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8.3
After a night of unintended passion, the powerful Alpha finds himself bound to a lowly Omega he once disregarded. Their forced union is fraught with tension as he struggles between pack duty and his growing, unexpected feelings. As secrets from their past surface, he must confront his previous cruelty and fight to earn her forgiveness. This modern werewolf tale explores the heavy price of pride and the complicated journey toward true redemption.

8.3
Shen Ning, a skilled special operations captain, has dedicated her life to duty and high-stakes missions. Amidst the chaos of her professional world, she navigates a complex emotional landscape where love and distance collide. As her dangerous career creates physical and symbolic barriers, she must confront the reality of a long-term separation. This poignant story explores resilience, deep-seated passion, and the endurance of the human heart.

9.6
She built an empire behind walls of ice.
He survived a massacre and became a legend.
Now he's her shadow. Her shield. And the one man who won't bow to her cold stare.
The city is about to learn what happens when the Ice Queen meets her match.

9.1
Faced with an unexpected pregnancy, a woman is about to take abortion pills when she hears a voice from within. Her unborn son begs for his life, claiming he can bring her immense fortune. He reveals that his billionaire father is a serial pursuer of women who often reject his lavish gifts. By knowing exactly where these discarded treasures are hidden, the child offers a path from rags to riches. Desperate for a better life, she decides to listen.

9.6
After discovering her billionaire husband's infidelity, a devastated wife decides to walk away from her high-society marriage. She abandons the luxury and betrayal of her past to reclaim her independence and dignity. As she navigates the emotional fallout of his cheating, she must build a new life far from his shadow. This modern romance follows her journey of self-discovery and the consequences of a powerful man's broken promises.

9.4
Raven, a top-performing sales champion, discovers a cruel plot during her company’s annual party. Her husband, billionaire Fred Colson, has manipulated the event to force Raven into presenting a million-dollar award to his mistress, Winnie Lane. Realizing she is the target of public ridicule, Raven refuses to play the victim. As Winnie prepares to gloat on stage, Raven seizes the microphone to deliver a shocking, improvised announcement that exposes the office affair and reclaims her power.

8.3
My husband, Jerrold, rushed out for an emergency IT call, leaving his phone behind. A bank alert flashed across the screen: a $2,500 mortgage payment to his ex-wife, Jackie Reid.
My heart sank. For five years, he' d told me his take-home pay was only $4,000 a month, and I struggled to cover our family' s expenses on the meager $1,200 allowance he gave me.
When I confronted him, he stammered excuses, and his parents, who knew all along, defended his 'obligation' to his past.
But the lies ran deeper. I soon discovered his real income was over double what he claimed, and our entire five-year marriage was built on a foundation of deceit to pay for his guilt over cheating on his first wife.
He had me clipping coupons and telling our son, Leo, 'no' to simple treats, all while he secretly funneled $150,000 of our money to his ex. He wasn't just lying; he was stealing our future.
That's when I stopped crying and started collecting evidence. I hired a lawyer and walked into that courtroom ready to take back every penny he stole from me and our son.

8.4
For five years, Lily endured a loveless marriage to Blake, a cold billionaire who treated her like a stranger. Despite her devotion, he remained distant, his heart seemingly belonging to another. When Lily finally chooses to walk away and files for divorce, the power dynamic shifts. Faced with her sudden departure, Blake realizes the depth of his feelings too late. Now, he must fight to win back the woman he once ignored before she disappears from his life forever.

8.8
After being unceremoniously dumped in her sophomore year of college, Elizabeth makes the reckless decision to sleep with the elusive Sebastian Gray, who she'd been crushing on for ages. Just one night and she'll never see him again, she thinks.
That decision comes back to bite her in the ass when she returns home for her mother's wedding a year later and finds out that her soon to be stepfather is none other than Sebastian!
Forced to bear the brunt of the consequences while biting her tongue, Elizabeth resolves to avoid Sebastian from now on. But it turns out to be a futile effort as the first person she sees on her list of professors for senior year is HIM!
If she didn't know any better, she'd think he enjoyed torturing her. Because every time he's close to her, all of her common sense flies out the window. And his touches are becoming far too frequent for it to be coincidental...

9.8
After a passionate night with a wealthy stranger, a woman finds herself entangled in a deal she never expected. The billionaire offers a unique proposition: thirty days together in exchange for solving her financial crisis. As they navigate this temporary arrangement, the line between business and pleasure begins to blur. Can she survive a month in his high-stakes world without losing her heart, or will their connection prove too real?

9.6
Sienna Winslow is tired of being an afterthought. During a holiday dinner, her boyfriend Felix Zimmerman ignores her to dote on his best friend, Cassidy, while his mother treats Sienna like a servant. When Felix's father forbids her from eating, Sienna finally snaps. She posts a public plea for a new dinner invitation on social media, instantly drawing the attention of Hillsbury’s most powerful elite families who are desperate to host her instead.

8.9
Three years into her marriage, a woman discovers her husband’s betrayal via social media. Her billionaire spouse has purchased a ten-million-dollar mansion for his ex-girlfriend to fulfill a promise from their past. When she questions the transaction, he berates her for being malicious. As he continues to fund a million-dollar renovation for his former flame, the wife realizes she no longer cares. In Divorce Is a Stretch, Don't You Think?, she faces the cold truth of his lingering devotion.

8.7
Disguised as an ordinary customer, a wealthy man visits his wife's new gym using a budget trial coupon. His identity remains hidden until an entitled trainer begins insulting him and his friend as penniless freeloaders. The situation escalates when the coach claims he is dating the owner and calls her to kick the 'losers' out. This billionaire mystery explores the fallout of a marriage as a simple gym visit uncovers a massive web of deception and infidelity.

8.4
After three years of marriage, Luna’s world shatters when she receives a video of her husband, Don Dominick Costa, in bed with his stepsister, Gia. The betrayal deepens when Dominick presents Luna with a ring Gia rejected as a birthday gift. Choosing silent retaliation over confrontation, Luna signs the divorce papers. She begins organizing a grand ceremony, but not for herself. In this modern mafia story, Luna prepares to gift the illicit couple a wedding that will unmask their depravity to the entire world.

8.3
Lucas Vane was my ruin. My first love, my greatest regret, and the man who shattered my life before disappearing into the shadows. I thought I had finally escaped his reach, until a desperate debt forced me into a cold, clinical contract with the one man I should have feared more.
Victor Vane. The powerful, terrifying patriarch who doesn't know the girl he just bought was once his son's greatest obsession.
Now, I am trapped between two worlds. I am the wife of the father, bound by a signature and a ring, yet I am pursued by the son who is determined to reclaim what he lost. As the lines between hatred and desire blur, I find myself craving the touch of the man who owns me, and the man who broke me.
Secrets can only stay buried for so long. What happens when the King finds out his Queen belongs to the Prince?

7.7
Not only was I drugged, blinded and assaulted. I was deceived into carrying a baby by a stranger I never knew. Then he appeared and took my child away.
I was sent to a militia by the father of my child. I thought I was rescued but I was recruited to be a weapon for killing. Who was manipulating me, I didn't know. The answers were far from what I knew.
Forced to blend into the world that I could never believe I would be to, a place where brutality reigned, kill or be killed was the only language. I have survived but he has to pay for everything he did to me, because I believed every phase of my life was set by him and him alone. Have I really survived?
Who would have thought, he existed twice in the same world? Do I really know who I should take revenge on? Him or the person I would sacrifice everything for?
Was my mother the one who orchestrated everything? What kind of pawn am I?

9.0
I swore vengeance long before I swore the law.
The night my twin sister's future was stolen, a promise was carved into my soul-to dismantle the empire of Alexander Stone, the ruthless leader of the Xander MC. Not with fists or bullets, but with patience, precision, and the law he thinks he's untouchable from.
Now I walk in his shadow. To him, I'm a sharp-tongued lawyer with a backbone of steel-the woman he thinks can shield him from justice. To me, he's nothing but a target. Every word I speak, every smile I fake, every late-night meeting in smoke-filled rooms is just another thread in the trap I'm weaving around him.
But vengeance has its own dangers. Somewhere in the blurred lines of loyalty and deception, I start to feel the pull of the very man I came to destroy. His voice lingers, his touch burns, and the closer I get to ending him, the closer I fall into something I can't control.
He doesn't know my secret-yet.
But when the mask falls, when he realizes the knife has been in my hands all along, it won't just be a reckoning.
It will be war.
And in this war between justice and desire, I may lose more than my sister's revenge...
I may lose myself and I don't know if I'll destroy him... or if he'll destroy me first.

9.3
What the vows didn't say is an emotional romance about Isla Moreau, a young woman forced into a toxic marriage to save her family. Her only escape is her job-until her cold, enigmatic boss, Sebastian Hale, starts to see through her carefully hidden pain.
What begins as wary glances and quiet concern soon turns into a forbidden affair that offers Isla a taste of freedom and love. But when her abusive husband, Marcus uncovers the truth, everything shatters.
Isla tries to protect Sebastian from her husband yet Sebastian risks everything to save her. Isla's real journey begins after the rescue, as she fights to reclaim her voice, her strength, and her future.
She finds through love, the one she never got from her parents and her husband from her boss.

8.9
After being rescued from a tragic childhood, Rosanna becomes the secret mistress of Luciano Carlotta, the future Don. She bears him a son, believing his promises of a future marriage once he secures his position. Restricted to monthly visits with her child, she lives in isolation until her best friend, Sofia Rossi, announces her engagement. When Sofia shares a photo of her devoted fiancé, Rosanna is horrified to see Luciano’s face, exposing a web of high-stakes deception.

8.6
Emmett Meyer, the dangerous rival of her uncle, saved her life twice—once from a shipwreck and again from a drugged drink. These encounters led to a passionate night where she seduced the hardened man ten years her senior. Believing the 'Prince of Silverbridge' had changed for her, she spent three years in a devoted relationship. However, after a scandalous encounter in his Rolls-Royce, she overhears a devastating truth. Emmett has been using her as a plaything to spite her uncle, Franklin Reed, filming their intimacy to fuel a cold-hearted vendetta.

8.1
On her wedding day, Joycelyn Chilton faces the ultimate betrayal when her fiancé, Theodore Gunther, halts the ceremony to rush to his ex-girlfriend, Gwen. Even Joycelyn’s brother, Alvin, abandons her at the altar, claiming Gwen needs him more. After seeing a photo of both men tending to Gwen, who is wearing Joycelyn’s custom jewelry and dress, Joycelyn finally loses hope. Devastated by their cruelty, she calls her parents to announce she is finally coming home.

8.4
"Please Erica, give me the chance to prove that I love you." Dante begged.
A mate was the best thing all Lycan's got from the moon Goddess but it wasn't the same for Erica.
Erica had been married to Dante for four years and in these four years she had endured all the pain of her childless and pain-filled marriage to her mate.
Erica wasn't a high ranked werewolf like Dante had always wanted but she loved him and wished she'd be happy with him but Erica's wish seems to never come true as she's divorced, rejected and thrown away from his pack.
Being divorced was one thing but being divorced with his child was another.
Six years later, Erica Returns with her 5 years old triplets.
Will Erica fight the mate bond which seems to grow stronger with her possessive ex mate, or will she choose to love the man who is ready to set the world ablaze for her?

9.2
Fake Love
9.2
On the day of their marriage registration, Henry Davis abandons his bride-to-be at city hall to assist his returning first love. Claiming the night is unsafe, he brings the woman back to the couple's new home, forcing the protagonist out. This displacement leads her into a life-threatening encounter with a violent criminal. Having narrowly survived the ordeal, she resolves to leave Henry for good, despite his tearful begging and sudden desperation to keep her by his side.

8.0
After a yacht explosion seemingly kills her fiancé Lorenzo De Luca, a pregnant Eliana marries his memory. Her grief turns to humiliation when Lorenzo's twin, 'Matteo,' moves his mistress into her suite. But the ultimate betrayal unfolds when Eliana overhears the truth: the man pretending to be Matteo is actually Lorenzo, plotting to steal her baby. Taking back her power, Eliana terminates the pregnancy and flees, leaving her billionaire mafia husband to beg for forgiveness.