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8.4
After the crash erased any hope of recovery, Vivian chose IVF to honor her fiancé's wish to have a child.
A mistake during the procedure changed everything, and the baby turned out to belong to William, a billionaire known more for mystery than presence.
Faced with the fallout, William offered her a hundred million dollar contract. "Carry the child to term, and the money will be yours."
At first, Vivian refused because she believed her dignity could not be bought. That resolve collapsed when she saw her fiancé, barely out of the ICU, entwined with her stepsister.
Crushed by betrayal, she signed the contract and married William.
The public mocked her choice and claimed she had married nothing more than a pretty face.
Time proved them wrong. Doctors later praised her work for reshaping medical research. Among hackers, her code became legend. On an international stage, Vivian's brilliance held an entire forum in awe.
Amid the stunned crowd, William stepped forward and wrapped her in a gentle embrace before kissing her softly. "Have you enjoyed yourself enough? It's time for us to go home."
The audience erupted in disbelief.
Meanwhile, the man who once scorned her now begged for another chance.

9.0
Elena’s life shatters when she is abducted by Dante Moretti, a ruthless mafia kingpin who views her as a prize to be owned. Trapped in his dangerous world of crime and luxury, she must navigate a volatile path between fear and an unexpected, burning attraction. As Dante’s obsession grows, Elena finds herself caught in a high-stakes power struggle. She must decide if she can escape his dark grip or if she will ultimately surrender to his claim.

8.0
In the Name of Love explores the high-stakes world of modern romance where wealth and passion collide. Within the elite circles of billionaire society, complex relationships are tested by ambition and deep-seated secrets. As the protagonists navigate the pressures of their status, they must decide if their connection can survive the ruthless demands of their lifestyle. This gripping story delves into the sacrifices made for true intimacy.

7.8
After being cruelly cast aside by her fated mate, a rejected werewolf struggles to navigate a world that has turned its back on her. As she attempts to rebuild her life in secret, hidden truths about her lineage and the circumstances of her rejection begin to surface. Caught between the pain of her past and a dangerous new reality, she must decide if the secrets she carries are worth the cost of a second chance at love and destiny.

8.1
After three years of marriage, Chloe has turned her husband’s infidelity into a lucrative exit strategy. Charles Dickson pays five million dollars for every affair, and once his latest payout hits ten million, Chloe vanishes to start a new life as a teacher. When the billionaire finally tracks her down, he is met with a woman who views him as nothing more than a failed specimen. This modern romance explores their tense reunion as Chloe refuses to return to her role as a trophy wife.

8.0
Anya Briar has spent her life chasing one thing: a residency at Ashbourne Memorial, the elite hospital where reputations are made and hearts are broken. For a girl who's clawed her way up from nothing, this is more than ambition. It's survival. It's proof she belongs.But Ashbourne isn't just a hospital. It's a legacy. And no one embodies that legacy more than Dr. Felix Ashbourne, the hospital's golden son. Brilliant. Arrogant. Untouchable. He's everything she should avoid and everything she can't resist.From the moment their eyes meet across the corridors, tension crackles. He's the danger she wasn't prepared for. She's the exception he never saw coming. She catches his eye and she loses her heart.As long hours turn into stolen glances and forbidden desires , their secret affair becomes the one thing neither of them can afford. Because in a world ruled by power, legacy, and clinical detachment, love isn't just forbidden, it's a liability.And some wounds...Medicine can't heal.

7.9
After experiencing her first heat on campus, a young woman is pinned down and claimed by a dominant Alpha. The situation escalates when his father arrives, choosing to watch rather than intervene before asserting his own dark desire. Now marked by both Alphas, she is caught in a possessive struggle between a father and son who refuse to let go. Forced to navigate this intense bond, she must ultimately choose between the two men who have forever changed her.

8.7
Starting college takes a dark turn in this young-adult romance when a roommate secretly uses the protagonist's phone to send a selfie to her online boyfriend. The cruel prank backfires as the boyfriend reacts with insults and an immediate breakup, blocking her before she can explain. The betrayal deepens when the roommate reveals she has started a new relationship with the same guy. Now, the protagonist must face the reality of her ex-boyfriend's shallow nature and her roommate's calculated deception.

9.5
For three years, my estranged husband, Dayton Cole, paraded his childhood sweetheart around while I upheld our billion-dollar family merger. His latest hotel scandal splashed across the news, and I was once again called to clean up his mess, playing the part of the devoted wife.
But this time was different. My best friend handed me divorce papers, urging me to finally choose myself. Yet, Dayton cornered me, using my family's ambitions as leverage. He demanded I maintain our charade for three more months-a performance that included sharing his bed.
He'd humiliate me, calling me a tool for his family's image, then turn around and whisper that I was a beautiful woman he couldn't let go of. His jealousy flared when another man showed me kindness, yet he spent his nights rushing to his lover's side.
The ultimate degradation came when he forced me to sleep on the floor of our shared room at his family's estate, declaring he had no desire for a wife who didn't want him.
But in the dead of night, as I shivered on the cold floor, I felt his arms wrap around me, his lips brush my temple in a secret, tender gesture.
I woke up alone, the warmth gone. A quick check of social media showed a new post from his sweetheart, thanking her "quiet strength" for being there at sunrise.
That was the moment everything snapped. The game was over. He could have his fragile flower. I was taking back my life.

8.1
I was just a cleaner making fifteen dollars an hour, scrubbing floors to hide from a past that haunted me.
But when I walked into a billionaire's pristine penthouse, the suffocating visions hit me again. I saw a woman brutally murdered in a room that had been bleached spotless.
I called 911, and that brought the one man I had spent three years running from right to my door: NYPD Captain Kelvin O'Brien.
The patrol cops wanted to lock me up because I found the hidden blood too fast. To avoid a psych ward, I had to pretend my horrific supernatural visions were just brilliant deductive logic.
I had to physically endure the phantom sensation of the victim's throat being crushed and poison burning her stomach. All while Kelvin cornered me, demanding to know why I abandoned him and my title as the department's greatest asset, "The Oracle."
I didn't want to look at dead bodies anymore. I didn't want to feel their agonizing deaths. Why couldn't they just let me disappear?
But when the victim's wealthy husband walked into the precinct with a smug smile, ready to get away with murder, I couldn't stand it.
I forced myself to relive the victim's dying moments, guiding Kelvin to cut open her decomposed stomach to find the diamond ring she had swallowed.
"We have your blood inside her stomach."
His perfect alibi was shattered. But when we found an underground syndicate token hidden in his wallet, I knew my quiet life was over.

8.2
After her husband’s tragic death, a grieving widow discovers the painful truth behind his double life. To fund his burial, she is forced to sell the very wedding ring that symbolized their supposed love. Broken and destitute, she crosses paths with a cold billionaire who offers an unexpected lifeline. As she navigates a world of corporate power and hidden secrets, she must decide if she can ever trust another man with her shattered heart.

9.8
Elizabeth Miller wakes up in the bedroom of her long-time rival, Ashton Ford, only to be treated like a nameless intruder. As Ashton prepares for an engagement to a woman named Sunny, Elizabeth is stunned to see a floating stream of comments describing her as a social climber. The messages claim Ashton is devoted to his deceased first love, Elizabeth Miller. Now, Elizabeth must uncover the truth behind her supposed death and her enemy's strange new reality.

9.5
On a cross-country train journey, a high-society woman discovers her husband is having a clandestine affair. As she navigates the confined space of the locomotive, her search for the truth uncovers a web of lies more dangerous than simple infidelity. In this high-stakes mystery, every passenger is a suspect, and every stop brings her closer to a lethal conspiracy. She must outsmart her betrayer before the final station marks her end.

8.2
Bellmere University wasn't supposed to be a punishment. But it became one the second Aria Lancaster met him.
Sebastian Wolfe-the new Dean. Billionaire. Ruthless. And her father's oldest friend.
He's twice her age, cold as ice, and dangerously in control.
She's innocent, defiant, and off-limits.
One mistake lands her in his office.
One punishment strips her bare.
And one rule changes everything:
Obey him, or be expelled.
But what starts as punishment quickly turns into obsession.
And when secrets unravel and control slips, there's only one thing left to do:
Break the rules. Or break each other.

8.1
On the eve of her wedding, Tyla Parker found out her fiancee Jace had an affair with her best friend Edna. This is the guy she has sacrificed so much for. Tyla Parker became one of the most famous chef after she won the Bon appetit competition in France. Jace her fiancee had convinced her to give up her career as a chef and instead let Edna build herself. She has been so stupid that she hadn't known all these while what Jace was up to, how he had her cover up for Edna so many times and also had her willed the company her father had willed to her to him. Tyla was frustrated from what she found out on her bachelorette party. She has been a fool but she won't continue to be one anymore. Tyla Parker signed a hidden marriage contract with Julian Crestwood CEO of The Golden Crest restaurant, the biggest restaurants chain in the City. Julian Crestwood, the industry devil had backed Tyla up in so many ways without her knowing because she was bent on having her revenge on her ex fiancee and her best friend. Love found its way between Julian and Tyla as they faced the world and Tyla also building herself back getting to the position of the top chef once again.
The story is about betrayal, revenge and above all true love.

8.4
After a premature delivery ends in a stillbirth, a grieving mother refuses to accept her loss in I Kidnapped All Newborn Babies. Believing her daughter is still alive, she barricades herself inside the hospital nursery and lowers the temperature to lethal levels. As desperate parents and doctors beg for mercy, she issues a chilling one-hour ultimatum: return her child or the newborns perish. This intense mystery story explores the thin line between maternal love and madness.

8.5
When the clock strikes 11:47, Camilla's world shatters—not from loss, but from the mate bond's cruel betrayal. Princeton's mind-link transmits her staged gasp, a performance for an audience of one, while his jaw tightens with cold focus, not sorrow. He's walking away from their son's urn, from her, from everything. This modern werewolf fantasy mystery spirals into a night of ash and obsession, where a bond forged in fire threatens to consume them both.

8.9
On the day they were meant to wed, Huxley shatters everything by abandoning his bride for another woman. Left at the altar in a public display of humiliation, the protagonist must navigate the wreckage of a high-stakes relationship built on billionaire lies. As she picks up the pieces of her broken heart, she confronts the cold reality of Huxley’s betrayal. This modern romance follows her journey from the altar to an uncertain future.

7.3
She found her true mate... but he belongs to another.
Dana never expected to find her fated mate in the heart of the city - especially not in her cold, brilliant, and heartbreakingly human boss. Kos is a billionaire inventor, engaged to a woman the world sees as perfect. And worst of all... he doesn't feel the bond.
To reveal the truth would make her look desperate, maybe even insane. Who would believe that a shy assistant is his destined mate - and not just after his name or fortune?
But the bond is real. The ache is real.
And when fate forces them together, nothing will ever be the same.
Can a heart blinded by reason learn to feel what only instincts can see?
Or will Dana lose him - before he even realizes she was his all along?

8.8
On a night defined by a lethal blizzard, my husband heartlessly locked me out of our home, leaving me to face the freezing cold alone. That moment of betrayal shattered our marriage, as I realized the man I loved was my greatest threat. Surviving the storm was only the beginning of my transformation. Now, I am reclaiming my life and seeking justice against the billionaire who discarded me. This is a story of resilience, heartbreak, and a cold reckoning.

8.0
During a holiday road trip in The Price of Abandonment, a pregnant woman is sidelined when her husband insists his colleague, Isabel Slater, take the front seat. Despite her severe morning sickness, he and Isabel smoke in the car, eventually abandoning her at a rest stop as a cruel lesson. Little do they know, her family is waiting to take her home. Vowing to leave her marriage and terminate the pregnancy, she moves on, leaving her husband to face a future of bitter regret.

8.3
Returning from a trip past midnight, a husband finds his wife, Celeste, missing and a strange shirt on their couch. Though she claims it is a gift from her new menswear line, the garment is far too small. As the owner of a clothing company, Celeste knows his measurements perfectly. She blames the mix-up on her brother Felix, yet a chilling realization strikes: Felix shares the same XL size. This mystery story explores a marriage unraveling through a single, ill-fitting lie.

8.5
During a corporate event, Whitney Stuart is challenged to a suggestive thirty-second kiss through a tissue. Despite her husband's presence, she chooses her assistant, Zach Green, leaving the paper soaked in their saliva. When the next round arrives, the humiliated husband opts for a dare of his own. Rather than seeking reconciliation, he turns to the female intern beside him and initiates a kiss, sparking a new romance and signaling the end of his marriage.

9.6
During a prenatal exam, Isabella discovers a shocking truth: her five-year marriage to mafia boss Enrico Salvatore does not legally exist. While she thought they were spouses, hospital records confirm she is unmarried. Her world shatters when she overhears Enrico admitting the wedding was a sham. To secure his family bloodline, he is officially marrying Luisa, the mother of his daughter, while keeping Isabella in the dark. Realizing her life and unborn child have no legal standing in his world, Isabella decides to walk away from the elaborate lie.