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Rising From Ashes: The Unwanted Wife's Comeback Novel Cover
8.4
Chloe nearly dies in a fire that destroys her childhood home. As she chokes on smoke, her billionaire husband Julian sends her straight to voicemail—then appears on the news comforting his ex-girlfriend Ashley at another hospital, draping Chloe's six-month-saved gift coat over Ashley's shoulders. When Chloe returns with angry burns, Julian sneers, pins her down, and demands her wifely duties, reeking of another woman's perfume. After three years hiding her identity as a talented screenwriter to be his docile wife, Chloe realizes she was only a convenient shield. Her last shred of love turns to ash. She slaps him, packs one suitcase, returns every dime with an extra cent for interest, accepts a massive Hollywood deal, and serves Julian divorce papers at his Manhattan club.
Discarded Daughter: The Billionaire's True Lady Novel Cover
8.8
Azaria spent her life trying to earn the love of the wealthy Warren family. But on a stormy yacht trip, her sister Hattie scratched her own arm and accused Azaria of pushing her. Without a word of defense, her brother Ford nearly crushed her wrist, and her adoptive father Arthur kicked her into the freezing Atlantic, calling her venomous. As she drowned, her last sight was Hattie's smirk. Hatred burned through her despair. She wakes in a hospital, three months before her death. It's the day Hattie faked a car accident to claim blindness, and her family demands Azaria donate her corneas. Facing their impatience and Hattie's crocodile tears, Azaria tears the consent form to pieces under their stunned gazes. This time, she won't be their victim. She will make them all pay.
I Carried the Mafia King’s Child—and Burned His Empire Novel Cover
8.0
For ten years, I lived hidden in the shadows of Alaric Montenegro’s penthouse, hoping for the day he would finally claim me. When I became pregnant with his heir, his sudden proposal felt like a dream come true. But at five months pregnant, I discovered the devastating truth. Alaric was in the arms of his first love, Sabrina Whitlock. I was never his future wife; I was merely a convenient vessel to provide the syndicate don with an heir before he married another woman.
 house of horrors  Novel Cover
8.9
The murder was never the beginning—it was the first confession. Inside the house of horrors, innocence does not exist, and no one leaves unchanged. Malik and Sophia witness their mother's brutal death, and the scene burrows into Malik's mind, twisting him into something he never intended to become. As days pass, the house refuses to forget. Voices drift through hallways, shadows move without owners, and familiar faces return altered. A terrified sister lives on the edge of the abyss while a mind quietly crumbles. Every room holds a memory, every wall is a witness, and every silence conceals a crime. Then the truth surfaces: not everything was an accident, and not everyone is a victim. In this place, you are either a murderer or you await your turn.
Cruel Fate: Chained To The Alpha  Novel Cover
8.5
Jaselyn Everhart seeks an escape from her abusive life after her parents' death, but meeting her mate at the Peace ball changes everything. Alpha Zane Black claims her, only to reject her the following day. Instead of freedom, Jaselyn is kidnapped by the Alpha, who demands she serve as a surrogate for his Luna. Trapped in a cycle of obsession and cruelty, she faces a mate determined to possess her entirely, ensuring she can never truly flee his dark control.
My Luna, My Child, My Curse Novel Cover
7.9
Emely, heiress of a powerful werewolf clan, wakes in the bed of Alpha Valentin, her father's greatest enemy, with no memory of the night before. Weeks later, she discovers she is pregnant. Rejected by her family and cast out, she gives birth alone to Vennen, a boy whose golden eyes expose his father's identity. Yet Valentin refuses to claim his own son, and the reason remains buried beneath pride, fear, or something darker. Shunned by her people and left to survive on the streets, Emely fights to protect her child. When fate drives her onto Valentin's territory, the mate bound to her soul does not recognize her and throws her out like a stranger. Caught between betrayal, pack politics, and the pull of the mate bond, she must choose: vanish quietly or fight for the future her son deserves.
I Slept With My Boss Then Married Him Novel Cover
9.5
After a dangerous night with her powerful boss, Elizabeth Cox expects ruin—until Maximilian Carter proposes a private marriage contract. Trapped between a stepfather who would sell her and a mother too afraid to fight, she accepts, believing it temporary. Yet Maximilian keeps crossing her boundaries, turning protection into something that feels like devotion. When a jealous director traps her at a drugged dinner, she calls the one man she swore not to rely on—unsure if their arrangement is still only a deal.
Dirty Affairs With My Daddy's Bestfriend  Novel Cover
7.5
Arriving at RavenHills for college, I find myself under the gaze of my guardian, Alpha Zavian. Despite being his best friend's daughter, Zavian's possessive jealousy flares when other men approach me. As my heat arrives, he offers carnal lessons that spark a dangerous obsession. However, pack elders and past scandals threaten our bond. I soon learn Zavian orchestrated my arrival. Now, we must choose between pack duty and a forbidden love that could destroy us.
The Savage Heiress Quits as the CEO’s Stand-In Wife Novel Cover
8.7
Adopted daughter Dionne was only ever a placeholder. When a high-altitude kidnapping forced her husband, Larkin, to choose between her and his true love Farrah, he handed Farrah the plane's sole parachute and left Dionne to plummet into the ocean. Now, her adoptive father demands she sign a divorce. But Dionne survived the deadly fall, pulled from the freezing waves by Brixton Hemsley, Vermont’s most powerful billionaire. She is ready to walk away and reclaim her life.
The Broken Angel He Claimed Novel Cover
8.4
Rising star Angela Jones flees to Santa Barbara after a career-ending scandal, only to encounter Aaron Carter, the man she once ruined. No longer vulnerable, Aaron is now a ruthless billionaire seeking vengeance. He exerts total control, dragging Angela into a psychological game to answer for her past sins. As the world turns against her, Angela must decide whether to resist or surrender to the man who aims to destroy her while being her sole hope.
The Billionaire's Dead Wife Returned  Novel Cover
9.4
Sara Hart's marriage to billionaire Damian Blackwood was a cold business deal meant to save her family. But their contract turned to love, until the night she overheard a plot she thought was his. After a car explosion, the world believed she was dead. Three years later, she returns with a new face, ready to dismantle the empire of the man she once loved. Yet Damian has spent every day mourning her, blaming himself for a crime he didn't commit. As Sara infiltrates his company and uncovers the real mastermind behind her death, she is forced into a second marriage with the husband she despises. Now, she must decide if her quest for revenge is worth destroying the only man who ever truly loved her.
After My Murder, My Husband Hunted Them Down Novel Cover
9.8
After being tortured to death by her husband’s student, Bernice, a betrayed wife's soul is trapped on Earth. Her husband, chief forensic pathologist Curt Baxter, covered up the crime and married the killer. But justice arrives from an unexpected monster. A fugitive serial killer kidnaps Bernice, broadcasting her mutilation online. The kidnapper issues a three-hour ultimatum for Curt to surrender as an accomplice, while Curt remains in his kitchen, blissfully preparing dinner.
The Secret Assassin Reborn As An Omega Novel Cover
9.2
She was The Surgeon, a legendary assassin. Now she's Cora Melton: fat, scarred, wolfless, and trapped as the Omega in a fantasy novel she once read. Alpha Draven Ward and his family mock her, steal her mother's heirlooms, and force her into a mating contract she never wanted. But Cora knows every plot twist before it happens. She turns a ceremony trap back on her cousin, brews a sleeping draught to empty the family vault, and gathers evidence of their cruelty. With their money, secrets, and a recorded confession, she plans to expose them before the entire pack. Then she discovers she's pregnant—and nothing will keep her in this cage a moment longer. Who needs a wolf when you're already a predator?
My Best Friend's Inheritance Novel Cover
8.0
When her best friend, the Toscano family’s lost heiress, dies and leaves her a vast inheritance of docks and luxury estates, the protagonist undergoes a shocking transformation. Three years later, she assumes the role of heiress and weds the notorious Gaspare Volpe. Despite his blatant infidelity and the public’s scorn, she remains a submissive wife. However, her docility is a mask; five years later, she finally executes a lethal plan for vengeance.
Reborn Heiress: Escaping The Billionaire's Cage Novel Cover
9.0
After a car crash leaves her shattered, a dying woman learns the truth: her fiancé Braxton and best friend Belinda tampered with her brakes, and they arranged the crash that killed her parents and brother so Braxton could seize her family's company. Belinda even carries his child. Then a lawyer arrives with divorce papers from her absent husband, Julian, and she dies alone, suffocating on her own blood and burning with hatred. But she opens her eyes in her childhood bedroom, flawless and eighteen, exactly one week before her engagement party. This time, she won't be a victim. She will burn their worlds to the ground.
Alpha's Betrayal, Omega's Revenge  Novel Cover
9.3
Betrayed by her Alpha, Lila was once a submissive, wolfless omega. Everything shifts after a night with Elliot, a ruthless man seeking to ruin her father. Their unexpected mate bond transforms his spite into obsession. Meanwhile, gentle Julian offers a peaceful escape, though he hides his own secrets. Caught between these two men, Lila discovers a hidden internal power. No longer silent or obedient, she embraces her bloodline's truth to seek ultimate vengeance.
My Wife’s Deadly Package Novel Cover
9.5
It started with a dishonest online purchase. My wife bought a counterfeit item, only to send back an entirely different defective product as a return. When the courier arrived at our door to confront her about the fraudulent package, instead of defusing the situation, she behaved completely unreasonably. By deliberately provoking the angry deliveryman, she set off a terrifying chain of events. Now, we must face the deadly consequences of her hostile actions.
I Married My Sworn Enemy After Being Betrayed Novel Cover
8.3
Alessia’s loyalty to Rafael Mancini was met with constant infidelity. The ultimate betrayal arrives at their engagement party when Rafael reveals his mistress is carrying his heir. He demands Alessia raise the child as her own, callously dismissing her feelings. After a physical confrontation leaves her injured, Alessia finally reaches her breaking point. Instead of submitting to the Mancini family's demands, she reaches out to a sworn enemy to accept a long-standing offer of escape.
My Crazy Childhood Friend’s Love Obsession Novel Cover
7.9
In My Crazy Childhood Friend’s Love Obsession, a woman’s life ends in agony after her childhood friend, now a ruthless billionaire, orchestrates her brutal betrayal as revenge for a past interference. Drugged by her boss and handed over to a sadistic associate, she dies in humiliation. However, she unexpectedly wakes up in the past, returning to a time before the tragedy began. Now, she must navigate a dark path of mystery and action to change her fate and escape his obsession.
In Bed With My Ex's Brother-in-Law Novel Cover
8.2
Abandoned and humiliated, Elena is cast out by her ex, Mark, on his wedding day to socialite Bella. In her darkest hour, she is rescued by Eric Thompson, Bella’s formidable brother and the city's most feared Alpha. He proposes a marriage of convenience to protect her, but their formal agreement soon ignites into a passionate, undeniable connection. As the boundaries of their contract dissolve, Elena must navigate family secrets and Mark's sudden regret.
My Boyfriend Wants To Murder His Brother Novel Cover
8.6
As the sole female firefighter on her squad, Amber Duncan is busy promoting fire safety when a Valentine's Day emergency interrupts her live stream. The rescue mission takes a shocking personal turn when the victim is revealed to be Leo Rowe, the younger brother of her ex-boyfriend, Andy. When Andy confronts Amber about cutting him out of her life, she realizes a disturbing truth. She must face a terrifying question: did her ex deliberately lock his own brother in a closet to burn?
Reborn Into His Arms: One Night With The Obsessive Devil Novel Cover
8.8
Waking up drugged after her rebirth, Kaylee accidentally enters the room of the city’s most lethal man. Following their impulsive night, she recognizes him as her childhood friend but feigns ignorance to utilize his influence for her vendetta. Unbeknownst to her, he has been her secret guardian all along. When her adopted sister attempts a fatal arson, he intervenes with a deadly warning: anyone harming her faces certain death. He never forgot the girl from his past.
When Prey Becomes Predator Novel Cover
7.9
After a car accident leaves her with amnesia, Donna Vittoria Costa spends two years as the perfect wife to Dr. Leonardo Rossi. Her world shatters on their anniversary when she overhears him ordering her execution once her assets are transferred. The betrayal triggers a flood of memories, revealing her true identity and Leonardo's deception. Now aware of his lethal intent, Vittoria fakes her submission while plotting a counter-strike against the man who thought she was easy prey.
Marrying The Cheating Ex's Billionaire Uncle Novel Cover
7.9
For three years, Seraphina was the devoted girlfriend of Julian, a man she thought was a struggling student—until the night she proposed and he fled. Following him to an elite club, she uncovered the truth: Julian is a billionaire heir, and their relationship was a cruel bet. She overheard him mock her devotion to his wealthy friends, calling her love a pathetic joke. Worse, her stepmother was already scheming to marry her stepsister to Julian, stealing Seraphina's only escape. Consumed by rage, she sought revenge with a commanding stranger, leaving behind her late mother's ring. That stranger is Damian Carlisle—Julian's untouchable, ruthless uncle. Faced with the most dangerous man in New York, Seraphina doesn't run. She knows exactly who she will marry to destroy them all.
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