Mystery Web Novels & Goodgirl Love after Marriage Stories

Drea Hart spent her entire life being subjected to pain in the hands of her greedy stepmother, constantly dreaming of an escape. When a mysterious and unexpected marriage proposal came from billionaire conglomerate August Wolfe, Drea believed she had just been granted a miracle. A miracle she thought she did not deserve. But August doesn’t offer love — He is offering protection. Protection that Drea did not seem to know she needed from the ones closest to her. Now trapped in a marriage built on secrets, Drea must decide if she can trust the man who refuses to tell her the truth…before the people closest to her choose to destroy her life.

In the heart of the mysterious Lamenta Forest, the Keibster pack reigns supreme. These shadow wolves feed on human souls, strengthening their ancient power. Alma, the designated heir, must prove her worth by infiltrating the human world and bringing souls back to her pack. But upon her arrival among them, she feels an inexplicable unease. Her destiny changes when she meets Ezra, a kind-hearted young human who awakens emotions in her she doesn't understand. Throughout her mission, Alma discovers a truth the Ancients have kept from her all her life: she is neither fully wolf nor fully human, but the product of a forbidden union. As her destined Alpha, Kaelen, refuses to see her falter and launches a hunt to bring her back by force, Alma faces a heartbreaking choice. Should she embrace the dark side of her heritage or fight for her freedom and her love for Ezra? In this quest for identity, the secrets of the pack could be revealed, forever changing the balance between Keibsters and humans. A tale of mystery, passion, and inner struggle, where Alma's forbidden love might just be the key to liberation... or the destruction of everything she knows.

My father organized a husband for me. He needed me to get married to him for his benefit but never thought about mine. Where I come from our fathers told you who you should marry. Women are nothing but pawns for them to toy around with. I was prepared for a ruthless husband like my father was, but I was surprised when I met Dex. He is patient and honest. His father and his brother want him to be as ruthless as them. My father wants control and money. Dex has the power to end them all if he gets help from his biggest enemy who was once a friend.

Life is unfair, that's what Helga Novalie thought, living in poverty and torture from her drunk and gambler father. The girl had to sacrifice everything, her job and her future. Even the hope of getting out of that hell felt impossible. However, one night Helga accidentally witnessed a car accident where the female driver tried to save Helga but in vain. Who would have thought that it was the beginning of how Helga got out of the hell created by her father? However, Helga never knew that a new, colder, and more thrilling hell was waiting for her when Zean Wilder made Helga his replacement wife. A famous billionaire like Zean could not possibly be involved in the dark mafia world. Helga, who was trying to get out of that cold and dark hell, learned that the woman she had saved and given the necklace to was Helga's older sister who had long since left with their mother. Feelings of anger and revenge burned in Helga's heart and she swore to find whoever killed her older sister. However, Helga's existence is threatened because of a secret hidden in her necklace. Can Helga find her happiness amidst the hell that always surrounds her, and conquer Zean's cold and empty heart? Who would have thought that something big was waiting for them both?

After losing her parents in a mysterious tragedy, sixteen-year-old Elara Coast is left in the care of her cruel uncle and aunt, who steal her inheritance, destroy her childhood, and treat her as nothing more than a burden. Years later, drowning in debt caused by their own greed, they force Elara into a marriage with Lucien Blackwood, a cold and powerful billionaire feared by everyone. To Elara, the marriage is another prison. To Lucien, it is part of a calculated plan to destroy the Coast family from within. Bound by secrets, revenge, and a contract neither of them wanted, they live as strangers under one roof, pretending to be the perfect couple while hiding the truth from Lucien's observant grandmother. As Elara slowly discovers unexpected kindness beneath Lucien's icy exterior, Lucien begins to realize that she is not his enemy but another victim of the people he hates. When hidden truths about their parents' murders begin to surface, they uncover a shocking connection that changes everything they believed. Together, they must expose a web of betrayal, stolen fortunes, and decades-old crimes while facing dangerous enemies determined to keep the past buried. But as revenge turns into love, Lucien and Elara are forced to choose between vengeance and the future they never thought they deserved. In a world where trust is fragile and every secret has a price, one question remains: can love survive a marriage built on lies and revenge?

Betrayed by the two people she loved most, her fiancé and her stepsister, Ella loses everything. Desperate and broken, she chooses death. But fate has other plans. Rescued against her will, Ella wakes up to a nightmare: her greedy foster parents have forced her into marriage with a crippled, disfigured man, Elion Copper. A man the world believes to be poor and unwanted. But Elion is no ordinary man. He is, in truth, the ruthless billionaire bachelor every woman in town secretly desires. Tired of fake love and gold-diggers, Elion hides behind a mask of scars and poverty to test if any woman can love him without his wealth. He is certain no one will ever agree, until Ella. To Elion, Ella’s acceptance feels like mockery. He believes she chose him willingly, and his pride turns into fury. Out of spite, he decides to "sell" her as a servant in his billionaire identity, without revealing that both men are one and the same. Now, Ella finds herself under the mercy of the cold and arrogant real Elion Copper, a man who humiliates her, torments her, and makes her question why life saved her at all. But the deeper the pain, the deeper the truth, the crippled husband, and the cruel master are one. When Ella finally discovers his secret, her world shatters again. Will she forgive the man who broke her beyond repair, or will she walk away even when he is ready to burn the world just to keep her by his side?

Camila Reyes never planned on being anyone's wife. She's been the only parent her nine-year-old sister Luz has left since their parents died, working two jobs and refusing to let their past bury either of them. When her uncle Ricardo files for an expedited custody hearing, Cami has three weeks to become someone the court can't touch, and no way to do it alone. That's when a stranger's card and a billionaire's proposal collide. Rowan Blackwood needs a wife for one year, no questions asked, and Cami needs exactly what he's offering. What she doesn't know is that Rowan chose her file on purpose. Her last name belongs to the man he's spent a decade blaming for his father's death and the collapse of everything his family built. Marrying her isn't mercy. It's the closest he's ever gotten to revenge. Living under Rowan's roof changes the plan neither of them expected to abandon. Luz starts to feel safe for the first time in years. Cami starts to wonder if the coldest man she's ever met is capable of wanting something he swore he'd never allow himself. And Rowan starts to realize the woman he married to punish an enemy might be the only person who's ever told him the truth. Can a marriage built to settle an old score survive if both people start falling for the lie they created? Will Ricardo destroy their fragile peace before either of them figures out what they actually feel? And when Cami finally learns just how much of this marriage was orchestrated before she ever said yes, will she believe she was loved, or will she realize she was played? Find out in Book One of the Blackwood Legacy, Wife for Hire.

BOOK ONE OF THE MAFIA MEN SERIES *** And the sweetest little angel couldn't keep her eyes off the devil. *** The strong, powerful, and ruthless Nikolai Costello ruled over the kingdom of the dark world he was born into, what he wasn’t supposed to do is to fall in love with someone so different from his world while he was betrothed to someone else. He was never supposed to fall in love with someone as sweet and innocent as Evangeline Bolton. Evangeline Bolton has spent her entire life in a single room locked away from the world. Her world was filled with books and movies as it was her window to the outside world. From a very young age, she was told that the world out there was filled with big bad wolves who were ready to tear her apart if she walked out. But what happens when one day, Evangeline's parents get brutally murdered leaving her alone at the mercy of Nikolai “The Devil” Costello, the most feared man in the entire country?

BEING LOVED BY GREYSON WAS MY GOAL. Since the very beginning of our marriage, I wanted nothing more than to be the woman in his eyes. But instead... I was the woman in his shadow—watching as he went out with others and lived his own life. So when I realized Greyson never loved me, I decided to return the favor! But, of course, he wanted a second round.

Emily Turner thought signing a contract marriage would save her life. One signature. One arrangement. One powerful man who promised protection in exchange for a perfect illusion. Ethan Reed is everything she shouldn’t trust cold, controlled, unreadable. A billionaire who doesn’t believe in love… only control. But Emily has a past she can’t outrun. Jason, the man who once called her “baby girl,” is watching. Waiting. And getting closer. Now every smile feels like a lie. Every silence feels like danger. And every step inside Ethan’s mansion feels like she is being watched… even when she is alone. Ethan says it’s just business. A contract. A role she must play. But the way he looks at her says something else entirely. Possession. And Jason isn’t the only one who refuses to let her go. Because in Ethan Reed’s world… A wife by contract is still a wife. And letting her walk away was never part of the agreement.