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The Billionaire's Impossible Daughter  - Romance novels & stories
Shuleah
Six years ago, A doctor told me my newborn daughter didn't survive. I broke into a million pieces. I never truly healed. Desperate for cash, I take a job as a nanny for Alexander Vance-A billionaire whose six year old daughter, Jasmine, is infamous for terrorizing every nanny in the city. She hates me on sight. She locks me out, throws tantrums, and makes it her personal mission to drive me insane. I almost quit. But every time I look into her stubborn, fiery eyes, something pulls me back. Then came the accident. While cleaning a scrape on her knee after one of her stunts, my heart stops. On her inner ankle rests a distinct, crescent shaped birthmark. The exact birthmark my baby had before they declared her dead. My hands start shaking. My breath hitches. "Who gave you that mark?" I whisper, tears blurring my eyes. Jasmine glare at me, pulling her leg away. "Don't touch me! You're not my mom!" Alexander steps into the room, his blue eyes locking onto mine. "Is there a problem with my daughter?" I stare at the billionaire who has no idea his late wife stole my child. My baby didn't die six years ago. She's been living in this penthouse all along. And I will burn the world down before I lose her again.
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The PUMPKIN LETTER - Romance novels & stories
けもこ
A Halloween Romance A tiny pumpkin carved with a poem brings the colors of autumn back into her life. When Haruka discovers a miniature pumpkin in her backyard, she finds a few quiet lines of poetry carved into its skin—a mysterious “pumpkin letter” that seems to have come from the house next door. Tired of dealing with people, Haruka has returned to her late grandmother’s home in search of a quieter life. Her reserved neighbor, Minato Sasagawa, works among the plants at the local botanical garden and seems far more comfortable with flowers—and his rescued German shepherd—than with conversation. But one pumpkin letter leads to another. Through handmade gifts, shared silences, and small acts of kindness, the distance between two lonely neighbors slowly begins to disappear. Set beneath the warm glow of Halloween lanterns, The Pumpkin Letter is a gentle, heartwarming autumn romance about finding unexpected sweetness just next door.
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Five Years On The Run: The Billionaire's Secret Baby - Romance novels & stories
Jp's Ink
One night. Two babies. Five years of secrets. Colette Etienne's life imploded when her boyfriend's betrayal left her drugged and in a stranger's bed. She remembers only fragments-his ice-cold touch, that commanding voice, the way he vanished like smoke. Then came the twins. And the contract: *Have the babies. Take the cash. Disappear forever.* Colette took the money, kept one baby, and ran. Five years later, she's back in Crestfall City with her daughter Lea, ready for a fresh start. Instead, she crashes-literally-into Oliver Ashford: billionaire CEO by day, shadow king of the city's underworld by night. Ruthless. Untouchable. Dangerous. And unfortunately for Colette, he's also the father she's been hiding from. When Oliver discovers the truth, his carefully controlled empire starts to crumble. The woman who defies him at every turn isn't just some random nuisance-she's *hers*. The mother of both his children. Revenge becomes obsession. Hatred ignites into something neither can resist. Some secrets are too explosive to stay buried.
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The Witness He Owns - Romance novels & stories
V. S. Ashford
Broke waitress Callie Brooks is just trying to survive and keep her sick mother alive, till being at the wrong place at the wrong time, changes the course of her life. She witnesses a murder in an alley she should not have been in, and is subsequently pulled into the life of the most feared man in Chicago, Marcus Vane. Marcus is brilliant, ruthless and dangerously possessive and as it turns out, he knows way more about her than he is letting on. Though he is protective of her, his cold and controlling nature prevents her from believing him and she fights to break free, only to find a much older, much more personal truth. Everything is connected to some dangerous people in power; her mother’s sickness, her father’s death, the poverty in her family, all of it, and Marcus has known for a long time. It might have begun as survival, but for Callie, it has become a war and she must decide whether Marcus is her protector or the biggest threat to her life. The Witness He Owns is a gripping dark romance story filled with secrets and survival, and a second chance at a love that blossoms from a big misunderstanding and a truth that was never supposed to be found.
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Burn For You Mr Vale - Romance novels & stories
Rachel Writes
He faked their divorce to save her life. Now the woman he can't touch is the only one he wants.
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Falling For My Hockey Stepbrother  - Romance novels & stories
Succy
“Friends can become something more. Family can’t. Friends can go out, get drunk, be reckless, and kiss in the back of the car. Friends can be more, Siri. Accidents can happen in a friendship that might end up with both of us naked, and tangled together under the same sheet.” ~.~ Siri’s father had just married his fifth wife, and she already knew how it would end. But she didn't know how close she would get to her new family, or how tangled she would get with her stepbrother. Jackson was a man who made her mouth water. He made her attend every hockey game even though she didn't love the sport; she just enjoyed watching him be brutal on the ice. With his intense eyes and accent, she felt things she wasn't supposed to feel for someone who was supposed to be family. So she stayed away. Or tried to. There was no avoiding Jackson when he was everywhere, when his foot touched hers under the dining table, or his eyes never left hers even when their parents were watching. She was only a woman, and she no longer wanted to fight this fire between them, but every time they took a step forward, ghosts from the past threw them three steps back. A wound left to fester. A superstition born from trauma. A relationship that might ruin his career. An unhinged ex that flips both their worlds. They should have stayed family until this marriage ended and they had to go their separate ways, but kind attracts kind, and Siri and Jackson were broken, and everything kept going down to hell. They also kept fighting the devil as they went down there. They kept fighting for their love story despite all odds. Despite the world against them.
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The Baby That Billionaire Wants - Romance novels & stories
FreelancerAuthor
Four months after being trapped in a one-night stand with Archer Hill, Geneva Marie had to face the fact that she was pregnant. The one-night stand wasn't caused by Geneva's drunkenness, but by Archer's brother, Noel Hill, who deliberately set them up. Unprepared for the pregnancy, Geneva intended to abort it to return to her normal life. However, Archer thwarted her. Because that billionaire wanted the baby she was carrying. A funny twist of fate is that they become parents who learn to understand each other through the baby. This makes Archer and Geneva get used to each other and secretly lock their hearts for the love that comes. However, threats from Archer's mother come, stating that Geneva must leave Archer after giving birth to the baby. Can Geneva stay by Archer's side? Will Archer protect Geneva and confess the love he has for her? 
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Saving Brielle - Romance novels & stories
D.F. Hart
Brielle Cerver - The consummate career woman who has purposely put work first to avoid any further risk of heartbreak. But when a disturbing turn of events threatens both her livelihood and her safety, she finds herself inexplicably drawn to the man hired to protect her. Allen Jones – The handsome security consultant who, after a devastating loss, has also made work his life’s passion – until he meets Brielle and discovers his priorities have shifted. Can they move past their tragic histories to build a lasting love together? And can Allen find and stop Brielle's stalker before he or she exacts the ultimate revenge?
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Winning Back His Billion-dollar Ex-Wife  - Romance novels & stories
Shyne
Their marriage was never built on love. She was the adopted daughter of her family. The girl who was raised to never say no. He was the heir to the most famous investment companies in the country. Her family's business was failing, and him on the other hand needed an heir. Their fathers had arranged their marriage. The only way she could save her father's business. They were never supposed to fall in love, but the heart never listens. He made her fall for him, then turned around and built his life around his adopted sister. For years, she stayed as the third wheel, enduring the pain, hoping he would look at her one day and realised her love for him, until she couldn't hold on. She finally walked away with her unborn child, but why did he break down?
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The Mafia Lord Forgotten Bride  - Romance novels & stories
Adesanya Yewande
Five years ago, June Trevor was forced to become the wife of Rauf Salvador, the most feared mafia lord in the city. It was supposed to be her stepsister Amie's wedding. But when Rauf lost his sight in a terrible accident days before the wedding, Amie abandoned him, refusing to spend her life caring for a blind man. With the Trevor family's life hanging in the balance, June was forced to take her sister's place. What began as a marriage built on fear slowly became something June never expected. For five years, she stayed beside Rauf, caring for him through his darkest days. She became his confidante, his best friend, and eventually, the woman he loved. Then, just one day before Rauf's surgery to restore his sight, June discovered she was pregnant. She couldn't wait to tell him. But when Rauf opened his eyes, the first woman he saw was Amie. The sister who had abandoned him five years ago returned and claimed to be his wife. And Rauf believed her. Overnight, June went from being the woman who had sacrificed five years for him to a stranger no one wanted to acknowledge. Even her family turned against her, leaving her with nothing but the child growing inside her. June leaves with a broken heart, determined to build a new life for herself and her baby. But when Rauf finally discovers the truth, he realizes he has thrown away the only woman who ever truly loved him. Now the ruthless mafia lord will stop at nothing to find his forgotten wife. But Amie has no intention of letting June return. Because as long as June is alive, Rauf will never choose her.
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The Billionaire’s New Assistant  - Romance novels & stories
Paragon
Aria Collins has spent almost a year searching for a stable job, determined to build a better future for herself and her struggling family. When she receives an unexpected interview invitation from Blackwood Group, one of the most powerful corporations in the country, she sees it as the opportunity she has been praying for. But she never expected to become the personal assistant to Ethan Blackwood—the thirty-two-year-old billionaire CEO known for his ruthless standards, intimidating personality, and complete lack of interest in relationships. Ethan has never trusted people easily. Everyone around him seems to want his money, power, or family name. Then Aria walks into his office and treats him like an ordinary man. She doesn’t flirt with him. She doesn’t seek special treatment. She simply works hard, speaks honestly, and quietly notices the things everyone else ignores. For the first time, Ethan finds himself looking forward to seeing someone. What begins as professional curiosity slowly becomes an undeniable attraction. Ethan falls first—and falls harder. He remembers every little detail about Aria, protects her without thinking, and finds countless excuses to keep her close. But Aria doesn’t believe a billionaire like Ethan could genuinely love someone like her. As office jealousy, cruel rumors, and Vanessa Sinclair’s growing obsession with Ethan threaten Aria’s position, the difference between their worlds becomes impossible to ignore. Ethan is willing to risk everything to prove his feelings are real. But when loving him begins to cost Aria more than she can bear, she makes a heartbreaking decision that could destroy the only love either of them has ever truly wanted. Can Ethan convince Aria that she is worthy of his love? Or will the woman who changed the billionaire’s heart become the one person he can never keep?
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UNFINISHED BUSINESS (BACK TO YOU)  - Romance novels & stories
Sassenach W
“I’m not scared of you.” “Really? Because that’s quite a fight-flight-freeze response you’ve got going on. Pupils dilated. Body quivering. Breaths fast and shallow.” He smiled. “Oh, wait, that’s not fight-flight-freeze! I’ve seen you like this before, haven’t I? Every night for a fucking year.” She licked her lips, "That was then, this is now,” she said. “Say the word and I’ll be on my knees for you in a heartbeat, same as I always was.” —------- Event planner Tessa Monroe has just come face-to-face with the man who shattered her heart two years ago. When she first agreed to a sugar daddy arrangement with David Warren—a sinfully handsome, wildly wealthy billionaire ten years her senior—she knew the rules. It was supposed to be purely financial and intensely physical. She certainly didn’t expect to fall in love with him... or that he'd fall in love with her —At least, so he'd claimed. After all, who the hell cheated on someone they claimed to love? David Warren had spent the last two years convincing himself that he hated Tessa. For the first time in his life, he'd broken his own rules, fallen in love, and risked his heart by asking her to marry him. Her rejection didn't just bruise his ego—it broke him, and he'd walked away full of hate, anger and resentment, swearing that he was done with her for good. It's been two years now, but it's obviously not enough time to quench the volatile fire between them. Walking back into each other's arms is dangerous, and playing with this much chemistry guarantees they’ll both get burned. But neither of them has ever been good at resisting the heat. Not when there's chemistry…So much chemistry.
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THE DON'S MISSING PIECE  - Romance novels & stories
Endelin Starh
Cassandra Hayes is a nineteen-year-old college student balancing school, a part-time job at a flower shop, and caring for her aging grandmother. Her life is ordinary, predictable, and painfully small until a routine delivery goes disastrously wrong. Sent to the Gold Coast with an arrangement of white orchids, Cassandra arrives at the wrong address and stumbles upon the aftermath of a violent confrontation. Bullet holes riddle the walls. Furniture lies shattered. And a deep, dangerous voice demands to know who's there. She flees. She thinks she's safe. But the black SUV waiting outside her apartment tells a different story. Dante Moretti is twenty-eight, cold, calculating man and the head of an empire built on both legal and illegal foundations. When a delivery girl witnesses something she shouldn't, he should eliminate the threat. Instead, he's drawn to her in ways he doesn't understand. Then he sees the necklace she wears, a pendant that belonged to her mother, a woman he helped twenty years ago. A woman who died hiding evidence that could destroy powerful men. Cassandra is no longer invisible. Enemies who killed her mother now want her dead. To protect her, Dante makes a shocking decision, he claims she's his fiancée. What begins as protection becomes entanglement. Cassandra is thrust into a world of luxury, danger, and family secrets. Dante's parents despise her. His aunt torments her. And the truth about her parents' past threatens to tear everything apart. As the fake engagement blurs into something real, Cassandra must decide if she can trust the man who's both her protector and her captor. And Dante must confront the one thing he's never allowed himself to feel. Love. Because in Dante world, love is not safe. And Cassandra might be the missing piece that destroys him or finally sets him free.
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THE BILLIONAIRE'S REGRET  - Romance novels & stories
ALVIN BROWN
THE BILLIONAIRE’S REGRET By Alvin Brown Avah Morne gave Calder Ives three years of her life, loving a man who had everything except the courage to love her the way she deserved. As his wife, she endured his emotional distance, his endless priorities, and the painful truth that a part of his heart still belonged to another woman. When Calder finally signs their divorce papers, he believes ending their marriage is the right decision. He is wrong. Avah refuses to remain the heartbroken woman he left behind. With determination, talent, and an unbreakable spirit, she builds Morne Studio into a rising interior design business. She begins creating a life defined by her own dreams, not by a billionaire's approval. Then fate brings them together again. When Avah's studio earns a place in a prestigious project owned by Calder's company, the man who once dismissed her must face the woman she has become. She is confident, successful, and no longer waiting for him to notice her worth. For the first time, Calder wants something money cannot buy: a second chance with the woman he let go. But regret cannot erase betrayal, and jealousy cannot rebuild trust. As old feelings collide with new possibilities, Avah must decide whether the man who broke her heart deserves another opportunity—or whether her future lies with someone who knows how to value her. He signed the divorce papers without looking back. Now he would give anything to make her his wife again. But this time, Avah holds the pen.
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Not The Surrogate Baby They Ordered  - Romance novels & stories
ToriWrites
Elena Hart buried both her parents in the same month—and buried her future with them, until a desperate offer promised to save it. Forty-five thousand dollars to carry a stranger's baby. One signature, and her final year of nursing school was paid in full. She thought she understood the risk. But what she didn't know was that the money came with a hidden puppet master, a buried lawsuit, and a family secret bigger than any contract could cover. When a devastating diagnosis threatens to unravel everything, the couple who begged her to carry their miracle vanishes without a word—leaving Elena to raise the daughter they abandoned, completely alone. Six years later, comfortable and rebuilt, Elena works as a secretary at Cross Enterprises—never knowing her own daughter shares her billionaire boss's exact steel-gray eyes. When the Whitfields resurface to take Zuri back, the court orders a DNA test. But It doesn't just clear Elena's name. It proves the daughter Ethan Cross has been quietly falling for wasn't a stranger's child at all.
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