Best Modern Novels

Being disowned by my family, and being cheated on by my boyfriend and best friend seems to be the end of the world, But I have to save my mother from her illness, I need money to save her but My father, Alpha of the biggest refuses to give a single penny and chose his Mistress's daughter over me. Desperate and alone, I was ready to take any option I could get if my mother would be saved. I made a deal with an almost-stranger, a contract marriage! Who was forced by his grandma to get married. A win-win situation for both of us. He saved my mom. I married him to fulfil his Grandma's wish, But, why is my heart aching when our marriage contract is going to end? It was a marriage deal for both of us, but when it's coming to an end, I don't want it to end? Being disowned by my family, and being cheated on by my boyfriend and best friend seems to be the end of the world, But I have to save my mother from her illness, I need money to save her but My father, Alpha of the biggest refuses to give a single penny and chose his Mistress's daughter over me. Desperate and alone, I was ready to take any option I could get if my mother would be saved. I made a deal with an almost-stranger, a contract marriage! Who was forced by his grandma to get married. A win-win situation for both of us. He saved my mom. I married him to fulfil his Grandma's wish, But, why is my heart aching when our marriage contract is going to end? It was a marriage deal for both of us, but when it's coming to an end, I don't want it to end?

For two years, I was trapped behind my own eyes, a prisoner in my own skull. A crazed fan had hijacked my body after a brutal car crash, wearing my skin like a cheap suit. When my soul finally locked back into my flesh in a cramped hospital room, I realized she had destroyed everything I built. This parasitic stalker had drained my massive fortune to zero, buying luxury gifts for a mediocre actor and turning me into the internet's most hated woman. My phone was flooded with death threats, and the hashtag demanding I go to hell was trending at number one. Even the hospital nurses despised me. One marched into my room, raising her hand to violently slap my pale cheek. "You psychotic bitch, you make me sick!" Worse, my sprawling Beverly Hills estate had been foreclosed and sold to a mysterious billionaire named Kasey Dominguez. I had absolutely nothing left. No money. No reputation. No home. The sheer violation of watching a psychotic stranger ruin my life while I was locked in the passenger seat of my own mind made my blood boil. I refused to let her destroy my legacy. As the nurse's hand descended, my atrophied muscles snapped into action. I twisted her wrist until the joint popped, grabbed the keys to my freedom, and slipped out into the cold Los Angeles night. I was going to take my life back, starting with the billionaire who thought he owned my house.

The Stolen Address is a chilling mystery story about a resident targeted by a series of inexplicable food deliveries. After five identical errors in a single month, the protagonist posts a warning for the prankster, only for another driver to arrive claiming this location is his regular stop. Following a tense confrontation, a violent pounding erupts at the door. When the resident flings it open to retaliate, they are met with a horrifying sight that defies explanation.

In this young-adult horror and romance novel, a plain woman's five-year relationship with popular James Chapman turns toxic when his former flame, Barbara, returns. James demands his girlfriend undergo plastic surgery at Barbara’s new clinic to boost its reputation. Tragically, the procedure ends in a horrific death. While James initially dismisses her disappearance as a tantrum, he eventually discovers her mangled remains hidden in a basement, still wearing his diamond ring.

Evelyn Severa abandoned her future as a wolf doctor to care for her crippled husband, Callum Wolffang. After five years of devotion, the Alpha brings his true love, Iris, into their home, rendering Evelyn’s sacrifices meaningless. Realizing Callum will never love her, Evelyn waits for their contract to expire before severing their mate bond and vanishing. Despite being the one who broke her heart, Callum is consumed by desperation. He spirals into a frantic search to reclaim the wife who finally chose to leave him behind.

On the eve of her wedding, a young woman's world shatters when she catches her wealthy fiancé in bed with her closest friend. This ultimate betrayal by the two people she trusted most leaves her devastated and seeking a new path. Amidst the heartbreak and high-society scandal, she must navigate the complexities of lost love and social fallout. Can she reclaim her dignity and find a true connection after such a public and personal blow?

After a night of unexpected passion, a woman discovers she is pregnant, only to face a crushing betrayal from her billionaire fiancé. Instead of the fairy tale she envisioned, she is met with cold rejection and deceit as he chooses another. Now alone and carrying his child, she must navigate a world of heartbreak and high-society scandals. This emotional journey follows her struggle for independence and justice against the man she once loved.

After returning to the Bennett family, real heiress Ophelia faces a shocking revelation. While her sister Romina offers to return her engagement to the powerful Orlando, Ophelia secretly carries Orlando's child from a five-year hidden arrangement. Haunted by mysterious floating messages predicting her tragic demise and social ruin, she must navigate a dangerous web of billionaire secrets and mafia ties. As the truth of her pregnancy looms, Ophelia fights to rewrite a future where she is destined to lose everything.

Naomi sacrificed her admission to a prestigious university to remain by Leo Cullen’s side, retaking entrance exams for three years based on his word. However, by the fourth year, Leo abandons their pact to pursue a life of rebellion and delinquency. After he mocks her dedication to their shared goals, Naomi decides to distance herself completely. She focuses on her studies in isolation, avoiding him at every turn until a frustrated Leo finally confronts her about her cold behavior.

Elena Ramirez has spent years cleaning up other people's messes-balancing a demanding analyst job by day and side hustles at night to pay off a mountain of family debt. Love was never on her agenda. Then Adrian Harrington, the city's most feared billionaire, makes an offer she can't ignore: pose as his girlfriend to steady his company during a vicious boardroom power struggle. Six months. One contract. No feelings. It should be easy. But each public appearance, each staged kiss, pulls them closer than either planned. The arrangement ignites a firestorm-Adrian's jealous ex fakes a pregnancy, a hacker leaks private photos, a friend betrays them, and even his own family schemes against them. The gossip columns call her a gold digger; rivals call for Adrian's head. Somewhere between whispered confessions and desperate damage control, the line between pretend and real disappears. Now Adrian must choose between the empire he built and the woman he never meant to love, while Elena risks everything-career, reputation, and heart-for a man who was supposed to be temporary. Falling in Pretend delivers a high-stakes contemporary romance bursting with slow-burn chemistry, ruthless betrayals, and twists that will leave readers breathless.

Ever since a childhood game went wrong, Oliver Hubbard has been mentally frozen at age six. His sister, Hannah, has spent years sacrificing her pride to care for him and their ailing grandmother. However, the arrival of Blake Mueller shatters their fragile dynamic. After Oliver accidentally stains Blake's shirt, a frustrated Hannah lashes out and kicks him out. Realizing he is a burden, Oliver climbs into a casket to start a final, tragic countdown.

After her husband's passing, the protagonist of The Times We Had clings to the legal and digital remnants of her past marriage. When Chuck Smith begins a persistent courtship, offering total transparency and grand romantic gestures, she slowly begins to heal. Yet, on the verge of their wedding, the facade of his perfect love crumbles. Discovering him with his secretary in a parking garage, her hope for a new future is shattered by his blatant infidelity.

Chloe is known by everyone as Hendrick Sam's devoted partner, a woman willing to abandon her dignity for a man who constantly leaves her side for his true love. Despite the public ridicule and being labeled a doormat, she remains silent and steadfast for two years. However, as Hendrick faces his final moments, he questions if her devotion was ever genuine. The cold truth is finally revealed: Chloe never loved the man himself, but was only ever interested in his physical heart.

After a tragic first life ending in torture and death, Rosa Shaw is reborn with a mission to distance herself from Carlo Gutierrez, the ruthless Mafia heir. She endures his public insults and cruelty, eventually moving to the slums to escape his presence. To avoid the false accusations that led to her previous demise, she accepts a marriage proposal from another man. However, when Carlo sees her moving on, his obsession flares, and he demands her return.

Eliana Torre, the Caputo family's Ice Lady, worked tirelessly for a promotion to Senior Consigliere to be worthy of her secret boyfriend, Don Lorenzo. However, her world shatters when she discovers Lorenzo leaked her private photos to favor her rival, Fiore. Worse, she learns that every intimate night they shared was actually spent with his brother, Vincenzo. Betrayed by the man she loved, Eliana resigns from the mafia and prepares to flee Deyork for a new life in Grayland.

When curiosity leads a young woman to uncover a hidden journal belonging to her brother's closest friend, she discovers a side of him she never imagined. The private pages reveal scandalous thoughts and dangerous secrets that blur the lines between attraction and betrayal. As she navigates their complex shared history, the tension between them reaches a breaking point. She must decide if their connection is worth the chaos his truth will unleash.

After giving birth, a woman finally receives the overseas vacation her husband promised. Yet, the moment they land, he abandons her without a word. Stranded in a foreign country, she discovers a social media post showing him intimately sharing dessert with his childhood sweetheart. Deciding she has had enough, she leaves a final comment and a divorce agreement behind. Now, her once-indifferent husband is the one spiraling into a desperate panic.

After discovering her husband’s cruel infidelity and the dark lies that defined their marriage, a resilient woman chooses to walk away from the life she knew. Her journey toward healing takes a turn when she crosses paths with a powerful, reclusive billionaire who offers her a chance at true redemption. As she navigates this high-stakes world, she must decide if she can trust again or if the scars of her past will prevent her from finding love.

On our eighth anniversary, I found my husband on a tropical beach with his junior employee. A photo on social media showed them with a diamond ring he' d bought with our company' s money, captioned: "Paradise found with my forever love." But the moment he truly broke me was when I told him I was terminating the pregnancy and needed him there. He laughed. "You think I'm going to play along with your pathetic games?" he sneered, before rushing off to comfort his mistress. Later, in the hospital corridor, after I had gone through it all alone, he finally fell to his knees, crying and asking about "our baby." But it was too late. He and his mistress had already killed my child. So I played the part of the grieving wife. While he begged for a second chance, I quietly transferred millions to my name, gathered every last piece of evidence of his affair, and served him the final divorce papers, leaving him with nothing but a mountain of debt.

When her mother is hospitalized on the thirteenth floor, the protagonist expects support from her boyfriend, Sebastian, a doctor in the same building. Instead, he spends twenty days ignoring his partner's family to assist his childhood friend, Suzy. From helping her move to mentoring her as an intern, Sebastian remains unreachable. After he chooses to drive Suzy's dog to a vaccination over helping his girlfriend, she finally cuts ties and ends the relationship.

For five years, she endured a humiliating marriage to billionaire lawyer Christopher Lutherson, all to secure his help for her framed father. However, Christopher suppressed vital evidence to satisfy his first love, leading to her father’s tragic suicide in prison. Now, as he arrogantly demands her presence at a party in exchange for legal aid, she has nothing left to lose. After signing the divorce papers, she prepares to leave the man who let her only family perish.

After childhood friend Colin Porter claims he is trapped in a fire, Selena rushes into the flames to save him. Instead of Colin, she finds only a cat and suffers severe burns, only to discover the entire life-threatening situation was a cruel prank to impress Colin's crush. Mocked by a laughing crowd, Selena eventually moves on. On her wedding day, a broken and bloody Colin crawls back to her, pleading for the mercy she once gave so freely.

The family of Williams are known to be strict, rigid and too controlling; they set barriers and closed edges between relations and an interloper. A family once filled with wealth and life of riches went bankrupt after it was discovered most of its stocks were poorly managed by top board members in the enterprise. Emily Williams, was born into this once prosperous family, her father Mr Williams Richard mentally broken since the huge financial loss had to change the family doctrines and conservative manners to accommodate an outsider, a Rich one to be precise. Her mother Elizabeth Williams and brother John Williams, work as a day labourer to make ends meet they find it hard to gratify the whole family needs for the pressure was hard on their neck. Since their father is unable to support the family's financial backbone he had only one idea that could take the family out of financial disgrace: His youngest child and only daughter, Emily Williams. She was later given out as an arranged marriage after she gave up her passion to become an entrepreneur She would now become a full house wife to a son of an affluent lineage in the society where she would face different adversaries and oppositions. She wasn't welcomed into the family of the Carter's; her mother in-law Sarah and her two daughters Hannah and Lucy saw her as proud, egoistic, narcissist, self-absorbed egomaniac, smug and insufferable. She only got the approval of her father in-law Mr Carter James and husband Eric Carter who helped her in times of difficulty and pains due to a held promise made by James Carter and her father Richard Williams. Read to find out if Emily would ignite her passion back when she figures she has been living a life full of lies and hatred.

Trapped in the opulent yet suffocating world of the elite, a young woman struggles to break free from the control of the cold billionaire, Elias Blackwood. Behind the glitz of high society lies a possessive obsession that threatens her autonomy. As she plots her desperate escape from his gilded mansion, she must navigate a web of secrets and dangerous desire. Can she reclaim her freedom, or will the weight of his influence crush her spirit forever?