Contemporary Web Novels & Protective Hate to Love Stories

Violet Greco just wanted her father to see her,Instead he sold her. So she did what she always does, she made plan. Aleksei Carmene accepted the arrangement to get his father off his back. The Greco daughter was a business decision. A name on a contract and nothing more. Two rival families. One political marriage arranged to end a war neither family started, She walks in with poison in her bouquet and an exit strategy. He walks in with a contract. Neither of them planned on the other being exactly what they needed.

Nia Whitaker built her reputation solving disasters for the powerful. As one of the most sought-after corporate crisis strategists in the country, she’s hired to clean up scandals that could destroy billion-dollar empires. But when a catastrophic data leak threatens SatoTech’s largest acquisition, Nia is pulled into a crisis unlike anything she’s handled before. Because the company’s heir isn’t just another client. Kenji Sato is brilliant, ruthless, and always three moves ahead. A tech empire rests on his shoulders, and he protects it with calculated precision. The deeper Nia digs into the breach threatening his company, the more she begins to suspect the impossible. The crisis may have been engineered. By Kenji himself. But corporate warfare is only the beginning. Rival companies move in the shadows. Government investigators begin asking dangerous questions. And someone inside Kenji’s world is willing to burn everything—including Nia—to seize control of the empire. Caught between enemies, betrayal, and a man whose obsession with her grows more dangerous by the day, Nia realizes she’s no longer just managing a crisis. She’s inside the war. And the man she’s supposed to expose may be the only one powerful enough to protect her. In a game where power is everything, and loyalty can cost you your life, one truth becomes impossible to ignore: Kenji Sato doesn’t just want Nia Whitaker to fix his empire. He wants her. And in his world, the things he wants… he claims.

She moved in as his stepsister. She'‌s leaving as his downfall, or his forev⁠er. ‍Lena Carter never asked for a ma‌nsion, a new last n⁠ame, or a stepbrot‌her built like‌ a hockey god with a smirk that s‍hould be il‍legal. Cam‌eron Hayes is everything she was ra‍ised to avoid, arrogant, un‍touchable, and completely off⁠-limits. He'⁠s also hiding something about h‌er f‍ather that co‌uld tear both famil‌ies apart. When a fake-dating scandal throws the‌m into the spotlight, the lines between‍ pretend and real start to bl‍ur fast. One a‌lmost-kiss becomes one real one. One s‌ecret becomes a doze‍n. An‌d the closer Lena gets to the truth, the‍ more‍ dan⁠gerous it becomes to b‌e caught lovin‍g the on‍e pe‌rson she was never supp‌osed to‍ want. Now the ice is cr⁠acking be⁠neath t‌hem, on t‍he rink, and everywhere else. He has⁠ a ch‍ampion‌s‌h⁠ip to win.⁠ She has a‌ f‍amily to save. A⁠n⁠d neither of them is walking away without a fight⁠. S‌ome rules are made to b‌e broke‌n. This one might break them bot‌h⁠.

When Lara lost both her parents at nineteen, her world collapsed overnight. She gave up her design scholarship, dropped out of school, and became the sole provider for her elderly grandmother and younger brother. After months of dead-end job interviews and sleepless nights, she finally lands a position as executive assistant to the CEO of Williams Group, one of the most powerful real estate empires in the world. To celebrate, her best friends Khloe and Maya drag her out for one unforgettable night. At a rooftop bar in Manhattan, Lara meets a stranger who calls himself Vincent. He is tall, green-eyed, and impossibly charming. One drink turns into five, one dance turns into a kiss, and by sunrise, Lara wakes up in a Miami penthouse with a splitting headache, a diamond ring on her finger, and a marriage certificate she cannot remember signing. She tells herself it was a drunken mistake. One quick annulment will fix everything. Then Monday arrives, and she walks into her new boss's office. He is standing right there. Vincent. Only his real name is Xander Vincent Williams. Billionaire CEO. Her husband. Her boss. The one man who could destroy the fresh start she fought so hard to earn. Some mistakes follow you to work on Monday morning.

One night. Two babies. Five years of secrets. Colette Etienne's life imploded when her boyfriend's betrayal left her drugged and in a stranger's bed. She remembers only fragments-his ice-cold touch, that commanding voice, the way he vanished like smoke. Then came the twins. And the contract: *Have the babies. Take the cash. Disappear forever.* Colette took the money, kept one baby, and ran. Five years later, she's back in Crestfall City with her daughter Lea, ready for a fresh start. Instead, she crashes-literally-into Oliver Ashford: billionaire CEO by day, shadow king of the city's underworld by night. Ruthless. Untouchable. Dangerous. And unfortunately for Colette, he's also the father she's been hiding from. When Oliver discovers the truth, his carefully controlled empire starts to crumble. The woman who defies him at every turn isn't just some random nuisance-she's *hers*. The mother of both his children. Revenge becomes obsession. Hatred ignites into something neither can resist. Some secrets are too explosive to stay buried.

I never planned to marry him. Especially not a man like him. The arrogant, ruthless Mafia Lord who owns half the city and destroys anyone foolish enough to cross him. But when my family’s lives were threatened, I had no choice but to become his bride. Not for love. Not willingly. But to survive. Now I’m trapped in his deadly world, a world where guns are treated like toys, blood stains every secret, and danger hides behind every smile. And at the center of it all is him. Cold. Possessive. Merciless. A man whose touch burns hotter than fire and whose enemies never live long enough to beg for mercy. He swears I belong to him now. That I’ll never escape. That every part of me is his to claim. But the more I fight him, the more dangerous our attraction becomes. Every kiss feels like war. Every touch pulls me deeper into his darkness. Yet I’m hiding secrets of my own. Secrets powerful enough to destroy his empire from the inside out. And when the truth finally comes to light, the man who vowed to protect me may become the one who ruins me. This marriage was supposed to save my life. Instead, it may be the very thing that kills me.

I hated Kane Ravenwood before I ever spoke to him. The ruthless captain of the Ravens Hockey Team ruined my brother’s career and turned our family into campus gossip. Everyone worships him like a king, but I know the monster beneath the crown. Arrogant. Violent. Untouchable. So when he suddenly asks me to fake date him to save his reputation after a scandal, I should’ve said no. Instead, I made a deal with the devil. Now he’s everywhere. Touching me. Watching me. Controlling who talks to me. Calling me like he already owns me. The worst part? The fake relationship doesn’t feel fake anymore. Because behind his cruel smirk and bloodstained knuckles is a broken boy hiding dangerous secrets… secrets that somehow pull me closer instead of pushing me away. But Kane has enemies. And when his obsession with me turns violent, I realize something terrifying: I’m no longer pretending to be the hockey captain’s girlfriend. I’ve become his weakness. And he’ll destroy anyone who tries to take me away.

Olivia Rayne is the biggest star in the world, yet her boyfriend kept her hidden for seven years. Ashamed of her success, he treated her like a burden before finally walking away. Heartbroken and furious, Olivia decides to upgrade. Her target is Gabriel Moreau, a billionaire wine magnate with a heart of stone and no interest in the spotlight. He is the one man she should not be able to break. Still, she pursues him relentlessly, using every charm in her arsenal to make him hers. The goal is simple: get the man, show off to the ex, and move on. But Gabriel’s walls begin to crumble, and his obsession starts to mirror her own. As the revenge plot blurs into a terrifying reality, Olivia must decide if she’s ready to handle the man she fought so hard to catch.

In the heart of New York City, the NYPD never sleeps—and neither do its secrets. Detective Jocelynn Sanchez is all sharp edges and silence. Closed off, cold, and constantly on guard, she’s built walls few have dared to climb. Her time at the academy left her scarred, thanks to a group of recruits who made it their mission to break her spirit. Now, years later, she’s forced to join a new unit—led by none other than Andrei Smirnov, friends with the men who put her through hell. Andrei has always wanted to work with Jocelynn, though she has no idea. Unlike his friends, he saw her strength back then—and admired it. Her arrival on his team feels like fate. But earning her trust proves harder than expected. She barely speaks, avoids everyone except her one friend, and seems to carry a past she’ll never share. Still, Andrei is patient. An open book with a big family and an even bigger heart, he slowly begins to break through Jocelynn's defenses. And in doing so, he discovers the truth: she’s not cold—she’s protecting herself. Jocelynn sees that Andrei isn’t like the men who hurt her. He’s kind, steady, and genuinely wants to understand her. But there are secrets she won’t risk exposing—not even to him. Like the fact that her godfather is their precinct captain, or the real reason she cut ties with her family. As cases grow more dangerous and their bond deepens, Jocelynn must decide if she can finally let someone in. Shadows in Blue is a slow-burn detective romance about trauma and trust, told from both perspectives.

Four months after being trapped in a one-night stand with Archer Hill, Geneva Marie had to face the fact that she was pregnant. The one-night stand wasn't caused by Geneva's drunkenness, but by Archer's brother, Noel Hill, who deliberately set them up. Unprepared for the pregnancy, Geneva intended to abort it to return to her normal life. However, Archer thwarted her. Because that billionaire wanted the baby she was carrying. A funny twist of fate is that they become parents who learn to understand each other through the baby. This makes Archer and Geneva get used to each other and secretly lock their hearts for the love that comes. However, threats from Archer's mother come, stating that Geneva must leave Archer after giving birth to the baby. Can Geneva stay by Archer's side? Will Archer protect Geneva and confess the love he has for her? 

The Mafia Boss’s Tiny Trouble Dante Moretti is the most feared mafia boss in the city. Ruthless, powerful, and completely incapable of trusting anyone, he has built his empire on one simple rule: never show weakness. Then, one rainy night, his men discover a baby girl abandoned at the gates of his mansion. With nothing but a blanket and a note bearing her name—**Luna**—Dante suddenly finds himself responsible for a tiny human who refuses to be intimidated by his reputation. His dangerous soldiers become amateur babysitters, his luxurious mansion turns into a nursery, and the cold-hearted Don discovers that the only person capable of making him smile is a baby who cannot even say his name. But Luna isn't the only unexpected addition to Dante's life. When Mia Rossi's father fails to repay his enormous debt to Dante, he offers his daughter as payment. Mia arrives at the Moretti mansion expecting the worst, only to discover that her terrifying new employer is struggling to survive sleepless nights, dirty diapers, and a baby who has completely taken over his life. Mia is supposed to be nothing more than a maid working off her father's debt. Instead, she becomes Luna's favorite person—and the only woman brave enough to challenge Dante at every turn. As Mia and Dante are thrown together by their tiny troublemaker, irritation slowly becomes attraction, attraction becomes something deeper, and the feared mafia boss begins to discover a side of himself he never knew existed. But Luna's arrival was no accident. Someone knows who she is. Someone wants her back. And when danger finally reaches Dante's doorstep, he must choose between protecting the empire he spent his entire life building and protecting the two women who have unexpectedly become his whole world.

Andrea has always being her twin's shadow. The quiet, obedient daughter cast aside for being less than perfect Aria, the ruthless perfectionist is engaged to the dangerously powerful Mafia King, Alexander Hawthorne. But perfection shatters too. When Aria’s betrayal destroys Alexander’s only lead to his missing parents, he doesn’t want revenge, he wants ruin. He wants to do something to her that will redefine the word sadistic. Terrified of the monster she’s let loose, Aria forces Andrea into a deadly swap, using a secret from their past to blackmail her. On their wedding day Andrea is publicly humiliated when someone finds Alexander being intimate with the daughter of an ambassador. The guests mock and ridicule her for not being able to keep her man. Even though her marriage was a lie she still felt humiliated. Andrea arrives at the Hawthorne estate expecting tedious chores and slandering. Instead, she becomes a prisoner in rough sheets and locked doors. Alexander doesn’t see innocence. He sees betrayal. He plans to make her pay for every lie, every secret, including a horrific crime against his cook’s daughter. But Andrea isn’t Aria. She tries hard not to slip or act out of character. But Aria wasn't just a spoilt brat, she had gotten on nerves of many evil people and they want a pound of her flesh. As Aria's enemies close in on Andrea and the truth threatens to explode, Alexander has to protect the woman he had wanted to badly hurt. Andrea has to make a choice. Tell Alexander she's not who he thinks she is or let the secret she's kept for years get exposed and face the wrath of her parents and the law.

Nickie Chen needed a miracle to save her dying father; she got Regaleon Knight instead. In exchange for the two million dollars required for her father's life-saving surgery, she sells six months of her life to the city's coldest billionaire. The deal is simple: play the loving fiancée to secure his company merger, then disappear. But when the lines between their contractual fiction and their chaotic reality blur, Nickie realizes that guarding her heart from the man who bought it might be harder than saving her father's life.

~ SORA HELL MORGATHOR ~ Since my appointment to the throne, my cousin on paper has fully embraced the role of archnemesis, dedicating every breath to my downfall. He is a walking tantrum in a tailored suit, still crying about a crown that was never going to fit his head anyway. My life wasn’t perfect, but ever since I was adopted into the Hell Morgathor family, staying alive has become a full-time hobby, mostly because every move I make is now at the mercy of men who treat human lives like disposable currency. It’s nice to know I’ve brought the city together; apparently, having me in charge is the only thing everyone can agree is a terrible idea. My cousin on paper views me as the ultimate gatekeeper, Largely thanks to the fact that I have the audacity to keep breathing while he wants my chair, treating my pulse like a personal insult to his resume. ☠️☠️☠️☠️ ~A-JUN HELL MORGATHOR ~ All I want is my family to stop being a shadow. A woman carries the family name, whereas my father is subjected to being the underboss. As if things aren’t bad enough, an adopted female child is coded to be the next Don, and she had the guts to accept the offer. I was fully prepared to end her life, but I was suddenly struck by lightning, or maybe it was just her impeccable skincare routine, and I decided to let it slide, distracted by her face and forgot why I was even holding a weapon. I'm currently temporarily blinded by her sheer audacity to be that gorgeous while I’m trying to work. But until when will I be distracted?

‎Lucy thought her first love was gone forever. Until she met Aiden. Cold, powerful, and dangerously irresistible, Aiden looks exactly like the boy who once broke her heart, but he is nothing like him. What begins as tension between a CEO and his PA soon turns into something deeper. Something neither of them can control. But the past isn’t done with them. When Ethan,the man Lucy once loved, returns, he brings secrets, betrayal, and a thirst for revenge that threatens to destroy everything. As scandals explode, lies spread like wildfire, and the world turns against them, Lucy finds herself caught between two brothers and a truth that could tear her life apart. A love tested by betrayal. A family bound by secrets. A truth that could ruin everything. When choosing love means losing everything… Will it still be worth it?