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Lustful Surrender - Romance novels & stories
tiny temper
This is a sequel to the novel Take Me, I Am Yours. Follow the chapters like a continuation. T for thanks, happy reading. CAUTION! This story contains explicit sexual content. The relationships depicted primarily follow the BDSM lifestyle, particularly the main relationship between Sean and Lisa. It is important to note that the dynamics portrayed between them do not involve domestic abuse but rather emphasise a strong and consensual BDSM relationship. Alena has faced challenges in her past, including a tumultuous ex-relationship and personal struggles that have left her emotionally scarred. Seeking solace away from society, she attempts to live a secluded life, confiding in only her two close friends. Everything changes when she encounters Sean. He inspires Alena to rediscover her sexual identity, prompting her to delve into the realm of BDSM once more. Sean becomes her guide, teaching her the principles of a genuine BDSM relationship with a trustworthy Dominant. Throughout the narrative, the story explores various facets of BDSM, covering themes such as slavery, brattiness, dominance, submission, polyamorous relationships, and more. Despite the ups and downs, the emphasis remains on depicting healthy and consensual dynamics within the BDSM lifestyle.
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owned By His Dark Commands - Romance novels & stories
Abraham Rechi
When Sienna Vance’s world collapses after catching her fiancé cheating, one reckless night with a mysterious stranger seems like the perfect escape. But the stranger is Andrea Voss— ruthless billionaire and the man who just acquired her father’s failing architecture firm. Now Andrea offers her a deal: one year as his personal assistant and companion in exchange for saving her family’s company. What begins as a business arrangement quickly becomes something far more dangerous as Andrea's possessive commands awaken desires Sienna never knew she had. In his penthouse and boardroom, Sienna must navigate the thin line between submission and surrender. But the more she fights him, the more she craves the man who owns her body… and threatens to steal her heart. Warning: This is a dark billionaire romance with intense power dynamics, explicit content, and possessive themes. Reader discretion advised.
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What He Never Let Go Of - Romance novels & stories
Cyella
Elena Marchetti vanished the week after graduation, leaving Adrian Voss with no explanation and no way to find her. Seven years later, she walks into his company for a job she desperately needs — with no idea he's the CEO. He never stopped waiting. She's never stopped running from what she left behind, and from a second secret she's protecting even harder. When his patience finally breaks, so does everything she's spent years trying to keep hidden.
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Please Marry Me, Mr. CEO - Romance novels & stories
prada_murthy
One week before her wedding, Brielle learns the truth. The man she loved never loved her back. Their relationship was a carefully crafted lie. With everything on the line and no one left to trust, Brielle makes a reckless decision. She goes to the one man she's avoided all along. "Mr. Callahan, I accept your confession. Please marry me." The man smiles mysteriously and says, "What's the catch, Miss Langford?" "It's a contract marriage. I need your power and protection. In return, you'll get the shares I own." And just like that, she marries him, not knowing that he'd been waiting for her all along, watching and planning.
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The Wife He Ruined  - Romance novels & stories
Sweetanne110
Scarlett believed she had already survived the worst pain a woman could endure, when she buried her son. When she laid him in the ground, she thought life had taken everything it could from her. She was wrong. Because grief was only the beginning. Another woman. Another child. Another family, hidden in plain sight. The company she helped create is gone Scarlett is left with nothing. No marriage. No child. No power. No safety. Only memories of Jake, and a heart shattered beyond recognition. Just when she believes she has reached the end, life plays its cruelest card yet. A man from her past return, the one she betrayed in order to marry the man who ultimately destroyed her. She has three impossible options: Never trust a man again. Give love another chance. Or stay with the devil she’s already used to. Each choice carries consequences that could destroy her or set her free.
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GUILTY OF LOVING YOU - Romance novels & stories
Bianca Cabelari
One night, Lisa Hasse had a fiance, a family name, and a future. Then Victor Elsner was murdered. Every piece of evidence points to Lisa’s father. Ethan Elsner, the man she was going to marry, believes the evidence before he believes her. He leaves her standing in the ruins of their love. But Lisa refuses to break. She will become the lawyer her father needs, expose who used her stolen credential, and make Ethan regret the night he chose grief over faith. The deeper she digs, the closer the truth gets to Ethan’s own family. In New York’s elite, love is dangerous. Evidence lies. And the real killer may be smiling at the funeral.
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The Billionaire’s Cherry Red Obsession - Romance novels & stories
Bug
One reckless night. That was all it was supposed to be. For Elara Vane, it was a desperate escape from a life that was already crumbling. But by morning, she was gone leaving nothing behind but a memory and a scent Adrian Knight couldn't scrub from his mind. A year later, Elara is a ghost of her former self. Her parents are dead, her fortune is a memory, and she’s trapped in a "marriage" that feels more like a prison cell. Her uncle treats her like a pawn; her husband treats her like an inconvenience. Desperate for a way out, she lands a temporary job at the most powerful firm in the city. She thinks she’s safe. She thinks she’s hidden behind a new name and new character. She’s wrong. Adrian Knight hasn't forgotten the woman he calls "Cherry." He hasn't forgotten her face, her fire, or the way she vanished. Now that she’s walked back into his lair, he has no intention of letting her go again. But as Adrian pulls Elara into his dark, possessive world, secrets begin to bleed out. Why does he have a child’s toy in his office? Who is the boy he speaks of with such fierce protection? And why does Elara’s "husband" look more like a criminal than a partner? In a world of fake contracts and blood-soaked legacies, Elara is about to find out that the man she’s terrified of might be the only one holding the truth about the child she thought she lost forever.
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THE BILLIONAIRE HEIR I SAVED — AND WAS BLAMED FOR - Romance novels & stories
rhitscine
Ever since I was a child, my heart and mind have been filled with feelings for him - Magnus Zumatra, son of my father's billionaire friend. On his birthday, we were happily playing when he suddenly fell down the stairs and broke his left leg, leaving him unable to walk. The one he thought saved him and called for help to get him rescued was my sister Delara Funtasierra - my half-sister who has held a grudge against me for a long time. She became the one who seemed kind and Magnus' "savior" in everyone's eyes, while me? They pointed to me as the one who pushed the man. But no one knows that it was actually me - Terafina Funtasierra - who truly saved his life. Throughout his life, he loved Delara - that's why I left and kept my distance from them. But being hurt and slandered in front of everyone is something I cannot bear.
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BREAKING MR BILLIONAIRE’S RULES  - Romance novels & stories
Isha
Diana Hamilton writes bestselling romance novels, but there is one thing she has never understood—desire. Desperate to save her career and her family, Diana agrees to a four-month arrangement with the cold and powerful billionaire, Blake Whitmore. The rules are simple: no love, no expectations, no future. But Diana soon discovers the man behind Blake’s icy walls—and the little girl who steals her heart. As their forbidden arrangement turns into something neither of them expected, Diana finds herself wanting more than a contract can offer. Yet Blake is a man trapped by his past, and some walls are harder to break than others. Can a woman who never believed in desire teach a broken billionaire how to love again?
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Melting His Icy Heart - Romance novels & stories
A.I Sterling
"I don't pay you to look at me, Miss Selena. I pay you to do your job." He is Sam Valenti, the ruthless, cold-hearted CEO of Valenti Towers. Known as the 'Ice King' of the business world, he has no room for emotions, mistakes, or love. His heart is locked behind walls made of steel, and anyone who tries to cross them gets destroyed. Then enters Selena Malik, his new personal assistant. She is sharp, hardworking, and the only person who can handle his impossible demands without flinching. For her, this job is everything. She needs to survive his icy glares and toxic late-night shifts just to fix her life. But behind closed office doors, late-night coffee runs, and forced proximity, the professional lines begin to blur. Every time he leans in closer to fix her collar, or every time his piercing blue eyes trail her across the boardroom, the tension becomes suffocating. The Ice King is melting, and his obsession with his assistant is growing dangerous. But when secrets from the past unfold, will this burning tension turn into real love, or will the cold-hearted CEO ruin the only woman who managed to touch his heart? “You are mine to command, Miss Selena. In the office... and out of it.”
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CONTRACTED TO THE COLD CEO - Romance novels & stories
EMILL GABRIEL
Ava Reed is drowning. Her father’s hospital bills are piling up, debt collectors won’t stop calling, and her younger sister’s future hangs by a thread. When a one-year contract marriage is offered as the only way out, she has no choice but to accept. The man on the other side of the contract is Damien Voss the ruthless, ice-cold CEO of Voss Empire. He needs a temporary wife to satisfy his dying grandmother’s final wish and secure full control of the company. The rules are clear: no emotions, no intimacy unless required for appearances, and complete obedience. They live under the same roof. They attend the same elite events. They smile for the cameras. But behind closed doors, Damien treats Ava like a stranger… until he starts noticing the quiet strength she hides beneath her exhaustion. As the lines between duty and desire begin to blur, Ava finds herself falling for the man who warned her never to love him. And Damien, who has spent years locking his heart behind ice, realizes the one woman he hired to play his wife is the only one who can melt it. But in a world of power, secrets, and betrayal, a contract marriage was never meant to last forever. When the truth finally comes out, will Ava be strong enough to walk away… or will the cold CEO fight to keep the only warmth he has ever known?
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Sunlight, that I see - Romance novels & stories
Meskhi
When successfully lawyer, Melano crashes her car into wealthy businessman, Alistair, it sparks an instant, obsessive infatuation in him. Unused to rejection, the notorious womanizer is stunned by Melano’s cold resistance, unaware that she is guarded by a severe trauma from her past, where a pathologically jealous ex-partner murdered her male friend and left her stabbed. As Alistair aggressively pursues her, their volatile relationship evolves into a dark romance defined by a bittersweet struggle against deep-seated trauma, corporate intrigues, and lingering external threats. They fight desperately to overcome their mutual disappointments and build trust, but the crushing weight of their circumstances and toxic forces slowly closes in on them, driving their intense bond toward an inevitable end.
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The Wrong Bride - Romance novels & stories
NovelPal
She wore her sister's dress. She took her sister's name. She married her sister's enemy. Sloane Rivera has spent twenty-six years in the shadow of her twin, the beautiful one, the reckless one, the one everyone expected to marry into power. So when Sabrina vanishes on the morning of the wedding that will save their family from ruin, Sloane does the unthinkable: she steps into the gown, walks down the aisle, and says I do to Liam Hart. The most ruthless billionaire in New York. The same man who shattered her heart seven years ago. The marriage is a contract. One year. No love. No escape. And one ironclad rule: he can never know she is the wrong twin. But Liam Hart did not build an empire by being fooled. He sees the scar she hides. He notices the oil paint under her fingernails. He asks questions Sabrina would never flinch at. And the more he watches his "bride," the more he wonders if the woman he married is the only woman he ever truly wanted. As the days tick down toward a deadline built on lies, Sloane discovers that her sister's disappearance was not an escape, it was a warning. The Hart empire is rotting from within. The prenup is a trap. And the man married to her is either the monster the world believes him to be… or the only person who can keep her alive. Some vows are written in ink. Some are written in blood. And some, once spoken, can never be taken back.
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Pretend To Be Mine; Bound To My Brother's Bestfriend  - Romance novels & stories
Lizza.O
BOOK BLURB: She was betrayed by the man she loved so he offered her a marriage of convenience. But some lies are harder to maintain than others Zendaya Morrison lost everything the night of the accident—her ability to walk, her position as heir to a billion-dollar empire, and three years of her life devoted to a man who only wanted her money. When she finally overhears her fiancé plotting to leave her for her best friend, she makes a choice: reclaim what's hers. But taking back her position as CEO comes with an impossible condition—she needs a husband. Enter Malachi Hayes: her brother's best friend, the man she's spent years avoiding, and the only person who knows the truth about the night that changed everything between them. His solution? A fake engagement that will fool the board and secure her position. The rules are simple: three months of pretending, a wedding for show, one year of marriage, then a clean divorce. But when her brother moves the wedding to five days away, and Malachi's carefully controlled distance starts to crack, Zendaya realizes the hardest part isn't convincing the world they're in love. It's pretending they're not. A fake engagement. A forced marriage. And a secret that could destroy them both.
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The Billionaire Who Couldn't Forget Her.  - Romance novels & stories
Chinny
Seven years ago, Amara Okafor lost the man she loved without ever knowing why. One unanswered goodbye shattered her dreams, leaving her to raise her daughter alone while fighting poverty one stitch at a time as a struggling tailor. When a medical emergency forces her to beg for help at a hospital, the last person she expects to see is Ethan Cole, the man who disappeared from her life and is now one of Africa's most powerful billionaires. But Ethan never stopped loving the woman he believes abandoned him. As buried secrets begin to surface, forgotten promises return, and dangerous lies unravel, they discover their love wasn't destroyed by time, it was stolen. Now, someone will do anything to keep the truth buried, even if it means tearing them apart again. Some love stories end with goodbye. Theirs begins there.
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BOUNDED BY FAITH  - Romance novels & stories
Simmu🦋
This is the darkest kind of story - pull at it and you will bleed. Be ready for consequences. The deeper you read, the harder it will clutch at you. A violent night. Two lives shattered. One child plucked from the river and hidden away. Years of running, of fierce protection, of desperate love that wears the face of a wound. When the disease drags them back to the city that stole everything, the past wakes like a predator. He is a monster wrapped in grief - magnetic, ruthless, and obsessed. She is the woman who saved a life and raised a devil of her own making, unaware that the blood she shields belongs to the man who destroyed her world. He does not know; she does not know. Fate will tell them both.
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On Her Terms, At His Cost - Romance novels & stories
Ruby
For two years, Asher Thorne was my secret husband, my best friend, and the man I believed I would spend forever with. We married in secret before he became CEO, promising that once he had the power, he would finally make our marriage public. But the moment he got success, everything changed. He abandoned our marriage, telling me I wasn’t good enough to be his wife, not enough for his world. Then, as if two years of marriage meant nothing, he announced his engagement to another woman while I stood silently among the crowd, watching the man I loved choose someone else. A year later, I returned. Not to win him back. Not to prove that I was worthy of him. The insecure girl he left behind was gone. In her place stood a woman who had learned to carry her scars as her weapons. He thought he had left me with nothing. He never realised that losing him was the beginning of finding myself.
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Locked In The Billionaire’s Sanctuary - Romance novels & stories
Naomi_Writhes
They told her carrying her sister’s child was the only way to earn the right to breath. For seven month she was a prisoner. Carrying the baby of the same guy she loved from high school down to college… the same guy married to her sister. She lost the baby after a tragic incident leading to the loss of her womb. Then an accident dragging her to a coma. Waking up a year later she’s locked up in a villa. Owned by a billionaire who looks exactly like the ghost of her past. He claims he saved her from a murder attempt orchestrated by her own flesh and blood. But as Seraphina looks into his cold, possessive eyes, she realizes the man standing before her isn't just the ghost of her past. He is a ghost with a darker face, a deadlier agenda, and a secret that changes everything she knows about her bloodline, her trauma, and the monsters who raised her.
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BOUND BY THE BILLIONAIRE'S WEB  - Romance novels & stories
Vivian James
When secrets hide in the shadows, love becomes the light that dares to expose them. Amber, a brilliant aspiring lawyer, and Miguel, a captivating student with a guarded past, find themselves entangled in a web of desire and truth. As their hearts collide, so do the risks—because this love could heal their wounds… or tear them apart. Step into a world of emotion, risk, and redemption. Amber and Miguel’s story will leave you breathless.
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THE BILLIONAIRE'S FORGOTTEN BRIDE - Romance novels & stories
Esther B Noir
Twelve years ago, Sarah Evans lost everything. Branded a murderer, abandoned by the man she loved, and imprisoned while carrying his child, she disappeared after a daring escape that left the world believing she was dead. But Sarah didn't die. She became Seraphina Vale. Now the mysterious billionaire CEO of Aurelia Capital, she returns to Manhattan with a new identity, an empire of her own, and one goal... Destroy the Blackwood family. Her perfect plan begins when Aurelia Capital becomes the newest business partner of Blackwood Group. Standing across the conference table is Adrian Blackwood—the man who once chose his family's name over her. He doesn't recognize the elegant woman before him. Yet every time he looks into her eyes, his heart remembers. As buried truths begin to surface, old love refuses to stay dead. Will revenge finally heal Seraphina's broken heart? Or will she lose herself to the man who once buried her alive?
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