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40 years old Laura Larson, a successful businesswoman as well as a Billionaire CEO of multiple companies in the country had suffered countless marriage fails which led to the death of every man she ever married to die within a year of marriage .
A beautiful woman with an iron fist, given the nickname black widow, because, all the wealthy men she married died mysteriously and she ended up taking the fortune adding to her reputation.
Faced with hardships, and enemies threatening to lay their ha...

I, Elena Williams, traded my wolf in a dark black market to save Elva, the child my twin sister abandoned.
For three years, I gave up my dreams, working in a bar just to keep Elva alive.
But fate plays a cruel game.
I'm thrust into the brutal Luna Selection—a deadly competition to become the mate of the future Alpha.
The cruelest twist? That Alpha is Kane—my first love!!!
When we meet again after all these years, he demands, “You left me because you were pregnant with someone else’s child?” conv...

A Summoning Druid from Diablo 2 possesses a young man who then finds himself in the Marvel Universe. "Mr. Tony Stark, I am a pacifist. Are you sure you want to fight me?" "Yes, kid, I'm going to make you taste my fists."

Ava thought she knew heartbreak. She thought she knew betrayal. But when her world came crashing down and she was left with nothing but a stack of divorce papers on the day of their anniversary, the truth hit her harder than she could ever imagine. With nowhere to go and no one to trust, a near-fatal accident changes everything.
Saved by a mysterious stranger, Ava is given a second chance at life -but not without strings attached. Billionaire Alexander Navarro offers her an escape. In exchange ...

After years of trying to escape her past, Mabel heads to Moscow, where an invitation to the mysterious Sodoma club pulls her back into a world of seduction and danger. Czar Gregovivk, an irresistible and ruthless man, draws her into a deadly game where every move could be her last.
"You can run, Mabel, but you'll never escape who you truly are," Czar whispers, with a predatory gaze.
Now, Mabel must decide how far she is willing to go to survive and confront her demons.

I should have known that working for the cruel, frigid billionaire Damian Blackwood would be a nightmare. When I saw the cold gaze in his sharp gray eyes and the way he treated me like I were nothing, I should have turned to go.
However, I was unable to. This employment was necessary for me.
Aria, his daughter, is eight years old and struggling due to her father's inability to show her affection. Somehow, she picks me up when she needs someone.
Damian observes her laughing, the warmth in her...

For eighteen years, Emily Blakeslee was trapped between the castle's walls and recurring nightmares. Her parents believed that isolation from the outside world would protect her from the nightmares, but they had no idea that in the garden at her eighteenth birthday party, she would unexpectedly encounter the mysterious stranger from her nightmares.
At the stroke of midnight, the full-moon transformation ritual abruptly ended, and the wolf princess's wolf form vanished.
Meanwhile, just as Calix...

Liam Salcedo was betrothed to the President's illegitimate daughter, but he discovered that his fiancée was feigning innocence and purity. He called off the engagement, but years later, his family arranged for him to marry another woman, this time, the notorious daughter of Felix Montes. He, like his older brothers Ethan and Lance, desired to break free from the norm of arranged marriage. He didn't want to disappoint his parents, however. He couldn't refuse his parents' desires, but he was confi...

I could hear his heart race as he spoke, my head pressed against his chest.
“And were you pleased with what you found?” I asked, giving in to the urge to find out exactly what he thought of me.
“I found you to be exactly what I had hoped for, after all these years. You’re smart, funny and generally adorable. You drive me insane with your stubbornness. You have a gorgeously alluring figure and a pure, sweet face. Most importantly, you’re someone who I could live with for the rest of etern...

"I said... come closer, don't keep me waiting."
When I reached the location where I saw a man in silhouette, correctly he was looking like a beast, with long claws, and furs around his skin. It was the raging Beast that people have talked about for years now, I took a deep breath, as my body trembled in fear.
I attempted to run, but my feet felt so weak to even think of doing that, that's when I felt my hand being roughly pulled, and I was able to see his face, even more, his golden hue eye...

Embark on a riveting journey with Donald Dickson, an unsuspecting gardener with a secret billionaire past. As he navigates the trials of his tumultuous marriage to Clara, a CEO entangled in deception, the story unravels a tapestry of betrayal, revenge, and unexpected redemption. Amidst family conflicts, a violent confrontation, and the revelation of a hidden fortune, Donald emerges resilient. In an unforeseen twist, love blooms anew with Kate, Clara's best friend, leading to a fresh start. This ...

Blaine proposed a contract marriage to Camilla, which was going to hold validity until his real fiancee opened her eyes, and they all could go back to their various lives. 'Party A shouldn't fall in love with party B, and if any of the parties break this clause, they are going to face a huge penalty'. They both knew that wasn't going to happen, or they thought so.
"Why are you messing around with me? Your job is just look pretty, and be my wife!" the cold man rumbled while glaring at Camilla, ...

"We get married. For two years. Publicly. Legally. The whole deal."
I blinked. Then laughed—a short, breathless sound. "You're joking."
"I'm not," Andrew said, eyes unwavering. " You need protection from Nathan. I need access to destroy him. You were the one part of his life he never controlled. Now you'll be the weapon that ends him."
Nathan Frank—my husband of two years. Charismatic. Powerful. And utterly unfaithful.
I thought I was coming home to surprise him after a work trip.
Instead, I ope...

Lavelle Wynstella, used to believe that life is a curse of dying art. Being a victim of domestic violence, being a troll of her classmates, dealing with the biggest effects of major depression that getting worse day by day. Everything burdens her so much that she wants to go away as soon as possible. She hates everything in her life, even though she had Mark and Daniela as best sidekick that known about her mental illness.
Someday Lavelle jumped into the rivers, and she's been comatose for a we...

Violet, a rich blind girl, gets married to the man she falls in love with, everything changes when she finds out her husband was having an affair with his lover disguise as a maid in the house, using her disability to his advantage. Violet learns about her husband plans and flees back to her fathers house, but then Violet is put in a bigger situation that cost her everything. To get her revenge, Violet teams up with Luther her ex-bodyguard, they fake a relationship and make a come back into her ...

A pair of shooting stars fall from the Universe in order to meet again throughout their lives. Two Venezuelan immigrants, who are reincarnated shooting stars, arrive in Spain in Barcelona and settle in a new country. Suddenly Paola Ferrer receives a job offer at the Royal Symphony Orchestra of Seville and moves ending his relationship with the love of his life Anastasia Lemonelli. Anastasia meets an attractive doctor during a college party and after a brief romance the two begin a romance. Bot...

EMILY KATHERINE GAINES couldn't be bothered by petty things such as an arranged marriage, a strict father and being a workaholic, but a certain man with a body that looked like it had been painted by the great Leonardo Da Vinci himself, seemed to do more than bother her. How much further would she go to have him bring everything she had built up, down to the ground? How much lust could she control? How much heartache could she take? Emily didn't know the answer to all of that, but the one thing ...

“Take it off,” Jamie whispers, his voice now soft, dangerous, and utterly in control.
The same voice that the world thinks belongs to a quiet, harmless assistant now holds Aiden Vale, Hollywood’s golden boy, by the throat.
Aiden paused, his fingers frozen on the buttons of his shirt. “They’ll see the marks you left,” he murmurs, trying to sound defiant, but his voice trembles under my stare.
Jamie’s lips curl into a dark smile. “Let them.”
Aiden presses his bare chest to mine his hands sliding...

[Warning: R18+] What will happen when a complete stranger got all of your firsts? First touch, first kiss, first hug, and-first sex?! Astraea Lumiere Laxamana is an innocent, full of decency, and kind woman. She's a breadwinner of her family and will do everything she can just to provide for their needs; her brother's financial education and her mother's medication. Everything was going well with her life until the one-week free vacation trip to an island happened. A complete stranger knocked on...

Cleo Ainsley, failed author, abandoned by her family, her editor and filled with shake checks into an eerie hotel with the hopes of making a come back in her career.
However, things are never as they seem in Hotel La Rue. Room 324 is not a room that exists.
Her manuscript comes to life but is Cleo really writing fiction or is she writing something she had witnessed?
Cleo realizes she’s no longer in control. Her laptop types without her. Mysterious guests vanish without a trace. And room 324? ...

Lena Hart has been hurt before. Badly. So when Ethan Vale walks into her life—handsome, gentle, successful—she doesn’t know whether to trust him or run. He says all the right things. Looks at her like she’s the only woman in the world. For the first time in years, she lets someone in.
But love shouldn't feel like this.
Because soon, women who look just like Lena start turning up dead.
Strangled. No signs of struggle. No forced entry. Each victim wore the same perfume Ethan gifted Lena. Each o...

"Carolina Lane has lived a completely normal life until recently, but things change when she moves to a new city with her mother. Having Kayler Brown, the sexiest and most respected guy at school, as her neighbor is not amusing to her. However, as she gets to know him better, she gradually realizes that he is not like everyone else. He has something strange and hidden, and it never crossed her mind that he could be a werewolf."

Emma thought she had escaped her past, but when billionaire Jake Miller reappears, her carefully built life begins to unravel. With secrets too dangerous to reveal and a love she can’t forget, she must choose—keep running or face the man whose betrayal still haunts her… and the truth he must never know.

I'm Lilly. After my rescue from a rival club, the Reckless Renegades gave me a new start. I was just getting my life on track when my past comes back to haunt me. With a newfound passion for singing will my old guardian who is set on selling me ruin the future I am building. After an accident that my guardian set up in a kidnapping attempt, I lose my vision. I have to learn how to live my life differently. I need to overcome my new challenges and give up on my dream. Will I rise to the challenge...

Merigold is a single mom who was just supposed to meet the brother she just found. She didn't expect to be thrown into a world of motorcycle clubs and danger. Her father started the club and her brother now runs it. She is the heiress to the club. She didn't expect to fall in love with not one but two club members only to have her heartbroken. She wasn't supposed to get pregnant. Who is the father? Do I tell them? And there was no way she was supposed to get kidnapped by a rival club. Will she ...

I'm Kelly. Everyone calls me Speed. I'm all about control. I'm in control on the racetrack. I'm in control of my car. I'm in control of how I fought to raise my deaf little brother. I live for being in control. Except in my personal life, I have no control and I don't know how to handle it. I don't know where I fit. Should I go with what I have been taught all my life as normal or should I give in to myself and let my true desires come out.
I'm Brick. When I first met Speed I could see instant...

"I can feel it," he said with his back still turned to me.
"What?"
"You eye-raping me," he chuckled and turned around.
"Don't you own a shirt?" I rolled my eyes at him, trying to keep my cool. "And why are you calling me out here for?"
Ryder smirked. He cleaned his hands with a towel and tossed it off somewhere. "To pick up where we left off," he said as he stalked towards me.
I didn't move away, I was too entranced. In one swift move, Ryder grabbed my face with both hands and he ...

“I have a proposal for you..... a marriage proposal” Adrian stated and Ashleigh could not hide her shock.
“I’m sorry? Could you repeat what you said?” she questioned, staring at him like he had two heads.
“I am asking you to marry me"
Ashleigh Hartman lived a rather ordinary life working as a cleaner at Tixton company in order to save up for school but an unsettling event brings her out to the CEO, Adrian Cagliari.
Adrian proposes a marriage contract for six months with Ashleigh Hartman and s...

Xavier Banks has always fought his way through life. Fighting from his authoritative father's influence, fighting his way up the entertainment industry without his family's support but after getting to the top, he's not sure what he wants anymore.
All people see is the Xavier in front of the camera – 25 years old, A-list actor at the top of his game. Tall, handsome, charismatic and successful. The Xavier who has the perfect family and the perfect life. The Xavier who was born into luxury and m...

Spirit ran away from her royal family to have a normal life. She wanted to marry for love but instead, she had to marry for duty. Now name Kinnerly she settles in New York City and falls in love with the hotel owner's son Drake. Secrets are places after a banquet in the hotel and the two must pretend to be together until secrets got leaked. And betrayals sets in.
Can they forgive each other?
Will they get married at the end or would betrayal win out in the end?

For some girls, age eighteen is the magical age of freedom and independence. For Aerys, turning eighteen means an arranged marriage to a man she's never met before, leaving the only home she's ever known, and accidentally discovering things she never knew about the world, about her family, and about herself, things that have been lurking beneath the surface all along. However, each new discovery brings new questions with it, and the answers could lead in some very dangerous directions. She and h...

"Your husband is cheating on you."
That one message shattered Mia's perfect life.
Her loving husband? A liar.
His sweet words and late nights? Cover-ups for a double betrayal.
The worst part? One of them is engaged—to another man.
Determined to uncover the truth, Mia teams up with Colin—the heartbroken fiancé of her husband's mistress. What starts as a cold alliance soon turns into something more, as they unravel betrayal, lies, and twisted desires.
Now, with cameras rolling, secrets exposed, an...

Five years ago, Haunted by the tragedy, Anise embarked on a journey to unravel the mystery behind her mother’s untimely death. Little did she know that this quest for justice would intertwine with the complexities of her own heart, and the magnetic pull she felt towards the handsome Detective Jake.
Detective Jake had known it was unprofessional to form that sort of relationship with the victim of the case he had been assigned to work on. But somehow, he found himself ready to lose it all, just ...

“I want this,” I told him boldly, looking at him squarely in the eyes. “I want you.” I peeled off my t-shirt and threw it to the floor, returning my hands to his chest.
“I don’t think you’re thinking straight,” Grant chuckled lightly. “I think you may have drunk a little too much at the party.”
My hands drifted to his boxers once again, making him realize that I was actually serious about this.
Rose is in love with her brother's best friend, Grant and the feeling is mutual.
Grant doesn’t hav...

Salem pairs with Malik Roane, her partner, to chase leads quietly. But trust starts to crack. Malik knows more about her past than he admits.
The killer escalates victims are murdered in ways tied to specific foster kids. One was drowned in a bathtub. Another buried with dolls stuffed in their mouths.
Salem visits Dr. Ezra Kade, who helped her after a traumatic incident she can’t fully remember. He urges her to access what she’s repressed.
Meanwhile, a viral influencer, Tasha Bloom, starts ...

This series is about a young girl who does her best to live up to her parents expectations. She had no idea what that really meant or the journey she would find herself on until after she graduated high school. As her parents are on the verge of divorce it all changes in just 1 summer and not just for the 3 of them, but the entire family. Come along on this fantastic ride that will leave you on the edge of your seat from the beginning to the end.

Logan's hard work and dedication goes down the drain after getting physical with a man he had no idea about to protect his girlfriend. He finds himself in prison after the man who he had fought with, who also turned out to be the son of one of the most influential families in the US had thrown him into jail but he was comforted since he knew he had his girlfriend waiting for him.
Three years later, he comes out of prison only to find his girlfriend getting married to the same man that had cause...

The Secret Lover in the Movie Star's Heart is a suspenseful romance novel that transcends time and space. Modern-day detective Sophia stumbles upon a thirty-year-old buried corpse and, through a mysterious photograph, is transported back in time to meet the deceased, William—a gifted but missing actor with whom she forms an unbreakable bond. As Sophia journeys across different eras, she uncovers the truth behind William’s disappearance, while their love story unfolds across time itself. However,...

As a leader, it turns out there are still things we cannot control. First, fate, and second, arranged marriage by parents. Reinhardt must marry Leonard, who is the leader of another region, to expand their territory and fulfill their parents' promise.
However, Leonard turned out to have an illicit relationship with Veronica, a friend, a confidant, who was as close as a heartbeat. Betrayal forced Reinhardt to eliminate the people around her, soothe her heartache and resentment, and heal her disbe...

In a world where love is a dangerous game, Leila Castor finds herself charmed by the devil himself. Ben Maloney, with his alluring facade and sweet promises, hides an evil truth that threatens Leila's life. When he betrays her, leaving her to choke on her blood, Leila's thirst for revenge knows no bounds.
And luckily fate grants her a second chance, And discovers she has been taken back in time two months before her death! Will she rewrite the wrongs done to her or set out on a path of retribut...

I'll do anything!" she pleads, grabbing my hands. "I'll do anything. Just let him go. He made a mistake." "That's not an excuse. It was a costly mistake." "Please. I'll do anything you want. Anything at all." I let the silence hang in the air between us as I think carefully, my eyes drawn to how firm and full her tits are. "Anything, princess?" She lets go of my hands and straightens, raising her chin. I watch as she swallows nervously. "Y-Yes. Anything at all."
I raise my fingers to her face,...

A week before my wedding, I found my fiancé slept with my female boss. Heartbroken, I got wasted in a bar and had the best ONS with a male stripper. When I was ridiculed by my colleagues because I was dumped, he pretended to be my boyfriend who worked for AmeriCapital Investments, the largest investment company in the United States, to make me look better. No one believed that I really had a rich and handsome boyfriend, and my boss and ex even invited me to bring my boyfriend to their wedding. T...

“Are you sobber, Kharris?” he asked, placing his index finger in the center of my chest and gently lowering it to my cleavage.
“Don’t worry, I’m sober,” I assured him as I slowly lay down on the bed because he was gently pushing me with only his index finger. He’s staring at me as if he’s about to swallow me whole; it makes me shiver.
“I see, because there’s no turning back once I’m inside you, okay?” he said softly, leaning over me. I swallowed hard when he slowly bit his lower lip and leaned d...

Emma, abused by her Alpha father, then sold to another pack. Finds herself rescued by a kind and gentle Alpha and Luna who take her as their own. But their is something different about Emma and her wolf.
TRIGGER: child abuse is mentioned in the first part of the book. what was done, not it being done. this is important to understand Emma and Dawn her wolf.

When billionaire CEO Ethan Asher hires the brilliant but unassuming Brandon Nate Daniel as his new Personal Assistant, neither expects a casual dare to ignite a passionate romance. As playful flirtations turn into undeniable passion, Ethan and Brandon find themselves entangled in a steamy, forbidden relationship that threatens to unravel their carefully constructed lives. With secrets surfacing and office politics heating up, they must decide if their love is worth risking everything.

My name is kiven, and I found myself stranded on an unnamed deserted island following a plane crash. As the saying goes, "Great misfortune promises great fortune." At the outset, with a beauty in one hand and supplies in the other, watch how I create a diverse community on this nameless island. However, in the face of treacherous human nature and an emerging mysterious civilization, where will destiny lead me?

"You know I’m using you, don’t you?"
"Yes, but I’m willing. I’m willing to be a pawn in your hands," Ricard said, his voice softer than ever.For four years, Lucia had only one thing on her mind: revenge. She loved the man in front of her, but so what? That love meant nothing compared to the deep-seated hatred in her heart.
Her father’s death, her mother’s insanity, and her family’s hospital being taken over — how could she let go of such a grudge?It was she who seduced him, approached him with ...

What if you had to sell your virginity in order to help your mother? Hazel is a sweet and innocent girl for certain subjects. Until Lee Rang enters her life, a successful and handsome billionaire, who will be attracted to her in an inexplicable way and when Hazel offers him her body, he won’t hesitate to accept. Upon seeing her mother’s illness worsen, Hazel asks the handsome Lee Rang Do to buy her virginity, but as the days go by, she’ll develop an attraction to him that goes beyond mere relat...

"You taste quite exquisite, Hazel," he said and my eyes widened.
How the hell did he know my name?
And did he just bite me?
Mafia Billionaire Riven Blackwood has a score to settle with his rival Julian Styles, and what better way to get his revenge than to seduce Julian's sister, Hazel?
Surely, using her as a pawn will provide him with the closure he seeks.
Hazel Styles longs for freedom from her controlling stepbrother, Julian, and is determined to pursue her own passions but just lik...

"Why would you marry me just for a kidney?" Elsa demanded, her voice trembling with betrayal.
Liam, her husband, met her gaze with cold indifference. "You were the perfect donor," he replied, his words slicing through her hope.
Elsa's world shattered when she discovered her marriage to billionaire Liam was a sham, a plot to save his ailing fiancée, Ria. Pregnant and used, Elsa fled, seeking solace in her family. But when she lost her baby in a fall orchestrated by Liam, her despair deepened. Now...