Regret Novels

1. They took me. Two men. Zip ties. A warehouse. My husband, the sheriff, sent every deputy he had to save his first love. She'd swallowed a bottle of pills. She was dying. I didn't call him. I let them hurt me. Last time, I called. He came. His team took the kidnappers down. I walked out alive. The next morning, Hannah Brooks was dead. She'd called him seventeen times while he was saving me. He never answered. He told me he didn't regret it. I was his wife. I was carrying his child. Savi

Mia was stopped at the school entrance. Silas Sterling squatted in front of her, his expensive watch peeking out from under his tailored suit sleeve. His tone was as clinical as someone performing a DNA test. Mia looked up at me. “Mom, this man is saying he’s my father again.” She took a step back after saying that. It wasn’t fear. It was pure distaste. Silas stood up and looked at me, his lips twitching. “Eloise, Serena can’t conceive. I need this child.” I gripped Mia’s hand tigh

After helping my boyfriend, Gavin Rossi, set up his company and landing its first multi-million dollar deal, he finally decided to go public with our relationship. But before he could say a word, Linda Reed, the intern who had been gunning for me, beat him to it and sat right next to him. She leaned into his arms, looking smug. "Didn't you say you'd wait until the company went public to announce it? Why couldn't you wait?" she asked, her voice dripping with artificial sweetness. Gavin didn't

1. "Luna, are you certain you wish to proceed with the Bond Severance rite? Once it begins, the sacred connection between you and the Alpha will be permanently severed. Your power, your station, everything you hold within the pack―it will all be forfeit." The aged she-wolf priestess held Faye's hands, her ancient eyes clouded with worry. Faye nodded. Her voice was calm. Absolute. "I'm certain." The priestess tried once more. "This will bring you unimaginable pain. And the Alpha will suffer

I was stranded on a treacherous mountain peak, facing death. My fiancé, the captain of the search and rescue team, had diverted every single resource to find his missing childhood sweetheart. I didn't bother calling for help this time. I simply waited for the end to come in the biting cold. In my past life, he had actually answered my call. He saved me from the cliff, but his precious childhood friend remained lost. He claimed he didn't regret saving me. He even meticulously planned our weddi

1. They took my uterus. Seven months pregnant. My husband kicked me so hard the placenta detached. I hemorrhaged on the ice. His reason? Someone told him I slapped his first love across the face. My brother Marcus―the one person I had left in this world―found out and just stared at me with pure disgust. "You deserved it. If you ever lay a hand on Olivia again, I'll make you regret it." The hedge fund they ran together collapsed. They hung the CEO title on me and shoved me into federal pris

My brother died in a plane crash while rushing home for my eighteenth birthday. His body was never found. Every birthday after that, my parents dragged me to his memorial. They forced me to kneel in the dirt and beg for his forgiveness. On the night of my eighteenth birthday, a man started following me in the shadows. I was terrified. I sent a frantic text to my parents. My mother called back, but only to scream at me. "You're just making up stories to avoid kneeling for your brother! Yo

Chapter 1 During the SAT exam, both my stepsister and I had a medical emergency. The intense stress triggered a sudden attack of my congenital heart disease, leaving me on the brink of death. Yet Mom, who was the chief proctor in our testing hall, immediately rushed past me to comfort Gemma over a mild stomach ache. I gasped for air, weakly clutching Mom's pant leg and begging her to save me. Instead, she kicked me away with all her strength. "Can't you pick a better time to fake an illnes

Chapter 1 A sudden tragic fire took both my life and that of my husband, Caleb Moore. When I opened my eyes again, I was back to the exact day we signed our marriage license. In our past life, everyone saw us as the picture-perfect couple. Yet, he refused to touch me or share a bed with me for our entire marriage. It was only on my deathbed that I learned the truth. I was merely a stand-in for his first love, and he had made a silent vow to keep himself pure for her memory. After waking up

1 My own mom and brother had been pressuring me to give blood to my stepsister for twelve freakin' years. My brother, Jake, used to say, "If anything happens to Lily, you're gonna regret it." Mom was even worse: "Even if it's your last drop, it belongs to Lily." But when I actually kicked the bucket, they were at my graveside, begging for my forgiveness. ... Today's my birthday, but all I got was a crummy lab report from the hospital. Leukemia. I asked the doctor if someone with cancer c

After I successfully completed my mission, I married the man I was supposed to win over. On our wedding night, I confessed a secret to him. I told him the System had given me ninety-nine Regret Pills. Every time he did something to betray me, I would take one. Once the pills were gone, I would vanish from his world forever. He pulled me into his arms, his heart aching for me, and swore he'd never let me regret a single day. But three months into our marriage, his childhood sweetheart retur

My husband’s true love was being stalked by a twisted killer. To protect her, he pushed me straight into the lion’s den. When I refused to act as bait to draw out the murderer, he threatened me. “Be careful, or your brother in the vegetative ward will pay the price.” In the end, I was brutally murdered in a basement, my body turned into a macabre trophy. When the police notified him of my death, he scoffed with disdain. “Nice try with the actors. Tonight, get your act together and go to that

At our Thanksgiving family dinner, Bennett brewed a mug of hot spiced ginger tea specifically for his stepsister. This time, I didn't hold back. I smashed the cup onto the floor and demanded a divorce. Bennett didn't know whether to laugh or get angry. "Over a cup of tea?" "Yes." "Fine. Don't come crying back when you regret it." We had been together for four years and married for two, yet his stepsister Cadence's shadow hung over every single corner of my life. She was there on our dates

1 My house was on fire, and my fiancé, a freaking firefighter, used his pull to get the whole damn team to save his suicidal high-school sweetheart. I didn't call Mike. I just stood there, watching the blaze eat away at the home I'd so carefully put together. Last time, he'd answered my call first, rushing to rescue me, pregnant, from the flames. Bethany, his old flame, who had some issues, jumped from her apartment building and died. Mike said he didn't regret saving me and our baby. We

1 Four years after I died, my blind ex-boyfriend returned from overseas. He brought with him the luxury SUV and the million-dollar dowry I had once demanded. But he told everyone he didn't love me anymore. He said he only wanted to see the look of regret on my unfaithful face. He didn't know that four years ago, I had already passed away from liver cancer. The corneas that allowed him to see again were the only thing I left behind in this world. ... I saw Beau Montgomery again four years

My father was a highly respected lead detective, and my mother was the head of the Emergency Department, saving lives every day. I, on the other hand, was a regular at the local precinct, known for brawls and petty theft. In the eyes of our neighbors, I was the "worthless child" who would never amount to anything. The first time, I publicly insulted my cousin who had just transferred to my school. My father dragged me to the station in front of all the teachers and students, locking me in a ce

Chapter 1 The Tenth Engagement Party, and My Boyfriend Let Me Down All Over Again He had his dream girl. And this time, I didn't love him anymore. By the time I finally let someone new into my heart, my boyfriend was the one full of regret. At my tenth engagement party, my boyfriend still didn't hand me the ring. Ten years of dating. Ten engagement parties. Every single time we reached the ring exchange, he was waiting for his dream girl to burst through the doors and stop the wedding. He

1. In the Chicago architecture scene, I, Claire Anderson, used to be a joke. But sadder than screwing up a project is having your wedding postponed nine times by the same man, for the same woman. Alex’s excuse was always Jessica. Jessica needed him for support, Jessica’s birthday couldn’t be missed. It was as if his world revolved only around her. After he postponed our wedding for the ninth time for Jessica, I calmly emailed the wedding planner and canceled everything. Then I posted a break

1 On my wedding day, my mother got down on her knees, begging me to give my fiancé to my younger sister. My brother urged me, "Come on, Jenny, don't be difficult. Polly has depression, she can't handle this kind of stress." My dad just slapped me across the face. "Quit your crying, you're bad luck, a real jinx! Why couldn't it have been you who died back then?" It's okay. I will die. But when news of my actual death hit them… My brother's usually cold face showed a flicker of panic: "No wa

1. Spencer pinned Chloe, the new girl in our lab, to the top of his iMessage. But he refused to pin me. So I broke up with him. My best friend, Maya, couldn’t believe it. "Over something that small?" Everyone thought I'd regret it. After all, Spencer was the perfect boyfriend. He planned out every step for me, from my bachelor's degree to my direct Ph.D. program, making sure we'd end up at the same top-tier university. He meticulously analyzed which cities would be best for us to settle i