Best Female Growth Stories & Novels Collection

To save my stepsister's life, I accepted a contract marriage with a stranger—$100,000 for one year.

Sebastian Sterling, the mysterious billionaire from Manhattan's Upper East Side, a devastatingly handsome bachelor. He needed a wife in name only, I needed money—a perfect arrangement.

But as I lost myself in his tender gaze and caring touch, his ex-girlfriend's return shattered everything. Behind...

I picked up a brush at four, and for the past ten years, the back of my hand has often been split open by a wooden ruler. My father says, "Poor kids can only rely on perfection to change their fate." But who understands? I’ve long forgotten the joy of drawing—all that’s left is the sting of needles pricking my fingertips, the suffocation of being tied to a chair to practice my posture.
Then that d...

At a charity gala in the San Francisco Museum of Art, I ran into my ex-fiancé and his new flame. They humiliated me in front of everyone—mocking me for the down payment my parents saved for my house and laughing that I was good for nothing but playing the piano.
Just when I thought it couldn't get worse, a mysterious man stepped in. Who was he? None other than the elusive CEO of Harrington Tech, Z...

Lyra is exposed to the horror of war, torture, and savage treatment from the brutal Alpha King, Ryker Ashbane, who kills her parents as payback for the death of his parents and pack. Things take a turn when the moon goddess blesses her with her fated mate, who happens to be the same man who has vowed to torment her.
Lyra is faced with challenges that resurrect a power core she never thought she ha...

Anya Kozlov was never meant to matter. Youngest daughter of a once proud Bratva family, she was born to be dismissed and dominated. To be weak. To be broken. Told she would be safe in an arranged marriage to lawyer Marcus Webb, her last hope for security is stolen when she catches Marcus cheating with her sister, Elena. Elena, who has always had the power and respect Anya never could.

The night t...

“You’ll move in with me and your sister will be taken care of. You'll tell your sister that I'm your new boss.” He spelled out.

“You'll wait for me every night on my bed so I can fuck you mercilessly for making me set my eyes on you after seven years. I hate you. You have no fucking idea.”

I wanted to sob. It was fucking over. I am giving the next three years of my life to this man, just so I co...

Witches and Werewolves lived under a curse, forbidden from using their powers or embracing their true nature. To break the curse, the Alpha had to unite through a child with a Witch descended from the first ones.

He refused to touch any virgin, let alone a witch. She had no knowledge of her lineage or her powers.
In a night of seduction, the two give in to desire, unaware of the trap set to end...

Amber Reagan thought the worst pain she could ever endure was her father’s cruelty. She was wrong.

On the night she dares to expose her mate, Reece Trent, the future Alpha King for his hidden betrayal, her world shatters. Her father strikes her down, the elders condemn her as a liar, and the pack she has bled for casts her out as a disgrace.

But Amber refuses to break. With nothing left but the ...

This scar—my original sin, and my ten years of loving you.
They all praise genius photographer Liam for capturing the beauty of souls, never knowing his inspiration comes from a scarred girl hiding behind masks—me.
He once said my wounds were angel wings, so I clung to that delusion, painting faces on cheap film sets day and night while he stood in spotlights, photographing supermodels I could nev...

They all laughed at me. A fraud who can't even read sheet music.
My stepsister set a trap, expecting me to humiliate myself on that audition stage.
So I lied. I told them I went to Berklee.
Now I'm screwed. The legendary producer who just signed me expects my first professional session tomorrow. And the woman who hates my guts holds every secret that can destroy me.
I'm clutching this cheap harmon...

“I Alpha Darius Vale of the Blood Fang Pack reject you, Ayla Stable as my mate… You’re pathetic”
Ayla was born an omega and shunned by all including her very own family which was supposed to love and protect her. She had been patiently waiting for her mate to love her and shield her from all the bad things that was happening in her life. He would be her knight in shining armor and treat her how s...

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 died consumed by guilt. The archangel gave me a chance to be reborn, to right a single wrong: to return her destined love to my sister.
I watched her discuss art with him in a rehearsed, lifeless tone. I listened to her complain in the dead of night, "What's the point of these boring charity projects?" I buried the part of me that had connected with his soul in that coffee shop.
Until he gazed a...

"You put me away for 3 years, and now you took a blade for me. We're even now." Sean Winters' cold words hit harder than the knife Eve Carter just took for him. As blood soaks her white dress, she thinks this sacrifice might finally pay for the lies that destroyed them six years ago. But fate has one last cruelty—terminal cancer, six months to live. Now she must secure their daughter Grace's futur...

When I opened my eyes on the operating table at Boston General, I'd somehow been sucked into that trashy novel—becoming Emily, the doormat everyone walked all over!
My snake of a husband Michael was shoving divorce papers in my face, demanding I "step aside." His mistress Sarah hung on his arm with that smug smile, while my monster-in-law joined their chorus, trying to steal my son Noah away.

But...

She used to be the town’s golden girl, until the ice took her brother and shattered her voice along with him.

Now Cassandra Lane avoids the rink, the spotlight, and every reminder of who she used to be. But when George Hale, a cocky, privileged transfer with something to prove, shows up wearing her brother’s number, the silence she’s hidden in begins to crack.

They’re paired for drills. Forced t...

Tonight, delivering food to a private dining room, I pushed open the door and saw him.
Harold Sterling—the world's hottest supermodel. The man I abandoned three years ago.
He was telling his friend: "That vain woman? She was just a sugar mama who got bored and ran off. I'm only looking for her to ask why she humiliated me like that."
I desperately tried to escape, but—
Just as the elevator doors w...

Five years ago, I was sent to prison.
Convicted of arson and the deaths of twelve people.
I was innocent.
The real killer is Madison—now with my ex, Dylan.
Prosecutor Ethan knew the truth, yet he sent me to hell.
They thought I died behind bars. They were wrong.
I'm out.
And I'm here to ruin them all.

For eighteen months, I was Adam Sterling’s secret lover.
By day, I taught his seven-year-old daughter French. By night, I warmed his bed.
He gave me a luxury apartment, expensive jewelry—everything but a commitment.
I thought I was his woman… until his ex-wife came back. That’s when I understood—I was just a high-end toy.

Used in front of her, then thrown away like trash.

I fled to Paris, carryi...

I thought I had the perfect life.

A mansion in Westport, a successful husband, a beautiful daughter. Sixteen years of marriage that seemed unbreakable.

Until I found another woman's watch band in my husband's car.

Until I discovered that woman was my daughter's soccer coach.

Until I realized my nine-year-old daughter was helping her father lie to me.

Some betrayals strike like lightning. Othe...

My hands were slick with sweat on the steering wheel, then the brakes hit the floor—nothing! My Porsche went screaming down the cliff, and as we smashed through the guardrail, I caught a glimpse of cut brake lines under the dashboard. The same brakes my husband Austin had just "checked" yesterday!
When I found myself floating above my own mansion, I finally got it—this was murder! I drifted throug...

"They taught me that love was supposed to be unconditional. That mothers always forgive. That family comes first, no matter what.

They were wrong.

I was Emily Thompson—veterinarian, wife, mother. I gave up my career to support my husband's failing farm. I spent eight years nursing my asthmatic son, building a life around their needs, sacrificing my dreams for their comfort.

Then they chose a st...

What if your guardian became your greatest threat?

I once believed the oath beneath the silver moon was a shield, but I was blind to the chains it forged around my soul. The blood-mark of Dominic burned on my wrist, yet the searing memory of his venomous kiss left an even deeper scar.

In that moment, I hated him, but I hated myself even more.

He was my protector and my executioner; my salva...

"I'm getting married. His name is Alex Ricci." Facing her ex-boyfriend Tyler's humiliation, Valeria blurts out a fake fiancé.

The next second, the legendary Italian racing prince Alessandro Ricci actually appears:
"My name is Alessandro Ricci. My friends call me Alex."

Tyler's face turns white instantly.

Until Alessandro publicly pours wine over Tyler's head—
"My wife made herself perfectly c...

I'm crouched on this fucking balcony clutching a pregnancy test, hands shaking like a leaf—two blazing red lines staring me in the face. I was such a goddamn fool thinking I'd tell Remy about our baby tonight. What a sick joke!
The banquet hall's roaring below and there's that bastard on stage, arm wrapped around Olivia, shouting "This winery has NO future without her!" Each word slams into me lik...

I died watching my step-sister smile as I fell to my death. The poison she fed me for years had finally worked, and the world called me a cheating disgrace.
Reborn six months before the Olympics, I'm back with the memory of her betrayal burning in my veins. This time, I see her every sly move coming. This time, I know about the dropper of poison she hides behind her back.
They took my gold, my fam...

DNA test results: I'm not the Kelly family's real daughter.
Their actual daughter Sierra came home.
She got my room, my college fund, and my boyfriend started protecting her too.
The night our house caught fire, I almost died inside, but my boyfriend said "thank God the real family is safe."
"Figure out who you are first," he told me when we broke up.
My parents spent my college money on Sierra's ...

I thought seven years of marriage had given me a home, but I was just a supporting character in someone else's love story.
When I saw that ArtForum magazine, my heart nearly stopped—my mother's only legacy, Ansel Adams's signed Moonrise, Hernandez, was hanging on the wall behind Evangeline. She reclined elegantly on white Italian leather, her smile perfect like a victory announcement.
Adrian calle...