Best Modern Novels

To protect her unborn twins from a toxic legacy, she takes extreme measures. In his past life, billionaire Sebastian Zhou, plagued by congenital weakness, kept ten mistresses with a promise: the first to bear a child would inherit the Zhou Clan empire. Determined to keep her children out of this ruthless succession war, she buys every contraction suppressant to delay her labor. Only after Rosalie Lin's child is declared the official heir does she finally give birth, relieved to be free.

After her marriage crumbles, heiress Pearl Ashbourne seeks a fresh start, only to find herself drawn to Everett Langford, a mysterious and masked older billionaire. As she searches for her missing brother, Pearl must navigate betrayal from her late father's closest confidant and the looming threats of her vengeful ex-husband. Everett's dark secrets threaten to ruin them both, forcing Pearl to confront her deepest fears of intimacy. Will she yield to this irresistible, dangerous temptation?

Billionaire Adrian Voss hides his scarred wife, Ava, from a world that views her as a curse. While his family and mistress plot her downfall, Ava harbors secrets about Adrian’s empire and her secret pregnancy. After a brutal betrayal forces her into hiding, she returns as the powerful Sinclair Global heiress. Now, the ruthless CEO must fight to reclaim the woman he once shunned, facing a reckoning for the love and child he nearly lost to his own pride.

Forced into a loveless marriage by their powerful families, a cold billionaire and a spirited heiress find themselves trapped in a union built on duty rather than desire. As they navigate the treacherous waters of high society and corporate rivalry, the icy walls between them begin to crumble. What started as a bitter arrangement evolves into a complex game of passion, forcing both to decide if their vows are a prison or a true beginning.

Celine Harlow is ready to end her marriage to Steven Kirk six months before their contract expires. After witnessing a video of Steven professing his love to his childhood sweetheart, Quinn Lambert, Celine’s resolve hardens. Even her son, Zane, clamors for a new mother, breaking Celine's heart. Despite Evelyn Kennedy’s warnings that a divorce means forfeiting her career, assets, and custody due to a fake marriage certificate, Celine refuses to stay for money or a husband who has already left her.

As a dedicated specialist, I quietly swapped shifts to ensure no patient was turned away. But midday chaos turns into a personal nightmare when a frantic man bursts into my clinic, cradling a bleeding, barely conscious pregnant woman. Begging me to save his wife from a life-threatening ectopic pregnancy, the man freezes as our eyes meet. It is Jack Delgado—my husband of nine years who is supposedly on an overseas business trip. Facing the ultimate betrayal, my professional world collides with a devastating reality.

For three years, I shielded the Baldwin tech empire, yet my nephew Haden views me as a greedy usurper. When rivals use a faked pregnancy to force a merger, Haden publicly humiliates me, demanding I kneel before him. He suspects me of carrying his late uncle's child, unaware I've already spotted their fraudulent ultrasound. They expect my surrender within three days, but instead of a wedding, I am orchestrating a lethal live broadcast to feed my enemies to the sharks.

After losing her voice saving her husband's sister in a car crash, she is accused of causing the accident out of jealousy. For two years, Damien treats her with contempt before serving divorce papers and exiling her to care for his comatose sister, Stella. But alone with her, Stella wakes with a cruel smile, revealing she faked the coma and that her mother murdered the protagonist's mother. Before the truth can settle, Stella cuts herself and screams for help, framing her. Damien, blind with rage, ignores her silent tears and her pregnancy, throwing her into a brutal detention center where she is starved and tormented. When his grandmother finally bails her out, she doesn't beg. She hands him a new divorce agreement, demanding full custody and five percent of his shares.

Betrayed and pushed off a bridge by her boyfriend, Evelise survives only to be reborn as an otherworldly being. Hunted by humans and unable to control her new, volatile powers, she finds refuge with Alpha Orion, her fated mate. However, her safety is shattered when she encounters Alpha Damian, a rival leader who shares her ex's face. Damian wants her blood, forcing Evelise to master her abilities and uncover the dark truth behind her rebirth before his obsession destroys her.

Lyra Vale is trapped in a lethal cycle of rebirth. In every life, she is accused of attacking a coworker named Elan Crowe, despite having perfect alibis. Whether she provides fitness data, skips the event, or livestreams her location, fabricated evidence and surveillance footage always lead to her demise. After being stabbed, shot, and broken, Lyra realizes the game is rigged. In her latest life, she abandons innocence and chooses a radical path by taking Elan hostage at the gala.

Betrayed by her mother, Amara Benson is sold to Victor Grey, only to wake up in the bed of the ruthless Damian Kane after being drugged. The resulting scandal ends her engagement, but a pregnancy leads to a contractual marriage with Damian. As she navigates his world of peril and secrets, a compassionate doctor offers her a path to freedom. Now, Amara must reclaim her status as a rightful heiress while choosing between forced duty and a chance at genuine love.

Betrayed and beaten to death, the true heiress of a wealthy family discovers too late that her imposter sister used a "You Suffer, I Benefit" system to steal her life, her boyfriend, and her future. But death isn't the end. Reborn on the exact day her biological parents find her, she is determined to disrupt the fake heiress's schemes from the start. By immediately demanding a name change, she sets off a perfect counterattack to reclaim her rightful place in high society.

To celebrate her college admission, a young woman receives a custom Rolls-Royce from her father. But on her first day of school, the luxury vehicle is ruthlessly vandalized. Instead of sympathy, she faces public outrage as classmates and netizens label her a home-wrecker, assuming she unethically obtained her wealth. Facing hostile peers demanding her expulsion, she calmly contacts the police and delivers a reality check: the car is worth 1.5 million dollars, and they must now face the cost.

Purchased by the ruthless Dominic Castellano, Elena Hayes is torn between her growing passion for her savior and the dark secrets of his world. When a hidden pregnancy and a striking resemblance to his dead wife come to light, Elena flees, forcing the billionaire into a desperate chase. Yet, the sudden resurrection of his late spouse changes everything, unleashing a web of betrayal, obsession, and dangerous love.

After enduring her husband Randall Reeves’s abuse for the fourth time, Sybil Lowe awakens a mysterious Anti-Domestic Violence System in her mind. Suddenly, the tables turn: any physical harm Randall attempts to inflict is instantly mirrored back onto him. Desperate and covered in bruises, he begs for a divorce. However, with his family, the police, and court officials dismissing his pleas as a simple marital dispute, Sybil easily drags him back home. He wants out, but she is not letting him go.

On Thanksgiving, a husband makes the mistake of opening a luxury gift box his wife, Tyler, left on the table. Furious because the present was meant for Oscar—her new financial advisor with whom she is infatuated—Tyler physically assaults him. She then drags him to her family's rural estate, where her relatives brutally force his head into a pig trough. As he suffers in humiliation, Tyler gleefully takes photos of his abuse to share with Oscar, stripping her husband of all remaining dignity.

For three years, Chloe endured a cold, loveless marriage to Simon, only to be discarded when his true love returned. After signing the divorce papers, she leaves her life as a submissive housewife behind to reclaim her status as a wealthy heiress. As Chloe thrives in her newfound independence and power, a regretful Simon realizes his mistake. He begins a desperate pursuit to win her back, but the woman he once ignored is no longer waiting for him.

Returning from abroad, a man takes a driving job only to find a student his family once sponsored living a lie. The student, now masquerading as a wealthy elite at a nightclub, is using the protagonist's father’s car to maintain his facade. When the driver confronts him, the pretender orders a brutal assault and inflicts cigarette burns on him. To expose the fraud, the protagonist sends a photo of the vehicle to his family to uncover the truth behind the deception.

The night before their wedding, Whitney Sullivan’s world is upended when her childhood sweetheart, a mercenary named Steven Foster, appears at her door poisoned and dying. Despite her fiancé's protests, the once-composed Whitney locks herself in a room with Steven to save his life through an intimate sacrifice. After a night of agony waiting outside, the protagonist faces a cold reality: Whitney prioritizes her past over their future, viewing her infidelity as a mere necessity. This act of betrayal shatters their relationship forever.

Turning thirty was supposed to be a milestone, but it begins with a nightmare. Instead of a celebration, she receives a shocking video of her husband livestreaming his infidelity with a female streamer. To protect her child from the fallout of this public betrayal, she realizes that ending her marriage is her only option. In this emotional modern romance, a mother's devastating discovery forces her to fight for her daughter's safety and navigate a difficult divorce.

After a decade of waiting, her military boyfriend finally returns to wed her. However, a hidden phone reveals gigabytes of desperate love letters he sent to another woman named Zolenn. The ultimate betrayal strikes at the hospital, where she witnesses him proposing to Zolenn, begging to raise her child. Heartbroken, she tears up her own pregnancy results and flees their engagement after a tragic miscarriage. Now, her ex-fiancé abandons his dream woman, driven mad in a desperate search to find her.

Returning home exhausted after a long workday, the protagonist is shocked to find Mark Hill intimately embracing his ex-girlfriend, Dora Moore, amidst a cheering crowd. To celebrate Dora's birthday, Mark offers to grant her any wish. With a malicious grin, Dora demands the protagonist be shoved into the dirt. Without a second thought, Mark drags her into the yard and ruthlessly grinds her face into the mud, laughing as he seeks his ex's cruel satisfaction.

After a grueling six-hour journey home with a requested holiday pie, a daughter arrives to find her promised place at the table taken by her sister Rain Abbott's boyfriend. Her childhood bedroom has been entirely redecorated to her sibling's tastes, leaving her with nothing but a dusty folding cot. When her mother publicly lies to relatives, claiming she willingly surrendered her space, she decides she has had enough. Securing her own independence, she finally confronts her family's neglect.

Six years after a car accident supposedly killed Vincent Castellano, his widow finally agrees to move on. But after visiting the family crypt, a discovery at a Brooklyn Heights brownstone upends her life. There, she finds Vincent alive, sitting with Mia Rossi, the mistress she once forced him to fire. The man she mourned is not a ghost; he is a living betrayal. The woman who thought she was a grieving widow now faces a nightmare of lies and a past that refuses to stay buried.