First-Person POV Web Novels & Ruthless Flash Marriage Stories

BLURB “I’m sorry, Bellatrix. We couldn’t save the child.” ~ On the day Bellatrix had lost her child in the labor room, her mother’s response had been; “We’d all lost something because of this scandal, it’s only fair that you do too.” For so many years, she’d sought for her parent’s love and affection, but had gotten none of that. They’d reserved it all for Rosalia—their trophy daughter. All her life, she’d watched her sister take every single thing she’d cared about, including the man she’d had a crush on for as long as she could remember. Now, forced into a marriage to the ruthless, cruel, Alpha Clinton of Ironclan pack, Bellatrix can only hope to make it through each day alive. But she soon realizes that Clinton was no stranger, he was the same man she’d bawled her heart to during a drunk night at the club, and the same man who’d she’d recklessly given her virginity *** Clinton didn’t need a wife. But his daughter Esmee needed a mother, and for her sake he’d agreed to the marriage. He’d sworn on his late wife’s tombstone three years ago to never love again, but watching Bellatrix care for his daughter like she was her own had triggered strange feelings in him. Soon enough, he found himself at the edge of breaking the same promises he’d made. What happens when Bellatrix’s long-time crush comes running back, ready to right all his wrongs? Will she give him a second chance, or will she choose the man who still lived in the shadows of his late wife?

Lily never imagined that a debt could cost her freedom. At nineteen, Lily is a college student with dreams of finishing her studies, falling in love, and living an ordinary life. But when she discovers that her parents borrowed money from the ruthless Godfather Loretto nineteen years ago, she learns the terrifying truth: if they cannot repay the debt, Lily must become the bride of his son. Ace is the cold and feared heir of a powerful mafia organization. He has no interest in love or marriage, but his father's command leaves him with no choice. When he meets Lily, he immediately decides that the innocent college girl is the last person he could ever want as his wife. Lily is equally terrified of the man she has been forced to marry. She hates his coldness, fears his dangerous world, and struggles to understand why her life has suddenly become a prison. Bound together by a marriage neither of them wanted, Lily and Ace must learn to survive each other — and the dangerous secrets surrounding the mafia family. But what happens when hatred begins to turn into something neither of them expected?

“The dress was not mine.” That was the first thought that came to my mind when I got zipped into a wedding dress. It was 5:47 a.m. The debt collectors were arriving at six. I got zipped into a white dress meant for my sister as a replacement for her wedding. My father stole €2 million from the De Luca family, the most feared Cosa Nostra in Palermo, and the price for his life? One daughter. But the night before the wedding, I found a note she had left, saying, “Forgive me. No.” With that, she was nowhere to be found. At 6 a.m. on the wedding day, Lorenzo De Luca, a cold-looking, handsome man with a terrifying aura, came for his bride. I was presented in my sister's place. He knew in five seconds that I was the wrong sister, but he still took me anyway. With that, I became a donna who couldn't leave the palazzo. “You will sleep in my bed every night, Topolina. But I won't touch you till you beg,” he whispered on the night of our wedding. I should hate him. I tried to. I was called Dottoressa. Signora. Mrs. De Luca. Only to realize that the debt was a lie. My father didn't steal money from them. He stole part of my inheritance. I was never a Maretti at all. I'm a De Luca by blood, the lost heir, and the true donna his family has been waiting for. He thought he was buying a wife to clear the debt. No idea he was crowning a queen.