Contemporary Romance Web Novels & Protective Twist Stories

Years ago, Diane Hall was Conrad Beaumont's secretary. Then a scandal broke over his stocks, her name was on it, and he fired her without letting her say a single word. She lost her job, her dignity and the life she'd built. She ended up dancing for strangers just to eat. Now he's back, and he's offering a million dollars to be his fake girlfriend. She hates him. She needs the money. And she has no idea what she's walking into.

Ava Laurent died believing her husband betrayed her. As rain poured over twisted metal and shattered glass, she watched Adrian Laurent rush to her wrecked car. Then he took her hand and begged her not to leave him. When Ava wakes up one year before her death, she is determined to uncover the truth behind the crash—and the marriage she believes was built on lies. But the deeper she digs, the less her memories make sense. Her husband is secretly protecting her. Her sister is hiding dangerous secrets. And the man she trusts most may be the one who wants her dead. Because if Adrian never stopped loving her... Why was she so certain he abandoned her?

I gave myself to a stranger in a penthouse, then ran before dawn. I thought I'd never see him again. Three days later, he walked into my lecture hall. Professor Xavier Carrington. Cold. Untouchable. A billionaire who owns half of Manhattan—and the secret of what we did. He pretends I don't exist. He treats me like air. But when my grandmother's café burns down and my bills drown me, he makes me an offer I can't refuse: a one-year contract marriage. Separate bedrooms, he says. No feelings, he promises. I sign because I have no choice. Now I live in his glass tower. I sleep down the hall from the man who took my innocence. He's ice to everyone else, but late at night, I catch him watching me. His hands shake when I get too close. He kisses me like he's drowning—then tells me he feels nothing. I don't believe him. Because there's something dark behind those cold grey eyes. Something he's buried so deep he thinks I'll never find it. And the closer I get to him, the more I realize his world isn't just cold—it's dangerous. But I have secrets too. I'm not just his contract wife. I'm gathering evidence to leave him—until I discover that his family's name is built on lies. And the truth I'm looking for might be the very thing that gets me killed. His obsession with me might be the only thing keeping me alive. He says it's just a contract. But the heart doesn't read fine print.

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.

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.

She came home to marry the man she loved. She didn't know she was walking into a war... Five years ago, Amber Laurent left home as a reckless, spoiled girl who thought the world revolved around her. Now... She returns as something entirely different. A disciplined soldier... A fearless woman... And the same girl who has never stopped loving Cedric Sterling... But the man waiting for her is no longer the powerful heir she remembers. Cedric is now confined to a wheelchair after a devastating accident that killed his father and left him disabled. His girlfriend abandoned him, his family treats him like a burden, and everyone believes his life is over. Everyone except Amber... The moment she saw him, she made one decision. She will marry him! No matter what his family says or what society thinks. And certainly no matter what anyone thinks about his wheelchair. But Amber doesn't know that Cedric has spent the last five years hiding something. Cedric has been secretly hunting the people responsible for the accident and building an empire of his own. He doesn't want to reclaim his family's empire... He wants to destroy it. Now Amber has returned to his side, determined to protect her husband from anyone who dares hurt him. But the deeper she digs into the Sterling family's secrets, the more she realizes that the people she trusts most may be connected to the tragedy that changed Cedric's life. And when the truth finally comes to light, Amber will have to choose between the family she has always trusted… and the husband she swore to protect. This time, the soldier isn't fighting for her country. She is fighting a war to win, enemies who have no idea what they just unleashed, and a husband to protect!

THE BEST FRIEND'S BROTHER Blake was the one guy Chloe had promised herself she would never fall for. He was arrogant. Irritating. Unfairly charming. And, worst of all, he was her best friend's brother. For years, Chloe had managed to keep her feelings under control. But when Blake returns home after years away, everything changes. The teasing becomes lingering looks. The arguments become stolen moments. And the attraction between them becomes impossible to ignore. But there is one problem—Aria. Chloe's best friend would never forgive her for falling for her brother. As Chloe and Blake struggle to resist a love they were never supposed to have, Chloe must choose between protecting the friendship she has treasured for years and following the feelings she can no longer deny. Because falling for Blake might give her the love she's always wanted… But it could also cost her the best friend she's always had.

For seven years, Avery Vance endured the coldness of her billionaire husband, Jasper, and the bitter cruelty of his family. She gave up her elite career as a prodigy hacker to be a perfect housewife and mother to their twins. But loyalty meant nothing. At a grand, high-society wedding, Avery discovers Jasper marrying his secretary backed by his family and Avery’s own brainwashed son, who publicly rejects her. Cast out into the rain with nothing but her loyal seven-year-old daughter, Avery realizes her marriage was a lie. Her husband's massive empire was built entirely on tech research he stole from her years ago right before her parents were mysteriously murdered. The submissive housewife dies that night. Taking back her secret identity as "Xenon," the world's most feared legendary programmer, Avery makes a roaring comeback in the tech industry. She catches the attention of Ethan Wright, the ruthless, untouchable Tech Emperor who has been searching for her for seven years both to save his global empire and to find the woman who once saved his life. As Avery strips Jasper of his wealth, his stolen code, and his pride, her ex-husband realizes too late that the "useless wife" he discarded was actually the queen of the tech world. But now, she belongs to a man he can never hope to defy while he and his family keeps on interfering with her new life.