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I saved his life… but he loved my sister for it. Charlie Kingsley was my first love… and my greatest mistake. As children, I pulled him back from the edge of death, yet he chose to believe it was my younger sister who saved him. From that moment on, his heart belonged to her… and I became invisible. Then everything shattered. An accident left my sister paralyzed, and somehow, I became the villain in everyone’s story. Even Charlie looked at me with hatred, convinced I had destroyed the woman he loved. When she disappeared without a trace, I thought the nightmare would end. I was wrong. He dragged me into a marriage built on revenge, swearing to make me pay for a crime I didn’t commit. For years, I endured his cruelty in silence… until the day my sister returned… perfectly healed, determined to reclaim him. So I signed the divorce papers and walked away. What he didn’t know? I was carrying his child. Years later, I’m no longer the broken girl he once despised. I’ve built an empire from nothing, and now, I stand as his equal… his rival. But when the truth finally comes out… when he realizes I was the one who saved him all along… will his regret be enough? Or is it already too late to win back the woman he destroyed?

This author once failed as a heroine… and returned as something entirely different. Not as a savior. But as the villain. And she didn’t come back empty-handed. She brought secrets. She brought sins. She brought a story that was never meant to be read. Sinners & Saints is not just a collection of dark romance stories— It is a confession. A warning. And a door best left unopened. Within these pages lie twisted love stories where desire and destruction walk hand in hand, and every choice comes with a cost. So the question is simple: Will you turn away… or step inside anyway?

She was his fated mate-until he cast her aside. Marked by rejection and left to pick up the shattered pieces of her heart, she swore she would never let herself be broken again. But fate is relentless, and when a second chance mate steps into her path, she faces a choice: risk her heart once more or guard it behind the walls she built to survive. Yet love is not the only battle she must fight. The rogues are rising, their threat creeping closer like a storm on the horizon. War is inevitable, and with it comes the ghosts of the past-secrets buried, betrayals unmasked, and a reckoning that could tear everything apart. As the lines between love and loyalty blur, she must find the strength to face her enemies and herself. Will she embrace the future waiting for her, or will the scars of the past hold her back when it matters most? The heart can heal, but only if she dares to let it.

She’s the daughter of the man who destroyed his life, and now, she’ll pay the price. Used, discarded, and treated like nothing, Zey becomes the target of all his fury. But no one warned Adrian about the danger of falling for the one person he was supposed to hate. Zey sees through his cruelty. She endures the torment, not because she's weak, but because she senses the brokenness beneath his anger. And despite every reason not to, she falls for him—hard. She had the chance to end their marriage, to destroy him as easily as he tried to destroy her... but she couldn’t. Now, with secrets lurking in the shadows and enemies waiting to strike, their twisted marriage teeters between ruin and redemption. Is their love doomed—or will it rise from the ashes of revenge? A sizzling, slow-burn romance full of passion, pain, and impossible choices.

Thalia Corsini's wedding night ends with seven bullets and her husband's blood soaking through her white dress. Rafael Torrisi dies in her arms before they can even consummate the marriage, and when she screams for help, nobody comes fast enough. Three days later, she's at another altar. Same family. Different brother. Dante Torrisi looks at her like she pulled the trigger herself. He's colder than Rafael ever was, more brutal, and infinitely more dangerous. Their marriage is a prison sentence designed to save a crumbling alliance between two crime families on the brink of war. But someone is still trying to kill Thalia. The attempts keep coming, a sniper's bullet, a car bomb, poison meant for her wine glass. Dante is forced to protect the woman he blames for his twin's death, and as they dig deeper into the murder, they realize Rafael might not have been the target at all. In a world where love is weakness and trust gets you killed, Thalia and Dante have to decide: destroy each other, or discover who really wanted her dead.

She survived the scars. Now she’s learning how to love. Elena Grey once believed love meant sacrifice, silence, and surviving the storm. After escaping an abusive marriage with her daughter Lila, she’s starting over—but healing isn’t linear, and trust isn’t easy. Then Jack walks into her life. Patient, kind, and carrying his own hidden wounds, he offers her something she never imagined: safety, choice, and the space to rediscover herself.