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Fighting Back (Fighting For Love 5) - Romance novels & stories
Marysol James
This is the final book in the 'Fighting For Love' series, and happily-ever-afters don’t come easy. Mia and Nick fight to rebuild intimacy after Nick’s devastating amputation... and to survive the vulnerability it demands. Katie and Adam face infertility and the brutal truth of how childhood trauma still echoes into adulthood. Reena and Mitch emerge from trial victorious, only to confront the responsibility – and power – of a life-changing judgment. Maggie is drowning in grief, and Joe is determined to prove that redemption isn’t just a promise, but a permanent change. Four couples. Eight battered hearts. Too many fears, scars, and second chances to count. Everything that can go wrong threatens to. But this time, love doesn’t back down. Because happily-ever-after isn’t given. It’s fought for.
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A Deal With Desire - Romance novels & stories
Norah Black
She married her childhood crush for money. Falling for him again wasn’t part of the deal. When Adele’s mother is diagnosed with ovarian cancer, she’s left with one impossible option: marry the man she once loved in secret—or watch her world fall apart. Julian Hawthorne, a cold billionaire with everything to lose, offers her a deal: two years of marriage, no strings attached, in exchange for enough money to save her family—and keep his manipulative ex-wife at bay while securing his dream business deal. To him, it’s just business. To her, it’s heartbreak waiting to happen. But fake vows can’t hide real feelings. And when old wounds reopen and boundaries blur, Adele is no longer the quiet girl he used to ignore—she’s the woman who might just destroy his control. Because in a game of power, secrets, and desire... The heart never sticks to the rules.
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Falling For The Lies  - Romance novels & stories
Arbest Savage
He’s untouchable. She’s a lie Layla is one story away from breaking out of the gutter. Her mission? Destroy billionaire Lucas Asher. The plan is simple: Pose as a rich heiress. Get close. Expose him. But Lucas isn’t the cold monster the tabloids made him. He’s charming. He’s considerate. He’s looking at her like she’s the only real thing in the room. Now her lies are getting messy… and her heart is betraying her. Because Layla has secrets too. Secrets that will shatter everything if he finds out. Her career or her heart? One truth will ruin them both.
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Irresistible Sin - Romance novels & stories
Anne Author
Kael Ravenwood is untouchable. A ruthless billionaire CEO feared in boardrooms and whispered about in elite circles. Power is his armor. Control is his weapon. No one gets close by design. Until Ava Delos Reyes walks into his office. Brilliant, fearless, and impossible to ignore, Ava is everything Kael never planned for. What begins as a strictly professional arrangement between a powerful CEO and his secretary quickly ignites into something far more dangerous stolen glances, forbidden tension, and desires that refuse to stay hidden. For Ava, falling for Kael could cost her everything she’s worked for. For Kael, wanting her threatens the empire he built with blood, strategy, and sacrifice. In a world ruled by power, secrets, and unforgivable rules, Kael doesn’t ask he takes. And Ava may be the one temptation capable of bringing the untouchable to his knees. Irresistible. Forbidden. Sinful. A love powerful enough to destroy them both.
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Taming the billionaire playboy  - Romance novels & stories
Uche🎀
Jasmine Hayes swore she’d never go looking for the father who abandoned her. But when her mother’s life is seconds from slipping away, pride becomes a luxury she can’t afford. He agrees to pay for the surgery—on one condition. She must marry Alexander Phillips, the billionaire heir originally promised to her half-sister. Jasmine doesn’t know him. She doesn’t want him. But she signs away her future to save the only person who ever stayed. Alexander isn’t looking for a wife—he’s looking for a solution. His image is in ruins, his family is pressuring him, and marriage is the quickest way to silence the board. Jasmine is not the bride he expected, but she’s convenient… and temporary. The contract is clear: ✔ No love ✔ No sex ✔ No complications ✔ Ten million dollars after the quiet divorce But nothing about Alexander is safe. Nothing about Jasmine is simple. And nothing about this arrangement is going according to plan. She agreed to marry a stranger to keep her mother alive. He agreed to marry a nobody to keep his empire intact. Neither of them expected the real problem to be each other.
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A GAME OF LIES - Romance novels & stories
Geneva .A. Zwicker
It started with one scandalous kiss caught on camera. She expected damage control not to be declared the girlfriend of the billionaire who ruined her life. He’s cold, calculating, and her ex’s powerful cousin. They agree to fake it for four months for money, for revenge, for survival. She became the fake girlfriend of the billionaire who ruined her life He’s ruthless. She’s vengeful. Four months. One deal. No feelings. But soon, the lies cut deep… and neither of them can tell if the obsession is still pretend. Amira Santis, a sharp-tongued investigative journalist, ruins billionaire Montez De Vitalio’s company with one exposé. In return, he blacklists her. Her career is over. But after an odd encounter when photos of Montez sharing a kiss with her in a hotel gets out, he has no option but to announce her as his lover to the public. Now with them both in a compromising situation, Amira takes his offer to pretend to be his girlfriend in the eyes of the public for a period of four months in exchange that he pays her and gets back at her cheating ex, who also happened to be his cousin but Amira is not the same girl he once destroyed. She has secrets of her own. And Montez? He didn’t plan on falling for the one woman who swore to ruin him. Their lies ignite an obsession neither can control, and soon, love and war become indistinguishable.
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 The Billionaire Ex-Wife He Never Divorced - Romance novels & stories
Avery Thorne
Selene Quinn Six years ago, I walked away from Lucien Ashbourne. No goodbyes. No confrontation. Just silence… and two unborn children he never knew about. They said I was lucky to marry into power — even though he was half-dead man. They didn’t see the contract, the coma, or the cold man who treated me like a threat. Even after I saved him. Now I’m back. Different name. Bigger title. And the first face I see on a Manhattan billboard? His. He doesn’t know I’m here. He doesn’t know we’re about to become competitors. And he has no idea what I’ve built while he was busy forgetting me. Lucien Ashbourne She left without a word. Good. She was a mistake forced into my life while I was too broken to stop it. But I never signed those divorce papers. And now… she’s back. New name. Same eyes. Running the company threatening my biggest deal. She’s hiding something. She always was. But this time, I won’t let her vanish. Not until I know why she left. Not until I remember what we did that night. Not until she realizes... she was mine all along.
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Reborn To Ruin My Ex Husband  - Romance novels & stories
Pauline Maxwell
Selena died on the day, She had walked in on her husband cheating with her best friend and instead of apologies, she was silenced forever. When Selena opened her eyes again, she had returned to one year earlier. The day she once gifted her husband half of her company out of love. This time, she smiled just as gently… and set a trap beneath every signature. Divorce came first. The downfall followed. Her ex-husband believed Selena was still the obedient wife who loved him blindly. Her best friend thought she had already won. They didn’t realize the woman they betrayed had come back colder, smarter and determined to take back everything they stole. As Selena dismantles her ex-husband’s empire piece by piece, Chris her childhood friend and a powerful CEO re-enters her life. He was the only one who warned her in her past life… and the only one who never betrayed her. Reborn with hatred in her heart and clarity in her mind, will Selena destroy everyone who wronged her or allow herself a second chance at love? Read to find out.
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REBORN AS A PLUS-SIZE GIRL - Romance novels & stories
iindwi_z
Amora lost her life at the hands of the husband she loved after discovering that David and his mistress were only after her wealth. But death is not the end. Amora woke up in the body of Bella, a 20-year-old plus-size girl who had always been considered stupid and useless. With this second chance at life, Amora is determined to change Bella’s fate and avenge David’s betrayal. However, her plans change when she is forced to marry Alvaro Del Pino, a cold-hearted CEO who has hated Bella from the start. In the past, Bella had desperately pursued Alvaro. Now, Bella doesn’t even care about him. And just when Amora stops chasing him… Alvaro starts chasing Bella. The more Alvaro falls in love, the bigger the secret Amora has to hide. Because what if the man she loves finds out that the woman standing before him is no longer Bella? ****
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The Billionaire’s Fake Fiancée - Romance novels & stories
J. Emberlyn
She signed his contract to survive, never expecting to lose her heart. Amber Rose Adao’s world collapses when her late father’s debts fall into the hands of Leon Viremont—the cold, calculating billionaire heir who doesn’t believe in love. Losing her job and facing pressure from her step-mother, she signs his agreement: three months as his bride. No strings attached. No emotions involved. Just survival. However, every stolen glance risks breaking the rules, and every touch ignites a passion hotter than she ever anticipated. Leon was supposed to be untouchable, so why does his icy facade crack only for her? As enemies close in and whispers circulate, Amber discovers that danger lurks in the shadows of Leon’s mansion. Isabel Miller will stop at nothing to destroy her. Leon's powerful mother wants her gone, and buried secrets may connect Leon to the debts that ruined her father. Three months were meant to set her free. Instead, Amber finds herself caught in a web of passion, betrayal, and a man she swore she would never love. Because in Leon’s world, promises are dangerous, and falling for him could cost her everything.
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The Deal With Him - Romance novels & stories
OldfashionedWoman
No commitment. No more heartaches. Just kissing. Could it really be that simple? Nate Herond. He's the guy everyone adores. Quarterback of the football team, a joker that ain't miss a chance to fool around, a trutly hearttrob every girl fall for, a friend to everyone... Then why Hailey Grace can't stand him? No one knows. But when she's forced to spend time with him things begin to change. Hailey's trying to overcome a heartbreak; Nate, something darker. Turning from dislike to friendship, they end up making a simple deal that would change everything.
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My Old Billionaire Husband (ENGLISH VERSION) - Romance novels & stories
leejhen
Alexis Jenn Buenavista, a 24-year-old spoiled brat from a wealthy, influential, and famous family, has a life revolving around drinking with friends as if there's no tomorrow. Work isn't in her vocabulary. That's how she's always been... until one day, her parents told her to marry 38-year-old billionaire Zac Rogen Walker. As a stubborn and spoiled brat, she tried to run away but was caught by Zac's bodyguards. She can't accept the idea of an older husband! Zac needs an heir for his company, and his parents are pressuring him to marry since he's not getting any younger. He chose Alexis because of her youth and vitality, which would surely provide him with an heir. The two make a contract that gives Alexis the freedom she once had, but with one condition: she can't have sex with her boyfriend or any other man except Zac. And so, their awkward married life begins. Who will give in to temptation first? Who will give up? And who will fall in love?
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Married To My Best Friend's Husband[Plead To God] - Romance novels & stories
Sunmisola.A
She was betrayed by her husband and her best-friend. Then her 7-year-old son was diagnosed with blood cancer. The only way to save him? Have another baby with the man who broke her. Tell me… Which child is she allowed to lose? If you are a woman, a wife, or a single mother, a woman who has ever had to be strong when she felt like breaking and you come across this video please stop scrolling for a moment. This is for you, i see you.I see the nights you stayed awake worrying about school fees, hospital bills, rent, food while pretending during the day that everything was fine. I see the silent tears you wiped before your children walked into the room.The way you swallowed your pain so they wouldn’t taste it.,I see how tired you are and how sometimes you sit in the bathroom just to breathe. How sometimes you question yourself and wonder if you are doing enough. I want you to know that you are more than enough because I I was raised by a mother who carried storms inside her and still made our home feel safe. She struggled, sacrificed and endured things I didn’t even understand until I grew older. And today, I am grateful for her strength because she taught me something powerful because mother’s love is not ordinary. It is fierce,  stubborn, sacrificial, unstoppable. And that is what my book, Married to My Best Friend’s Husband, represents. Yes, it talks about betrayal and heartbreak, but at its core, the struggle of motherhood. Married to My Best Friend’s Husband – A story that will break you and rebuild you.
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Falling For My Rival  - Romance novels & stories
Shinpi no Hane Pen
“Fine, but there should be rules.” I said sitting back down. “There is one, don't fall in love with me, Ice Queen.” He said with an ecstatic voice. “I’d be caught dead before that happens!” “We’ll see.” He muttered with a smirk on his face. Everything… Amara Forger had lost everything, from her company to her name. She had given years of hard work and love to the people who tore down to the ground. She is now caught in the middle of a whole lot of drama, but something happens. She is offered help from the one person who she would have never imagined to help her. Her number one enemy, Roman Winters. He offers to marry her and in return he would help her save her firm and return everything she lost while she would help him do something that was biting him down. Amara agrees, but then she sees the terror in the Winters household and she also learns things about Roman that she didn't know. She begins to put things together, but the question remains. Can you fake emotions forever without them turning real?
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The Tyrant's Bride Vow - Romance novels & stories
Monica Wild
“Forbidden marriage, dangerous love, and a bloody inheritance.” Enola Spark was nothing more than a “useless child” in the eyes of her family—beautiful but always looked down upon, oppressed by her uncle, and sidelined by her cousin, Clarine, the perfect heiress. But everything changed on the night of Clarine’s engagement to Damian Cassel, the tyrannical heir feared by the entire city. A scandal erupted in front of family and guests: Damian chose Enola instead. One night of sin binds them in a marriage that shocks everyone. Clarine is humiliated, her uncle is furious, and Damian’s stepbrother vows to bring them down. The wedding is only the beginning of the war. Enola must endure humiliation, jealousy, and betrayal from the family dinner table to the corporate boardroom. Yet behind Damian’s cold exterior, Enola discovers a side of the man he only shows her. In a world filled with intrigue and inheritance battles, can Enola survive? Or will this forbidden love be their downfall?
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The Hockey Captain’s Curvy Obsession - Romance novels & stories
Sommy Writes
Sasha Miller is the most brilliant private athletic chef in the business, but the elite world of professional hockey only sees her plus-size frame and assumes she does not belong. When billionaire hockey legacy and franchise captain Rhys Kendrick severely injures his knee, his controlling father hires Sasha to manage his strict recovery diet in total isolation at their private mountain compound. ​Rhys is furious. He views Sasha as a corporate spy sent by his father and treats her like the enemy. But when aggressive sports reporters surround his training compound, threatening to expose his injury and ruin his multi-million-dollar trade value, Rhys makes a desperate, rogue move. He tells the media that Sasha isn’t his chef—she’s his live-in fiancée. ​Trapped together for eight weeks in an isolated compound, the fake engagement forces them into close quarters. As Sasha battles Rhys’s elitist family and his initial hostility, the emotional tension boils over. Rhys quickly realizes that Sasha's brilliance is the only thing saving his career—and that his fake fiancée is the only real thing in his life.
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When Memories Return  - Romance novels & stories
Arbest Savage
Forbidden love sparks... Secrets threaten to destroy everything... The ultimate choice that will change lives forever. When a devastating car accident erases Quincy’s memories, he’s left with only one constant: Samantha, the nurse, who becomes his everything. As they fall deeply in love, his past remains a mystery, threatening to shatter their fragile happiness. When his memory resurfaces, the truth about his identity tears her between loyalty, desire, and protection. She must choose between the man who holds her heart and the one who loves her unconditionally. Will she risk everything for the enigmatic stranger who awakened her heart, or the one she finds solace in the arms of another?
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Chasing After My Ex-Husband  - Romance novels & stories
Mk Ãy
Lena’s voice trembled, barely above a whisper. “I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have pushed you away. I...I made a mistake.” Grayson’s cold laughter cut through the air. He stepped closer, his towering presence suffocating. “A mistake?” His tone was sharp, dangerous. “Dropping a glass is a mistake. What you did?” He leaned in, his breath brushing her ear. “That was a choice.” Lena flinched, her chest tightening. “I didn’t know...” “You knew exactly what you were doing.” He grabbed her chin, forcing her to meet his icy gaze. “And now you’re here, begging for something. Redemption? Love?” His lips curled into a cruel smirk. “Don’t insult me.” “I don’t want anything from you,” she shot back, her voice faltering. Grayson’s soft, mocking laugh made her stomach twist. “You always want something, Lena. What is it now? A second chance to ruin me?” Her heart pounded. The man before her was no longer the one she thought she’d left behind...he was powerful, ruthless, and untouchable. And she feared she’d lost him forever. *** Lena married Grayson for his potential, believing she could manipulate him to secure her family’s fortune. Once the deal was done, she discarded him without remorse. But time has changed everything. Grayson has returned, no longer desperate, but a powerful man who has made it clear he wants nothing to do with her. Regret weighs heavy on Lena, but her reasons for seeking him now remain unclear. Is it guilt? Love? Or something far more dangerous? Grayson’s world is ruthless, offering no room for second chances. Yet, beneath his hardened exterior, a question lingers: Can he forgive her, or will he ensure she pays the ultimate price?
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MY SECRET HUSBAND IS TEN YEARS YOUNGER - Romance novels & stories
WORDSMITH ZEE
~~~~~ NYRA ~~~~~ “Jayden! For heaven’s sake, we can’t make love. I’m way above your age!!” “We both know we want this,” he whispered against my earlobes, his fingers crawling under my skin. He doesn't want to take no for an answer. “You’ve been my secret crush right from when I met you, up until now.” ——— I was supposed to marry the man I’d loved since I was a child. But one brutal truth destroyed everything and I walked away from the altar — humiliated, broken, and alone. That night, my world fell apart again. But when I opened my eyes in the hospital, the first thing I saw was Jayden Sterlings. A twenty-five-year-old. Intelligent. Insufferably arrogant and far too young for me. Yet— somehow, he’s dangerously charming for my mental health. He offered me protection when I needed it most. “A secret marriage with no emotions and no strings attached. Just my own safety.” But living under the same roof with Jayden is dangerous in a different way. The kind that tempts you to forget every rule you’d sworn you’d follow. His touch burns through every wall I’ve built around myself. His voice makes my heart race too fast. And the way he looks at me makes me completely forget my own name. But when a terrifying secret about Jayden comes to the surface, I'm left with a difficult choice. Walking away from everything again… Or falling for the man I was never supposed to want.
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Mr CEO Your Ex-wife Is Back - Romance novels & stories
DeDoll
Everyone at Julian Harrington’s funeral said the same thing: “What a tragedy. He had everything.” But they didn’t know the half of it. Three years ago, Elena Morrison vanished after a scandal that destroyed her marriage, her reputation, and nearly her life. The world believed the lies told by her husband and the people she trusted most. They believed Elena Morrison was gone forever. They were wrong. Now she’s back as Ava Morrison, wealthier, colder, and powerful enough to dismantle everything Julian built. Armed with secrets, a new identity, and a hunger for revenge, Ava steps back into the world that buried her alive. And this time, she’s not the woman they betrayed. She’s the woman who came back to destroy them. They say revenge is a dish best served cold. Ava preferred it served with a smile, a handshake, and just enough rope for her enemies to hang themselves.
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