Ruthless Romance Web Novels & Second Chance Stories

Five years ago, Nora disappeared from Eric’s life without a trace—leaving behind love, silence, and a man who swore she chose someone else over him, Now she’s back. Broke, exhausted, and fighting to survive, Nora takes a job she desperately needs… only to discover her new boss is the last man she ever wanted to face again. Eric, A ruthless, business tycoon. To him, she is a betrayal that never stopped hurting. To her, he is a past she sacrificed everything to escape, But fate isn’t finished with them. A single encounter drags them back into each other’s orbit and this time, nothing stays buried for long. Not the lies. Not the resentment. And certainly not the child Nora has been hiding all these years. Because Eric is about to discover the truth he was never meant to know. A son he never knew existed, And a love he never truly let go. As betrayal, obsession, and family secrets collide, enemies close in, loyalties shatter, and the line between love and hate begins to blur beyond recognition. But when the truth finally rises, it may not heal what was broken…

“Your groom isn’t coming.” Those four words destroy Clarissa Ward’s world. After four years together, Luca Richard abandons her on their wedding day, leaving her humiliated in front of hundreds of guests. She expects the wedding to be canceled. Instead, the impossible happens. Luca’s older brother steps forward. Powerful. Ruthless. Untouchable. Charles Richard looks at the stunned crowd and says, “Continue the ceremony.” The next thing Clarissa knows, she is standing at the altar with a different man. A man she never truly understood. A man who has watched her for far longer than she realizes. A man who whispers in her ear after their vows: “You were never meant to be his.” Now trapped inside the powerful Richard family, Clarissa must navigate a mansion filled with secrets, hidden agendas, and enemies hiding behind polite smiles. A god-sister who believes she should have been Charles’s wife. A cousin who betrayed her in the worst possible way. A family determined to test whether she belongs among them. And a husband whose feelings are far more dangerous than his cold reputation. Because the biggest secret isn’t why Luca left. It’s why Charles stayed. And when the truth finally comes out, Clarissa will have to decide whether the man who saved her at the altar is also the man who has been quietly stealing her heart all along. “Tell me the truth, Charles.” He holds her gaze. “I’ve been trying not to love you for years.”

After his sister Isabel’s death, Zander Stone returns to New York to take over Stone Holdings and uncover the truth behind the accident. He learns that Ivy Ellis, Isabel’s best friend, was driving that night. When Ellis Exchange faces bankruptcy, Zander exploits their desperation and coerces Ivy into a secret contract marriage. As they live together, resentment gives way to attraction and eventually genuine love. But after they spend the night together, Ivy discovers that Zander married her to punish her. Heartbroken, she distances herself. The public begins digging into the marriage, and the investigation reveals that Isabel’s brakes were sabotaged by an enemy from Zander’s past. Overcome with guilt, Zander spirals into depression. Ivy chooses to stay and help him heal. Zander apologizes and returns control of Ellis Exchange to her family. When Ivy learns she is pregnant, they decide to build a real future together. But Zander’s enemies return, placing Ivy and their unborn child in danger. After nearly losing her, Zander confronts his past once and for all. Ivy gives birth, and they finally find the peace they fought so hard to earn.

WARNING: This story contains explicit scenes/mature content. "Five years ago, you threw me into a warzone to rot. Today, you all will kneel before me." Robin Sinclair was the family scapegoat—starved in cold attics, banned from showing her genius, and forced to take the fall for her golden-child sister’s fatal crime. Her reward? Betrayal by her fiancé, abandonment by her parents, and exile to the lawless borderlands to die in the shadows. They thought the gutter swallowed her whole. They were dead wrong. Five years later, Robin returns to Capital City. She is no longer the timid girl they broke. She is a lethal combat master, a legendary hacker who controls global intelligence, and the secret billionaire mogul behind the world’s most untouchable luxury empire. Enter Brandon Blackwood—the city’s ruthless billionaire, feared by high society and untouchable to women. Two years ago, a mysterious, emerald-eyed warrior saved his life on a blood-soaked battlefield. Now, he has found her. Under the guise of a convenient contract marriage with a strict "no-touch" clause, Brandon lures Robin under his roof. But the cold billionaire has no intention of keeping his hands to himself. In the boardroom, he hands her the weapons to destroy her enemies; behind closed doors, his dark possessiveness and scorching touch ignite a consuming, breathless fire that threatens to shatter every wall around her heart. As Robin's enemies crumble and the shocking truth of her royal bloodline explodes across the nation, the predators realize too late: You don't beg the Queen for mercy—you pray she makes your ruin swift.

For ten years, Lily was the anchor. She worked three jobs, endured a repressive upbringing, and poured every cent into a future with Thomas, the man she believed was her soulmate. But when Thomas finally returns from abroad, the "happily ever after" Lily bought and paid for is revealed to be a meticulously crafted lie. The betrayal cuts deeper than infidelity; Lily discovers that her ex best friend has been a part of Thomas’s double life. As she uncovers dark truths about their history and the real reason Thomas was there for a decade, Lily realizes she was never a partner—she was a pawn. Stripped of her illusions and fueled by a cold, simmering rage, Lily realizes that to destroy people of their influence, she needs a power she doesn't yet possess. Enter Julian Vane, a mysterious and formidable figure with his own vendetta against the same circles that ruined Lily. Together, they strike a bargain: a marriage built on strategy rather than love. As Lily steps into a world of wealth, secrets, and shadows, she must decide how much of her soul she’s willing to lose to get even—and whether her new marriage is just another heartbreak waiting to happen.

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.

The night before her wedding, Sloane Merritt catches her fiancé in bed with another woman. Humiliated and heartbroken, she walks away from the future she thought she wanted only to collide with billionaire CEO Caden Ashford, a man who has just been betrayed by the very same woman. With her grandfather's final wish hanging in the balance and Caden needing a wife for reasons of his own, they make a deal: one year of marriage. No love. No expectations. No strings attached. It should have been simple. But the cold, untouchable billionaire starts showing up whenever Sloane needs him. He notices things no one else does. Protects her when she doesn't ask. And looks at her like she's the only woman in the room. The more their fake marriage begins to feel real, the harder it becomes to remember where the boundaries are supposed to be. Then the woman who betrayed them both comes back, determined to destroy everything they've built. She agreed to be his wife for one year. Nobody warned her that Caden Ashford would become obsessed with keeping her.

Aria Bennett once believed love could survive anything. Even a marriage built on silence. Even a husband who never truly looked at her. But on their wedding night, Ethan Blackwood ended everything with a single sentence that shattered her world: “Sign the divorce papers.” No explanation. No emotion. Just an ending dressed as law. Humiliated and heartbroken, Aria disappears. She rebuilds herself from ashes, learning to survive without him, breathe without him, and exist without the shadow of his name. Three years later, she is no longer the woman who loved too softly. She is stronger now. Colder in places. Sharper in ways pain creates. Then Ethan returns. Powerful. Unchanged. Unaware. An accident has stolen his memories, erasing every trace of the woman he once married. To him, Aria Bennett is a stranger he cannot explain. Yet something about her unsettles him. Draws him in. Refuses to let him go. And Aria? She recognizes him instantly. The man who broke her heart now stands before her as if they have never met. Fate traps them in proximity again—through business, circumstance, and unavoidable collision. With every encounter, the line between past and present begins to blur. He protects her without knowing why. Looks at her like she already belongs to him. And slowly, he falls for her… again. But Aria remembers everything. Every silence. Every wound. Every ending. And beneath his lost memories lies a truth far more devastating. Ethan didn’t just forget her. He once made choices that erased her long before the accident ever did. Now love turns into obsession, guilt, and a dangerous kind of redemption. Aria must decide: forgive the man who loved her too late, or walk away before he destroys her twice. Because this time, forgetting her may cost him everything.

BLURB - Outcast. That's what I've become since my mate died for me. I am Meadow, a hybrid born with a bloodline I never asked for. I didn't know I was a hybrid, I was an orphan, who grew up on the streets with no one to tell me. It turned out that my mate knew what I was and still loved me, he fought and died right in front of me and that was when I first transformed. The pack members denied me and I was cast out by my mate's pack. They all refused to accept what I was. Being a hybrid means I can't be killed but the pack’s witch found a spell that could kill me. My soul would be obliterated, I didn't fight it because I couldn't bear the pain of losing a mate. A mate who fought and died for me. I closed my eyes as the spell fell on me, I awaited the feeling of peace but instead, I opened my eyes and I saw my mate standing right in front of me. What was more confusing was that I was in a whole new world, how is any of this possible? But something was different, he felt cold and void of emotions. And that's when I found out he was a vampire. Not just any vampire, but a king. Should I be happy that I saw my mate again or is this going to ruin my life?

HE DESTROYED HER LIFE. NOW SHE’LL MAKE HIM FALL IN LOVE WITH HIS OWN DOWNFALL. Angelica Vale lost everything five years ago. Her family died in the fire that almost killed her. Half of her face was burned beyond recognition. The world believed she was dead. Her ex-husband who led to her downfall was living his life freely. They should have made sure she stayed dead. Because now she’s back. Now, with a new face, a new name, and the backing of the powerful Voss family, she has returned as Seraphina Voss and she was wealthy enough to enter Cassian’s world and dangerous enough to tear it apart. She has one goal: revenge. She wasn’t just going to ruin the empire he built. She was going to make him fall in love with her. Make him trust her. Make him need her. Make her the one woman he cannot live without. Then she’ll break his heart the way hers was broken and leave him with nothing but the ruins of everything he once believed in. Cassian thought his ex-wife was dead. He never imagined she’d come back to make him love her before destroying him.

Tessa, known as Phantom Reaper, is a female assassin, the best of the best in her trade. Phantom Reaper is known for being a cold, calculating, untraceable, unfeeling, and ruthless assassin in the Underworld society of discarded criminals. This novel depicts her in first person narrative as we discover her past and follow her through an unforeseen encounter that changes her life forever in ways she never dreamed were possible. The Phantom Reaper contains violence, murder, and sexually explicit content, so read at your own risk.

After two years of being trapped in a loveless marriage, Celine thought she had nothing left to lose until a video surfaces and then shatters everything. She had been forced into marriage for power and image , She never asked for love but she had hoped for respect or at the the very least loyalty. But what she got was silence, distance and betrayal on a screen. Devastated, Celine walks away from Rowan Sinclair, the husband who never touched her heart, nor her body, only to return as a different Person. Now, Rowan wants her back, but love built on deception doesn't come easy, especially when the biggest lie of all is about to be exposed. What happens when the truth behind their separation comes out to light? Will Rowan be able to win her back? Will he be able to prove to Celine his true feelings despite the numerous oppositions thrown at them?

Sarah Williams thought she had buried the mistakes of her past long ago. After a devastating breakup and years spent hiding a secret that could change everything, all Sarah wants is a fresh start. When she finally lands a job at the prestigious Hart Holdings, she believes life is finally giving her another chance. Until she meets her new boss. Calvin Hart. Cold. Powerful. Intimidating. And the same boy she once humiliated in secondary school. Back then, Calvin was the awkward nerd who followed her around with flowers and hopeful eyes. Now, he is a ruthless CEO with a dangerous aura and enough power to make her life miserable—and from the moment he sees her again, Sarah realizes he hasn’t forgotten the past. Determined to keep her head down, Sarah tries to survive working under him while hiding the biggest secret of her life: Her daughter, Emily. But as tension grows between them, strange fragments of memories from a forgotten night begin resurfacing—one reckless night neither of them fully remembers… yet one that changed their lives forever. Because unknown to both of them, the truth connecting them runs far deeper than old heartbreak. And when Calvin finally discovers the secret Sarah has been hiding… Everything will fall apart. Or bind them together forever.

"You, on the other hand... are wide open. Your scent. Your pulse. The heat rolling off you..." She didn't want that. She must have forgotten because she suddenly wished she were bonded to him. "If only you knew how much I despise that." His fingers drifted now again. Up, up toward the curve of her breast— ✦✦✦ Saeris Windemere was never supposed to be invisible. The Alpha was meant to claim her, bond with her, make her his luna. But when her wolf vanishes on the night of the ceremony, he turns to her best friend instead. And just like that, everything she thought she knew is gone. Until the Lycan King arrives. But Kings don't come without shadows. His name is Vaelen Duskbane. His past is violent. His power is absolute, and Saeris mistakenly binds herself to him, a male with an agenda of his own. He will use her powers to protect his people, no matter what it costs him... or her.

My husband and his first love were caught in an accident during their pre-honeymoon. Worse, our four year old son chose his 'new mom'. That's it, I'm done with men! But fate twisted the moment I stepped out of the hospital, colliding with the very man I should stay away from, the one who could blur my past and present... Abraham Argos... My ex's cold brother!

Nathaniel Crowe has everything a man wish for, wealth, influence and a reputation powerful enough to silence any room he walks in. To the world, he is a successful billionaire CEO who has mastered control in both business and life but behind the perfect image lies a secret he can't escape. He is living under the shadow of a curse tied to a last life he barely remembers, a curse that threatens to destroy not only his future but his very existence. Iris Moore lives a completely different reality. Struggling to make ends meet, she has grown used to disappointment yet her life takes an unexpected turn when she is suddenly pulled into Nathaniel's world through a contract marriage that feels more like fate than a coincidence. As they begin living under the same roof, strange dreams, unexplained emotions and fragments of their memories starts to resurface, revealing a connection that goes beyond their present lives. But love is never simple when destiny is involved. Now Iris must decide if she is willingly to stand with the man whose life is surrounded by danger and Nathaniel must learn power means nothing if he cannot protect the one person who might be his only salvation. Sometimes, love is not just about the present. Sometimes it's about rewriting fate.

Sunny Jane wakes up on a private island owned by Roman Sterling, a ruthless billionaire who claims she agreed to become his surrogate. But Sunny never signed any contract. Drugged and betrayed by someone she trusts, Sunny finds herself trapped in Roman’s luxurious island with no way home. Her only hope is her boyfriend, Aiden—but Roman knows exactly how to use Aiden against her. As Sunny fights to escape the billionaire’s control, a mysterious man named Zane Rainer enters her life with an offer that could change everything. Sunny wants her freedom. Roman wants his heir. And neither of them is prepared for what happens when their worlds collide.

Benson Taylor lives a life built on precision, secrecy, and control. A former military sniper turned highly sought-after hitman, he operates in the shadows of New York City, leaving no witnesses, no evidence - and no room in his life for love. Andie is everything Benson is not. Warm, hopeful, and full of life, she spends most of her days running a small Williamsburg juice bar and dreaming of the one thing she doesn't yet have; someone to share her life with. When a chance encounter brings them together, the connection is instant... and impossible to ignore. But Benson carries a dangerous secret. The man Andie can't stop thinking about is the very man responsible for the murder that happened just outside her shop. A man who kills for a living. As their worlds collide and feels grow stronger, Benson faces a choice he never expected to make: continue the life he's always known... or risk everything for the woman who could change it all. Because love might be the one job he can't walk away from. And when the truth finally comes out, Andie will have to decide if the man she's falling for is worth the danger that follows him.

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.

For five years, Aria Jones was Damien Cole’s invisible wife, trapped in a cold, loveless marriage while he mourned another woman. Damien believed Aria destroyed the one woman he had ever loved, and no matter how hard she tried, she could never escape the hatred in his eyes. So she stayed silent, endured the humiliation, and slowly lost herself in a marriage that was never meant for her. Then, on their fifth wedding anniversary, Lily returned. Damien didn’t hesitate. He threw the divorce papers in front of Aria and demanded she sign them before the night ended. She didn’t beg or cry. She simply signed her name and walked away. But Aria didn’t leave empty-handed. She left carrying Damien’s child. The years that followed nearly destroyed her, but she refused to remain broken. From nothing, Aria rebuilt her life, founded her own company, and became a woman powerful enough to stand in the same world Damien once ruled alone. Now, a high stakes corporate merger forces them back into each other’s lives. For the first time, Damien looks at Aria with regret instead of hatred, desperate to undo the past and win her back. But some wounds cut too deeply to heal, and Damien has no idea he’s already a father.