Draco has had a crush on Isabella since first year, basically since he saw her strut to the front of the great hall and smirked when the sorting hat announced that she is a Slytherin. He is desperate for her attention and would do anything for her.
During the Triwizard Tournament, Beauxbatons student Isabella Gaunt arrives at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and instantly captivates the castle—especially Draco Malfoy. As competition and the Yule Ball unfold, Draco’s arrogance turns into obsession while Isabella remains firmly in control.
For seven years, everyone at Hogwarts believed Draco Malfoy and Isabella Gaunt were destined to end up together. Draco fell in love with Isabella the moment he saw her on their first day at Hogwarts, captivated by the dimples that appeared when she smirked after being sorted into Slytherin. At only eleven years old, he wrote to his mother declaring that he had met the girl he was going to marry. While Isabella initially dismissed his relentless pursuit, Draco refused to give up. After months of asking, she finally agreed to one date during their second year, and within weeks the two twelve-year-olds were inseparable. As the years passed, their childhood romance grew into an all-consuming love. Though Draco was known throughout Hogwarts as cold, arrogant and untouchable, Isabella alone saw the gentle, vulnerable boy hidden beneath the Malfoy name. She became his safe place, his first love, his first everything—the person he believed was his soulmate. Likewise, Isabella loved him with equal intensity, and together they fiercely protected one another against anyone who dared stand in their way. But as graduation approached, Isabella became consumed by fears she never shared with Draco. Terrified that one day he would regret devoting his entire life to the only girl he had ever loved, she convinced herself he deserved the chance to experience a different future, different loves and a different life. Rather than risk watching him leave her years later, she broke his heart first. Draco never learns the truth. Instead, he is left believing the love of his life simply stopped loving him. Three weeks after the breakup, the once-proud heir to the Malfoy family is barely surviving. He isolates himself in his dormitory, surrounded by the keepsakes Isabella left behind, unable to eat, sleep or imagine a future without her. As his closest friends watch him slowly unravel, they realize only one person can save him from the heartbreak consuming him.
Isabella Evans is a brilliant psych nurse with a calm presence and an undeniable allure, newly transferred from the cardiac unit. Ethan Black, the ward’s attending physician, is drawn to her despite her cool distance and distrust of doctors. Between them, tension simmers — professional, personal, and dangerously unresolved.
Draco Malfoy has spent his life obeying expectations and burying the one truth he was never allowed to want. Isabella Gaunt—his best friend, his son’s favorite person, and the only place he’s ever been soft—has always been the line he refused to cross. Until one mistake, one silence, and one birthday force him to confront the fact that some loves aren’t mistakes at all—they’re inevitable.
The rumor spreads quickly: Draco Malfoy cannot produce a Patronus. And as whispers grow louder, so does the pressure. What begins as speculation becomes something heavier—something suffocating. For Draco, it’s not just embarrassment. It’s exposure. And slowly, beneath the weight of expectation, fear, and scrutiny— he starts to break.
Six years ago, you left Ethan Black—the underground boxer you loved—because you couldn’t watch him get hurt while chasing your dream of becoming a nurse. The breakup shattered you both: he became a ruthless, untouchable fighter, you disappeared to rebuild your life. Now, at twenty-two, one underground fight brings you face-to-face again—and when you see your name tattooed across his back, you realize the past was never really over.
Francesco Bianco was born into violence. As the heir to one of Italy’s most feared Mafia families, his life has always been built on blood, power, and expectations he never wanted. Cold, dangerous, and emotionally unreachable, Francesco spent years convincing himself he was incapable of love. Women came and went, nights blurred together, and fear followed his name everywhere he walked. Until Isabella Contarini entered his life. Beautiful, warm-hearted, and completely untouched by the darkness surrounding him, Isabella is everything Francesco should stay away from. The daughter of an absurdly wealthy family, she lives in sunlight while he lives in shadows. Yet from the moment he sees her, he can’t stop thinking about her. And that terrifies him. Because the more Francesco falls for Isabella, the more dangerous she becomes. Enemies notice weaknesses. His father notices distractions. And in Francesco’s world, love is the fastest way to get someone killed. But when two completely different worlds collide, walking away may no longer be possible. Will Francesco protect Isabella from his darkness— or will he destroy her with it?
Isabella and Draco have despised each other since their first day at Hogwarts—fire and ice locked in constant conflict. Now in their seventh year, a shared detention forces them together day after day, turning sharp arguments into late-night conversations and a dangerous connection neither expected. As feelings grow and walls crumble, they fight hardest against what scares them most. Will they dare to admit the truth, or will their hatred be the very thing that destroys them?
At Hogwarts, Isabella and Draco Malfoy are the couple everyone envies—untouchable, inseparable, and seemingly inevitable. Draco has already decided she is his future, obsessively planning a life where she never leaves his side. But as he prepares to propose, Isabella begins to unravel. Terrified that one day he’ll wake up and realize he can do better, she starts to pull away—quietly, unconsciously—while Draco only tightens his grip, desperate to hold on to the one thing he cannot lose. What looks like perfect love from the outside begins to crack, as devotion turns suffocating and fear threatens to destroy them both.
Twenty-three-year-old Isabella Contarini is the most beloved nurse in the psychiatric ward—brilliant, compassionate, and adored by both patients and staff. Twenty-six-year-old Dr. Liam Monetti is the hospital’s youngest attending physician, known for his intimidating presence, sharp intelligence, and emotionally reserved nature. What nobody knows is that they are secretly married. High school sweethearts who have been together since Isabella was fifteen and Liam was eighteen, they have built a life filled with unwavering love and devotion. While Liam appears cold and distant to the rest of the world, at home he is completely different—soft, affectionate, and hopelessly devoted to his wife. Years ago, overwhelmed by the emotional weight of medicine, Liam convinced Isabella to join his unit. Together, they became an exceptional team, saving countless lives and working with a level of trust and understanding few colleagues could ever achieve. Their chief eventually allowed them to continue working together, but only under one condition: their marriage had to remain an absolute secret. For years, the arrangement worked perfectly. But as time passes, Liam finds it harder and harder to hide how much Isabella means to him. Watching aggressive patients interact with her, seeing coworkers flirt with her, and constantly pretending she is only a colleague begins to wear him down. His protectiveness grows stronger, his jealousy harder to control, and the secret they have guarded for years threatens to unravel. Because while Liam can hide many things, hiding how deeply he loves Isabella is becoming impossible.
She dances under the brightest lights in the world. He sings to sold-out stadiums. Yet behind the spotlight, both are hiding a loneliness no one else can see. Isabella Contarini is one of the most sought-after dancers in the industry, known for performing alongside global superstars and lighting up every stage she steps on. Kind, beautiful, and endlessly giving, she seems to have the perfect life—until the cameras stop rolling. For three years, pop sensation Kian Vale has been hopelessly in love with her. Everyone around them sees it… except Isabella. While she mistakes his devotion for friendship, Kian quietly loves her from a distance, determined never to become another person who hurts her. As Isabella struggles to escape a relationship that has shattered her confidence, Kian can only watch, hoping she’ll one day see herself through his eyes. A slow-burn romance about healing, hope, and discovering that the greatest love stories often begin with learning your own worth.
Four years ago, Noah Monetti gave his heart to the wrong woman—and she shattered it. Now twenty-six, Noah has built a life around staying emotionally untouchable. As one of the most talented tattoo artists around, he has the looks, confidence, and success people envy. But behind his intimidating appearance is a deeply sensitive man struggling with insomnia, anxiety, panic attacks, and depression. He attends therapy, leans on his loving parents, and relies on his best friend Jason, but one thing remains off-limits: love. Noah promised himself he would never again give someone the power to destroy him. Then Isabella walks into a café. Beautiful, confident, and seemingly untouchable, Isabella catches Noah’s attention—but it’s her warmth that truly unsettles him. For Jason, the connection is obvious from the moment he sees her. He becomes convinced that Isabella could be the woman Noah has been waiting for, and he quietly decides to bring them together. Noah wants nothing to do with the idea. Because he knows exactly what could happen if he lets Isabella close. He could fall in love. And Noah is terrified that if he opens his heart again, it will only give someone another chance to break it. But Isabella sees something beneath the walls Noah has built—a tenderness he tries desperately to hide. And as Jason’s meddling slowly brings them closer, Noah is forced to confront the one thing he has spent four years running from: Maybe his heart isn’t broken. Maybe it’s simply been waiting for someone who knows how to hold it.
Bound by an arranged engagement neither of them chose, Isabella Contarini and Liam Rhodes couldn’t be more different. Isabella is the kind-hearted, confident heiress to the Porsche empire, raised with unconditional love and determined to see the good in everyone. Liam, heir to his father’s billion-dollar company, is the man the tabloids can’t stop talking about—a reckless billionaire drowning himself in alcohol, one-night stands, and self-destruction while hiding crippling panic attacks, nightmares, and a lifetime of emotional scars. Forced to live together as they plan a wedding arranged by their fathers, they become strangers sharing the same home. Every night Liam stumbles through the front door drunk, often with another woman on his arm. Every night Isabella quietly swallows her heartbreak, removes her engagement ring, and pretends she’s okay. What Liam doesn’t know is that every choice he makes breaks her heart a little more. What Isabella doesn’t know is that beneath Liam’s cold exterior is a man convinced he’s too broken to ever deserve her love. As walls begin to crumble and painful truths come to light, two people from completely different worlds must decide whether a marriage built on obligation can become something worth fighting for—or whether some hearts are too damaged to be healed.
During the filming of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Isabella and Tom find themselves working more closely together than ever before. Their characters—Hermione Granger and Draco Malfoy—are written with an unexpected shift in dynamics that brings them into frequent shared scenes.
They were never supposed to meet. And they certainly weren’t supposed to matter to each other. But sometimes, one night is all it takes to destroy everything you thought you knew about yourself.
After the war, Draco Malfoy returns to Hogwarts not as the untouchable heir he once was, but as a broken boy drowning in guilt, isolation, and relentless torment from those who refuse to let him forget his past. Haunted by panic attacks and the crushing belief that no one ever cared enough to save him, he slowly unravels—alone. Isabella, the golden girl of the school and a war hero on the winning side, hides her own regrets behind confidence and popularity. She had loved him, tried to fight for him—but fear kept her silent when it mattered most. When she finds him bloodied and collapsing under the weight of both fists and memories, she is forced to face the truth: She might have lost her chance to save him… —or this might be the moment that changes everything.
She was the most powerful witch alive. He was the boy who broke her heart to save it. Months after leaving Hogwarts to help Harry Potter destroy Voldemort’s Horcruxes, Isabella Gaunt is captured and brought to Malfoy Manor—the one place she swore she’d never return. Surrounded by Death Eaters, she comes face-to-face with the people who once considered her family: Narcissa, Lucius, Bellatrix… and Draco Malfoy, the love she never stopped choosing. To everyone else, she’s just another prisoner. But behind every cold glance lies a desperate lie. Because if Lord Voldemort discovers who Isabella truly is to the Malfoys—or that Draco would gladly die for her—none of them will survive the night.
Draco Malfoy has spent seven years loving the same girl. From the moment he first saw Isabella Gaunt, she became the center of every future he imagined. While the rest of Hogwarts saw the wealthy, brilliant, intimidating heir to the Malfoy name, no one knew that behind the arrogance and sharp tongue was a boy hopelessly devoted to one person. Isabella. Beautiful, kind, effortlessly adored by everyone around her—and completely oblivious to the fact that Draco has been in love with her for nearly half his life. Now in their seventh year, Draco finds himself trapped between what he wants and what he fears most. Because while Isabella fills every corner of his thoughts, he has never found the courage to tell her. Instead, he hides behind sarcasm, jealousy, and carefully constructed plans, terrified that the one person he would give everything for might never feel the same. And for Draco Malfoy, there is something far more frightening than losing Isabella. It’s discovering she was never his to lose in the first place.
To the wizarding world, Isabella Gaunt and Draco Malfoy are the perfect pure-blood couple—beautiful, wealthy, powerful, and destined to rule Britain’s oldest magical families together. Their upcoming wedding is celebrated as the event of the century, and every public appearance convinces the world they’re deeply in love. Behind closed doors, however, they are strangers. Bound by an arranged marriage decided when they were only eight years old, Draco and Isabella have spent their lives misunderstanding one another. Draco has secretly loved Isabella for as long as he can remember but hides his feelings behind cold distance, convinced she could never love him after years of watching her highly publicized relationships. Isabella, desperate to be loved, mistakes his silence for rejection and slowly falls into a deep depression, hiding her panic attacks, nightmares, and loneliness behind the bright smile that made her the wizarding world’s golden girl. As their wedding draws closer, two people who have always belonged to one another must overcome years of silence, heartbreak, and misunderstanding before it’s too late—or risk spending the rest of their lives trapped in a marriage where both believe they are unloved.
