Contemporary Web Novels & Protective Blind Date Stories

After discovering her longtime boyfriend cheated on her, Evelyn Hart walks into a blind date arranged by her family angry, heartbroken, and determined to erase the past. Sitting across from a calm, sharply handsome stranger, she blurts out the most reckless idea of her life: “Let’s get married.” To her disbelief, Jesse Ward agrees. Evelyn thinks she’s marrying a stable, ordinary man who might give her a quiet life. What she doesn’t know is that Jesse wasn’t her intended blind date at all and that he’s secretly a powerful billionaire who lives far from the spotlight. As they settle into marriage, unexpected feelings begin to grow. But Jesse seems haunted by something unspoken. And Evelyn can’t understand why he sometimes looks at her like he already knows her. A sudden accident shakes loose a buried memory in Evelyn’s mind: a reckless night years ago, a stranger whose face she never forgot and that face matches her husband’s perfectly. In that instant, everything clicks into place. Their marriage was impulsive. Their meeting was accidental. But their connection? It began long before either of them realized.

When broke waitress Sarah Thompson agrees to impersonate her wealthy best friend Claire on a blind date for a quick thousand dollars, she expects a simple evening of rejection and escape. What she gets instead is Adrian Cole, a ruthless, devastatingly handsome billionaire who sees right through her lie. Instead of exposing her, Adrian slides a marriage contract across the table. A temporary arrangement. Public wife by day. No emotions. No physical contact. One million dollar penalty for breaking the rules. And the ultimate condition: she must move into his luxurious penthouse. Trapped between crippling debt and her dream of opening her own restaurant, Sarah has no choice but to play along. But as Adrian’s cold dominance begins to crack with unexpected intensity, and his powerful family demands a real introduction, the lines between pretense and dangerous attraction start to blur. He knows she’s an imposter. She knows this game could destroy her. In a world of wealth, secrets, and ruthless expectations, how long can Sarah survive a contract marriage with the one man who refuses to let her go?

After catching her boyfriend cheating, Elena Carter impulsively marries a stranger, hoping for a fresh start. Unfortunately, her new husband is a billionaire who hates nonsense, and his wife is the biggest nonsense in his life! Adrian Blackwell is used to getting whatever he wants, but his new wife refuses to follow his rules. Between jealous exes, family feuds, and secrets from the past, their marriage becomes far more complicated than either expected. He can control an empire, but can he handle the one woman determined to challenge him at every turn?