Romans Contemporary & Histoires Protective Love after Marriage

Olivia becomes the Luna of the Alpha who hates her. Alpha Luca Blackwood doesn’t forgive betrayal, he punishes it. Married for power, bound by blood, Olivia is dragged into a brutal pack where mercy doesn’t exist. But secrets lie beneath the rejection. And when the truth finally surfaces, the Alpha who broke her may be the only one willing to burn the world to protect her.

Elena Hart was supposed to have the perfect wedding. Instead, hours before walking down the aisle, she discovers her fiancé, Adrian Blackwood, in the arms of the one woman whose betrayal hurts almost as much as his—her own stepsister. Humiliated and heartbroken, Elena walks away from the wedding determined never to let another Blackwood ruin her life. Then she meets Damien Blackwood. Adrian’s estranged older brother. Cold, powerful, and dangerously unreadable, Damien built a billion-dollar empire after turning his back on the family years ago. He shouldn’t even be at the wedding. Yet he has an offer waiting for Elena. Marry him instead. It sounds insane. But becoming Damien’s wife would give Elena the perfect chance to reclaim her dignity—and give Damien exactly what he needs to settle an old score with his family. There will be rules. No love. No jealousy. No interference in each other’s private lives. And when their arrangement has served its purpose, they’ll walk away. At least, that’s the plan. Because the longer Elena lives with her mysterious new husband, the harder it becomes to understand the man behind the cold exterior. Damien protects her as though her pain is personal. He remembers things she doesn’t remember telling him. And sometimes, he looks at her like their marriage isn’t a business arrangement at all. Soon, Elena begins to suspect something far more dangerous than falling for her husband’s brother. Damien didn’t choose her on her wedding day. He chose her years ago.

Alice Brent walks away from her wedding after discovering her fiancé’s betrayal, leaving him humiliated at the altar. In a moment that shocks the entire city, she turns around and marries his biggest hockey rival, Devon Shaun. What begins as an act of revenge meant to reclaim her pride quickly shifts into something far more dangerous and calculated, as Alice slowly realizes Devon didn’t accept her by chance, he has been waiting for her and for reasons she doesn’t yet understand.

When Mia was seven years old, her world was torn apart. After her parents’ bitter divorce, she was forced to live with her father, while her identical twin sister, Nyla, stayed with their mother. From that moment on, Mia became the forgotten child—abandoned by her mother and sister who were supposed to love her too. Eighteen years later, when Mia is struggling through college while caring for her critically ill father, the mother and sister who ignored her existence suddenly return. But their return is far from heartfelt. Desperate to secure an alliance with the powerful Bowen family, Mia’s mother has promised Nyla’s hand in marriage to the enigmatic and cold young master, Adam Bowen. The problem? Nyla doesn’t want to settle down yet. So Mia is given an impossible choice. Her mother secretly hides her sick father and blackmails Mia into taking Nyla’s place at the altar. If Mia agrees to marry Adam Bowen while pretending to be her twin sister, she will be told where her father is being kept. With no way to refuse, Mia steps into a life that was never meant to be hers, playing a dangerous game. Now trapped in a marriage built on lies, Mia must play the role of Nyla flawlessly. One mistake could expose her deception—and Adam Bowen is not a man easily fooled. Cold, powerful, and dangerously perceptive, he begins to suspect that the woman he married is not who she claims to be. As Mia desperately searches for her missing father, the fragile web of lies around her begins to unravel. What will happen when Adam discovers that his bride is nothing more than a substitute? Will he destroy her for the betrayal… or will the truth reveal a bond neither of them expected?

He needed the perfect bride to win the election. She needed Washington's most powerful man to stay alive. Gabriel Vincent is the most ruthless defense attorney in the United States and a Senate candidate who refuses to fail. Carrying the scars of a brutal childhood and the haunting guilt over his younger brother’s death, he built an armor of coldness and arrogance that no one has ever managed to pierce. For him, power is not a luxury—it is the ultimate weapon to destroy the monsters of his past. However, to win over conservative voters, the party leadership hands him a non-negotiable ultimatum: present a fake fiancée by the end of the week. Angel Montgomery is a brilliant investigative journalist trying to rebuild her life away from the nightmare of Silverwood. A survivor of an attempted murder and a horrific betrayal by her ex-fiancé—a corrupt cop who tried to kill her and framed the case—she must protect her father and safeguard her own freedom. Yet, hunted and cornered by her attacker, Angel realizes her past is about to drag her under. A tense, electric encounter brings these two survivors together. Gabriel sees Angel’s flawless reputation and undeniable resilience as the perfect match for his political farce. Angel finds in the candidate's vast power and unyielding protection the single guarantee of keeping her stalker at bay. A strict marriage-of-convenience contract is drawn up: no feelings, a set expiration date, and strictly business. What neither anticipated was how forced proximity would turn friction into an unquenchable desire, awakening a dark attraction and an obsession that will shatter every clause of their agreement. How far would you go when a pact built on appearances becomes the ultimate safe haven for two broken souls?

Arabella Montgomery has spent her entire life learning how to survive among the wealthy. As the daughter of one of Westhaven’s most powerful families, she knows that reputation is everything, secrets are currency, and love is supposed to be the one thing money cannot buy. She is engaged to the perfect man, surrounded by people she trusts, and preparing for a future she believes she has chosen for herself. Then everything begins to fall apart. A growing financial scandal threatens to destroy the Montgomery empire. The man she intends to marry may not be who she believes he is, and the betrayal that cuts deepest comes from someone she has loved like a sister. But just as Arabella’s world begins to crumble, Adrian Knight, the cold and dangerously powerful man her family has every reason to fear, makes her an offer she can hardly afford to refuse. He has spent years rebuilding his family’s fortune and has never forgotten what the Montgomery family allegedly did to his own. Now, he wants something only Arabella can give him: marriage. For Adrian, the marriage is business, revenge, and a means to secure what he needs. For Arabella, it may be the only way to save what remains of her family. But becoming Mrs Knight means entering a world where every promise has a price, every alliance hides a motive, and the man she despises may be the only person standing between her and the truth. Arabella thought the marriage would be her greatest sacrifice. She has yet to discover what Adrian Knight is really after—and what it will cost her to find out.

THE BILLIONAIRE’S REGRET By Alvin Brown Avah Morne gave Calder Ives three years of her life, loving a man who had everything except the courage to love her the way she deserved. As his wife, she endured his emotional distance, his endless priorities, and the painful truth that a part of his heart still belonged to another woman. When Calder finally signs their divorce papers, he believes ending their marriage is the right decision. He is wrong. Avah refuses to remain the heartbroken woman he left behind. With determination, talent, and an unbreakable spirit, she builds Morne Studio into a rising interior design business. She begins creating a life defined by her own dreams, not by a billionaire's approval. Then fate brings them together again. When Avah's studio earns a place in a prestigious project owned by Calder's company, the man who once dismissed her must face the woman she has become. She is confident, successful, and no longer waiting for him to notice her worth. For the first time, Calder wants something money cannot buy: a second chance with the woman he let go. But regret cannot erase betrayal, and jealousy cannot rebuild trust. As old feelings collide with new possibilities, Avah must decide whether the man who broke her heart deserves another opportunity—or whether her future lies with someone who knows how to value her. He signed the divorce papers without looking back. Now he would give anything to make her his wife again. But this time, Avah holds the pen.

~ A Romance Novella ~ “I was afraid,” he whispered, hands sliding up her legs. “Afraid that with all this danger, I'd have to admit what I really want. Who I want.” “And?” She gasped under her breath as his fingers trailed into her inner thighs. “What do you want?” Under lidded eyes, his gaze never wavered. “You.”  … Cold, logical and determined to protect his legacy, Roman Ricci needs a respectable wife for six months to gain the remnants of his father's legacy. Following an assassination attempt, Wounded and hunted by his power-hungry uncle, he finds himself in the home of Eva, the feisty stranger and bookstore owner that saved his life. On discovering her desperate needs, he decides on her as a perfect candidate. She needs money, he needs a wife. Thus, she agrees to six months of pretending in return for ten million. It should be nothing more than a business arrangement, but as enemies close in and attraction flies high, neither is certain where the act stops and their real desires begin. As time ticks and obstacles loom, it's up to them to define if their feelings would end or if this contract marriage holds something more.

Kyra wasn’t looking for redemption. Just a roof over her head. A fake name. A place where she could hide from the men who used her, broke her, and discarded her. When she agrees to work as a nanny for little Julie, she finds a peaceful routine — until the girl’s father comes home. Liam Blackthorne. A billionaire. A widower. Brutally handsome. Cold as ice — and twice as lethal. He didn’t want a nanny. He wanted silence, control, and distance. But Kyra… she challenged him just by breathing. With those eyes that hid pain. With the submissive way he recognized from afar. She had scars — but his knew exactly how to speak to hers. And that’s how the game began… Words whispered in the dark. Orders she didn’t dare disobey. Punishments that burned more in the soul than on the skin. Liam didn’t just touch her body. He invaded her mind, her will, her weaknesses. He broke her slowly — only to rebuild her in the image of what he desired. But there are too many secrets between them. And some, if revealed, may be too cruel to be forgiven. Kyra was trained to obey. But Liam wants more than obedience. He wants total possession. And he accepts nothing less than everything.

Emily Turner thought signing a contract marriage would save her life. One signature. One arrangement. One powerful man who promised protection in exchange for a perfect illusion. Ethan Reed is everything she shouldn’t trust cold, controlled, unreadable. A billionaire who doesn’t believe in love… only control. But Emily has a past she can’t outrun. Jason, the man who once called her “baby girl,” is watching. Waiting. And getting closer. Now every smile feels like a lie. Every silence feels like danger. And every step inside Ethan’s mansion feels like she is being watched… even when she is alone. Ethan says it’s just business. A contract. A role she must play. But the way he looks at her says something else entirely. Possession. And Jason isn’t the only one who refuses to let her go. Because in Ethan Reed’s world… A wife by contract is still a wife. And letting her walk away was never part of the agreement.

On the night of her engagement, Gianna Moretti’s world shatters—her fiancé tangled in bed with her best friend, her family ready to cast her aside, her future ripped away. But when she crosses paths with Dante Russo—the ruthless heir to New York’s most powerful fashion empire—one impulsive choice changes everything. In twenty minutes, Gianna goes from betrayed bride to Mrs. Russo. Their marriage is a deal. No love. No betrayal. Just survival. But the deeper Gianna is pulled into Dante’s world of wealth, secrets, and ruthless ambition, the more blurred the lines between revenge and desire become. As her step-sister plots murder, her ex-fiancé claws his way back from ruin, and long-buried family secrets claw their way to the surface, Gianna must decide: will she be a pawn in their game—or the queen who burns their empire to the ground?

Ava was never wanted. Her mother died giving birth to her, and her father never forgave her for the cost. While her stepsiblings grew up wrapped in his love, Ava grew up invisible in her own home. When the pack's mating ceremony reveals her as the fated mate of Rowan, the pack's next beta, she lets herself hope, just once, that she finally matters. He rejects her in front of the entire pack instead. Weeks later, a powerful Alpha arrives seeking an alliance through marriage, one meant for her sister, not her. But when he catches her scent by chance in the woods, fate overrules every plan her family made. He refuses the engagement in front of the whole hall, uses his alpha command to find her, and claims her as his true mate before she's even had time to process what's happening. Suddenly Ava is a Luna, thrust into an alliance marriage with a man the entire region fears and respects. He's fiercely protective of her from day one, shielding her from a rising rogue threat and a family that never wanted her to have this. But he's also grieving a mate he lost long ago, and neither of them expected to find love this fast, or this hard. As they build a life together inside his territory, love grows in the space marriage was supposed to skip, slow and uncertain at first, then undeniable. Ava finally gets to be chosen, protected, and cherished, everything her first rejection convinced her she'd never have. Some wolves reject what they don't understand. This Alpha claimed her anyway.

"Take your bastard child and get out of my house!" She was his secret ingredient. He was her dangerous craving. Camila Torres spent a decade hiding her light to make her husband look bright. In return, he called her a "poor thing," mocked her cooking, and kicked her out for a younger woman.  But Jaxon Carter made one mistake: he underestimated the woman he married. When Billionaire Nico Romano finds Camila, he doesn’t see a "poor" divorcee. He sees a woman with a palate like a goddess and a tongue sharp enough to cut through his mystery. He gives her the keys to his kingdom, and suddenly, the ex-wife everyone mocked is the boss everyone fears.  The Carters want her back. Nico wants her forever. In this game of power and passion, revenge is a dish best served... scorched.