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Three Years I Slept, the Underboss I Saved Chose Another Woman Novel Cover
8.1
After taking a bullet for Daniel Wilson during a turf war, Sarah wakes from a three-year coma to a devastating reality. Eva, a showgirl Sarah once rescued from an auction, has taken her place in the family. Daniel, now the Underboss, demands a divorce, stating that both he and their daughter Alice love Eva now. Betrayed by those she protected, Sarah agrees to leave. However, Daniel remains unaware that the Wilson empire is on the verge of total collapse without her.
My lover's revenge after my death Novel Cover
9.2
Five years after his exile, a former street punk returns as a powerful Godfather driven by a singular desire for vengeance. Believing he was betrayed, he systematically destroys his former lover's family: framing her father, blinding her mother, and crippling her brother. Yet, his search for her is futile. As he descends into monstrosity, he learns the tragic truth: she died five years ago, sacrificing her life to save him from assassins.
Claimed by My Father's Rival  Novel Cover
8.0
Five years after shattering her father's skull and disappearing, she lives as a ghost—a quiet medical student with a forged identity. But Killian O'Connor, New York's most ruthless Don, has found her. He rules with iron: no drugs, no mercy, no loose ends. Her father murdered his sister, and now the debt is due. Breaking into her clinic at midnight, he pins her down, strips away her lies, and makes his claim: her freedom, safety, and body now belong to him. To survive, she surrenders her father's secret list of political puppets and lets him lock her in a golden cage. In his subterranean world she should be his enemy—so why does his cruel possession feel like the only safe haven she's ever known? A dark, angsty mafia romance with a possessive hero, a strong heroine, and guaranteed HEA.
Waking Up My Comatose Tycoon Husband Novel Cover
8.8
Forced to marry a comatose billionaire to fund her grandmother's care, a woman is treated as a pawn by the powerful Sinclair family. Discovering her husband is being slowly poisoned, she realizes the family stole her identity's only clue to trap her. Determined to fight back, she uses her hidden skills to cure him, unaware he is conscious and watching her every move. Now she must navigate a dangerous game of secrets, reclaim her past, and take control of his fortune to destroy those who wronged her.
Bonus Mission: Catching My Cheating Wife Novel Cover
9.6
Returning home on Christmas Eve, a husband discovers a mysterious stamp on his wife’s body. Though she claims it is a hereditary mark, he knows better. As a secret operative for the Anti-Cheating Organization, he utilizes a powerful system to monitor her betrayals and track her location. She represents the final target of his long-term assignment. If he can successfully expose her, he will secure a ten-million-dollar payout and finally complete his high-stakes mission.
Contract Marriage To The Coldhearted Tycoon Novel Cover
8.2
Adaline Hayes is minutes from launching the corporate summit that will cover her brother's ICU bills when the ballroom screen exposes her fiancé, Chandler, in a live affair with heiress Fallon Kirk. Blacklisted overnight and stripped of her career, she faces his predatory offer to become his secret mistress—and walks away. A reckless night with a stranger in generic glasses becomes something else when he reappears with a black card and a contract: a seven-figure allowance and unlimited medical authority in exchange for a fake marriage. Her eccentric "nerd" husband is Koryzen Case, the reclusive tyrant behind a hundred-billion-dollar empire—and the woman they tried to ruin now controls it all.
I Destroyed My Cheating Ex‑Husband And Married His Brother Novel Cover
8.8
After her husband Gavin's ultimate betrayal, Iris is determined to ruin him. She forms a high-stakes alliance with Elias, Gavin's cold and powerful older brother. Together, they expose Gavin's embezzlement, sending him to prison. But as their revenge pact transforms into real, intense passion, a new, ominous threat arrives. Their nightmare is far from over as dangerous secrets emerge, forcing them to navigate a web of forbidden desire and deadly consequences.
The Burned Wife Reborn For Spectacular Revenge Novel Cover
8.1
Betrayed by her husband Demarco and best friend Cristin, heiress Elara Bridges is left to die in a burning estate. After they confess to murdering her grandfather and stealing her empire, Elara uses a secret detonator to kill them all. Miraculously, she wakes up as her fifteen-year-old self, years before the tragedy. No longer a naive victim, she returns with her memories and a cold heart, ready to dismantle the parasites who once destroyed her family.
Rejected by My Ex, Claimed by the Alpha King Novel Cover
8.9
Seven months pregnant and engaged to Evan, she believed her future was secure—until her adopted sister Seraphina revealed the baby wasn't his. Five years earlier, Seraphina had drugged her, letting a stranger claim her, while Evan helped cover it up. Confronted, Evan coldly ended their relationship and chose Seraphina. Dazed and heartbroken, she wandered into traffic, lost her baby, and watched Seraphina steal her life—becoming a famous actress and Evan's fiancée while destroying her career. After years of humiliation, she saves a silent little boy from one of Seraphina's cruel pranks. His father is Barron Valerius, the ruthless billionaire Alpha King of the underworld. Instead of a reward, he demands marriage. With his protection, she finally has the power to make them pay.
The Pretend Darkness Novel Cover
8.3
After being blamed for her brother’s mental illness, a young girl is subjected to horrific rituals by a witch at her mother's command. Beaten and broken, she ends her life, only to miraculously wake up on the day the nightmare started. In The Pretend Darkness, she uses her knowledge of the future to navigate a path of vengeance. This dark fantasy and mystery story follows her mission to punish those who chose superstition over her survival.
Moon's Curse: The Last Twin-Blooded Alphas Novel Cover
9.6
Johanna and Allison Thorne marry into the prestigious Silverplume family, wed to the only pureblood Alpha twins in existence. When the eldest twin, Uriel, is killed in battle without an heir, the family’s ancient legacy faces extinction. To save their lineage, the matriarch commands Johanna’s husband, Carlin, to enter a breeding pact with his widowed sister-in-law. Johanna is left to question her worth as a wife and Luna as she becomes a sacrifice for the preservation of the pack’s bloodline.
Fated Yet Forsaken Novel Cover
8.1
Elara, a rare white wolf and daughter of the Alpha, is devastated when her fated mate, Silas, publicly rejects her for a stronger rival. Stripped of her status and exiled from the Silver Moon pack, she must survive the treacherous wild alone. However, Elara harbors a dormant, ancient power that begins to awaken in her isolation. As war looms over the werewolf kingdoms, she must master her hidden strength to reclaim her destiny and seek justice.
Rejecting The Tycoon: My Secret Billionaire Life Novel Cover
9.0
Arlie Solomon arrives at her grandfather's funeral in faded jeans, dismissed by her elite relatives as a forgotten country outcast. Then the will is read: she inherits his entire billionaire empire and an irrevocable marriage contract with Kerr Ward, the city's most powerful bachelor. Her furious uncle and cousins banish her to a servant's room, mocking her lack of a diploma, but when bullying fails, they demand she sign over the company or be publicly disowned. They believe she's helpless and uneducated. What they don't know is that her five-year absence was a heavily encrypted digital void even Kerr Ward's intelligence network couldn't trace. Instead of panicking, Arlie pulls out a pre-drafted legal document to sever their family ties permanently, vowing to clean house.
Rejecting The Alpha Who Broke Me Novel Cover
8.9
For seven agonizing years, I underwent countless egg retrieval surgeries, desperate to give my Alpha mate, Kael, a strong heir. Then he coldly revealed he had impregnated a high-ranking Beta female and expected me to raise her pup as my own. When she faked a fall at the pack banquet, Kael struck me down before everyone to protect his authority. After a crash landed me in the pack hospital, I overheard the High Healer confronting him: the fertility vitamins he fed me every night were Wolfsbane. He had been destroying my ability to bear pups all along. As he begged on his knees, I forced our Mind-link open and spoke the sacred words of Rejection.
The Fake Lunatic: I Played Crazy To Bury My Brother Novel Cover
8.6
For three years, she was held in a mafia black site, subjected to electroshock and chemical cocktails until she believed she was losing her mind. Then she found a hidden wiretap—and heard her husband and biological brother plotting to turn her into a vegetable before Friday to seize her proxy votes. Her late father, a legendary Don, had left her a controlling stake in the syndicate, locked in a trust that matures in seven days. To survive, she must play the broken lunatic they believe her to be, enduring starvation and threats at the family estate while counting down to the moment she can reclaim her throne and bury them all.
No Longer the Obedient Wife Novel Cover
8.1
Harriet believed marrying Armand, a ruthless mafia heir, secured her protection. Instead, her world shatters when he brings home his pregnant mistress, Anabelle. Subjected to cruelty, Harriet attempts to flee, only for Armand to capture her, murder her brother, and lock her away. After her child is stolen, Anabelle sets their villa ablaze to erase her forever. But Harriet survives the fire. Forging her pain into a weapon, she returns to dismantle the criminal empire of those who destroyed her.
Falling for the hot alpha hockey star  Novel Cover
7.2
Skylar’s world shatters when her boyfriend Liam betrays her, leaving her seeking vengeance. She targets Ryder, a stoic hockey captain and the intimidating leader of a brutal biker gang, intending to use him for her schemes. However, a dangerous assignment from her family involving Ryder’s pack unearths buried secrets. As the truth emerges, Skylar is pulled into a perilous reality, forced to wonder if she is the one in control or if Ryder is truly claiming her.
Ashes of Betrayal Novel Cover
9.8
During their son's birthday, a tense confrontation over a husband's first love turns into a nightmare when a massive fire erupts. Trapped by debris and bleeding, a mother shields her child from the flames. Her firefighter husband arrives, but he gives his only gas mask to his former flame, Leia, rather than his wife. Both he and their son abandon her in the smoke, forgetting her life-threatening asthma. Now, she must face the ultimate betrayal as she struggles to survive.
Used My Holiday to Tear Down the So-Called Queen Novel Cover
9.4
Eileen Shaffer enters her new leadership role with the delusions of a monarch, treating her subordinate like a personal maid. From demanding water at a precise 113 degrees to requiring three home-cooked meals daily, her workplace rules are absurd. The tension peaks during Thanksgiving when Eileen makes eighteen calls at 2:00 am over a social media post. Pushed to her limit, the protagonist retaliates, revealing she is actually the CEO’s daughter who was working undercover.
Bankrupt Husband? Actually, Hidden Gambling King Novel Cover
8.7
In this mystery story, Lucas’s life is upended when his wife, Hillary, loses three million dollars to her first love, Shane. The lost fortune includes essential funds for Lucas’s mother’s life-saving surgery. While Hillary defends the loss as a way to support her ex, Shane openly mocks Lucas, offering a final game to settle the debt. Driven by desperation, Lucas must break a three-year vow to never gamble again, revealing his secret past as a master player from the world of Harkensalle.
They All Said I Did It Novel Cover
9.7
After being wrongfully executed for his wife Cheryl's murder, a man wakes up back on the cruise ship where his nightmare began. In his previous life, security footage framed him despite his perfect alibi, and even his father betrayed him. To prevent the inevitable, he attempts to get arrested before the crime can occur. This modern fantasy mystery follows his desperate struggle to uncover why everyone insisted he was a killer and how to survive a conspiracy that transcends time.
Her Second Moon Novel Cover
8.3
After a decade of serving as a substitute for a dead mate, Omega healer Clara is cast out when Alpha Killian Thorne dies protecting her. Blamed by the pack and haunted by his last words of regret, she is granted a miraculous chance to return to the past by the Moon Goddess. In this new life, Clara resolves to change her destiny. Instead of seeking his affection, she intends to break their tragic connection before it even begins, ensuring their paths never cross again.
My Brother Owns the Island Though Novel Cover
8.0
After being welcomed back to her family, a young woman is lured to Gold Island by the deceptive Viola Baker under the guise of sisterly bonding. When her fiancé, Jeremy Abbott, joins them, the pair racks up massive gambling debts before fleeing the island together. Left behind as a hostage to face the casino's ruthless staff, she spots a familiar phone number on a guard's screen. Could the mysterious owner of this island actually be the brother who raised her for years?
Patient 42 Novel Cover
7.9
Detective Jack Malone's raid on a biotech lab reveals Vesper, a captive with silver eyes and lost memories. As they flee police corruption and a violent storm, Jack discovers Vesper isn't a victim of these experiments—she created them. Trapped in an underground shelter, their dynamic shifts from rescue to a psychological game of torture. This modern sci-fi tale follows Jack as he becomes a pawn for the woman he tried to save, forcing a choice between vengeance and redemption.
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