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Pregnant with my Ruthless CEO Boss (ENGLISH VERSION) - undefined novels & stories
Mr. Rams
After losing her job, getting evicted from her apartment, and finding her long-time boyfriend in bed with her cousin, Giselle Saavedra thought her life couldn’t get any worse. Buried in heartbreak and alcohol, she spent the night with a stranger and gave away the one thing she promised to save for marriage. Her virginity. She thought she’d never see him again. A month later, she lands a job as an executive assistant, only to find that her new boss is Jake Johnson, the same man from that night. Cold, ruthless, and extremely powerful, Jake is the country’s most elusive billionaire and also the father of the baby growing inside her. But secrets don’t stay buried for long. Just as love begins to grow between them, dangerous people from their past plot to tear them apart, no matter the cost.
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Thorned Desires: Claimed by the Enemy - undefined novels & stories
Yva/ Yad ombretta
Content Warnings: Explicit sexual content (adult readers only), violence, organized crime, brief captivity, mention of past parental death. Slow-burn. Seraphina Calloway has spent eleven months building a case against the most dangerous family in New York. She’s a former prosecutor turned private investigator, and she is mere inches from the evidence that could end the Voss empire until she breaks into Voss Tower at two in the morning and finds Lucian Voss waiting for her. He doesn’t call the police. He makes her an offer. She spent sixty days as his fake fiancée, a role staged to deflect a political alliance with rival crime lord Viktor Drakos. In return, she received every file she had ever needed and the names of the two people who had destroyed her previous cases before they reached a judge. Sera knows it’s a trap. She agrees anyway. What begins as a ruthless arrangement between enemies spirals into something neither of them can control: obsession, fury, tenderness, and a consuming desire that isn't concerned about self-preservation. Lucian is colder and more dangerous than his press release suggests, and in the moments when he doesn’t know she’s watching, he is something entirely different. Sera is sharper and more relentless than his investigation revealed and is carrying a secret identity that connects her to his world in ways that will shatter everything they’ve built. Then Viktor takes her. And Lucian discovers that sixty days was never what the game was about.
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You Don't Own Me, Mr Billionaire  - undefined 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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Addicted to My Stepbrother  - undefined novels & stories
Pearl Hart
“Please… I need you,” I cried, unable to hold back the pleasure he made me feel. For years, my toxic ex made me feel ashamed of my high sex drive, as if something were wrong with me for wanting more. But when my mother married a ruthless billionaire, I saw my chance to get close to the one man I had no business wanting: Julian Cross, my cold, arrogant stepbrother and secret obsession. I thought working at his company would be enough to satisfy my curiosity. I was wrong. Julian had been watching me through the two-way smart glass wall, and after a late-night spreadsheet mistake brought us face-to-face, the tension between us finally snapped. One moment, we were arguing in the executive conference room. The next, I was trapped beneath the man I'd secretly wanted for far too long. But our secret didn't stay hidden for long. An anonymous text appeared on my phone, accompanied by a photo of us together. Someone knew what had happened behind those closed doors, and they were ready to use it against us. Now, with corporate spies closing in and a blackmailer threatening to expose us, I have to decide whether Julian is worth risking everything for. Because the man I've always wanted might be the very one who destroys me.
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The Ruthless CEO's Obsession  - undefined novels & stories
King Emerald
At Calloway Holdings, ambition comes first, and love is the one risk no one can afford. Sophie Matthew has worked tirelessly to earn her place among Seattle’s top corporate professionals, determined to succeed through talent and hard work. Her biggest challenge arrives in the form of Ethan Calloway, the arrogant, infuriatingly handsome billionaire heir set to lead the company. Sophie sees him as nothing more than a privileged executive, while Ethan views her as the only employee fearless enough to question him, sparking an intense rivalry from their very first meeting. Everything changes during a late-night strategy session that draws Sophie into Ethan’s private world. Behind his cold, commanding exterior lies a man burdened by painful secrets and a troubled past, while Sophie discovers feelings she can no longer ignore. One reckless night shatters the boundaries they both swore never to cross, leaving Sophie to face the reality that she has fallen for her boss. As billion-dollar deals, fragile trust, and corporate politics threaten to destroy everything between them, Sophie begins to question Ethan’s true intentions after uncovering hints that he may have hidden the real reason he brought her so close. With passion turning into obsession and their futures hanging in the balance, they must uncover the truth before ambition tears them apart. But when Ethan finally reveals the secret he has guarded for so long, will Sophie risk her heart for the man she loves, or discover she was only ever part of Ethan Calloway’s most dangerous deal?
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He Watched Me Grow…Then Claimed Me - undefined 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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WHEN TWO RED FLAGS KISS.  - undefined novels & stories
Ringing The World
~ SORA HELL MORGATHOR ~ Since my appointment to the throne, my cousin on paper has fully embraced the role of archnemesis, dedicating every breath to my downfall. He is a walking tantrum in a tailored suit, still crying about a crown that was never going to fit his head anyway. My life wasn’t perfect, but ever since I was adopted into the Hell Morgathor family, staying alive has become a full-time hobby, mostly because every move I make is now at the mercy of men who treat human lives like disposable currency. It’s nice to know I’ve brought the city together; apparently, having me in charge is the only thing everyone can agree is a terrible idea. My cousin on paper views me as the ultimate gatekeeper, Largely thanks to the fact that I have the audacity to keep breathing while he wants my chair, treating my pulse like a personal insult to his resume. ☠️☠️☠️☠️ ~A-JUN HELL MORGATHOR ~ All I want is my family to stop being a shadow. A woman carries the family name, whereas my father is subjected to being the underboss. As if things aren’t bad enough, an adopted female child is coded to be the next Don, and she had the guts to accept the offer. I was fully prepared to end her life, but I was suddenly struck by lightning, or maybe it was just her impeccable skincare routine, and I decided to let it slide, distracted by her face and forgot why I was even holding a weapon. I'm currently temporarily blinded by her sheer audacity to be that gorgeous while I’m trying to work. But until when will I be distracted?
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FESTERING HEART - undefined novels & stories
Goddess
"If staying in prison is too harsh, warming my bed should be better, right?" He whispered into my ears, his eyes burning and his tone husky. With a push, I landed on his bed, my body shaking violently under his burning gaze, "For a filthy whore, fucking you gently isn't a punishment so I've prepared some things for you," Xavier bent over, revealing his perfect set of abs and his strong abdominal muscles. He grabbed my chin and forced my head up, showing me sets of sex toys he had prepared for me. "Shout for me, slut!" "Scream, Whore," Slowly but steadily, I became Xavier's bed warmer and sex toy... But what could be more achy than forbidden love? I got pregnant for my brother! However, Liam entered and gave me a new chance. "I will love you, fight for you, and make him pay," This was his vow to me~
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His Forbidden Scarlett  - undefined novels & stories
Tamara writes with love
“Tell me what you want,” he demanded, his thumb finding the sensitive peak of my left nipple and rolling it between his thumb and his fingers. More wetness pooled out of me. “Say it. Beg for it. I want to hear the words that have been choking you.” "I want you… I want you to fuck me. I want to feel you inside me, to hear you groan as you take me. I want you to make me yours.” To the world, Christian Marchetti is an untouchable Alpha. But to Scarlett, he is her first temptation, her greatest heartbreak, and her ultimate enemy. Scarlett grew up believing her family’s downfall was a tragic twist of fate, her mother died of an illness, and Christian Marchetti was simply the ruthless stepbrother who broke her heart and bought her like property. But when a bloody night at the Thornecrest estate shatters the illusion, Scarlett is plunged into a world of wolves, dark bloodlines, and ancient secrets. Christian isn't just her cold-blooded, forbidden desire —he is the deadly Alpha of the Thornecrest pack. And She isn't just a human caught in the crossfire. She is his destined mate... and the bearer of the dangerous "Moon-Bound" bloodline. As war breaks out between rival packs and the ghost of her mother's past comes to light, Scarlett realizes the biggest threat isn't the monsters at the gate. It's the Alpha holding her captive—a man who will burn the world to keep her, even as she vows to make him bleed for every secret he kept. No more lies. No more locked doors. The beast thinks he owns her... but she’s about to bring him to his knees. And yet still, she can't pull the trigger. -
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Owned by the Billionaire's Heart - undefined novels & stories
Ms. Dhessa
Elena Vance signed the binding contract with Dante Moreno believing it was merely a cold, transactional sacrifice to save her family's legacy. She had braced herself for a ruthless corporate titan, not a man who would systematically dismantle her defenses. Instead of a distant business arrangement, she steps willingly into a gilded cage of psychological dominance, raw possession, and scorching, unspoken tension. Dante doesn't just demand her compliance; he claims every facet of her existence, weaponizing his fierce obsession against her fragile autonomy. Behind closed doors, their interactions shift from hostile negotiations to intense, power-laden games where every touch is an interrogation and every surrender exacts a heavy toll. He learns the exact shape of her vulnerabilities, tracing her scars—both physical and emotional—with a possessive reverence that terrifies her as much as it ignites her. As the boundaries between captor and lover blur in the heat of midnight confrontations, Elena is forced to navigate a treacherous labyrinth of visceral heartbreak and compulsive desire. In the shadows of his sprawling estate, past secrets claw their way to the surface, threatening to shatter them both. Bound by a dangerous, consuming passion where submission and control are dangerously intertwined, they must decide whether to destroy each other or surrender completely to the darkness they awaken in one another.
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STYGIAN  - undefined novels & stories
Deedee
Derek Stygian runs his Mafia business and his male stripper's club in secret despite his power and wealth. The club has been is source of pleasure since commitment was not his thing. One unexpected encounter with Lewis Baker, a paramedic cost him his lifestyle and his belief. Explore how naive Lewis brought the Mafia boss to his knees, begging for more.
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The Bodyguard's Temptation - undefined novels & stories
Lyra
Seraphina Calloway's world collapses the moment her father's empire is exposed for fraud. Reporters camp outside her gates. Old friends vanish. And when someone runs her car off the road with a warning stapled to her front door, her family hires the only man capable of keeping her alive. Damian Kane does not touch his clients. Ever. It is the one rule his entire career is built on, the rule that has kept him in control for four years, ever since a woman he loved died because he broke it once before. Seraphina is supposed to be simple. Watch her. Protect her. Hand her back safely when the threat is gone. But she is sharp, unguarded, and impossible to look away from, and every midnight watch, every stolen glance, every moment his hand lingers too long at her back pulls him closer to the one line he swore he would never cross again. The closer the danger gets, the harder that rule becomes to keep. And Seraphina is done waiting for him to break it.
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Entanglement: Falling for Dad's Bestfriend - undefined novels & stories
Moyema
Isabella Romano's idyllic existence falls apart in just one week. Her engagement and career have been ruined, and the only place she can go is to her father's construction business. Finding herself in front of Dominic Castellano, her dad's business partner, best friend, and the man she's desired since she was eighteen, is the last thing she expects. For years, Dom has avoided contact with Vincent's daughter. She is everything he shouldn't want, off-limits, and prohibited. His good intentions, however, are immediately dashed when she arrives, broken and desperate. A single touch triggers another. An uncontrollable fire is started by a single kiss. With a hunger that had been growing for years, he forced her against the office wall and framed her face with his rough hands before snatching her mouth. "This is insane," he growled against her lips while his fingers entangled themselves in her hair. "Then stop," she said softly. No, he couldn't. He couldn't, God forbid him. As he raised her, plans strewn across the floor, her legs encircled his waist. It was everything he had denied himself: the taste of her, the sensation of her gentle curves on his. She gasped as his lips touched the tender region on her neck. "Dom," she said. "Please—" “Dom? "You in there?" The door opened and Vincent's voice roared in. Both of them froze
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The Devil’s Bargain - undefined novels & stories
Leo
She needs him for her revenge. He needs her to escape an arranged marriage. Trapped and abused by her family, Zoe Thorne bets everything on a single, desperate gamble: seducing Aaron Kael, her own aunt’s cold, powerful fiancé. What begins as a cold, physical bargain soon ignites into a haunting battle of wills. When two individuals burdened by dark secrets clash, their collision sparks a passion that could burn down all their enemies... or consume them both. Will a love born from hatred be their path to redemption, or a death sentence for them both?
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Knocked Up by the Callboy - undefined novels & stories
Dreamyy
“You paid me to fuck you raw, Lilah. Now you’re carrying my baby… and I’m nowhere near done with you.” Lilah Moreau wanted revenge. After catching her politician fiancé balls-deep in another woman on the night of their engagement party, she did the one thing guaranteed to destroy her “perfect fiancée” image. She hired the most expensive, most sinful callboy in the city. No names. No strings. Just one night of filthy, no-limits sex. The man who showed up was pure sin — tall, tattooed, brutally dominant, and dangerously skilled. He fucked her like he owned her. He made her scream, beg, and come harder than she ever had in her life. By morning, she left ten thousand dollars on the nightstand and disappeared without a trace. Four months later… she’s pregnant. And the callboy is back. Except he isn’t a callboy at all. He’s Damien Vale — ruthless billionaire, CEO of Vale Capital, and a man who never forgets what belongs to him. Now he’s standing in her living room, eyes dark with raw possession, one large hand possessively rubbing over her slightly swollen belly. “You ran from me once, little wife,” he murmurs, voice low and filthy. “Paid me like a whore and thought you could hide my child from me. Cute.” He leans in, lips brushing her ear: “Time to pay up properly… with this sweet pregnant pussy, every single night.
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HIS FORBIDDEN SURROGATE BRIDE  - undefined novels & stories
Geena writes
“I'll give you everything you want in this world, just carry my child.” “What are you saying?” Anastasia asked, lips quivering with shock. “I’m saying, be Mrs. Moretti again, be my wife, and carry my child.” ************************ Anastasia’s perfect life turned out to be a sham after she found her husband cheating on her with his secretary and lost her child. But instead of remorse, her husband blamed her for it and stole her father’s company from her. This filled Anastasia with hate. She promised to make him bleed and pay him back in his own coin, but she had been swindled out of her family’s fortune and could only ask people for help. The only person who offered was her ex–brother-in-law. She knew the only person who could dare go against her ex-husband was his half-brother, so she agreed. But he had only one condition: she had to carry his child, and it had to happen within a year. “We just have to sleep together during your fertile window, and the moment you carry my child, we are done.” That was the agreement, but it wasn’t that simple. As the fire of revenge burned through Anastasia wanting to destroy her ex husband, she found herself burning for her ex-husband’s brother. But she didn’t want that, because behind the man’s cold demeanor lay a secret she couldn’t handle.
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The Mafia’s Obsession  - undefined novels & stories
Chelsea
One wrong door. One pool of blood. And the most dangerous man in Lisbon set his eyes on her. When Alexandria Russo stumbles into a brutal execution, she witnesses Matteo Bellini — cold, ruthless heir to Portugal’s most powerful crime family — pulling the trigger. Instead of silencing her forever, he claims her as payment for her father’s massive debt. Dragged into his opulent penthouse prison, Alexandria becomes trapped between Matteo’s savage obsession and the haunted gaze of his elegant wife, Giulia. Matteo is a beautiful monster: possessive, merciless, and brutally addictive. He takes her with raw, unrelenting hunger — choking, claiming, and breaking her resistance night after night. As rival families hunt for vengeance and her old life fades away, Alexandria is forced to confront a terrifying truth: she’s no longer just collateral. She’s becoming his deepest, most dangerous obsession. In Matteo’s world, pleasure and pain are inseparable… and escape might cost her everything.
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BOUGHT BY THE RUTHLESS WILD BILLIONAIRE  - undefined novels & stories
ZELIA
“He bought me for one night. I gave him a lifetime. Then he tried to return me.”_ I had three strict rules: never trust a man in a suit, never cry in public, and never fall for a man who owns more than he feels._ I broke them all the second Dominic Caldwell bought me on the auction stage. Now, I’m the only debt he can’t repay, and the captive he refuses to let go.
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Claimed By The Wrong Brother - undefined novels & stories
Miss M
Every moment with him tempts me closer to my own destruction. I was supposed to marry Ethan Volkov, the golden-hearted heir of the most feared mafia empire. He thought I was fragile, innocent, easy to control… just another pawn in his game. But his older brother Adrian Volkov had other plans.Ruthless, magnetic, sinfully powerful, he kidnapped me in front of everyone and made it clear I belonged to him… and I couldn’t resist the darkness he brought with him. Adrian doesn’t know I came with a secret mission, one carefully planned from the start, designed to destroy everything he loves. I’m the genius hacker the clan has been hunting for years, and I’ve spent my life preparing for revenge. Every touch ignites a fire I shouldn’t feel. Every look drags me deeper into his dangerous world. And every whisper reminds me of the man I swore I would never love. Hating him should be easy. Killing him should be simple. But craving him… is impossible. In a world ruled by blood, betrayal, and obsession, I’ve fallen for the wrong Brother.
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The Price of Ashbourne  - undefined novels & stories
Bam Bam
Elena Hart’s wedding day was supposed to mark the beginning of a better life. Instead, it becomes the day everything she believed in is torn apart. Her fiancé, Ethan, fails to appear at the ceremony, and she soon learns that the man she trusted has been living a double life with another family. Before she can even begin to process the betrayal, her mother dies. Grief and shock collide, and Elena suffers an accident that erases every memory of who she once was. When she opens her eyes again, she is no longer in the modest world she knew. She finds herself inside the opulent, tightly guarded universe of the Ashbourne dynasty, under the care of its formidable heir, Damien Blackwood. He tells her she is his fiancée. With no memories to contradict him, Elena has little choice but to believe him. Life inside the Ashbourne mansion, however, feels strangely familiar. Fragments of memory surface without warning—faces she cannot name, places that stir recognition, a father whose death was never properly explained, and family symbols that seem to belong to a history she was never meant to know. The deeper Elena digs, the more disturbing the truth becomes. She is not merely connected to the Ashbourne dynasty. She belongs to it. She is its rightful heir. And the people responsible for destroying her family may still move freely within the empire she now inhabits. One complication she never anticipated is the most dangerous of all: she has fallen in love with Damien. Now she must choose between the truth that could destroy him and the love that has become the only thing that feels real. In a world built on carefully maintained lies, love itself may prove the most perilous deception of all.
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