Best Strong Female Lead Stories & Novels Collection

Five years ago, my sister vanished the night before her wedding. She left behind a crying newborn in a crib and a mafia heir on the verge of losing control.

And I was forced into her place—the temporary bride, the contract wife, the whispered “replacement” in every gilded hallway.

I thought I only had to survive five years. Five years to earn what I was promised, and then walk away from this cit...

"You've been staring at me all night," I said, my voice slightly slurred. "Either it's creepy or you like what you see."

"Look, handsome," I continued, leaning closer.

"I've had a really shitty day. Want to make it better? I'll pay for your time. I've got plenty of money."

His eyes widened slightly, and then he reached out, taking my hand in his.

His touch was warm, his fingers long and stro...

Please!! Emily choked out, trying to pry the hands strangling her neck.

How could you do this to me? Stefan roared, his hands tightening on her neck. It took the three of the pack warriors to pry his hands away from her neck.

Please!!! Stefan, I can explain, it’s not what it looks like.

Instead his cold gaze freezes her from uttering another word. Shame shrouding her, as Emily clung the blanket...

One Forbidden Night. Three Brothers. No Way Out.

Millie was supposed to clean up after the rich—not sleep with them.

But one reckless night with a mysterious stranger shatters that rule. The next morning, he's gone... And so is her sense of control.

She never expected to see him again.

She definitely didn’t expect to find herself working as a live-in maid for the ruthless, filthy-rich Moretti ...

When Formula One legend Dante Varon crashes at 320 km/h race and lives to tell the tale, the world calls it a miracle. He calls it a mistake.

Confined to a private villa on the French Riviera with shattered bones and a ruined reputation, Dante fires every therapist who tries to fix him, until Sienna Hale walks in. She’s not impressed by fame, fortune, or his billion-dollar tantrums. She’s there ...

Gabriella is a no-nonsense kind of woman. She loves deeply and fights for what matters to her. Her life was going along just fine, that is until she catches her boyfriend cheating on her.

That should have been the worst of her issues, but soon a cheating boyfriend pales in comparison to being fated to a God, and a brooding one at that.

Quickly, Gabriella will be pulled into thousand-year-old dr...

Riley Matthews never imagined her first assignment as a sports journalist back in Texas would be covering the football team—where the star quarterback Mason Cole turned out to be the guy she'd had a massive crush on four years ago. And to make matters worse, he's her brother Chase's best friend!

"Chase's baby sister has grown up... and gotten beautiful." When Mason fixes those green eyes on her w...

I work for Umbra, making the wealthy's "little problems" vanish without a trace. But tonight's client is the nephew of my daytime boss—the same bastard who treats me like garbage. Floating in the blood-filled pool is the woman who mocked me daily. He offers me champagne, his boot resting on her hair, and casually asks how much to dispose of a body. "Two hundred thousand," I say, head bowed. He agr...

If life gave you a second chance, would you choose forgiveness or plot your revenge down to the last detail?

When I woke up gasping from the icy depths of San Francisco Bay, I was back in my 20-year-old body—just one week before the deadly engagement party where my sister Amber and my fiancé Mark shoved me off that cliff.

In my past life, they stole the wedding planning business I'd built from t...

"Ivory's six months pregnant. She needs to get back more than you do."

When my husband Donovan said those words at a South African mining disaster site, I knew my marriage was over. Two helicopter seats, three British nationals. He chose to save his mistress instead of his pregnant wife.

"I'm pregnant too," I told him, my voice shaking.

"I know," he replied without emotion. "You're only three m...

I died in his fire.

Lucian Cross made me Ghost—the deadliest assassin in New York's underworld. Thirty-seven kills. Ten years of loyalty. Then he locked the cuffs himself and told me I was too soft to live.

But death gave me a second chance.

When I open my eyes again, I'm back in that warehouse. This time, I'm not crying. This time, I'm escaping. And this time, I'm taking everything he built an...

My name is Aurora McNamara, federal fire investigator.

For seven years, I've endured the same three words from my husband every single day: "Get out, murderer."

Yes, my husband Phoenix—the fire captain who once whispered "I love you" in my ear—now looks at me with pure hatred every day, as if I'm the monster who killed his teammates.

But I didn't set those fires.

I was framed.

What's more twi...

I was personally handed over by my boyfriend to three fugitives. In the abandoned warehouse, as they leered and ripped apart my uniform, I swore to make him pay the price.

The bathtub water turned a vivid red, and I was reborn back to the afternoon before the tragedy struck. This time, I swapped out that cup of coffee ahead of time and sent a fake message to the fugitives on the dark web.

Now, i...

On the day of my engagement, I died in the sea.

The last scene I witnessed before death was the silhouette of my fiancé protecting his first love as they walked away.

Perhaps it was resentment and unwillingness that allowed me to be reborn on the day of my engagement.

In this life, I will rewrite my destiny!

She loved him enough to die for him.
A thousand years later, she’s back to make him pay.
Seraphina Vale was once a witch with a pure heart and a dangerous gift. When the vampire Caelum Draven was hunted and left to die, she broke every law of magic to save him, binding her life to his forever. But love became a curse. Betrayal followed, and she lost everything, even her soul.
Now, Seraphina liv...

"Not pregnant again?"
Those three words have become more familiar than "I love you" in my marriage. For two years, I've dreaded the monthly ritual—the single line on the test, Damon's disappointed sigh, his mechanical "We'll try again."
Until yesterday.
"Congratulations, you're four weeks along," the doctor beamed, sliding the report across her desk.
I gripped that paper like a lifeline, tears str...

Six years ago, I was forced to marry the Alpha prince to keep my pack from going to a war we’d never win. Torn from the arms of my mate—scratch that…

He knew I’d be tossed aside for the peace treaty, and he didn’t say a word. He sat at that dinner table and let me go. He betrayed me. Darius Sinclair, my fated mate, betrayed me and made a fool out of me at that dinner table.

Well, I married the h...

I was once a brilliant researcher, but I gave up my career for my family. Everything changed during a camping trip—my husband abandoned me in the wilderness, and my son called another woman “Mom.” My husband openly favored his mistress, neglecting both me and our daughter. Heartbroken, I decided to divorce him and take my daughter with me, determined to reclaim my career and my life.

He thought I...

I once believed fleeing my engagement would set me free, only to fall headlong into a web of betrayal spun by my closest friend and faithless lover.

Now, granted a second life just a week before that fateful wedding, I stand before the man I betrayed—Alexander Stone, the unyielding soul who ended his life in my previous existence, all because of me.

This time, I've sworn to mend what I shattered...

Paisley is the campus-recognized "Dating Queen," specializing in orchestrating perfect romances for her best friends—never failing. Until she encounters a mysterious rival—a love coach calling himself "TexasCoach," who's actually coaching her target crush on how to counter-flirt!

When the two matchmaking masters face off head-to-head, Paisley is shocked to discover that this legendary love guru i...

He calls me Sage, a blank canvas he reshapes to fit his whims. My Alpha, Kieran—the King of the North—blindfolds me each night, his whispers soft against my ear as he breathes my name.

Yet his intense stare cuts right through me, fixated on the distant moonlight he craves but can never touch. The irony stings—he looks at another through my eyes, just as I scour him for echoes of my fiancé, lost t...

I am Elara Thorne, nothing more than a sacrifice masquerading as a "Friendship Ambassador." When humans and vampires forged their uneasy peace, they required a pure-blooded offering to seal the deal—and I was wrapped up as that pretty little token of goodwill.

Now, I'm thrust into the opulent world of the Ashford family, fated to dwell among vampire aristocracy. There's my polished foster parents...

After spending a full day at the FBI analyzing criminal profiles, I dragged my exhausted body home to find Marcus down on one knee, surrounded by candles and roses filling the entire room.

"Isabella, marry me." He stared at me with something in his eyes that I mistook for devotion at the time. "Let's have the wedding soon. I can't wait any longer."

That ring was everything I wanted—being with hi...

They say I married a prince and lived happily ever after.

But no one knows that after that million-dollar fairy tale wedding, my "prince" handed me three things: poison, a dagger, and one sentence—

"For my true love, please die."

That's when I realized some fairy tales are lies from the very beginning. Some princes are born devils.

But he underestimated how dangerous a girl raised in a circus ...

I was just a normal sports medicine student working part-time as a medical assistant. Until our hockey team started losing, and team captain Chase announced in front of everyone: "I think little Brie here has been a very helpful girlfriend. Helping their guys stay... energized for games." Other players joined in spreading rumors about my "sexual addiction," saying "She should just hook up with guy...

They shattered my art and labeled me "scholarship trash." When Willard, the MIT prodigy, dared to help gather the wreckage, I repaid him with cranberry juice all over his pristine jacket.
Now he's my forced art partner—all cold shoulders by daylight, but found in the studio at midnight, the scent of spray paint betraying his secret. So when the queen of our school tried to ruin my life again, he w...

I was the perfect Luna—until my telepathy awakened at the Full Moon Festival, and I heard my husband Kael’s true thoughts:
"A barren mate is defective."
"Thank fate my Omega carries my true heir."
"Where can she even go without me?"
Our eighteen-month marriage was a lie. He had me cursed by a witch while my handmaid bore his child.
They expected me to break. To vanish in disgrace.
They were wrong....

Gaia’s life was shattered when her father, a cop, was murdered in cold blood. Sworn to avenge his death, she was later taken in and raised by another cop in a different city, who became her father figure. Determined to follow in her late father’s footsteps while secretly pursuing her vow of justice, Gaia enrolls in an elite academy that trains future detectives and FBI agents.

During her traini...

SYNOPSIS

“Remember,” he growled, his voice roughly caressing against the shell of my ear. His large and scarred hand splayed possessively on my stomach, pulling me back against the hard wall of his chest. We were a twisted parody of a loving couple, nestled in the bed we once shared.

I squeezed my eyes shut, trembling. “I—I can’t. I'm fucking trying.”

His lips brushed the sensitive skin of m...

He chuckled, low and dark, as my hands betrayed me, reaching out to trace the lines of his tattoos. The ink was warm beneath my fingertips, the patterns intricate-some sharp and angular, others flowing like water. I followed the path down his chest, my nails scraping lightly over his abs, feeling the way they tensed under my touch. My fingers fumbled with the button of his jeans, my movements clum...

"I need an heir, Aria. I can't just sit back and wait for you to be fruitful."

With those words, Alpha Kael severs the sacred mate bond with his Luna, Aria, casting her out for another. Betrayed and left to die, Aria makes a vow to the Moon Goddess: she will make them all pay.

An ancient ritual saves her, gifting her not just life, but a terrifying power born of shadows and a vengeful, ancient v...

Lisa Marcus ran from the pack that branded her weak and unfit. Now, they are calling her back. Her dying Alpha father has named her successor, instantly putting a target on her back and resurrecting the painful connection with Ryan Blackstone, the Beta who was supposed to be hers.
But her sudden rise to power is threatened by two devastating secrets: the return of her brother, Daniel, who was sold...

Nineteen-year-old Iris Maxwell has always known exactly who she is: a scholarship student fighting her way through design school, devoted daughter to the adoptive parents who found her abandoned at a fire station, and fierce protector of her four younger brothers. With nothing but raw talent and relentless determination, she's determined to build a fashion empire from scratch, no connections, no t...

My sister-in-law knelt and begged me to help her cover up her affair and pregnancy scandal. I softened and agreed. Little did I know, this was an elaborate blood-swap conspiracy.

That night in the hospital, Victoria secretly switched the identity tags of two newborns. From then on, my biological daughter was abused as a "bastard" for four whole years, while her illegitimate child enjoyed all the ...

“You are nothing to me. Just a mistake I need to erase.”
These cruel words from Alpha Kane Pierce destroyed Aria Winters completely. For two years, she had been his secret, believing that one day he would claim her as his Luna. But when she discovered she was pregnant with his child, she thought everything would change.
She was wrong.
The night she planned to tell him about the baby, Kane publicly...

After losing her mother, Rose’s world shatters further when her father, Thomas, remarries the cunning Melissa and arranges a loveless marriage between Rose and Connor Miller, the aloof heir of the wealthy Miller family. What begins as a forced union quickly turns into a tangled web of betrayal, power, and forbidden longing.
From the moment Rose meets her in-laws, she sense their genuine smiles . H...

Aine Dragonfyre thought she ruled the shadows of Blackthorn City; until one heist destroyed her world.

Her best friend was murdered. She’s taken by a ruthless werewolf pack. And under the full moon, a terrifying truth awakens in her blood. She was cursed to have a soulmate who is a werewolf, and she would have her first shift, fated to the man she swore to hate. Now Aine is trapped between vengea...

"You weren't fit to be my mate, Tara... Now, you're not fit to live. I'll make sure you beg for death."


Tara was born an omega.
Weak. Orphaned. Unwanted.

Her only hope of redemption was being mated to someone of high status and her joy knew no bounds when she found out she was mated to the alpha of her pack.

But on the night of the mating ceremony, he rejected her in front of everyone.....

"Look at you! You’ve changed! You're really a wolf. And you're my mate! My Luna! Can't you feel our bond? Can't you remember that? You must accept it, and I am your Alpha, Alex is our pup! We must unite to make our powers stronger! To protect and save our son!" Gerald pulled her into his bed and united their powers in a primitive way. Making love.

"Let go of me! Don't be silly! I'm not a wolf! I...

"How pathetic of you, Aspen. Falling in love with your mate’s murderer. Worse still, he doesn’t love you, he only sees you as a key to getting what he wants."


On the day her mate was supposed to return and take over as Alpha, Aspen watched his murder happen over FaceTime.
She swore to avenge him, but she has no idea who the killer is or where to start.

To find answers, she disguises herself...

She's unwanted. Her mate left her to burn. But fate wasn't finished with Rhea.

When Rhea was chosen by her destined mate, she thought it meant freedom. Love. A future.
Instead, it meant betrayal. Left for dead in the aftermath of a fire set by her mate, Rhea awakens disfigured and broken, her wolf silenced by trauma. And the final blow? Her best friend has taken her place as Luna beside the man s...

They once swore to protect me for life. Three brothers I grew up with next door, who once treasured me like a precious gem, promising that no one would ever hurt me. Until she appeared. A blonde-haired, blue-eyed woman who used her sweet smile and perfect figure to turn my most trusted protectors into the cruelest executioners. They began to despise my social anxiety, humiliate my "psychological p...

I sacrificed myself to save my kingdom, only to discover my "death" was the first move in a thousand-year-old game.
As Princess Isabella, I was offered as a sacrifice to the legendary Starmark Dragon. But Valerix, the beast who should have taken my life, looks at me as if I'm a long-lost treasure. He is both cruel and tender, tormented by a curse that only my touch can soothe. When assassins came ...

Three years barren, and Jessamine walked on thin ice in the elite household. Her mother-in-law spat venomous curses daily, calling her a "worthless waste of space" and threatening to force her son into divorce.

She could still remember when Damien had severed all ties with his family to marry her—kneeling outside their door in the pouring rain, begging his parents to accept her: "Jessamine is my ...

My name is Aria Storm, Delta warrior of Silvercrest Pack.

My parents died protecting this territory. The only reason I stayed was my fiancé—Alpha heir Damien Blackwood.

I never expected that Serena, the pitiful Omega who arrived three months ago claiming to flee an abusive ex, would become the knife that shattered my life.

And I especially didn't expect that just one week ago, when the doctor t...

I died three times.

The first time, at seven, when my father remarried. I learned to always be the second choice.

The second time, at twenty-eight, when my husband betrayed me. I discovered I had never existed in his heart.

The third time, when the doctor told me I had six months to live. That's when I finally came alive.

They called me the perfect wife, the understanding daughter, the strong ...

The Empire Within
Story Description

Elena Cruz has it all—a billion-dollar tech empire, a corner office in Manhattan, and a reputation as one of the most brilliant CEOs of her generation. She built CruzTech from the ground up, transforming her father's modest import business into a global powerhouse. But success comes with a price she never imagined paying.
When her father, Antonio Cruz, is found...

After losing her favorite Great Aunt, Sunny learns that her parents are trying to steal her inheritance by selling her off to someone they owe a debt to. Thankfully her Aunt already had an idea of what was coming and left a way out for her. Now out on her own for the first time in her life, she meets a broken CEO and they find an instant connection. If only her family would just let her be.

"Look at me, feel me. It's me inside your pussy." Alexander lifted my hips, adjusting for a deeper position. "You're so goddamn wet."

I felt the powerful, rhythmic thrusts of his cock, forcing me to cry out Alexander's name.

"Fuck, it's me. The me who should have claimed you ten years ago."

—

Her daughter was dead, yet Eleanor's husband, who had been unreachable all day, was in the living room...

“Nobody wants me to be your Luna. Just do what everybody wants and reject me!” Rina cried desperately.

“I am never going to reject you Rina.”

“Why? Is it until you see me dead?! You and I both know I’m never going to be worthy to become Luna so just let me go. Give the people what they want.” Rina said, exhaustion all over her face.

“I don’t think you understand Rina.” The prince stalked toward...