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Scent of Obsession  - undefined novels & stories
Aero Reads
Billionaire CEO Damien Voss hasn’t slept peacefully in three years — not since the car accident that broke him. When his assistant drapes a forgotten lavender-and-strawberry scented blanket over him, Damien finally finds rest… until the precious scent is washed away forever. Desperate and unraveling, he turns to the blanket’s owner: Liora Kane, his assistant’s younger sister. With a single threat her brother’s job or her compliance Damien forces Liora into a contract: eight hours per night in his bed, nothing more. Her days remain her own. Six months only. He tells himself he is being reasonable. He only needs her scent to sleep. Nothing else. But Damien Voss was once the city’s most sought-after bachelor tall, devastatingly handsome, and powerfully built. Even after the accident, his striking looks and commanding presence remain. And though he has never been with a woman, he quickly learns how to use every inch of his body to seduce the innocent woman lying beside him. Night after night, Liora lies stiff beside the domineering CEO as he buries his face in her neck, inhaling her like a drug. What begins as clinical necessity slowly turns carnal. His touches grow bolder. His hips start to rock against her in the dark. He rubs himself against her thigh or stomach until he shudders and spills in his boxers, whispering filthy praises against her skin while she fights the unwanted heat building inside her. The contract promised safety. It promised only eight hours and nothing sexual unless she consents. Yet Damien’s obsession deepens with every shared breath. Jealousy ignites. Possession takes hold. And Liora finds herself dangerously seduced by the broken, beautiful man who needs her more than air a man willing to break every rule to make her crave him.
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(BoyxBoy) Bound to the Alpha who kills his Mate - undefined novels & stories
Maia Ward
Every Omega bound to Alpha Ethan dies. They call it a curse, they call him a monster. When Noah signs a survival contract to serve the Alpha whose mates never live long enough to warm his bed, he believes he’ll be different, not because he’s special, but because he plans to leave alive. Ethan never touches his Omegas, never keeps them, never loves them. Not until Noah came into his life. Drawn into a bond that should kill him, Noah discovers the truth behind the curse is far darker than fate, and far more dangerous. And the Alpha who everyone fears might not be the executioner, but the next victim.
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Third Wedding, Right Groom  - undefined novels & stories
Lizzie/Raquel E Posada
When Miles Morretti abandons Lila at the altar for the third time—choosing his manipulative stepsister Valeria over her yet again—Lila makes the most impulsive decision of her life. She calls Alexander Calvert, her childhood best friend, and asks him to be her groom. Ten minutes later, she's married to the right man. For three years, Lila poured her heart into Miles and her talent into his company, only to watch Valeria steal credit for every success while Miles remained blind to the truth. But walking away from Miles means walking away from the empire she built—and watching it crumble without her. As Lila's new marriage blossoms into genuine love, Miles finally realizes what he's lost. His company is failing, Valeria's lies are exposed, and the woman he took for granted is thriving without him. But some mistakes can't be undone, and some chances don't come twice. A story of betrayal, empowerment, and discovering that the love you've been searching for might have been right beside you all along.
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Sold To The Monster Alpha - undefined novels & stories
The Black Daisy
In a ruthless society built on power and bloodlines, surviving the dangerous royal court requires absolute cunning. For one woman carrying a dark secret, matching the raw physical strength of the ruling elite is impossible. Instead, she relies on a high-stakes psychological strategy: she wears a flawless mask, posing as a shallow, vapid, and entirely disposable airhead to ensure the predators around her overlook her completely. Her deception works perfectly until she inadvertently exposes the calculating mind hidden beneath her foolish façade to the one man she needed to fool the most—the volatile and brilliant Alpha King, Dominic. Instantly seeing through her act, the perceptive tyrant becomes obsessed with unraveling her true identity. Dragged into the dark isolation of his private domain, she finds herself trapped in a tense, intimate game of cat and mouse. To keep her hidden agenda from tearing her life apart, she must navigate a scorching, reluctant bond with a ruler who is determined to strip away her secrets piece by piece. She quickly learns that survival means keeping her guard up at all costs, because the dangerous King holding her captive is a master strategist—and the true monster hiding behind his royal title has nothing to do with his wolf.
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The Blue Eyed Wolf - undefined novels & stories
Prado
Amber is the daughter of a bête, but she's different from other wolfs. Her older brother is next in line to be bête, and as strict as her father is. Only her mother and best friend understand her. At the age 17 she's supposed to become more serious and put childish things behind her, but all she really wants to do is run free and enjoy her teenage life before she becomes an adult. So one day after getting so angry with being different and people yelling and fussing at her to follow rules, she goes for a run to clear her head and get some peace and quiet, but what she doesn't know is there's a surprise that waits for her there, and this surprise she just might like.
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A Bed Of Roses  - undefined novels & stories
Girl-Glow
Warning: This story is full of raw obsession, brutal possession, and extremely explicit sex. If you do not like a ruthless man slowly breaking his woman until she drips, begs, and belongs only to him, stop reading now. ******* Martinez Rinaldi is a ruthless mafia lord who only knows to kill those who cross him. Owing him a bad debt means crossing him, and he usually doesn't think twice about things like this. But when Cole, an irresponsible gambler who owes him a million dollars, offers one of his daughters to him in his desperation to save his life, Martinez takes the offer. Abigail should have been the bride. But when Rodah wakes up in the morning to find her older sister gone, she is left with no other option but to wear the wedding gown and get handed over to Martinez as his repayment and bride. Rodah swears to be his wife only on paper. To her, she is simply a repayment for the debt her father owed and nothing more. But that's not what Martinez Rinaldi wants. He wants a wife who comes to him naked and dripping, willing to take in the length of his cock her every single time. He won't stop until Rodah is that wife. She has to be the good little wife who wants to be fucked as much as he wants to fuck her.
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LUCIEN'S SUBSTITUTE WIFE  - undefined novels & stories
Luna
Most kidnappers demand money. He demanded blood. My brother vanished into a dark, parallel world years ago. Now, I've finally tracked him to a secluded mansion ruled by monsters. To buy his freedom, I have to become something else. Not just a captive. Not just a living blood source. But an echo of a dead wife who looks exactly like me... Lucien's wife.
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SUBSTITUTE BRIDE FOR THE MARAZONA HEIR [ Series] - undefined novels & stories
Noorie
He needed a bride. I was never meant to be the one walking down the aisle. When the Marazona family came to claim a debt, my stepmother offered her precious daughter to the ruthless and dying Vincenzo Marazona. But on the wedding day, she sent me instead. Broken. Replaceable. Unwanted. Vincenzo Marazona made one thing clear the moment his ring touched my finger— this marriage was a business transaction, not a love story. He was cold, cruel, and running out of time. I was only a substitute bride trapped in the empire of a man who did not believe in mercy… or love. But the longer I lived under his roof, the more dangerous he became. Because the dying king who never wanted a wife was beginning to look at me like I was the only thing he had left to lose. And in the Marazona family— love is the deadliest mistake of all.
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Love, Lies, and I Do - undefined novels & stories
Uniquely Yours
Denver Cavalier's marriage to India Jones wasn't a mistake or forced; it was just unintentional. The handsome Denver, who revels in his wealth and singleness, never imagined he would be asked to be a substitute groom. Whoever heard of such a thing? He hadn't until he found himself standing at the altar with India. India was supposed to marry Marcus Monroe, who was Denver's best friend and business partner. She was supposed to be his perfect match, so everyone thought. Until India surprisingly turned to the best man and asked him, "Will you marry me?" But that wasn't the end of the surprises. Another woman showed up at the wedding, setting off a chain of events they couldn't have predicted. Secrets were revealed that threaten to destroy everything. In a whirlwind of vows and vengeance, India and Denver are bound together by circumstance, not by choice. What follows is a journey through chaos, chemistry, and the tangled web of friendship and revenge. As the dust settles and secrets unravel, India and Denver must decide whether a marriage born of spite and lies can blossom into love and something real—or if it will ultimately fail.
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THE MAFIA DON'S REPLACEMENT BRIDE  - undefined novels & stories
Sonia
Marry him or die" When Lira is abducted, she is given an impossible choice, to impersonate Sophia Vale and marry the ruthless mafia lord Sebastian Jameson or watch her grandmother die. She has no choice but to say, "I do" But Sebastian doesn't want a wife; he wants revenge, and he swears to destroy the woman she represents. However, the line between hatred and desire is thinner than she thought, and when Lira finds herself falling for Sebastian, the truth about her identity could destroy it all. Can her marriage survive the deception and lies it was built on?
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The Mafia King’s Plus-Size Nanny - undefined novels & stories
R-A-I-A
Ameena, a plus-size widow, is forced to leave her baby behind to work as a wet nurse at an elite residence. Little does she know that the baby she cares for belongs to Damien Leonardo—the ruthless Mafia King and a widower whose wife was murdered. Previously, Ameena accidentally found Damien dying of thirst in the forest after a shootout. She managed to save the Mafia King’s life by directly breastfeeding him. As the two begin to fall in love at the mansion, a cunning woman suddenly appears and claims to be the mysterious savior. Will Damien discover the identity of the angel-hearted woman who has truly stolen his heart?
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This Time, I Choose The Alpha King Male Lead - undefined novels & stories
Circeleari
[YOU HAVE TRANSMIGRATED INTO A VILLAINESS FATED TO DIE.] I was supposed to obsess over the Alpha King, scheme against the heroine, and meet my end at the execution block. Instead, I rewrote the story. I chose Pierre Ashbourne—the neglected second male lead I once pitied as a reader—and spent three years helping him rebuild his dying pack, believing I had finally changed my fate. Then he abandoned me at our mating ceremony for his first love, the heroine. Now, the system has given me only one way home, restore the original ending by pushing the heroine back into the arms of the ruthless Alpha King, Hades. But the more I try to complete the story, the more these leads are getting out of character! What should I do?
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He Regretted It and Begged for a Second Chance - undefined novels & stories
Miss Queen Mikayla
For two years, Elara believed that she was Mike’s rightful wife—even though he had never truly given her his love. Everything falls apart when the woman Mike loves returns: Vania, her own stepsister. Overnight, Elara is forced to give up her husband and accept the bitter truth that she has been nothing more than a substitute. However, beneath the lies and betrayal lies a great secret from the past, a love directed at the wrong person, and a truth that could destroy everything. When Elara chooses to stay, the game of hearts begins. The question is, who will be the first to break—the substitute woman, or the man who realizes his love too late?
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The Billionaire's Scandalous Fat Wife  - undefined novels & stories
Siyah Mcluxe
I walked in on my own birthday cake and my sister in my fiancé's bed. Same night, same house, same face as mine — because Noel and I are twins, and she's spent her whole life proving she can take anything that's ever been mine. He hit me for calling her a liar. She smiled when he did it. So I did the one thing neither of them saw coming. I got in my car. I found the nearest bar. I kissed a stranger like he could erase three years in one night. I didn't ask his name. Didn't need it — until it was on every headline in the country the next morning, and I was the scandal standing next to it. Ace Stone doesn't marry for love. He marries because his grandfather's will gave him ninety days and no room to lose his empire to a boardroom full of vultures. I don't marry for money. I marry because my mother's heart won't survive the paperwork it takes to say no. Twenty million dollars. A ring that isn't mine. One rule: don't feel anything real. We were supposed to be better liars than this. Because somewhere between the cameras and the countdown and the ex-fiancé who thinks I'm still his to reclaim, Ace Stone stopped performing. He pulled me off a dark street with his hands shaking harder than mine. He told a nurse I was family. He didn't sound like he was lying. My sister isn't finished with me. She never is. But I've spent my whole life being the "before" to someone else's "after" — too much space, not enough silence, never quite what anyone ordered. I'm done being edited down to fit. He married a scandal. He has no idea what she's about to become.
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The Substitute Heiress  - undefined novels & stories
Liora Haven
He wanted a replacement. I was the original. For three years, I was Evie, a woman with no past, saved from a tragic accident by the devastatingly powerful Nathaniel Blackwood. He gave me a name, a home, and a purpose as his contract lover. I thought it was love. The night he proposed in a shower of gardenias, I believed my fairy tale had come true. Until she walked back into his life. Serena Sterling. His missing first love. The woman whose face is my mirror image. In a single moment, my world shatters. I discover I’m not his beloved, I’m her gilded substitute. Every detail of my life, from my perfume to my smile, was curated to match her. And now that the original has returned, the copy is discarded. Heartbroken and betrayed, I vanish from his penthouse with nothing but the clothes I wore when I woke up in the hospital three years ago. But my escape uncovers a truth more dangerous than his deception. I am not a nobody. I am Alessandra Vanderbilt, the missing heiress to a billion-dollar empire. The accident that stole my memory wasn’t random, it was an attempt on my life. And the woman who shares my face may have been the one who ordered the hit. Now, I have two battles to fight: reclaiming my legacy from the aunt who wants me gone, and resisting Nathaniel Blackwood, who has realized too late that the woman he threw away is the only one he truly craves. He’s using every resource from ruthless business deals, public grand gestures, and soul-baring groveling to win me back. But how do you trust a man who loved you only as a reflection of another?
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THE ALPHA KING'S MAID - undefined novels & stories
Barros Freile
Emilia was branded “the cursed omega” from childhood. Cut off from her inner wolf, rejected and despised, she endured five years of a forced marriage to Ricardo—an alpha who secretly hated her. When she finally becomes pregnant, Ricardo tries to kill her by throwing her off a cliff. But she survives. Scarred and shattered, Emilia returns to the mansion to retrieve her documents. There, she discovers she has already been replaced—her only friend, Cristina, is in her bed. Rage, pain, and betrayal awaken something inside her she never knew existed: her wolf rises whole, fierce, and lethal. Ricardo dies beneath her claws. Fleeing the justice of her pack, Emilia becomes a servant to King Alaric, the most powerful alpha in the known world. Alaric is a man of contradictions—ruthless with his enemies, generous to his subjects, insatiable in his desires. And suddenly, he wants her. Not because she is beautiful. Not because she is submissive. But because she is the only woman whose scent he cannot detect, the only one he cannot read, the only one who unsettles him. As Emilia navigates the dangers of the royal mansion, she discovers that her curse was never a curse at all. And that King Alaric—the monster everyone fears—might be the only man capable of understanding what she truly is. But in a world where power is the only currency that matters, can there be love between a king and his servant? Or is there only room for possession, obsession, and mutual destruction?
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The Substitute Bride - undefined novels & stories
Olamilekan Adesola
By sunrise, one twin is gone. By sundown, the other is married to a man who knows it isn't her. Claire Bennett came back to New York for one reason, to watch her identical twin marry billionaire CEO Adrian Knight. Instead, she wakes to a house in chaos. Sophia never made it home. With guests already arriving and a business deal on the line, Claire's father begs her to do the unthinkable, take Sophia's place at the altar, just for the ceremony, just long enough to buy time to find her. Adrian knows the moment he sees her face. She isn't his bride. He marries her anyway. What starts as a desperate favor turns dangerous fast. A gunman breaks into her room the first night, calling her by her sister's name. Someone inside the house is feeding information to the enemy. And the deeper Claire digs into who took her sister, the more she realizes the real target was never Sophia alone. Now Claire is trapped in a marriage built on a lie, hunted by someone who wants her dead, and falling for a man who swore he never wanted a wife at all. Somewhere out there, her sister is still missing, and the answer to why is buried in a secret both families have spent years trying to keep hidden. Claire has one year to find the truth. If she survives long enough to reach it.
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MARRIED TO THE WRONG MARLOWE - undefined novels & stories
Eleanor Vance
One disastrous night. One mysterious savior. One impossible choice. When Nora Sutherland's brother destroys their family's future, she becomes the sacrifice. The deal is simple: marry billionaire Sterling Marlowe, save everyone she loves, survive three years of a loveless arrangement. But the man waiting at the altar isn't Sterling. He's darker. Dangerous. Devastating. And his steel-blue eyes hold secrets that make her heart race and her instincts scream that something is very, very wrong. Griffin Marlowe has been searching for the woman he saved from disaster three months ago. The woman he held through the darkest hours. The woman he can't forget. Finding her should have been a relief. Discovering she's about to become his brother's wife? A nightmare. Realizing he's the one marrying her instead? Unforgivable. Some lies destroy everything. Others might just save them both. If the truth doesn't kill them first.
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Bride For The Feral Alpha - undefined novels & stories
Sada Vii
One night of passion with a stranger. One forced marriage to a monster. One impossible choice. Submit or survive? Quinn Feywin only wanted a taste of freedom before an arranged marriage stole her future. What she got was a night with a mysterious stranger who made her feel things proper ladies aren’t supposed to feel. When her sister runs away, Quinn is forced to take her place at the altar and discovers the groom is her stranger, but he’s not human. He’s a werewolf. The Alpha heir. The very monster bound by an ancient pact that requires a virgin bride from Quinn’s bloodline. Now she’s trapped in a supernatural world she never knew existed, married to a man who knows her body better than she knows herself. A man who holds her secrets in his hands. And a world where one wrong move could cost her everything. She wanted one taste of freedom. She got a lifetime in chains.
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.THE SUBSTITUE WIFE RETURNS - undefined novels & stories
MEIRA
Ariana Hale was the ailing twin that nobody ever gave a thought, until her sister vanished one day before the wedding. Being compelled to substitute her at the altar, Ariana was a wife in front of people and a replacement behind the closed doors. Ariana was sent away and paid to keep the swap a secretwhen her sister came back. The same man who turned her away is dying of a slow poison years later... and the only doctor who can heal him is the woman he drove away. Secrets are revealed, emotions resurface and her lost children are discovered and Damien has to struggle to keep the woman he loves before her ailing health takes her away from him permanently.
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