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Married to the Ruthless Billionaire After My Sister's Betray - Romance novels & stories
Dynamics11
Elena’s life collapses in an evening. Betrayed by her fiancé and humiliated in front of everyone, Elena finds herself standing alone. Just when she thinks her future is ruined, Adrian Blackwood proposes marriage. The proposal shocks everyone, and Elena accepts, stepping into a world of intrigue and danger. As powerful rivals target the Blackwood company, Elena must learn to navigate a landscape where loyalty is rare, and betrayal hides behind every smile.
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HIS PASSIONATE LOVE  - Romance novels & stories
Akansha Shrivastav
🅰🅱🅾🆄🆃 🆃🅷🅴 🆂🆃🅾🆁🆈 "ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀꜱᴛ ꜰᴇᴇʟɪɴɢ ɪꜱ ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏɴʟʏ ᴘᴇʀꜱᴏɴ ᴡʜᴏ ᴄᴀɴ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ꜱᴍɪʟᴇ ᴅᴏᴇꜱɴ'ᴛ ᴇᴠᴇɴ ᴄᴀʀᴇ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴡʜᴇʀᴇᴀʙᴏᴜᴛꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ɪᴛ ɢᴇᴛꜱ ᴇᴠᴇɴ ᴡᴏʀꜱᴇ ᴡʜᴇɴ ʏᴏᴜ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴏɴᴇ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴛʜᴀɴ ʏᴏᴜʀꜱᴇʟꜰ ʙᴜᴛ ꜱᴛɪʟʟ ʏᴏᴜ ᴄᴀɴ'ᴛ ꜱᴘᴇɴᴅ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʟɪꜰᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴘᴇʀꜱᴏɴ" ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛᴏᴏ ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴀ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ᴡʜᴇɴ ʙᴏᴛʜ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴍᴀᴅʟʏ ɪɴ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴇᴀᴄʜ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ. ᴡʜᴀᴛ ɪꜰ ᴀꜰᴛᴇʀ ᴍᴀʀʀɪᴀɢᴇ ɪɴꜱᴛᴇᴀᴅ ᴏꜰ ɢᴇᴛᴛɪɴɢ ᴄʟᴏꜱᴇʀ ᴛᴏ ᴇᴀᴄʜ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴏɴᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ʟᴇᴀᴠᴇꜱ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ᴘᴀʀᴛɴᴇʀ. ʙᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴏɴᴇ ɪꜱ ɴᴏᴛ ʀᴇᴀᴅʏ ᴛᴏ ɢɪᴠᴇ ᴜᴘ ᴏɴ ʜɪꜱ ᴍᴀʀʀɪᴀɢᴇ. ʜᴏᴡ ʟᴏɴɢ ᴡɪʟʟ ꜱʜᴇ ᴄᴀʀʀʏ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴜʀᴅᴇɴ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜɪꜱ ʀᴇʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴꜱʜɪᴘ ᴀʟᴏɴᴇ. ᴡɪʟʟ ꜱʜᴇ ʙᴇ ᴀʙʟᴇ ᴛᴏ ɢᴇᴛ ʜᴇʀ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ʙᴀᴄᴋ ᴀɴᴅ ꜱᴀᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ʀᴇʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴꜱʜɪᴘ ᴏʀ ᴡɪʟʟ ꜱʜᴇ ᴀʟꜱᴏ ɢɪᴠᴇ ᴜᴘ ᴀɴᴅ ʟᴇᴀᴠᴇ ʜɪᴍ ?
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REBIRTH OF MY GHOST GIRLFRIEND  - Romance novels & stories
Treasure
Echo was a ghost but she had no idea till Lorenzo moved into her house and she realized that he is the only one that can see her. She had no idea how and when she died or why her ghost is still in her house but Lorenzo took it upon himself to help her figure it out. A billionaire turned ghost, a hope of being reborn, a possibility of love but most importantly, the mystery surrounding her death is what she hoped Lorenzo can help her figure out but how will she handle the fact that he might be doing it for his selfish interests. Will she be able to accept her new life, can she handle all the betrayal and will she be capable of forgiveness?
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Married to my Dad's Billionaire Mafia Friend - Romance novels & stories
Oziomachi
There’s a thin line between desperation and destiny ****** Sophia Jenkins has lived her life in the shadows of hardship. At 23, she juggles multiple jobs, trying to lift her family out of debt while caring for her terminally ill mother. Her only dream is to escape the weight of her broken home and rewrite her family’s fate. But fate had other plans. On her birthday, when relentless debt collectors humiliate her and her father, Sophia’s world shatters—until a mysterious man steps out of a sleek black car, commanding the chaos with nothing but his presence. Leonard Morano. At 40, Leonard is the ruthless head of the Morano mafia empire, a billionaire controlling over a hundred businesses and underground casinos. What no one knows is that he was once Martin Jenkins’ best friend—and the man who silently watched Sophia grow from afar before vanishing when she was fifteen. Now, he’s back. And he’s not offering help. He’s demanding marriage. With the chilling words, “Marry me, and I will smash every obstacle in your way,” Leo pulls her into a world of luxury, power, and deadly secrets. But can Sophia survive the dark underworld Leo rules? Can love truly bloom in the cracks of fear, obligation, and a past that refuses to stay buried?
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Married in Her Name - Romance novels & stories
May Che
When poor dressmaker Leah Parker delivers a wedding gown to the powerful Grant family, she expects payment, not a trap. But the real bride, Olivia Grant, has vanished on her wedding day, and the Grants need someone to protect their billion-dollar alliance with cold CEO Daniel Cole. Forced to wear Olivia’s dress and marry in her name, Leah enters a dangerous contract marriage built on fear, lies, and hidden identity. Daniel has never met Olivia, but he quickly senses that his new wife is not the spoiled heiress he expected. She is too quiet, too kind, and too terrified of the family that claims to love her. As suspicion turns into protection, Daniel begins to uncover the mystery behind Olivia’s disappearance—and the truth that Leah was never chosen by accident. In a marriage that began as a mistake, Leah may become the only woman Daniel refuses to lose.
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Claimed By The Ruthless Enzo  - Romance novels & stories
CJ Fantasies
Naomi Ray would do anything to prevent her mother from dying in the hospital even though it involves stealing A fifty million dollars worth cufflinks from her best friend boss. What happens when this man turn out to be someone more dangerous than she thought. Enzo Vitale is a ruthless billionaire boss, who doesn't show mercy and he is the talk of the town. Everyone says he is dangerous, and had never seen him up close before. Until Naomi Ray made the most terrible mistake stealing from him.
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Unexpected Love - Romance novels & stories
Darkest-lover-lies
My father organized a husband for me. He needed me to get married to him for his benefit but never thought about mine. Where I come from our fathers told you who you should marry. Women are nothing but pawns for them to toy around with. I was prepared for a ruthless husband like my father was, but I was surprised when I met Dex. He is patient and honest. His father and his brother want him to be as ruthless as them. My father wants control and money. Dex has the power to end them all if he gets help from his biggest enemy who was once a friend.
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Shattered Vows - Romance novels & stories
Dalia B
Nothing prepares you for heartbreak that lands only hours before your wedding. One moment you are celebrating the last hours of single life, smiling at a future you trust. The next, you are staring at proof that the man you love has betrayed you. He says he is sorry. He pleads. Yet the picture of love you held so tightly fractures in an instant. Sports agent Fiorella Barella has more than one truth to uncover, and with her closest friends beside her, she is ready to pull at every thread until the whole story unravels.
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Death Of A Rivera - Romance novels & stories
Keren Michael
STEAMY MYSTERY ROMANCE *** # Billionare fake Identity wife # Fake marraige Elaine Rivera's world shatters when a heated argument with her husband, Ethan Rivera, ends with her returning home to find him murdered. Before she can grieve or process the horror, she's framed and thrown into prison by the powerful Rivera family, who take everything from her—including her beloved daughter, Autumn. Desperate and broken, Elaine stages a daring escape, vowing to unearth the truth about Ethan's death and reclaim her daughter. But on the run from the FBI, she finds herself at the mercy of Lucas Grayson, a cunning detective with his own agenda. Lucas offers her a lifeline: a contract marriage to protect her identity and gain access to the high-stakes world she needs to infiltrate. Under a new identity and armed with relentless determination, Elaine dives into a web of deceit, danger, and betrayal. The deeper she digs, the more she questions everyone around her—including Lucas. As sparks ignite between them, Elaine must navigate a minefield of lies and emotions. When love blurs the line between ally and enemy, and betrayal threatens to derail her mission, Elaine faces impossible choices. Can she trust Lucas with her heart and the truth? Or will her quest for justice destroy them both?
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Separate ways bound to be one.  - Romance novels & stories
Mehr-Nasir
An story about two people who has different life, responsibilities, rules, work but has same personality. A story of love which start with the mission but bought them together. What will they both do when they realize their love for each other. Will they choose their responsibilities or true love.
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The Bride They Sacrificed: Reborn To Love And Kill - Romance novels & stories
Self-love
Twelve years as the perfect adopted daughter... All was erased the moment the Vaughn family’s real daughter returned. Overnight, Elara Vaughn became a thief in their eyes. Everything she had was suddenly someone else’s. Love turned to hatred, and home turned into a cage. To atone for a life she never stole, Elara was forced into a marriage that destroyed her... Humiliated, broken, and discarded until death finally claimed her. But fate gives her a second chance. Reborn one day before the wedding, Elara woke up with every memory of her past life intact, and a heart that refuses to break again... VENGEANCE! This time, she will pretend to submit. This time, she will control every move. And this time, she reaches out to the one man she rejected in her past life... the only person who once offered her salvation and love... Lucien Hale, the most powerful and ruthless man in the country. As secrets unravel and the Vaughn family’s hypocrisy is exposed, Elara learns that revenge doesn’t only require truth, but it also requires cruelty. They wanted a sacrifice... Instead, they created a monster, who will bring their downfall.
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The Club Star Ex-Wife He Wants Back - Romance novels & stories
Mary Gilliam
"When Mandy marries billionaire Lucas Vanderbilt, she thinks she's found her happily ever after. But their lavish lifestyle and fairy-tale romance come crashing down when a tragic accident sparks false allegations and shattered trust. As Lucas turns against her, Mandy's world collapses. His grandmother, the formidable matriarch of the Vanderbilt empire, offers her a way out: escape to a new life abroad. But Mandy's heart refuses to let go. She's determined to clear her name and reclaim her love. Will she overcome the darkness of deceit and betrayal, or will the price of love be too high to pay?
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Return Of Billionaire Heiress  - Romance novels & stories
Srishti
My husband snatched my newborn son and married the woman he once called his sister. That was the day I lost everything. My child, my marriage, and the life I believed in. He thought he left me with nothing. He was wrong. I partnered with his greatest rival. The one man who wants to destroy him as much as I do. Carlos thinks he has already won. He doesn’t know I’m about to make him kneel… and watch everything he built burn in front of the world.
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Impotent Husband Wants A Baby - Romance novels & stories
Diti Koshy
Drunk and heartbroken, Juliette spends a night with a stranger, wanting nothing more than to forget about it. Four years later, while trying to get her business off the ground and take care of her ailing grandmother, Juliette faces a severe financial crisis. When yet another client refuses to continue with her company’s services and her grandmother falls gravely ill, she has no choice but to give in to her uncle’s demands. The only condition? She must marry the youngest son of the Garret family, a man rumored to be hideously ugly and impotent after a terrible accident years ago. For the sake of her business and her grandmother, Juliette agrees to marry James Garret, the so-called ugly and impotent billionaire. But after the wedding, she discovers the truth. His family has imposed a condition: unless he gets Juliette pregnant within the year, he will be cut out of the family will and stripped of his billionaire status. When Juliette meets James for the first time, she is shocked to find that he is neither ugly as the rumors claimed him to be nor impotent. Why else would he, on their wedding night, lean in close and whisper in her ear? “Let’s make some babies, sweet thing.”
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The Trials of Love - Romance novels & stories
Wildflower
_Sometimes love isn't everything in a relationship and it is never enough. ERICA_i care about you the most back then and now.i just never showed it but I should have. NOLAN _I don't care about the dangers involved.am in love and that's all that matters. MARYL. _I have never met someone like you who makes me feel this things I feel for you.only you. DAN. Two couples go through the different trials of love.what awaits them at the end with the enemies lurking around them.will they be able to overcome the trials?.
10
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A LOVE LIKE OURS - Romance novels & stories
Wakoo
"A tortured love story tangled in betrayal, generational secrets, and the haunting pull of the past. Yvette, a woman marked by tragedy, finds herself drawn to Tristan—a man with shadows of his own. When an invisible network begins targeting her gifted younger sister, Yvette is forced into a war she never asked for. With each buried truth revealed, love becomes as dangerous as the silence trying to consume them all."
10
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My Donor, My Love, My CEO - Romance novels & stories
Olivia GW
Isla, freshly divorced from her husband Logan Barrett, is eager to start a family of her own. She meets up with Ethan Prescott, a devastatingly handsome bachelor who offered to donate his sperm, but Isla doesn’t realize that her beautiful sperm donor is actually a friend of her ex and a successful CEO who’s known to shun all matters of the heart. Not long after the divorce, Logan also comes crawling back, begging for another chance to be together. Faced with this perplexing dilemma, what will be Isla's ultimate choice?
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The Twist of Fate  - Romance novels & stories
June Stars
Lucy Taylor never expected to be loved when she agreed to billionaire CEO, William Ashcroft, in place of her step sister to save her family's reputation. But as she gets to know him, she finds out he's completely different from the man she thought he was. As they grew closer, they realize they're in love. But what happens when trouble lurks around the corner? With a greedy stepsister and a maniac rival on their ends? Will they be able to survive or will their relationship crash under the weight of problems coming their way?
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BILLIONAIRE’S REVENGE BRIDE - Romance novels & stories
Felconlee94
“Sign it.” The divorce papers slid across the table, along with the pieces of my heart. I married Shawn Black against my family’s wishes believing his love could survive anything. I was wrong. When his ex came back, I became invisible. And the man I gave everything to walked away without looking back. One druken night, lost and heartbroken, I met him Slade Knight, the reclusive billionaire everyone feared. Cold. Mysterious. Untouchable. He offered me a deal I couldn’t refuse. A marriage built on lies, meant to destroy the man who broke me. But fate had other plans. Because before I ever said “I do,” I was already carrying his child. Now, trapped between revenge and forbidden desire, I’m learning that the most dangerous thing about Slade Knight isn’t his power… It’s the way he makes me wish the lie was real
10
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Ex-change  - Romance novels & stories
Zenrict14
Adrianna James thought she was done with Eric Thompson—until two pink lines force her to reconsider. Determined to give her child the love of a father, she seeks him out… only to find him with another woman. Then there’s Damien Carter—mysterious, infuriating, and now her new work partner. When their latest assignment forces them into Eric’s world, Damien proposes a ridiculous idea: team up to stalk their exes. It’s reckless. It’s unprofessional. And somehow, it’s exactly what Adrianna needs. But as the lines between partnership and something more begin to blur, Adrianna finds herself caught between the past she thought she needed and the future she never saw coming. Does she choose the man she once loved—the father of her child? Or the one who makes her heart race in ways she never expected?
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