Tangled and Twisted ✓

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Three women. Three secrets. Three tangled lives...

Jenny Lesko doesn't want to marry Hunter Hyde. She only has eyes for her only love, Alex Hills, but her aunt and uncle have different plans for her. She will do everything in her power to get what she wants, but the price to pay isn't cheap...

Bella Hennings is torn. She doesn't know how to get out of the rut she got herself into. Being two different men's number one target means she's forced to make a decision, something she has only done a few times in her life.

Beth Kuhlmann is done. She no longer wants to be anyone's third wheel. For once in her life, she wants to be the first choice. How can she pursue her goal when anything she earns is disappointment?

The three women know that, in order to succeed, have to trust the right people, or prepare themselves from a major twist in their lives...

Disclaimer:

This story is an entry for the Open Novella Contest 2023. It's based on three different prompts: #15, #63 and #75

#15: Three women. Three secrets. Three tangled lives
#63: A rivalry between two coworkers has unforeseen consequences
#75: You have a family heirloom, it's been passed way long before anyone can remember. You inherited this object and discover its secret. This secret will twist your life and change it forever.

I believe these three prompts can work well together when combined, so I hope you'll appreciate my effort in bringing you a story filled with passion, love and treason.

Main characters:

Jenny Lesko

A woman in her late twenties who is entangled between her desire of spend the rest of her life with the man of her dreams and her uncle and aunt's pressure to her into a loveless marriage for business

Bella Hennings

A woman in her early thirties whose love life is so messy that, every time, her friends have to sort the mess out for her. She's the object of the interest from two different men, who, however, are in a situation as complicated as hers