Contemporary Romance Web Novels & Hidden Identity Affair Stories

They buried her. She came back as their mother. ------ Freya Calloway was the genius who built her family's empire — and the embarrassment they hid from every photograph. Too fat to stand beside them. Too sharp to be loved. Her husband, Adrian, was the only one who never looked through her. Until she came home early one afternoon and found him in bed with her adopted sister. When she confronted them, they didn't beg. They pushed her off a balcony, dumped her in the woods, and told the world she'd run away with another man. Her own parents buried an empty coffin to protect the family name. But Freya didn't die. Three years later, she returns to Chicago with a new face, a new fortune, and a new name — and a proposal no one saw coming. She won't be marrying Adrian. She'll be marrying his godfather. Now the woman they tried to erase is inside their walls, at their table, holding their futures in her hands — smiling sweetly as she dismantles everything, one at a time. They called her a disappointment. They're about to call her Mother.

They called her barren. They called it kindness, dressing up a lie so the city wouldn’t ask who Marcus Cole was really leaving her for. Three years, Elena Voss built his empire in the dark — his hospitals, his father’s memoir, his mother’s secrets — and got a signed annulment for her trouble. So she let them believe it. Six months later she walks back into Aldermere on the arm of the one man who can dismantle everything Marcus built — his name on her hand, his ring on her finger, and a secret underneath both that will burn the Cole family to the ground.

After eight years of avoiding the past that shattered her, Victoria Conrad returns to the nightclub she swore never to enter again, determined to face her fears and have a one-night stand. She never expects the stranger she chooses to be Raymond Wright, the disguised CEO of Hathut Corporation… and her boss. Tired of being loved for his wealth and status, Raymond hides his identity to find someone who will love the man behind the title. When he meets Victoria, a woman who wants nothing from him, he becomes determined to know her better. Disguised as her ordinary neighbor and driver, Raymond gets closer to Victoria, and their unexpected connection grows into a love neither of them planned. But when Victoria discovers the truth, she feels betrayed by the lies that brought them together. Can she believe their love was real? And when Annabel, the woman who once rejected Raymond when he had nothing, returns after discovering his true identity, she threatens the relationship they fought to build. With secrets, jealousy, and betrayal standing between them, will Victoria and Raymond’s love survive or will the truth destroy everything?

Hazel signed a contract in a haste to marry Alexander Bake; the cold and ruthless billionaire who was feared by everyone as The Beast of Blackwood. She had only one job; to fix him. Behind his perfect image, the one portrayed to the public, lies a terrifying secret; he loses control, and hurts innocent people. But the deeper Hazel digs into his past, the darker the truth becomes on resurfacing. In her discovery; Alexander wasn't the real beast, his family created one to fit their plan. Now that she's trapped in a dangerous game of power, secrets and obsession, Hazel must make the decision to: either save the man or survive him.

Eleanor played by the rules while her husband broke every one. So when she spent one unforgettable night with a stranger, she thought she could walk away. She thought wrong. Because now he’s standing in her husband’s office with a knowing smile and a dangerous question: “Mrs. Turner, what a surprise. Have we met before?”

Ashlaine Selenne Soriano never expected that a single night with a stranger would unravel the calm, orderly life she built for herself. Independent, composed, and focused on her career as an interior designer, Ash never thought she’d get entangled with someone as mysterious as Zayne Valentino Velarde. By day, Zayne or let's say Zarck appears to be nothing more than Kaia’s nerdy, clumsy officemate—sweet, harmless, and a little too good to be true. But when with Ashlaine, his mask slips, revealing a darker, more possessive side that Ashlaine can’t seem to resist. What started as a one-time encounter quickly spirals into stolen nights, hidden glances, and a dangerous attraction that leaves Ashlaine breathless—and sometimes barely able to walk away. Yet behind Zayne’s smirk and secret touches lies a truth far more dangerous than either of them can handle. Because Zayne isn’t just a man chasing desire. He’s a leader in the shadows, living a double life, and Ashlaine has unknowingly stepped right into the center of it all. Now, between love, lust, and looming danger, Ashlaine must decide: will she run from the chaos Zayne brings, or surrender to the fire that consumes them both?

My husband took everything away from me. I trusted him completely — until I learned he was sleeping with my worst enemy, Vivian, and draining my fortune into her hands. I filed for divorce, but he fought to keep me trapped. The day it was finally finalized, I was nearly killed in a staged accident. Everyone believed I died. I didn't. With my best friend's help, my death was faked and I vanished to heal in secret. Weeks later, I woke up to discover my husband had married Vivian on the day of my funeral — moving her and their child into my home. He have taken all that I worked hard to get. I can't come back as myself. So I changed my face, became a maid, and returned to the house that was once mine — to reclaim everything he stole. Posing as nothing more than hired help, I start uncovering secrets no one meant for me to find — hidden conversations, buried lies, and proof that my "accident" was no accident at all. Someone helped my husband try to kill me, and I intend to find out who. Now, invisible in my own home, I have to expose every secret before they realize the maid they walk past every day is the wife they thought was dead.

I lost my baby begging Julian Ashford to save us, but my husband chose his mistress and left me to die. When I finally walked away, he thought he had gotten rid of his powerless wife forever. He was wrong. I am Elise Carrington, the hidden heiress to the empire that saved his company from bankruptcy, and now I hold his fate in my hands. He wants his wife back, but he will soon discover that some betrayals are too deep to forgive and some regrets come far too late. He broke my heart when I needed him most. Now, Mr. Ashford, it is your turn to lose everything.

Celeste Ian has made plenty of mistakes in her twenty-four years. Rehab was supposed to be her fresh start. Instead, one favour for her older sister is about to ruin everything. She never expected to meet Jordan Rogers, the ridiculously young presidential candidate, face-to-face. And now, the man America wants in the White House wants her, and he is meant to be completely off-limits. But Jordan thinks she’s Ciara. And Celeste is terrified of what will happen when he discovers the truth. Because falling into the bed of the future President was never part of her plan, and neither was falling in love with him. * “In what world do I really have the balls to say I am sleeping with the President of the United States? This is a national scandal, and it is not my place to cause such. I’m too much of a regular citizen to even be involved.” The Rogers? Jordan Rogers! The Republicans. Ugh. This is literally world power. And who am I? Celeste. Celeste Ian. Such a boring name to even make headlines. How did he win? Nah, that isn’t the question. How did I end up in his bed?Trust me, it wasn’t even at a party. Now, listen. I’m about to tell you how…

Daisy Miller’s marriage became the cruelest mistake of her life. Unable to give the Miller family the heir they desperately wanted, Daisy watches her place in the mansion disappear piece by piece. Then the unthinkable happens. Her husband's pregnant lover walks through the front door, and Daisy is forced to sign divorce papers. With no home to return to and no one willing to stand beside her, Daisy believes her story is over. She couldn't be more wrong. A chance reunion changes everything, and the woman everyone once looked down on begins a journey no one sees coming. But as long buried secrets begin to surface, Daisy realizes her past may have been built on a lie. What happens when the woman they discarded returns with all the power?

She needed money. He needed her. Neither expected the price she'd have to pay. May Anderson has learned to survive a life she never imagined for herself. Trapped in a miserable marriage to an abusive husband, she struggles to pay her university tuition while hiding her bruises behind makeup and her pain behind a smile. Then she meets Dominic Gray. Cold, handsome, and dangerously difficult to read, Dominic offers her a deal she can hardly afford to refuse. No promises. No commitment. Just a private arrangement with enough money to keep her dreams alive. May thinks it's simple. She gives him what he wants, and he gives her what she needs. But Dominic has a secret. He's spent years searching for a woman he can never seem to find. Countless faces have disappointed him, until May walks into his life with the exact features he's been looking for. She's not the woman he remembers. But she's close enough. To Dominic, May is more than a lover. She's a project—a woman he intends to study, understand, and reshape into the person he believes she's meant to be. And May has no idea that the man paying for her nights has already begun planning her future. She thinks she can keep their relationship strictly business. She thinks she can walk away whenever she's ready. But what happens when the man who calls her his little project decides he's no longer willing to let her go? Some arrangements come with strings attached. And Dominic Gray has never been a man who lets go of what he wants.

He was the one man I was never supposed to want. When my mother unexpectedly marries a man after years of divorce, I expect nothing than a completely new family. Then I met him. Aaron Carter. Handsome.Arrogant.Wealthy. And now living under the same roof as me. My mother made one thing clear to me:Aaron and I are family now, and I should treat him as my new Daddy. So why does every glance between us feels like something more? And why does his voice linger in my mind after he is long gone? And why does the man who claims to love only my mother and want nothing to do with me becomes the only person I want? We promise ourselves we would never cross that line.We tried until... one secret night of pleasure changes everything. But Aaron has been hiding the real reason he came into my mother's life. He isn't just my new stepfather. He as been secretly watching me and my mother for years and I may be the reason behind his arrival. I shouldn't love him. I should stay away.He is my mother's husband. Instead, I am falling for the one man I can never have. And what happens when my mother discover's the truth? He will have to choose between the both of us...and the love that could destroy us both.

I thought I could love Ronan Carson into loving me. But after two years of devotion, all I got in return was betrayal and divorce papers. When I needed him, he chose his ex over me. Now, I’m back and he won’t stop hovering around me. But it’s too late— you let me go first.

For two years, Mira devoted herself to her crippled husband, Cathan, caring for him day and night while he remained cold and distant. But on his birthday, she discovers that his first love—and her own sister, Mia—has returned to his life. Heartbroken, Mira finally decides to leave the marriage. Before walking away, she leaves Cathan divorce papers with one brutal reason written on them: “My husband is sexually dysfunctional and unable to fulfill his marital duties.” Cathan is stunned and furious when he reads it. He never expected the quiet woman who once loved him desperately to humiliate him and leave without begging for his money. Determined to prove she will eventually come crawling back, Cathan is even more shocked when Mira transforms herself, becomes confident and breathtaking, and starts enjoying her new single life. When he sees her surrounded by five handsome men at Club 99, his jealousy finally begins to reveal a feeling he has refused to admit—he may have already fallen in love with the wife he thought he never wanted.