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9.0
After being cast out into a deadly snowstorm by her father over a trivial meal, a young girl perishes alone. Years later, her archeologist father unearths her headless corpse but ignores the familiar scars marking her skin. Her mother, a medical professional, eventually uses the girl's preserved heart as a specimen for her students to study congenital disease. Despite her past promises of eternal recognition, she remains oblivious to the tragic truth of her own daughter's fate.

9.7
When Cecilia Vick sends a video of her affair with Luther Boyd, she expects to break his wife's heart. Instead, the betrayed protagonist monetizes the betrayal by posting the footage online for twenty dollars before disappearing for fieldwork. Returning from the mountains a week later, she finds her phone flooded with notifications. Her act of revenge has turned into a public scandal, leaving a desperate Cecilia begging for the content's removal as her life falls apart.

7.8
Despite warnings that she would be seen as a mere blood bag, a human woman marries Ryan Kane, a noble vampire. Their love fractures when Ryan’s ex-fiancée returns and he publicly claims the other woman as his wife. Faced with a high-risk pregnancy and her husband’s cold threats of divorce, she finally calls her father to admit he was right. She prepares to vanish, but as she moves on to marry another, the vampire who discarded her returns in desperation.

9.7
After years of suffering, a young woman discovers her true identity as the long-lost daughter of the powerful Henry family. Her return ignites a fierce storm of protective fury as her billionaire father and brothers vow to punish those who mistreated her. As she navigates her new life of luxury, she must reconcile her painful past with a future defined by wealth and unconditional love. It is a tale of justice, family bonds, and ultimate redemption.

8.6
After her treacherous ex-fiancé leaves her to settle a gambling debt, bartender Lena Rivera is saved by Adrian Moretti, the ruthless Don and her ex's uncle. A single, high-tension night of forbidden passion leaves Lena pregnant with the mafia boss's heir. Brought into his estate, she faces deadly enemies who frame her for theft to steal territory. But Adrian is prepared to destroy anyone who touches the woman destined to rule his empire.

9.3
After her daughter Mia is declared brain-dead, grief-stricken mother finds herself pressured by her husband, Liam, to donate the girl's organs. She soon discovers a horrific conspiracy: Liam and his former lover, Dr. Blair Lincoln, faked the diagnosis to steal Mia’s heart for Blair’s own child. Murdered after uncovering the truth, she wakes up back on the day of the tragedy. Armed with the truth, she vows to make them pay for their cruelty.

8.5
In This Time, Enjoy Your Deadly Journey, Zoey tries to save her classmates from a dangerous trip to Tanond, only to be met with a brutal betrayal. After reporting the group to the police for their safety, her boyfriend's childhood friend leads a vicious retaliation that ruins Zoey's life and drives her to suicide. Miraculously, Zoey wakes up back in time on the very day the trip was first proposed. Now, she must decide how to handle the group that once destroyed her.

9.4
In this intense modern mystery, a dedicated maid of honor finds herself entangled in a web of deceit and high-stakes action. What began as a loyal commitment to a wedding quickly spirals into a dangerous game of betrayal. As secrets emerge, she must navigate a world of hidden motives where every alliance is questioned. Forced to choose between her duty and survival, she risks everything to uncover a truth that could destroy everyone involved.

9.7
My Chanel suit was ruined, stained with road dirt and torn at the sleeve, while the hospital bodyguards stood like stone walls to keep me away from my husband’s room.
Inside that room, Ashely Berger was being treated for "multiple fractures" after allegedly lunging into the path of my car—a car I know she threw herself into on purpose.
The press swarmed me, flashing cameras in my face and hurling accusations of attempted murder, while my husband, Corbin, marched past me without a single glance, his eyes filled with nothing but cold, lethal disgust.
He didn't ask if I was hurt; he didn't care about the truth. He only cared about the woman behind the door, whispering gentle promises to her while treating me like a piece of filth that had somehow contaminated his life.
I stood there, hollowed out, as he demanded a divorce and threatened to strip me of everything, branding me a monster in front of the entire world to protect his precious reputation and his mistress.
The injustice burned, but as he turned his back on me to comfort her, I realized the game had changed. I wasn't going to let him ruin me for a crime I didn't commit, and I certainly wouldn't let her steal my life without a fight.
I walked into the room, locked the door, and looked at the woman playing the victim. She wanted to play the role of the tragic, broken angel? Fine. I was ready to show her exactly how a real Mcgowan fights back.

9.8
Wild Epic Pleasures follows Susan as she executes a daring seduction on her best friend's wedding day. Dressed to outshine the bride, Jennifer, Susan captures the groom's attention before the ceremony begins. What was intended as a one-time tryst with Steve quickly evolves into a ruthless desire to claim him permanently. This modern romance compilation explores the consequences of betrayal and obsession as Susan decides she wants the groom all for herself.

8.4
On their third anniversary, my boyfriend Jason Sterling humiliated me at his birthday party, dumping me for my best friend in front of everyone. Drunk and heartbroken, I hid in the garden—where his father found me. Adrian Sterling, 41, is a cold, divorced billionaire CEO, the last man I should want. He proposed a one-year contract marriage: he needed a wife to secure his board vote, and I needed a place to stay and the perfect revenge. Separate rooms, no feelings, no touching. But Adrian is possessive, jealous, and looks at me like I'm his. Now Jason wants me back and calls me Mom, while the billionaire I married for revenge might be the only man I've ever truly loved.

7.8
When his housekeeper, Yvonne, arrives late and claims she was locked out, Mr. Carter is baffled. She insists his wife, Susanna, never provided an access card, forcing her to wait for entry every day for a month. However, Carter knows the apartment logs tell a different story: the missing card has been used consistently during that time. This modern mystery follows a husband's unsettling discovery as he realizes someone has been entering his home in secret while his wife hides the truth.

8.1
In the gripping modern novel My Parents Forced Me To Donate My Kidney, a family's desperation turns into a horrific crime. When a younger brother reaches stage four kidney cancer, the parents demand a life-saving transplant from the protagonist. They ignore his desperate plea: he only has one kidney left after previously saving his father's life following a car crash. Strapped to an operating table against his will, he must survive his own family's lethal selfishness.

8.1
This holiday collection is pure, uncut sin under the mistletoe.
Step-siblings tangled in tinsel and sweat.
Best friends betraying vows on the Christmas rug.
Stranded guests double-stuffed by the hosts.
Secret Santas delivering creampies instead of gifts.
No safe words. No condoms. Just raw, bed-breaking, screaming-orgasm holiday hookups.🔥
Kinks include: daddy kink, age-gap, cheating, Double Penetration, squirting on the Christmas tree, caught masturbating, and marital-bed breeding while the spouse sleeps downstairs.
If Christmas makes you wet for the wrong reasons-this blizzard will drown you in it.
Strictly 18+.🔞🔞🔞
Grab a blanket... you'll need it to hide the stains.🔥🔥

9.0
I stood in the center of the Pierre Hotel’s grand ballroom, a mute, smiling doll in a Dior dress. My job was to signal stability to investors while my fiancé, Clive Fitzpatrick, looked for any excuse to ignore me.
The night of our engagement, the world turned into a different kind of hell. I watched Clive disappear onto the terrace with another woman, his hand possessively on her waist. Distraught and drunk, I stumbled into a dark penthouse suite seeking sanctuary. I woke up the next morning to a gravelly voice and the smell of expensive tobacco. I hadn't slept with my fiancé; I had accidentally spent the night with his uncle, Bruno Fitzpatrick—the man Wall Street called the "executioner."
The humiliation was only the beginning. Clive didn't just cheat; he admitted he was only marrying me to steal my family's voting rights so I could "rot" in an apartment while he lived with his mistress. When I tried to protest, my adoptive mother, Claudia, dragged me into a private room and whipped me with a riding crop to remind me of my place. She held up a video of my frail, sick sister, Lucia, making it clear that my total obedience was the only thing keeping Lucia alive. I was a business asset to be traded, used, and beaten into submission.
I couldn't understand why everyone I was supposed to trust was so eager to destroy me. Was I really just a mannequin to be discarded once the merger papers were signed? The marks on my back burned, but the ice in my veins was colder. I was done being the victim of a mediocre man and a heartless mother.
Then Bruno offered me a way out. At the family dinner, right in front of my cheating fiancé, he proposed a lethal bet: if I could raise the company’s stock by ten percent in thirty days, he would give me his board veto—the ultimate power to crush Clive and Claudia forever. If I failed, I would owe him any favor he asked. I looked at the man who had ruined me and the man who wanted to own me, and I realized I had nothing left to lose. I wasn't going to be a doll anymore; I was going to be the one who burned the house down.

8.9
For years, I sacrificed my professional dreams to support my husband, believing his success was ours. However, I soon discovered his support was a facade for calculated control, as he systematically sabotaged my career to keep me dependent. Now, the veil has been lifted. I am no longer the compliant wife he manipulated. I am reclaiming my ambition and fighting to rebuild my life, proving that his dominance ends where my true journey begins.

7.6
I thought one picture was harmless,something that could pass without consequences.
I never imagined it would ruin his image,threaten his company or put my family in danger.
I made a mistake and somehow,he bacame the only person that could protect us.
The contract we signed was supposed to be simple,temporary and emotionless but nothing stayed that way.
But living together changed things and getting used to his presence became a routine.
The lines we promised not to cross slowly began to blur.

9.2
On his birthday, a man discovers his partner Hazel Mosley's betrayal through a suggestive social media post. A photo of her riding a horse with her assistant, Cecil Wilcox, reveals intimate marks that confirm his worst fears. After witnessing her brazen interactions with Cecil online, he decides to sever their ties. He cleanses the horse of her presence, transfers the entire ranch to her, and quietly accepts an arranged marriage from his family while she remains oblivious.

8.9
"Alex... I'm dying."
Amara's trembling voice over the phone should have shaken her husband, but the renowned Dr. Alex Spencer simply replied, "Buy medicine and let me work."
The world envied their marriage to the perfect doctor, but behind closed doors, Amara carried every pain alone. Until the day she received two verdicts: brain cancer... and a divorce she signed with her own hands.
She walked away, whispering, "This is the last meal I'll ever cook for you," leaving Alex furious and unable to accept the truth.
And when he rushed into a house decorated with flowers and candles, her smiling picture greeted him instead.
She was gone. He fell down, weeping like a child.
But something told him, Amara was still alive and he won't rest until he finds her.
Is Amara truly still alive? Read to find out!

8.6
I was the untouchable Mafia Queen, but my reign ended in the blood-soaked depths of a damp dungeon.
My half-sister, Kelsey, drove a rusted, sharpened spoon into my chest, screaming about the unfairness of fate.
In my past life, my father sold me to the ruthless Don Dante Blackwell as collateral to pay off his debts.
To survive, I took a black-market fertility drug, birthed his heir, and clawed my way to the throne through sheer ruthlessness.
But in the mafia world, a pregnant woman isn't a queen; she's a walking target.
I survived countless bombings and poisonings, only to be betrayed and slaughtered by my own family.
Until my last breath, I couldn't understand. I had sacrificed everything to secure our survival in the empire. Why did my blood and tears only earn me a rusted spoon to the heart?
Opening my eyes again, I am seventeen, sitting in my father's drawing room.
Two black velvet boxes sit on the mahogany table.
Kelsey greedily snatches the box containing the fertility drug, her eyes gleaming with feverish triumph.
"I'll take this one, Papa."
She thinks she is stealing my golden ticket to the crown, completely unaware that she just chose a death sentence.
I lower my gaze, letting my eyelashes mask the cold, lethal amusement pooling in my eyes as I take the remaining box.
Inside is the detailed psychological profile of the Don's dead fiancée.
This time, I won't be a breeding mare fighting off assassins. I will dissect the devil himself.

9.1
After years of neglect and coldness, a stepmother is granted a miraculous second chance to fix her broken relationship with her stepchild. Haunted by her past mistakes and the pain she caused, she embarks on a difficult journey of emotional redemption. In this modern romance, she must navigate deep-seated resentment and prove her sincerity. Can she truly earn forgiveness and build the loving family she once pushed away before it is too late?

9.4
After following her boyfriend Shane's advice to keep her lower train berth, the protagonist is blamed for Dulcie Quinn’s tragic miscarriage. Despite her innocence, she is strangled to death by Wallace Lambert as Shane looks on. In the aftermath, her boyfriend and best friend end up together. However, death is not the end; she suddenly regresses to the moment before the trip began. Now, she must confront the lovers' betrayal and change her fate in this modern mystery story.

8.5
After Nicholas Wolfe gives his concert ticket to Madeline instead of Lia, a cycle of neglect reaches its breaking point. Despite Lia's 99 requests, Nicholas continues to prioritize his junior, offering empty promises of a future anniversary trip to Sorenton to make amends. Having endured dozens of bailed plans over six months, Lia remains calm. While Nicholas expects her usual forgiveness, Lia is secretly preparing her own departure, ensuring he is the one left behind this time.

8.6
For ten years, I was the indispensable right hand and fiancée to star architect Declan Sharp. I poured my life into his career, sacrificing my own ambitions for us. Our wedding was just weeks away.
But my world shattered when I saw him with the new intern, Kisha. He was showing her my design, the one he called "competent," and proudly saying, "This is Kisha's idea."
It got worse. He stole my groundbreaking research paper for her, then publicly dismissed me as a mere "drafting assistant." My own family attacked me, furious I had lost their meal ticket.
I was just a tool. A convenient machine he used to build his empire. He never loved me; he loved what I did for him.
So when he tried to kiss me to shut me up, I slapped him. I deleted every file, every blueprint, every trace of my work from his life. Then I blocked his number and bought a one-way ticket to Detroit. This time, I was building a life for myself.