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They exiled me hoping for a nun. I came back a queen with a custom Pagani and a taste for chaos. Chicago is my playground, and its little princes have forgotten the rules. My rules. Enter Cullen Vaughn. The golden heir, the perfect gentleman, the city's darling. He made the mistake of standing in my house and calling me a "rabid dog" unfit for his bed. Cute. For that, I've decided I want him. Not to love, or to cherish. But to own. To break. To watch the horror in his pretty eyes as he's forced to kneel and wed the monster he despises. His pristine world is about to be crashed by the spoiled brat he never saw coming. They wanted humility? I'll give them a coronation instead. And the first jewel in my new crown will be his ruin.

Marriage changed everything: Sebastian, once flawless, turned distant and cold. Coralie tried to close the gap with affection, until she realized another woman had been living in his heart the whole time. His devotion had never belonged to her alone. Mocked by her mother-in-law and gutted by betrayal, she felt trapped in a frozen abyss. She filed for divorce and poured herself into work, dropping the "housewife" mask to reveal a bright gem beneath the dust. Admirers bloomed fast. Sebastian cracked. "Sweetie, I was wrong-come back." Coralie shot back, "You cheated first. Why would I?"

"I don't want your money, Elara. I want the five years you took from me." Elara's world shatters when her father gambles away her freedom to the most dangerous man in the city. Silas Vane isn't just a ruthless billionaire; he's the Alpha of the Blackwood Pack, and he's been hunting Elara for years. To Elara, he's a stranger holding a debt she can never pay. To Silas, she is the mate who vanished, leaving him with a scarred heart and a thirst for vengeance. Trapped in his obsidian estate, Elara must navigate a world of shifting shadows and primal instincts. As the line between captor and protector blurs, a dark secret begins to surface: Elara isn't as human as she thinks, and her "debt" was written in blood long before she was born. Can she escape the Alpha's golden-eyed gaze, or will she finally remember why she ran in the first place?

When Japheth, a secret police agent is assigned to spy on the son of the biggest mafia don in Miami, he has no choice but to disguise himself as a professor and infiltrate his school to get more information. What started as an investigation turned into deeper conversations, sneaky kisses, and brain-shutting fucking. Japheth never thought he was into boys, until he met the one who made him question everything he had believed in. Until he met Aaron.

I was the perfect wife. For three years, I built my husband's empire, gave him my love, my loyalty, my designs. And how did Victor Hale repay me? He stole my womb. He stole my daughter. He stole my freedom. That was the day Aurora Hale died. Now I live as Rhea Ashford - and I want blood. One reckless night, I mistake Damien Voss, a ruthless crime-lord biker with a wicked smile, for his powerful CEO twin brother. One bed. One touch. One unforgettable sin. When Damien discovers who I am and what I want, he makes me a deal: marry him, and he'll give me the power and protection to ruin the man who destroyed me. It's easy. He wants me, so I become his bride. I want revenge, so he becomes my weapon. But Damien isn't just temptation in leather and ink. He's dangerous. Addictive. A man who plays by no rules but his own. And in this contract marriage tangled with lust and lies, I can't tell if I'm the one using him- Or if he's already claimed me as his. TW: This story is intended for 18+ mature audiences only. It contains explicit sexual content (including kink, elements of BDSM dynamics), strong language, and other mature themes. Reader discretion is advised. BOOK 1 OF THE PRINCES OF SIN TRILOGY

To defend the stolen goods, Elena jumped off a tall building. But it was surprisingly, he went into the other world and lost his loot stone. Turns out there, the great thief must compete with the harem and try to recover the stone, to return to the world. Will she be queen of the prince and find a ruby stone? Is it what Elena would choose, to defend her life now or return to her world?