Protective Romance Web Novels & Second Chance Stories

Jasmine has been best friends with Hunter Carrington since she could crawl; she has always been there for him at every point in his life. She has also had a crush on him since junior high. Hunter never saw her as more than a best friend, and Jasmine had to live with the crushing unrequited love. Jasmine’s world stopped when he announced his engagement to her cunning and manipulative half sister, Lily. She never knew they were together, and it hurts even more that she had to plan their wedding while going through the worst heartbreak. Things take a wild turn when Lily abandons Hunter and leaves their engagement ring at his doorstep. Both of their worlds were shaken and overturned. The stakes were even higher, and the wedding had to happen. It would merge the Carringtons and the Blackwoods Hospitality business, and Jasmine is at the centre of it all. She is forced to marry a man she once loved but hates now.

Claire Bennett believed she had finally achieved her dream after two painful IVF treatments—becoming a mother beside the husband who promised to love her forever. Then, in one devastating afternoon, everything shattered. She overhears her husband confess that the baby he believes she's carrying actually belongs to him and his first love, making Claire nothing more than an unwilling surrogate. But fate has its own plans. A shocking medical mistake reveals an impossible truth. The twins growing inside Claire don't belong to her cheating husband at all. Their biological father is Jonathan Reid—the mysterious billionaire heir of the powerful Reid family. Determined to escape a marriage built on lies, Claire walks away with her unborn children and rebuilds the life she abandoned years ago. Only when she disappears does Nathan Wade realize he has destroyed the only woman who ever truly loved him. Now two powerful men are chasing the same woman. One wants redemption. The other wants the family he never knew existed. But Claire has already made her choice. This time... She'll never look back.

Selina Okoye lost everything when her father was falsely accused of fraud by Raymond Bellington—the powerful CEO of Bellington Holdings. The scandal sent her family into ruins and took her father’s life. Years later, Selina is forced into a strategic marriage to Adrian Bellington, Raymond’s only son and heir to the same empire that destroyed her family. Cold, calculated, and quietly noble, Adrian agrees to the union for his own reasons—an inheritance clause that demands he marries before taking over the company. Determined to never forgive the Bellingtons, Selina plans to endure the marriage for the sake of her family’s survival and leave when the time is right. But Adrian is nothing like his father. And as cracks form in her hate, feelings she thought were impossible begin to grow. Just when trust begins to bloom, Selina uncovers a dark family secret—one that threatens to break everything they’ve started to build. Can two enemies-turned-strangers find love in a marriage built on pain? Or will the past destroy their future before it even begins?

She needs money to save her family. He needs a wife to save his empire. Their marriage should have been nothing more than a deal. When Elena Reyes is given days to save her late mother’s company from ruin, billionaire Adrian Blackwood offers her an impossible bargain. Marry him for one year, and he will pay every debt. Desperate, Elena says yes. But Adrian has chosen her for a reason. He knows who she is. He knows who her father is. And he has spent years planning his revenge. What Elena doesn’t know is that her new husband never intended to love her. She was supposed to be the perfect weapon against the family he hates. Until the woman he married for revenge becomes the woman he cannot live without. Now Adrian must choose between destroying Elena’s family and protecting the woman who has stolen his heart. But when Elena discovers why he really married her, their perfect marriage will become his greatest mistake. Because forgiveness has a price. And this time, money can’t buy it.

Sophie gave everything to the man she loved, only to be betrayed, poisoned, and left to die by him and her best friend. With her last breath, she learns the cruelest truth of all, the husband she despised, the man she helped destroy, died trying to save her in an accident they orchestrated. When Sophie opens her eyes again, she's back two years in the past. This time, she won't make the same mistake. The man she once hated will be the one she protects at all costs. The people who ruined her life will pay slowly, painfully. But there's one problem… Her husband doesn't believe a single word she says. To him, she's still the woman who loathed him yesterday. And no matter how hard she tries, the more she changes… The more he suspects she's planning something far worse.

Her husband killed her for her inheritance. Reborn three years before her death, she refuses to be the obedient, "useless" wife she once was. For three years, Ahtisa lived as a submissive wife to Adrian Vale, enduring his coldness and his mother's bitter humiliations. She gave up her career as a police officer and her identity just to support his ambitions. But on the night of their anniversary, the illusion shattered. She caught Adrian in a hotel room with Isabella the very girl Ahtisa had saved from the streets. Instead of showing remorse, Adrian struck her down, leaving her to bleed out on the floor while they gloated over stealing her late father’s forty-billion-dollar fortune. As her vision faded, only one man arrived to save her: Lucien Blackwell, the ruthless billionaire she had once personally arrested because of her husband's lies. With her last breath, she vowed to make them pay. Waking up three years in the past, the docile wife is gone. Back in the interrogation room on the day of her greatest mistake, Ahtisa refuses to arrest Lucien. Instead, she offers him a dangerous pact: Power for revenge. When Adrian arrives at the reading of her father's will, expecting her to blindly sign over her fortune, Ahtisa tears the contract to pieces in front of his greedy eyes. "I won't be transferring a single dime. And I am filing for divorce." Adrian begs for a second chance. But she is already untouchable with the city's most feared man guarding her from the shadows.

Ivy loved Ryder with all her heart, she left her life aside just to be with him. But when his ex returned, he discarded her without hesitation. Going out with her and taking care of her need as though she was the wife he had always wanted. Angered and betrayed, Ivy decided she'd give them the space they craved. She came into his life to be loved by him, and if he couldn't give her that love, then goodbye to him. Years later, Ivy returned happier, elegant, richer and even more confident than the ex he chose over her. Now he wanted her back but Ivy already had a new life and wasn't interested in revisiting her past.. 'Sorry but you're now a thing of the past.'

"You really think I'd marry you?" He laughed. "Wake up, Lyra." That was the moment I realized I had wasted four years loving the wrong man. So I walked away. Then billionaire lawyer Victor Allen walked into my life with a ridiculous proposal… a fake marriage. He wanted a wife. I wanted revenge. It should have been simple. Except my ex suddenly wants me back, his fiancée wants me gone, and somewhere between pretending to be Victor's wife... I forgot which parts were fake.

Award-winning Author Marie Lavender brings a captivating, passionate love story about a young heiress and a devilishly charming ship captain. All set in two coastal French towns… After being raised to believe that love is a frivolous endeavor, French heiress Fara Bellamont has always kept her dreams of adventure and discovering a soul-searing passion to herself. So, when Captain Grant Hill makes his grand entrance into her life by way of rescuing her one fateful night, she knows she’s in trouble. He completely steals her heart. But, as far as society is concerned, he’s also not a suitable husband. Grant Hill, a mysterious, rugged ship captain, is just as enthralled with Fara as she is with him, but he too knows such things aren’t so simple. Not only must they overcome social expectations to be together, but wars and lies, as well. And with a long-time yearning neither has managed to achieve, the pair must fight to attain their deepest desire: Happiness. If you love steamy, romantic tales by Tessa Dare, Julia Quinn, and Christi Caldwell, then you’ll adore this exciting and intricate Historical Romance set by the sea.

Imagine paying a stranger $1,000 outside your ex’s wedding to pretend to be your boyfriend… only to discover he’s your ex’s cousin. And it gets worse. His real girlfriend— the one he planned to propose to just hours earlier— catches you both in the act, right in front of every guest and your smug ex. To keep the lie from collapsing, he drops to one knee… and proposes to you with the very ring meant for her. As if that wasn’t enough, you later learn the man you hired isn’t just anyone. He’s the richest billionaire in all of New York. Now the whole city is watching. And the real game has only just begun.

Buried in silence for centuries, Theron was meant to be forgotten—locked away as penance, left to starve until even memory surrendered. But when Nyssa tears open his tomb, she does more than wake an ancient hunger. She binds herself to the very ruin she thought she could resist. His blood vow is simple: protect her, claim her, keep her. But Theron’s protection is as dangerous as it is consuming, and every moment in his shadow tangles Nyssa deeper in a bond that demands surrender. She feels his hunger in her veins, his voice in her thoughts, his vow echoing sharper than any chain. And behind every promise is a reminder: Theron is not tamed. He is a killer, as merciless as the centuries that shaped him—and loving him means loving the ruin he brings. Torn between terror and desire, between the fragile life she knows and the eternity Theron offers, Nyssa must decide if she is strong enough to embrace the darkness she freed—or if his devotion will destroy them both. Because forever with a monster is not a promise of peace. It is a promise of hunger, obsession, and the kind of love that cuts as deep as it heals. A dark paranormal romance about hunger, obsession, and the thin line between protection and possession, The Sound of Ruin is for readers who like their monsters unrepentant, their heroines defiant, and their tension sharp enough to bleed. Expect enemies that burn into lovers, blood-soaked vows that refuse to break, and a gothic fantasy world where survival demands surrender and love is the most dangerous risk of all.

Four years ago, Chen Xiu vanished without a trace, making Qing Han think that what she did is unforgivable. To him, she is the woman who murdered his unborn child, deceived his family, and fled with stolen money. Cold, ruthless, and untouchable, Qing Han has spent years searching, not to reunite, but to make her pay. Now she’s back. But Chen Xiu is no longer the fragile girl he once dismissed. She returns as a brilliant doctor, composed, distant, and fiercely protective of her three-year-old son. When Qing Han finally finds her, he bigins his revenge. He traps her, corners her, and forces her into his world again, his cruelty sharper than ever. He wants to torture her and make her life unbearable. Yet something is wrong. The woman before him no longer begs. No longer loves him. Then, he finds out the truth. She didn't steal from him, she didn't murder his child. She only ran away to prevent him from taking her child away. For the first time in his life, Qing Han feels fear. Because the woman he broke has already learned how to live without him. And winning her back may be the one battle he cannot control.

Escaped slavery and is now lost in a strange country? Check! Caught between two warring nations? Check! Bad-ass with an attitude and skills that range from healing to breaking bones? Check! Lucky checks all the boxes. But life couldn't have prepared her for what happens when she runs into the tall, handsome Scottish lord, who himself is on the run from the English. Welcome to Castle Big Rock, Scotland ano 1680.

They both hated cheaters. Forced into a loveless marriage, Rome De Herrera and Alora Escarra signed an agreement to have a divorce once either of them cheat without the knowledge of their parents. As love quietly bloomed between them, one devastating misunderstanding shattered it all. He made her leave and she left broken without knowing that she’s pregnant with their child. Will she come back and reveal the fruit of their love? Perhaps, will he take her back for love or just for responsibility?

Sexually abused by her father and betrayed by her mother who sleeps with her fiance on the day of her engagement, Natalie involves herself in a one night stand with a young virgin, Liam Li. 3 years later, Liam Li returns back to country X and accidentally meets with the lady who disvirgined him and claims her as his girlfriend. "Can I kiss you Natalie" Liam sulked like a little boy deprived of his favourite toy. "If you kiss me, will you take responsibility?" Natalie asked while playing with his hair Liam blushed hard and lowered his head recalling what happened 3 years ago "Yes I'll take responsibility for you" Before Natalie could form another counter attack, Liam had already kissed her desperately like he had been starved of her. What happens when the hotel worker she had a one night stand with happens to be CEO of the company she was interning at, for her college grades? Who was the woman in the shadows or rather, the people in the shadows? "Kill her tonight or return to me dead"

She looked down at my dying body, disgust written into every line of her face. “You really thought I was on your side?” she whispered. “How pathetic.” Blood filled my mouth as I smiled bitterly. So this was the price of trust. ~~~ They destroyed her marriage to Lucien, tricked her into signing papers that erased her name, her future, even her very existence. She gave them her heart, her loyalty, her life… and they repaid her with betrayal sharp enough to kill her or maybe it actually did. A few forged smiles, a few carefully chosen lies. One signature was all it took to strip her of everything, her name, her fortune, even her freedom. Her best friend, her childhood sweetheart. The only people she believed loved her. They didn’t just take her wealth or her freedom, they took her body, piece by piece, until death was the only thing left. But fate wasn’t done with Aria. When she opened her eyes again, she wasn’t on a cold operating table, she was back at the beginning. Before the lies, before the signatures, before the knife slid in. This time, she wouldn’t be naive. This time, she wouldn’t love blindly. She would rewrite her future, step by step. She would make them pay, before they even realized the game had changed. And Lucien… The man she once abandoned, the regret she carried even into death. This time, she would choose him. Could she destroy them all… and still hold onto the one thing she loved most, or would revenge demand a price too high even for her?

Amelia Hart once believed love was enough. When Alexander Kingsley was just a struggling dreamer, she stood beside him and helped him build the empire that would make him one of the most powerful billionaires in the city. But when success finally arrived, Alexander chose ambition over love and broke Amelia’s heart by marrying into a powerful family. Humiliated and devastated, Amelia disappeared from his life. Five years later she returns—not as the naïve woman he left behind, but as a confident and successful professional with secrets of her own. Seeing her again awakens something Alexander thought he had buried forever: regret. As he tries desperately to win Amelia back, long-hidden truths begin to surface, including the manipulations that tore them apart. But after everything she lost because of him, Amelia must decide whether the man who once destroyed her heart deserves a second chance.

Ximena Branson had her whole future mapped out—with Dean Hansen alongside her. He was her initial love, her stability in the tumultuous realm of high fashion. However, her ideal dream crumbled when Dean left, discarding their years together to become engaged to a different model. Devastated and embarrassed, Ximena escapes to Mexico, intent on burying her pain in a fresh setting. A single impulsive evening throws her into the arms of a significantly older, influential man,Jason Hansen, a billionaire known for his merciless image. Ximena attempts to flee, but Jason won’t allow her to escape. He fears she could be pregnant with his child, and there's no chance he’ll permit his heir to grow up in anything but luxury. Instead, he proposes a marriage of convenience—a luxurious life, limitless riches, and an ideal chance for Ximena to overcome her sorrow and make Dean regret his decision to leave her. Driven by revenge, Ximena consents, entering into a marriage that was meant to be transactional. Yet, as longing and unforeseen feelings intertwine, the distinctions fade, leading her to doubt everything,most notably Jason. Next, the bomb falls. The marriage license that Jason provided her? An untruth. In truth, he remains legally tied to a capable businesswoman, a woman who is determined not to set him free. Once again betrayed, Ximena is ensnared in a perilous rivalry between two siblings—one who broke her heart and the other who could damage it irreparably. As secrets come to light and the past resurfaces, Ximena faces a choice: strive for her own joy or leave the Hansen brothers behind for good

"You didn't just make mistakes, Annabelle. You left me. You didn't look back. And now you think you can just show up and fix it?" A runaway past. A desperate return. And a secret that will change everything. Annabelle Bliss built her life on a lie. For five years, she has found peace in the quiet comfort of her books and her son, Henry, safely tucked away from the small town of Pittstown and the painful memories she fled. When Annabelle receives a final, devastating letter from the second mother who gave her everything, she is forced to return to the one place she swore to never see again. Now, every step on Pittstown's familiar streets brings her closer to the man she left behind: Patrick, the intense, unforgettable boy who grew into the man whose heart she shattered. Patrick doesn't know the truth about her departure. He doesn't know that the little boy who accompanies Annabelle is his son. When Annabelle and Patrick finally collide, the secret she kept to protect them threatens to destroy the only thing more powerful than their six years of separation: the fierce, undeniable love that started it all. Can a love that was fought for survive a truth that promises to break them forever?

Pedro Hernandez spent seven years away from Los Angeles and after the death of his father, Maxwell Hernandez, he can finally return home. With Max's death, Pedro feels relief and freedom, after living a lonely life, trapped in Madrid, a city he hated, far from the people he loved. However, everything he knew is completely different and now he must adapt to the city again while taking on the responsibility of being the CEO of his father's company, something Max considered "The Hernandez Empire". His reunion with old acquaintances after so many years may bring back memories. Pedro faces a reality check when he meets Adrielle, his old girlfriend, someone he was forced to leave behind, married to Leonard Williams, a mysterious man who could threaten the stable life of the Hernandez family. Torn apart by anger, resentment and hurt feelings, Pedro is burdened with yet another conflict: Leonard is not only his love rival, but also the heir to the estate left by Max. The tension and anger grow with each passing moment, as Pedro tries to deal with Leonard, take over the company and make up for the years stolen from him. Pedro is no longer the same man who left Los Angeles seven years ago, there is resentment and anger surrounding his heart. With Max's death, he has a second chance to live alongside the people he loves, but he still wants answers to all the evil caused by his father. Is Pedro really willing to discover all of Max's secrets? How many tears can love endure?