Contemporary Romance Web Novels & Brave Contract Marriage Stories

Three years of marriage. Three years of failed IVF. Only to discover that everything she believed about her marriage was a lie. Isabelle Hart had spent years believing she and Ryan Walker were fighting for the child they desperately wanted. Until the day she finally became pregnant, only to return home and find him in bed with his best friend. With nothing left to hold on to, Isabelle decided to file for divorce and terminate the pregnancy. She crossed paths with Donavin Prescott at the hospital, a ruthless billionaire searching for a surrogate to secure his position with an heir. Their first encounter ended in humiliation when he mistook her for an irresponsible woman seeking an abortion. But fate wasn't finished with them. A shocking revelation from the hospital changed everything. If she aborts her child, it would be difficult give birth again. Later, she found out that the sperm used her IVF procedure never belonged to Ryan. It was Donavin's. Now Isabelle is carrying the child of the billionaire who believes she is nothing but vile. And Donavin is determined to discover how his child ended up inside a woman he wants nothing to do with. As danger, betrayal, and an unexpected attraction pull them closer, Isabelle begins to question whether she can really trust him. The deeper they started to dig into the past, the more they realized that even her pregnancy was never an accident.

Lucy Bennett is about to marry Adrian Vale as church doors close. The groom at the altar isn’t Adrian. It’s his estranged twin brother, Alexander. The Vale family reveals Adrian vanished after uncovering a conspiracy buried within their empire. If his disappearance becomes public before the wedding, the inheritance controlling the company will fall into the hands of those Adrian was trying to expose. Walking away would destroy Lucy’s father’s company, cost employees their jobs, and erase the evidence Adrian risked everything to uncover. So Lucy makes the choice. She marries the wrong brother. But Lucy refuses to become a bride. While the world celebrates their marriage, she investigates Adrian’s disappearance. Every clue leads into the Vale empire and closer to Alexander. Guarded and impossible to read, Alexander protects Lucy from dangers he refuses to explain. As they uncover the truth together, an attraction neither wanted begins to grow. Then Lucy discovers the truth. Alexander found Adrian after his disappearance. Adrian wasn’t hiding from Lucy. He was hiding from people enough to kill anyone who knew where he was including her. Before disappearing to gather evidence, Adrian forced Alexander to promise: keep Lucy alive, even if she hates him. Alexander kept his promise. Until protection became love. Now Adrian is back with proof that someone inside the Vale empire orchestrated his disappearance and is hunting Lucy for something she unknowingly possesses. Lucy isn’t choosing between two brothers. She’s choosing who to trust before the conspiracy claims another life. Because in the Vale family, every promise has a price and the lie Lucy ever believed was that she was the bride.

Love at first sight is not known here—marriage at first sight is what we do I“I don’t even know your name.” “You don’t have to. You just have to say ‘I do.’” Struggling waitress Sage Moreno never expected her worst day to end in a chapel. But after losing her job, her apartment, and her pride in a single afternoon, she agrees to a spontaneous dare: marry a stranger for one million dollars. No strings. No questions. Just a signature. Her new husband? Cold, dangerously attractive billionaire Andrew Thorne, who needs a wife to secure a merger—and fast. What was supposed to be a quick fix turns into something tangled and twisted when sparks fly, jealousy ignites, and Andrew starts acting like she belongs to him. She was just supposed to play the role. But the possessive billionaire has other plans. “You’re not going anywhere, wife. You're mine now.”

On the night of her engagement, Valentina Rinaldi caught her fiancé cheating on her. What hurt even more was that the woman was her own younger sister. Humiliated in front of the entire family, Valentina impulsively pointed to a strange man and claimed that he was her lover. She only wanted to save her pride. She never expected the stranger to play along with her lie. The man's true identity was Dante Visconti, the mysterious billionaire who had been absent from Milan for years.

He just got a breakup text from his girlfriend of two years. She, in turn, had just gotten stood up by her fiancé, who had planned a dinner date for that night, only to ignore her at the last minute. Winston and Ivy were just two strangers, both abandoned on Easter's Eve by the people they loved. They found themselves drawn together in the elegant Luciano’s restaurant, and in that shared moment of heartbreak, they found comfort in each other’s company, exchanging laughter and stories over a quiet table. What starts as a simple, playful connection soon deepens into something neither expected… a bond that grows stronger with each smile. But when their pasts come crashing back, and their exes threaten to tear them apart, will their newfound love thrive? Or will the hurts of their pasts force them to let go before their love story truly begins?

Arlene Rhodes thought prison had taken everything from her. She was wrong. The most dangerous chapter of her life began the day she married Simone Brookes. The marriage was supposed to be just a deal. A fresh start for her, and a solution for him. Nothing more… But the man waiting behind the gates of the Brookes estate is colder, darker, and far more complicated than Arlene expected. The closer she gets to him, the more secrets she uncovers, and the more she realizes that some wounds never truly heal. As old enemies return and buried truths begin to surface, Arlene finds herself trapped between the life she lost and the future she never saw coming. Because in the Brookes family, everyone is hiding something. And falling for her husband might be the most dangerous mistake of all.

THE UNSEEN HUSBAND Complete Story Synopsis Genre Historical Romance / Family Drama / Political Intrigue Set in a fantasy Mediterranean-inspired kingdom (early 1900s technology level) PREMISE Alessia Castellani Russo (23) receives divorce papers from her husband Sebastian Russo (27) after five years of marriage. They spent only one night together—a traditional ceremony in darkness where neither saw the other clearly—before he left at dawn for military duty and never returned. The divorce papers reveal Sebastian believes there are no children and that Alessia has been unfaithful with a merchant. But Alessia has triplets (Dante, Marco, and Lucia, age 4) from that one night, and she's been faithful despite years of believing she was abandoned. Alessia discovers that Sebastian's mother Helena has been intercepting ALL correspondence between them for five years—keeping Alessia's letters telling Sebastian about the children, and keeping Sebastian's letters asking about Alessia and sending money to support her. Helena embezzled all of Sebastian's money for herself and her biological children (Tomasso, Giuliana, and Catarina) while Alessia and the triplets lived in poverty as servants in Helena's house. Alessia decides to travel to the capital to tell Sebastian the truth before signing the divorce papers—so he'll at least know his children exist.

I trusted my husband with everything. My heart, my father's company and even my life. But he took all three. Julian married me to steal my father's empire. He smiled at me across our wedding table while secretly loving my stepsister. And when I had served my purpose, when I was no longer useful. He had me drugged, chained to a chair, and burned alive. Then I woke up. Back in my wedding dress and back in that dressing room. Two hours before I walk down the aisle and hand my life to a man I now know will destroy it. Not this time. I grabbed a pair of scissors, cut off my dress, climbed out the window, and went straight to the one man Julian feared most. Lucius Thorne. Cold, brilliant, and the most dangerous billionaire in the city. I threw myself in front of his car and offered him a deal. But he did not want my money, he wanted me. Good. Because I wanted his power and I planned to use every piece of it to take Julian apart before he ever got the chance to touch me again. I died once. But I came back to make them regret it.

She wrote a lullaby about her past and a son she thought was gone. She gave up her voice for a love that was never real. Then she met a billionaire who remembered her song—and would burn the world to hear it again. ‎ ‎‎Emily Carter escaped a marriage to a man who never loved her. Now she's trapped in another—a contract marriage to ruthless billionaire Alexander Grey. No feelings. No attachment. Just protection. ‎‎But Grey has been hiding a secret for ten years. He's been searching for the woman he met once, the woman who vanished carrying his child. And when he recognizes Emily in the rain, everything changes. ‎ ‎Their son is alive. Their marriage is fake. But their love? It's the only truth they've ever known. ‎ ‎One man will do anything to keep her. Another will do anything to destroy her. And the lullaby she wrote for a child she thought was gone just might bring them all home. ‎

She was the wife they erased. He was the billionaire no one dared to cross. After a brutal betrayal by her husband and her own sister, Elena Hart is publicly disgraced, stripped of her dignity, and left for dead. Rescued by Dominic Blackwood, a feared and reclusive billionaire whose name alone terrifies boardrooms and governments, Elena is pulled into a world ruled by power, secrets, and unspoken violence. A fake marriage binds them together. Revenge keeps them standing. Desire makes everything dangerous. But when attraction turns real and buried sins resurface, Elena must decide whether vengeance is worth losing the man who became her sanctuary—and whether love can survive in a world built on blood and empires.

After his sister Isabel’s death, Zander Stone returns to New York to take over Stone Holdings and uncover the truth behind the accident. He learns that Ivy Ellis, Isabel’s best friend, was driving that night. When Ellis Exchange faces bankruptcy, Zander exploits their desperation and coerces Ivy into a secret contract marriage. As they live together, resentment gives way to attraction and eventually genuine love. But after they spend the night together, Ivy discovers that Zander married her to punish her. Heartbroken, she distances herself. The public begins digging into the marriage, and the investigation reveals that Isabel’s brakes were sabotaged by an enemy from Zander’s past. Overcome with guilt, Zander spirals into depression. Ivy chooses to stay and help him heal. Zander apologizes and returns control of Ellis Exchange to her family. When Ivy learns she is pregnant, they decide to build a real future together. But Zander’s enemies return, placing Ivy and their unborn child in danger. After nearly losing her, Zander confronts his past once and for all. Ivy gives birth, and they finally find the peace they fought so hard to earn.

Lisa Knox The day I caught my husband and my sister having sex on the bed while my son had drowned in the pool was the day I made my decision and stood by it. Nothing was going to make me stay in this five years marriage. So, I took the divorce papers, signed it and left everything behind. Including the wealth and company I Inherited from my late dad. I had handed everything in my life over to him when I was blinded by love. Now, I vowed as I stepped out to get back everything until my sister and my ex husband are reduced to nothing. * Andrew McCarthy The day before my wedding, I had caught my first love and wife-to-be getting fucked by my PA in the study room. I had said nothing and simply went out to drink, completely hopeless for love. There I met her, a beautiful young lady whom I could use for the night. The sex had been good but that was about it. I cancelled the wedding when I got a call to come back home and take up the responsibility of a father, to adopt my niece because my twin brother had just been murdered. Five years later, everything is in chaos and I need a woman who is experienced in raising children who will stay. So when I met that lady from the one night stand again, I made up my mind to have her for myself. She would be my wife and would raise my daughter, no matter what.