Best Modern Novels

After seven years, Dante Rizzoli claims amnesia, forgetting his wife Elena while remembering his life of crime. As Elena tries to restore his memory, he brings home a mistress named Gia. The truth emerges when Elena overhears Dante admitting the medical condition is a ruse to indulge in his affair. Betrayed by his cruel deception, the Mafia Princess realizes her husband is simply finished with her. Elena decides to fake her own death and vanish, adopting a new identity as Livia Moretti.

Eight years. Every dollar, every sacrifice, every ounce of devotion—she gave it all to build Tom's corporate empire. Then he discarded her for his younger secretary, shoving divorce papers at her with the expectation that she'd disappear by morning. But the wife he dismissed as boring hides a devastating secret: she's the heiress to the investment firm that props up his entire kingdom. Instead of weeping, she forges a dangerous alliance with her mother-in-law and her childhood friend Mark, setting in motion a systematic takedown of everything Tom owns. He wanted out; she's seizing it all.

Doc. Hudson Herrence Hayes is far from a typical dream partner. Loving a man widely regarded as a numb, lethal human robot requires sacrificing everything. Yet, while the rest of the world desperately vies for the brilliant young doctor's attention, Abhaya feels nothing but pure disdain for him. When her intense hatred clashes with his cold, heartless existence, the rules of his dangerous game change forever. Can anyone truly melt a man born without a heart?

After a wife finds herself unable to handle her husband’s overwhelming physical intensity, she turns to her best friend for assistance. In an attempt to resolve the couple's tension, the friend visits their home alone, dressed provocatively and eager to see if the husband's reputation is earned. His Wife's Best Friend is a modern romance novel that explores the consequences of a wife inviting her companion to intervene in the most private aspects of her marriage.

After her father’s business collapses and her boyfriend betrays her, Ava finds herself in a desperate situation. To save her family from ruin, she enters a cold, contractual marriage with the ruthless billionaire Silas Thorne. Though their union began as a mere financial arrangement, the lines between duty and desire soon blur. Ava must navigate high-society secrets and Silas’s guarded heart to discover if their love can ever be real.

Lena White, the cunning daughter of a powerful family, spent six years molding herself to capture a wealthy prince’s heart. Though they enter a forced marriage born from a game, Mr. Blake initially plots their divorce and vows never to love her. However, his coldness melts into a desperate devotion. Even after their separation, he begs for her forgiveness. He once thought himself untouchable, yet Lena’s departure proves she is the only one who truly commands his soul.

After five years together, a woman's life is defined by fifty-two failed wedding attempts. Her lawyer boyfriend, Ainsley, repeatedly abandons her at the altar or mid-ceremony to rescue his intern from minor workplace errors and professional conflicts. Exhausted by being sidelined for another woman’s "emergencies," she finally breaks off the engagement and disappears. However, her departure triggers a desperate and frantic search by the man who once couldn't stay.

After learning he is not his parents' biological son, the protagonist is pressured to hand over the family business to the newly discovered heir, Kenneth Lawson. He complies with a smile, surrendering his position to satisfy his family's guilt. However, chaos erupts the next day when the company's core technical team and major clients refuse to work with anyone else. As the business begins to collapse, his parents are forced to beg the man they discarded to save their legacy.

After a devastating car crash costs Christine her unborn child, she expects comfort from her powerful mafia partner, Damon. Instead, he treats her blood-soaked state as an unlucky inconvenience, warning his secretary Mathilda to look away. The ultimate heartbreak strikes when Christine uncovers evidence of Damon's infidelity. Refusing to endure his betrayal while mourning her baby, she abandons the billionaire and accepts a job offer from Hunter, the boyfriend of her rival.

After Brighton’s wealthiest man passes away, his daughter returns to his hometown of Highland for a quiet burial. But the solemn funeral is halted by an arrogant woman claiming to be the fiancée of Terence Tomlinson, the local billionaire. Accusing the grieving daughter of being Terence’s mistress, she demands the hearse yield. Knowing Terence begged her father for forty million to save his company, the daughter is ready to show Highland who truly holds the power.

Sarah Simmons stands numb on a cliffside where her husband, Warren Fox, and sister, Nanette, seemingly plunged to their deaths. But her grief vanishes when mysterious floating text reveals a horrifying truth. The lovers' suicide was a lie to escape, leaving Sarah to raise a child that is actually theirs, not hers, after eight agonizing IVF rounds. Worse, Warren's wealthy family plans to fake paralysis to exploit her. Armed with this bizarre foresight, Sarah refuses to be their tragic victim.

To save her dying son, Leo, Emerson needs two million dollars or a new baby with her billionaire ex, Finnegan. Five years after he abandoned her, Finnegan returns to destroy her life. He imprisons her, frames her partner Alden, and leaves her isolated as her family turns against her. While Finnegan flaunts a new wife and child, a broken Emerson finally kneels before him. However, beneath her desperate submission, she is secretly plotting a cold revenge.

After a masked encounter with a stranger, Sophia Bennett is blackmailed by billionaire Alexander Sterling into a fake engagement to secure a merger. She hides a life-changing secret: she is pregnant with his child. When her pregnancy is revealed, a cold Alexander assumes betrayal and casts her out. Sophia refuses to claim him as the father, leaving a regretful Alexander to uncover the truth behind their shared past before their fragile bond is lost forever.

Matteo Adorni once risked his life for Rosella, defying the Pentarchy’s laws against commoner brides. However, his devotion was a lie. To maintain his status, he conceives children with Giorgia Vitalis, abandoning Rosella for the sake of a male heir. When Giorgia frames her for attempted murder, Matteo turns his weapon on the woman he once protected. Chained in the Adorni family dungeon, Rosella faces a brutal betrayal. As the doors finally open, she vows to escape his hollow love.

After a decade together, a man discovers Wendy Hudson’s shocking infidelity with her uncle, Timothy Zuckerman. On their anniversary, Wendy abandons their planned honeymoon, claiming a best friend is hospitalized with an acute illness. Sensing the deception, he investigates her frantic departure. With proof from his assistant that the friend is actually abroad, he realizes Wendy is rushing to someone else. Now, he is determined to follow her and expose the lies of his billionaire partner.

To honor her mother's wish, she married her adopted brother Cain, a man obsessed with her sister. Abandoned on their wedding night, she cared for their dying son, Frederick, alone while her family carried on a shameless betrayal. Following Frederick's tragic death, a powerful alpha werewolf named Maximus Vine steps in to help. But as she tries to heal, she must face a painful question: is Maximus her true savior, or is she just a means to an end?

Given a second chance at life, Tiana and Tamara face their parents' divorce once again. Tamara chooses their gambling father, hoping to replicate the wealth he displayed in their previous timeline. Tiana silently accepts the other path, moving to a coastal town with her mother. However, Tamara is unaware that their father’s past transformation was triggered only by Tiana’s battle with brain cancer. Without that sacrifice, his redemption is far from certain in this mystery story.

When I reached for Dutton's evening medication, Bethany's laugh drifted through the cracked study door—not her polished charity-gala warmth, but something intimate, unguarded. Then came the words that shattered everything: "She actually thinks it was her fault." My husband and his mistress were plotting my demise, and I was the last to know. Now survival demands I confront the truth they never imagined I'd overhear.

Bentley Wise, heir to a real estate empire, promised to marry Adelle in 99 days. Instead, he neglected her for Frida, the socialite who later killed Adelle’s mother in a crash. Bentley defended the killer, shattering their decade of love. Adelle exposed them and fled to Paris for a fresh start. When Bentley resurfaced to beg for forgiveness, a revenge plot left him dying to save her. Despite his sacrifice, Adelle refuses him, choosing her new life over his regret.

Sex With My Neighbour is a collection of explicit tales featuring a call girl encounter, a ménage à trois with a chubby woman and two friends, a neighborly threesome, and a sexual contract. In the first story, Paul Caspar sets his sights on the stunning Arcadia. Confident in his physical prowess and tattooed physique, Paul believes no woman can resist him. Once she undresses, he is determined to claim her completely, ensuring she has no way to escape his intense desire.

After a decade of marriage, a woman is shocked when her husband suddenly replaces their dark furniture and household items with vibrant pink alternatives. He claims his strange new obsession is part of a high-stakes bet with a friend named Jack to win a luxury seaside villa. However, the mystery deepens when Jack denies the existence of any such property or wager. This romance story explores the unsettling secrets hidden behind a spouse's bizarre behavioral shift.

In her past life, a woman’s husband dismissed her concerns about him driving a coworker home. This arrangement ended in tragedy when the coworker miscarried and the protagonist was framed for the incident. After being murdered by the coworker’s vengeful husband, she miraculously regresses to the day before the rides started. Now, she must navigate a dangerous web of betrayal and lies to uncover the truth of their affair and prevent her own death before history repeats itself.

On her wedding day, Sarah faces a nightmare when her groom, Julian, orchestrates her false arrest to protect his family’s image. Betrayed by the man she loved, she realizes their relationship was built on manipulation. After clearing her name, Sarah refuses to return to her gilded cage. She chooses to walk away from Julian’s billionaire lifestyle, reclaiming her independence and seeking a life defined by freedom rather than his lies.

For over five hundred days, I eagerly anticipated the moment billionaire Henry Kline would finally ask for my hand in marriage. When he ultimately got down on one knee, my dreams of a romantic proposal were instantly shattered. There was no sparkling diamond ring in his hands. Instead of a lifetime commitment, Henry presented a cold, devastating demand: he wanted me to give up my own sight and donate my cornea to save his mother.