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No Tomorrow for Our Old Dreams Novel Cover
9.6
After a seven-year engagement, Jojo’s world is upended when Nathan Galloway inherits his late brother's estate along with a cruel condition: he must father a child with his widowed sister-in-law, Catherine. As Nathan’s secret visits result in a pregnancy and an unexpected marriage proposal for Catherine, Jojo realizes her place in his life has been erased. Embracing her own family's indifference toward the Galloways' status, she prepares to leave with her son, Theo, and abandon their shared past.
Reborn and Ruthless: My Stepsister’s Sweet Act Ends Here Novel Cover
7.9
On her wedding day to Navy Captain Dean Aldridge, Diane discovers she can hear the inner voice of his stepsister, Shirley Pierce. In her previous life, Diane fell for Shirley’s facade of innocence and accepted a cursed bracelet that led to her agonizing death. After waking up back on her wedding day, she realizes Shirley’s secret obsession with Dean and her plot to seize the family fortune. Now reborn, Diane must navigate this modern fantasy mystery to dismantle the deadly trap.
After My Mate Protected Her Over Me, I Broke the Bond Novel Cover
7.9
When my fated mate chose to shield another woman instead of me during a brutal attack, the foundation of our bond shattered. I realized then that my devotion was met with indifference. Heartbroken but determined to reclaim my dignity, I took the ultimate step of severing our sacred connection. Now, as I forge a path away from his betrayal, he must face the consequences of his choice while I discover a strength I never knew I possessed without him.
The Luna Who Defied Her Fated Mate’s Cruelty Novel Cover
9.0
For years, Elara endured the cold indifference and public humiliation of her fated mate, Alpha Silas. While the bond should have brought unity, it only yielded pain as he openly favored another. Breaking point reached, Elara makes the unthinkable choice to sever their spiritual tie and flee the pack. Now a rogue with newfound strength, she must navigate a dangerous world while Silas realizes too late the value of the Luna he discarded.
Reborn Matriarch: Shattering The Orphan's Mask Novel Cover
7.2
Christa discovered her adopted daughter Evelyn was sneaking around with a street thug named Dante. When she furiously confronted her, Evelyn squeezed out a few tears and played the tragic, abused orphan. "Mom is so cruel to me, I just want someone to love me," Evelyn cried to the men of the house, who instantly took her side. Christa didn't realize her anger only gave the girl the perfect victim card. Evelyn manipulated the family's guilt to drain their wealth and orchestrate a massive corporate fraud. When the authorities closed in, Evelyn let Christa's eldest daughter Julianna take the fall, sending her to federal prison. The Stephenson family went completely bankrupt. Christa's husband Grant, crushed by the betrayal and debt, jumped off a Manhattan skyscraper. Until her family was entirely destroyed, Christa couldn't understand. They had given the orphan a home, a trust fund, and endless love. Why did Evelyn treat them like easy marks? Why did she use their kindness as a weapon to tear them apart? Opening her eyes again, Christa saw the heavy velvet drapes letting in the pale morning light. She was back seven years ago, on the exact day she first caught Evelyn texting that thug. This time, Christa wouldn't scream or fight. She would cut off the money, drop the rules, and watch the parasite dig her own grave.
After My Alpha Replaced Me with My Sister, I Burned Everything Novel Cover
9.4
Betrayed by the one who should have protected her, a rejected werewolf faces the ultimate heartbreak when her Alpha mate discards her for her own sister. This cruel replacement shatters her world, turning her devotion into a vengeful fire. No longer the submissive partner, she rises from the ashes of her old life to exact retribution. Driven by pain and fury, she prepares to destroy the legacy of those who wronged her and watch their world burn.
Howl of the rejected Novel Cover
9.7
Ava's life is shattered when her fated mate, the future Alpha, rejects her in favor of her sister. Cast out and broken, she flees her home to escape the humiliation. However, years later, she returns as a powerful and unrecognizable woman. As old wounds reopen and secrets emerge, her former mate realizes the gravity of his mistake. Ava must now navigate a dangerous path of revenge and redemption while discovering her true destiny beyond the pack.
Contract Over: I Rejected My Alpha Husband First Novel Cover
7.5
When her father fled with his mistress, leaving crushing debts behind, Freya Gilbert had nowhere to turn. Crashing Alpha Jonas's welcome ceremony in desperation, she never expected to find her fated mate there. But it wasn't gentle Jonas who made her wolf howl "mate." It was the dangerous, devastatingly powerful Niklaus Lockwood. One scorching night of passion sealed her fate. Niklaus already had his perfect chosen mate, the elegant Rebekah. Unwilling to abandon his plans, he offered Freya a cold business deal: be his contract Luna for three years, play the perfect wife in public, and he'd clear her debts. When their arrangement expired, she'd accept his rejection and disappear quietly. Freya thought she could survive a loveless marriage. She was wrong. Three years later, she's fallen hopelessly for the Alpha who sees her as nothing more than a gold-digging Omega. On their anniversary night, the very day their contract expires, Niklaus chooses Rebekah. The message couldn't be clearer. But when Freya files for divorce and moves out first, Niklaus's carefully controlled world shatters. The mate bond he's suppressed for years, and he never expected his obedient, compliant wife to actually leave him. "I, Freya Gilbert, reject you, Niklaus Lockwood." The words that should have set them both free only ignite a fire that threatens to consume them both. Can a love born from a business contract survive the flames of pride and betrayal? Or will the most powerful Alpha in the territory lose his true mate because he was too blind to see what was right in front of him? When the contract ends, the real battle for love begins.
I Married The Villain To Destroy You Novel Cover
7.6
I stared at the two faint pink lines on the stick, the miracle I had bled for over three years. I was finally pregnant. Then, my phone buzzed with a video message from an unknown number. It was my husband, Marco. He wasn't at a business meeting. He was at a club, his hand up the skirt of a woman named Sienna. "She is barren. She is useless," Marco laughed on the screen, promising his mistress the world if she gave him a son. He was stealing millions from my company to fund her life, while I played the perfect, submissive wife. But the betrayal didn't stop at infidelity. At the family gala, his grandmother publicly humiliated me by pinning the family heirloom on Sienna's fake baby bump, crowning her the new matriarch. When I confronted them at the race track, Sienna pushed me down a flight of concrete stairs. As I lay on the asphalt, bleeding and losing the very child Marco had desperately prayed for, he didn't help me. He spat on me. "You crazy bitch," he snarled, checking on his mistress while his real son died inside me. He didn't know he had just killed his own heir. And he didn't know that the man stepping out of the shadows to pick me up wasn't a paramedic. It was Dante Moretti, the most dangerous Capo in New York and Marco's sworn enemy. I looked at Marco one last time. "Our marriage is dead." I took the enemy's hand. Marco wanted a war? I was about to burn his entire world to the ground.
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.
The Principessa’s Return Novel Cover
8.9
After losing her sight to save Theo Moretti, Sophie is devastated to discover his infidelity the moment her vision returns. While Theo plots to keep their marriage only for the sake of his mafia rank, Sophie secretly reaches out to her father, the powerful Don Lucas. Her request for a rescue triggers a lethal response from the Don, who vows to execute the man he once promoted. As Sophie prepares to leave her life in Sicily, Theo’s betrayal sets off a violent storm that threatens to strip him of his power and his life.
Deadly Devotion: Betrayed by Love Novel Cover
8.8
As a dedicated detective, he gave his heart to his fiancée, a talented forensic doctor. Yet, her devotion belonged to another: her first love. When she agrees to help her former flame conceal a brutal murder by disposing of a corpse, she has no idea the victim is the man she was meant to marry. This dark romance story explores a chilling betrayal that ends in a horrific discovery, leaving a woman shattered by the weight of her own choices.
Wife Exposes Husband's Lies Novel Cover
9.1
After five years of marriage, Clara discovers that her devoted husband, Mark, has been hiding a dark and complex double life. What started as a perfect romance unravels when a mysterious letter leads her to a hidden apartment filled with secrets. As Clara digs deeper into his past, she uncovers a web of deception that threatens her safety. Forced to choose between love and the truth, she must expose his lies before his shadow world consumes her.
Tamming My Wild Lycan Mate Novel Cover
8.9
Forced into an unwanted bond with a volatile Lycan, a young woman must navigate the dangerous complexities of her new mate's savage nature. As she struggles to survive within a pack defined by raw power and ancient instincts, she discovers that her presence might be the only thing capable of soothing his internal fury. Their relationship becomes a high-stakes game of survival and passion where taming his wild heart is the only way to secure her own future.
Never Loved You, Just A Placeholder Novel Cover
7.3
For five years, I paid for his art, his life, and his striking resemblance to a ghost. Karson Willis was my carefully curated substitute, a warm body to fill the space left by the man I' d lost. Then, my world shattered. My adoptive family found their biological daughter, and my inheritance vanished overnight. I was cut off, exiled. That' s when I overheard him laughing. "She's broke," he scoffed. "What's the point? She was useful, but that's over now." He called our five years a "convenience" and mocked the wedding board I' d secretly made. At a company dinner, he kissed another woman in front of everyone, then left me stranded when I fell ill, accusing me of being cruel. He even brought her into my home, letting her wear my clothes. I endured it all, a cold clarity settling over me. So when he finally got down on one knee, ring in hand, begging for a second chance, I didn't even hesitate. "I never loved you," I said, pulling my hand away. "You were just a placeholder."
Breaking Free from the Alpha's Grip Novel Cover
9.8
Elara’s life is shattered when an obsessive Alpha claims her as his prize, trapping her in a gilded cage. Despite his overwhelming power and the primal bond pulling at her soul, she refuses to be a submissive pawn. As his dark desire turns into a suffocating obsession, Elara must navigate a dangerous game of defiance and survival. Caught between a forced destiny and her longing for freedom, she risks everything to shatter the Alpha's iron grip.
What the Don's Daughter Wants Novel Cover
8.3
Pregnant Janet is accused of orchestrating her own labor to steal the Martinez family inheritance from her sister-in-law. Her husband, Jason, dismisses her pain as a ploy for power, leaving her vulnerable. While alone, Janet is drugged by Jason’s sister to ensure her rival’s child becomes the heir. Faced with a lethal betrayal, Janet realizes the Martinez crown is beneath her. To save her unborn child, she activates a secret signal to her father, a man far more dangerous than the family that abandoned her.
He Faked Amnesia To Break Our Vows Novel Cover
8.1
I was sealing our wedding invitations with crimson wax when I heard my fiancé through the slightly ajar study door. Ethan wasn't reciting the poetry he’d written for me over the last seven years. He was outlining the logistics of his betrayal. "If I fake amnesia after the 'accident' tonight, I can delay the wedding without the family stopping the merger," Ethan laughed, ice clinking in his glass. "And Ava? The Canary?" his friend asked. "Ava is property. You maintain property; you don't have fun with it. While she plays nurse, I get a medical exemption to sleep with Chloe." My world shattered. I fled into the rainy night, blinded by tears, until headlights turned my world upside down. I woke up in the wreckage, my arm shattered, tasting blood. Ethan arrived moments later. But he didn't run to me. He stepped right over my bleeding body to comfort Chloe, who had a minor scratch on her forehead. "I've got you, baby," he cooed to his mistress, looking at me with nothing but cold annoyance. "Don't worry about her. She's tough." He left me in the street. By the next morning, the narrative was set: The tragic Don had lost his memory of his fiancée, but miraculously remembered his 'true love,' Chloe. He evicted me from our penthouse while I was still in surgery. He thought he had won. He thought the Canary would just die in the cold. He forgot one thing. I knew where he hid the bodies—literally. I walked into his staged public proposal, slammed my ring on the table, and left a note under it. *I remember everything. And so do you.* Then I boarded a plane with his secret incriminating journal in my bag. The empire was about to burn.
Rejected by My Fated Mate Novel Cover
8.5
Elara believed finding her fated mate would bring her a lifetime of happiness, but her world shatters when Alpha Killian cruelly rejects her. Cast out and broken, she must navigate a dangerous world alone while hiding a secret that could change everything. As she discovers her own hidden strength, a new path emerges. Will she find redemption and a love that truly values her, or will the shadows of her past and Killian’s regret destroy her future?
The Don’s Other Woman Was His Real Wife Novel Cover
9.1
After seven years of devotion to a mute Cosa Nostra Don, Isa discovers a soul-crushing betrayal. While Luca claims she is his wife, he secretly files a legal marriage license with his former flame, Sofia, ordering a forgery to keep Isa compliant. Realizing she is viewed only as a mistress by the underworld, Isa decides to reclaim her dignity. She accepts a secret buyout from Luca’s mother, planning to vanish from the Palermo underworld forever.
A New Dawn, A Different Path Novel Cover
8.0
After being reborn, Summer faces a familiar crossroads: she is pregnant and her billionaire fiancé, Luke Logan, admits he isn't ready for fatherhood. In her previous life, her insistence on keeping the child led to a loveless marriage and a son who preferred his father’s mistress, Riley. After dying alone while Luke celebrated Riley's new baby, Summer refuses to repeat her mistakes. She agrees to end the pregnancy and contacts Eric Nottingham to join a daring expedition to Glacia, choosing a path of adventure over a broken heart.
Scars of Betrayal: The Heiress They Tried To Erase Novel Cover
9.4
Kelsie's biggest regret in life was getting involved with Judge, the icy Captain. She pursued him for three years, married him for two, thinking she'd warmed a stone, only to be met with nothing. Her mother-in-law disliked her, her husband was indifferent, and a fragile "white moonlight" would occasionally try to get her attention. Until she witnessed Judge and Angelique meeting secretly at a hotel, her heart shattered, and then she discovered she was pregnant. Kelsie sneered, threw down the divorce papers, and decisively ran away, disappearing without a trace. When they met again, she was a successful single mother, surrounded by suitors. In the pouring rain, the once aloof man humbly stopped her car, pleading in a hoarse voice, "Kelsie, come home with me." The car window rolled down, and a little boy, nine-tenths like him, coldly warned in a cute but fierce tone, "Want to date my mommy? Ask me first!"
Bad Boy And Me Novel Cover
9.1
It started with a DM from a guy named Jules. One night on his Yacht. No strings. No promises. Tori thought it was all fun until she caught feelings. What began as a crazy night on his Yacht turned into crazier days... Now she's drowning in a love story that's hotter, messier, and more dangerous than she ever imagined. Because loving Jules comes with one RULE... And love that feels too good never comes without a PRICE...
Reboot My Heart Novel Cover
8.7
After a car accident leaves Maeve Dahlman injured, her fiancé Austin Cooper dismisses her pleas for help to attend a lunch date. He cruelly locks her in a private club, labeling her dramatic. Maeve eventually escapes and undergoes emergency brain surgery alone while Austin blocks her calls to celebrate with another woman. Following her recovery, Maeve cancels their wedding and contacts her mother, finally agreeing to meet a mysterious new suitor.