Sophie Grant has built a new life in New York City, leaving behind the heartbreak of her past and the man who shattered her world, Luke Bennett. She’s focused on her career, determined to move on, never allowing herself to look back. But when fate forces them to reunite as colleagues, old wounds reopen, and Sophie is faced with the undeniable pull of a love she thought she had buried forever. Luke, now a changed man, is desperate to atone for the mistakes that led to their painful breakup. As they navigate the awkward tension of working together, Luke's apologies and confessions start to chip away at the walls Sophie has carefully constructed around her heart. But can she forgive him for abandoning her when she needed him the most? And can Luke prove that he’s the man she always believed he could be? Caught between the past and the future, Sophie must decide if love is worth the risk of opening her heart again, or if it’s safer to keep running from the ghosts of yesterday. The Day I Stopped Running is a heartfelt story about forgiveness, second chances, and the strength it takes to face the truth about love, no matter how much it hurts.

Isla Hart was a woman with one thing on her mind: survival. Struggling to pay bills and facing mounting personal challenges, she needed money. Fast. When Lucien Cross, a powerful and enigmatic CEO, offers her a lucrative contract to pose as his fiancée, it seems like the perfect solution. The terms are simple, strict rules, no emotions, no attachments, and just a temporary arrangement to help secure a major business deal. Lucien Cross is a man who has everything but what truly matters. Wealth, power, and influence come easily to him. But love? That’s something he has no use for. With an important merger on the line, a staged engagement is just another strategy in his carefully crafted life. Isla is nothing more than a means to an end, his convenient, temporary fiancée who will serve her role without question. But as they spend more time together, the lines between pretense and reality begin to blur. Isla, once just a stranger to Lucien’s world, starts seeing the man beneath the cold, calculating exterior, the man haunted by the weight of his empire, his past, and his unresolved emotions. She sees the cracks in his armor, the loneliness he hides behind his icy demeanor, and the vulnerability he tries so desperately to keep buried. For Lucien, Isla becomes more than just a contractual obligation. Her presence disrupts his perfectly controlled world, and before he knows it, he finds himself wanting her in ways that defy the terms of their agreement. But with the stakes so high, and secrets from his past threatening to destroy everything he’s built, he struggles to keep his emotions in check. When the true reasons behind their engagement are exposed, and their carefully constructed worlds unravel, Isla is forced to confront the possibility that love, the very thing she swore she wouldn’t get caught up in, might just cost her everything. And worse yet, it might bring down the man who has begun to claim her heart. Now, as secrets unravel and the truth about their fake engagement threatens to tear them apart, Isla must decide if love is worth the risk. Because this time, love was never in the contract. But its consequences? They might just cost them both everything.