Best Modern Novels

Bella, the Donna of the Vitoriano Famiglia, was once a slave rescued by Giorgio Vitoriano. To honor his mercy, she transformed into his most lethal asset, mastering infiltration and assassination to protect his rise to power. After their marriage and his ascension to Don, Giorgio introduces his adopted sister, Liliana, into their lives. Faced with shifting loyalties and a broken bond, Bella realizes her devotion has reached its limit and prepares to leave her life of service behind.

To fulfill her dying mother's wish, a pregnant woman prepares to marry William Jones. However, William abandons her at the altar, later revealing through social media that he already married his childhood friend, Caroline. The devastating news causes her mother's death. When William tries to reschedule the ceremony a month later, he expects a happy bride, but instead receives an abortion report and a final note ending their relationship forever.

This is the second book in the Wrinkle in Time Trilogy. It is a stand-alone book with an all-new cast that embraces getting a second chance, a do-over. Fortunately, this time, Xander had a cheat: life experience. I'd become the old man who no longer gave a fuck about others' opinions. The problem was that by the time I learned this, I died ... or so I thought. I found myself thrown back in time to do it all over again. Could I get it right this time?

Zoe Stone spent seven years trapped in a loveless marriage with Dylan Xander, who blamed her for his first love’s death. After Dylan chooses to die during a devastating tsunami to reunite with his lost lover, a guilt-ridden Zoe takes her own life. However, she unexpectedly wakes up seven years in the past. Haunted by their tragic history, Zoe resolves to sever their toxic connection. This time, she will step aside and let Dylan pursue the woman he truly loves.

After three years of unrequited devotion, Elena is discarded by her husband, Zeke, for her own best friend. Following a traumatic night of betrayal that leaves her bleeding and broken, she disappears to rebuild her life. Six years later, the tables have turned. When they cross paths at a high-profile event hosted in her honor, the once-scorned wife doesn't seek reconciliation. As Zeke approaches her, Elena delivers the ultimate blow by feigning total ignorance of his existence.

I was the lead architect for the Pack's billion-dollar tech company, and I was secretly carrying the Alpha's heir. I thought the merger would finally make Caleb Mark me. Instead, I walked into my office to find a mistress sitting in my chair. Caleb didn't just fire me. When I refused to hand over the encryption keys to the system I built, he locked me in a reinforced closet lined with silver mesh. For a pregnant wolf, silver is poison. I pounded on the door until my knuckles bled. "Caleb! Please! It burns! I'm losing the baby!" I screamed until my voice broke, feeling the life drain from my womb. But outside the door, his mistress laughed. "Don't listen to her, Caleb. She's just a weak Omega faking it for attention." And my Fated Mate believed her. He left me in that dark box while our son died in a pool of my own blood. He thought he had broken me. He thought I would die a silent death so he could parade his fake heir around. He forgot one thing: I wrote the code that runs his entire life. Three days later, I didn't show up to the hospital morgue. I rolled my wheelchair onto the stage of his global press conference, flanked by the rival Alpha he feared most. I held up the remote to the main server. "You killed my son for a lie, Caleb," I smiled into the microphone as the screens behind him broadcast the footage of his crime. "Now, say goodbye to your empire."

Victoria Sy was once the ideal spouse, but Daniel's betrayal sparks a transformation. To ruin him, she partners with Zander, Daniel's lethal half-brother, to reinvent herself as the ultimate temptation. Returning as a secret mistress, Victoria initiates a dangerous game of seduction to collapse Daniel's empire. While she ensnares her husband by day, she answers to Zander at night. Now caught between a vengeful mission and two powerful men, Victoria realizes that her path to justice is a deadly trap.

Running from her father's rejection, Isabella arrives in London determined to start over, only to walk straight into temptation and danger. Her obsessive ex is waiting at the airport. And the stranger from her one reckless, unforgettable night in New York is now her new billionaire boss. ************* "Hello, Isabella." Mateo Rossi's voice is low, smooth, and dangerously familiar, sending heat curling through her before she can stop it. She freezes. He leans back, eyes dark and unreadable, lingering on her just a little too long. "I never knew Nathan had a daughter like you," he says softly. "All grown up." Relief floods her. He doesn't recognize her. Not the girl from that night. Not the one who lost control in his arms. Or he does, and he is choosing to pretend. Because Mateo watches her like she belongs to him. He tests her, corners her, pushes her past every limit she thought she had. Doors close. Tempers snap. Boundaries blur. And Isabella realizes something far more dangerous than her past catching up to her. London was never her escape. It is his world. And this time, Mateo Rossi has no intention of letting her walk away.

On her anniversary, high-powered professional Claire discovers her husband, James Marshall, is having an affair with her assistant, Julie Summers. While eavesdropping, she learns that her mother-in-law is also conspiring with James to seize Claire’s business contacts and wealth. Disgusted by their greed and betrayal, Claire refuses to be a victim. She immediately drafts a divorce agreement and secures her vast holdings, preparing to dismantle the lives of the parasites who underestimated her.

Serena Vaughn was once the invisible wife of Damien Blackwood, a ruthless billionaire who only treated her as nothing more than a trophy. When he humiliates her one too many times, she walks away, ignoring the world's bets that she'll come crawling back. But Serena isn't broken, she's a dormant storm. Months later, she resurfaces as the CEO of a revolutionary tech empire, her brilliance was undeniable. The same society that mocked her now clamors for her favor, including a Nobel-winning scientist, a Wall Street titan, and Hollywood's biggest star all scrambling to be the new man in her life. But Damien isn't ready to let go. When he corners her, demanding to know if her child is his, Serena's icy reply shatters him. "That's none of your business, ex-husband, step aside!" Now, the war is on. Old enemies circle like vultures, but Serena is no longer prey. One by one, they fall, until only one question remains. How far will a broken man go when the woman he discarded becomes the queen of his ruin?

Talented artist Elena is devastated to discover that her fiancé, the man she trusted most, has stolen her finest creative work. Instead of celebrating her success, he presents her masterpiece to his secret mistress, passing it off as the woman's own achievement. Faced with this ultimate betrayal of both her love and her professional career, Elena must find the strength to reclaim her artistic legacy and seek justice against those who wronged her.

After five years of marriage, a long-awaited pregnancy is overshadowed by a terminal cancer diagnosis. With less than a month to live, the protagonist faces pressure from her mother to divorce her husband, Davon Parker, and donate a kidney to her sister, Natalie. Though she already gave one kidney to her father years ago, she agrees to this final sacrifice. While her family and Davon praise her newfound selflessness and plan for the future, they remain unaware that she will not survive the procedure.

After years of selfless sacrifice, a mother is left shattered when her sons turn their backs on her. This modern mystery explores the painful aftermath of a family's cold betrayal and her journey toward healing. As she navigates the ruins of her past, she discovers unexpected paths to romance and self-worth. Can she truly move on from the children she once lived for, or will the secrets behind their cruelty keep her tethered to the pain?

After marrying twin brothers from a powerful mafia family, two sisters face a harrowing betrayal. While one suffers a brutal abduction and the loss of her unborn child due to her husband Sam's negligence, the other is ignored by her husband Leo during the crisis. Following a narrow escape from drowning and a deadly blizzard, the sisters realize their husbands prioritized another woman over their lives. Now safe, they are determined to file for divorce together.

Waking up in a modern dorm, the protagonist discovers a strange new reality: they have become a living battery for their roommates. Visible percentages hover over everyone's heads, indicating their remaining energy. When these levels drop, the dorm mates become volatile, ill-tempered, and physically weak. To maintain peace, the protagonist must provide various forms of physical contact to recharge them. If they refuse this duty, their grumpy roommates will take matters into their own hands.

After a devastating accident shatters her legs and leaves her mother critical, Natalie Quinton discovers her six-year relationship with her stepbrother, Luke, was a calculated sham. Gifted with a rare sensitivity that clears her mind through pain, she overhears Luke's plan to let his true love, Queenie, experiment on her mother’s heart. Natalie must face the reality that her life was merely a tool for vengeance as she navigates a world of billionaire cruelty and secrets.

After a sudden family collapse, the bond between two people is severed, leaving behind only memories of a lost life. Years later, fate intervenes, bringing them back together in a world of wealth and power. As they navigate their new reality, old feelings resurface, forcing them to confront the pain of their shared past. Will this unexpected reunion offer a second chance at love, or will the scars of their history tear them apart again?

After waking up from a coma with total amnesia, my husband has completely forgotten our life together. Shockingly, he now believes he is in a devoted relationship with my stepsister instead of me. As I struggle to reclaim my place in his heart, I begin to uncover a dark web of lies and hidden motives. I must navigate a dangerous path to expose the truth behind his memory loss and reclaim the marriage that was stolen from me by my own family.

Lila Harper's perfect life implodes when she catches her fiancé cheating four days before their wedding. Drunk, heartbroken, and craving escape, she stumbles into the wrong hotel room and straight into the arms of Lucian Kane: a ruthless, sinfully dominant 45-year-old billionaire who gives her the first real pleasure of her life. Come morning, he's gone until she discovers he's her new boss. What starts as filthy, forbidden office games spirals into obsession, possession, and a love that demands total surrender.

Half a month into our cold war, I, Claire Parker, found an abortion procedure slip tucked inside Daniel Carter's suit pocket. The patient's name belonged to the fragile little childhood sweetheart he had always protected so fiercely-Sophie Bennett. I folded the paper calmly and slipped it back where I had found it. Daniel noticed the movement immediately. His eyes flicked toward me through the rearview mirror, resignation coloring his voice. "What are you overthinking now? Sophie was just keeping a friend company at the hospital. She accidentally left it there." I turned toward the window and said nothing. This was Sophie declaring war on me, yet the man who could crush competitors without mercy in the business world believed her completely. The silence inside the car grew suffocating until Daniel finally stopped outside an upscale jewelry boutique. He reached over and ruffled my hair with easy familiarity, his tone indulgent and affectionate. "Come on. Pick out a ring. Your birthday's next month anyway, so we might as well register our marriage too." I bit down hard on my lip as tears fell soundlessly onto the back of my hand. What he still didn't know was that I wouldn't live long enough to see next month.

After three years of a cold marriage, Ava is shattered when her billionaire husband, Ethan, demands she donate a kidney to save his mistress. Realizing her devotion meant nothing, she finally signs the divorce papers and disappears. As Ava rebuilds her life, a regretful Ethan begins a desperate search for the woman he discarded. However, she is no longer the submissive wife he knew, and his path to redemption is blocked by his own cruel past.

After Monica Porter dies by suicide following brutal harassment, her brother is devastated to see his wife, Judge Sandra Pauley, dismiss the case as a tragic accident. When the legal system fails to punish the bully who destroyed Monica’s life, her brother captures the culprit, Eric Hoyles. Hanging him from a flagpole, he livestreams a violent ultimatum to the world. He demands the hidden video evidence, promising to dismantle Eric piece by piece until the truth is finally exposed.

After completing a high-stakes national project, a man returns home to find his grandfather crippled by Nathan Larsson, a famous internet celebrity. Despite the brutal assault, his CEO wife, Whitney Backman, testifies against her own family to protect the influencer. Faced with a corrupt court ruling and a massive compensation fine, the protagonist turns to a livestream to reveal his family's hidden legacy of valor and military medals to expose the truth.

Michelle never imagined her one-year relationship with Greyson would end so abruptly. The painful truth was that the relationship dissolved because Greyson was best friends with her own sister, Flora. He constantly compared the two girls, making it painfully obvious that he favored Flora. Caught in the middle, Michelle tried desperately to please them both, but Greyson never saw her worth. He ended their relationship with cruel insults, leaving Michelle utterly heartbroken and depressed. But as she struggled to rebuild her life, she stumbled upon the world-famous artist Jace Konvensky (JK). Through their unexpected connection, Konvensky began to show her how amazing it feels to be genuinely loved and valued for who she is.