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The Billionaire's Secret Spy Novel Cover
7.3
Seraphina's late mother's business of housing seniors is now in control of her wicked stepfather, Silas Creed. With her loved ones under his hostile care, she is eager to obey his demands to keep them safe. Including acting as a spy in the Thorne Corporation for intel that will dismantle his rival's empire. But, entangling herself with the stoic, brooding, and infamous billionaire, Jaxon Thorne, throws a wrench in her plan. Intrigued by his ruthless desire for her and knowing lies being his arch enemy, the threat of her stepfather becomes vague in her mind. With Seraphina deeply involved with Thorne, she risks far more than she had expected. Love. Loyalty. And lives.
TABOO A DEAL WITH THE SHADOW ALPHA Novel Cover
9.2
"You are mine, Firefly. Only mine, Mine to touch. Mine to kiss. Mine to fuck,,." he whispered slowly against my neck, my body drenched with the warmth of his breath against my skin, my thighs clenching tighter with every word and claim he utters "If you let another man touch you he dies. I am the gates of hell Firefly, If you walk in I wouldn't let you leave." To Escape her dangerous Ex and fulfil her family's ultimatum Addison make a deal with her billionaire neighbour "Axel Rex" who unknown to her is a devil with a devastatingly gorgeous face, he proposes a a simple two months contract; she will be his charming plus one to corporate events, important gatherings... and he will provide the build of the boyfriend she wants and her family will accept to keep her obsessive Ex-boyfriend away. Addison believes his fierce protectiveness over her is just an act for the public, however she's completely blinded to the real reason: Axel is an Alpha, a descendant from the house of Orion, and she is his mate, he never saw their agreement as a lie, for him it was a step closer to getting her, a step closer to claiming her as his, but will she still be his after knowing who he truly is? Would she choose to stay even with lies? Will what was turning real shatter back to dust? Will their love reign over the curse of his existence?
Rejected, Poisoned, Reborn: I'll Ruin Them All Novel Cover
9.2
After being poisoned to death by her classmate Vivian and betrayed by her boyfriend Brandon, class monitor Elara is reborn. In her past life, she tried to protect her peers' college applications from a reckless stunt, only to be vilified and killed. Now back in time, she refuses to play the martyr. Instead of stopping Brandon from ruining his future for Vivian, she encourages the chaos, determined to watch her enemies face the consequences of their own vanity and greed.
The Kidney That Never Came Novel Cover
9.3
Stella is fighting for her life, but the kidney transplant she desperately needs is stolen by her own mother. Kylie, a powerful hospital director, diverts the organ to the son of a former flame, leaving her daughter to perish. While Kylie celebrates with her old love, her husband’s pleas for help are dismissed as lies from an ungrateful child. This modern mystery follows the devastating aftermath of a choice that leads to Stella's tragic death and a mother's late realization.
His Accidental Cure: The Runaway Contract Wife Novel Cover
8.4
I was drugged and sent to a hotel room to be compromised, but I ended up in the presidential suite with a stranger. I didn't know the man I clung to in my hallucinogenic haze was my own husband, Devaughn Winters, a man I hadn't spoken to in a year. When I woke up the next morning, the terror of what I’d done hit me like a physical blow. I fled, leaving behind nothing but a shredded dress and a lingering sense of dread. I thought I’d finally escaped the cold, suffocating contract of our marriage when I signed the divorce papers, but I was wrong. My mother-in-law arrived at my apartment, freezing my sick mother’s medical funds and threatening to ruin me for the "infidelity" she claimed I’d committed. She dragged my secrets into the light, leaving me with no choice but to fight back with a knife in my hand and a 911 call on speaker. But just as I thought I was free, the man I’d spent the night with—the man who was supposed to be my stranger—tore up our divorce papers and declared that I was his to keep. I was a pawn in a game I didn't understand, trapped between a ruthless father who wanted to sell me for corporate secrets and a husband who demanded I belong to him in life and in death. How did he not know who I was that night, and why is he suddenly claiming me as his own? I’m done being a victim, and if he thinks he can own me, he’s about to find out exactly what happens when a cornered woman decides to burn it all down.
I Gave Him a Kidney, He Asked for Another Novel Cover
8.8
After sacrificing a kidney to save the man she loved, a woman finds herself facing an unthinkable betrayal. Instead of gratitude, her partner demands she undergo yet another dangerous procedure for someone else. This shocking request unravels a web of dark secrets and hidden agendas. Caught in a spiral of mystery and emotional turmoil, she must navigate a treacherous path to uncover the truth behind his cold cruelty and protect what remains of her life.
A Heart Taken in Vain Novel Cover
7.9
A Heart Taken in Vain follows a doctor whose obsession with his first love leads to a horrific medical crime. To save his former flame's son, he intentionally neglects an accident victim and later manipulates medication to ensure a patient's death for an organ harvest. He remains oblivious to the fact that the donor is his own disfigured daughter. The truth unravels when he calls the victim's family to request a body donation, only to hear his wife’s phone ring.
Never Seen After the Divorce Novel Cover
9.0
After four years as the invisible wife of mafia heir James Moretti, Sophia realizes she is being replaced by his returning childhood sweetheart. She executes a daring plan, tricking James into signing divorce papers disguised as mundane documents. Pregnant with his secret heir, Sophia disappears to start anew. Now, the powerful billionaire is dismantling the underworld to find her, but the woman he ignored has transformed into someone he can no longer control.
Power of Obliviousness Novel Cover
8.2
In Power of Obliviousness, a girl with an uncanny lack of social awareness navigates life by unintentionally turning every insult or prank into a personal victory. When her wealthy biological family finally locates her, she faces a manipulative fake heiress whose schemes backfire against her oblivious nature. During a high-society banquet, she is trapped in a room with a ruthless mafia leader and a bloodied victim, yet she remains convinced she has simply stumbled onto a professional movie set.
When He's by Her Side Novel Cover
9.5
After seven years together, the protagonist of When He's by Her Side realizes her relationship with Heath Summers is a sham. While she mourns her father's death, Heath chooses to accompany his childhood sweetheart, Naomi, to a prenatal appointment. When she demands a breakup, Heath dismisses her grief as mere jealousy, prioritizing Naomi's difficult pregnancy over his partner's loss. This story follows her painful decision to leave a man who will always put another woman first.
He Gave Our Baby Away Novel Cover
9.5
After a night of unexpected passion with billionaire CEO Marcus Thorne, Elena finds herself pregnant. However, her dreams of a happy family shatter when Marcus chooses his corporate empire over their newborn, giving the infant away to secure a legacy. Years later, Elena returns with a cold heart and a hidden agenda to reclaim her child. As she infiltrates Marcus's world, she must navigate a web of betrayal and rekindled desire to find the son he stole.
Lies Form the Shackles of Love Novel Cover
9.2
Ginnie Sullivan’s world shatters when she overhears her billionaire husband, Adam Grant, discussing her permanent medical condition with his doctor. For three years, Adam intentionally withheld treatment for Ginnie’s injured arm to ensure another woman, Snow Warma, could take her place as a famous artist. Realizing her supposed savior orchestrated her downfall to secure a rival's career, Ginnie faces the ultimate betrayal. Since his love was a lie, she decides to reclaim her freedom.
Your Mom, Not Mine Novel Cover
9.8
While Yelena Lipton vacations with her first love, Phillip Warren, her husband remains in the hospital caring for her mother. The situation turns tragic when news of Yelena’s impending marriage to Phillip causes her mother’s fatal collapse. Despite his urgent calls, Yelena remains unreachable until it is too late. After privately managing the funeral, the protagonist serves her with divorce papers. Yelena dismisses the betrayal as a gesture to cheer Phillip up, but the bond is broken.
You Want a Mistress I’m Already a Queen Novel Cover
8.3
Five years after breaking her heart, Julian returns with a shocking proposal: he wants his ex to be his mistress while he marries another woman. He arrogantly assumes no respectable man would marry the daughter of a mob underboss, unaware that she is already the wife of Don Dante, the king of the Chicago underworld. When Julian attempts to buy her with a black card, he sets the stage for a brutal realization of how much power his former flame truly holds.
The Fiancé Who Stole My Life Novel Cover
8.3
My fiancé, Garrison, told me his family would love me. He said I was perfect. But at our engagement dinner, I overheard their real plan: to harvest my kidney for his sick sister, Corliss, and then discard me. They framed me for pushing Corliss, causing her to have a "stress-induced episode." Garrison, believing their lies, had me thrown into a brutal "behavioral correction facility." When he finally came for me, it wasn't to save me. It was to show off his new woman, my old rival, Katia. He humiliated me at a party, forcing me to wear the same dress as her, then accused me of sabotaging a chandelier that nearly killed them-a chandelier I had actually pushed him away from. In the hospital, broken and bruised from a car crash Katia orchestrated, Garrison showed me faked evidence of my "crimes." He called me an empty void, a monster, and told me he was done with me. He believed I was a jealous viper trying to destroy his family. He never saw that they were the ones who had systematically destroyed me. Lying in that hospital bed, alone and in agony, I finally understood. The man I loved was a stranger, and his family were my tormentors. As he walked out of my life for good, a cold peace settled over me. I was finally free. And I would never look back.
The Scattering of Love Novel Cover
9.2
After a decade-long crush, a woman is forced into a marriage with Mike Ashton through her father’s schemes. Despite their engagement, Mike remains distant, frequently traveling abroad and leaving her to raise their daughter alone. When his return reveals his deep-seated coldness and a secret life with his ex-girlfriend, Jennifer, the illusion of their family shatters. Realizing he will never love them, she files for divorce and flees abroad to start over.
Curse Reverses on Sterling Novel Cover
9.6
After a night of unexpected passion with an enigmatic stranger, Sterling discovers the encounter has broken a family curse that once doomed him to a life of solitude. This mysterious woman is the only one who can save him from his dark fate, but she vanishes before he can learn her identity. Driven by a newfound hope and a desperate need for answers, the billionaire launches an exhaustive search to find his savior and claim his future.
The Lone Wolf - The Lost Female Alpha Novel Cover
9.2
The Lone Wolf: The Lost Female Alpha Twenty years of lies. A crown of silver. Two monsters fighting for her soul. Selina thought she was just a girl from the Thicket, raised in isolation by a protective aunt, told never to go into the city and especially never at night. But when a dying messenger collapses at her door, the "static" in her head finally finds its voice. She isn't human. She is the heir to the Silver Queen, and her blood carries the spark of a fallen empire. Now, she's being hunted. On one side stands Finn, known to the world as Kaelin's Hound - the lethal enforcer who helped burn her mother's palace to the ground. His touch is a wildfire of cedar and thunder, a fated mate bond that her body craves even as her mind screams murderer. He claims to be her protector, but every night she dreams of him with black eyes, standing over her mother's cooling body with a silver blade. On the other side is Malakai, the enigmatic King of the Dead Zone. He moves through the Shadow Fog like silk over broken glass, offering a numbing escape from the heat of a bond she doesn't trust. He promises her freedom from Finn's "leash," but his eyes hold a predatory silver that suggests he wants a battery for his own dark power, not a Queen. As the fog closes in and the "Silver Spark" begins to ignite, Selina must navigate a treacherous landscape of ancient covenants and blood-soaked secrets. In a world where even a loyal dog bites when it's hungry, she has to decide: Is Finn the hero who will help her reclaim her throne, or the demon who was sent to finish the job?
I Hate You, Mr. Black Novel Cover
8.8
After a devastating betrayal by her sister and boyfriend, Elara finds her life in ruins. Seeking a fresh start, she crosses paths with the cold and enigmatic billionaire, Silas Black. Their initial encounter is fueled by mutual disdain, yet a forced proximity binds them together. As Elara navigates the treacherous waters of high society and corporate intrigue, she must decide if the man she claims to hate is actually the only one she can truly trust.
The Heir Trap Novel Cover
8.3
Clara’s husband, Malcolm, dies under scandalous circumstances, leaving the Stroud family without a successor. At the funeral, Nora Stroud makes a chilling demand: Clara must conceive a child with her wheelchair-bound brother-in-law, Vincent, to secure the family line. Pushed to her breaking point, Clara refuses to be a pawn. Instead of following Nora’s orders, she decides to strike back by targeting her father-in-law, setting a dangerous game of vengeance in motion.
Fallen Grandeur, Shattered Oaths Novel Cover
9.6
On his fifth anniversary, Spencer receives utility bills for a vacant family villa, sparking a chilling mystery. His wife, Whitney Chapman, returns late with a weak excuse, but her secretary reveals she never went to work. Suspicion turns to Maxwell Clarke, an illegitimate family rival also missing from his post. Spencer discovers Maxwell has moved into his private vacation home with a child. This modern romance explores a husband's discovery of deep betrayal and hidden lives.
A Taste Of Him: The One I Was Never Meant to Want  Novel Cover
9.2
Her Bestie's Brother She only came over to spend time with her best friend- not to run into her infamous senior brother, the campus playboy everyone warned her about. Every time she saw him, she felt nothing but disgust. How could someone who had a sister he adored still treat girls like toys? But when he walked into the house with a group of girls trailing behind him, her frustration finally snapped- and she cursed him out without caring who heard. Then came the day they all hung out, played too much, drank too much... and the night spiraled into something neither of them ever expected. A reckless moment. A passionate night. A mistake-or something else? Now, she can't stop asking herself: Will this change the way she sees him? And more dangerously... will this change him?
Perfect Partner Novel Cover
8.3
Bound to the Perfect Partner System, Zara has spent years acting as Spencer Greene’s flawless wife. She consistently endured his scandals, took the blame for his mistress’s accusations, and remained silent even after another woman became pregnant with his child. However, when Zara finally presents the divorce papers to relinquish her title, Spencer reacts with sudden rage. Instead of the freedom she expected, she is met with his desperate refusal to let her walk away from their marriage.
From Rejected Omega To The Royal White Wolf Novel Cover
8.5
I stood in the rain, watching my ex-mate place fresh white roses next to a toxic silver chain on my headstone. The epitaph read *Beloved Daughter*, which was laughable. Five years ago, I called my father from a mangled car wreckage, bleeding out. Instead of sending an ambulance, he asked if the car was salvageable. Then Clayton took the phone. He didn't offer help. He used the Alpha Command to reject me while I was dying, all because I was a "weak" wolf and his new favorite, Ainsley, needed his attention. They left me to die in the gutter to protect their reputation. Tonight, I walked into their desperate charity gala, wearing a dress worth more than their entire failing pack. My father didn't weep with relief at my resurrection. He looked at me like a stain on his carpet. "You ungrateful brat!" my aunt shrieked, slapping me across the face hard enough to draw blood. "You were supposed to stay dead! You're ruining Ainsley's night!" They signaled security to dump me in the alley, thinking I was still the powerless girl they broke. They didn't notice the air in the ballroom turn heavy with ozone. They didn't feel the crushing weight of a true predator entering the room. Until the double doors exploded inward. A man with eyes like molten gold stepped through the dust, his terrifying aura forcing every wolf in the room to their knees. He looked at the red mark on my cheek and let out a roar that shook the chandeliers. "WHO TOUCHED MY MATE?!" My father trembled on the floor, looking between the enraged Alpha King and me. "Mate? But... she is nothing." I smiled, my eyes flashing silver. "Hello, husband," I whispered. "Let the execution begin."