Best Modern Novels

Meet Two different Families. They are the two most dangerous Mafias in the whole of Italy, across Sicily and to this day, no other clan stands a chance against them. First Family. Name: Cactus Clan Name: Nightshade Clan Godmother, Serena, the head of the clan. A woman who is feared even by powerful men. She's a definition of craziness. She's well know for being a crazy witch that nobody wants to mess with. Erica, 25 years old, the first daughter, another witch who took after their mother without any single difference in character. She is very obedient to the core as she follows whatever their mother says without bothering to think about it. She's a badass fighter and can't go a day without spilling blood. Venetta, 23 years old. Second daughter and the craziest girl you might ever encounter. You can never understand her mood. It fluctuates... one minute she's smiling, the next second she's something else...and the reason is she's a drug addict. She sniffs like her life depends on it. Jazzlyn, 21 years old. She has no single similarity to her other siblings. Not like she was hated but she wasn't loved like the others. She was not allowed to go to any mission because she wasn't trained and was regarded as weakling. Her offense was that she had a weak heart. She had never gotten things right. She has badly wanted to train, wanted to go to mission but it was basically her fault and nobody's that she wasn't good. She keeps on trying and still can't. She can't even handle a gun. She was always left out during missions. One crazy thing she enjoys doing is cutting herself. She loves making herself bleed. * Second Family. Name: Truce. Clan Name: Hades fruit Clan Godfather, Padrino. The only one who's not scared of Serena. Instead he's also feared by everyone and every other clan in Italy, except Serena's though. Renzo, First Son, 25 years old. A playboy, bully and a dangerous killer. Padrino trust him more than anyone in the world cos he does not believe in love. Ace, second son, 24 years old. He's a playboy also and a drug addict. He went schooling in the states and ended up making a transfer back to Italy. He's a nice person and at the same time cold. And then we have, Glacier. 24 years old. He is merely a tool. Crazy, right? The son of Padrino, a tool? He's the most hated one in the family and clan. Even though he's one of them. He was never trained, not even how to defend himself but surprisingly, he had his first kill at the age of ten. He gets beaten up even when Renzo and Ace makes the mistakes. He gets beaten like a thief and he was used to the countless and ugly bruises all over his body. He doesn't talk, always alone, a weirdo. Amidst all this, Glacier is a strikingly handsome young man. He is the very definition of what it means to be devoid of mercy. He has no heart....he has been taught never to smile, laugh or frown. His expression is always unreadable. No one can decrypt his thoughts. After his first kill at the age of ten which was a shock to Padrino, he started leading every mission and decides who will accompany him. Everyone knows better to avoid his wrath, except for Renzo, who never backs down, though he is no match for Glacier. * Everything is all about competition to both families. Both families are sworn enemies for reasons unknown and they succeeded in passing the hatred on and on to their children. In a single word, they are bloody enemies and there's even a rule guiding that. A Nightshade must not be seen getting intimate with an Hades fruit and vice versa. They shouldn't be seen talking or chitchatting. They should keep hating on each other. Now let's talk about the school they all attend... Acme University. The school popular slogan which was common among the students is if you can't beat the rich, melt away. Acme University is an institution where the sons and daughters of the wealthy and powerful Mafia families ruled the halls. This elite school was notorious for its lax academic standards And rampant bullying, where family connections and social hierarchy dictated the pecking order there. At the top of the food chain were the *Capi*, the heirs to the most powerful Mafia families[Hades fruit Clan and Nightshade Clan] Below the Capi were the *Sottocapi*, the children of mid-level Mafia families, who aspired to climb the ranks and gain favor with the Capi. The *Bourgeoisie*, the offspring of wealthy business families, often caught between loyalty to their families and the allure of Mafia power. At the bottom of the hierarchy were the *Plebeians* Let's stop here.... A war begins. But what happens when this war transforms into something unexpected, something forbidden? What dark secrets will be revealed? Curious to find out where the dark forbidden romance comes from. You can't miss this book for anything.

Ever since Laura Ward died when they were ten, her sister has lived in a shadow of blame. Her mother’s grief morphed into a cruel hatred, treating her like a servant while replacing her with a perfect adopted daughter. Stripped of her rights and forced to provide a kidney for this replacement, the protagonist finally surrenders her life. Only after she is gone does her mother face the devastating truth of her actions in this modern mystery novel.

After being murdered by her boyfriend Jared’s mistress and watching his brother Mark die trying to save her, a wealthy heiress is reborn. In her past life, Jared protected the killer while dismissing his own brother’s pleas. Now, she calls upon her powerful brother, Eric Spencer, to expose the woman impersonating her. Renouncing her ties to the ungrateful Jared, she switches her engagement to Mark, determined to strip the Xandersons of the resources she once provided.

It wasn't a gun, but the pen in my hand was going to end my life just the same. Liam, the man I was supposed to marry in a month, pointed to the tablet on his desk. It showed a live feed of my mother’s hospital room. "Sign the confession, Ava," he said, his voice devoid of any warmth. "Take the fall for the embezzlement. Or the funding for her ventilator stops in ten seconds." My heart hammered against my ribs. The crimes weren't mine. They belonged to Chloe, his mistress. But Liam Valenti, the Underboss of New York, was sacrificing me to save her. "She's fragile," he said casually, adjusting his silk cuffs. "She can't handle prison. You're strong. You'll survive." With tears blurring my vision, I signed the document. I signed away my career as a lawyer and my freedom to save my mother. Liam snatched the paper like a prize. He didn't offer comfort. He just smirked. "Good girl. The wedding is still on, of course. You'll look beautiful in the ankle monitor." He walked out to celebrate with his mistress, thinking he had won. Thinking he owned me. But he forgot one crucial detail. I wasn't just his fiancée. I was the one who laundered his money. I knew where every body was buried—literally and financially. The moment the door clicked shut, I stopped crying. I pulled out a burner phone and opened an encrypted app. I wasn't going to jail. I was going to war. I typed three words to the one man Liam feared most. "Execute Protocol Zero."

Rowan believed he had finally won Heidi Shilton’s heart, yet the LitRPG system above her head always displayed a zero affection score. After six years of a seemingly perfect romance, a public proposal reveals a devastating truth via floating comments: Heidi is merely using Rowan as a shield for another man. With a ten-day countdown to total erasure activated, Rowan must abandon the facade. He rejects the ring, determined to survive the final stage of this cruel game.

On the eve of his wedding, a man discovers his mother's handmade bridal gown has been desecrated by his fiancée and her supposed best friend. Overhearing their cruel laughter, he realizes his partner viewed the heirloom as a curse and has been engaged in a passionate affair. Faced with her cold betrayal and the desecration of his family's memory, his heartbreak turns into a calculated plan for revenge. If she wants a thrill, he will ensure her wedding day is unforgettable.

After Stella Vance desecrates his father’s ashes during his funeral, her husband is consumed by a need for vengeance against the powerful Vance Group. Blocked and betrayed, he turns to his lifelong companion, Cassia Wynn, offering his company in exchange for her help in dismantling Stella's empire. Cassia reveals her true desire is him, not his wealth. Together, they enter a high-stakes alliance of romance and action to bury the billionaire family that humiliated him.

Dominic Carvalho, the heir to a powerful crime syndicate, disappears for days, leaving his fiancée fearing for his life. Her world shatters when an Instagram post reveals him in bed with his ex-girlfriend, still wearing her ring. Despite his attempts to dismiss the betrayal as a misunderstanding, she destroys her wedding dress and ends their relationship. Dominic initially underestimates her resolve, only panicking once he realizes she is truly gone.

On her wedding day, Elena is shattered to find her groom, Julian, in the arms of her half-sister. Heartbroken and seeking retribution, she flees the ceremony and crosses paths with Julian’s cold-hearted rival, the billionaire Alexander Thorne. In a daring move to reclaim her dignity, Elena proposes a marriage of convenience to him. As they unite to dismantle Julian’s empire, a genuine and dangerous passion begins to ignite between them.

For seven years, Hayden Simmons lived in the sprawling Forbes Estate, trading her journalism dreams to pay for her younger sister's ICU bills. But her sacrifice meant nothing when billionaire August Forbes planned his engagement to Bridget Blake—the same cruel heiress who had maliciously crushed Hayden's mother's only keepsake under her heel while August defended her. When Hayden finally packed her battered suitcase to leave, August didn't apologize. Instead, he brutally froze the trust account funding her dying sister's life-saving cancer treatments. He cornered her, pinning her against the wall, and ordered his security to lock her inside the estate to force her submission. "You don't get to decide when we are done." He thought she would crawl back to him, crying and begging on her knees. He truly believed he could publicly marry another woman while keeping Hayden trapped in his shadow forever, assuming her desperation made her weak. Instead of begging, Hayden left his limitless black card and Cartier diamonds on the vanity. She walked out the iron gates, went straight to his biggest rival's media empire, and published a viral, front-page exposé tearing his pristine merger to shreds. This time, she wasn't going to hide. She was going to burn his world to the ground.

After her fated mate, Alpha Kael, chooses a human mistress over their sacred bond, Elara is left broken and humiliated. Rather than accepting a life of quiet suffering, she makes the unthinkable choice to sever their connection and flee. Now a rogue on the run, she discovers hidden powers that could shift the balance of the pack hierarchy. As Kael hunts her down to reclaim his prize, Elara must decide if she will forgive his betrayal or ignite a revolution.

After ninety-nine unsuccessful attempts to win Quinn Langley’s heart, the protagonist finally abandons her mission. When Quinn chooses to spend their fifth anniversary with Melody Frost and later demands a divorce to legitimize his mistress, she calmly complies. He even takes her newborn to give to the infertile Melody, promising a future remarriage once his lover passes. However, Quinn is unaware that her quest has ended; in three days, the system will eradicate her from existence.

After eight years of a cold, hidden marriage, a wife finally reaches her breaking point. Her lawyer husband has spent their entire union prioritizing his childhood sweetheart, even refusing to let their daughter call him father. When his neglect leads to the child being harmed, the protagonist decides to vanish. Though she seeks a divorce, her husband suddenly refuses to let go, launching a frantic global search. Now, she must stay hidden, determined to never return to his toxic world.

I carried our child for eight months, yet to my husband, Alpha Damien, I was invisible. When I placed the divorce agreement on his desk, he didn't even look up. He was too busy discussing nursery colors with Victoria, the woman who had taken my place in everything but title. That night, agony ripped through me. I went into premature labor right in the hallway. I grabbed Damien’s arm, begging him to save our child. But he shook me off. He turned his back on his bleeding wife to comfort Victoria, who was faking a panic attack about paint swatches. "Get the best doctors for Victoria!" he bellowed, leaving me to be wheeled into a cold storage room by a terrified intern. While he held her hand, I lay alone in the dark, my body failing. I didn't just lose the baby that night. I found out why I had been so weak. My blood was full of silver nitrate. Victoria had been poisoning me for months, and Damien had been too blind to notice. I signed the divorce papers on my deathbed and vanished into the storm. Three years later, I returned. Not as a rejected Luna, but as the owner of the empire that was buying him out. Damien stood before me at the Alpha Summit, gaunt and broken, holding the deed to his entire territory. "I signed it all over to you," he whispered, falling to his knees. "Please, Elena. I know the truth now. I’ll be your guard dog. Just let me make it right." I looked down at the man who had let our child die. "You can't buy me back, Damien," I said, stepping over him. "I'm not for sale anymore."

After receiving a terminal diagnosis, a young woman decides to sever ties with her devoted boyfriend to spare him the agony of her death. She constructs a web of elaborate lies, pretending she has fallen for someone else to force a permanent breakup. Heartbroken and deceived, he walks away, unaware of her selfless sacrifice. As her health fades in isolation, the weight of her secrets and the pain of their lost future create a poignant struggle for peace.

On Christmas Eve, Lenny Gibson suggests a seven-thousand-dollar Maybach rental to transport their cat home. Noah refuses the absurd expense, but Lenny sends a selfie from the luxury car the next day, claiming the beautiful owner is driving him. When Lenny fails to arrive for the holidays, his frantic parents reveal he took twenty thousand dollars for a gift. Now, the police are at Noah's door, as he was the last person to speak with the missing man.

Gabriella Rutherfurd, Brightshire’s wealthiest CEO, builds a lethal game to satisfy her secretary Freddie’s whims. In a previous life, the protagonist intervened to save Gabriella’s husband, Cyril, resulting in Freddie’s death and the protagonist’s brutal punishment. Now reborn on the day of Cyril’s abduction, the protagonist chooses silence. As the game proceeds, Freddie offers a massive prize for a horrific execution. Only when Cyril’s head rolls to her feet does Gabriella realize the cost of her cruelty.

When Seraphina Valerius fakes her suicide, she leaves a note framing the true heiress of the Valerius family. Instantly, the protagonist’s relatives turn on her, blind to the years she spent abused and treated as a maid under their roof. Banished to a freezing backyard kennel during a brutal winter, she is left to starve, surviving only on snow until a lethal fever takes her. But the ultimate betrayal is revealed when Seraphina suddenly returns to claim it all.

During the ring exchange of her wedding, the protagonist is abandoned when her fiancé refuses his vows to chase after a past love. Her own brother joins the betrayal, postponing the ceremony to comfort the same woman. Left to face the public's mockery alone, she witnesses their devotion to her rival through social media. Reaching her breaking point, she contacts her parents to accept a pre-arranged union with the powerful Sanford family, leaving her old life and unfaithful partner behind.

When a husband blindly hands his ex-lover an expensive bag, he has no idea it holds life-saving heart medication for Mrs. Alden. Duped by his old flame's fake cancer diagnosis, he forces his surgeon wife to babysit the woman's young son. But when Mrs. Alden suffers a critical heart attack and falls into a coma, the only specialist who can perform the surgery is trapped. Held at the ex's home, the doctor's hands—and career—are brutally ruined when the child slashes her tendons with a cleaver.

Jordan was taken aback, his lips parted as he gasped in surprise. Chloe sighed, "Is there any other special cleaning you want in the room aside from the regular one?" she asked coolly. Jordan stared at her in disbelief. Her indifference stung him. Did she just ignore what he was saying? He waited three hours for her the day before. Of course he could never tell her that. He had been mad at himself for having such feelings. Right now, he couldn't be any madder. But the girl just stood there, looking so nonchalant, carefree, unconcerned. His business card was a treasure to anyone else, but she had trashed it. He clenched his jaw. For once, he was at a loss for words. Chloe spoke up, "I will get to work then." She turned to leave. "Hey!" Jordan bellowed. She stopped, frowning. Why was he so angry? "You will get to work, doing what? Telling everyone it wasn't you who made that mess?" he scoffed, "Isn't that what you were about to say to my mother?" Chloe put on a false perplexed look, "But that's the truth. We both know I am not the one at fault. What exactly are you scared of, Mister Cavanaugh? Why should it be a big deal?" "So you are going out there to tell on me?" he gave a low laugh. "No. Not really," Chloe said offhandedly, "I think I have my job back for now, thank you. I will face that and hope you don't play such games with me again." Jordan came closer to her, frowning, "Are you threatening me?". Chloe wanted to place her hands on his broad chest and push him away, he smelled so good, "Threatening you? Hell no, that's not a threat. I was just soliciting for peace. I didn't do anything wrong to you or your family. YOU wronged me, you ought to apologize. But I am not even asking you to". Jordan moved closer, step by step, until her back hit the door. His face hovered inches from hers, his breath warm, his eyes dark and unreadable. Chloe's heart skipped a beat, as she began to panic. Chloe Carson thought moving to Colorado would bring stability and a chance to rebuild her life. But her new job at the Cavanaugh mansion proves anything but simple, especially with Jordan, the handsome yet infuriating heir whose every word and glance keeps her on edge. As Chloe tries to find her footing, she also faces Niles, her cousin's crush, whose attraction to her awakens feelings she did not expect. Torn between Niles's gentle affection and Jordan's intoxicating pull, Chloe must navigate jealousy, secrets, and emotional traps she never saw coming. As unexpected consequences spiral around her, Chloe will have to decide whose heart she can trust... before it is too late.

After three years of marriage, Seraphina discovers her husband, Julian, has been leading a double life. A chance encounter with a mysterious stranger reveals a hidden agenda involving her family's fortune. As she investigates Julian's past, she uncovers a web of lies and betrayal. Seraphina must navigate a dangerous game of cat and mouse to protect her inheritance and her life, while questioning everything she thought she knew about love.

After three years of a cold marriage, Ava is shattered when her billionaire husband, Ethan, demands she donate a kidney to save his mistress. Realizing her devotion meant nothing, she finally signs the divorce papers and disappears. As Ava rebuilds her life, a regretful Ethan begins a desperate search for the woman he discarded. However, she is no longer the submissive wife he knew, and his path to redemption is blocked by his own cruel past.

In her past life, she forced her husband to rescue his dying parents over his mistress, Madison. In retaliation, he poisoned her and ended her pregnancy. Granted a second chance at life, she refuses to intervene when history repeats itself. She handles the hospital emergency alone while her husband stays with his lover. Ignorant of the crisis, he mutes his phone. When he finally discovers the truth of his parents' fate, the devastating reality ages him overnight.