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Four years ago, Maya Belladonna was discarded and left for dead after a tragic home invasion that ended with the assassination of both her parents. Once a shy and timid girl who was the apple of her parents' eye, Maya has evolved into a lioness, hungry for blood and determined to find her parents' killer, one way or another. By hook or by crook. Amidst it all, she crosses paths with Zakhar Mikhail, the coldest, most powerful, and feared Bratva boss. She hates him. He hates her even more. But fate keeps playing its annoying tricks, pulling them closer and closer with every passing day. In a world of lies, secrets, tears, and betrayal, where hatred turns into obsession, truth turns into lies, and trust turns into rejection, the shadows of the past begin to creep back into their lives. Will Maya and Zakhar find a way to hold on to their love, or will revenge get the upper hand? Sometimes, love isn't enough. Or is it?

WARNING: MATURED CONTENT "Every time you flinch when I get close, it burns me up inside. I’ll prove to you that whatever monster I was before… I’m nothing but yours now." — At twenty-four, Hera was a licensed agriculturist serving her hometown. She walked through life alone, yet found anchor in her father—the provincial governor—even as she remained his secret child. Her world was stitched together by nothing more than trees, earth, and the creatures that roamed the land. Then came the murder that shattered her peaceful existence. She watched in horror as a masked figure committed a brutal killing just steps from her home. The assassin turned to silence her next, but Hera struck first: one desperate swing of her shovel to his skull left him bloodied and still, lost to unconsciousness. Convinced she would be thrown in prison for what she’d done, she called her father. It was in that moment she learned the truth—the man she’d felled was no ordinary stranger. He was a dangerous mafia member. She had fought the mafia. And worse: he would not wake anytime soon. He had slipped into a coma. To escape the wrath of those who would hunt for him, Hera followed her governor-father’s stern command: “Hide him. Keep him alive. Never ask why.” He became her darkest secret—but secrets do not stay hidden forever. A year later, the man opened his eyes with no trace of his past. Fearing he would kill her the moment his memories returned, Hera spun a perilous lie: “I am your wife.” As days bled into months, he craved the warmth of her touch, while she prayed his mind would never piece together what was lost.

Behind every locked door lies a secret… For Elena, it’s the hunger she hides from her cold and distant husband. For Adrian, it’s the forbidden desire he feels for the one woman he should never touch—his stepmother. What begins as stolen glances and teasing remarks quickly spirals into something dangerous. Behind closed doors, guilt turns into obsession, lust turns into fire, and the line between right and wrong disappears. But how long can they keep their dirty secret before it explodes, tearing the family apart? A forbidden romance dripping with passion, danger, and irresistible temptation.

My father’s death was ruled a suicide, but I knew it was murder. The last word he left behind was a name: Volkov. So I buried the girl I once was, built a new identity, and walked straight into the world of the man I believed had taken him from me. Damian Volkov was everything one should fear—cold, brilliant, untouchable. Yet the longer I stayed, the more I saw the fractures beneath his control. Behind his silence lived a sorrow that mirrored mine. I sought vengeance, but somewhere between hate and obsession, I fell for the man I swore to ruin. Now I stand between the monster who ruined me and the only man I have ever truly loved. Until a truth I never thought possible tore through every reason I had to hate him: He is my stepbrother, born from a one-night stand my father could neither bury nor escape.

All Seraph Hampton wanted was to dream beyond the orphanage walls. That dream finally becomes reality when she’s picked as the only intern among nine full-time workers. At first, she’s unhappy,until she discovers the company belongs to none other than Luca Zhao. Tech billionaire. National hotcake. And the man she’s secretly crushed on for years. But everything changes when Seraph is accidentally sent to the 60th floor… and walks in on a freshly-showered Luca, wrapped in nothing but a towel. Her impulsive fangirl instincts take over,she hugs him. Luca’s classy, bossy, and sharp-tongued assistant, Miss Harper, walks in and nearly fires her. But Luca redeems Seraph on the spot, promoting her from intern to personal assistant,sending Miss Harper into silent flames. Working beside Luca should’ve been a dream. Instead, it becomes a twisted game of secrets. A hidden photo album reveals the unthinkable: her late mother once married Fernandez—Luca’s father. Which makes him her stepbrother. And that’s only the beginning… The storm hits when a feared and powerful figure known only as The Don of Dawn arrives Seraph’s real father, who abandoned them. Just as Seraph tries to process this, Miss Harper,Luca’s manipulative assistant— calls this same man Dad. Secret half-sisters. Forbidden attraction. A forced engagement bound by legacy and blood. Now Seraph is caught between dangerous love and truths. As she hacks phones, sneaks through private doors, and digs into elite secrets, she’s torn between revenge… and the one man who might be innocent in it all—Luca Zhao. As kisses and intimate moments turn into confessions, and loyalty is tested on every side, one thing is clear: This isn’t just an internship. It’s a battlefield. And Seraph Hampton is the unknown weapon.

️ WARNING This story contains explicit adult themes, steamy scenes, and a heroine who teaches pleasure for a living. If bold romance is not your taste, stop here. If it is, welcome. 18+ She is the expert. He is the virgin. Together they break every rule. Dr. Delilah Santos built her empire on desire. A world famous sex therapist who trusts skill over love, control over emotion, and success over vulnerability. Her heart is locked. Her reputation is flawless. Dr. Elliot Hayes is a genius physicist with one secret that could ruin his image. At thirty, he has never been touched. One accidental lecture leads to one reckless confession and a request that changes both their lives. Teach me everything. Their private lessons ignite a hunger neither expected. Professional boundaries blur. Obsession replaces caution. And when their arrangement explodes into public scandal, the world turns vicious. Enemies circle. Careers hang by a thread. The media tears them apart. But their connection refuses to break. A virgin who becomes dangerously confident. A woman who finally risks her heart. Forbidden lessons behind closed doors. Courtrooms, headlines, and a war for their future. Pregnancy. Marriage. Power. Forever. From secret desire to unstoppable partnership, this is the story of two people who gamble everything and build an empire from passion.

Jade Carter has spent nineteen years surviving the slums of Eldoria through theft, fighting, and sheer stubbornness. But when a stolen pouch of royal gold leads to her arrest, she expects to lose her hand. Instead, King Adrian stops her punishment after discovering that Jade is the exact double of his dead daughter, Princess Aurelia. Aurelia has been secretly dead for months, and the kingdom cannot know. To protect the throne and a fragile political alliance, Adrian forces Jade to assume his daughter's identity. Torn away from Vivian, the only family she has ever known, Jade enters the palace where wealth cannot protect her from danger. The Queen sees Jade as a cruel imitation of her daughter, while the court watches for every mistake. As Jade struggles to survive her new identity, Aurelia's diary reveals secrets surrounding her final days, including a life and death the royal family has desperately tried to conceal. Meanwhile, Prince Lucien becomes increasingly fixated on Jade's resemblance to Aurelia, forcing her closer to a danger she doesn't understand. With enemies surrounding her and the truth threatening the kingdom, Jade must uncover what happened to Aurelia, and decide whether to escape the crown or claim the power it represents.

⚠️ Trigger Warning / Reader Discretion ⚠️ This book contains mature themes including forbidden relationships, intense sexual tension, bdsm, emotional manipulation, betrayal, and explicit romantic scenes. If you are sensitive to dark romance, toxic family dynamics, or morally complex characters, please proceed with caution. Blurb. Aurelia Nightbane returns to New York for one reason—her mother’s wedding. After years away, she expects nothing more than a quiet reunion, a fresh start, and maybe a chance to finally build a life of her own. But everything changes the moment she steps off the plane… Because the man waiting to pick her up is not just powerful, cold, and dangerously attractive. He is her mother’s fiancé. Ronan Darkmoor, a feared Alpha and ruthless billionaire, had long given up on the idea of finding his mate. Tired of waiting on fate, he chose stability over destiny… and decided to marry Aurelia’s mother. Until the Moon Goddess proves him wrong. The instant their eyes meet, the truth becomes undeniable. Aurelia is his mate. Torn between duty and desire, Ronan calls off the wedding… but some ties refuse to break. Secrets, and betrayal ignite when lines are crossed, leaving Aurelia caught between the two people she should have trusted the most. Heartbroken and furious, Aurelia is forced to confront a painful truth, her life has been built on lies. As hidden secrets about her birth father begin to surface and her mother’s manipulation comes to light, Aurelia must decide who she truly is… whether she can ever forgive the Alpha who betrayed her. But in a world ruled by power, blood, and fate. a mate bond is not so easily broken. This time, Ronan is ready to fight for what is his… even if it means risking everything to make her his Luna.

"Do you want me to stop?" Darlington growled, his thick cock buried deep inside her, stretching her with slow, deliberate thrusts that made her tremble. "No," Freya moaned, legs wrapped tight around his waist, hips rocking desperately to take him deeper. "God, no... harder." She was supposed to seduce him. Spy on him. Steal his secrets to save her dying mother. But the city's most ruthless billionaire, Darlington Knight, saw right through her from the moment she walked into his world. Now he's the one claiming her—pinning her against silk sheets, against cold glass walls, in the dark heat of his penthouse—fucking her senseless until she forgets her mission, forgets her lies, forgets everything but the way he owns her body. Every touch is dangerous. Every kiss a threat. He knows she's hiding something... and he's going to make her beg to confess—on her knees, breathless, dripping for him. Freya came to betray him. Instead, she's falling—hard, fast, and filthy—into a passion that could ruin them both. Even though Darlington might have his secrets, will he still see her the same way after finding out she was just a spy sent to seduce him?"

I didn't know the insatiable stranger in the dark with me begging for more was my arrogant stepfather. He didn't know the girl he just made speak in tongues was the stepdaughter he swore to keep away. He didn't care who I was when his lips were on mine. He didn't care about the rules when he had me pinned against the wall, taking every single drop of what he wanted. But now that the truth is out? He’s losing his damn mind. He wants to pack my bags, ship me off far away again, and pretend I’m still the innocent girl he threw away seven years ago. He said it’s wrong. He said we’re going straight to hell. But I said he's already there and I'm the one holding the keys. He said it's a mistake but he did it twice, a mistake repeated is a decision!

Celine Arden has spent her entire life doing everything right. At twenty-four, she has a stable career, a respectable apartment, a carefully planned future—and a terminal illness that has reduced that future to months, not years. So Celine makes a list. Things she has always told herself she would do someday. Eat somewhere expensive just because she can. Dance in the rain. Say the things she's always been too afraid to say. Fall in love. Then she finds an opportunity that can solve two problems at once: a highly paid position as a household assistant to Lucan Mercer, the notoriously private twenty-six-year-old billionaire CEO whose work she has admired for years. She applies for the money. She stays for the experience. She never expects the cold, controlled man behind the Mercer empire to become the person who makes ordinary days feel extraordinary. Lucan doesn't know Celine is dying. He only knows that she is unlike anyone he's ever met—too honest, too stubborn, too alive. Somehow, the woman who was supposed to be temporary begins becoming permanent in every part of his life. And then Lucan starts making plans. Plans for next month. Next year and their future. A future Celine knows she may never see. The closer they become, the harder her secret becomes to carry. Because Celine thought the hardest part of having months left would be dying. But life has just proved her wrong. The hardest part is falling in love with someone who believes they have forever.

Nyxara Vale is a living anomaly a woman with no scent whose very presence silences the primal mate bond that rules hidden werewolf society. Rhydian Blackthorne is the ultimate Alpha, a creature of absolute instinct and control, until he meets her. For the first time in his long life, the fated bond doesn't trigger. There is only a profound, unsettling silence... and an obsession born purely of his own will. When Rhydian defies ancient law to claim her by choice, not fate, he makes them both targets. To his pack, she is a blasphemy. To the ruthless Elder Council, she is a disease to be eradicated. Trapped in a gilded cage of corporate intrigue and ancient power struggles, Nyx and Rhydian must fight not just for their lives, but for the validity of a love that was never supposed to exist. INSTINCTLESS is a slow-burn romance with an explosive payoff, exploring whether a love that is chosen can be stronger than one that is destined. It’s a story about defying biology, burning down old worlds, and forging a new one where the greatest power isn't instinct it's choice.

Die Schatten meiner Vergangenheit Vor einem Jahr wurde Angels Leben in einer einzigen Nacht zerstört. Nachdem ihre Eltern brutal ermordet wurden, musste sie fliehen, ihre Identität aufgeben und alles zurücklassen, was sie jemals geliebt hatte. Unter einem neuen Namen versucht sie in einer fremden Stadt ein normales Leben aufzubauen. Doch die Vergangenheit lässt sich nicht so leicht begraben. Jede Nacht wird sie von Albträumen verfolgt, und die Angst, entdeckt zu werden, begleitet jeden ihrer Schritte. Als ein geheimnisvoller und gefährlich attraktiver Mann ihren Weg kreuzt, gerät ihre mühsam aufgebaute Welt ins Wanken. Seine kalten Blicke scheinen mehr über sie zu wissen, als er sollte, und schon bald erkennt Angel, dass ihre Flucht möglicherweise nie wirklich beendet war. Während dunkle Geheimnisse ans Licht kommen und alte Feinde näher rücken, muss Angel entscheiden, wem sie vertrauen kann. Doch in einer Welt voller Verrat, Macht und Blut kann die falsche Entscheidung tödlich sein. Manche Vergangenheiten bleiben begraben. Andere kommen zurück, um alles zu zerstören.

College student Leo has always played the perfect son. But when he meets his girlfriend's father, David, a powerful and reclusive billionaire, what begins as simple admiration spirals into an uncontrollable obsession. A drunken, one-time encounter between them sets a forbidden affair in motion, and Leo finds he can't let go, even as his carefully constructed life teeters on the brink. While Leo struggles to maintain his facade, David is consumed by a conflict of his own. How long can he deny his feelings for his daughter's boyfriend before his hidden life is exposed?  Their secret is a weapon waiting to be used. A ruthless rival, determined to tear David's world apart, is watching them from the shadows. With a company-defining merger on the line, Leo and David are forced to make a choice that could cost them everything: their reputation, their family, and each other.

Aleena Marsh has lost everything. Her boyfriend cheated on her, her humiliation is now campus gossip, and the one person she trusted most may be hiding a betrayal far worse than the scandal itself. So Aleena decides to take back control. She'll seduce the one man Xavier worships. Professor Lorcan Steele. Twenty-seven, dangerously handsome, brutally intelligent, and completely untouchable, Lorcan has rejected every woman who has tried to get beneath his skin. Aleena expects him to be no different. Instead, he sees straight through her. When he fails her paper, she expects a fight. What she doesn't expect is his offer: accept private detentions or face formal disciplinary action that could cost her scholarship. Aleena accepts the option. But when the first detention comes, she refuses. Lorcan doesn't chase her. He simply waits. And somehow, refusing him only makes the tension between them worse. What begins as a revenge game quickly becomes something neither of them can control. Every confrontation chips away at their defenses, every stolen moment blurs the line between professor and student, and the man Aleena intended to use becomes the one person she can't stop wanting. But Westhaven University is full of people watching. Her jealous ex wants her back. Her best friend is hiding a devastating secret. A powerful heiress is determined to destroy her. And a jealous professor is quietly building a case that could cost Lorcan his career. Then Aleena discovers a secret that changes everything. Because the man she was never supposed to want may soon become family. And by the time they realize just how dangerous their relationship has become, walking away may be the one thing neither of them can do.

“Slowly, Redbird. Let me see every inch of you,” he says, and judging by the way his devilish eyes are pinning me in place, it sure isn’t a request. … He was my stepfather. My first forbidden crush. And the one man I was never supposed to want. Five years ago, I was eighteen, hopelessly infatuated, and foolish enough to believe he might someday want me too. Now, at twenty-three, I’m back to bury my mother, and the man I swore I’d forgotten is waiting for me. Ramsey is forty-six. Ruthless. Sinfully gorgeous. And somehow, he hasn’t aged a day. Worse? He’s no longer pretending not to notice me. His touches linger. His jealousy is terrifying. And every time he looks at me, I wonder how long it’ll take before we commit the one sin we can never undo. But my mother’s death wasn’t an accident. Someone wants me to uncover the truth, and every clue leads back to Ramsey. The man I’ve loved for five years might be responsible for my mother’s death. And worse, our fates are bound in ways I am not prepared for. …. [Book 3 of the Monster series. Can be read as a standalone.]

Malia Hayes, an average human trying to make it in the agricultural field, gave up everything she worked hard to earn… For an alpha who swore she was his soulmate, promised her a better life in a world she didn’t even know existed. Only for him to disappear after their wedding. For years, she held his pack together, fought his battles, and waited for him to come home. He never did. Until the night she finally broke… and ended up in the arms of another Alpha. Only then did her husband return with another, alive and well. Untouched by the chaos he left behind. Now bounded to a man who betrayed her… and claimed by another who refuses to let her go, Malia is trapped between duty, desire, and a choice that could cost her everything.

Lily's life is shattered after an attack against her family by Jaxon, the mafia don from the south. Her father and brother were murdered and as the only daughter, Lily was used as a tool by Jaxon to control other mafia families. Unable to bear the hard life, Lily ran away. A few years later she reappeared as a different Lily. She was strong, hard to fall in love, and became the leader of an organization that fought all the mafia. They met again and agreed to marry on contract to work together. But Lily comes not for love but for revenge. Will Lily be able to overpower her vivid feelings for Jaxon or will she fall into his world and repeat the same mistakes?

Branded a witch and a murderer , condemned by her pack, Lyria Moonhart has spent most of her life in the shadows, shunned for her mother’s sins. Sentenced to die at dawn for a crime she did not commit, fate intervenes, delivering her into the path of the one wolf she should never have met. Kael Draven, heir to the Alpha King, is everything Lyria is not: powerful, untouchable, and already promised to another. Yet when their eyes meet after a brutal rogue attack, the impossible happens. The mate bond ignites, tying Kael to the very girl his world has judged unworthy. Torn between duty to his pack and the primal pull of fate, Kael risks everything to protect Lyria. But secrets run deeper than either of them realize. Lyria’s bloodline hides a truth that could shatter the balance of power among the packs, one that Alpha Damien, Kael’s ruthless father, would kill to bury. As betrayal simmers, Selara Crimson will not forgive a broken engagement. And the mate bond that should be a blessing might just become Lyria’s death sentence. Can Kael defy his destiny and fight for the mate the Moon Goddess chose, or will duty, lies, and bloodshed tear them apart forever?

Ivy never planned to step into a world ruled by power, fear, and control. At nineteen, all she wanted was freedom—freedom to work, to dream, to build a future far away from her father’s mistakes. But one debt changes everything. Nero is cold, ruthless, and untouchable. A man who doesn’t ask—he takes. When Korra is forced into his mansion as payment for her father’s failure, she becomes trapped in a world where rules are unspoken and emotions are dangerous. She hates him for his control. She fears him for his power. And yet… she begins to see the man beneath the armor. As tension turns into desire and resistance slowly gives way to trust, Korra must decide—will she fight for her freedom, or risk her heart on a man who swore never to love?