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Drowning in Regret Novel Cover
9.4
In her past life, the flood forced Patrick Holmes to choose between his wife and his first love, Victoria. Though he saved his wife, his resentment grew until he eventually murdered her in a hospital bed to avenge Victoria's death. Now, reborn on the day of the disaster, she faces the same choice again. This time, she hands the lifebuoy to Victoria herself, hoping to escape a cycle of tragedy and betrayal in this dark modern fantasy romance.
The Genius Heiress Plays The Fool Novel Cover
9.8
In her past life, her family treated her as a defective pawn, forcing her to marry paralyzed billionaire Charlton Moreno. She believed he despised her—until the yacht exploded and he shielded her with his body. His blood soaked her clothes as the blast tore them apart. Dying, she learned the truth: her family had been poisoning him for years, crippling his legs to steal his fortune, using her as a tool to humiliate his bloodline. When she was no longer useful, they discarded her. Waking again on the day they shoved her, in a torn wedding dress, into the freezing Moreno foyer, she hides her calculating hatred behind a slack, vacant expression. This time, she will play the perfect idiot, cure his legs, and reclaim everything.
My Mate Used My Inheritance on His Mistress Novel Cover
8.1
Every Tuesday, the Ironveil Pack's Lead Tracker runs dawn patrol, then audits communication logs—predictable, until her wolf detects an encrypted signal that doesn't belong. That single anomaly drags her into a mystery aimed straight at her mate bond, her pack, and the inheritance meant to secure her future. In this werewolf romance laced with fantasy, mystery, and action, one hidden channel exposes a betrayal that forces her to question the man she called her mate—and everything she thought she knew.
After My Miscarriage, the Don Lost Everything Novel Cover
8.5
As the Donna of the Jones Family and a brilliant CEO, I helped Vincent build a medical empire from nothing. However, during a critical surgery in my eighth month of pregnancy, he abandoned me to save his mistress. His betrayal cost me my child and my future fertility. Vincent believed I was a helpless orphan, unaware that I am actually the true heir to the Belmonte dynasty. Following our divorce, I reclaimed my power to watch his world burn as I rose to lead my family's global legacy.
The Night My Husband’s Affair Played on Our TV Novel Cover
8.4
On her wedding anniversary, a woman’s life shatters when a video of her husband’s infidelity broadcasts on their television. Betrayed by the man she trusted, she is forced to confront a web of lies hidden beneath their perfect marriage. As she investigates the origins of the footage, dark secrets surface that threaten her safety. This gripping mystery follows her journey through heartbreak and danger as she uncovers the truth behind the affair.
Pregnant With the Don’s Heirs, I Disappeared Novel Cover
9.5
After three years of unwavering loyalty, Elena is ready to reveal her pregnancy to Alessandro, the powerful Don who calls her his queen. However, her joy turns to ash when she overhears him dismissing her as a mindless hound while planning an engagement to another woman. Realizing she is merely a tool to him, Elena discards his gifts and flees into the night. Carrying his heirs and years of bitter secrets, she vanishes from the mafia world to ensure her children never become pawns in his cruel game.
There is No Coming Back, Ex-Husband Novel Cover
8.2
Waking from a coma after a horrific Ferris wheel plunge, Amber learns her five-year-old son is dead. Worse, her cold husband, Anthony, blames her. But the devastating truth is far darker: Anthony and Amber's best friend, Alicia, used her son's organs to save their own secret, ailing child. Devastated and betrayed, Amber refuses to weep. Instead, she marries Sebastian Sterling, Anthony's most feared billionaire rival, launching a ruthless campaign for vengeance.
Reborn to Bear the Evil Spirit Novel Cover
8.5
Returned to her birth parents at five months pregnant, she survived their deadly traps thanks to the telepathic warnings of her unborn child. But as she fled their bone-marrow theft and poison, a fatal truck accident revealed the horrifying truth: her baby engineered her death. Now, waking up back at the exact moment she was offered the toxic juice, she must confront both her predatory family and the malevolent spirit in her womb to survive this terrifying loop.
No Roses for the Mafia Wife Novel Cover
9.5
After seven years of devotion, the fiancée of a powerful mafia heir discovers a soul-crushing secret. On their engagement night, she witnesses her partner pleading with her half-sister—the daughter of their greatest rival—to return to him. Rather than mourning the betrayal, she orchestrates a cold, calculated disappearance. On the morning of their ceremony, she wipes her identity clean and executes a final act of vengeance that will resonate across the entire criminal underworld forever.
After My Husband Chose His Mistress’s Baby Novel Cover
8.5
She comes back to their Upper East Side home carrying Thai takeout and a splitting headache, only to find the apartment eerily quiet, smelling of lemon, and stripped of Arlo’s presence. His laptop sits open, breaking his rigid six-year routine. As she reaches to close it, the screen flashes a message from Miriam Perry—his secretary, the glitter-card sender. That single name cracks open a marriage built on secrets, dragging her into the affair and the child that now shadows her every step.
Love And Hate, Sealed Away Novel Cover
8.0
In the modern novel Love And Hate, Sealed Away, a luxury wedding becomes a crime scene when a bride finds her million-dollar gown coated in corrosive acid. As her skin burns, she is pinned down by a cruel woman and stabbed by Yelena Stone, who claims the bride stole her husband. Bleeding and pregnant, the victim realizes she must fight back against her attackers. She reaches out to her elite brother, Hunter Sinclair, to save her life and bring Jacob to the scene.
From The Grave: The Ex-Wife's Vengeance Novel Cover
8.4
Mira hid her physical and emotional scars behind a glamorous facade. She devoted herself to Lawrence, only to face abuse, rejection, and betrayal for another woman. With her father murdered, her mother gone, and a hostile mother-in-law, she finally leaves her toxic marriage. But she doesn't stay defeated. Reborn as Vivien, she dons a lavish red gown and prepares to unleash her painful past as a weapon of ultimate vengeance against her tormentors.
The Past is Like a Failed Painting Novel Cover
9.1
Five years into her marriage, a devastating truth comes to light. Overhearing her billionaire husband, Mr. Gillard, speaking with their family doctor, a wife makes a horrifying discovery. Her recovery medications and injections have been secretly replaced with useless vitamins and glucose. Worse, she learns the crippling injury to her hand was no accident—her husband hired someone to cut her tendons so another woman could win a painting championship. Now, her entire future is at stake.
The Billionaire One Night Lie  Novel Cover
8.2
After losing her reputation and family in a single night of betrayal, Thira Calderon flees New York. She returns five years later as a successful professional with three brilliant children in tow. Upon joining a major firm, she discovers her employer is Riven Dax, the man from her past. While Thira avoids the truth, her three genius kids notice the striking resemblance. Determined to find their father, they begin a secret mission to prove Riven is the man they need.
The Day the Hospital Made a Killer Novel Cover
8.6
After intern Lindsey Clark causes her mother’s death with a lethal medication swap, Dr. Monroe faces a nightmare. Instead of justice, her husband Michael defends the intern, blaming the victim. The trauma triggers Monroe’s own medical crisis, where Lindsey’s unsanitary surgical assistance leads to a fatal infection. Following a cold cover-up and cremation, Monroe suddenly wakes up in the past. Reborn on the day Lindsey was hired, she prepares to change her dark fate.
The Unwanted Wife Is A Secret Genius Novel Cover
8.2
Hannah Compton's world shatters in a doctor's office: stage two stomach cancer. Minutes later, her billionaire husband Branden lies about a late meeting, confirming the perfume on his collar belongs to her half-sister, Bailey. For three years, Hannah buried her AI medical research career to be his perfect wife. Now, as a tumor twists inside her, Branden parades Bailey publicly, showering her with million-dollar sapphires. When Hannah collapses in agony on their marble floor, he nudges her with his shoe, sneering, "Stop acting. You're not getting my pity." In that cold moment, her love dies, replaced by a frozen void. Refusing to give him ammunition, she swallows painkillers, slips a divorce agreement into his contracts to secure thirty million, and prepares to burn his world down.
My Husband and His Mistress Stole My Inheritance Novel Cover
8.3
She planned a perfect candlelit Christmas Eve in their Manhattan brownstone, ready to give Greyson her whole heart. Instead, his icy silence destroyed that dream and exposed a brutal truth: her husband and his mistress had stolen everything, including her inheritance. Trapped in a web of modern betrayal and buried secrets, she must transform shattered love into cold, calculated vengeance—one dangerous revelation at a time.
Not Your Scapegoat Again Novel Cover
9.5
Heidi Wynn is given a second chance at life after a past of prison and torture. When her fiancé, Simon, begs her to take the blame for Nancy’s crimes to protect their unborn child, Heidi deceptively agrees. While Nancy publicly accuses her of stealing trade secrets from the Johnston Group, the plan backfires during the court hearing. The plaintiff, Clark, unexpectedly drops all charges and shocks the room by proposing to Heidi, turning the billionaire mystery into a daring quest for justice.
Shocking! The Amazing Thing She Did for Love! Novel Cover
8.1
When Monica Lloyd discovered her unborn child had an extra Y chromosome, I advised her to terminate the pregnancy. She agreed, but that very night, she and her boyfriend, Liam Evans, abducted me and buried me alive in a barren landfill. Now, I have been inexplicably reborn. Back at the beginning of this nightmare, Monica stands before me, asking the exact same question about her baby's future. This time, my answer will change everything as I navigate a terrifying second chance.
My Childhood Friend Regrets Not Wanting Me Novel Cover
9.0
On her coronation day, the Princess of the State is tasked with choosing a consort. In her past life, she chose her crush, Henry Lapointe, only for him to poison her and betray the kingdom to the Ubury empire out of revenge for his secret lover. Now reborn, she avoids her tragic end by selecting Justin Yale, a powerless hostage prince, instead of Henry. As she alters her destiny, the man who once destroyed her begins to spiral in regret.
The Abused Sister's Spectacular Vengeful Comeback Novel Cover
7.6
An MMA champion dies in the ring only to wake up in Ohio as Alissa, a starved eighteen-year-old. Haunted by Alissa’s memories, she discovers a life of torment: her sister Ainsley treated her like a slave, while her brother-in-law Kristopher, a predatory teacher, hunted her in the shadows. The original Alissa died from despair, but her replacement is a fighter. Though the body is frail, a lethal mind now leads the charge to turn these predators into prey.
Torn Between Three  Novel Cover
8.6
Liam is barely surviving, juggling multiple jobs while enduring daily torment from Damien, the arrogant heir who treats him like dirt. But his fragile world shatters when a text arrives from Fabian, his obsessive ex, freshly released from prison and determined to reclaim him. Desperate to escape, Liam's plans are upended when Damien suddenly changes, offering protection and blurring the line between enemy and something far more complicated. Then there's Sebastian Devereaux, a cold, powerful CEO haunted by his own past, who gets entangled in Liam's life despite every reason to stay away. Caught between a past that won't release him, an enemy who might be an ally, and a man with dangerous secrets, Liam faces an impossible choice: run for his life or risk everything by staying.
Hearing My Boyfriend's Lover's Thoughts Novel Cover
8.5
At a festive office gathering, a colleague’s inquiry regarding wedding plans exposes a devastating truth. While Hayden Potter remains silent, his close companion Melissa Somers claims he is prioritizing his career. However, the protagonist suddenly intercepts Melissa’s inner monologue, discovering that Hayden has been secretly staying at Melissa’s home and promising her marriage. As Hayden ignores his girlfriend to embrace Melissa, a shocking mystery of infidelity and telepathic insight begins.
Her Final Vow Novel Cover
8.1
On her wedding day, Alexis Harding is missing, leading Ryan Wolfe to marry his childhood sweetheart and publicly brand Alexis a cheater. This lie kills Alexis's mother, but the truth is far darker. Ryan had locked Alexis in a basement for ten days to punish her for offending his new bride. When he finally returns to her cell, he finds her corpse consumed by maggots. This haunting modern romance and horror story explores the devastating consequences of Ryan's cruelty and his eventual descent into madness.
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