Novelas web e historias de Ruthless y Substitute Bride

For eighteen years, Clara was the invisible, neglected daughter of the wealthy Montgomery family. Born on the same night as her sickly, idolized twin sister, Evelyn, Clara was blamed for every misfortune that befell the family. Treated worse than a servant in her own home, her final heartbreak comes when her parents force her to step in as a substitute bride. The groom? Gabriel Vance—the ruthless, rumored-to-be-cruel billionaire who was crippled in a mysterious accident that destroyed his legs and his heart. Everyone expects Clara to be tortured in the dark, isolated Vance mansion. Instead, the terrifying billionaire sees through her scars, protects her from her toxic family, and cherishes her like a queen. But as Gabriel’s hidden power comes to light and Clara’s true identity unfolds, a dangerous web of family secrets, corporate sabotage, and deadly betrayal threatens to tear them apart. Will the hated daughter and the broken billionaire survive the storm, or will their enemies destroy the love they bled to build?

All her life, Evangeline knew only one thing: pain. Born from her father’s affair, a living reminder of a mistake, she grew up as a ghost in her own house. Unwanted. Useful only when the cameras were on. Never when love was needed. Then one morning, everything shifted. “Roman De Luca wants to marry your sister. He is too dangerous for her. So you will take her place.” A decision, not a question. And in that moment, Eva finally understood: this wasn’t about protecting her sister. It was the easiest way to erase her. On the day of the wedding, she is pushed forward like someone disposable. A stand-in. Roman De Luca, the feared mafia heir, was known for rage, for cold judgment, for destroying anyone who lied to him. So Eva walks down the aisle with trembling hands, waiting for the moment he exposes her and ends her. But when he lifts her veil, he doesn’t look furious. He looks like a man finally breathing. “I always knew it would be you,” he whispers, his voice breaking. “This was the only way I could have you.” Eva shakes, stunned. “I thought you wanted my sister.” He touches her like she’s something fragile, something rare. “You said it yourself,” he murmurs. “Whatever you have, your sister gets snatched from you. And whatever your sister hates gets dumped on you.” His thumb brushes her cheek, slow, reverent. “So to have you, my queen, I willingly let myself get dumped.”

You’re getting married tomorrow.” Those four words shattered my life. My parents sold me to save their company, The groom was supposed to marry my younger sister. Instead, they forced me into her wedding dress and sent me down the aisle in her place. By the time Ethan Kingsley discovered he had married the wrong woman, it was too late. The vows were spoken, the papers were signed, and I had already spent one humiliating night in the arms of a man who whispered my sister’s name. Everyone believed I stole my sister’s life, No matter how hard I tried to explain, nobody believed me. Not Ethan, not his family, not even my own parents. Forced to remain in a marriage neither of us wanted, I became invisible in the Kingsley mansion, enduring humiliation after humiliation while my sister continued manipulating everyone from the shadows. No one knew she had handed it to me herself, but the deeper Ethan looked, the more cracks appeared in the lies he had been told, and the more dangerous the truth became. Then, just when he began to see me differently, I walked away, alone, pregnant, with nothing but a broken heart and two unborn babies. Years later, I returned as the CEO of a billion-dollar company, determined to finalize my divorce and leave the past behind. But the man who once wanted me gone has become the one man refusing to let me go. And when Ethan discovers that my twins are his children, the secrets buried years ago threaten to destroy everything once again.

Vira Lynx was supposed to be invisible. Kept hidden by her family due to her plush curves and quiet nature, she never expected to be dragged to the altar in her runaway sister’s place. When Alpha King Gryfyn Black rips off her veil to find a soft stranger instead of the polished bride he was promised, he doesn't cancel the wedding—he turns it into an execution of her family's freedom. Taking Vira to the icy Northern Citadel as a political prisoner disguised as a wife, Gryfyn vows to treat her with cold discipline until her sister is hunted down. But he didn't count on the dangerous electric shock that paralyzes his chest whenever their skin touches. He didn't count on his inner wolf demanding he sink his teeth into her lush collarbone. Vira expects cold cellars and cruelty, but finds herself trapped in a high-stakes game of forced proximity with a broad, tattooed King who watches her every breath with burning, possessive eyes. As internal pack betrayals brew and the physical pull between them reaches a breaking point, Gryfyn must decide if he will ruin the substitute bride who lied to him—or destroy the world to keep her.

On the morning she was supposed to become a bride, Elena Vance lost everything. Betrayed by her own family, she was forced to marry the billionaire who had been waiting for her sister...the woman who disappeared on their wedding day. For two years, Elena lived as nothing more than a substitute wife in a marriage without love. The day she finally decides to ask for a divorce, her sister returns... determined to reclaim the husband Elena was forced to marry. As anonymous messages begin exposing dangerous secrets and her sister's obsession turns deadly, Elena realizes surviving isn't enough.She has to disappear. But when the billionaire finally realizes the woman he ignored was the one he should have fought for, she's already gone. Now he'll cross every line to find her. The only question is... Is it already too late?

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?

“Kiss me, Kingsley!” said Rose with her chest rising and falling with anticipation. “Please, please, Rose! You cannot ask me to do that if you don’t mean it,” replied Kingsley. It sounded more like a plea. “I… I really want you to,” gulped Rose. Kingsley grabbed her by her waist and whispered in her ear, “you don’t know what you are asking me to.” “Why are you so reluctant? I know you didn’t want to marry me. If you don’t want to kiss me, if you don’t find me attractive, just say so. You don’t have to be so…” Kingsley cut her off and replied, “Rose! You don’t know this… but if I start, if I start touching you, I won’t be able to stop. I am doing things to you that you have never even thought about. Are you ready?” ***** Rose Woolridge was left at the altar by her boyfriend, Piers Austin. While nursing her broken heart, she found out from her step-mother, Ursa Hewitt, that the ruthless leader of the Mafia gang, Dia Lucrii, would kill her comatose father, Lucas Woolridge, if they didn’t pay him the extortion amount. But instead of money, he needed the daughter of Woolridge to marry him. In order to save her step-sister, Vanessa, Rose married Kingsley Aguilar. She hated Kingsley as he threatened her father, and after marriage, he took away her freedom. But Kingsley has been hiding a devastating secret from Rose, a secret so heart-wrenching that if it came out would turn Rose’s life upside down. But it is only Kingsley who can help her figure out why she has been having panic attacks. He is the only one who can protect her from the enemy coming her way.

She only wanted to dance on stage, not walk down the aisle. But when her runaway sister leaves her to marry a Don in her place, she’s pulled into a Mafia war where love could be her deadliest mistake. Enid was meant to return home for her sister's wedding not turn into the bride the next minute, yet, after her sister runs away from a wedding that is meant to pay a debt, she is left with no choice. The man she marries isn't just anyone, Adrrik Alyovich is a ruthless mob boss, the same man she had been running from all her life, she hopes to find mercy behind his cold eyes and strong arms, but with his mercy comes unwanted feeling, hidden threats, and dangerous secrets. What happens when she finds out she has been lied to all her life and worst betrayal strikes. Will Enid be able to survive Addrick’s world or will his secret becomes her end?

Seraphina Hale has spent her entire life believing she was unwanted. Abandoned as a baby and raised in abject poverty by the woman who saved her, she never expected her powerful biological family to return. But when a life-threatening illness leaves her desperate for money, they offer her an impossible deal: impersonate her missing sister and marry billionaire CEO Adrian Kingsley. For three years, she must live another woman's life. What begins as a business arrangement quickly becomes dangerous when Adrian starts noticing cracks in the lie. As secrets unravel, Seraphina finds herself caught in a world of wealth, betrayal, corporate warfare, and family conspiracies buried for decades. Because the truth isn't just that she was abandoned. The truth is that someone spent twenty seven years trying to erase her existence. And the woman everyone thought was worthless may be the most powerful heir of them all.

"I was sold to pay a debt I didn't owe, to a man who isn't even human. My father’s gambling cost him everything, so he gave away the only thing he had left: Me. Now, I am a substitute bride, delivered like a package to the doorstep of the 'Scarred King'—Alpha Silas. He is a monster cloaked in muscle and scars, a ruthless ruler who everyone fears. I expected a life of misery and chains. I expected him to break me. Instead, the moment his eyes meet mine, the air shifts. He doesn't want a servant; he claims I am his fated mate. But Silas is a man of secrets, and his obsession is as terrifying as his power. As I am pulled deeper into his dark world of pack wars and blood oaths, I realize that being his bought bride is only the beginning. Between his possessive touch and the secrets behind his scars, I am faced with a choice: run from the beast who bought me, or embrace the fire and become his Queen. He paid for my body, but he will have to fight for my heart."

When Neria Vale loses everything after her father's death, she accepts a fake marriage with the mysterious billionaire Caelan Ashford to save her family's company. The deal is simple. Stay married for one year. Never fall in love. Never ask about his past. But every promise begins to break when hidden enemies, old secrets, and a forgotten connection from years ago pull them together. They must decide if love is stronger than revenge.

They said Alpha Draven was a monster deadly, bloodthirsty, cursed. That his pain was a death sentence for every woman who crossed his path, that no woman had ever left his bed alive. They said he sacrificed his brides, just to revive a body cursed beyond redemption. So why did my father choose me? Why was I offered has a substitute, a replacement bride meant to stand in for my sister, Angel? unwanted omega. They wanted obedience. my entire pack handed me over like worthless trash. And I was the price. One night with the monster that was my sentence. Afterward, I was expected to lose my life , because a weak omega like me cannot survive mating with an alpha. No right to want him. No right to crave him. But I do. I crave the monster without mercy. My body responds to his voice, his commands, his presence. I want more of him more than one night, more than a sacrifice meant to end me. My virginity was supposed to be a reward, a peace offering, even if it came wrapped in pain. But Alpha Draven doesn’t do love. He doesn’t believe in mates. His kind takes centuries to choose and those chosen never survive.

BLURB When my father couldn’t pay his debt to the mafia, my sister was promised to Lucien Moretti, the most feared don in Milan. But on the wedding day, she ran. So my family shoved me into her shoes and sent me to the devil wearing my sister’s wedding gown. Now I’m trapped in a marriage built on lies with a man who terrifies me as much as he obsesses over me, trying to escape and dreading the day he discovers I’m not the woman he was supposed to marry. But how am I supposed to run when Lucien touches me like he’d burn the world for me and his obsession starts feeling dangerously close to love? Girls my age are falling in love, going to parties, and surviving the world. I’m stuck surviving Lucien Moretti. And I am starting to understand that when he finally says my name like he knows the truth… It will be the last thing I ever hear.

“I thought you're Aileen the great. Best love scammer in our agency. Why didn't you think of draining his money? Drain him until nothing's left.” “Will this even work?” “Trust me, when money is in the conversation—no men will sit idly. After you drain his wealth—he'll definitely divorce you. Men are only good from the start—when they get bored, they will neglect their wife—so why not take advantage of the situation? He earns from you, you also earn from him.” “Unless you slowly fall inlove with him. Once you fall, the plan will crumble down." Aileen Sandoval is a scammer—a love scammer to be exact. She survived through scamming boys to pay for her bills. She disguised as their cute and innocent online girlfriend—studying the types of men and how to coax them. Then, shamelessly drain money from the the broken hearts she had left. Aeros Yves Belladoná is the chief executive officer of the recognized Belladoná Enterprise. A man who had lose his wife to a car accident—attempting to regain his spark. He was Aileen's recent victim—but he truly fall inlove with the con-artist—leading to his marriage proposal to her. Aileen accepted his proposal—planning something shady. She planned to drain his money and get divorce after a year. However, what if the plan backfired and she had truly fell inlove with him? What if the moment she realized her feelings, it was too late?

“I hate you, Elaina. I hate everything about you. But I can’t stop thinking about you. It’s driving me insane.” Ivy Benett never expected to become her stepsister’s replacement. But when Elaina Benett disappears and Ivy is forced to take her place, she finds herself trapped in a marriage with the one man she should never have deceived. Adrian Sterling. A ruthless billionaire CEO with a cold heart, a vicious temper, and enough power to destroy anyone who crosses him. And Adrian hates his wife. Or at least, he thinks he does. For three years, Ivy must pretend to be Elaina. Three years of living under Adrian’s roof. Three years of hiding the truth. Three years of enduring a man determined to make her pay for the betrayal he believes she committed. “Do you have any idea what Adrian Sterling does to people who lie to him, Ivy?” “He'll destroy us. All of us.” Ivy has only one goal: survive the contract, collect her freedom, and disappear. But keeping her identity a secret becomes harder when Adrian starts noticing things about his wife that don't add up. Why does she suddenly behave differently? Why does the woman he once despised make his heart race? And why is the only woman he can't seem to stay away from the very woman he swore to destroy? Ivy knows the truth can never come out. Because if Adrian discovers that she isn't Elaina... She won't be the only one who pays the price. But secrets never stay buried forever. And when the real Elaina finally returns to reclaim her place, Ivy's carefully constructed world begins to collapse. What happens when Adrian discovers that the woman he has fallen for was never his wife?

Valentina Castillo, 22, never owed her father’s debts—but when her runaway sister leaves a night to her wedding, she is handed over as payment, a bride stolen for a price she cannot refuse. Nikolai De Luca, Miami’s ruthless Don, gave a man three choices: repay his debt, give his life… or offer a bride. When she was brought before him—trembling, unprepared, aware of the darkness in his gaze, he decided in an instant. She would be his. In his world, power is absolute, and a wife is not a partner—she is a possession. And once Nikolai De Luca claims what is his… even death itself can’t take it from him.

*Blurb* When the Vale Corporation collapses overnight, Elena Cross is handed to billionaire CEO Damien Wolfe like a debt payment. Her parents tell everyone it’s her sister Sophia getting married. Sophia is “too young,” “too fragile.” Elena is just the expendable one. On the wedding night, drunk and cold, Damien drags her to bed calling her “Sophia.” When he sobers up and realizes he married the wrong sister, he declares war. He won’t annul it. That would ruin the family. Instead, he traps her in his mansion as an invisible wife. Ignored, mocked, erased. For Elena lives like a ghost in her own marriage. Then she leaves. Alone. With nothing. And she comes back with a new name, and a company worth more than his. He thought she was replaceable. He’s about to learn she’s irreplaceable.