The Painted Veil

“You will marry him.” Kiva’s breath shook as she stared at her father. “Please,” she whispered. “Don’t do this.” Her brother only laughed. “You should be grateful anyone would even want an omega like you.” Blamed for her twin sister’s death and treated like a servant in her own home, Kiva has spent her entire life unwanted and impossible to love. Until Fabian. The Alpha of the Southern Gates is the only person who has ever looked at her gently. So when he asks her to marry him, Kiva thinks her life is finally changing. She is wrong. Because the moment Damien Orion arrives at the Gates, everything begins to unravel. The Decaulion. Alpha of all Alphas. A man feared like a monster. And the moment he touches Kiva, he looks at her like he has been searching for her his entire life. Now trapped between betrayal, ancient secrets, and a prophecy tied to her hidden bloodline, Kiva is pulled toward a dangerous Alpha whose darkness should terrify her… but somehow feels like home. Because Damien has spent years dreaming about a girl hidden behind a veil. And he is done letting her disappear.

Would you fall in love with someone whose face you've never seen? Why does she captivate him so completely, even though all he has glimpsed are her eyes, peering through the veil’s delicate fabric? What secrets lie beneath? What past does she hide? Every detail about this woman is wrapped in mystery—unspoken truths, carefully guarded omissions, and a silence that speaks louder than words. A veil. A past. Secrets. A love that defies the odds. Are you ready to unravel the mystery behind the veil?

Elyra Sol never believed in fairy-tale marriages. Living alone and carrying the scars of a broken family, she has learned to survive without trusting anyone. But her quiet life shatters when a sudden scandal forces her into an unexpected contract marriage with Zevarion Vale — a powerful and enigmatic CEO whose bride disappears on the very day of their wedding. To protect their families’ reputations, Elyra agrees to become Zevarion’s temporary wife under strict conditions: no love, no interference, and a divorce once the crisis settles. To the world, they appear as the perfect high-class couple. Behind closed doors, they remain distant strangers, bound only by a secret agreement. However, life inside the luxurious Vale empire is far from safe. Beneath Zevarion’s calm and caring exterior lies a family built on hidden illegal dealings, dangerous alliances, and internal power struggles. As Elyra slowly adjusts to her new life, she begins to notice cracks in the perfect world around her — suspicious accidents, silent threats, and someone determined to seize control of the Vale legacy at any cost. What begins as a simple contract soon turns into a perilous game of trust and survival. As enemies close in and buried truths surface, Elyra realizes her husband is not merely a distant CEO but a man fighting shadows from within his own bloodline. And while their marriage was never meant to be real, the growing bond between them becomes impossible to ignore. In a world of wealth, betrayal, and hidden danger, falling in love might be their greatest strength — or their final downfall. Will their secret vow protect them… or destroy them both before the truth comes to light?

“Your wife, Ivara, is finally back in your life, Mr. Elzaek, so why are you still running after me?” Eizlina shouted at that man, whom she had loved more than her own self. His infuriated gaze glowered at her shimmering eyes. “Wait a minute….” She bitterly chuckled, while stepping closer to him. “Is it because you want to keep me in your life as your mistress now?” his fists curled at her words. “So that you can force me to continue to open my legs for you, isn't it, Theron Elzaek?” She screamed at him. His jaw clenched, hearing her. “Fine, I will continue to open my legs for you, but now the only difference would be….” She got so close to him that their bodies grazed. “I will open them not just only for you but any man, who would……” he shut her up by aggressively grabbing a fist of her hair. Eizlina hissed in pain. Her body slammed against his. “The only man, who is allowed to touch, embrace and love you…..” he pushed his face closer to hers. “Is me, Eizlina Theron Elzaek….” husking those words, he smashed his mouth against hers. “Only me…Eizlin,” that name from his mouth shattered her heart. **************** Eizlina found her love in Theron, a widower, who forcefully married her just to satiate his vicious vengeance against her closed ones, but her love became a sin when his love and his deceased wife, Ivara, came back in their lives and claimed back everything, which had always been rightfully hers, including Theron and his love. So what would Eizlina do when she found out, the man, whom she had loved unconditionally and whose child was breathing inside her, had never considered her more than just the VEIL OF HIS FIRST LOVE? *DARK-ROMANCE*

Behind the walls of St. Valen’s Academy, privilege and legacy are masks — worn to hide the rot underneath. For Althea Sombra, the masks are literal. Her family’s empire is built on secrets whispered in the dark, on powers that can never be spoken of in daylight. She was raised to obey, to charm, to control. But when the storm inside her begins to wake, even obedience can’t contain it. Noah Laurent was bred for composure — heir to a dynasty that trades in precision and power. Yet one glance from Althea cracks the ice he was born to wear. He knows she’s dangerous. He also knows he can’t stay away. Luca Ashford has always been the wildfire Noah could control. Until Althea arrives. Until jealousy and desire blur into something neither of them can name — and their friendship begins to splinter beneath the weight of her silence. When a ghost from Althea’s training resurfaces — a man who once called her his greatest weapon — the careful balance at St. Valen’s shatters. Fear tightens its grip. Loyalties fracture. And the girl with the storm in her blood must decide: to remain a shadow … or burn the world that built her.

The Shadow Bride is a haunting tale of duty, mystery, and a love that defies fate. When 23-year-old Avery is forced to marry her late sister’s fiancé to preserve a long-standing family tradition, she finds herself leaving behind her dreams for a life she never chose. Set in the quiet, eerie countryside of Montana, Avery is thrown into a loveless union with the brooding and distant Elias—a man mourning the woman he was meant to marry. But Avery soon senses something more than grief lurking in Elias’s eyes. Whispers of secrets buried in the woods, a strange connection to the moon, and a family with a history shrouded in darkness begin to unravel around her. She may have said “I do” out of obligation—but what she doesn’t know is that her husband’s curse is only just beginning to unfold.