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8.4
Everything in Chris' world changes when he meets Kate.
Chris Cena who is a young billionaire CEO controls one of the most powerful empires built by his late father.
Chris lives under the shadow of his mother, Elisabeth Cena. The ruthless woman who once ruled the empire before handing it to him.
Kate Milmar who is brillant, sensual and emotionally guarded moves confidently among powerful men without ever allowing herself to belong to any of them.
When she publicly challenges a wealthy client, her fearless defiance immediately captures Chris's attention.
Chris offers her a dangerous proposal for her to leave her world and exclusively belong to him.
As their attraction grows slowly, Kate notices strange cracks in the history of the Cena Empire. Chris's father died suddenly years earlier and in the aftermath, Elisabeth took control of the company briefly before passing it to her son.
What once seemed like a normal transition begins to look suspicious as Kate uncovers missing records, hidden documents and a mysterious change in the company's will.
Elisabeth sees Kate as a threat to both her son and the legacy she had built and a silent war begins between the two women .
Chris gets caught between his loyalty to his mother and the growing feelings he has for Kate.

7.6
I had served as the private medical counsel for the Huff family for five years, keeping their scandals buried and their blood pumping. But at the Cipriani gala, standing under a storm of camera flashes, I realized I was just a smudge of ink on their golden canvas.
My twenty-year-old niece, Ainsley, looked me up and down with a sneer and pointed at my throat. She demanded I hand over the emerald pendant—the only thing my grandmother left me—because it would "pop" better against the gold gown of her father’s new media darling, Harlow.
I turned to Grafton, the man whose neurodegenerative condition I had personally managed in secret, waiting for him to act like a human being. He didn't even blink. He just leaned in and hissed, "Give it to her, Katharina. Don't make a scene. Fix this."
After I handed over the necklace and walked out, the retaliation was instant. Within ten minutes, my credit cards were declined, my biometric access was revoked, and the concierge I had tipped for a decade blocked me from entering my own home. Grafton told me I’d be destitute and starving within a week.
They all thought I was a family charity case, a leech clinging to the Huff name for prestige. They had no idea that I had spent years quietly securing the intellectual property rights to their most profitable drugs under my maiden name. They didn't know that I was "The Broker," an underground medical legend with a bank account that dwarfed their trust funds.
I watched from the shadows as Grafton’s health began to crumble without my specialized injections and their stock price went into a tailspin. They thought they could erase me, but you can't delete the person who holds the structural integrity of your life together.
When the panicked calls finally started coming, I didn't answer. I wasn't interested in a settlement or an apology anymore. I was busy using my offshore funds to buy up their crashing shares, ready to take back the empire they thought they had kicked me out of.

8.1
In this sci-fi horror story, a scientist mother implants chips into her twins to monitor their honesty. While Ryan’s chip signals perfection even when he frames his sister, the protagonist is subjected to agonizing electric shocks for the slightest perceived lie. Brainwashed into believing she is inherently evil, she suffers a genuine asthma attack on Christmas Eve. Dismissing her struggle as a bid for attention, her mother triggers a lethal shock and leaves her to die.

8.4
On her wedding day, a bride's world shatters when her groom chooses to rescue his mistress instead of her during a sudden crisis. This ultimate betrayal leaves her reeling as she uncovers the layers of deceit hidden within their relationship. Amidst the heartbreak, she begins to investigate the truth behind his double life. As dark secrets emerge, she must navigate a web of mystery and lies to reclaim her dignity and find justice for the life she thought she had.

8.9
WARNING: FOR MATURE READERS ONLY!!!
This erotica collection is raw, hot, intense, and packed with deliciously filthy fucktwists that will leave you breathless.
Each story is steamy, gripping, and driven by compelling plots that pull you deep into forbidden desire.
You will find A strict 59-year-old professor bends his tempting student over his desk and growls that she's been a very bad girl.
A college student wakes up sore and dripping in her biggest rival's bed, with no memory of how many times he fucked her senseless.
Her hot stepdad has a secret camera aimed at her bed. When she catches him watching, she doesn't rage - she spreads her legs and gives him the show of his life.
A seductive woman is the only weakness of a ruthless mafia king, and he finally claims her body as his own.
She knows her sister is cheating, so she seduces her husband right in front of her - and her sister can't say a single word.
Piper's rent is overdue. Instead of paying up, she drops to her knees for the landlord while her boyfriend watches.
A spoiled, arrogant rich brat demands a private striptease. The dancer doesn't walk away - she dances for him until he completely loses control.
An assistant's boyfriend has a huge cock, but "Daddy" knows exactly how to ruin her with his tongue. She chooses Daddy.
Best friends make a wicked bet: seduce my dad. She takes the bet... and loses all control the moment he bends her over.
Chloe has been secretly masturbating to her stepbrother's photos, moaning his name as she comes. She can't hide it much longer.
A married gym coach can't stop staring at the sexy teacher. She goes all the way and lets him take her between her thighs.
Her doctor tells her she needs rest... but she's determined to prove she's strong enough to be fucked senseless on his examination table.
Every twisted fantasy and every scorching answer waits inside these pages.
Flip the pages, spread your legs... and get ready to throb.

8.9
Betrayed by her elite family and left to die in an asylum, Marceline Blanc regresses to her engagement party with a vengeful mission. In her past life, her brothers and fiancé sacrificed her happiness for her adopted sister, Bella. Now, a mysterious LitRPG system rewards Marceline’s unhinged behavior with massive wealth. By destroying her social standing and embracing total chaos, she finally breaks free from her toxic relatives to build a billionaire empire on her own terms.

9.7
After reconciling with billionaire Pierce Emery, his wife stops begging for his presence and begins charging for his absence. Every hour he spends with his ex-girlfriend, Daphne, costs him a premium. While Pierce prioritizes Daphne's minor emergencies over his wife's high fever and their daughter's needs, his wife focuses on her growing bank account. This cold arrangement reaches a breaking point when she chooses a payout over his excuses, trading her affection for millions.

8.7
Heidi gripped the sterile hospital bedsheets as violent contractions ripped her body apart.
The heavy door opened, but it wasn't the doctor. It was Brigette, wearing the exact custom wedding dress Heidi had spent six months designing for herself.
Brigette held up her phone on speaker. When the doctor warned that a natural delivery would kill the mother, Christian Page's voice echoed through the room, ice-cold and devoid of any warmth.
"Prioritize the Page heirs. Let her die."
The man she loved had just signed her death warrant over the phone.
Brigette stole her newborn twins, dragged her to an abandoned warehouse, and poured gasoline over her bare legs.
Flicking a lit cigar into the puddle, Brigette left Heidi tied to an iron pillar to burn alive.
But as the flames formed a deadly circle around her, Heidi's body convulsed with a terrifying truth.
In the heart of the blazing inferno, she miraculously gave birth to two more babies she didn't know she was carrying.
Using her own back as a human shield against the falling embers, she survived the fire, but the ultimate betrayal burned deeper than her ruined skin.
Four years later, Heidi returned to New York with a reconstructed face, two brilliant children, and a terrifying new identity as the world's top underground surgeon.
When Christian, entirely unaware of who she was, signed a waiver begging her to save his dying grandfather's life, Heidi looked into his desperate eyes with absolute, clinical boredom.
"The game starts now," she said coldly.

9.5
Arranged to marry the most ruthless mafia don in the city, Serafina learns early that obedience is the price of survival.
Luca De Santis doesn't love, he owns.
And she is his most valuable possession.
Inside an empire built on blood, fear, and unbreakable loyalty, there is only one man who never looks at her like property.
Matteo De Santis.
Luca's cousin. His enforcer. His shadow.
Falling in love with him is forbidden.
Being discovered means death.
As loyalty fractures and betrayal ignites, Serafina is forced to choose: remain a silent bride to a monster or rise beside the man willing to burn the empire for her.
In a world where love is treason, survival demands rebellion.

9.6
After years of enduring a cold, loveless marriage, Seraphina finally signs the divorce papers to reclaim her freedom. Her ex-husband assumes she will crawl back, but he is stunned when she captures the heart of his most formidable business rival. As she navigates this high-stakes romance with a powerful billionaire, Seraphina finds the passion she was always denied. Now, she must balance her newfound happiness with the drama of her past life.

8.1
For three long years, Nina tolerated a cold, loveless marriage to billionaire Nash. However, her world shatters when he brings his pregnant mistress home, demanding Nina serve her. This ultimate betrayal pushes her to finally seek a divorce, but Nash unexpectedly refuses to let her go. Now, Nina must navigate a web of manipulation and control as she fights for her freedom against a powerful man who won't release his hold on her life.

7.8
After his scheme to seize the White family fortune collapses, Harry Pate resorts to a depraved plan for control. He intends to drug Freya White and record an assault involving his friends for blackmail. However, a stranger overhears Harry and his mistress plotting and issues an urgent online warning. Upon seeing the viral alert, Freya takes immediate action. She surreptitiously spikes the very pot Harry is about to drink from, turning his cruel trap against him.

9.5
Valeria was just a wife on paper. Three years of a hellish marriage with the only man she had ever loved but it ended in divorce one rainy night.
"Sign them. I can no longer stand to see your face or pretend like I don't want to strangle you with my bare hands everytime I lay eyes on you." He barked coldly, throwing the papers on the table in front of her.
She couldn't say it was unexpected. It had always been a matter of time.
Once childhood friends, everything had gone to hell because of one woman, Isis Whittaker, Luka's late fianceé. An unfortunate accident. An incriminating message. Somehow, Luka came to believe Valeria was responsible for the death of the woman he loved and took it upon himself to punish her personally. Three years of torment and being labelled a murderer.
She'd never thought the ending would be so...cathartic. Her hand lightly grazed her stomach as she signed the papers. Terrified of how she would explain she was pregnant from a night of passion he didn't even remember, she no longer needed to tell him.
She would make sure he was never going to find out that she was carrying his son, the heir to the Thorne Empire. But then again, things never quite go as planned, she should have realized this by now...

8.3
After three years of marriage, Seraphina discovers her husband, Julian, has been leading a double life. A chance encounter with a mysterious stranger reveals a hidden agenda involving her family's fortune. As she investigates Julian's past, she uncovers a web of lies and betrayal. Seraphina must navigate a dangerous game of cat and mouse to protect her inheritance and her life, while questioning everything she thought she knew about love.

7.9
After losing her mother to a heart attack following a phone scam, a young woman spends three years working five jobs to clear massive family debts. While traveling to the cemetery, she discovers a viral stream where a woman boasts about faking her own death and manufacturing a debt crisis to discipline her daughter. Recognizing her mother's birthmark and voice, the protagonist realizes her life was a social experiment. Now, she begins a calculated digital pursuit to confront the woman who sacrificed her daughter's future for internet fame.

8.0
During a treacherous ice fishing trip, a pregnant mother and her sick daughter are abandoned in a storm by a husband desperate to please his former superior. While seeking shelter in a villa, he steals his wife's jacket for his boss and forces his family into the cold to forage for food. The ordeal leaves her daughter mentally disabled. Seeking justice, she uses her secret knowledge of the villa to expose his illegal corruption before he can secure a promotion.

9.5
After seven years of marriage, the bond between Niccolò Romano and his wife has reached a breaking point. Eighteen times they filed for divorce, each instance triggered by Niccolò's blind devotion to his adopted sister, Lia. From stealing research to claiming paternity of her child, Niccolò consistently sacrifices his wife's well-being for Lia's sake. When he demands sympathy for Lia's scandals, his wife finally signs the papers and chooses her career in Iceland over his neglect.

8.0
Ava Miller is a struggling artist who enters into a marriage of convenience with the cold billionaire CEO, Ethan Reed. Their arrangement is built on secrets and a strict contract designed to protect his family’s massive legacy. However, as they navigate high society’s scrutiny, the lines between their pretense and reality begin to blur. Ava soon discovers that her mysterious husband is hiding a past that could destroy their fragile bond.

7.7
Caden Booker, the arrogant heir to the Booker Legacy group has everything-wealth, power and everything that comes with it. Things take a turn when he survives a car bombing that was meant to kill him, sparking the need for a bodyguard, his bodyguard. Ruthless, secretive, and finally close enough to make Caden pay, Asher takes the job not to protect him, but to end him.
As time unravels everything he thought he knew, Asher must decide between following through with the revenge he has planned all his life or to risk it all for the man he has learned to love.
A tale of betrayal, power and abominable romance, born out of revenge and sealed in love.

9.6
While driving through the night, Lily finds herself at the mercy of a monstrous wolf after her car flips into a ditch. Despite the beast’s unexpected help in righting her vehicle, she flees in a panic, certain she is being hunted. The high-speed pursuit ends in disaster when Lily loses control and strikes a tree. As she drifts into unconsciousness, the Alpha closes in, leaving her fate hanging in the balance in this gripping werewolf romance.

9.2
Quentin Yale’s pursuit of vengeance leads him to seduce his enemy’s daughter, using her pregnancy to shatter her mother’s spirit. However, his triumph is short-lived when the woman takes a desperate, violent stand and plunges into the sea. Consumed by guilt and hallucinations, Quentin descends into insanity, claiming his victim haunts his every move. This modern horror and action tale concludes in an asylum where a broken man begs for a ghost's mercy.

7.7
Silas Vane, a billionaire on the edge of ruin, needs his ex-wife's signature to save his tech empire-and June Ashby, his scorned orchard-owning ex, wants only one thing: to make him suffer.
The deal is brutal, simple, and non-negotiable: Silas must move back to their small hometown, trade his silk suits for calloused hands, and work the orchard harvest for six months. Worse? He has to play her doting husband for the press-fake marriage, real contract, no room for error.
What starts as a revenge-fueled game quickly spirals. As the sun dips below the orchard trees, old sparks reignite, and the line between fake and real blurs into something dangerous.
Silas came to town for a patent to save his empire. But he might just walk away with a broken contract-and a heart completely owned by the woman who set out to destroy him.

9.5
When Timothy is robbed of his exchange program spot by a bully claiming to be the heir of the wealthy Smith family, his older brother Matt intervenes. The arrogant student boasts of his family's donations to the school, supported by biased faculty. However, Matt realizes the boy is a fraud because his own family is the real Smith lineage. Infuriated by the deception, Matt calls his mother to expose the imposter and reclaim his brother's rightful place.

8.0
After purchasing a three-hundred-dollar smartphone for her mother, the protagonist of I Became The Pariah Of The Family is met with baseless accusations of siphoning bank funds. Despite offering a reimbursement to end the conflict, her mother demands payment for a stack of personal receipts, including men's sneakers and household goods. Trapped in a suffocating cycle of being treated like a personal ATM, she attempts to reclaim the gift, only to face further stubborn resistance.