Substitute Bride

He wanted a blonde. He got a wildfire. I married him in her place. Wore her dress. Lightened my hair. Played the silent, obedient bride. Because when your stepmother sells your sister to a billionaire obsessed with legacy and looks, and your sister runs… someone has to take the deal. So I did. Cassian Drevane doesn’t want a wife — he wants a symbol. A blonde. A mannequin. Not a woman with secrets, a spine, and a mind that won’t stay quiet. But I wasn’t just playing the part. I was studying him. And the more he tried to control me, the more I saw the truth beneath his ice. And everything burned. When the lies shatter and I walk away, he thinks it’s over. But the most dangerous thing isn’t a billionaire in pursuit— It’s a woman who finally chooses herself. He never wanted me. Now he can’t live without me. Too bad I’m not sure I want him back.

His iron grip was fastened around my waist and he pinned me on to the wall. "Let go of me!" I gritted. "If I want to right now" he leaned in close, his lips grazing my earlobe. "I can forcefully have my way with you and watch you scream your beautiful melodious tone underneath me" he whispered gravelly. I gasped and tried getting his hands of my waist. "You are my wife after all aren't you?" He teased, his teeth gently nibbling on my skin. I felt a strange heat brewing up inside me and I fought to control it. "Dante let go of me!" I seethed. Slowly, his head ascended from my neck and faced me. He ran a finger along my lips and a devilish smile curled up on his face. * * * * * * Love. Crime. Passion. Strong female lead Alina Fedorov, the vibrant and daring daughter to the Don of the Russian mafia is forcefully put into marriage against her wishes by her father. And her groom is no other than the feared Dante Morelli, the ruthless capo dei capi of the most powerful and dangerous italian-american mafia. He has his base running all through Europe and America with myriads of capos and underbossess at his beck and call. Running his underworld without a heart, he is quick to do away with any one who goes against his orders and his years of training has him equipped for a dangerous life of crime. But none of that will matter when he meets the impulsive and independent Alina Federov. Can love ever blossom between the two especially as Dante craves revenge on Alina for the sins of her father? Or will Alina be able to break down his walls of coldness and have him on his knees for her?

The Shadow Bride is a haunting tale of duty, mystery, and a love that defies fate. When 23-year-old Avery is forced to marry her late sister’s fiancé to preserve a long-standing family tradition, she finds herself leaving behind her dreams for a life she never chose. Set in the quiet, eerie countryside of Montana, Avery is thrown into a loveless union with the brooding and distant Elias—a man mourning the woman he was meant to marry. But Avery soon senses something more than grief lurking in Elias’s eyes. Whispers of secrets buried in the woods, a strange connection to the moon, and a family with a history shrouded in darkness begin to unravel around her. She may have said “I do” out of obligation—but what she doesn’t know is that her husband’s curse is only just beginning to unfold.

When her twin sister Eleanor decides to run away leaving her family in a fix, the Andersons are worried that Liam might call off the date, Emelia is forced to go on the date pretending to be the well-mannered and career-oriented Eleanor. What happens when feelings start to spike and the truth is revealed about her sister's disappearance?

Betrothed by her grandparents, Zoey, despite her opposition has no way but to agree and accept her despicable fate. Pikit-mata niya itong tinanggap kahit pa man ay isang taong nakatadhang buong buhay na yata niya kamumuhian. Francis, Anak ng maimpluwensyadong pamilya sa kanilang lugar. Lahat ng katangian nito ay kinakainisan niya na. Pinaka-aayaw man nila'y ito naman ang pinakahihintay ng nakararami. To be able to finally tie the knot between two influential families would be one, great event in the history in their town that everyone has long been waiting.Isang matagal ng pangako na pinangarap ng dalawang pamilya na pilit tinutupad sa henerasyon nila. Sa araw-araw ng kanilang pagsasama, walang panahon na hindi nila ipinakita sa isa’t-isa ang lantarang pagkadisguto. Ngunit sa likod ng kaniyang di maintindihang ‘di pagkakaunawaan ay nakakubli ang isang damdaming di maipaliwanag. Damdamin na lumukob sa kanyang buong pagkatao na kailanman ay hindi matutugunan. Sapagkat, pinagmamay-ari niya man ang buong pagkatao nito, hindi naman ang puso. Sa dumaang panahon ay tuluyan na ring nagbago at naglaho ang dating Francis na kilala niya- total opposite na ito ngayun lalo pat magkakaanak na sila. Ngunit, sadya yatang mailap sa kanya ang tadhana. Ang dagling kaligayahan ay naglaho ng bumalik sa buhay nila ang babaeng iniirog, hanggang sa nakunan siya. Ang minsay naging maalab na damdamin ay napalitan na ng ga-lawak na nagyeyelong lawa. Ang minsa’y matamis na mga salita ay naging isang parang nakalalasong damu na namiminsala sa gitna ng nangingintong hardin. Nakaya pa kaya niyang panindigan ang kasabihang “Love pulls stronger than of pain and hatred”? Paanu nga ba iyon kung sukdulang sakit na ang iyong naranasan, pikit mata na lang ba? Tunghayan natin ang kwentong magpapa-iyak at magpapaibig sa atin, kwento ng makabagong henerasyun na nagapos sa napaglumaan nang pangako ng kahapon.

"A stubborn young woman never imagined she would end up married to a mafia boss." Amaya lives with the constant suspicion that the bubble of her reality will burst. Being the illegitimate daughter of an oyabun, the leader of one of the Yakuza clans, her life was a path to anonymity. Raised outside of mafia traditions by her American mother, who was a beautiful woman, she was not welcomed within the mafia's ranks. However, she was always warned that when her father needed her, she must present herself. Her life takes a one-hundred-eighty-degree turn when she's kidnapped from university and brought before her family. At a dinner where she is not only exposed to the top echelons of the clan but also showcased in front of other mafiosos, she captures the attention of one of them, someone who steals the future she had envisioned for herself. Alessio is the capo of the Camorra and a beast in his own right, making his word law. After his parents' murder and the fire that scarred part of his face, he needs to form the right alliances to strengthen himself with everything necessary to go to war against the Russians who seek to seize his territory. In pursuit of this, he strikes a deal with the Yakuza, one that results in him being married to one of the oyabun's daughters—a man who aims to deceive him. After extracting what he needs from Alessio, the oyabun plans to teach him a lesson by using his own daughter. Neither of them was prepared for what lay ahead.

Amora Leonore Feliz is a daughter of a wealthy man who only seeks one child. And because Amora was born with a twin, Amora was sent to an island where no one could ever find her real identity. Twenty years later, Amora grew up being an Island girl, kind, and was adored by the people on the Island. Amora thought that she would never see her father again, but one day, her father visited an Island with a purpose—she thought she would simply accept. Her father told her to be the substitute wife of her twin’s husband, Eureko Xylo Dela Fuente, known for being the richest man in the city. Her twin sister got in a car accident while trying to run away with her other man. To save from being shamed, her father wanted her to be the substitute. When Amora declined his request, her father threatened her to remove all the people on the island he owns plus the fact that her foster mother is sick. She has no other choice but to accept his request and be the substitute wife of her twin sister’s husband whom she didn’t even know.

Marcus Navarro's public image was finally going to be fixed. With his upcoming nuptials to Angelique Mackena, everything was in place but when Angelique abruptly ends their engagement, Marcus finds himself in need of a miracle. And a miracle he receives, his publicist comes up with a solution which includes Marcus marrying his daughter, Diana St Germaine. Except Diana is anything but a miracle. Marrying her will fix up his public image but his personal life is turned up side down by the cheeky and bratty Diana St Germaine.

Alana and Alena are identical twins. One unfavorable night their father was attacked by the gang. He was almost killed. Luckily, he was still breathing, but he needed a lot of money for his operation. Alena offered herself as an exchange for her father's life. The only one who could save them from losing their father was the leader of the Blue Knuckles, Allessandro Castellucio. Alana drugged her twin sister on her wedding day and volunteered herself as a bride to the Mafia boss. Allessandro Castellucio was known for murdering, torturing, and making money. He was well defined as a heartless creature. A devil existed in a place called heaven because of his money and power. But what would happen if a metal was put in a foundry and burned with unstoppable fire?

Helen, fled on her wedding day, because she was a faithful believer in love, she fled away from her family and everything around her, to make way for a new life, but she was far from imagining that the man she left on the altar would seek her to take revenge on her and make her live the greatest suffering she could feel. A few years later, after having been subjected to so many humiliations, Helen returned transformed into another woman, empowered, and also full of immense desire to take revenge on the man who hurt her so much. But what neither of them counts on is that they were always meant to be together. Do you believe in second chances? Do you believe in true love? Join me in this moving story.