Introduction
La familia Spencer, consciente de la importancia de la unión entre Ricardo y Ellen para su estatus social y su propia estabilidad financiera, se siente acosada por el escándalo y las críticas de la sociedad. Desesperados por mantener las apariencias y las conexiones comerciales, los Spencer se enfrentan a la exigencia de Ricardo de encontrarle una novia de reemplazo.
Es en este momento crítico que los Spencer recuerdan a Kate, la inteligente y hermosa sobrina que han criado desde la muerte de sus padres. Kate, aunque reticente al principio y resistente a ser utilizada como una pieza en el juego de los Spencer, se ve obligada a aceptar la oferta debido a las amenazas veladas de sus tíos de dañar a su querida abuela, la única familia que le queda.
La relación entre Ricardo y Kate comienza de manera incómoda y fría, ya que ambos son conscientes de que este matrimonio es una mera fachada para satisfacer sus propios intereses. A medida que luchan por adaptarse a sus nuevas vidas juntos, las chispas vuelan y los desacuerdos se convierten en momentos de pasión. A pesar de las circunstancias poco convencionales de su unión, comienzan a descubrir las cualidades que aprecian el uno en el otro.
Share the book to
About Author

Tory Sánchez
Chapter 1
El papel se arrugó dentro de la mano fuerte del hombre, Ricardo Ferreira irradiaba enojo por cada poro de su cuerpo, sus ojos eran dos pozos de hielo frío.
—Ricardo…
—Se ha ido —musitó con los dientes apretados, haciendo un esfuerzo sobrehumano para controlarse.
—¿De qué hablas? —preguntó el hombre a su mejor amigo.
—Ella se ha marchado, me ha dejado a las puertas del altar —gruñó, lanzando lo primero que estuvo a su alcance, provocando un estrepitoso estruendo en la sala de la lujosa mansión.
Renato se apartó de su camino cuando otro florero salió disparado y se estrelló contra la pared más cercana.
—Debe haber un error…
—¡Ningún maldito error! ¡Se ha largado sin importarle la vergüenza a la que me expone delante de cientos de invitados! —gritó con enfado contenido.
Ricardo Ferreira era un hombre importante en el mundo de los negocios. Dueño de una fábrica de chocolate próspera, era millonario y codiciado por muchas mujeres, pero él solo había mostrado interés por una en particular y esa no era otra que Ellen Spencer. Se había enamorado de ella y había aprovechado la oportunidad para concertar un matrimonio con Jack, el padre de Ellen, a cambio de invertir una buena suma de dinero en los hoteles de la familia Spencer.
—Tranquilízate, nada ganarás con ponerte en ese estado. ¿Qué es lo que te dice? —Ricardo miró a su mejor amigo con una rabia que espantó al hombre.
—¿Cómo pretendes que me calme? ¡Se ha largado con otro hombre! —gritó.
—¿Así, sin más?
—Sí.
—Me cuesta creerlo, creí que estaba enamorada de ti —se atrevió a decir Renato.
—Creí estúpidamente, lo mismo, pero al parecer Ellen no tenía ningún interés en mí, excepto el acuerdo de inversión.
Renato suspiró.
—Quizá fue mejor que lo hiciera ahora y no después de la boda —se atrevió a decir.
—Nunca en mi vida me he sentido tan burlado como hoy, jamás nadie se atrevió a humillarme tanto y la familia Spencer no será la primera en hacerlo —gruñó Ricardo, destruyendo el pedazo de papel que cambió su vida en un abrir y cerrar de ojos.
—¿Qué quieres decir con eso? —preguntó el hombre ligeramente pálido.
Conocía a Ricardo de toda la vida, habían salido juntos de Brasil cuando apenas eran unos adolescentes. ¡No tenían nada más que sus nombres y la ropa que traían encima cuando llegaron a Los Estados Unidos! Renato comprendía la rabia y el dolor que encerraba Ricardo con aquella traición y el odio que podía despertar hacia la familia Spencer.
—Ricardo…
—No me convertiré en el hazmerreír de esta sociedad que espera un tropiezo de mi parte para hablar de mí.
—Nadie se atrevería a hacerlo, Ricardo —dijo, aun sabiendo que era tal cual su amigo lo imaginaba.
—Hazle saber a Jack Spencer que tiene menos de dos horas para conseguirme una novia de reemplazo.
—¡¿Te has vuelto loco?! —medio gritó, medio preguntó Renato ante la petición del magnate.
—No, pero estoy a punto y te aseguro que los Spencer no querrán conocer mi lado oscuro —gruñó en respuesta. El semblante de Ricardo era tenso, su mandíbula se remarcaba por la presión de sus dientes, dándole un aspecto frío y cruel.
—No necesitas hacer todo esto, Ricardo —insistió Renato.
—Dile que, si no hay boda, lo perderá todo —enfatizó—, también dile que voy a asegurarme que ningún banco le otorgue préstamos —agregó, girando sobre sus talones, dejando a Renato contrariado. ¿Por qué le tocaba a él hacer el trabajo sucio? Por la sencilla razón que era el mejor amigo de Ricardo y en el único hombre en el que confiaba. Así que, se dispuso a cumplir su orden…
El cristal se rompió en cientos de pedazos al estrellarse contra el piso, el vaso había resbalado de la mano de la joven mujer que miraba atónita y con la mandíbula desencajada al hombre delante de ella.
—¿Estás bromeando? —susurró la pregunta, pero supo de inmediato que su tío hablaba muy en serio. Su semblante era frío y sus ojos no tenían ni una pizca de calidez.
—¿No has escuchado lo que tu tío ha dicho? ¿Estás sorda? —las palabras duras de la otra mujer le hicieron girar el rostro.
—He escuchado muy bien las palabras de mi tío, Mabel, y es una locura que no puedo aceptar —argumentó Kate con un nudo en la garganta, su cuerpo temblaba como una hoja ante la mirada afilada de la mujer.
—¿Qué has dicho? —gruñó Jack ante la respuesta de su sobrina.
Kate lo miró, el corazón se le congeló dentro del pecho, aun así, habló.
—Dije que no puedo aceptar lo que me propones, tío. Agradezco todo lo que has hecho por mí durante todos estos años, pero no puedo casarme con un hombre al que no conozco y del cual no estoy enamorada.
Una bofetada cruzó el rostro de la joven ante su respuesta, la mano de Jack se aferró sobre el brazo de Kate, presionó tan fuerte que Kate no pudo evitar gemir de dolor mientras gruesas lágrimas corrían por su mejilla magullada.
—Me haces daño —murmuró.
—Puedo hacerte mucho más daño si no accedes a ocupar el lugar de Ellen…
—No puedes obligarme —musitó con temor, toda la valentía se había esfumado de su corazón al ver la sonrisa cruel de Jack.
—No olvides que me debes la vida y casándote con Ricardo Ferreira será la única manera de que puedas pagarme todo lo que he hecho por ti y por tu abuela…
Kate tembló ante la mención de su abuela.
—¿Aún quieres desafiarme, Kate? —preguntó con una sonrisa cruel— ¿Eres tan valiente para no aceptar casarte por el bien de tu querida abuela?
—¿Por qué me haces esto, tío? —susurró.
—No perderé el negocio con Ferreira por la estupidez de Ellen y menos si tengo el reemplazo que me ha solicitado para continuar con esta boda.
—No seré feliz…
—Me importa un comino si lo eres o no, Kate, sube a tu habitación y vístete de novia. Hoy te casas sí o sí —mencionó sin piedad.
Kate miró al hombre que la había criado desde los diez años, por un momento creyó que Jack sentía algún tipo de amor por ella, quiso creerlo pese a que no tenía ninguna buena experiencia dentro de su familia; desde que llegó fue siempre despreciada por Mabel y Ellen.
—¿Qué esperas para cumplir con las órdenes de tu tío? —preguntó la mujer con el ceño fruncido—. ¿Quieres que llame al hospital para preguntar cómo sigue tu abuela luego de su último infarto?
Era una amenaza y Kate lo sabía, así que, negó con un movimiento de cabeza y subió las escaleras como lo hace un condenado a muerte mientras se preguntaba, ¿qué sería de ella? No tenía el placer de conocer a Ricardo, las veces que el hombre acudió a cenar a la casa, ella fue encerrada en su habitación a petición de Ellen, tan paranoica como siempre, pensaba que Kate podía robarle la atención de Ricardo, como si Kate alguna vez hubiese tenido oportunidad de robarle algo. No era bonita, por lo menos, no en cuanto al estereotipo de mujer a la cual la sociedad llamaba bonita.
Ella era más… terrenal, no tenía una figura de modelo, más bien. Tenía unas bonitas curvas, pechos generosos y un rostro en forma de corazón, recordar que no era de la misma constitución física de Ellen le hizo detenerse en lo más alto de la escalera.
—¿Qué pasa? —preguntó Mabel con molestia al verla girar y titubear.
—No creo que el vestido de Ellen… —ella no pudo terminar la frase al escuchar la risa de burla de su tía política.
—Por supuesto que no hay manera de que entres en un vestido tan perfecto como el de mi hija, pero no te apures, Jack solucionó el pequeño contratiempo, mi esposo es un hombre que se adelanta a todo —aseguró—. Vístete y cúbrete ese asqueroso golpe —añadió la orden sin miramientos.
Kate de repente tuvo una ligera sospecha, pero sus nervios y la conmoción del momento no le permitió analizar la situación, por lo que continuó su camino con el corazón martillando dentro del pecho.
La sensación de frío la acompañó hasta su habitación, sus manos temblaban y sudaban producto de sus nervios. La mirada de Kate se posó en la ventana de su habitación, «escapar no es una opción», se dijo a sí misma al recordar a Carlota, su abuela.
Con resignación posó su mirada sobre la cama, el vestido de novia hecho a medida descansaba sobre ella.
Iba a casarse con un completo extraño, todo lo que conocía de Ricardo Ferreira era lo poco que salía de él en las revistas, ella sabía que era extranjero y que era el dueño de una de las principales fábricas de chocolate del país. ¿Era suficiente para casarse con él? ¡No! No lo era, pero tampoco es que tenía elección. Era su boda con el magnate del chocolate o perder la poca estabilidad económica que tenía para su abuela.
Con manos temblorosas tomó el vestido y se lo colocó por encima de la ropa.
—Fue un vestido mandado hacer con tiempo —musitó, dándose cuenta de que todo ese alboroto era un plan con maña, sus tíos, seguramente, querían liberar a Ellen de aquel matrimonio y la condenaban a ella a ocupar su lugar, a convertirse en una novia de reemplazo.
Latest Chapters
#82 Epílogo 2. Sabor chocolate
Last Updated: 04/17/2025 16:46#81 Epilogo. Estoy a cargo
Last Updated: 04/17/2025 16:46#80 Capítulo 80. Patrick
Last Updated: 04/17/2025 16:46#79 Capítulo 79. ¿Ahora?
Last Updated: 04/17/2025 16:46#78 Capítulo 78. Amor de Mujer
Last Updated: 04/17/2025 16:46#77 Capítulo 77. Abre los ojos, cariño
Last Updated: 04/17/2025 16:46#76 Capítulo 76. Dos fuerzas opuestas
Last Updated: 04/17/2025 16:46#75 Capítulo 75. Estás muerto para mí
Last Updated: 04/17/2025 16:46#74 Capítulo 74. Pecados
Last Updated: 04/17/2025 16:46#73 Capítulo 73. ¿Un hombre?
Last Updated: 04/17/2025 16:46
Comments
You Might Like 😍
The Delta's Daughter
Born on the same night as the Kings son, Prince Kellen; Lamia Langley, daughter to the Royal Delta of The New Moon pack (royal pack) bares the mark of a royal and is a seemingly ordinary wolf, until she shifts at the age of 14 and by 15 becomes one of the strongest wolfs in the kingdom.
All Lamia ever wanted was to serve her prince, become a warrior, find her mate at 18 and live happily ever after.
Growing up together and sharing a rare and special goddess given bond, everyone is sure Lamia and Prince Kellen will be fated mates. Being given the opportunity to go to the Alpha academy, Kellen and Lamia fall in love and they hope they are fated like everyone thinks.
But the fates have already mapped out her future.
What happens when a wolf from the Kings past has his eye on Lamia?
Follow this epic tale of Love, tragedy and betrayal as Lamia starts to discover her family heritage. Will her family’s forgotten heritage and secrets become more than she can handle?
Will her Prince become her mate or will she be fated to another?
Will Lamia rise to become the wolf the goddess’ fated her to be?
For a mature audience
Crowned by Fate
“She’d just be a Breeder, you would be the Luna. Once she’s pregnant, I wouldn’t touch her again.” my mate Leon’s jaw tightened.
I laughed, a bitter, broken sound.
“You’re unbelievable. I’d rather accept your rejection than live like that.”
As a girl without a wolf, I left my mate and my pack behind.
Among humans, I survived by becoming a master of the temporary: drifting job to job… until I became the best bartender in a dusty Texas town.
That’s where Alpha Adrian found me.
No one could resist the charming Adrian, and I joined his mysterious pack hidden deep in the desert.
The Alpha King Tournament, held once every four years, had begun. Over fifty packs from across North America were competing.
The werewolf world was on the verge of a revolution. That’s when I saw Leon again...
Torn between two Alphas, I had no idea that what awaited us wasn’t just a competition—but a series of brutal, unforgiving trials.
Author Note:New book out now! The River Knows Her Name
Mystery, secrets, suspense—your next page-turner is here.
After the Affair: Falling into a Billionaire's Arms
On my birthday, he took her on vacation. On our anniversary, he brought her to our home and made love to her in our bed...
Heartbroken, I tricked him into signing divorce papers.
George remained unconcerned, convinced I would never leave him.
His deceptions continued until the day the divorce was finalized. I threw the papers in his face: "George Capulet, from this moment on, get out of my life!"
Only then did panic flood his eyes as he begged me to stay.
When his calls bombarded my phone later that night, it wasn't me who answered, but my new boyfriend Julian.
"Don't you know," Julian chuckled into the receiver, "that a proper ex-boyfriend should be as quiet as the dead?"
George seethed through gritted teeth: "Put her on the phone!"
"I'm afraid that's impossible."
Julian dropped a gentle kiss on my sleeping form nestled against him. "She's exhausted. She just fell asleep."
Alpha Nicholas's Little Mate
What? No—wait… oh Moon Goddess, no.
Please tell me you're joking, Lex.
But she's not. I can feel her excitement bubbling under my skin, while all I feel is dread.
We turn the corner, and the scent hits me like a punch to the chest—cinnamon and something impossibly warm. My eyes scan the room until they land on him. Tall. Commanding. Beautiful.
And then, just as quickly… he sees me.
His expression twists.
"Fuck no."
He turns—and runs.
My mate sees me and runs.
Bonnie has spent her entire life being broken down and abused by the people closest to her including her very own twin sister. Alongside her best friend Lilly who also lives a life of hell, they plan to run away while attending the biggest ball of the year while it's being hosted by another pack, only things don't quite go to plan leaving both girls feeling lost and unsure about their futures.
Alpha Nicholas is 28, mateless, and has no plans to change that. It's his turn to host the annual Blue Moon Ball this year and the last thing he expects is to find his mate. What he expects even less is for his mate to be 10 years younger than him and how his body reacts to her. While he tries to refuse to acknowledge that he has met his mate his world is turned upside down after guards catch two she-wolves running through his lands.
Once they are brought to him he finds himself once again facing his mate and discovers that she's hiding secrets that will make him want to kill more than one person.
Can he overcome his feelings towards having a mate and one that is so much younger than him? Will his mate want him after already feeling the sting of his unofficial rejection? Can they both work on letting go of the past and moving forward together or will fate have different plans and keep them apart?
The mafia princess return
The Son of Red Fang
Alpha Cole Redmen is the youngest of six born to Alpha Charles and Luna Sara Mae, leaders of the Red Fang pack. Born prematurely, Alpha Charles rejected him without hesitation as weak and undeserving of his very life. He is reminded daily of his father’s hatred for him paving the way for the rest of his family to become the same.
By adulthood, his father’s hatred and abuse towards him has spilled over into the rest of the pack making him the scapegoat for those with the sadistic need to see him suffer. The rest are simply too afraid to even look his way leaving him little in the way of friends or family to turn to.
Alpha Demetri Black is the leader of a sanctuary pack known as Crimson Dawn. It’s been years since a wolf has made their way to his pack via the warrior’s prospect program but that doesn’t mean he’s not looking for the tell tale signs of a wolf in need of help.
Malnourished and injured upon his arrival, Cole’s anxious and overly submissive demeanor lands him in the very situation he’s desperate to avoid, in the attention of an unknown alpha.
Yet somehow through the darkness of severe illness and injury he runs into the very person he’s been desperate to find since he turned eighteen, his Luna. His one way ticket out of the hell he’s been born into.
Will Cole find the courage needed to leave his pack once and for all, to seek the love and acceptance he’s never had?
Content Warning: This story contains descriptions of mental, physical and sexual abuse that may trigger sensitive readers. This book is intended for adult readers only.
Her CEO Stalker and Her Second Chance Mate
“Where is that slut of yours, Creedon? Must be a hell of a lay. The coffee is going to be cold,” Michael complained. “What's the point in keeping her around? She's not even your breed.”
Not his breed?
“You know me, I like nice accessories, Besides, she is smarter than she looks."
An Accessory?
“Stop toying with the girl. You're letting her get too close to us. Not to mention the scandal you’ll have with the press once they realize she's a poor country girl. America will fall in love with her, you will just crush them when you’re done with her. Poor Image...” The sound of fits hitting the table silenced the room.
“She’s mine! She is no concern of yours. I can fuck her, breed her, or cast her aside, remember who's in charge here. “If I want to use her as a cum bucket, I will." His anger explosive.
Breed me? Cast me aside? Cum bucket? I think not!*
“She is pretty, but she’s of no value to you, Creedon. A pebble in a sea of diamonds, darling. You can have any woman you desire. Fuck her out of your system, and sign off on her,” Latrisha spat. “That one is going to become a pain in your ass. You need a bitch that will submit.”
Someone, please, come mop up the word vomit this woman has just spewed.
“I have her under control, Trisha, back the fuck off.”
**Control? Oh, hell naw! ** He hadn't met the take no bullshit southern bitch I could be.
Rage brewed as I elbowed open door.
Well, here goes everything.
The Lycan King and His Mysterious Luna
The smell of sandalwood and lavender invades my senses, and the smell is getting stronger.
I stand up and close my eyes then I feel my body slowly start to follow the scent.
I open my eyes to meet a pair of gorgeous grey eyes staring back into my green/hazel ones.
At the same time the word “Mate” comes out of our mouths,
and he grabs me and kisses me until we must stop for air.
I’ve found my mate already. I can’t believe it.
Wait. How is this possible when I don’t have my wolf yet?
You can’t find your mate until you have your wolf.
This doesn’t make any sense.
My name is Freya Karlotta Cabrera, daughter of Alpha of the Dancing Moonlight pack, I am ready of coming of age, get my wolf and find my mate. My parents and brother constantly push me to be together with our pack’s Beta. But I know he is not my mate. One night, I fall asleep and meet my fated mate in my dream, his name is Alexander, I don’t know which pack he belongs to, maybe this is just a dream and when I wake up, everything will disappear.
But when I wake up in the morning, I somehow know the dream is true, I find my mate before getting my wolf.
I am Alexander, the Alpha Lycan King, and my mate Freya calls me Alex. After a century’s looking, I finally meet my mate, but I have to wait until she turns 18 or gets her wolf(whichever one comes first) before, I can present myself to her in person. The whole thing is because of something my 10x great-grandfather did that offended the Moon Goddess.
I know Freya is very special, maybe she is one of ours, everything will be known on the night of her shift.
Will Freya be able to handle everything?
With her birthday approaching so does the dangers lurking?
The Biker Alpha Who Became My Second Chance Mate
"You're like a sister to me."
Those were the actual words that broke the camel's back.
Not after what just happened. Not after the hot, breathless, soul-shaking night we spent tangled in each other's arms.
I knew from the beginning that Tristan Hayes was a line I shouldn't cross.
He wasn't just anyone, he was my brother's best friend. The man I spent years secretly wanting.
But that night... we were broken. We had just buried our parents. And the grief was too heavy, too real...so I begged him to touch me.
To make me forget. To fill the silence that death left behind.
And he did. He held me like I was something fragile.
Kissed me like I was the only thing he needed to breathe.
Then left me bleeding with six words that burned deeper than rejection ever could.
So, I ran. Away from everything that cost me pain.
Now, five years later, I'm back.
Fresh from rejecting the mate who abused me. Still carrying the scars of a pup I never got to hold.
And the man waiting for me at the airport isn't my brother.
It's Tristan.
And he's not the guy I left behind.
He's a biker.
An Alpha.
And when he looked at me, I knew there was no where else to run to.
Mated by Contract to the Alpha
William—my devastatingly handsome, wealthy werewolf fiancé destined to become Delta—was supposed to be mine forever. After five years together, I was ready to walk down the aisle and claim my happily ever after.
Instead, I found him with her. And their son.
Betrayed, jobless, and drowning in my father's medical bills, I hit rock bottom harder than I ever imagined possible. Just when I thought I'd lost everything, salvation came in the form of the most dangerous man I'd ever encountered.
Damien Sterling—future Alpha of the Silver Moon Shadow Pack and ruthless CEO of Sterling Group—slid a contract across his desk with predatory grace.
“Sign this, little doe, and I'll give you everything your heart desires. Wealth. Power. Revenge. But understand this—the moment you put pen to paper, you become mine. Body, soul, and everything in between.”
I should have run. Instead, I signed my name and sealed my fate.
Now I belong to the Alpha. And he's about to show me just how wild love can be.
Her Obsession.
For three years, Mafia leader Conner O’Neill has felt eyes on him. A phantom touch in the night. Perfume lingering on his pillows. Warm cookies in his oven. Enemies' heads delivered to his doorstep, gift-wrapped in bloodied silk. It isn’t fear that coils in his gut—it’s fascination. Someone is watching him. Someone who knows him. Someone who kills for him.
Her name is Sage—and she’s been his shadow since the night he unknowingly stole her heart with a bullet to another man’s brain. For her, it was love at first sight. Violent. Beautiful. Inevitable. Raised in darkness, owned by a monster, Sage was never meant to love. But Conner changed that. And she’s been his ever since, waiting for the day she can step out of the shadows and into his arms.
But the man who owns her doesn’t let go of his toys. And the man she loves doesn’t know she exists—yet.
She’s done watching. It’s time he learns the truth.
He belongs to her. And she’ll kill anyone who tries to take him away.
The Alpha's Hunt
If she is claimed she will be his. If she is not, she will return in shame and be shunned from her pack.
Hazel knows the ways of the Alphas, being the daughter of a Beta, but what she doesn't count on is the presence of the Lycan King. The leader of all is participating in his first-ever hunt, and she is his prey.
Warning: This book contains a LOT of mature content such as strong language, explicit sx scenes, physical and mental abuse, BDSM, etc.*
About Author

Tory Sánchez
Download AnyStories App to discover more Fantasy Stories.













