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Tall, dark, and gorgeous with cobalt-blue eyes. It doesn’t hurt that he’s the billionaire owner of the resort we’re staying at. And all of it is just what I needed for my celebration weekend after graduating with my master’s. It’s our last girls’ weekend before my friends and I go our separate ways, and it’s going to happen with a bang. Literally. Hopefully. It would be a first. The desire was to keep things casual, but our connection is far too deep for that. Him being ex-military and me being an Army brat. The rules we each set up are shattered thanks to the raging passion between us. But eventually, I have to go home. What I never expected in a million years was that he might follow me. Enough swimming in the shallow end of the pool. We’re diving in deep.

Victoria agreed to marry a man she barely knows. She needs money fast. Her grandmother’s surgery can’t wait, and neither can the startup she’s poured everything into. Victoria knows her app can succeed. The problem is getting someone powerful enough to believe in it too. After months of rejection, one risky decision puts her in front of Ryder Lake. Ryder Lake is the rich and untouchable heir to Tecna Group. Ryder has done everything alone, and he plans to keep it that way. He doesn’t do relationships, doesn’t trust easily, and definitely doesn’t need a wife. But when his position in the company is threatened by his own sister, the board and his father gives him an ultimatum: get married or lose his title as heir. So he offers Victoria a deal. He’ll fund her startup and pay for her grandmother’s surgery. All she has to do is become Mrs. Lake. What starts as a cold contract quickly turns into a night of passion, jealousy neither of them wants to admit to, and feelings that become impossible to ignore. Victoria tries to keep emotional distance and Ryder is starting to want something that was never part of the agreement. Her.

Julian Vane is the "Ice King" of Wall Street—a man of cold logic and zero scandals. Maya Rossi is a struggling creative who can barely pay her rent. When Maya accidentally live-streams Julian in a moment of utter, dorky vulnerability, his stock prices plummet along with his reputation. To save his empire, Julian’s PR team crafts a lie: Maya isn't a trespasser; she’s his secret fiancée. Now, Maya is traded from her cramped apartment to a glass penthouse, forced to play the doting lover to a man who treats romance like a hostile takeover. But as the cameras roll and the "likes" pour in, the lines between their contract and their chemistry begin to blur.

"I thought you really liked me." She whispered with moist hazel eyes and despair. His heart spasmed at the view, seeing how hurt she is. For a moment or two his steal gray eyes filled with solicitude for her which he immediately brushed off as his ego and self-esteem overpowered his mind. He chuckled softly taking slow predatory steps towards her. "Oh darling! I never thought you to be this immature. I just manipulated you to think that way. Only thing i feel for you is lust and vengeance." With smirk on his face he approached her slowly yet in long strides. She stepped back with fear written all over her face till her back hit the wall. .. Fascinated is a story of an innocent maiden catching eyes of stubborn billionaire who instantly becames obsessed with her. But does will she comply with his desires?

Just one night — born from long hesitation and an unusual decision — changes their lives forever. Are they ready to face the consequences of a passion so wild… and so bought? Amidst fateful coincidences and the twisted games of destiny, can they still recognize love when it finally appears?

I died building a fortress for people who wanted me in a grave. At twenty-eight, I was the perfect martyr. I sacrificed my Ivy League seat at 18 so my stepsister could shine, bled my inheritance dry to keep my family afloat, and waited a decade for a ring from a man who valued me like a stock option. My reward? A glass of poison and a front-row seat to my own murder. Now, I’m eighteen again. It’s the day before I’m scheduled to surrender my future, but the perfect saint they know is dead. This time, I’m keeping the crown, the money, and the man. Not for love, but because fifty billion dollars is more than enough to buy back my revenge. There’s just one problem: Marcus. In my past life, he was a calculating glacier. A man I thought loved me and only found out who he was on my dying bed, except in this life, everything I know about him seems different.