. But what happens when she discovers that her mate is none other than her younger sister's betrothed? In this story of enmity and revenge between sisters, the daughter of an alpha discovers on the night of her sister's engagement party, that her mate is her sister's future husband, Alpha Jaxon. Fueled by fury, Yara the younger sister takes steps in order to enact her revenge on Raven, because she thinks this is all her fault.... But when Yara connives with the enemy pack, Raven must make a hard choice. Will she take down her sister to save her pack, or will Yara's influence be too strong for her?

I was Brandon Sandler’s most cherished canary—pampered, sheltered, and utterly his for five years. Then came the news of his engagement to another woman. Only then did I realize his affection had been a carefully crafted revenge. He trapped me by his side, flaunting his love for another while subjecting me to relentless humiliation. Eventually, I stopped caring. But the ruthless business tycoon, who once held himself above all, clutched me with red-rimmed eyes, begging me to come home. He said he regretted everything. My hand instinctively cradled my stomach as I glanced at the man behind him. “Darling,” I murmured, “this man is scaring our baby.”

After failing to win over my first three targets of interest, I agreed to an engagement with the paralyzed heir of the Lindt family. I spent every last point I had to help him stand again, but the very first thing he did after recovering was cancel our engagement. Then, he gave Hannah Snow a grand ocean wedding—one that captured everyone’s attention. At the ceremony, all four of my former targets of interest stood there, their eyes filled with nothing but warmth as they looked at Hannah. Suddenly, I just wanted to go home. So, I turned around and jumped straight into the sea. However, the moment my body fell into the water, four figures rushed toward me at the same time. Their faces were filled with regret… and fear.

Amelia waited for Zack at the Civil Affairs Bureau to get married, but he abandoned her. He only showed up to break their engagement, accusing her of being “cheap” after seeing the fabricated photos that had always destroyed her chances. Her heart broke, especially knowing her mother would be furious if she failed to marry yet again. At the peak of her despair, a stranger approached her. Tall, handsome, and charismatic, he too had just been left by his bride-to-be. Without hesitation, he offered Amelia marriage, saying they could both benefit from it. Shocked and uncertain, Amelia hesitated. But weighed down by pressure, humiliation, and her desperate desire to escape the Rinov family, she finally accepted the reckless proposal.

Freya Dalton walks into what she thinks is her engagement party and finds out her boyfriend of four years, Silas Ravencroft, is not proposing to her. He is announcing his engagement to another woman chosen by his family. When Freya drags him backstage for an explanation, Silas calmly tells her she does not fit the status of a future Luna beside him. His family wants a political match. He still “loves” her, he says, so he is willing to keep her as his mistress. He will continue paying her sick mother’s medical bills, keep her comfortable, and visit her in secret. All she has to do is accept and stay available. Freya spits in his face and walks out drunk, shattered, and furious. At the entrance, she throws herself at the first man she sees, asking him to take her away for the night. Unknown to her, that man is Raiden Ravencroft. Silas’s uncle. The real power behind the Ravencroft empire. The ruthless Alpha who makes board members shake and enemies disappear. Their drunken night should have been a mistake. Instead, it becomes the beginning of Freya’s downfall and her rise. The next morning, Freya runs before she can even learn his full truth, because the doctor just called that Silas cancelled the hospital payments keeping her mother alive. Desperation forces Freya to accept the first high-paying job she can get. As Raiden Ravencroft’s new secretary. Now Freya enters Raiden’s world with a plan: tempt him, get enough money to save her mother, then leave before she falls too deep. But Raiden already knows exactly who she is. And unlike his nephew, the Alpha uncle doesn’t intend to let her go so easily.

On my eighteenth birthday, my brother Seth brought back my twin sister. She had been snatched from me by kidnappers as a child. She claimed she had nothing, not a single thing to call her own. Seth gave her everything: my room, my dresses, and my awards. He even gave her my childhood fiancé, forcing him to break off our engagement and marry her in a wedding that would take the world by storm. I tried to resist, but Seth scolded me for being childish. "She's your blood sister, yet you complain about every little thing. If you can't learn to be kind, I can't call you my sister anymore." My sister, Serena, fell into the swimming pool later that day and nearly drowned. When she woke up, she cried to our brother, claiming I had pushed her. My brother, Seth, was furious. He sent me away to a remote mountain village. "If you can't learn to be kind, you'll spend the rest of your life here, atoning for your sins. "You can come back only when you kneel before Serena and apologize." Five years passed. Serena and my fiancé held a high-profile engagement ceremony. The entire city celebrated their grand love, certain they would have a happily ever after together. Then, Seth finally remembered me. "Sylvie, five years have passed. Have you learned kindness yet?" I nodded calmly with a blank expression on my face. "Seth, I will kneel before her and apologize." He smiled, praising me for finally being sensible. However, he did not know that I had received a critical medical notice. I had only five days left to live.

Blurb **She's promised to his brother... but branded by his touch. And now the past refuses to stay buried.** *** **SIENNA** I thought I buried that night. The night I gave myself to a stranger. Reckless and wild. No names. No rules. No future. Just heat. Desperation. A body that made me forget who I was supposed to be. Now I wear his brother's ring. Planning a future with the man I'm supposed to love. Then he walks into my engagement party and everything shatters. Landon Callahan. The black sheep. The rebel. The man who touched me before I knew his name. He acts like I never existed. Like that night was nothing. But I remember every breath. Every broken rule. Every moment I came alive. I should walk away. Should marry Noah and forget. But Landon has always been the fire I was never meant to touch twice. *** ** **LANDON** She was never supposed to be his. The night I had her, I didn't ask her name. Didn't want to know. I just knew I'd never forget the way she looked at me. Like I was the only thing she ever wanted. Then I walk into the engagement party I should have skipped. And see her standing beside my brother. Now I'm back in the world I swore I'd left behind. And she's the one thing I can't outrun. She wears his ring. Smiles like she hasn't been in my bed. Pretends I never made her come undone. But I remember. And so does she. One night should have been the end. Instead it was only the beginning. Because I don't let go of what's mine. Not even for my brother.