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The Secret Strength Of His Rejected Luna Novel Cover
8.1
Kira Sterling is the Luna of the Nightfall Pack, bound by the Moon Goddess to Alpha King Dorian. Yet for a year, her husband has never touched her. When his private jet lands, he goes straight to his mistress. In a frantic moment, Kira accidentally hits the woman with her car. At the hospital, Dorian publicly rejects Kira as his mate, and the mistress reveals the cruel truth: Kira was only a placeholder for a ghost he still loves. Devastated, she swallows sleeping pills. She wakes to find Dorian handing her a Mate Bond Dissolution Agreement. But despair ignites into defiant fury. She shreds the papers. When his mother demands their presence at a family dinner, Kira cheerfully accepts. If he wants freedom, she will become his cage.
His Cruel Revenge, Her Secret Child Novel Cover
7.7
To fund her mother's care, Rory betrayed her boyfriend Corbin, falsely accusing him of a fatal accident. After a decade in prison, Corbin returns as a vengeful billionaire to ruin her. He forces her into humiliating work, unaware she is raising his daughter, Willa. When Willa needs a million-dollar heart surgery, Rory is trapped by Corbin's blacklisting. With no other options, she must confront her tormentor at Vance Tower to save their child's life.
Married to the Mafia Heir Then His Ex Tried to Blow Up Our Wedding Novel Cover
9.2
For eight years, I stood by his side, only to be cast into the shadows by his new personal aide, Celina Vitale. When he threw her an extravagant party, their careless antics with a massive cream cake triggered my severe dairy allergy. As they laughed, I suffocated, barely surviving a high-speed rush to the hospital. Waking up in a sterile room with absolute clarity, I decided our time was over. I immediately agreed to the arranged alliance marriage my family had planned.
Killed by the Ones I Loved Novel Cover
9.1
As the adored heir of a mafia dynasty, she trusted only two men: her brother, the Don, and her fiancé, the family's Enforcer. But on her eighteenth birthday, they frame her for crimes committed by Chloe, an orphan she once helped. Imprisoned and tortured for months, she returns home broken—only to find her fiancé with Chloe. Forced into a fatal blood transfusion, her heart finally stops. From beyond death, she watches them uncover the truth and collapse in remorse. But their tears mean nothing now. She turns away, leaving them to their own living hell.
Twentyfold Payback After a Potluck Novel Cover
8.6
After hosting several dinners for her colleagues, Jess finds herself trapped in a malicious extortion scheme. Junior accountant Lucy Holt leads the group in claiming Jess ran an illegal catering business, citing that their grocery contributions have exceeded a specific legal threshold. Now, they demand she pay them a massive private settlement equivalent to a twentyfold government fine. Jess must navigate this high-stakes modern mystery to uncover the truth and survive their coordinated betrayal.
The Hockey Star's Runaway Fake Girlfriend Novel Cover
8.3
For two years, I played the part of Christian Carlisle's contract girlfriend, a convenient cover for Briar University's hockey captain. But when he returns to town, he skips our dinner for a frat party, parades me before his elite family only to mock me, then abandons me on a pitch-black highway with nothing but my suitcase. Days later, his mother's assistant moves to evict me, and a legal termination agreement lands in my inbox: fifty thousand dollars to vanish forever. Campus blogs already crown his wealthy childhood sweetheart the victor, branding me a gold-digger. They think money can erase my dignity and silence two years of my youth. I don't cry. I don't sign. Instead, I text the untouchable hockey king one demand: see me one last time before I decide anything.
The Transmigrator's Mistake Novel Cover
9.7
At Prince Alaric’s wedding, Princess Sophia is met with hostility from his bride, Lydia. A transmigrator convinced she understands noble intrigue through period dramas, Lydia mistakes Sophia for a spurned former betrothed. As Lydia and her circle attempt to assault Sophia, the crowd erupts in mockery. However, the transmigrator’s arrogance leads to a catastrophic error. The tension peaks until the chief steward intervenes, revealing Sophia’s identity as the Grand Princess of the realm, leaving her attackers stunned by their own ignorance.
FRACTURED OATH Novel Cover
8.3
Ava is a trauma nurse from Queens who saves lives—not a woman who marries billionaires. But when her brother's gambling debts fall to the Moretti family, she's forced into an eighteen-month marriage with Dylan Moretti, a ruthless mafia king. The terms are clear: play the perfect wife, don't ask questions, and never enter his office. Yet living in his penthouse, stitching up his soldiers, and witnessing the nightmares behind his ice-cold armor, Ava finds her moral compass shattering. As enemies close in, Dylan will burn his empire to protect her—but loving him may be the deadliest risk of all.
After My Mate Poisoned Me, I Took His Pack Novel Cover
8.8
At 8:47 on a Saturday night, the mate bond shatters from within. Jameson stands beside Daisy, wrapped in her ceremonial furs, raising a toast with that generous smile. His Alpha command slides beneath his words like a blade between ribs. She doesn't flinch—she's trained herself not to. But the pack witnesses his betrayal, and she knows precisely how to reclaim everything he stole.
Rebirth Vows: Choosing the Don Instead Novel Cover
8.4
At her betrothal, the protagonist of Rebirth Vows: Choosing the Don Instead shocks the Conti Famiglia by selecting the lethal Aldo Conti as her groom over her childhood friend, Simone. Having died in her previous life due to Simone’s infidelity with her stepsister and his ultimate abandonment during an assassination, she is now reborn. She rejects her former betrayer to grant him his wish, only for him to face sudden, bitter regret.
La santa hija de la sombra Novel Cover
9.6
Raised as a pure saint within a religious order, Elena discovers her life is a lie when she is sold to the nation's most ruthless mafia syndicate. Trapped in a world of violence and sin, she must navigate a dangerous game of power and betrayal. As she draws closer to the cold-hearted mob boss, she uncovers dark secrets about her lineage. To survive the underworld, she must discard her innocence and embrace the shadows she once feared.
Betrayed By Him, Claimed By The Billionaire Novel Cover
7.8
Nia Sinclair arrives at the Waldorf Astoria bridal suite with a gift for her fiancé—and finds him in bed with her stepsister, Cortney. She records the betrayal, drops her ring, and ends the engagement. But the nightmare deepens: her stepmother Geraldine, who secretly drained the Sinclair trust fund into bankruptcy, confronts her in the lobby. When Nia exposes Geraldine's theft and Cortney's illegitimacy before Manhattan's elite, the pair retaliate by bribing a waiter to drug her drink. Nia stumbles into a service alley, where a knife-wielding thug attacks. Just as she surrenders to death, Axel Sterling, a ruthless tech billionaire, bursts through the door, shatters the attacker, and cradles her bleeding body. "I will burn the Sterling family to the ground for this."
Double Apocalypse, Sister’s Curse Begins Novel Cover
8.4
When a scorched apocalypse ravages the world, humanity is introduced to the Beastbound System, where academic success dictates survival. High SAT scores grant first pick of the most dominant beasts. However, betrayal strikes from within when a young man's parents and sister force him to surrender his rightful prize: the powerful snow python. Left with no choice, he must spend all his remaining points on a lowly fire fox, embarking on a treacherous path of survival.
Married To The Ruthless Crippled Billionaire Novel Cover
7.9
Locked away for five years, I was the Foster family's disposable daughter. When my sister faked a heart condition to escape her arranged marriage, my father forced me to take her place at the altar beside Alistair Carlisle, a wheelchair-bound billionaire. Everyone believed I was a broken doll meant for sacrifice. But when Alistair was poisoned at the wedding, I didn't beg. I extorted five percent of the family shares, walked down the aisle alone, and saved his life with three hidden needles. They didn't know I possessed lethal medical skills and a hidden empire. That night, when my crippled husband rose from his wheelchair, I smiled. The real game had just begun.
She Robbed Me, so I Left Her Penniless Novel Cover
8.2
Having secured Claire Gibson’s corporate success, her husband embraces life as a stay-at-home father. While booking an eighteen-thousand-dollar banquet for their daughter Nancy’s birthday, he is shocked when his card is declined. Claire claims she bribed a corrupt new government official to win a contract. However, her husband knows she is lying; his own father is that official, and no such bidding exists. He now vows to uncover where the money really went and reclaim what is his.
Cracked After My Fake Death Novel Cover
8.1
After years of playing a submissive scapegoat for three powerful men, a woman finally finishes her secret mission. She endured Frederick's insults, Samuel's medical experiments, and Theodore's legal traps all for a payout. At their joint engagement, she abandons her role, insults the trio, and leaps into the ocean as her portal home opens. Believing she is dead, the devastated billionaires begin a frantic search for her body, realizing too late they were just players in her game.
He Came Back, I Broke Him Novel Cover
9.7
Eighteen months after Justice Terry crushed Clifton’s heart, he reappears as a rookie tryout for Clifton’s pro esports team. Clifton, a captain masking a career-ending wrist injury, is fueled by resentment over their past. He publicly humbles Justice on stream to seek revenge, but Justice’s visible terror and trauma spark unsettling questions. Now, Clifton is determined to uncover the truth behind Justice’s disappearance and the secrets that haunt them both.
After My Mafia Ex Buried Me Novel Cover
8.0
As the Ricci family falls into ruin, the noble Principessa faces a humiliating death at the hands of her enemies. Desperate to protect her bloodline from desecration and being used as a trophy, she turns to the only man capable of hiding her remains: her former lover. Now the ruthless Don of the Falcone family, he greets her request with cold malice, promising to sink her body in the Hudson River. This tense mafia romance explores a high-stakes pact between bitter exes.
The Billionaire Mafia's Captive  Novel Cover
7.9
Elena Voss accidentally witnesses a brutal murder—and the killer is Arjun Vathore, Las Vegas's most dangerous billionaire. He locks her inside his mansion, stripping away her freedom and her phone. Yet every confrontation ignites an undeniable heat between them. As Elena battles her captor and her own forbidden cravings, fragments of a forgotten past claw their way back: blood ties, buried secrets, and someone closer than she realizes who wants her dead. Now she must choose between a truth that could destroy Arjun or surrendering to the dangerous passion of being his captive.
From Shadow to Crown Novel Cover
8.0
Elara, a skilled thief hiding in the capital’s dark underbelly, finds her life upended when she uncovers a royal conspiracy. Forced into an alliance with Prince Julian, a man she was meant to rob, she must navigate a dangerous game of courtly intrigue and hidden agendas. As they work together to expose the truth behind the king's sudden death, an unexpected romance ignites. Amidst rising tension, Elara must decide if she can truly trust a royal.
My Husband Cheated With My Best Friend, So I Came Back for Revenge Novel Cover
9.4
Florence Carr gave her trust to two people: her husband and her best friend. They repaid her with ruin. Death should have been the end—but she wakes inside Aleena Cook's body, inheriting a stranger's enemies and a second chance at vengeance. The bullies, the betrayers, the powerful Campbell family—none are prepared for a woman with nothing left to lose. Then Julian Mason steps into her plan, the one man who refuses to leave her side. But Florence didn't claw her way back for love. She returned for the truth, and she won't stop until every debt is paid in full.
Sold To The Monster: The Wolfless Bride Novel Cover
8.2
Born wolfless, she was treated as less than a stray dog while her sister Bristol was worshipped. To seal a political alliance, her father substitutes her for Bristol and sells her to Kaleb Caldwell—a crippled, monstrous Alpha rumored to tear brides apart. When fear shows, her brother beats her until ribs crack; her parents call her a useless commodity. Her wedding gift is a cheap cotton shroud and a box of moldy rags from Bristol. For twenty years, she loved a family that rejoiced in her misery. But as they sneer, terror burns into cold rage. She blackmails her father for twenty percent of the pack's wealth and forces a blood oath severing their ties forever. With a secret healing power newly awakened in her blood, she will tame their monster and become his only salvation.
Dad's Best Friend: Tempting The Pakhan  Novel Cover
8.9
When her father dies, Elissa's stepmother seizes control of the Bratva and brokers peace with the Italians by offering Elissa as a bride to the Italian Don. On her wedding day, Ruslan—her father's best friend and the man she has always loved—rescues her from the union. As they hide together, their feelings deepen and boundaries blur. Yet in a world where love is a sin and emotion a fatal weakness, their passion could either save them or destroy everything they hold dear.
The Rogues Bargain Novel Cover
8.4
With deadly Rogue Hunters closing in, Wren Henshaw is forced to make a high-stakes gamble for survival. Cornered and desperate, the rogue wolf proposes an audacious deal to the powerful Alpha Caden: she will become his Luna if he protects her from her pursuers. Amused but calculating, Caden agrees to the arrangement. However, the Alpha harbors his own hidden agenda, secretly craving the rogue blood he needs to strengthen his pack. In this tense werewolf romance, a marriage of convenience hides dangerous secrets.
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