Contemporary Romance Web Novels & Badboy Hate to Love Stories

They say some lines are never meant to be crossed. For Gia, that line had a name: Leo. Leo is notorious, breathtakingly handsome, and completely off-limits—mostly because he’s her best friend’s older brother. To Leo, Gia has always been just the innocent, quiet girl hiding out in the guest room, completely beneath his notice. She scorns his ruthless playboy lifestyle; he thrives on teasing her until her cheeks burn with fury. Their relationship is nothing but friction and unspoken sparks. Until one fateful, alcohol-blurred night at a crowded party shifts the axis of their world. In the dark, the teasing stops, the walls crumble, and a forbidden line is shattered in a night of reckless, intoxicating passion. The next morning, Gia is consumed by suffocating guilt and the terrifying fear of losing her best friend. She wants to forget it ever happened. But Leo can’t. Suddenly, the man who used to look past her is looking only at her. He’s no longer ignoring her—he’s relentlessly pursuing her, drawing closer with every shared glance and whispered threat in the hallway. Trapped between a devastating secret and an obsessive, dangerous desire, Gia has to choose: fight the fire consuming them, or surrender to the man who could ruin her life.

Roselle Adair was running to save her future when she crashed straight into his. Desperate to fix a financial aid disaster before her scholarship disappears, Roselle takes a wrong turn and storms onto the ice during the biggest showcase of Jace Whitfield's career. One collision leaves Jace injured, his crucial showcase ruined, and thousands of people watching the viral video of the girl who cost him everything. Jace wants answers. Roselle wants to disappear. But when the dean summons her to explain the disaster, she realizes escaping Jace won't be easy. And if he decides to make her pay, what happens next?

Five years ago, Ava Sinclair gave her heart and her innocence to Ryder Kane, her brother’s best friend. The next morning, he shattered her world and walked away. Now she’s back, hunted by the powerful men she dared to expose. When her car crashes on a lonely highway, the last person she expects to save her is the man who once destroyed her.Ryder “Havoc” Kane built his billion-dollar empire on control and cold. But when Ava reappears all bloody, terrified, and still breathtaking, his iron walls start to crack. Protecting her means inviting chaos into his carefully built world. Loving her could burn it all down. Now, Havoc offers her protection in his private estate. The same man she swore to hate is the only one who can keep her alive. But there’s one problem:The man she exposed, Leon Vargas, is not only Havoc’s oldest rival but he’s the reason Havoc left his empire of steel and bikes behind and Vargas will burn the world to destroy them both. As danger closes in, old scars reopen, and Ava realizes that the man she thought was her enemy might be the only one who ever truly loved her.In a world where money and blood buy silence, love is the most dangerous secret of all. And Havoc’s empire might fall when he risks everything for his greatest weakness — his Red.The safest place for Ava… is in Havoc's bed

Jade Adams did not think that moving to Oakland would cause so much drama, heartache, love and betrayal. She is used to living in the shadows, not because she cannot fit in, but because Jade just doesn’t care enough to fit in. However, moving to Oakland, she quickly discovers that she cannot be invisible anymore, not when she caught the eyes of the star hockey player, Theo Everson. Theo Everson, local heartthrob, star of the hockey team and Jade’s next-door neighbour. He is also a douchebag who tried to kiss Jade on her first day of school, especially when she just caught him and his girlfriend, Kendall Richie, in the school bathroom. No matter how much she tries to go back to being a fly on the wall, Jade can never seem to stop drawing attention to herself. When Theo’s position on the hockey team is threatened by his bad grades, Jade is authorised by the school principal to become his tutor. This, however, only causes problems for them because now Jade is forced to see that there is more to Theo Everson. The Oakland Knight’s captain is more than just a handsome, arrogant douchebag; he is charming and charismatic, funnier and sweeter than Jade ever imagined. And now she’s falling for him. With Theo and Jade getting closer, Kendall becomes jealous, and she and her friends, Briella and Trish, the most popular girls in school, cook up a plan to ruin Jade’s character and possibly cause her to get expelled. Except that her plan backfires, revealing truths buried, secrets hidden and causing heartbreaks.

Noah Turner is used to starting over. New city, new school, same heartbreak. After a lifetime following her serial romantic mother from one failed marriage to the next, she transfers to a new university hoping for a fresh start—and finally meeting the online boyfriend she’s loved for two years. Instead, he dumps her over text. Then a housing mix-up assigns her to the university’s most feared hockey captain: Miles Presley. A brooding 6’7” ice king with a permanent scowl and zero interest in sharing his space. Miles has three rules: stay away from distractions, stick to his routine, and never let anyone close enough to disrupt his life. Noah breaks all three within twenty four hours. Things get worse when they discover their parents are about to marry, making them future step-siblings. Then Noah walks into the hockey arena and sees her ex, Tyson, kissing another girl. Heartbroken and furious, she kisses Miles in front of the entire team. Now everyone thinks they’re dating. Tyson is Miles’s biggest rival on the ice. So Miles claims the relationship, both to get back at him and to sabotage their parents’ wedding. He offers Noah a deal: pretend to be together, ruin the engagement, and walk away when it’s over. Simple. Except nothing about them is simple. Not when Tyson wants her back. Not when Miles is fighting for his NHL shot while the ghosts of his mother’s death threaten everything he’s built. And definitely not when pretending starts to feel dangerously real. In a game of love, ambition, family, and betrayal, what happens when keeping the deal costs them everything… but breaking it might cost them even more?

His hand pressed against the wall beside my head, his breath hot against my ear. “You’re blushing again, professor,” Ace whispered, his voice low, sinful. I swallowed, trying to steady myself, but my body betrayed me, arching towards him, aching for more. “You’re too close,” I managed, my voice unsteady. He smirked, brushing his lips over my jaw, slow and deliberate. “Then tell me to stop.” I should have. God, I should have... Instead, I tangled my fingers in his hair and pulled him to me. His mouth crashed over mine, hungry and rough, and the world outside his disappeared. I thought living with him would be the worst decision of my life. Turns out, it might be the hottest. -- -- -- I needed a roommate. What I got was Ace, tattooed, arrogant, and infuriatingly gorgeous. He breezed into my apartment like he owned it, with that cocky smile and a body that makes focusing on my studies nearly impossible. The walls are thin. Too thin. Every night, I hear things I shouldn’t. And worse… I start fantasizing about things I shouldn't. I tell myself that he’s a distraction I can’t afford but when he offers to tutor me in things that have nothing to do with textbooks, I’m not sure I can resist. One touch. One kiss. One lesson I’ll never forget. Living with Ace was meant to be temporary. Falling for him? That was never part of the plan.

One year. That’s all I have to survive. I went from dancing naked in the neon-soaked stage of the Velvet Eclipse club to the cold, marble halls of the Hart empire with nothing but a promise I made to a dying man. I thought Richard Hart was my savior, but his final gift turned out to be a death sentence: live in a penthouse with his four sons—the most powerful, dangerous, and devastatingly handsome men in the city—for twelve months, or lose everything. The catch? They hate me. They see me as a charity case, a gold-digger. There’s Lucien, the Ice King who wants to crush me under his corporate heel. Damon, the inked-up mafia boss, who plays with guns and my sanity. Kai, the tech genius whose stormy blue eyes track my every mistake like a virus. And Theo, the golden boy whose charming smile hides a heart of pure stone. They’ve made it clear: they don’t want a roommate. They want to break me until I beg to leave. But they don’t know where I come from. They don't know what I've survived, Jace, my ex boyfriend who is currently hunting me from the shadows, ready to drag me back to the life I barely escaped. I’m trapped between four sharks who want to devour me and a monster who wants to own me. But as the walls of the penthouse start closing in, the hatred is starting to feel a lot like hunger. The lines are blurring, and I’m beginning to realize that the only thing more dangerous than the Hart brothers hating me... is them wanting me. I was sent here to tame them. But in this den of lions, I might be the one who ends up devoured.

Walking in on the university’s six-foot-tall hockey captain wasn't on my schedule today. Walking in on him completely naked in the showers—and watching him grin like he'd planned it—was even worse. Most guys would cover up. Not Carter Graham. He just flashed that insufferable smile and asked if I wanted a closer look. He's rich, arrogant, and the one athlete I swore I’d never interact with. But now he needs a tutor to save his career... and he just realized I'm the girl from the shower. Scrubbing the Briar hockey locker rooms at 1 AM was supposed to be easy money. But behind Carter's cocky smirk, he’s trapped. His abusive billionaire father threatens to pull his inheritance unless he settles down with a respectable girl, and a failing psychology grade means he’s one bad test away from getting benched right before NHL scouts arrive. When Carter realizes I’m the only student on campus who aced the midterm, he corners me with an arrangement I can't afford to refuse: 1. Tutor him so he doesn't lose his NHL draft spot. 2. Play his devoted fake fiancée to fool his terrifying father. In exchange? He wipes out my crushing tuition debt and acts as my insanely possessive fake boyfriend to help me catch the eye of the campus rockstar I’ve crushed on for years. The terms were simple: strictly business, no feelings, no real touches. But as fake touches turn into real, dangerous obsession... who breaks first?

Connie Reid doesn't date athletes. She doesn't talk about her past. And she definitely doesn't play hockey anymore. She built her new life at Crestfield University carefully — warm smile, sharp instincts, a matchmaking reputation that keeps everyone else's love lives running smoothly while her own heart stays locked away. It works perfectly. Until the university board decides her skills belong to them. The deal is simple and non-negotiable: fake a relationship with Kyrian Maddox — Crestfield's most controversial hockey recruit — on a live reality dating show, or watch her most painful secret broadcast to every student on campus. Kyrian Maddox doesn't explain himself to anyone. He arrived at Crestfield already carrying a scandal he didn't cause and a reputation he can't escape. The PR arrangement forced on him is just another thing he has no choice but to endure. The girl they've paired him with is warm, clever and reads people like open books. He finds that deeply suspicious. Off camera they're strangers who tolerate each other in cold silence. On camera they're convincing enough to trend. But the longer they share a house, an ice rink and the weight of secrets neither will speak aloud, the harder it becomes to remember where the performance ends. Then the boy who destroyed Connie's life walks into the show house smiling like no time has passed. And everything she buried starts clawing its way back to the surface. Kyrian notices the shift in her before she can hide it. What he doesn't know yet is that protecting her might cost him everything he came to Crestfield to rebuild. Some performances become real. Some secrets refuse to stay buried. And some people are worth burning everything down for.

Innocent Tanya had gotten the shock of her life when she saw that her bully in high school would be her stepbrother and her boss. *** Kieran Smith, wealthy and handsome, had bullied Tanya in high school. He met her years later as the girl who was going to be his stepsister, and he made up his mind to be around her until she forgives him. Tanya George, smart and beautiful, had gotten herself ready for a hard time with her stepbrother, especially when she realized she would be working for him as his personal secretary and live in the same building with him. To make matters worse, she made a dangerous deal with him. It was a deal that would make her stick around him for a very long time. Tanya wondered if she could resist Kieran's charms before the deal expires, she asked herself if she could hate him forever, and if she could ignore the tensions, attraction and forbidden desires.

{UPDATES ON WEDNESDAYS, SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS} The Storm and The Calm Thea Lysander doesn’t lose — not in court, not in life, and definitely not to love. But years ago, she made one reckless exception: him. Cassian Draven — all fire, fury, swagger, and scars. For three unforgettable months, they burned with a passion that consumed everything. Then, without warning, he vanished, leaving her shattered and alone, replaced by someone softer, safer, and far too perfect for him. Now, Thea is untouchable. A legend in the courtroom, a woman who’s buried her past and built a fortress around her heart. But when a case forces them back together, the past resurfaces in a single message; one Cassian never meant to send. He thought she was just a chapter in his wild, chaotic life. She thought she buried the ache he left behind. But some love stories don’t fade. They simmer, waiting for the right moment to ignite. And now, it’s time for round two.

I don't know how it happened. One minute I'm living an extremely lonely life and all it takes is getting lost to change all of that. But, change is good, right? Yeah, if you take the fact that I was entrusted with the most adorable little girl as good. Throw in a reunion with a twin brother that I haven't seen in years and a gang of bad boys to the pile and all is peachy keen. As complicated as it seems, there's more. Now, I have to keep a certain mystery boy away from me for my own sake. I have to deal with a brother that thinks these bad boys are his new best friends. And on top of all of that, someone's after me. Forget the fact that this is senior year. Why can't I just be Khloe Mason, an uncoordinated mess of fandoms. Now, I'm The Bad Boy's...What?

One cruel prank. And two boys who could ruin her heart — or her entire life. Kailee Bennett never wanted the spotlight. Being mocked for her weight was enough, thank you very much. But when the mean girls trick her into the lead role of the school play, she’s suddenly the center of attention… Just when she’s ready to quit, her infuriatingly hot new stepbrother — offers her a deal: He’ll help her transform for the role and win the heart of her longtime crush, if she pretends to date him to make his ex jealous. The rules are simple: No real feelings. No telling anyone they live under the same roof. No kissing unless it’s for “practice.” But lines blur fast when her crush starts noticing her… And her step brother stops pretending. Now Kailee’s stuck between the boy she always wanted and the one who sees the fire beneath her insecurities. WHO WILL SHE CHOOSE?? And what happens when the act becomes something real?

Seven years ago, Aiden Voss destroyed her life with a bet. Rich, reckless, and untouchable, Aiden was the king of Westbridge International School until a scholarship girl named Emily Kane looked him in the eye and refused to bow. What started as a cruel dare to make her fall in love became something dangerously real. But when Emily discovered the truth, she ran heartbroken, pregnant, and determined to never look back. Now, Aiden is a cold, powerful billionaire, and Emily is his new executive assistant. She’s no longer the innocent girl he once knew. She’s a fiercely protective single mother with a six-year-old daughter who has Aiden’s gray eyes and a smile that haunts him. Aiden will do anything to earn forgiveness. But Emily isn’t sure she can trust the man who once broke her. Especially when dangerous secrets from their past refuse to stay buried and two people are willing to destroy everything to keep them apart. As old wounds reopen and new temptations arise, Aiden must prove he’s no longer the boy who made the bet. And Emily must decide if love is worth risking her heart and her daughter’s, one final time.

Moving closer to campus was supposed to make Maya’s life easier. Instead, she ends up living next door to Ethan Cole, the frustratingly confident guy she already knows from university. At school, they barely get along. At home, avoiding each other becomes impossible. Between late-night study sessions, unexpected favors, shared meals, and conversations neither of them planned to have, their constant irritation slowly turns into something neither wants to admit. But Ethan has a complicated past, and Maya has no intention of becoming another problem he refuses to deal with. They live only one wall apart, but falling for each other might create more distance than either of them expected.

After being sold off by her family as a slave, Isabel mistakenly draws the attention of her master's most ruthless son. What does a lowly slave have to offer?

I hate Derick Stone. He is arrogant, cold, and he stole the promotion I desperately needed. He loves to get on my nerves, and I love to hate him. Then my mother drops a bombshell: she is marrying his billionaire father. Suddenly, my worst enemy is about to become my stepbrother. To make matters worse, Derick forces me into his personal space as his assistant just to keep me close. We are trapped together in the office and living under the same roof in his family’s luxury mansion. The tension between us is dangerous. Our fights are explosive. But beneath all the bitter resentment, a dark, undeniable obsession is growing. I know he is controlling. I know our parents' upcoming wedding makes us strictly off-limits. But the closer they get to the aisle, the harder it is to resist the scorching fire between us. I came into his world seeking payback. So why am I falling in love with my future stepbrother?

Ayla never expected that one night at her best friend’s house would change everything, until she came face to face with Jace, her best friend’s dangerously charming and notoriously reckless brother. She tells herself she can’t stand him—his playboy reputation, his endless games, teasing smirks, and the way he looks at her like she’s just an innocent girl playing in a world she doesn’t understand. But beneath the tension and constant clashes, there's something far more dangerous—an undeniable pull neither of them is ready to admit. Then, one reckless night at a party changes everything: lines are crossed, secrets are revealed, and suddenly, avoiding each other isn’t an option anymore. As guilt begins to weigh on Ayla and Jace starts to see her in a way he never has before, their connection deepens into something forbidden, intense, and impossible to ignore. Because if the truth were to come out, it wouldn’t just ruin them—it would destroy the one person they both cannot afford to lose.

Jasmine Reign Campbell has one rule. Stay invisible. Stick with her friends. Avoid drama at all costs. Then Draven Augustus Green walks into her life. The campus bad boy. Arrogant, irresistible, and impossible to ignore. The one everyone loves and the one she wants to stay far away from. He breaks every rule and somehow gets under her skin. Jasmine is determined to never fall for someone like him. Rule number one exists for a reason. But some rules are not meant to last.

"By day, I'm invisible. By night, I'm his darkest fantasy." Jane Puckett doesn't belong at Riverside Academy; not among the trust fund babies and silver spoon elite. She's the scholarship girl who keeps her head down and her grades up, desperate to survive four years in a world that wants her gone. Until she makes one fatal mistake: crossing Ace Monroe. Gorgeous, dangerous, and untouchable, Ace is campus royalty with a cruel streak and an axe to grind. After Jane tanks his grade on a group project he refused to touch, he makes it his personal mission to destroy her. Every day is a new humiliation. Every class, a fresh hell. But Ace doesn't know Jane's secret. When the sun goes down, Plain Jane becomes Jailbird; the most requested dancer at Fantasy Island, the exclusive club where lustful boys go to indulge their filthiest desires. It's the only way she can afford what her scholarship won't cover. The only way she survives. Then fate—or karma—walks through the door. On his twenty-first birthday, Ace Monroe buys a private dance from the masked siren who's been haunting the patrons of fantasy island. He doesn't recognize she is the girl he's been tormenting by day. But he is about to.