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“Sign the contract, Lena. One year of pretending to be my wife, and I’ll restore every part of the empire your family lost.” Adrian Vale was once the man I thought I knew. At least, that’s what I believed. Now, he is a powerful billionaire with a brilliant legal mind, lethal charm, and secrets buried beneath everything he has built. When my family’s empire is put up for auction, Adrian offers me a deal I can’t refuse: one year as his wife in exchange for the inheritance that rightfully belongs to me. But I’m hiding a secret that could destroy our agreement before the year is over. I’m pregnant, but the father isn’t the man I just married. Keeping my pregnancy a secret should have been the hardest part of becoming Mrs. Adrian Vale. Yet the more time I spend within the cold walls of his mansion, the more I discover that the man behind his charming smile isn’t who I thought he was. Then there’s Jeffrey, Adrian’s stepbrother, whose presence awakens an unsettling familiarity I can’t explain and a fear I can’t escape. The golden mask of the Vale family begins to crack, revealing a hidden inheritance, a mind systematically destroyed, and a truth someone would kill to keep buried. Now, with my unborn child’s life at stake, I must uncover the truth. Because in this house, nothing is what it seems. I signed the contract to save my past. But I may have to reduce the Vale empire to ashes to save my future.

After divorcing her cheating husband, Elvina only wants to raise her daughter in peace. Then one unforgettable night with a mysterious stranger changes everything. She never learns his name. Until weeks later, she walks into her ex-husband’s pack banquet and comes face-to-face with him. He’s Arthur Thornridge—the ruthless billionaire Alpha of the Ashbourne Pack. And she’s carrying his baby. Arthur wants his heir. Elvina wants nothing to do with another powerful man controlling her life. But when her ex-husband suddenly wants her back, Arthur makes one thing clear: He won’t let another man take what’s his. As old enemies resurface and strange things begin happening around her, Elvina realizes her past may not be as simple as she believed. There are secrets surrounding her that someone desperately wants to keep hidden. And the closer Elvina gets to Arthur, the more dangerous the truth becomes. She thought she was running from her past. She never imagined her past would come looking for her.

Serena Voss walked into Nate Calloway's office to beg for more time on a loan. She walked out as his fiancée. The deal was simple. Sixty days, one role to play, and every debt her family owed would disappear. No feelings. No complications. Just business. But Nate had been looking for her for ten years. And Serena had no idea why. The more time they spend together the harder it becomes to pretend. But when secrets buried between their families long before either of them were born come tearing into the open, Serena starts to wonder if any of it was ever really her choice — or if she was always just the last piece of a plan someone else made decades ago.

I am a therapist, and I have one major rule: keep my work strictly professional and never get involved with clients. After a game of dare with my friends, It was decided that I had to loose my virginity with whoever caught my attention. In the process, I ended up sleeping with a very handsome stranger who screamed danger but I couldn't back out. As soon as morning came, I panicked and left before he woke up, promising myself that was the last time. Weeks later, he walks right into my office. My heart drops. But he wasn't here to chase me, he came because his son. I expected him to bring up what happened between the two of us that night, but he looks me dead in the eye and acts like we were total strangers. Is it a game, or does he truly not remember me? When he introduces himself, I realized he is the ruthless man feared by everyone. He gives me a condition to follow. His tone cold and commanding like I had no say. Working in the same space as him forced us into close quarters, reawakening the dangerous feelings I tried so hard to bury. But beneath his terrifying reputation, I started to see a side of him no one else gets to see: a fiercely protective father. Soon, my professional boundaries begin to crumble. And that's when I realize the most dangerous secret of all: it wasn't just his son who needed my help. He did, too.

"Sign it," he said. "Talia needs me in a way you never will." Five years of marriage ended with a folder on the kitchen counter, one day after Olivia caught her husband with his first love in an unfinished hotel suite—and heard him blame her for walking in on it. It wasn't the papers that broke her. It was that he said it like a fact, and didn't even flinch when the pen trembled in her hand. Olivia Winslow walked out with three suitcases and a phone that never rang. She'd given Damian Sterling five years of patience and silent devotion—traded for a woman who came back from Paris claiming to be dying, and never had to raise her voice to take it all. What Damian didn't know: she left pregnant. Twins. His twins. And she never told him. Five years later, he walks into a Milan exhibition hall as a favor to a friend—and finds his ex-wife standing beside two children with his exact eyes. He has a fortune, a name, and a company built to get him anything he wants. Only this time, there are two more heartbeats standing between them—and the second chance isn't his to ask for.

She was always ignored and called nerdy by her childhood crush and friend. Now, he can't take his eyes off her, and neither can his elder brother. Lydia Winters had a crush on her childhood friend, Julian Blade in Junior high school, and when she confessed her feelings to him, they started dating. But when she is ignored in the relationship and finally decides to study in another country, Julian breaks up with her coldly. He chooses a more pretty girl, Ava, over her. Having graduated college, Lydia returns to Ohio to attend her parents' anniversary and stay for a year. However, she is broken when she sees Julian with Ava, even after six years of being away. Their relationship is way stronger now, as they are engaged. Ezekiel Blade is everything Lydia chose to avoid. A mafia boss. An arrogant, wealthy playboy. He is undeniably charming, and at worst, Julian's elder brother. A bully to her during her teenage years, he now starts to see her differently. He offers her a way to make Julian jealous and come back to her: a simple kiss and little passion between them. It works. Julian gets jealous seeing them together and tries to get Lydia back. In the course of their reconnecting, Julian gets Lydia pregnant in a one night stand, but refuses to claim the child as his. He runs away with his real love, Ava. Ezekiel sees this and offers to care for her and her child willingly. Lydia has only ever wanted Julian's affection, but when she is faced with this crisis, will she move on and choose a big time playboy?

That was the moment my marriage died. Not when I discovered my husband, Jason, with my sister, Lila. Not when she looked at me without shame in her eyes. Not even when Jason admitted he had fallen in love with her. It was when he told her that he loved only her, that I meant nothing compared to what they shared. Those words shattered everything I thought I knew about love, trust, and family. I walked away from my husband with nothing but a broken heart and a family that had already chosen his side. Then Alexander Steele entered my life. He offered me something I never expected: a marriage built on a deal, not love or romance. He was a cold, untouchable billionaire who needed a wife for his own reasons. I needed his power for mine. So I said yes. I would use his name to rebuild my life, protect myself, and make everyone who destroyed me regret the day they thought I was worthless. My reasons were simple: power, protection, and revenge. I thought that was all I needed. But as my old life kept finding its way into my new one, I began to realize that my marriage to Alexander was becoming more complicated than I had expected. Because somewhere along the way, I started wanting the one thing neither of us had ever agreed to give. His heart. And I had no idea if Alexander would ever feel the same way.

THEY ABANDONED ME, NOW THEY BEG FOR MY RETURN By Fireflies Arabella Rosewood was the daughter every parent dreamed of having—until another girl came along and took her place. When Vanessa entered their lives, Arabella lost everything. Her parents' affection, her brothers' protection, her inheritance, and even the fiancé who once promised to love her forever. Then Vanessa fell mysteriously ill, and Arabella was forced to donate blood until her body could no longer take it. Instead of protecting their dying daughter, the Rosewoods sent her to a reform school, where four years of hell awaited her. She returned covered in scars, only to discover that nobody had missed her. But the girl who left was not the woman who returned. With newfound strength, business knowledge, and a carefully calculated plan, Arabella approaches the most powerful and ruthless billionaire in the city with an unusual proposition. "Marry me, and I'll save your mother." He agrees, unaware that his new wife has no intention of being anyone's obedient little bride. When the Rosewoods finally discard her for the last time, Arabella smiles. They think they've gotten rid of their troublesome daughter. What they don't know is that the woman they've abandoned is about to become their greatest nightmare. And when the truth about Vanessa finally comes out, will their desperate apologies be enough? They wanted her gone. Now they'll beg for her back.

In her past life, Serena Vale was the perfect daughter and sister. She sacrificed everything—her dreams, her university admission, and even her inheritance—so her stepsister could live the life she deserved. But kindness was repaid with betrayal. At twenty-eight, just hours after her billionaire fiancé finally proposed, Serena was poisoned by the very sister she had spent her life protecting. When she opens her eyes again, Serena is eighteen—back to the day before she is supposed to give up her university admission to her stepsister. This time, she refuses. She keeps her future. She takes back her inheritance. And the cold billionaire her sister desperately wanted? Serena decides to claim him first. Not because she loves him—but because she knows that in ten years, Adrian Kingsley will become one of the richest men in the world. But things start changing. The supposedly distant and emotionless billionaire is watching her closely… protecting her… and looking at her as if she belongs to him. And sometimes, when their eyes meet, Serena wonders— Does he remember their past life too? This time, Serena isn't the naive girl who died with regrets. This time, she’s here for revenge. And she’s taking everything.

A Cinderella without a shoe? Lyra Thorne had been abused by her step mother and step siblings before being sold to Vander Clegane, The Alpha of Crimson pack as a treaty from her pack but then he turned out to be her mate and because of that, she thinks her life has changed only for her to be rejected in the walls of his room. Rejection makes her ruthless and years after, she is the unstoppable billionaire CEO of a human company, engaged to a another and only needs a partnership with a tech company to make her the most successful CEO in New York. But what happens when the CEO of that tech company is no other than Vander Clegane who has come to claim her back with a harsh truth that he never rejected her. It was his jealous twin brother. She has built her successful life base on lies, she must choose whether to keep it or embrace who she is, especially after his presence comes with a shocking revelation that she is a celestial wolf goddess meant to either destroy the supernatural world or save it.

Serena Vale built her empire with her own hands. She survived betrayal, raised her son alone, and learned the hard way that powerful men rarely give without expecting something in return. Now, someone is trying to destroy everything she's worked for. Her biggest obstacle is Damien Blackthorne, the ruthless High Alpha whose business empire is as dangerous as his wolf. Five years ago, Serena shared one unforgettable night with him before disappearing without a word. She never expected to see him again. She certainly never expected him to be her mate. Damien wants answers. He wants Serena back. And when he discovers she has a six-year-old son who treats him like an incompetent job applicant, he begins to suspect that her disappearance cost him far more than he ever imagined. Unfortunately for Damien, Serena isn't interested in being claimed, controlled, or rescued. She has a company to save, enemies to expose, and a past that refuses to stay buried. As threats close in and a dangerous conspiracy begins to unravel, Serena discovers that her business holds secrets powerful enough to shake the werewolf world. Even worse, her son's strange ability to resist Alpha commands has attracted the attention of people who will stop at nothing to possess it. While Damien fights to protect the woman fate chose for him, Serena must decide whether he is an ally she can trust or another powerful man determined to own her. And Milo? He's busy deciding whether the terrifying Alpha deserves a second interview. But someone is watching them all. Someone who knows why Serena ran. Someone who understands what her son is becoming. And someone who would rather see Serena lose everything than let her uncover the truth. Fate may have chosen her mate. But Serena Vale will decide her own future.

She lost her wolf and sacrificed her future to save her Alpha. Believing his guilt would one day turn into love, Lyra endured three years in a marriage where she was given everything but his heart. Then his TRUE LOVE returned. Watching Caleb welcome Seraphina with a tenderness he had never shown her, Lyra finally understood that she had never been the woman he wanted. This time, she chose herself. She accepted an invitation to the Lycan War Academy, ready to reclaim the future she had lost. Caleb thought she needed him to survive. Soon, he'll discover just how wrong he was. And when the Alpha comes crawling back, will the shunned Luna still want him?