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Cristobal’s Mania;Obsessional Drive  - Romance novels & stories
Endian Fiction
Gwen returned home after graduating from University to take care of her sick father and save her father's failing bakery. She dares to defy a crime Lord, Cristóbal Márquez, the cold and dangerously obsessed leader of Los Cuervos, Crime gang in San Marlow who doesn't let defiance go. An injured Cristóbal forced his way into Gwen’s life, binding Gwen to him in a seductive web of protection, possession and secret. Just as she starts to fall for the man behind the violence, she finds out he had been watching her for years and before she could break free, A rival far darker than Cristóbal tears her world apart and she becomes a prize in a war of blood and power.
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Forbidden: Craving My Mother's Husband  - Romance novels & stories
DANIKA
⚠️ 18+ WARNING ⚠️ This novel is intended for mature readers (18+) only. "Look at you," Tristan murmurs, his voice dripping with lust. "You’re starving for it, aren’t you? Such a greedy little girl." He tugs on the belt, using it like a leash to urge me forward. "Be a good girl and suck me off." ***************** She entered her mother's mansion as an unwanted daughter, believing she'd only have to endure the cold stares and cruel words. She never expected to leave her heart in the hands of her stepfather—a man she could never have, yet the only one who ever made her feel like she belonged. But in a house built on secrets, betrayal, and forbidden desires, loving him may cost them everything. After years of watching her father battle cancer, Anastasia loses the only parent who ever truly loved her. Forced to abandon her education to help pay his overwhelming medical bills, she is left with nothing but grief, debt, and a home she can no longer afford. On the day of his funeral, the woman who abandoned them years ago returns. Dressed in luxury and now with a billionaire man, her mother acts as though she never walked away. With nowhere else to go, Anastasia reluctantly follows the woman she swore she'd never forgive, unaware that accepting her mother's offer will change her life forever.
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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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CRAVING DIRTY DADDY - Romance novels & stories
Ceci Muse
Heartbroken and reckless, Violet stumbled into the wrong restroom… and straight into the arms of a devastatingly handsome man who fucked her raw against the sink like he owned her. What she didn’t know was that the dangerous, dominant man who just ruined her was not just a Mafia boss, he was her late father’s best friend, and the man who just offered her a dream job in Chicago. Now she’s moving into his luxurious penthouse until she found her own place. He swore nothing won’t happen between them again. She swore she can resist the older, forbidden man who now haunts her darkest fantasies But the moment they were alone, all their promises crumble.
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Father's  Obsession - Romance novels & stories
MrSeñiorito
Selene loved Adrian faithfully for two years, only to learn she was just a rebound he discarded when his first love returned. Heartbroken, she was attacked by a stranger in the dark, unaware of his identity. Days later, she realized the man who violated her was Adrian’s powerful father, Don Lorenzo. He kidnapped her again and locked her in his mansion, claiming she belonged to him since his son wasted her devotion. Trapped between the son who broke her heart and the father who ruined her life, Selene pretends to obey. But she vows to survive, plot her revenge, and one day bring the powerful King down.
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The Devil's Forbidden Obsession - Romance novels & stories
MsJayella
"It’s too late for begging now, darling. You are part of my world whether you like it or not. And I never let go of things that belong to me." Selene loved Adrian with everything she had—stood by him through his lowest days, gave him two years of pure devotion, and dreamed of a future together. But on the night of his birthday, her world shattered. Adrian chose Elara, his first love, and told Selene the cruel truth: she was never loved. She was only used. Heartbroken and running away into the dark night, Selene was pulled into a waiting black car. A stranger took everything from her—her innocence, her dignity—before vanishing into the shadows. She woke up alone on the roadside, broken and ashamed. But fate had a far crueler twist. Days later, she came face to face with the man from that night. He was no stranger. He was Adrian’s father. Don Lorenzo Moretti. Wealthy, powerful, feared by all—and far more dangerous than his son. He knew what he had done, and instead of letting her go, he decided to keep her. Locked away in his isolated estate, Selene becomes his prisoner, his possession, his obsession. Adrian broke her heart. But Don Lorenzo… he claimed her soul. Trapped between the son who threw her away and the father who refuses to let her go, Selene makes a vow. She will not break. She will rise. And one day, she will burn down the entire empire the Moretti family built. They thought she was nothing. But the girl they broke… is the one who will destroy them all.
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Married to My Fiance's Father - Romance novels & stories
Charis Jackson
Camilla Sterling catches her fiancé cheating with his best friend and escapes to a bar, where she spends one reckless night with a mysterious older man. The next morning, she discovers he's Damien Blackwell—her fiancé's father. Before they can bury their secret, footage of them entering a hotel leaks, threatening Damien's billion-dollar deal and Camilla's reputation. His solution? A contract marriage. Now she's living under the same roof as the man she should never have touched, pretending their marriage is fake while fighting an attraction that was never part of the contract.
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He Watched Me Grow…Then Claimed Me - Romance novels & stories
Ghostgoddess.
• • • FOR ADULT READERS ONLY • • •️️️ I shouldn’t have wanted him. Not when he was older. Not when he was untouchable. Not when he was my father’s best friend. Not when he belonged to a world I was never meant to step into. But I did. I was five years old when I decided he was mine. Standing at his wife’s graveside in the rain, I held his face with my little hands and told him I would grow up and be his. He said: Is that right. Not a question. So I kept my word. Adrian Keller. My father's best friend. The man who watched me grow. The man who built an empire on control. The man no one touches. The man I wasn’t supposed to want. For thirteen years, I loved him the only way I was allowed to. In silence. At a distance. Across rooms that belonged to our families — not to what I was carrying. Until the night I turned eighteen. I said it out loud. He shut it down in one word: “Don’t.” So I did. I stopped looking at him. I stopped wanting him. I stopped being the girl who built her entire world around a man who would never choose her. I walked away. That should have been the end. It wasn’t. Because the moment I stopped reaching for him, was the moment Adrian Keller started looking for me. Across rooms. Across tables. At midnight — staring at a name he shouldn’t want. The man who taught me control is starting to lose his. And this time… He’s not asking. And underneath the empire, Underneath the discipline, Underneath fifteen years of unshakable control— Something ruinous is coming loose.
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Two Can Play, I Became My Ex Stepmom - Romance novels & stories
Catty
Seven days until the wedding and the whole world was watching me walk through our brand-new house on live stream. I opened the bedroom door and found my sister’s wet pussy stretched around my fiancé’s thick cock while he fucked her like he had never touched me. Chat exploded. My face was everywhere. By morning I was jobless, labeled the whore who staged a family porn scene, and left with nothing but rage. So I crawled back into his bed with a smile, let him put the ring on my finger again, and started fucking his father every single night until the man who broke me had no choice but to call me Mother or watch me take the house, the name, and every last piece of power he thought he still owned. Two can play. I play for keeps. And I play dirty.
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At My Best Friend's Father's Mercy - Romance novels & stories
Dove
Spending the holidays with her best friend’s family was meant to be cozy, wholesome, and safe until Blake Carter, her best friend's dad walked in. Handsome in a way that steals breath, strict in a way that makes her heart race and completely out of bounds, at least that's what she thought. Each and every time his dark eyes drag over her body, it’s not a glance, it’s a promise, a filthy, forbidden promise that says he has already pictured her bent over his knee, skirt flipped up, pretty little ass red from his hand while she begs Daddy to let her come. Ava knows she should not drip for him, should not cream her panties every time he growls “behave” in that low, dangerous tone because good girls don’t fantasize about sneaking into their best friend’s father’s bed, spreading their legs, and letting him ruin with that thick cock he has been hiding under those tailored pants. And Blake? He looks at her like she is the sweetest sin he has ever been tempted to taste. He's done pretending, done fighting the urge to shove his daughter's little friend against the nearest wall, fist her hair, and feed her every inch until she is choking on him and moaning his name like a prayer. He wants her gushing, trembling, marked while the rest of the family sleeps down the hall.
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Her Step-daddy's Sweet Sin: Steamy Shorts - Romance novels & stories
Lilith🌸
All filthy, unapologetic tales of the desires we never say out loud. Stepfathers who shouldn’t look twice. Friends who were never just friends. In-laws who cross every line. Strangers who claim what they shouldn’t. And the kind of love that starts in pure sin and ends in absolute addiction. No safe words. No apologies. Just raw, forbidden heat that will leave your legs aching and needy. All characters are 18+. Explicit content throughout. Read with raw caution.
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Vengeful Vows - Romance novels & stories
Makkhika M
She gave him her heart, and he repaid her by breaking it. ......... Falling in love with her cruel, playboy husband was never part of Oindrila's plan. She had spent her entire life craving love, affection, and a place where she truly belonged. So when he showed her kindness, and made her believe she was finally cherished, she gave him the one thing she had guarded so carefully... her heart. Only for him to break it when he revealed it had all been part of a cruel deception, leaving her devastated. Andreas King had only one goal... to take revenge. Yet when he finally achieved it, the satisfaction he had expected never came. Instead, he was left with an aching heart, restless nights, and a longing for the one woman he was supposed to hate above all else. ... Two broken souls from completely different worlds are brought together by a twisted game of revenge. Will they destroy each other beyond repair, or can they find a way to heal and discover that love still has a chance? ********** [Zavion-Purple Series] #Book One- Hate You As Much As I Love You #Book Two- Vengeful Vows ***Each book in the series can be read as a standalone.
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Their Deadly Obsession - Romance novels & stories
Silver Emmanuel
“You can’t handle all of us, sweetheart.” Reid’s voice is low and taunting, his hand sliding against my waist with dangerous intent. A soft laugh comes from behind me. Drew leans closer, his breath brushing my ear. “Maybe she can.” His tone darkens, playful but deadly. “Wouldn’t mind finding out.” Andrea Lilian Storm has spent her entire life surviving. Taken as a child and left for dead, she was rescued by the powerful Storm family and raised inside a world filled with wealth, violence, and carefully buried secrets. But when her adoptive parents are suddenly pronounced dead, everything Andrea thought she knew begins to unravel. Enemies close in from every side. Old ghosts resurface. And the family she loves becomes the center of a war far bigger than any of them imagined. Logan is cold, disciplined, and impossible to read. Austin is brutal, haunted, and fiercely protective. Drew hides sharp edges behind wicked smiles and reckless teasing. And Reid? Reid looks at Andrea like she’s the only thing keeping him sane. They were trained to kill. Raised to obey. Built to survive. But none of them were prepared for her. Now Andrea is being hunted by powerful men who want to use her, control her, or erase her completely. And as secrets about her past begin to surface, she realizes the truth may be more dangerous than the enemies chasing her. Because in this world, love is possession. Loyalty comes with bloodshed. And obsession can turn deadly fast. Their Deadly Obsession By Silver Emmanuel
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THE DRAVEN WIFE - Romance novels & stories
I.L.Vale
The night Serena Edevane decided to leave behind her dangerous double life as the mysterious queen of House of Eve, she spent one final night with a stranger whose touch nearly shattered every wall around her heart. But her world turns upside down when she discovers the man she kissed is Lucien Draven; the ruthless son of her powerful fiancé, Cassian Draven, the same man Serena has spent years plotting to destroy for ruining her family. Forced into a deadly game of lies, obsession, blackmail and forbidden desire, Serena and Lucien strike a dangerous alliance against Cassian, only for hatred to slowly turn into an irresistible attraction neither of them can control. But with dark family secrets, betrayal, murder and a wedding built on manipulation closing in around them, Serena soon realizes that falling for Lucien Draven may be the most dangerous mistake of all. _____________ This content is rated 18+, the mention of drugs, sexual activities, rape and criminal activities
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Her First Time With Daddy - Romance novels & stories
Pure Moon
“Do you want to suck it?” His voice was calm, but his hands were ruthless. One look into his dark, commanding eyes, and I knew I was never walking away the same. ⚠️ WARNING: This book contains explicit sexual content, dark themes, and high heat. 18+ readers only. ⚠️ I spent an entire year keeping my virginity locked away like something fragile, saving it for a boyfriend who promised he could wait. But the moment I opened his bedroom door to give him my first time, my world shattered. There he was—my boyfriend Vance, on all fours, moaning under another man. Raw from betrayal and burning with a sudden, reckless emptiness, I walked out and stepped straight into an elevator with a powerful stranger. A man with silver at his temples, broad shoulders, and a quiet authority that took up every inch of space. Within minutes, he had me on my knees in a locked restroom, teaching my mouth and body things I had never dreamed of. I thought it was just a dirty, nameless encounter to numb the pain. I was wrong. When I arrived at dinner to meet the mysterious benefactor who had paid for my school fees and kept my fridge full since my parents died, my stomach dropped. Standing right there was the man from the elevator. The man who had just had his mouth between my legs. Corren—my aunt Sybil’s husband, my guardian... and Vance’s father. Now, I’m living under his roof, surrounded by his wealth, and bound by his rules. The first rule? I have to call him Daddy. What started as a desperate night of revenge has spiraled into an addictive, forbidden obsession.
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TEMPTED BY MY STEP-BROTHER, SCREWED BY THE BILLIONAIRE  - Romance novels & stories
Ivy Lanee
Wives are to be claimed, whores are for fucking. But me? I’m to be PLEASURED. ~~~ Chelsea Stone signed the contract expecting a cold and dead marriage. Instead she found herself collared by Dominic Hartwell – a man whose rules were written in silk restraints, leather belts, and the low growl of full command. He bound her wrists above her head and taught her that silence was no longer armor; it was foreplay. He spread her wide open on silk sheets and edged her for hours with fingers, tongue, and the thick head of his veiny cock until she was dripping, shaking, and sobbing “Please, big daddy… I’ll be good.” Only then did he drive into her deep and relentless, one hand tight around her throat, the other spanking her ass while he fucked her into shattering, screaming release. Chelsea was never meant to stay broken though, because in the darkness between punishments and praise, she began to crave more than surrender. She wanted to test him, to push and whisper filthy things against his ear while she rode his thigh, soaked and trembling: “I want to be your little cunt who shows big daddy who’s really boss.” Dominic’s eyes darkened with dangerous promise every time she dared. The more he punished her with a be*t across her, cock down her throat until tears ran down her cheeks, hands pinning her down while he claimed every inch of her. The more she burned to flip their power while he owned her body. Yet as old enemies sharpened their knives and forbidden pasts, pain and pleasure blurred until Chelsea no longer knew where submission ended and rebellion began. Would she kneel forever… OR would the quiet wife finally make her ruthless husband beg?
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Will you love me Mr Villacorte - Romance novels & stories
Lady
Akira was forced to marry her childhood friend, Sedrick-the man she had loved for many years but who had never truly accepted her as his wife. In the midst of their cold and painful marriage, Akira struggled to remain strong while holding on to the love she had cherished for so long. But a tragic accident suddenly changed everything when she lost her memories-including the love she once felt for Sedrick. As she begins a new chapter in her life, the heart that once belonged only to Sedrick slowly grows closer to his brother, making Sedrick finally feel the pain of losing her and the deep regret of how he once treated the woman who loved him with all her heart.
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Whispers of Obsession; Innocent. Obedient. His. - Romance novels & stories
Itohan
Because some obsessions are not loud. They whisper. And some sins do not destroy you all at once; they consume you slowly. Dorothy Kace was raised to be admired. As the daughter of a world-renowned Olympic icon, every aspect of her life has been carefully controlled—from the food she eats to the way she stands beneath the spotlight. But beneath the polished image is a lonely girl desperate to breathe. Then her mother marries Sebastien Dmitri. Her father's former best friend. A man of quiet power, sharp control, and unreadable intentions. Sebastien unsettles Dorothy in ways she cannot explain. He sees the cracks beneath her perfection. The bruises, hidden beneath ballet ribbons. The fear behind her obedience. The rebellion, growing underneath her perfect image. Dorothy knows she should hate him. And the more she resists him, the more dangerous their connection becomes.
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In Bed With The Billionaire Boss - Romance novels & stories
YORMI
Athena Moretti was the brilliant mind behind NexusTech, but to the world, she was just a nobody. When her fiancé, Marcus Vance, publicly humiliates her, steals her revolutionary cybersecurity code, and hands her empire to another woman, Athena is left with nothing but a burning thirst for revenge. Enter Lucien Laurent. Ruthless, brilliant, and the most feared venture capitalist in the country, Lucien is old money incarnate. He offers Athena an untouchable legal team, unlimited resources, and a state-of-the-art lab to rebuild her software and crush Marcus. But his help comes with a dangerous price. To destroy Marcus from the inside out, Athena must sign a one-year contract to play a part she never prepared for: Lucien’s fiancée. The catch? Lucien is Marcus’s estranged, older step-brother. Living under Lucien’s roof, the lines between corporate warfare and bared desires begin to blur. Every stolen glance is a sin; every touch is an electric violation of their professional rules. Athena convinces herself that she is just using his power to get her life back. Until a dark secret from the past unravels, revealing that the man protecting her from the devil might actually be the one who ruined her family first. Can Athena successfully play a game where the heart is the ultimate liability, or will she realize too late that her silent partner is the most dangerous enemy of all?
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