Contemporary Romance Web Novels & Brave Love-Triangle Stories

I hated Mike Laurent the moment we met. He was arrogant, cold,and impossible to stand. He was supposed to marry my sister, but betrayed us both by eloping with his brother on her own wedding day, and left me to take her place at the altar. Now I'm married to the man I swore I'd never want. Every argument between us feels like it's hiding something else. Every time he touches me, I forget why I was supposed to hate him in the first place.  My sister wants him back, but Mike isn't looking at her anymore — he's looking at me like I was never the substitute. What happens when the billionaire realizes the woman he was supposed to marry was never the one he was meant to love?

What do you do when you attend an engagement party and discover your boyfriend is the one getting married? Lena Matthews thought the hardest part of her summer would be figuring out what came after graduation. She decides to attend her best friend's cousin's engagement party in another city so that she can surprise her long-distance boyfriend, Liam. Instead, she discovers he's the groom. Heartbroken and desperate to leave before anyone realises who she is, Lena is mistaken for someone else, a billionaire's secret fiancée. Marcus Hartley has spent months lying to his powerful family about the woman he plans to marry. When the actress hired to play the part never arrives, he mistakes Lena for her. By the time they uncover the truth, it's already too late. His family believes she's his fiancée, and walking away would expose the lie. He learns about her current financial crisis and offers her a deal. She pretends to be his fiancée for three months, and he'll make it worth her time. With her mother's medical bills piling up and her family's future hanging by a thread, Lena accepts Marcus's offer. There is only one problem. Every day she pretends to love Marcus, she has to watch the man who broke her heart marry another woman. But some mistakes become miracles. And sometimes, the man you were never supposed to meet becomes the only one worth fighting for.

Set in present-day Breakwater Bay, a fictional seaside town along the New Jersey coast, *Before the Boardwalk Closes* unfolds during an unforgettable summer of first love, family loyalty, and difficult choices. With its historic wooden boardwalk, glowing arcade lights, beachfront cafés, amusement rides, and breathtaking ocean sunsets, Breakwater Bay is a close-knit community facing the threat of redevelopment. Against this picturesque coastal backdrop, Nora Flynn and Julian Mercer find themselves caught between opposing family interests, personal ambitions, and an unexpected romance that could change their futures forever.

I was supposed to be preparing for the end not craving a life I can’t have. At twenty-two, my world is already shrinking. A failing heart. A future that feels more like a countdown and a love that’s safe enough to survive it. Nathan gives me everything certain, the kind of love that doesn’t ask for more than I can give. Then there’s Kai. My boyfriend’s best friend, the one person I should never want. He doesn’t treat me like I’m fragile or temporary. With him, everything is louder, sharper… real in a way I haven’t felt since before my life became something to manage instead of live. He makes me want things I buried a long time ago—risk, freedom, more. But wanting him means breaking everything. And choosing safe might mean losing myself before my heart ever gives out.

Aleena Marsh has lost everything. Her boyfriend cheated on her, her humiliation is now campus gossip, and the one person she trusted most may be hiding a betrayal far worse than the scandal itself. So Aleena decides to take back control. She'll seduce the one man Xavier worships. Professor Lorcan Steele. Twenty-seven, dangerously handsome, brutally intelligent, and completely untouchable, Lorcan has rejected every woman who has tried to get beneath his skin. Aleena expects him to be no different. Instead, he sees straight through her. When he fails her paper, she expects a fight. What she doesn't expect is his offer: accept private detentions or face formal disciplinary action that could cost her scholarship. Aleena accepts the option. But when the first detention comes, she refuses. Lorcan doesn't chase her. He simply waits. And somehow, refusing him only makes the tension between them worse. What begins as a revenge game quickly becomes something neither of them can control. Every confrontation chips away at their defenses, every stolen moment blurs the line between professor and student, and the man Aleena intended to use becomes the one person she can't stop wanting. But Westhaven University is full of people watching. Her jealous ex wants her back. Her best friend is hiding a devastating secret. A powerful heiress is determined to destroy her. And a jealous professor is quietly building a case that could cost Lorcan his career. Then Aleena discovers a secret that changes everything. Because the man she was never supposed to want may soon become family. And by the time they realize just how dangerous their relationship has become, walking away may be the one thing neither of them can do.

One heartbreak. One reckless night. One billionaire who refuses to let her go. Kaia Sinclair thought she was just erasing ten years of unrequited love when she went home with a dangerously handsome stranger. She didn't expect him to be Roman Carrington, the billionaire playboy every woman in Los Angeles is chasing, and the one man her toxic, spotlight hungry so called best friend has been hunting for months. She didn't expect him to hire a private investigator to track her down. And she definitely didn't expect him to make her an offer she couldn't refuse. Six months as his fake fiancée. He gets the respectable woman his family demands. She gets a chance to prove to the Ashfords and to herself that she's not the girl who waits on the sidelines. The contract is fake. The engagement is fake. But as the fake smiles turn into dark lingering looks, Kaia begins to wonder which part of the deal will break first. Her heart, or the contract.

At eighteen, Seren Whitlock was the daughter everyone envied. Beautiful. Rich. Powerful. She had the perfect family, the perfect future, and the man she had loved since childhood waiting to become her husband. Then a DNA test changed everything. Overnight, the Whitmores called her a fraud. They stripped her of her name, her inheritance, and everything she had ever known before sending her away with nothing but a suitcase. Even the man she loved helped her leave. For ten years, Seren disappeared. But she didn't die. She became someone the world would one day fear. Now, she is back in New York under a new name, carrying a fortune of her own and a heart that no longer knows how to forgive. The Whitmores have no idea that the woman quietly buying her way into their business empire is the daughter they once threw away. And Seren intends to keep it that way. Until Ivan Morozov, the cold billionaire she has been arranged to marry, begins looking too closely at the woman behind the perfect mask. He discovers someone is still hiding the truth about what happened to her, Ivan stops standing beside her and starts standing between her and everyone who wants her destroyed. And just when Aveline thinks she has finally figured out who betrayed her... the past comes knocking. Because the girl the Whitmores threw away ten years ago may not have been the girl they thought she was. And someone has spent ten years making sure she never finds out the truth.

Amara thought she had finally found love, but the life she built was filled with secrets she never saw coming. After discovering that the man she believed was her husband had secretly married another woman, she walks away from the marriage determined to start over. Then she meets Liam—a stranger she first knows only through phone calls. Their connection grows into something neither expected, and soon Amara discovers she is carrying his child. For the first time, she believes her life might finally be changing for the better. But happiness comes with a price. Liam's family doesn't know the truth about their relationship, and the woman Liam calls a "friend" is hiding a secret of her own. His mother welcomes Amara into her home, making her believe she has finally found the family she always wanted—until kindness slowly turns into silence, gossip, rejection, and betrayal. Amara must decide whether to keep fighting for the life she dreamed of or finally choose herself.

Gabriella still remembers what the kiss with her stepbrother felt like sweet, fast, unexpected, and forbidden. It was a moment that never left her heart, no matter how hard she tried to bury it. Five years later, the stepbrother she hadn’t seen since that night was standing right in front of her… as her housemate ☆☆☆ Gabriella moves to the city for college, expecting nothing more than a cramped apartment and an unfamiliar roommate. What she doesn’t expect is him — the boy who once shared her family, her memories, and her forbidden feelings. They were step-siblings once. Now they are strangers sharing the same walls… and the same unresolved tension. As old emotions resurface and temptation grows stronger with every stolen glance, Gabriella must decide: will she walk away from a love that should never exist, or surrender to the desire that refuses to die? Some arrows, once released, can never be taken back.

Six years ago Vivian Carter believed she had the perfect husband and a perfect best friend, until she discovered that her perfect husband had been sleeping with her best friend Vanessa. The betrayal is devastating but what destroys Vivian completely is Vanessa's announcement that she is pregnant. Adrian was secretly involved in a dangerous incident that ended with someone getting seriously hurt. Adrian believed the matter was buried until he began receiving anonymous messages from someone who possessed a video proving his involvement. The blackmailer never revealed his identity, he only communicated through encrypted messages, always appearing to know Adrian’s movements and private conversations. His demand was simple: Adrian had to protect Vanessa, accept responsibility for her unborn child, and make Vivian believe he had willingly betrayed her. Every time Adrian considered exposing the truth, the blackmailer threatened to release the video and destroy his life. But the biggest mystery is this How did the anonymous person get the video, and why are they so determined to keep Vivian and Adrian apart? As Vivian begins investigating her past, she unknowingly gets closer to discovering the blackmailer’s identity and the truth is connected to her signing for a divorce and falling in love with Lorenzo.

"I reject you, fatass." Dean Ashcroft says it laughing, in front of the whole pack, on the night the Moon Goddess herself picked them as mates. He doesn't even flinch. Just walks away and leaves Delaney Reeves standing there with a broken bond and a room full of people snickering behind their hands. She's done crying by the time she gets home. She's not the type. She goes quiet instead, and quiet means she's already leaving. She gets two steps off the porch before Dean grabs her arm hard enough to bruise. His mate isn't going anywhere, he growls, like he has any right to say that now. That's when the real bond hits her. Not with Dean. With the stranger standing on the porch, a man she's never met until tonight. Jaxton Cole. Alpha of Ashford Ridge Pack. Here for treaty business, not for this. Two Alphas. One woman. One bond breaks and another one lights up in its place, both in the same ten minutes. Delaney thinks the worst night of her life is behind her. She's wrong. Her body starts doing things that shouldn't be possible. Her mother's death wasn't the accident everyone always said it was. And a man who's spent decades chasing a grudge older than Delaney herself is done waiting in the shadows for what he thinks he's owed. Dean wants forgiveness. Jaxton wants forever. And something out there wants Delaney for exactly what her blood can do, whether she agrees to it or not. She's spent her whole life being decided for. Not anymore. She was never his to reject. She's about to make sure everyone remembers that.

The Fitzgerald family has always known that family isn't simply about sharing the same blood. It's about standing together when life gets complicated, loving fiercely, and never walking away when someone needs you most. For Blair and Cassidy, finding love comes with unexpected challenges that will test everything they thought they knew about family, loyalty, and the meaning of home. As their lives become intertwined, they discover that happiness doesn't always come easily—and sometimes the greatest blessings arrive in ways nobody could have predicted. Meanwhile, another Fitzgerald brother is about to discover that love can find you when you least expect it. A chance encounter brings someone into his life who needs more than a helping hand. She needs somewhere safe, someone she can trust, and a reason to believe that her future can be different from her past. What begins with friendship slowly becomes something deeper, and soon he finds himself protecting more than just a woman. He's protecting a future he never knew he wanted. But the past doesn't always stay buried. With danger closing in and the bonds of family being tested, the Fitzgeralds will have to stand together once again. Because at the Lansing House, family isn't just something you're born into. It's something you fight for, protect, and love with everything you have.

“I spent three years falling in love with a man who was only using me to remember how to love someone else?” Three years ago, Isadora Fenwick signed a contract neither she nor Rafael Ossorio wanted. No love, not even their choice, just two powerful families, an agreement and an expiration date she convinced herself would never matter. Until it did. He memorized her silences. Guarded her weaknesses like they were his own. Made her believe she had become more than a wife on paper. She let herself believe she was finally chosen & loved unconditionally. But she wasn’t. Every tenderness she thought was hers had belonged to someone else first. Rosalind Kane taught Rafael how to love long before Isadora ever entered his life. The medicine he remembered. The meals he tolerated. The quiet comfort he offered without being asked none of it was actually meant for her. She wasn’t the woman he fell for. She was only living inside someone else’s love story. Now Rosalind is back, and Isadora is nothing but the obstacle standing between Rafael and the life he always wanted. The day Rafael places the divorce papers in front of her, Isadora signs without hesitation. No tears, no begging. But on her way out, she hears Rosalind’s voice through the door: “Now that she’s gone…. Can we finally tell her the truth about us?” The truth is impossible. Rosalind Kane, the woman who stole her husband’s heart is her sister. The sister she was told died at birth. And the worst betrayal of all? Rafael knew before he ever married her. Determined to find out the truth, she disappeared. And let Madrid whisper about the wife no one saw coming.