Sweet Love Web Novels & Independent Contract Marriage Stories

Thirty-one days. Seven pages. One rule: don't lie to each other. Elodie Marchetti built her father's chocolate empire with her own hands — 312 shops, doubled revenue, her mother's legacy in every box. Now her father says she'll only inherit the chair if she brings someone to the family table by Christmas. Julian Hale is called the Iceberg for a reason. 44 ships, no wife, no time. His grandmother's trust says he must present a fiancée at Hollin Hall by Christmas Eve, or his family's company will be split and sold. They have known each other for nine minutes total. His solution? A contract. 31 days from December 1st to 31st. Separate bedrooms. No touching unless an audience requires it. In January, they part quietly. No feelings. Just signatures. Elodie adds one rule of her own: Section Twelve: Neither party will lie to the other about anything that is not in this contract. It's easy — until they reach Hollin Hall, Vermont. Until his beautiful ex-fiancée arrives in a cream coat and says "Hello, Jules." Until his 81-year-old grandmother starts testing her with cinnamon rolls at 2 a.m. Until the man who never sleeps starts following her into the kitchen to learn how to knead dough. A fake engagement. A real family. A secret about the night his parents died on the Meridian Star. And a contract that said not to lie — but said nothing about falling in love. Slow-burn | Fake Engagement to Real Love | Billionaire Grumpy x Sunshine Baker | Found Family | Cinnamon Rolls & Second Chances For readers 21 and over.

Five years ago, Liana Mercer left everything behind and never looked back. Now, she's returned with her young daughter, determined to rebuild the life she once abandoned. But finding a job proves harder than expected, forcing Liana to take a risky shortcut under a fake identity. Then she meets Julian Vance. Cold, powerful, and far too observant, Julian seems like the last person Liana needs to cross paths with. But there is something about him that feels strangely familiar. And when an unexpected offer brings them closer than either of them intended, Liana begins to realize that some things are impossible to leave in the past. Especially when the past has been looking for her all along.

To save her father’s legacy, Clara Hayes enters a fake marriage with ruthless CEO Alexander Sterling, unaware he holds a secret that could ruin them both.

After three years in a loveless contract marriage, Clara Hayes is finally free. When the expiration day finally comes, she sets down the papers in front of the arrogant Mr Ford, but he refuses to sign. Desperate for her freedom, she decides to frustrate him into signing the papers by being the worst billionaire wife she could possibly be. As her pranks and schemes become even more ridiculous, the cold and calculating Alexander Ford decides to play along. They both discover sides of each other they did not know existed. Will Clara get the freedom she craves, and when she does, will she be satisfied?

Two years of being Mrs. Ryan Fox. Two years of drafting his plans at midnight while he took the applause. Then I tear a page, a county clerk squints at the seal, and my whole marriage turns out to be a forgery. Same day, a stranger tells me my dead father left me a fortune. One condition: a husband by the end of the month. Funny. I just lost mine. I find Ryan in his office, laughing with my best friend. Husband and wife, five years running. I walk out with one suitcase and a plan I’m too angry to be afraid of. The plan is Lex Kingsley. Cold. Untouchable. Billionaire. His offer is simple: one year, separate bedrooms, no feelings. But he watches me barefoot in his kitchen at midnight and says, “Counting the hours until you break your own rule, Lilly.” I hate that I’m counting too. What if the one man I can’t fall for is the one who knows how my father died?

Anaan Cole has always been in control of his life,his choices, his future, and especially his heart. Love has never been a priority, and marriage was something he planned to do on his own terms. Until his grandfather’s will says otherwise. To inherit the empire built over generations, Anaan must marry Nancy Mawethu,the daughter of his late grandfather’s former security officer, a man he once wronged. It feels like a cruel obligation,one Anaan intends to fulfill without letting it change him.But Nancy is not the kind of woman who blends quietly into anyone’s world. Strong, guarded, and quietly defiant, she agrees to the marriage for reasons of her own. She carries questions about her father’s past,questions the incidence that the Cole's family seems determined to avoid. Their marriage begins as nothing more than an agreement,two strangers tied together by a promise neither of them made. There are rules, boundaries, and an understanding to keep emotions out of it. But living under the same roof makes distance impossible. What starts as tension slowly shifts into something more complicated,stolen glances, unexpected conversations, and dreamy moments neither of them can avoid nor explain. Anaan begins to see a side of Nia he didn’t expect and Nancy starts to question the side of Anaan she thought she could never understood. As the truth about the past begins to surface, so do feelings they never planned for. Now, they must decide either to walk away when the obligation is fulfilled or risk everything for a love that was never meant to

Beatrix Holloway has always been the dependable one. For four long years, she stood beside her boyfriend, Julian, sacrificing everything to help him build his dream. When his company finally lands a massive sponsorship deal, she spends her last savings on an engagement ring, hoping to surprise him. Instead, she catches him in bed with the investor's daughter. Publicly humiliated and mocked for her plus-size figure, Beatrix runs away believing she's lost everything. But a chance encounter with eight-year-old Ivy Ashcombe changes her life forever. "I want you to be my daddy's girlfriend." Beatrix laughs it off—until Ivy announces to an entire crowd that she's found her new mommy. Now the internet believes Beatrix is secretly involved with Nikolai Ashcombe, the billionaire owner of the country's biggest hockey team and the cold, intimidating man known as the Ice King. To protect his daughter and put an end to the rumors, Nikolai offers Beatrix a contract she never saw coming. Beatrix thinks it's only a business deal. She never expects Ivy to become a determined matchmaker, her cruel sister to set her sights on her fake billionaire boyfriend, or the terrifying Ice King to look at her plus-size body like she's the only woman he's ever wanted.

Ann gave up everything for Jake, the man she loved most. So when she discovers he’s cheating and asking for divorce, her world shatters.His cold silence after she leaves breaks her even more. Determined to make him regret it, Ann turn to Louis , her svelte and wealthy childhood friend. His business rival. She proposes a plan with panache: A contract marriage to provoke Jake.Loius agrees,hiding the fact that he’s secretly loved Ann. But Jake isn’t indifferent. He’s dying, and his self destructive affair was his way of facing it. The illusion that he’d moved on crumbles when he sees Ann marrying Louis. Jealousy and regret consume him. In a desperate move, Jake kidnaps Ann and reveals the truth. He gives her an ultimatum: Stay with him for 30 days. If she still doesn’t love him after that,he’ll let her go. Cut off from the world,Ann is forced into close proximity with the ex who betrayed her. As Jake cooks,cares for her and slowly shows the man she fell in love with,Ann’s anger begins to crack. By day 21, she’s ready to admit she still loves him. Outside,chaos brews. Louis goes to the media searching for his “missing wife”. Ann’s friend, Claire has been orchestrating everything. Consumed by envy,Claire manipulates her estranged twin sister,Clarissa- the sister who once scarred her in a fire and was left in poverty while Claire was adopted into wealth. On day 22,Clarissa arrives at the retreat with a bombshell, she is pregnant with Jake’s child. But Ann senses something is wrong. The woman looks identical to Claire,yet something doesn’t add up. With secrets, lies and a second chance on the line Ann must decide