Mystery Web Novels & Protective Betrayal Stories

​"Marry me, or watch your empire crumble." ​Two weeks before her 30th birthday, Vivian Miller—the sharp CEO of Miller Group—catches her fiance in bed with her young stepmother. To make matters worse, her late father’s will drops a bomb: marry before turning 30, or lose her shipping empire to the stepmother. ​Desperate, Vivian storms into the rain-soaked park and collides with a sweat-drenched athlete. Oliver Ross looks like a harmless personal trainer with a plain name. Perfect. He’s harmless and disposable. ​"Marry me for six months. I'll save my company, and I'll make it worth your while," she proposes. "I don't want your money," he replies softly. "Just let me take care of you." ​What Vivian doesn't know is that Oliver Ross is actually the "Ghost Billionaire"—the most feared, secretive tycoon in global logistics, whose face no one has ever seen. And he’s been dangerously in love with her since high school. ​By day, he plays the sweet, obedient husband. By night, he ruthlessly destroys her enemies.

Ava Laurent died believing her husband betrayed her. As rain poured over twisted metal and shattered glass, she watched Adrian Laurent rush to her wrecked car. Then he took her hand and begged her not to leave him. When Ava wakes up one year before her death, she is determined to uncover the truth behind the crash—and the marriage she believes was built on lies. But the deeper she digs, the less her memories make sense. Her husband is secretly protecting her. Her sister is hiding dangerous secrets. And the man she trusts most may be the one who wants her dead. Because if Adrian never stopped loving her... Why was she so certain he abandoned her?

They watched me die. I remember every face. Three years ago, Seren Vale was executed for a crime she never committed. Her mate, Lucian Arden, stood by and let it happen. The silver crown that ruled her kingdom remained untouched. And the ruthless Alpha she had spent years believing was her enemy watched from the shadows as the blade fell. Then Seren opened her eyes. Three years before her execution. Her brother is alive. Her enemies haven’t made their move. And Lucian is still the man she once loved. But Seren remembers how this story ends. This time, she refuses to become the helpless woman they killed. She will save her brother. She will uncover the truth. And she will never love Lucian again. Then Alpha Darius Veyne arrives. The most feared Alpha in the North. The man Seren once accused of betraying her. Except Darius looks at her as if he’s seen a ghost. Because he remembers something he shouldn’t. He remembers her death. As assassins begin hunting Seren, secrets buried beneath her family’s bloodline start resurfacing. Every attempt to change the future saves one life—but puts another in danger. And the closer Seren gets to the truth, the more impossible it becomes to ignore the man standing between her and death. Darius was supposed to be her enemy. So why does he keep saving her? Why does her wolf trust the man she once hated? And why does every answer bring Seren closer to a terrifying possibility— the Alpha she was never supposed to love may be the only man who can keep her alive. But this time, fate is watching. And it has already decided who must die.

The only thing harder than planning his wedding was pretending she didn't want to cancel it. Rule number one: never fall for the groom. Zara Cole has built her entire career on that rule: three hundred and thirteen weddings, zero emotional casualties, one very effective emotional firewall. She is the best wedding planner in Lagos precisely because she treats love like a logistics problem. Solvable. Containable. Safely someone else's. Then Damien Voss walks into her life with a four-month deadline, a contract marriage dressed in designer linen, and the most inconvenient habit of paying attention to everything she says. He changes three hundred lilies to ranunculus because she mentioned once she couldn't stand them. He cooks pepper soup at midnight in someone else's kitchen and becomes, briefly, a completely different man. He says her name like he has been keeping it carefully. None of this is in the brief. Neither is the anonymous threat. The ex she buried resurfacing in a dark car park. The voice note detonates mid-rehearsal and brings forty witnesses to a silence so loud it has a texture. Or the photograph Marcus slides under her door, the one with the courtroom and the caption and the question it leaves behind that she cannot plan her way out of.

He should have killed her. Instead, he took her to his bed. Maria Rossi witnessed a murder she was never meant to see. The killer should have pulled the trigger. Instead, he dragged her to his mansion and made her sign a contract. Now she sleeps in his house and feels his hands on her skin. Wakes to his gold eyes watching her in the dark. He is cold, brutal, and impossible to resist. Every night, he pulls her closer and every touch leaves her burning. Every kiss makes her forget she is supposed to be his prisoner. But there's nothing humane about the Don who has wrecked her life and when the secret comes out, she is torn between her growing feelings for him and the hands of another who offers her freedom.