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Love, Left Too Late Novel Cover
8.3
A misdirected text to her best friend’s brother, Gerald Cooper, leads Nyssa Bennett into a secret five-year relationship. Despite his devotion, the billionaire enforces one rule: their romance must stay hidden. The illusion shatters when Gerald introduces another woman as his official girlfriend, dismissively mocking Nyssa’s loyalty. Devastated, Nyssa finally chooses to leave him behind. Yet, as she prepares to marry someone else, a regretful Gerald appears at her wedding.
Moonstone - A Goddess Among Us Novel Cover
9.6
After spending a year fleeing a dangerous past, Quinn seeks anonymity in the quiet town of Beaver Falls. Taking a job as a local bartender, she hopes to stay hidden, but she soon realizes this community is far from ordinary. This mysterious location serves as her ultimate sanctuary against a pursuing ex-boyfriend. Within this supernatural haven, Quinn uncovers the truth of her heritage and encounters the man she was always fated to love in this high-stakes tale.
Flash Marriage: A Billionaire For A Rebound Novel Cover
8.8
Hoping to escape her past, Kenzie Wright flees the country with a simple plan: find a rebound. In a high-end bar, she targets the handsome Andrew Kentworthy to play the part. However, the billionaire flips the script by publicly claiming Kenzie is his wife and kissing her passionately. Caught in his bold charade, Kenzie realizes this stranger wants more than a fling. As their flash marriage begins, she must navigate the unexpected intensity of a man determined to keep her forever.
Remarriage: Marrying My Ex's Spouse Novel Cover
7.9
Warning! Mature content! Two hearts were betrayed by the people who promised forever with them. One was cheated by his wife, and the other was betrayed by her husband. Gabriel Shen and Sabrina Chen were tricked by their spouses. But the sky opens their eyes, and they both witness their partner's betrayal. Hatred and pain filled their hearts, and they found themselves in a night of entanglement. Two months had passed. She found herself pregnant. Under her grandmother's pressure, she needs to find the man from that night. Two hearts will be tied in marriage and a baby. Will they ever survive? Gabriel doesn't believe in marriage anymore, yet he was forced to be someone's husband again. He proposed a contract marriage, yet his new wife gives him reasons to fall. Is this how fate jokes on him, or is it true that a cure for a broken heart is love itself?
I Miscarried, and My Husband Laughed Novel Cover
8.0
After a devastating miscarriage, Damian Gifford cruelly posts his wife's grief online just to delight his mistress, Seraphina. When confronted, he threatens her status as his wife and blocks her, while Seraphina publicly flaunts their matching wedding bands. Instead of breaking down, the scorned wife decides she is done playing the commoner. With one phone call to her mother, the secret heiress to the nation’s wealthiest family prepares to reclaim her true power and leave her toxic marriage behind.
Veritas Unveiled  Novel Cover
7.9
Elena’s life takes a dramatic turn when she crosses paths with Julian, a powerful billionaire harboring a dark secret. As their unexpected romance blossoms in the high-stakes world of elite society, she discovers that his vast fortune is built on a foundation of hidden truths. Caught between her growing feelings and a web of corporate intrigue, Elena must decide if love can survive the unveiling of a reality that threatens to shatter their future.
Stealing My Life? Dream On! Novel Cover
7.8
In Stealing My Life? Dream On!, a maid’s daughter oversteps her bounds by hosting a massive party at her employer's villa, pretending to be the true heiress. When the actual owner’s daughter intervenes, she is met with mockery and orders to wait for a luxury cake. However, having lived through this disrespect before, the protagonist remains calm. She instructs the butler to lock the gates and releases Rambo, her guard dog, to deal with the trespassers.
My Fiance Knowingly Married An Imposter Novel Cover
9.7
Upon returning to Oberis City to finalize her wedding plans, Mary Schindler is stunned to discover that her billionaire fiancé, Cain Bassett, has already wed an imposter claiming her identity. Despite being the true daughter of Lith City's mayor, Mary finds herself replaced by a stranger who stole her life three months prior. Now standing before Cain's villa, she must confront the man who knowingly married a fraud and uncover the truth behind this elaborate deception.
My Husband Spent $20,000 on His Mistress While Our Daughter Seized Novel Cover
8.3
While her daughter fights for her life during a severe seizure, a mother faces a devastating betrayal. Her husband, reachable only by phone, refuses to help, choosing instead to spend twenty thousand dollars on his mistress’s whims. This heart-wrenching discovery shatters their family dynamic, exposing a web of lies and financial deceit. As her child’s health hangs in the balance, she must navigate the ruins of her marriage and uncover the dark truth.
After My Husband’s Mistress Painted Me the Villain Novel Cover
9.2
After three years of marriage, Olivia is blindsided by her husband’s cold request for a divorce. To make matters worse, his mistress has manipulated public opinion, framing Olivia as a cruel villain to ruin her reputation. Betrayed and humiliated, Olivia refuses to be a silent victim. She embarks on a calculated path to clear her name and uncover the truth behind the lies, determined to reclaim her dignity and make those who wronged her pay for their treachery.
Wife's Divorce After Betrayal Novel Cover
9.1
After three years of a seemingly perfect marriage, Clara’s world shatters when she discovers her husband, Julian, has been leading a double life. A mysterious letter exposes his long-term affair, triggering a high-stakes divorce battle fueled by secrets and lies. As Clara digs deeper into Julian’s past, she uncovers a dark web of deception that threatens her safety. Now, she must outsmart a man she no longer recognizes to reclaim her life.
When Grief Replaced Love Novel Cover
9.3
After eight years, Stella finally receives an invitation to spend Christmas with her mother-in-law. However, the trip turns into a nightmare when Fabian abandons Stella and their son, Luca, in a remote snowy village to rush to his friend Roxana. Left alone in the dark, Stella watches helplessly as Luca falls into a lethal trap. Fabian ignores her desperate pleas for help, choosing Roxana's fake emergency over his family. Following Luca's tragic death, Stella sees the truth of Fabian's betrayal online and demands a divorce.
Hot For My New Stepbrother  Novel Cover
7.1
I never should have let my mother hold my future hostage. She paid my tuition with his father's money. Locked my birth certificate, my transcripts, every scrap of paper I need to survive in a safe I'll never open. And the one thing I had left of my dad, his old watch, she dangled like a noose. Run, and I lose my education. Fight, and I lose the last piece of the man who actually loved me. So I moved into the Hunters' mansion. Into the lair of the boy who spent years making my life hell. Chase Hunter. Six-foot-five of pure venom wrapped in muscle and money. The senior who cornered me in empty hallways, who whispered filth in my ear just to watch me flinch, who smiled that sharp, cruel smile every time I broke a little more. I thought graduation meant freedom from him. I was wrong. Now he's my stepbrother. He hates that I'm here. Hates my mother for sinking her claws into his father. Hates me most of all, for breathing his air, for walking his halls, for daring to exist where he can reach me. But hate isn't clean anymore. It's tangled up in heat. In the way his grey eyes strip me bare every time they land on me. In the way his hand closes around my throat, not to hurt, but to own. In the way he punishes me over his lap, in his car, against walls, until I'm shaking and soaked and furious at myself for wanting more. He calls me Little Lamb like it's poison on his tongue. I call him every name I can think of under my breath. How long until we stop fighting the deadly inferno raging between us and finally let it consume us both?
Too Late for Sorry, Mr. Billionaire (Chasing my Wife Back) Novel Cover
8.7
For years, Elena endured a loveless marriage to Julian, a cold billionaire who treated her like a ghost. Driven to her breaking point by his neglect and the manipulation of his mistress, she finally files for divorce and vanishes to reclaim her life. Only after she is gone does Julian realize the depth of his mistake. As he desperately tries to win her back, Elena must decide if his newfound regret is enough to heal the scars of the past.
After My Husband Declined My Emergency Calls, I Took Everything Novel Cover
9.3
After waking up to the frantic blare of hospital monitors, a betrayed wife realizes her billionaire husband left her to die, ignoring her desperate pleas for help. Held down by medical staff as she tries to process his cruel abandonment, her agonizing heartbreak quickly hardens into a cold, calculating desire for retribution. She vows to make him pay for his neglect, embarking on a ruthless mission to strip away his wealth and power to take back everything he stole from her.
A Love That Was Never Mine Novel Cover
9.5
Zoe believed her sister Issa died in a crash after her schemes were exposed, leaving Zoe to build a happy life with her husband, Henry Nolan. Five years later, the illusion shatters when Zoe finds Issa alive, living secretly with Henry and their child. Her parents and husband didn't just hide Issa; they destroyed evidence and funded her career while Zoe lived a lie. Realizing she was the outsider in her own marriage, Zoe must confront the truth that her entire world was a calculated deception.
Stripped into Destiny  Novel Cover
8.6
After a night of unexpected passion with a mysterious billionaire, a young woman’s life is permanently altered. Faced with an unplanned pregnancy, she must navigate the complexities of her new reality while dealing with the intense scrutiny of high society. As she tries to find her own path, the powerful man from her past reappears, determined to claim his place in her future. Their journey is a whirlwind of secrets, luxury, and deep romance.
A Bride Switcheroo on the Big Day Novel Cover
9.0
After catching her fiancé, Nicholas York, in the arms of another woman following their engagement party, Quinn Sullivan is left devastated. Despite the long history they shared, his infidelity is undeniable. Rather than confronting him with tears, Quinn chooses a cold, calculated path for their wedding day. She instructs her contacts to officially change the bride's name to his mistress, Jasmine Shaw, ensuring Nicholas gets exactly what he wants in this modern romance story of betrayal and high-stakes revenge.
The Scars He Left: A Second Chance At Happiness Novel Cover
7.5
"Fifty strikes," Floyd ordered, his voice devoid of warmth. I knelt in the freezing snow, watching the man I had taken a bullet for five years ago stand beside his new fiancée, Jaylah. Because Jaylah tore her engagement dress and blamed me, Floyd let his men beat me until my face was unrecognizable. But that was just the beginning of my hell. To save his alliance with Jaylah's family, he drained my blood to save her mother, ignoring my own fading pulse. When Jaylah lied that I tried to burn her, Floyd forced me to thrust my hands—my architect's hands—into glowing coals until the flesh melted. He stripped me of my name, my protection, and finally, my life. "You are a liability," he said, pushing me into the freezing pool with a skimmer pole. He watched me drown with the same detached interest he used to inspect firearms. My lungs burned, and my heart turned to ice. I died hating him more than I ever loved him. I thought it was the end. But then, I gasped. Air rushed into my lungs. I wasn't in the water. I was sitting at a drafting table, five years before the nightmare began. My hands were smooth. No scars. No burns. And when Floyd Meyers approached me on the quad, smiling like the boy I used to love, I didn't smile back. I ran.
Framed By Love, Unleashed By Vengeance Novel Cover
9.0
I was a top patent lawyer until my husband and his lover framed me, destroyed my career, and sent me to prison. For seven years after, I was presumed dead, living as a ghost in a warehouse. Then, they found me. My ex-husband, Edgar, and our son, Kody, showed up, shocked to see me alive. They lured me to Kody' s 18th birthday party, but it was a lie. The party was a surprise engagement celebration for Edgar and Celena, the very woman who ruined my life. In front of everyone, Edgar told me to "let go." My own son even begged me. "Mom, please," he cried. "Just say you're sorry." Sorry? For what? For surviving the car crash they orchestrated to kill me? I looked at the boy I once loved more than life itself. In the sudden silence of the ballroom, I smiled and asked, "Kody, do you remember the night Celena asked you to slash my tires?"
Burning Hot (a collection of eroticas) Novel Cover
8.9
Burning Hot 🔥 Ignite Your Darkest Desires ⚠️Do NOT open unless you're ready to BURN ⚠️Do NOT read unless you crave the HOTNESS. A filthy, pulse-pounding collection of taboo erotica crafted exclusively for 18+ sinners who live for the forbidden rush. Inside, you'll devour: Stepfather-stepdaughter secrets: that drip with guilt-soaked lust, his rough hands claiming what he shouldn't, her tight, trembling body arching under him in the dark. Office affairs: where power suits rip open, desks become altars, and her moans echo as he bends her over, thrusting deep while the clock ticks. Exhibitionist thrills: strangers' eyes devouring every exposed inch as she's fucked against fogged glass, her cries muffled by his palm. Voyeuristic obsessions: hidden cameras catching every slick slide, every gasp as step-siblings finally snap, bodies colliding in a frenzy of sweat and sin. Kinky one-shots that push every limit: cuffs biting wrists, blindfolds heightening every wet lick, every brutal thrust until you're begging for release. Each story is a standalone inferno, different bodies, different taboos, same blistering heat. Feel the throb between your thighs, the slick ache building, the shudder when they finally give in. Lock the door. Let the flames consume you. You've been warned.
Proposal #66: Now He Wants a Baby With His Stepsister? Novel Cover
8.5
After sixty-six proposals, she finally agrees to marry Simon Hepworth, only for him to demand they include his stepsister, Fiona, in their future by fathering her child via IVF. When Simon abandons their wedding ceremony to attend a fertility clinic with Fiona, the public humiliation sends the bride’s father to the ICU. Faced with her fiancé's betrayal and her father's collapse, she vows to leave Simon behind and return home to lead her own family's business empire.
Guess Who Wins, Again Novel Cover
8.2
After being reborn to the day of their adoption, two sisters find themselves at a pivotal crossroads. Ruth, desperate to claim the prosperous future she witnessed in their previous life, chooses Jeremy the butcher. She believes his rise to power is inevitable, leaving her sister to join a wealthy couple she expects will fail. Little does Ruth know, Jeremy’s legendary success was entirely engineered by the sister she just betrayed. In Guess Who Wins, Again, a doomed dream begins to unravel.
The Demon Child Novel Cover
9.5
A routine movie outing transforms into a harrowing mystery in The Demon Child. When a disruptive boy kicks his seat and stabs him in the neck with a sewing needle, the protagonist is met with the mother’s callous laughter instead of an apology. She dismisses the assault as a harmless prank, but the situation escalates into a horror scenario. Chaos erupts as he reveals the needle’s dark origin: it is contaminated medical waste from a hospital patient. This modern action tale explores the lethal consequences of a single malicious act.