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Lila Hartwell, a famous actress, loses everything to a vicious lie and betrayal from people she trusts.
Desperate and alone, she makes a deal with cold billionaire Garrett Blackthorn: a marriage of convenience to save both their reputations.
But as they work to clear Lila’s name, old secrets and new enemies threaten their plan.
With danger closing in, can Lila and Garrett trust each other enough to survive? Or will their fake relationship crumble under the weight of revenge, family betr...

THE first time Arianna and Enrique met was the night she was gifted to grace his bed. When he woke up and discovered the blood on the sheets, he couldn't believe it. He was drunk and all he could remember were moans and the soft, responsive body under him. But she was a virgin. How could he be so wrong?
ARIANNA knew the wealthy Enrique Quiroz. He was the only son of the plantation’s Don. She didn't know he was the man waiting for her that night, when she had dreaded hell in a stranger’s bed… n...

How long would you wait for the one you were fated to love?
And how many lifetimes would you live to find your way back to them?
Penelope was only fifteen when she offered her soul to her fated beloved, binding their souls in sacred vowfire. When he left for war, she knew that so long as their fire burned, he would return to her.
For fifteen years, Penelope ruled her island kingdom, holding off the droves of suitors from the surrounding islands and the mainland who sought her throne. Her peop...

Elara, a bright and ambitious student at Astraea University, has always been drawn to things that defy logic. When she enrolls in a Philosophy class taught by Lucien—a young, charismatic professor shrouded in mystery—she can’t shake the feeling that something about him is... off. He never seems to change, as if time itself refuses to touch him.
One rainy night, on her way home from the library, Elara stumbles upon something she was never meant to see—Lucien locked in a brutal fight against a gr...

They say I’m a promising witch, but my magic is a disaster…
I wish I could keep my sorcery skills from running wild. When one of my spells misfires and destroys the town’s defense against the very monsters we were sent to protect them from, the fed-up guild banishes me to the Enchanted Academy. One last chance to salvage what’s left of my career as a witch by honing my craft.
The coursework is challenging, but I can’t help but be distracted by a brainy mage and a mysterious shifter. Not to...

When there're four of them, and one of me, we can’t have any secrets.
I need to focus on improving my magic. And having four delicious men can make things complicated. Especially when Kyler is distracted by a mysterious friend from his past who is revealing all of Kyler’s secrets, some of which I wish I didn’t know.
Meanwhile, Archmage Edius is making moves, and if we don’t study hard, he’s going to best us. Maybe he already has. At the Fall Festival, a mass poisoning screams of his evil h...

Hidden identities, unexpected enemies, and a mysterious new mentor—all three will test the relationship between me and my men in year three at the Enchanted Academy.
When the academy is attacked by a dangerous chimera and her hoard of minions, it’s time for my men and I to dig deep and up our game with a semester of field training.
I’m having trouble focusing, because I can tell Oliver is keeping something from me.
But my new mentor challenges me to be better. Stronger.
Just when I n...

When Braedon and I catch a glimpse of the future, I see the evil Archmage Edius destroying the world, but Braedon sees my death…
In order to gain Supreme status, my mates and I are transported to a new academy where we hope to master the five elements of magic.
But the sinister Archmage invades my dreams and robs me of my self-confidence.
Before I know it, all the progress I’ve made at the Enchanted Academy vanishes, and I’m back to functioning as a remedial level witch.
If we’re abl...

Harper Cole has been preparing her whole life to become her pack’s next Alpha. When her father gives the title to her youngest brother, Harper will proposition a fellow Alpha with a fake marriage, hoping to reclaim her position as heir.
Asher Black, Alpha of the Rising Moon Pack, is struggling to lead his Pack and get rid of his controlling uncles when he is offered a strange proposition from a beautiful young wolf. As Harper and Asher fight to secure their positions, their fake relationship wi...

Who doesn't know of Damien Stone? The beast himself! The name Stone was said to fit him perfectly because it's suits his ruthless, cold and aggressive attitude.
Many haven't seen him but they knew once you do they is no going back! You surely are a dead being no matter what specie you are.
The aura surrounding him was powerful marking him out among all men, he's a beast, a ruthless and heartless beast who rule over Snowpack.
Damien isn't just like any typical werewolf or Vampire...he's a ...

Kate has been the perfect girl everyone admires, she is everyone's favorite and she has been everything you could ever ask for especially her childhood best friend, Ezra but one unexpected event happened that made everything fall apart... she found out that her dad is having an affair with Ezra's mom which caused them to fall apart from each other at such a young age... fast forward to when they grew up, they saw each other once again and many things have already changed with Ezra and after seei...

When fate deals a cruel hand, survival becomes the only option. For Alessia "Lexi" Thompson, that means donning a waitress uniform to cover the mounting medical bills of her precious six-year-old daughter, Emily.
But the harsh realities of her new life are only exacerbated by the constant harassment of the restaurant's shady clientele. Just when it seems like all hope is lost, a familiar face appears in the restaurant. In walks Dominic "Dom" Rossi, her ex-boyfriend, and sweeps her off her feet-...

Candice never imagined she would have to marry a man who had been to prison and was extremely poor, but when her father kidnapped her mother to avoid breaking a promise, she had no choice but to take her sister's place. However, the man she thought would be terrifying turned out to be kind and respectful, giving her a sense of security she never expected.
But when she discovers her husband's hidden identity, everything she thought she knew about him - and herself - is turned upside down.
O...

Delilah can’t wait for her boyfriend to turn 17, for him to meet his Alpha wolf, and finally sense his fated mate. She has long since been predicted as his fated mate by all in their pack having been childhood sweethearts. They make a perfect couple so this would be the perfect love story for them. Surely fate couldn’t take an unexpected twist sending her on a painful path she didn’t expect? That painful path could change the person she once was but may bring an unexpected ally……could it be in a...

Marisol Torres had known hardship her entire life, but nothing could prepare her for the night her entire family was massacred. A ruthless gang stormed into their tiny home, slaughtering her parents and siblings while she lay helpless in a pool of blood. Left for dead but miraculously surviving, she emerged from the ashes with nothing but a scarred body and a heart consumed by vengeance.
Desperation led her into the hands of Rafael Montoya, a powerful and enigmatic mafia lord with a reputati...

"This is wrong professor", I whispered as I felt his breath against my neck.
“I know,” he murmured, his voice low, roughened by restraint.
“You’re my student,” he breathed, leaning closer until his lips hovered just a breath away from my skin. “I shouldn’t want you like this.”
“But we’re both men ...." , The words tumbled out of me but stopped immediately when I felt the professor's hand on my throbbing boner.
“Do you think that matters to me right now?",
A TASTE OF SIN WITH THE PROFESSOR

Was Bodden cursed the day he was born? Life on the frontier is harsh, leaving little room for mercy, but Richard believes there has to be a better way. Even from an early age, he struggles to find his place in a world where he is neither needed nor wanted, powerless to change his fate. It is only when he meets a knight of renown that he learns what it is to be truly noble. Finally able to control his own destiny, he must choose between his past and the future for the sake of Bodden. Mercerian Ta...

After three years of a cold, contractual marriage, Leon Cooper heartlessly divorced Tiffany Grey after a single night of passion. Realizing she had always been the villain in his eyes, Tiffany left, only to discover she was pregnant with triplets. However, after their birth, the mysterious disappearance of her second son left an indelible scar.
Five years later, Tiffany returned with her children, only to encounter Leon again. Her eldest son, Sam, recognized the little guy next to Leon as his mi...

In Victorian America, life isn't all parlors and parasols. Maggie MacLaren longs for a life beyond her hometown. One man stands in her way—Jake O’Neill. He is handsome and solid, like the steel town around them. He's a man she could love, but she won't. When wealthy Andrew Adair walks into Maggie’s library, he sweeps her into a world of luxury and power, where her dreams could come true. But Andrew's not all he seems to be. High above town, reclusive young widow Allison Kimball arrives at her fa...

Renee thought the past was finally behind her. Four years after losing her abusive husband, she’s worked hard to build a quiet life for her and her two children. Safe. Simple. Maybe a little lonely—but hers.
Then one unexpected phone call changes everything. Her late husband’s lawyer reveals a secret kept hidden for years—a stunning country estate tucked away in rural Oklahoma and a three-million-dollar inheritance waiting.
Faced with a choice she never saw coming, Renee packs up her life for a...

It’s a story of double lives, where the love between Amelia and Lorenzo seems to crumble due to the interference of Fabiola, an evil and manipulative woman. However, the little Mateo, with his tenderness and mischief, will become the catalyst for change. Despite being just a child, he will do everything in his power to reunite his parents and rebuild the home they once shared, driving away everyone who tries to destroy their happiness. His unconditional love for his family will be the key to ove...

Ryan Lee, is a hardworking, heartless and arrogant chairman. It had been rumoured for he to be a man who didn't wait on his father's business before becoming the chairman. He spend his entire life in the company he is managing, but behind that cold and hardworking man, there is a kind, handsome, carefree and kind hearted side he has. He is doing other things in a secret way. He is also going and eating in a not famous and fancy restaurant.
He is also going in an amusement park alone, having fu...

Some people wear masks. Perhaps their wounds are so ugly that their greatest desire is to avoid looking at them in the reflection of the mirror.
What do they hide behind them?
Gravity Monaghan fought for years in search of her professional fulfillment, but finds herself in a draining situation as an intern for a designer who has no intention of helping her grow. Her dream of becoming a big name in the fashion industry seems more and more distant, and after he returns to her life, it feels like...

I loved Jayden for three years until his beloved Sherry returned from abroad, and I realized I was just a substitute.
I broke up with him.
Jayden thought I was being unreasonable. He yelled impatiently:
'Gabriella, stop it. There's nothing between me and Sherry."
'I only treat her like a sister."
But at the banquet, he put his arm around her waist, acting intimately, ignoring me.
Until after I died, Jayden would kneel in front of my grave with red eyes, acting like a madman.

Leonardo Marco Rossi, a mafia boss, is obsessed with Jenna Smith and wants to marry her, but Jenna is in love with Frank Richardson, a poor young man whom she's engaged to, so she turns down the mafia boss's romantic overtures. Scorned, Leonardo tells her, "Your love or your life!"
Knowing that Leonardo doesn't make empty threats, Jenna runs away with her lover but Leonardo's men are hot on their tracks.
Would Jenna succumb to the pressure of becoming Leonardo's wife or would she lose her life...

Sorcerers. Mage. Magic. Spells. Dealing with different dilemmas and revealing the truth behind the mask.
Meliora Hart has been hiding for so long, but not until she finally shows up and enters the Tamora Academy. Thus, she has a goal that she needs to achieve.
Making friends as well as unveiling the truth, she makes sure to do these two. Will she be able to do it all? Will she fight her friends just to get that certain mission? Or will she find companionship throughout her journey?

"With blood, fire, and magic I claim you Urmah son of Abdi_ili and Anunit, the descendant of royals, blessed by the two gods of the sun..." ... "I am Tiye daughter of pharaohs, I am Sekhmet daughter of the great god Ra, we claim you, body and soul to the rest of your days in this world and the after to be our lord and guardian, to be our love and spirit, here we bound you to us. May we never be set free forever and ever."
Princess Tiye was meant to be a goddess queen, she would sit on Egypt's t...

"You keep speaking as if you have a choice."
"I do have a choice! I'm done with you, Roman Ashfield. Go back to the woman you think is worthy of you and leave me alone."
"You will never be done, Evelyn. Not tonight. Not this week. Probably not this year," he said as he closed the small gap between them.
He heard the satisfying sound of her hitched breath as his fingers trailed the side of her body down to her bare thighs.
"I own you, Evelyn Bright, whether you like it or not."
"You don't ...

Lana Danley lives her peaceful life in the small town of Rosecliff where she is a senior in high school. The mundane routine of her daily life is weighing on her as she can only dream of the day she graduates and moves to the big city.
One night, during her shift as a part time forest ranger she finds an unusually large and injured wolf. She decides to help it by bringing it home to treat it’s wounds. Later that night when she goes to check on the wolf, she finds instead her classmate, River At...

"He's not just your son, Olivia—he's the heir to a power greater than any of us. If you run, you’re putting a target on his back—and yours!"
Olivia Sinclair's voice broke as she stepped back, cradling her son. "Stay away from us, Ethan. You’ve lied to me before. How can I trust you now?"
Ethan Cross, billionaire Alpha and the father of her child, met her gaze, his golden eyes filled with unrelenting determination. "Because the moment they find out about him, they’ll tear this world apart to c...

"I will fuck you, ruin you just like your father did to mine",
THE RUSSIAN MAFIA’S HIDDEN SECRET.
I knew she was the daughter of the man that killed my father but I needed to be inside of her again.
I wanted to fuck her so badly and my dick was hardening more.

James, who was engaged to Ellen Princeton, was set to inherit the Wane's empire after he finished school. Although they loved each other, he saw everything as an arranged marriage by their both families. During his graduation trip, he fell in love with Alisha Carl. Against his family's wishes, they ran off together and he became a live-in son-in-law in her family house without them knowing his true identity. For three years, he endured hardships and insults as part of the Carl family. On their t...

"This date has been going really while, if I do say so myself, which is why I was wondering if Miss Gold would object to being my wife?" he says so smoothly I almost think I imagined what he said.
"..." I stare at him mouth agap.
"Well, you see we seem to be getting along well and you see I need a wife and I feel that we don't clash in personalities. So, I was wondering if you would be interested in being my wife or at least consider it?" he adds when he saw I was not answering him.
"I don't kno...

Still reeling from the heartbreak of being abandoned by someone she called her mate after a one-night stand, Grace Jones gets a more shocking discovery. She was pregnant.
To her horror, she was carrying the child of someone whose name she didn’t even know. However, she had to make a tough choice of running away from home in a bid to protect her child. She struggled to make ends meet and cater for her child with nothing left.
Seven years later, Grace saves a young billionaire from the brink of de...

Aurora was rejected by Ryker, her mate, due to their impure bloodline; she couldn't bear the pain and shame so she decided to flee from her pack and start a new life.
Years later Ryker discovers that Aurora has kept a secret from him a secret of their twin werewolf babies born with rare abilities.
This got Ryker upset, hunting for Aurora seeking retribution to claim his child.
How will this possibly happen? Is it by love or by hurt? Can Ryker prove his love and protect his family or will Auro...

Thaniel Eldan was the Alpha of his pack in a society where dating a mortal is forbidden, but when he hears a woman, Amy Everly, cry out for help from the one beta in his pack that he can't stand... how can he help but not save her? But falling for her wasn't what he had signed up for either.
Warning: Mentions of the word rape, abuse, fertility issues, sexual content, and violence.
Suggested age range: 18+
Until I Found You: A Secret Forbidden Romance is created by Minette Enfers, an eGl...

When down on her luck Abigail is approached outside her job, she has no idea that she has been located by her father…who happens to be a billionaire. She moves into her father’s large home and finds herself targeted by her nasty stepmother and scheming half-sister. As Abigail adjusts to her new life of wealth and privilege, she will meet Mark, the handsome gardener that’s hiding a massive secret. Will Abigail find her place in a world of glittering parties and cut throat business deals, or will...

Do you want to touch it?"
Princess Katrinetta gasped and nodded, her hand reaching out to stroke him.
He shifted on top of her, coming up onto his elbows so that she was straddled beneath him. His hips were wide, and the powerful muscles beneath her hands had her yearning for him more than ever. She rocked her lower body up in an attempt to meet him, never dreaming her fist time would be like this!
Why choose just one man when she can have them all?
Cassius is strong and bold.
Jate is...

Adira was the weakest Omega of the Crimson Pack a frail, mocked outsider who dreamed of joining. But her world came crashing down when Caspian, the strong Alpha and her fated mate, openly rejected her, thinking her unworthy to stand by his side. Betrayed by her own blood and blamed for a crime she didn’t commit, Adira was cast out, left to die in the wild.
When all hope seemed lost, destiny intervened. Granted a second chance by a strange force, Adira rises with a power she never knew she posse...

In a timeless dance of reincarnations, Annabelle Keys has traversed six centuries, her memory holding the threads of history except for her most recent existence. Fate's unpredictable hand leads her to a fateful encounter with Morgan Vales, an enigmatic being who has wandered the earth for over six centuries. Morgan, cursed with immortality and sustained by human blood as a mythical creature, crosses paths with Annabelle, whose every past life she vividly recalls—except for the most recent one. ...

Warning🔞🔞🔞: This story contains a lot of explicit violence, foul language, and gore scenes, which are strictly not for readers under 18.
“Six months! Within six months, I will make you want me so much that you will not be able to breathe without me,” he said as he kissed her earlobe while he straddled her on his lap.
“You are wrong; in six months I will have people dropping flowers in your coffin as they bid you farewell after I have driven a bullet into your head.” Scarlett rasped as she sti...

When twenty-two-year-old Sofia Martinez is dragged from her quiet bookstore life to pay for her dead father's sins, she never expected her kidnappers to be four dangerously handsome mafia heirs. Cassian plans every move like chess, Rafe's fists solve problems his heart can't handle, Luca's charming smile hides deadly secrets, and Nikos treats emotions like weaknesses to destroy. They took her to settle a blood debt, but now they can't agree on what to do with her—because they all want to keep he...

Everyone undergoes The Becoming the year of their 18th birthday, no exceptions. Best friends Aila and Adreanna have been looking forward to taking over their mothers' business as mediums, so imagine their surprise when they come through The Becoming and are told that their powers are too dangerous? They're shipped off to an elite academy intended for the upper echelon of society, those who are meant to have strong powers.
Of course, nothing is ever as simple as getting in and getting out, is ...

（There is a lot of sexual and stimulating content， minors are not allowed to read!!!）
However, Leon was the useless son-in-law that everyone looked down upon, but no one knew his true identity.
When Leon turned around and sat in his Rolls-Royce Phantom, those who had looked down on him knelt before him, calling him "BOSS" in terror!
His wife cried and begged him: "Leon，I still love you, please don't leave me."
His mother-in-law knelt down and said: "Boss, I know I was wrong!"

Being the middle Child ignored and neglected, rejected by family and injured, She receives her wolf early and realizes she is a new type of hybrid but doesn't know how to control her power, she leaves her pack with her best friend and grandmother to go to her grandfather's clan to learn what she is and how to handle her power and then with her fated mate, her best friend and her fated mate little brother and grandmother start their own pack.

It's the year 2063 and the whole world stood in fear awaiting the impact of the approaching comet which scientist believed its impact will have significant changes in the whole world.
Simultaneously, another strange signal was discovered transmitting from one remote village in Nigeria; a democratic republic located in West Africa.
The special America intelligence unit quickly arranged a three men squad to visit the area and find out what is transmitting and it's connection with the approach...

THIS FANTASY ROMANCE IS RATED 18+ AND NOT SUITABLE FOR PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF 18
Ever since Greg’s parents were gruesomely murdered by a radial alpha king by name Lord Mayor, he has been out to bring vengeance upon Lord Mayor and his household, and he would stop at nothing.
Meanwhile Greg has a mate, Sasha, whom he loves so much and on her eighteenth birthday after she scented him to be her mate she made a maddening revelation that would definitely spark up enmity between them.
What would...

In the high-stakes world of corporate power plays, billionaire CEO Alexander Carrington has everything—except a wife. To secure a deal that could elevate his empire to untouchable heights, he needs to find a bride. Fast. Enter Victoria Sinclair, a fiercely independent young entrepreneur with a promising startup and a desperate need for funding. When she agrees to a contract marriage, it’s strictly business—until sparks fly, and their icy agreement begins to melt.
But Victoria has a secret that c...

Two years have passed since the epic battle of the Tower of Balance, and the defeat of the ravaging demon horde. Kenyatta and his best friend, Kita, return to his homeland of Jamaica for an extended rest. But when a monstrous sound emerges from the ocean, followed by an unnatural tidal wave that destroys half of the island, Kenyatta believes demons have broken into the world once again. Time is against them. The duo races halfway around the world in search of answers, battling an ever encroachin...