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Alessia never imagined that the people who were supposed to protect her would become her greatest enemies. After falling pregnant at a young age, Alessia loses her family's love and respect. Her parents blame her for their troubles, while her cruel sister, Victoria, never misses an opportunity to humiliate her. Now, with the family facing financial ruin, her parents make a shocking decision: Alessia must marry a wealthy billionaire to save their reputation, regardless of what it costs her. With her four-year-old daughter, Natalie, as her only source of happiness, Alessia has no choice but to obey. She signs a marriage contract, believing she is surrendering herself to a dangerous stranger. But on her wedding night, everything changes when Drake Whitmore, a powerful and mysterious billionaire, arrives to claim his bride. Drake is cold, commanding, and impossible to understand. He makes it clear that their marriage will follow his rules, leaving Alessia uncertain about the future that awaits her. Yet, beneath his intimidating presence lies a world of secrets that she has barely begun to uncover. Then Alessia encounters Enzo Whitmore, the man who once owned her heart and disappeared from her life years ago. He is also Natalie's biological father, though the little girl has no idea who he really is. Their unexpected reunion threatens to expose a past Alessia has desperately tried to bury. As Alessia struggles to protect her daughter and survive life inside the Whitmore mansion, old feelings, family rivalries, and dangerous secrets begin to collide. Victoria has her own ambitions, Drake guards his secrets, and Enzo's sudden return threatens to turn Alessia's already complicated life upside down. Caught between two powerful billionaire brothers, Alessia must discover whom she can trust before the secrets surrounding her marriage destroy everything she holds dear.

She spent five years loving a man who never loved her back. He brought his first love into their home, claimed he was only helping her, and slowly turned cold. One night the house burned. The first love had her tied down and whispered that her husband would save her first. He did. She died in the flames. She wakes on the morning of their fifth anniversary, the same day he once left her for the other woman’s birthday. This time she remembers everything.

He needed the perfect bride to win the election. She needed Washington's most powerful man to stay alive. Gabriel Vincent is the most ruthless defense attorney in the United States and a Senate candidate who refuses to fail. Carrying the scars of a brutal childhood and the haunting guilt over his younger brother’s death, he built an armor of coldness and arrogance that no one has ever managed to pierce. For him, power is not a luxury—it is the ultimate weapon to destroy the monsters of his past. However, to win over conservative voters, the party leadership hands him a non-negotiable ultimatum: present a fake fiancée by the end of the week. Angel Montgomery is a brilliant investigative journalist trying to rebuild her life away from the nightmare of Silverwood. A survivor of an attempted murder and a horrific betrayal by her ex-fiancé—a corrupt cop who tried to kill her and framed the case—she must protect her father and safeguard her own freedom. Yet, hunted and cornered by her attacker, Angel realizes her past is about to drag her under. A tense, electric encounter brings these two survivors together. Gabriel sees Angel’s flawless reputation and undeniable resilience as the perfect match for his political farce. Angel finds in the candidate's vast power and unyielding protection the single guarantee of keeping her stalker at bay. A strict marriage-of-convenience contract is drawn up: no feelings, a set expiration date, and strictly business. What neither anticipated was how forced proximity would turn friction into an unquenchable desire, awakening a dark attraction and an obsession that will shatter every clause of their agreement. How far would you go when a pact built on appearances becomes the ultimate safe haven for two broken souls?

Saga Ronway loved Rose Frost. He just didn't know it. Years ago, during a university accident, Saga believed another woman had saved his life. So when she finally returned, he chose her in front of everyone—never knowing the truth. It was Rose who had saved him. Heartbroken, Rose walked away and accepted a one-year marriage contract from a mysterious mafia king. But Rose has secrets of her own. Found abandoned as a newborn, she knows nothing about her birth family. The only clue she has is a name engraved inside an old locket: Sforza. Then there's Alp Norex—the man Rose unknowingly saved during that same accident. As the past begins to unravel, three lives collide, old identities surface, and Saga finally realizes the woman he lost was the one he had loved all along. But Rose has already become someone he may never be able to reach again.

Isabella was the perfect fiancée until she wasn't. On the morning she was supposed to say "I do," she found the man she loved, Puerto Moore, in the arms of her cruel stepsister. Cast out into the rain and stripped of her dignity, Isabella’s life should have ended. Instead, it collided with the one man who could make the Moores tremble: Travis Vanguard. As the ruthless, tattooed King of Vanguard Holdings and Puerto’s own boss, Travis is a predator in a bespoke suit. He offers Isabella a deal drenched in revenge: Marry me, wear my name, and I’ll help you crush the man who discarded you. What starts as a cold contract quickly ignites into a slow-burn, explosive obsession. Under Travis’s possessive gaze, Isabella transforms from a quiet shadow into a radiant Queen. But as their chemistry blurs the lines of the deal, a secret pregnancy changes everything. Seeing the woman he ruined become the untouchable obsession of the city's most powerful man, Puerto is consumed by a toxic, violent regret. He’ll stop at nothing to reclaim "his" woman, even if it means starting a corporate war. But Travis doesn't let go of what he owns. “He had his chance, Isabella. Now, I’ll burn the world down before I let him touch you again.” Caught between Travis’s dark possessiveness and Puerto’s desperate pursuit, Isabella finds a safe haven in Sabastain. A ruthless billionaire and a protective heart, Sabastain offers her a love that doesn't leave scars. Isabella must decide: Does she want revenge, or does she finally want to be loved? The contract is signed. The fire is lit. Let the game begin.

​Poisoned and dumped in the middle of the street by those closest to her, Irish Ryder wakes up ten years in the past with a burning rage for vengeance. Yet one puzzle continues to haunt her: why did Xander Wilson—the cold CEO and her husband's biggest enemy—kneel in the pouring rain and weep over her death in her past life? Determined to uncover that secret and destroy her betrayers, Irish boldly proposes a contract marriage to him. But was Xander's desperate rescue in the past proof of true love, or merely guilt over a dark secret he was hiding?