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“What if I choose not to?” I asked. “You don't want your little secret to get out, do you.” he raised a brow. “No, I don't.” I said, dropping my head. “Good.” he said, and snapped his fingers. A young man walked up to our table with a briefcase in his grip. Conrad received the briefcase from him, and placed it on the table. He unlocked and turned it to me. In the briefcase were wads of cash. “I believe this is good for a start.” he said. “Also, I'll help you get rid of that scar on your face. So what do you say? Do we have a deal or not?” ********************* One minute, Lauren was preparing to leave home for her friend's birthday party. And the next? She is a murderer. Faced with the chance of spending the rest of her life behind bars, she's approached by Conrad Anderson — son of the man whom she murdered. He offers her a deal: help him get some information from the CEO of Beamers Industries — Thomas Roy, by becoming his secretary and he would keep her secret safe with a promise to help her get rid of the scar on her face. But when she realizes that she's nothing but a pawn in Conrad's game of revenge, would she terminate the deal, and suffer for her sins, or would she help him get the information which he needs to ruin Thomas's life completely?

Born into a family of culinary royalty, Aria Beaumont has always lived in her father’s shadow — a feared food critic whose name alone can destroy chefs. After getting fired for calling out wrongdoing in the kitchen and catching her boyfriend cheating on the same night, Aria runs into the arms of a mysterious stranger and had a one night stand. When she enrolls in the prestigious Étoile Culinary Academy to rebuild her life and career, She never expects her mentor for the training to be Leon Cordon; the reclusive, world-famous chef who vanished from the culinary world after the tragic loss of someone he loved. And she definitely never expects him to hate her on sight. He recognizes her last name. Her family is his sworn enemy. He recognizes her from the one-night stand and refuses to mentor her. She recognizes his arrogance and was determined to bring him back to the culinary industry. Just as their forbidden connection becomes impossible to deny, the academy sends them on a month-long culinary retreat — isolated, breathtaking, and filled with ghosts of Leon's past. There, Aria learns that the culinary world’s greatest tragedy…may not be what it seemed. A past thought buried will return. Loyalties will break. A rival chef will step into the scene. And Aria must decide whether following her heart is worth losing everything she has finally begun to build.

Naomi has spent six long years burying a dangerous secret—she has been deeply in love with her best friend Chloe's father since she was sixteen. Now twenty-two and freshly graduated from college, she arrives at the Ashford family estate for the summer to job hunt and restart her life. Dominic Ashford is forty-five, recently divorced, and a man of absolute control. For six years, he has forced himself to pretend Naomi is nothing more than his daughter's quiet friend. But when he catches her swimming naked in his pool at midnight, his decades of discipline completely shatter. He should send her away to protect his daughter and his life. Instead, he locks the gate. What begins as one reckless, forbidden night quickly spirals into an obsessive addiction neither can stop. But as Chloe unknowingly plans her father's dating life and a vicious ex-wife threatens to destroy Dominic's family, Naomi finds herself walking a deadly tightrope. When their secret is finally dragged into the light, Naomi must face the ultimate choice: the man she cannot live without, or the friendship that has been her lifelong anchor.

Margot Sinclair, a quiet rare-earth materials engineer, wants only to pay off her grandmother’s crushing medical debt and stay free of entanglement. When her long-absent biological father, Gerald Hargrave, reappears, he forces a brutal choice: take her half-sister Melanie’s place in a five-year blood-oath marriage to the Vanderbilt heir, or watch her grandmother lose everything. Margot signs the contract with cold clarity, intending to be nothing more than a temporary political solution. The man waiting for her is Rhett Vanderbilt—the same untouchable heir who once pulled her from a laboratory explosion three years earlier, the man she had silently admired from afar. Rhett views her strictly as a tool to stabilize his family’s crumbling mining empire. He sets rigid rules: no emotional claims, no public weakness, absolute obedience. Yet the mate bond between them proves too powerful. Under the full moon, instinct overrides control, and an irreversible marking binds them far beyond the contract’s terms. For a brief time, Rhett’s cold distance softens; he protects and claims her, making her believe she might mean more than a political arrangement. Then betrayal shatters everything. On the eve of a critical corporate battle, Rhett loses control. Evidence—a device hidden in Margot’s phone—points to her as the traitor. In his eyes, she becomes the enemy who used the bond against him. The permanent mark turns from safety into a brand of shame. Rhett declares he will sever the bond by any means and end the marriage early. Left with a ruined reputation and a forced bond that refuses to die, Margot must prove her innocence while the man who marked her now treats her as the enemy.

He stood close, too close to ignore. Her heart raced faster but her face remained cold. "Just when I think you're done, you suprise me more" Petrov whispered lowly. He leaned closer, blatantly ignoring the blood on her hands. "Who exactly are you, Avery" ................ Dalia was the underworld’s most feared assassin, that is until she died. Waking up in a hospital bed, she finds herself trapped in the fragile body of a stranger named Avery Carter. She remembers every kill, every weapon, and every rule of survival. The only thing missing? The memory of who murdered her.Before she can hunt for answers, Avery’s chaotic life catches up to her. Kidnapped by a ruthless mafia boss over her new father's massive debts, Dalia relies on her old instincts to survive. She strikes a dangerous bargain with the dark and enigmatic Augustine Petrov: clear the debt in thirty days, or become his completely. With the help of a mysterious wealthy ally from her past life, Dalia beats the clock. But freeing herself from the debt doesn't mean freeing herself from Augustine. As his dark curiosity turns into an obsessive attraction, Dalia's missing memories begin to fracture. The face of her killer is finally coming to light—and it’s someone she trusted with her life. Now, she must choose: build a new life in the arms of a mafia king, or tear the underworld apart for revenge.

THE KISSING BOOTH by Aurelia Venus Charlotte used to believe betrayal had limits. Then she walked into her parents’ bedroom and found her boyfriend of six years tangled in the sheets with the two people who were supposed to love her most. With nowhere left to go and no savings after another devastating betrayal by the friend she trusted with everything, Venus flees to Las Vegas, determined to rebuild her life from nothing. Her last chance comes in the form of a risky internship at a struggling PR firm whose reputation is collapsing almost as fast as her own life did. Desperate to prove she belongs, Venus pitches a bold Valentine’s campaign designed to take the internet by storm. A live Kissing Booth. One kiss. One camera. One viral moment powerful enough to save the company. What she doesn’t expect is the man who volunteers to step inside. Adonis Thornwood. Cold. Brilliant. Untouchable. Confined to a wheelchair, Adonis is everything Venus should stay away from. He's her boyfriend's older brother, and the most arogant, insufferable boss anyone could work for. When a single kiss between them explodes across the internet, the world becomes obsessed overnight. Suddenly, the girl who lost everything and the man everyone hates and loves at the same time are the center of a media storm neither of them planned, or expected. But the cameras can’t capture the truth. Because Adonis Thornwood is hiding a secret that could destroy them both. The man the world believes is broken may not be broken at all. And when the truth finally comes out, the kiss that made them famous might cost Venus Charlotte the only thing she has left to lose.....her heart.

I didn't just break the rules; I unraveled them. One rain-slicked night in Edinburgh, I fell into the arms of a stranger who tasted like rain and dangerous secrets. No names, no strings—just a kiss that should have stayed in the shadows. Then Monday morning happened. ​The man from the alley? He isn’t a mystery anymore. He’s Professor Alistair Reid, and he's the only thing standing between me and my engineering degree. He says we have to be strangers. He says there are boundaries. But every time our hands brush over a silk sample in the lab, I know he’s lying. ​In the world of high-stakes textiles, the strongest threads are the ones that are hidden. But when obsession starts to fray the edges of our lives, who’s going to be the one to let go first?

Mira De Vera only wants one thing: to get her eight-year-old sister into a hospital bed before it’s too late. But in a world of “no cash, no admit,” mercy comes with strings. When Mira crosses paths with Adrian Valezco—the cold, untouchable heir behind the foundation banners—he offers a way out: he’ll cover Eli’s admission and move her to the front of the line. The price? A one-year marriage contract. Quiet. Legal. Controlled. Now Mira faces an impossible choice: sign a deal that could save her sister… or protect her freedom and scholarship as rumors explode, an investigation closes in, and anonymous warnings hit her phone: Bianca doesn’t lose. Neither does Darius. Because if Mira steps into Adrian’s world, she won’t just become his wife in public. She’ll become a target.

Athena Moretti was the brilliant mind behind NexusTech, but to the world, she was just a nobody. When her fiancé, Marcus Vance, publicly humiliates her, steals her revolutionary cybersecurity code, and hands her empire to another woman, Athena is left with nothing but a burning thirst for revenge. Enter Lucien Laurent. Ruthless, brilliant, and the most feared venture capitalist in the country, Lucien is old money incarnate. He offers Athena an untouchable legal team, unlimited resources, and a state-of-the-art lab to rebuild her software and crush Marcus. But his help comes with a dangerous price. To destroy Marcus from the inside out, Athena must sign a one-year contract to play a part she never prepared for: Lucien’s fiancée. The catch? Lucien is Marcus’s estranged, older step-brother. Living under Lucien’s roof, the lines between corporate warfare and bared desires begin to blur. Every stolen glance is a sin; every touch is an electric violation of their professional rules. Athena convinces herself that she is just using his power to get her life back. Until a dark secret from the past unravels, revealing that the man protecting her from the devil might actually be the one who ruined her family first. Can Athena successfully play a game where the heart is the ultimate liability, or will she realize too late that her silent partner is the most dangerous enemy of all?

When the handsome guy she met over the weekend, strode into her class room with his neatly, ironed suit and introduced himself as their new math teacher, 19 years old Emily felt butterflies in her stomach. Emily had a huge crush on her math teacher but he wouldn't look her way. But one day, she caught her math teacher and the art teacher having sex. Emily stayed behind and watched the whole scene. But she found out that her art teacher was actually married. That was when she decided to blackmail her math teacher. Now, she wants to have a taste too and she couldn't control the burning desire in her. She couldn't keep the sight out of her head and the only thing she wants is to get laid by her hot math teacher.

Skylar Bale doesn't do distractions. Four years of straight A's and a heart kept firmly out of reach, that's the plan, and she's stuck to it religiously. Until one reckless night, one stranger's hands at her waist, one kiss that tastes like every rule she's ever broken at once. She doesn't get his name. She doesn't need it. It's a secret she'll keep pressed against her lips like a bruise. Then she walks into her 9 a.m. lecture, and every plan she's ever made goes up in flames. Because the man writing his name on the whiteboard, Professor Lucian Cross, is the same man whose mouth was on hers twelve hours ago. Skylar tells herself this is dangerous, impossible. Lucian tells himself the same, right before he finds a reason to keep her after class. Every glance is a risk. Every locked door, a temptation. And the longer they play at staying professional, the harder it becomes to remember why they're even trying.

His hand was still warm on the small of my back when I found the lanyard in his jacket pocket. Bad idea. ..The best mistake of my life..and I didn’t even know his name. The lights were dim. Two drinks in, his mouth was on my neck, teeth grazing my skin as his hands explored under my dress . He pressed me against the wall and touched me until I trembled, whispering how ready I was for him. I went home with a stranger that night because I was tired of being the perfect student with the flawless GPA. I wanted to feel alive. I wanted to be ruined. Monday morning, that same stranger stepped into my lecture hall and called my name like he hadn’t spent the weekend deep inside me. Professor Daniel Calder. My only elective..the one class standing between me and the future I’ve spent years building. I can’t drop it. I can’t escape him. And every time he leans over my desk to mark my work, I remember exactly how those hands felt on my body. He promised we’d keep it professional. Open doors. Daylight distance. That lasted until the first time he locked his office door after hours, bent me over his desk, and took me hard and deep, his hand covering my mouth to muffle my moans. Now at nights I'm to be reading.. his mouth between my thighs until I’m shaking, urgent encounters against bookshelves, and the constant thrill of almost getting caught. His marks on my papers in red ink. His marks on my skin in the dark. He’s my professor. I’m his student. He’s off-limits. I’m supposed to know better. Neither of us can stop.

At fifty-one, Sekar is the epitome of corporate perfection in Jakarta. An iron-willed CEO who commands boardrooms by day but returns to an empty, quiet house by night. Exhausted by conventional dating and the fragile egos of men threatened by her power, success, and age, she chooses a radically different path. She taps into The Magnolia Circle, an elite, underground invitation-only agency providing highly educated, psychologically trained male companions on a fixed monthly retainer. Enter Nikau, a handsome, emotionally intelligent younger man who knows exactly when to lead and when to let Sekar completely drop her flawless guard. What begins as a transparent, strictly bound business transaction quickly blurs into a profound emotional and passionate sanctuary. As they navigate long-hidden vulnerabilities, the judgment of society, and sudden threats from Sekar’s toxic past, they must decide if they are brave enough to tear up the contract and choose a real, unscripted future together.

"I will always protect you Ezra....even if it means giving everything I have" Sheba is a renowned business woman. she spends her time reading and she falls in love with a character who dies at the end of the story. she is devastated and hurt that she is not able to protect him she dies and is reborn into the body of a princess, the villainess of the story and she makes it her purpose to protect the Grand Duke, Ezra Dalio from all harm that the protagonists of the story might throw his way. The only way to do this is to marry him. The closer she is the better. But soon, even though she had convinced herself that she didn't need him to love her back, Ezra eventually falls for her. But how will they overcome the biggest plot point of the story? Will she be able to protect Ezra and keep him from dying?

By day, Don Pope is the untouchable king of Cross City’s financial empire. By night, he is something far darker—an infamous mafia don whose enemies vanish before dawn. Ethan Cole never intended to cross paths with a monster like him. One quiet night drive across the city turns into a nightmare when Ethan is kidnapped by masked men and thrown into an underground cage beneath the most luxurious mansion in Cross City—Don Pope’s estate. When the Don himself descends to inspect the prisoners his men captured, something unexpected happens. The moment Don Pope looks into Ethan’s eyes, he stops walking. He was supposed to pass the cage. Instead, he orders the others released… except for Ethan. What begins as cruel possession soon spirals into something neither of them expected. Don becomes obsessed with the fiery captive who refuses to bow to him. Ethan swears he would rather die than submit to the ruthless mafia lord. But obsession is a dangerous thing. What starts with violence slowly becomes dependence. Hatred becomes something far more complicated. And in a city built on betrayal, blood, and power, the line between captor and lover begins to blur. As war erupts between rival mafia families and secrets about Ethan’s past begin to surface, Don Pope must choose between his empire and the one man who refuses to belong to him. Because some loves are not meant to exist, but some destinies are written in the blood.

She loved him when he had absolutely nothing. When the tough times came, he was the one who let her down. Three years ago Dominic Hale was the one who broke Arielle Moores heart. He was her first, the man who knew every inch of her body, every way to make her fall apart. Then he just left her there like a broken piece. He's now the CEO of a billion, dollar company, and she is the designer whos been hired to renovated his office. And one thing they still had in common? Their chemistry never faded. One glance and she is reliving his touch on her skin. One breath and he is terribly tempted to remind her just whose she used to be. Six months of close proximity. Business meetings that seem like foreplay. Boundaries that are falling apart with every passionate gaze. When at last, she breaks and kisses him desperate, hungry, all three years of need they both acknowledge: this was never truly over. He wants her back. Whole. She wants to protect her heart. But her body is still yearning for his touch. His manipulative ex shows up again. Her brother overdoses. And all of a sudden, staying away from each other becomes totally impossible especially when he appears at the very moment she needs him, just like in the old times. He had her once and lost her. He is not going to make the same mistake again. And he knows exactly how to get her back in his arms.

For five years, Ella Eleanor sacrificed everything to be the perfect substitute daughter for the Eleanor family while their biological daughter, Bella, remained in a coma. When Bella finally awakens, Ella's devotion is repaid with betrayal. Framed for poisoning her adoptive sister and publicly disowned, she loses her family, her boyfriend, and the life she once knew. Just as she reaches her lowest point, billionaire heir Zeke Fredamo steps into her life. Determined to rebuild herself, Ella returns to school, uncovers hidden talents, and begins a journey of self-discovery. As dark secrets about her adoption and Bella's schemes come to light, Ella transforms from a discarded substitute into a powerful woman who commands respect. Amid revenge, family conflicts, and unexpected romance, Ella must decide whether to hold on to the pain of her past or embrace the future waiting for her.

Maya gave four years of her life to Luca Rossi, using her genius mind to secretly build the systems that made him worthy of becoming the next mafia heir. Then she caught him in bed with her sister. Heartbroken, Maya tries to leave, only for the Rossi family to discover the truth—without her, their empire is nothing. Refusing to lose their greatest weapon, they imprison her and force her into marriage. Her only chance of escape comes during a masked mafia gathering, where she seeks help from the one man powerful enough to stand against the Rossis. Ace Morello. Her mother’s ruthless ex-husband. The man she once trusted with her life… and the man who may now want far more than her gratitude

Torn between a past that ruined her and a future bound to a lethal billionaire, Valerie is taking back everything that was stolen—one dish at a time. Valerie Montgomery poured her blood, sweat, and secret family recipes into building a culinary dream with her boyfriend, Julian. But ambition turned him into a monster. In a single, calculated night, Julian steals her late mother’s handwritten cookbook, frames her for a devastating scandal, and discards her to climb the social ladder with a wealthy heiress. Left disgraced, stripped of her license, and facing complete ruin, Valerie thinks her life is over. Until the ultimate power behind the Sterling empire steps out of the shadows with a ruthless proposition. He’s giving Valerie the ultimate weapon to reclaim her life, outrank her enemies, and burn Julian’s stolen empire to the ground. Julian thought he destroyed her. He should have looked closer—because Valerie is stepping back into the kitchen to serve him his future, one calculated recipe at a time. Dear ex, get ready to meet your new mother-in-law.

Elara gave her entire life to a marriage built on a lie. Her husband made her count every penny while spending lavishly on his mistress. She believed she was doing the right thing until the truth came out. The family she had spent years caring for cast her aside without a second thought. She would rather face the harsh streets alone than bow to them any longer. Cassian Kenneth was a ruthless, dangerous man. And he wanted her. He offered no love. Only power and protection. In exchange, she would belong entirely to him. He wanted every inch of her bare skin, and he would push her to the edge of pleasure until she surrendered to his darkest desires.