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My name is Callie Lockwood, and for two years, I paid for a crime I didn't commit. I was the beloved daughter, the doted-on sister, the girl promised forever by my childhood fiancé Liam. Then Rowena came back from the dead, the family's real blood, and I became the mistake no one wanted to admit they'd made. They gave her my brother's love. They gave her my fiancé. And when she killed a werewolf noble, they gave her my freedom too. Two years in a cell built for monsters stripped me of everything, even my wolf. I came out a shadow of who I used to be, wanting nothing but to walk away and owe my so-called family nothing. But shadows have a way of being noticed. Two of the most powerful Lycan royals in the kingdom want my attention, and neither one is asking twice. Now the family who buried me alive wants forgiveness. My brother wants his sister back. Liam wants to know why he ever let me go. It's too late. They just don't know it yet.

She was sent to her sister's husband as a substitute. One night changed everything. Now Amanda's hair is turning white, her body is awakening to impossible power, and the man everyone fears watches her with dangerous fascination. As lies unravel and ancient secrets rise from the shadows, Amanda discovers she was never cursed. She was stolen. And the Devil who has waited a hundred years for her is finally ready to claim what was always his.

He touched me like he was fighting a war he knew he’d lose — every brush of his skin screaming hunger he refused to name. Every touch contradicted every rule he laid down. “Keep your heart out of this, Laura,” Zed murmured darkly, thick with need and warning, closing the space between us. I knew what he meant — or what he wanted me to believe. He only wanted my body, and the heir it could give him. Nothing more. Publicly bound to arrange Lady Amber Calloway — a woman who could never meet the pack’s core requirement, her infertility hidden to seize power — Zed couldn’t expose the lie without unraveling everything. So he chose me: an outsider, desperate to save my sister Chloe, whose life depended on the care only he could provide. I was meant to be nothing more than a means to an heir — used, then discarded when the deal was done. This was never supposed to be about love. But every caress made us forget the contract existed. Every stolen moment blurred every line he’d drawn. He set hard rules… then broke them one by one — shielding me from judgment, guarding my secret as his own, seeing parts of me no one ever had. I only agreed to carry his child. Yet the closer I got to keeping my end, the clearer it became: the real risk wasn’t pregnancy. It was that when this temporary deal ended, I’d have nothing left of my heart to walk away with. Rules were made to be broken. And this forbidden, burning desire? It wouldn’t let us go — not until we turned a one-year agreement into a lifetime of belonging.

I was shoved down the aisle to save my family from the wrath of Dante Valerius after my sister ran. I expected a bullet the moment he lifted my veil. Instead, he smiled. He knew I was the wrong sister—and he traded for me anyway. Now I’m locked in the gilded cage of a monster who commands my days with terrifying precision. He demands my obedience, but he shields me from my own flesh and blood with a brutality that terrifies me even more than his touch. Then Seraphina comes back to claim what she abandoned. She wants Dante’s empire burned to the ground. Dante wants everyone who looks at me dead. And I’m running out of time to realize the safest place in this war… might be the arms of the man who will never let me leave.

I agree to become a surrogate for one of New York’s most powerful couples, believing I know exactly what I’m getting myself into. Nine months later, I give birth to their son, expecting to hand him over and walk away with the money that could finally change my life. But everything changes when the doctor tells me the baby isn’t biologically Aurelia Veyne’s. He is mine. And his father is Lucien Veyne, the husband I was never supposed to have anything to do with beyond the walls of a hospital. Then Aurelia disappears. With his wife missing and a secret that could destroy his family, Lucien asks me to move into his mansion and care for the baby until she returns. I agree, believing I only need to stay long enough to do my job and collect my money. But living under the same roof changes everything. Days turn into weeks. Sleepless nights become shared moments. And somewhere between caring for our son and getting to know the cold billionaire behind the headlines, the boundaries between us begin to disappear. What was supposed to be an arrangement slowly becomes something neither of us expected. Then Aurelia comes back. She sees the bond between Lucien, me, and the child. And she sees that she is losing everything she thought belonged to her. Instead of letting me walk away, she decides to destroy me. But Aurelia makes one mistake. She thinks I’m still the desperate woman who agreed to carry her baby for money. She’s about to learn that I’m not.

Valentina Vatteli wanted nothing to do with her father's world. She was the daughter of one of Russia's most feared mafia bosses, and all she ever wanted was a normal life. On her 21st birthday she left everything behind, including Renzo—the man she loved when he refused to leave with her. Three years later, Valentina finally had the life she wanted. A good job. A peaceful home. And a fiancé she thought she could trust. Until she witnessed a murder. Forced to return to Russia, Valentina finds herself face-to-face with the man who broke her heart. Then her fiancé betrays her. And just when she thinks things can't get any worse, she discovers that her entire relationship was a lie. Someone had been watching her for years, Someone who planned everything. And Valentina was never just a witness, she was the target. Now, she has to decide whether to run from the world she escaped or become the mafia heiress she was born to be. But this time, Renzo is ready to fight by her side and he won't let her go again.

Marceline Moretti was forced to give up her dream of being a professional dancer just to take her twin sister’s place at the wedding altar… with the condition that she also bears an heir for Adrian Cross, the future Don of the Cross Holdings. And, most importantly, her biggest bully since childhood. A man who never missed a chance to ruin her life. But after five years of not being touched by him, stuck in a loveless marriage, only enduring pain and torment, she never stopped helping him rise to the top even after he took over as the Don. He became the most feared mafia boss in the country. On the night he celebrated his success, they made love for the first time, giving him an heir. She thought he loved her. She thought his years of hating her were over. And now her twin was back to claim the position that belonged to her in the first place. But Marceline is done being a pawn in their games. **Trigger warning**

I wasn't chosen for this marriage. My sister was. She ran. I got sent in her place. Kael Dravon is cold, powerful and dangerous — and he made it clear from the moment I arrived that I am nothing to him. Just a placeholder. But there's a secret buried in the walls of his estate. A blood curse tied to his bloodline. A deal made in the dark twenty years ago. And somehow, the girl everyone overlooked — Is the only one who can save him. The problem? He doesn't know that yet. And neither does the enemy that's already coming for us both.

I thought my life was over. Until he stepped in. “Your brother is a blind fool,” Adrian murmured, his large hands spanning my waist, worshipping the soft curves my ex so cruelly despised. “He complains about the frame, but I want the masterpiece. I want you.” “Adrian, we can’t! You’re my boss, and you’re his brother. It’s forbidden!” “Let it be forbidden,” he growled, pulling me flush against his hard chest. “You and this baby belong to me now. And I take very good care of what’s mine.” Now I’m living in his penthouse, carrying his nephew, and fighting the explosive, steamy tension behind closed doors. My ex wanted to throw me away. He didn’t realize he was handing me to a man who would burn the world down to keep me.

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Two years ago, Wren Voss took the blame for a crime that wasn't hers, to save the only family she'd ever known. She expected forgiveness. She got a labor quarry, silver in her water, and a wolf that stopped answering her. Now she's free and nothing was waiting for her. Her brother has a new sister to protect. Her mother has a new daughter to fuss over. The only debt Wren still owes this family is one she never agreed to. She isn't planning revenge. She's planning an exit, starting with asking for a mate she doesn't love, just enough to leave for good. But the Lycan King has started asking questions this household doesn't want answered. And the alpha who was never supposed to look twice at her can't seem to stop. Some families don't realize what they had until it stops needing them back.

They told her carrying her sister’s child was the only way to earn the right to breath. For seven month she was a prisoner. Carrying the baby of the same guy she loved from high school down to college… the same guy married to her sister. She lost the baby after a tragic incident leading to the loss of her womb. Then an accident dragging her to a coma. Waking up a year later she’s locked up in a villa. Owned by a billionaire who looks exactly like the ghost of her past. He claims he saved her from a murder attempt orchestrated by her own flesh and blood. But as Seraphina looks into his cold, possessive eyes, she realizes the man standing before her isn't just the ghost of her past. He is a ghost with a darker face, a deadlier agenda, and a secret that changes everything she knows about her bloodline, her trauma, and the monsters who raised her.

Elena was supposed to marry a monster. Instead, she betrayed him. Now, Rae Rossi is paying the price. Forced into the life of a runaway mafia fiancée, Rae has one rule—stay quiet, obey, and survive. But Marcelo Bernardo isn’t a man who forgives betrayal… and he doesn’t realize the woman beside him isn’t the one who hurt him. At first, it’s just a game of deception. Then it becomes something far more dangerous. Because the longer Rae pretends to be Elena… the more Marcelo starts to notice. The more he watches, the more he wants. And when the truth finally comes out— He won’t just break her. He’ll destroy her.