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Divorced Mr Billionaire, Now He Wants Me Back - Romance novels & stories
Ruky
"See how wet you are for me? I bet he could never make you feel this good… I’ll make a video and send it to that ex-husband of yours, let him watch how you ride me senseless.” Used and discarded, Elena Carter was nothing more than a contract wife. The moment her billionaire ex secured his inheritance, she was thrown aside and replaced. Years later, she returns as Lyra Royce. Now, her ex-husband’s stepbrother is her fiancée, and together, they have a shared goal: destroy Adrian Black. Caught between two brothers, which man will she ultimately choose?
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Spending A Year With The Ruthless Mafia Don  - Romance novels & stories
Eagle_A_
I poured out my heart to him, telling him everything and not leaving a single part out of it. "Please, Don Xander, I will be grateful if you could grant me just this one wish" I begged desperately, my voice cracking at the end, even though I tried so hard to stay strong. He tilted his head to one side and smirked. "I can do that for you" he said, and my eyes beam with happiness immediately. "But..." He trailed off, swirling his drink in his hand. "What do I get in return for helping you? After all, it's all about give and take" My jaw dropped instantly. His playboy attitude playing in my head. "I... I can't... I mean, I'm sorry Don Xander but I'm not the type of girl who sleeps around with men. If it's okay with you, I can work for you instead" I suggested. He wave his index finger, shaking his head. "No, Bella" he said in a low, husky voice. Then, he rose from his seat and walked towards to me, his movement graceful and deliberate. I shivered, still seated as he crouched beside me. He leaned closer to my face and I tilted my head to look at him in the eyes. "If I will help you..." he whispered, his warm breath sending shivers down my spine. "You must give me something in return" "What do you want?" I asked in a low voice. His eyes gleamed with intensity. "I want you, Isabella" he whispered, his lips grazing my ear. I jerked back, shocked by his request. "Don Xander!" I exclaimed, my voice trembling.
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The King's Favorite Sin  - Romance novels & stories
Ms. Alupeng
WARNING: This book contains explicit contents and isn't suitable for readers below 18! Rosella Ross was raised to be a weapon. Trained by the ruthless Magdalene Ricks, she spent years infiltrating the lives of Texas billionaires, using her beauty, intelligence, and body to steal their deepest secrets and deliver them to her master. Then she crossed paths with Blake Luca—the feared Mafia King of the Dunes. One mistake. One glance. One encounter. That was all it took for Blake to uncover everything—her past, her missions, and every secret she’d buried. But instead of killing her, the ruthless mafia king offered her a far crueler choice: Become his toy... or die. What begins as captivity soon spirals into obsession. Forbidden passion, stolen moments, and unexpected raw desire changed them both. But the world outside their walls is cruel, and enemies are closing in, determined to destroy the woman who stole the Mafia King's heart.
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Wild ridge  - Romance novels & stories
Christina c
When Vick returns to her brother's biker club seeking refuge from her dangerous ex-boyfriend, she finds herself under the reluctant protection of the club's ruthless enforcer, known only as Death. As danger closes in and old wounds resurface, Vick and Death must navigate their complicated pasts and their growing attraction. Can they survive the threats that surround them and find a way to a future together.
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Sir Leonard’s plighted - Romance novels & stories
Lie
Zoe is about to wed the man of her dreams when the most feared man in Largota wrecks into her life like a tornado. How the heck did she end up being the ruthless man’s plighted? Sir Leonard has no time for a woman in his life. The stubborn opinionated ball of defiance happens to be that one he can’t afford to burry. He just has to protect her like all his possessions, but she makes it so damn hard. Danger, Rage, Fury and Defiance….
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Consummating my billionaire CEO contracted marriage  - Romance novels & stories
Paris Belle
When Iris Hargrove is forced into a marriage with Marx Donovan—the enigmatic billionaire CEO of Babel Industries—to save her father from prison and preserve their collapsing company, she thinks she's making a deal with a devil wearing a halo. But behind Marx’s cold façade lies a secret too deep to ignore: he is the mastermind behind her family's downfall. As Iris uncovers layer after layer of betrayal, her heart threatens to betray her too—by falling for the man who shattered her world. Will she crumble under the weight of deception, or rise to outsmart the empire that tried to break her?
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Secretive Deal With The Hockey Star  - Romance novels & stories
Coa Aaydot
Blurb: Betrayed by her boyfriend who she had helped build his volatile hockey image, Dahlia is set to prove him wrong when he carelessly makes the remark that she can't find work again in his team if she quits, because all the other players wouldn't get on his bad side. According to him, he held all the cards. But what she doesn't know is that by trying to prove him wrong she will be setting herself up for more than she could have ever bargained. Because the very man she is going into this deal with, wants more than she has to offer.
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Dark Obsession  - Romance novels & stories
Lardylorlan
In a city where power is everything, loyalty can be bought—and lives can be erased without a trace. Silvano Neri doesn’t question orders. He carries them out with precision, silence, and absolute control. Known only as Silenzio, he is the weapon no one sees coming. No one knows who he is. No one ever hears him coming. But Silvano Neri is closer than anyone realizes. Cold. Untouchable. Watching the city from above like it belongs to him, Silvano moves through a world of luxury and shadows with terrifying precision. His secrets are buried deep. Until he is given a mission unlike any before: Eliminate Mirella Salviati—the daughter of one of the most powerful men in the city. It should have been simple. But Mirella is nothing like he expected. She is sharp where others are blind. Calm where others break. And dangerously easy to watch… to understand… to want. What begins as a mission turns into an obsession he never planned for—and a weakness he cannot afford. Because Mirella isn’t just his target. She is the daughter of the man responsible for destroying his family. Now Silvano stands at the edge of a choice that will define everything: Finish what he started… or protect the one person who could unravel him completely. As buried truths begin to surface, Silvano uncovers something far more dangerous than his assignment—a web of lies within the very organization that created him. Betrayal runs deeper than he imagined, and the line between hunter and pawn begins to blur. In a world where silence is survival, love is a risk he was never meant to take. But when love and revenge collide… something will have to break. And this time— it won’t be quiet.
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Faking his wife, carrying his child. - Romance novels & stories
BlessD
One night. No names. No promises. Nova Chen thought she'd never see those grey eyes again. She was wrong. When her twin sister Lyra panics days before her arranged marriage to Damien Cross — Halvenmoor's coldest, most powerful billionaire — Nova does what she has always done. She steps in. One ceremony. One signature. One week, then she disappears and nobody gets hurt. Except Lyra never comes back. Now Nova is trapped inside a mansion full of secrets, living under her sister's name, watching her lies multiply by the day. The staff notice everything. The mother-in-law suspects something. And Damien himself watches her across every dinner table with those pale grey eyes that see far more than he lets on. Those same eyes she last saw in a dark courtyard three months ago. Before she knew his name. Before she knew she was pregnant. Nova is carrying the child of the man she is deceiving — a man who does not forgive, does not bend, and is already circling closer to the truth. And somewhere in the city, her sister is hiding with a dangerous man whose agenda could destroy everything Nova is desperately trying to hold together. She came to buy Lyra one week. She stayed because leaving would cost her everything. And the billionaire who was never supposed to matter is becoming the one thing she cannot afford to lose. One wrong choice. One impossible secret. And a love built on borrowed time.
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My Stepfather’s Forbidden Desire - Romance novels & stories
Moonbunnie
Some houses don’t have exits. Just doors that look like them. Roxy never wanted her mother’s new life. She certainly never wanted Dorian Sinclair, the ruthless billionaire who now calls himself her stepfather. Calm. Calculated. Possessive. Dorian rules his empire with an iron fist, and the moment Roxy moves into his estate, she becomes his ultimate obsession. When he catches her witnessing a secret that could destroy them all, he doesn’t expose her. He locks the gates. Her movements are tracked. Her freedom is slipping away. And every exit leads straight back into his hands. Then Evander returns. Her toxic first love. The boy who broke her heart. The stepbrother who shares a past with her as dangerous as the secrets surrounding his family. Trapped between a man who knows too much and a boy she can no longer trust, Roxy learns that affection in the Sinclair estate comes with a price, and escape is nothing more than an illusion. Because the man she’s forced to call Dad has no intention of ever letting her go.
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His Heartless Vows  - Romance novels & stories
Sora
Aria married Damien Blackwood in her runaway sister's dress to save her family from bankruptcy. Publicly his perfect wife. Privately his hated replacement. Daily cruelty, family judgment, endless humiliation await her. Will his burning hate twist into obsessive love... or break her forever?
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Tempting The Billionaire  - Romance novels & stories
Zee
Blurb: Emily was the perfect daughter until the real one returned. She was Adopted by a billionaire family in the shadow of their grief, Emily spent her life chasing affection that was never truly hers. At twenty-one, her world crumbled when the biological daughter, long thought dead, resurfaced taking Emily’s place, her parents’ love, and even her fiancé. Betrayed, discarded, and publicly humiliated, Emily is left with nothing but the ashes of a life she was never meant to have… until a mysterious man pulls her from the wreckage with a proposition that could change everything. A fake marriage. A powerful ally. One rule: don’t fall in love. But as secrets unravel, loyalties shift, and long-buried lies come to light, Emily discovers that nothing about her past is what it seemed not even her identity. Now, with the truth in her hands and two powerful men vying for her heart, she must choose between revenge and redemption, heartbreak and true love. “The Reclaimed” is a story of survival, scandal, and the quiet strength of a woman who refuses to be forgotten.
857
SCAR - Romance novels & stories
Cadamama
"BLOOD" There's blood everywhere on the floor laid Micheal a bottle stabbed in his stomach his eyes closed. She screamed falling backwards,the door flung open,her eyes widened as she stared at her best friend. "Cindy I didn't do anything to him" Cindy screamed turned and fled, people rushed in,they screamed at first snapped out of the shock and started taking pictures, Somebody called the cops, another the ambulance. It was supposed to be a birthday party,what happened what went wrong. She's Lisa Liam, young billionaire backed by wealthy family background, perfect life,a month to her perfect wedding to Malcom Ethan,most eligible bachelor,it wasn't just a wedding it was a union between two powerful families.Her life turned upside down in a night as she is the prime suspect of a murder, friends and family turned their backs, betrayed by those she called her own,she disappeared under circumstances beyond control,and she's back now as the huntress to everyone who had a role to play in ruining her perfect life.....
901
Sins Of The Heart - Romance novels & stories
scripted dreams
Thea's life feels like a series of relentless upheavals, all thanks to her father's restless nature. Constantly uprooted, she's never had the chance to forge meaningful, lasting connections. However, when another relocation brings her to a new town due to her father's job, she unexpectedly finds herself drawn to new acquaintances, offering a glimmer of hope amidst the turmoil. Meanwhile, fuelled by years of simmering resentment, Cain patiently waits for the opportunity to avenge his father's murder. His chance arrives when the family responsible for his loss moves to town, their daughter attending the same school. Determined to inflict pain on the man who shattered his life, he sets his sights on his daughter. Little does he realize, fate has other plans in store.
958
A Crown of Ashes - Romance novels & stories
Ashtray
Sienna Calder swore she’d never touch her father’s world—Dorian Ashford, shipping mogul and billionaire king, left her mom to rot while he built his empire. She’s there to curse his grave when he dies, not to claim a dime. But his will traps her, naming her co-heir to his $50 billion legacy alongside Roman Valtieri, the brooding, hard-edged protégé who’s clawed his way into Dorian’s shadow—and now into hers. They’re to run the empire together or lose it all, and Sienna hates him for it: too slick, too close, every look a spark she doesn’t want. Then a letter from Dorian’s cold hand ignites the fire—he was murdered, and Roman’s name’s scratched beside the truth. A silver key and a vial of blood—hers, his—drag her deeper, promising answers locked in Ashford estate.But the walls crash in fast: Ezra Locke, a scarred snake with a grin like a blade, wants that key, and he’ll drown the place to get it. Roman’s her lifeline—gun drawn, hands steady, pulling her from the flood—and she loathes how his touch burns, how his voice steadies her when the water’s at her throat. Caught between rage and a pull she can’t name, Sienna fights the heat growing with every near miss—Roman’s too damn solid, too damn close, and she’s torn between shoving him away and pulling him in. The empire’s crumbling, the cliff’s falling, and Ezra’s not the only shadow circling—something darker watches, waiting. Love’s a gamble when blood’s the stake, and Sienna’s playing with a deck her father rigged. Can she trust Roman’s hands to hold her up, or will the crown they’re fighting for crush them both in its ashes?
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You Don't Own Me, Mr Billionaire  - Romance novels & stories
Pure Heroine
Warning: This book is rated +18.** It is a box set of short spicy erotic dark billionaire/mafia romances that includes themes of enemies to lovers, forced marriage, age gap, and surprise pregnancy. The story features explicit sex scenes and rough intimate nature. Please read this book only if you are comfortable with such content. Each book in this series is a standalone novel with no cliffhangers.... lf you're not up to 18 this book is not for you! ***** Katya's father didn't protect her. He auctioned her off. Straight into the hands of a ruthless billionaire twice her age. The devil in a perfectly tailored three-piece suit... Isaac Kozlov. A man who never asks—he commands. One forced vow stole Katya's freedom. One night as his wife shattered every promise she'd made to herself. She swore she would never love him. Never surrender to the dangerous pull of a man who ruled through fear, power, and absolute control. But Isaac Kozlov doesn't negotiate. He conquers. Every battle of wills between them only fuels the fire she desperately tries to deny, blurring the line between hatred and an attraction far too dangerous to resist. Then the war reaches her. Kidnapped and used as a pawn by Isaac's enemies, Katya becomes the leverage they believe will bring the ruthless king to his knees. They made one fatal mistake. They forgot who she belonged to. Isaac Kozlov will burn kingdoms to the ground to bring her back. Not for love. Not for forgiveness. But because, in his world, possession is forever. And when Katya is finally back in his arms, he'll make sure she never forgets exactly where she belongs... Beginning with the child she swore she would never give him.
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The Phoenix Contract - Romance novels & stories
ROSEBLOOMM
Seraphina Vale has always been a survivor. Bullied mercilessly by her affluent college classmates and betrayed by her closest friend, Isla Kensington, Seraphina has spent years hiding behind a quiet, unassuming façade. Her turning point comes when Isla’s ultimate betrayal, she leaked Seraphina’s private journal containing intimate reflections about her deceased mother and that led to a public humiliation so devastating that Seraphina ends up hospitalized. Emotionally shattered and at her lowest point, Seraphina stumbles upon Adrian Montclair, a charismatic yet ruthless Mafia boss who offers her an unexpected lifeline. Adrian, a man haunted by his own dark past, sees something in Seraphina that reminds him of the person he used to be: broken but not irreparable. He offers her a "contract." He will help her rebuild herself, reclaim her life, and exact justice against those who wronged her. In return, she must agree to one favor in the future, the nature of which he will not reveal. Desperate and with nothing to lose, Seraphina accepts, plunging herself into Adrian’s dangerous world.
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HATE ME HARDER (a dark revenge romance) - Romance novels & stories
Chi chi
Raven Noir, a lethal assassin scarred by a decade-old rape, infiltrates billionaire Damien Blackwood’s elite nightclub empire as a masked dancer her cover to get close enough to torture and kill the man who unknowingly fathered her daughter. Damien, captivated by her icy control and commanding presence, pulls her deeper with lucrative nights and charged intimacy. But when he encounters her identical twin, the buried memories flood back. Mistaking the twin for his victim, guilt drives him to propose marriage. Devastated, Raven faces an impossible choice, expose the truth, seize her revenge, or let obsession destroy them all in a dark, slow-burn thriller of betrayal and forbidden desire.
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The Debt Of Sin:  I’m sleeping with my husband son! - Romance novels & stories
Mira_writes
His eyes drops to the wedding ring on my finger. Something shifts in his expression. Something sharp. Possessive. Furious. I had sex with my step son and I’m not even sorry. Well it’s wasn’t my intention to. I had no idea who he was. All I cared about that night was his hard body pressed against mine and his tongue circling the inside of my mouth and deep inside my thighs. But as I took off my veil and stare at the man in front of me, I knew I had started a spark that will soon turn into a full blown fire and consume us both.
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Marrying My Ex-husband Nightmare  - Romance novels & stories
MARLION
She gave him everything. Her love, her health, a piece of her own body to save his life. But on the day she discovers a miraculous pregnancy, her husband throws her away. Humiliated, heartbroken, and stripped of everything on a public street, Sienna has nothing left. Not even her unborn child. Then, Marcus Wilson. Her husband's richest and most powerful rival, offers her shelter, safety, and a chance to heal. But he also has a secret: he didn't find her by accident. Broken and burning with rage, Sienna faces a choice: fade away or rise from the ashes. With a powerful ally by her side, she learns that her greatest heartbreak was just the beginning. Her revenge, however, will be legendary. From ultimate betrayal comes an unstoppable comeback.
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