Best Bad End Stories & Novels Collection

Two days before Thanksgiving, Oliver's media circle friends came up with a game—fake a career crisis and see who would truly stand by you.

As CBS's prime-time anchor, he thought the timing was perfect. For these years, that investment heiress had been nothing but devoted. After this game ended, he'd finally make it official.

Sexual harassment allegations, suspension pending investigation, social...

Nicolai Petrovich never wanted to be a hero—he has too much blood on his hands and too many ghosts in his past. The only thing that ever kept him human was his sister. And when Selene dies in a night of gunfire and chaos, something breaks inside him that will never heal again.
But hell has a sense of irony: on the day he buries his sister, Nicolai is forced into a marriage with Alessandro De Luca—...

Detective Aria Kane tracks down a murderer who decorates each corpse with flawless origami cranes. There were eight victims. identical cut. The same position. The same bird. Home is indicated by the clues. This killer is the subject of a thriller written by her fiancé, Ethan Cross. While she sleeps, he folds cranes. He is aware of details that only a murderer should know. Like a signature, he says...

My name is Iris Delmont. I'm 22 years old and just became a stepdaughter to the Cross family.

My stepbrother Nolan has a particular hobby—paying women to disappear from his life.

Twenty thousand dollars to make a single mother relocate from town, five thousand in "comfort money" to buy my silence, three thousand as a "cancellation fee" for his midnight confession.

He thinks money can solve ever...

"You son of a bitch!" I screamed, my hand cracking across his smug face. The man I'd fallen for, the one who'd made me betray my husband, was no vineyard worker named Léo—he was Lucien Dubois, my husband's twisted brother, and it was all a sick game to destroy us.

In this whirlwind of deception and desire, I was left at the altar by a charming playboy, only to marry his steady, kind-hearted stepb...

Aria Taylor, a rich heiress, thought she had it all figured out—until her marriage fell apart and turned her life upside down. Refusing to let it keep her down, Aria sets off on a mission to reclaim who she is and get back at those who wronged her. As she digs deeper into a tangled mess of lies, power plays, and hidden truths, Aria faces her biggest fears and learns to tap into her own strength. I...

"Dad?"
Dominic's expression remained stern, but a flicker of warning flashed in his eyes. He nodded subtly at Kael.
Kael strode towards Valerie, his movements fluid. "Vel, let's go."
Valerie's voice trembled as she asked Kael, "What's going on? Why is Dad kneeling there?"
Kael's expression softened, but his eyes remained guarded. He offered a gentle smile. "You d...

The pain hits me while I'm arranging carnations.
One second I'm fine, the next I'm gasping for air.
It feels like someone punched me in the chest with a sledgehammer. I grab the workbench, trying to stay upright, but my legs won't hold me.
This isn't right. This is different from before.
I've had heart palpitations since I was a kid. Little flutters that come and go. But this? This is something el...

I was once Leo’s most cherished treasure—until his mother died because of me. Then he sent me to hell.
After escaping, I dragged my broken body through the shadows, saving every penny for a sea burial. But the ocean was too far, and desperation drove me to the only trade that would take me—selling my beauty in a glass tank, flicking my tail for strangers’ amusement.
And then he walked in. With hi...

Clara Hayes has never been lucky in love—until she meets Adrian Wolfe, a man who seems almost too perfect to be real. Charming, protective, and utterly devoted, Adrian feels like the answer to every lonely night she’s endured in New York City. But just as Clara begins to believe her happy ending has arrived, the city is shaken by a string of brutal murders. Each victim is a woman who looks eerily ...

My husband thinks I'm trying to destroy him. He's wrong. I'm dying to save him. I'm Persephone, and I have two secrets that are killing me: First—I've been covering up my drug-addicted husband's crimes for three years, watching Magnus hate me more with every lie I tell to protect him. Second—I have ALS. Two years to live, maybe less. But when his seductive ex-girlfriend returns promising a "cure" ...

In the world of werewolves, Luna Alena is destined to be the mate of Alpha Orion, the most respected leader. However, Orion rejected her on their day of unification, deeming Alena a symbol of weakness, and banished her to the wild.

Alena survived thanks to an ancient and mysterious power residing within her, a power she herself didn't understand. Years later, she returns to her pack as a strong...

"I'm dying... please save me..." The last words Avery spoke into the phone. The last words Felix chose to ignore. Six months later, when the insurance money calls, Felix Sutton will discover that some mistakes can never be forgiven—and some debts can only be paid with your life.

He wiped out my whole family but turned me into the sharpest weapon. I fought off all his enemies and called him "Papa" for five years. Then he let another woman carry his "heirs." I took care of that unwanted child myself, leaning in and whispering, "See, I haven't forgotten what Papa taught me." Under the blood moon, my gun was already aimed at his heart.

I was holding the burned puppy we adopted, sitting in the middle of our burning house. It was our fifth wedding anniversary. And he had left me. All for a phone call from another woman. They say my husband is a hero who can save anyone. So why wasn't he here to save me? As the flames danced before my eyes, I finally saw the truth: He only married me because I looked like her. Now that she's back, ...

The day I walked in on my boyfriend screwing that blonde tramp, I dropped the homemade tiramisu right there on the floor—our two-year relationship smashed to bits, messier than the splattered cream.

I ducked into a bar, slamming back whiskey, when this guy in a sharp black suit sidles up, his voice smooth as silk laced with bourbon. I spat out, "Help me forget him," but ended up totally lost in t...

I once believed our love was a fairy tale. Three years of secret devotion, countless vows whispered in the night—all shattered in an instant at that gala. I heard him laugh and tell others, "Just a plaything, like her social-climbing mother."
That stormy night, I fled in a torn gown, only to witness my mother collapse from a heart attack after seeing the video of my humiliation. But the true devas...

I was once a brilliant psychology student at Berkeley, but now I've become a "hunter" in Viktor Reeves' criminal empire. My job? Using psychological techniques to seduce wealthy men and swindle them out of their money for this devil.

After each mission, I hate myself a little more. Until that day, when I met him in a coffee shop—Alexei, a documentary filmmaker with gentle blue eyes. Unlike my oth...

Three years ago, I destroyed the only man I ever loved.

"You're not good enough for my world," I lied, watching Ethan Cross's heart shatter completely. Now he's back. Richer. More ruthless. Ready for revenge.

"Marry me, or watch your family lose everything."

Our marriage is his masterpiece of revenge. He flaunts his perfect girlfriend in our home, forcing me to watch him replace me with everyth...