The Paper Palace

Some hearts are made of paper. Some people are worth the burn. Wren Delacroix thought escaping to Aurelia University meant leaving her controlling father and quiet household behind. She never expected to run into Kai Sterling—the boy who slept down the hall for three years, outran his father’s ghost, and somehow knows her better than anyone else. While Wren tries to hold on to a toxic relationship with campus golden boy Trent Bellamy, Kai quietly becomes the only person she trusts when her life starts to unravel. Between hidden bruises, broken trust, and secrets lurking behind closed doors, Wren soon realizes that Trent isn't the hero she thought he was. When a shocking revelation changes everything, Wren and Kai must face the truth they’ve been avoiding for years. But as buried secrets come to light, loving each other means risking a fire that could destroy everything they thought they knew about family, loyalty, and love.

Some vows are made in ink. Others in fire. When billionaire Dante Marcellus accepts a reckless dare to marry before any of his friends, he doesn’t expect to find the perfect candidate in Lyra Quinn—a woman as stubborn as she is desperate. Bound by a contract and divided by pride, their marriage was never meant to mean anything. But in Dante’s world, control is everything—and Lyra is the one thing he can’t command. As lines blur between obligation and obsession, their paper promises begin to burn. Secrets unravel. Rules shatter. And what began as a game of possession becomes something far more dangerous—something real. When the truth about the bet surfaces, Lyra walks away. For Dante, winning was never supposed to hurt like losing her does. Now he’ll have to prove that some promises can survive the fire… if the heart that made them still beats beneath the ash.

Meera Rathore has spent her life fighting against the future others chose for her. Forced into an arranged marriage with the heir of a powerful dynasty, she finds herself trapped within the walls of the Singh Palace—a place of wealth, tradition, and unsettling silence. Beyond the palace lies a forbidden forest where, during a monsoon storm, Meera encounters Laila, a mysterious woman whose beauty is rivaled only by the sorrow she carries. Drawn together by an undeniable connection, Meera soon discovers that Laila is tied to the palace's darkest secret. As forgotten histories resurface and long-buried truths emerge, Meera uncovers the stories of women erased from memory and silenced by generations of power. But some names refuse to be forgotten, and some loves refuse to die. *The Palace of Buried Names* is a haunting gothic romance about forbidden love, forgotten women, and the secrets that survive long after death.

When journalism student Liyanna Anthony and engineering student Pedro Salvador find themselves drowning in financial hardship, they make a desperate decision: enter a fake marriage to qualify for affordable married student housing at their university in Savannah, Georgia. It was supposed to be simple. Sign the papers. Share the apartment. Finish college. Move on with their lives. But pretending to be husband and wife proves far more complicated than either of them expected. As they navigate curious neighbors, an unexpected visit from Pedro’s younger sister, and the return of someone from his past, the line between what is fake and what is real begins to blur. Just when they finally admit their growing feelings for each other, an anonymous complaint puts their marriage under investigation, threatening everything they’ve worked so hard to build. With their future hanging in the balance, Pedro and Liyanna must decide whether to keep hiding behind the lie that brought them together—or risk everything for the love they never saw coming. Paper Vows, Real Hearts is a heartwarming slow-burn college romance about found family, second chances, and discovering that sometimes the most unexpected beginnings lead to the truest kind of love.

Far from the world of Earth lies a vast realm of ancient kingdoms, each striving for power, stability, and survival amid ever-shifting alliances and rivalries. Bound by tradition, these kingdoms practice a unique marriage ritual that determines political ties and future heirs. When alliances are to be strengthened, princes from friendly realms gather in a grand ceremonial arena, where a chosen princess demonstrates her abilities—speed, strength, magic, or flight—while the princes pursue. Her eventual capture symbolizes destiny, unity, and the merging of two royal bloodlines. For two days, the princess and her chosen prince remain secluded, honoring the sacred customs that seal their kingdom’s bond. Afterward, she returns to her homeland to undergo traditional examinations confirming whether the alliance has borne fruit. If so, she journeys to her prince’s kingdom to complete the remaining steps of the ritual and prepare for the future of both realms. Through these time-honored customs, kingdoms rise or fall, heirs are shaped, and political landscapes shift—each marriage carrying the power to redraw borders, forge unity, or ignite new conflicts in a world that forever hungers for expansion.

On the day Clara learns her family has traded her future to repay a debt, she makes a desperate decision—one that binds her life to a complete stranger. A marriage. Not for love. Not for money. But for freedom. Across the courtroom stands Adrian Kane, a cold billionaire CEO cornered by his grandfather's relentless demand to settle down. With nothing in common except desperation, two strangers sign a marriage certificate and walk away, believing they'll never see each other again. Fate has other plans. When Clara's path collides with Adrian's once more, buried secrets begin to surface. Hunted by the powerful man who refuses to let her go, betrayed by the family that sold her, and caught in a world where trust is more dangerous than lies, Clara soon realizes that escaping her past was only the beginning. Adrian has spent his life believing love is a weakness. Clara has learned that trusting the wrong people can destroy you. Neither of them expected a marriage on paper to become the greatest risk of their lives. But when enemies close in and hidden truths threaten to tear them apart, will they continue pretending to be strangers... Or will the vows they signed in desperation become the only thing worth fighting for?