Contemporary Romance Web Novels & Hidden Identity Substitute Bride Stories

Sophia Monroe saved Julian Vale the night he nearly drowned. But her sister stole the credit, and Julian gave his heart to the wrong woman while destroying the girl who actually saved him. Betrayed, humiliated, and forced into a loveless marriage, Sophia disappeared after signing away everything, even while carrying a secret that could have changed everything, she was pregnant with his child.Five years later, she returns as the ruthless CEO of LuminaTech, standing above the empire that once crushed her. And this time, she is not asking for justice, she is delivering it.When the truth finally claws its way back into the light, will Julian survive the damage he caused?Or is it already too late for redemption when the woman he broke is now the one holding all the power?

Andrea has always being her twin's shadow. The quiet, obedient daughter cast aside for being less than perfect Aria, the ruthless perfectionist is engaged to the dangerously powerful Mafia King, Alexander Hawthorne. But perfection shatters too. When Aria’s betrayal destroys Alexander’s only lead to his missing parents, he doesn’t want revenge, he wants ruin. He wants to do something to her that will redefine the word sadistic. Terrified of the monster she’s let loose, Aria forces Andrea into a deadly swap, using a secret from their past to blackmail her. On their wedding day Andrea is publicly humiliated when someone finds Alexander being intimate with the daughter of an ambassador. The guests mock and ridicule her for not being able to keep her man. Even though her marriage was a lie she still felt humiliated. Andrea arrives at the Hawthorne estate expecting tedious chores and slandering. Instead, she becomes a prisoner in rough sheets and locked doors. Alexander doesn’t see innocence. He sees betrayal. He plans to make her pay for every lie, every secret, including a horrific crime against his cook’s daughter. But Andrea isn’t Aria. She tries hard not to slip or act out of character. But Aria wasn't just a spoilt brat, she had gotten on nerves of many evil people and they want a pound of her flesh. As Aria's enemies close in on Andrea and the truth threatens to explode, Alexander has to protect the woman he had wanted to badly hurt. Andrea has to make a choice. Tell Alexander she's not who he thinks she is or let the secret she's kept for years get exposed and face the wrath of her parents and the law.

For ten years, Ronan Vaughn lived in exile after a violent tragedy destroyed his future. Hidden away by his own family, stripped of emotion through brutal psychological conditioning, he returns colder, deadlier, and determined to reclaim what was stolen from him. Including his promised bride. But the woman placed before him is not the girl he remembers. Cheyanne Blake wakes up to find her life erased overnight. Her money gone. Her home taken. Dragged into a world of luxury and surveillance, she’s forced into a marriage contract under another woman’s name: Ivy. Ronan knows something is wrong. The fiery stranger standing before him is nothing like the quiet girl from his past, yet every lie surrounding her only deepens his obsession. The more she fights him, the more he watches her. Protects her. Controls her. And the more dangerous the Vaughn family becomes.