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BLURB I think a lot people don’t understand what romance is. Daniel Prescott is not an exemption, the ruthless billionaire only cares about himself and no other family but when it was time for him to get married. He filled a contract marriage to the Rose Hildegard, a woman that believe in love and flowers Rose who had to compel just for the sake of her sick grandfather’s last wish agreed and signed the papers until their first night and he candidly warned her not to even hope for a marital union. She was trapped in an only sexual relationship even though she owned an empire. What’s left for her? What is left for the ruthless billionaire when he starts to fall in love but she’s already falling for his best friend?.

After the death of her stepfather, Julienne is sold by her mother into auction. She ends up in the hands of Don Demonio, a feared Mafia boss who turns out to be her mysterious stepbrother, and he is as dangerous as he is attractive. When he keeps her, it is with a promise to punish her for things she didn't do. He plans to break and use her. And she doesn't know how to escape. Trapped in the arms of a man who absolutely hates her, she is locked in a twisted game of danger and obsession. But just maybe she would soften this cold Don’s heart.

Then, with deliberate slowness, he reached for a small black bottle. “I thought you would prefer the gentle way,” he murmured. “Guess I was wrong.” The poison burned down my throat—Deadly Nightshade. It was once my favorite. I had used it to end others. Now, he was using it on me. “Sometimes,” he whispered, “the person you once loved is the one who finally kills you.” ~~~~~ Brinda Virginia’s life has always been a battle—against fate, against her own fire, and against a heart that beats too weakly to match the storm inside her. Abandoned as a child and raised by the only woman who ever truly loved her, she’s now facing her biggest loss yet. Her stepmother is dying. And the clock is ticking—seventy-two hours. That’s all the time she has to save her. But then he returns. Francesco Dante. Her past. Her ruin. A man cloaked in shadows, bearing a twisted bargain—submit to him, body and soul, or lose everything. To save the only family she has left, Brinda must surrender. But submitting, in a world ruled by power, lust, and betrayal, is never truly submission. Because this man doesn’t just want to own her—he wants to unmake her, unravel her, and turn her fire to ash. And the most devastating part? She might just let him. And love, in this kind of story, always draws blood.

The year I graduated from high school, my dad brought home a woman and a child with a rose on my mom's birthday. When the child offered my mom the rose, my mom gladly accepted it, only to end her life after spending her 39th birthday. … When I got married, I told my husband, Alistair Yates, that a rose was enough to end our marriage if he wanted a divorce. Then, he tried to reassure me that our house would not have anything related to roses. … Five years later, during one of the Yates Group's tender, one of our partners had a rose pinned to her chest. When he saw this, Alistair immediately kicked her out of the company and blacklisted her. That day, I realized that marriage could actually be blissful. Yet, six months after that, I completed my new drug research. The entire corridor was full of roses when I came out of the lab. The person who had been kicked out of the company? She was standing beside Alistair with a bright smile. I looked at him coldly, but he casually said, "Maria prepared all these for you. She's your sister and she wants to make amends with you." It took me two seconds to stare at Alistair before I turned to leave. What sister? I never had one. And from today, I no longer need a husband.

My husband is a whore and a powerful politician running for Governor he has a flawless public image. But behind closed doors, I’m the wife who cleans up scandals, swallows betrayal, and signs my name under his ambition. I gave up my Law career to protect his, learned to ignore the women, to stay quiet thinking I could save my marriage until I couldn’t. Then his intern moved into his orbit. Young. Dangerously hot and Off-limits . What starts as an affair turns into a secret that could destroy a marriage, a campaign, and more than one life. This isn’t a love story. And it isn’t what people expect from a political marriage gone wrong. It’s about what happens when a woman who has spent years cleaning other people’s messes finally makes one of her own. Everybody thinks they know how this story goes they don’t

Troy grows up in a blended household that seems flawless, until his tense rivalry with his stepbrother Jayden hides a dangerous attraction neither can deny. What starts as conflict turns into a secret, consuming relationship, protected by those closest to them. But when betrayal exposes the truth, the brothers must choose To save their family’s legacy… or fight for a love the world refuses to accept.

Josephine Maradona is the spoilt and untouchable Queen of Bells University — the only daughter of its biggest and most powerful sponsor. For years, she has ruled the campus with a dangerous game: if any lecturer dares to be harsh on her, she seduces him, frames him, and watches him lose his job and reputation. But when the new lecturer, Professor Winsley, arrives, everything changes. No matter how hard Josephine tries — the short skirts, the seductive whispers, the bold advances — she cannot break him. He remains unbothered, unshaken, and completely in control. As her failed attempts turn into genuine attraction, Josephine finds her own heart melting for the very man she planned to destroy. For the first time, she is falling... and falling hard. When he started giving in to her whispers and seduction. Will she ruin him or claim him even when she knows it will end her?

One kiss. One mistake. One secret neither of them can forget. Yubi never imagined her life would change overnight. One week ago, she shared a fleeting, forbidden kiss with a stranger at a party, only to discover the next day that he would become her stepbrother. Now, living under the same roof as Trey, the man who haunts her thoughts, every glance, every touch, every moment is charged with desire. He is tall, controlled, impossibly handsome and entirely off limits. Trey wants her, but he knows it’s wrong. Yubi wants him, and she can’t deny it. As tension, jealousy, and temptation build, one thing becomes terrifyingly clear: some desires aren’t meant to be ignored and some mistakes are impossible to undo. Forbidden by blood, claimed by desire, can Yubi and Trey survive the fire of their attraction, or will their secret sin destroy them both?

Elara Vane was the perfect Luna—devoted, obedient, and loyal to her mate and pack. On the night of her third wedding anniversary, that illusion shatters when anonymous photos expose her mate, Jax Vane, in bed with her own sister. Betrayed and broken, Elara’s world collapses in a single breath. When she hits rock bottom, it is not her cheating mate who comes to her rescue—but the one man she was raised to fear. Silas Vane. Former Alpha. Jax’s father. Her father-in-law. Cold, powerful, and dangerously controlled, Silas offers Elara something she has never had: protection without lies, desire without weakness. One night of forbidden passion binds them together, crossing a line that can never be erased. But Elara soon discovers the truth—Silas didn’t just save her from ruin. He engineered it. As Elara divorces Jax and the pack descends into scandal, Silas reclaims the Alpha throne, publicly claiming Elara as his chosen consort. Their union ignites outrage, jealousy, and bloodshed. When Elara’s sister is found murdered and Jax is framed for the crime, Elara is forced to confront the terrifying reach of the man she is falling for. The truth shatters everything: Silas will burn the world for her—but loving him means surrendering innocence forever. Caught between revenge and devotion, Elara must choose whether to run from the monster who destroyed her life…or rule beside him as Luna, crowned by fire, power, and an unforgivable love.

“That’s it, little sister,” he rasped against my ear, voice low and dangerous. “Soak your stepbrother’s fingers like the dirty, naughty girl you are.” Two thick fingers plunged deep into my dripping core without warning, stretching me, claiming me, pumping hard and fast. I whimpered, biting down on his shoulder to stifle the moan that threatened to betray us. “Be a good girl and stay silent…” he rumbled low in my ear, “or everyone in this library will know exactly how desperate you are to be fucked by me.” ~~~~ One reckless, drunken night. One masked stranger who set her body on fire with sin and secrets. No names. Just raw heat, tangled limbs, and forbidden pleasure. The next morning, still throbbing from the memory, Miyara walks into class only to freeze. The man commanding the lecture hall is no stranger. He’s Caden Cross, her stepbrother. The one who vanished six years ago, leaving her with a childhood crush she never quite buried. Her one-night stand. Now he’s back. Older. Darker. Her professor. The stepbrother she once ached for has returned with one purpose: to take her, ruin her, and break her completely, until she’s nothing but his. As buried secrets surface and outsiders conspire to tear them apart, Miyara must decide: fight the pull of the forbidden… or surrender to the man who’s always owned her heart and now wants every filthy, shattered piece of her. Will they burn together in the ashes of their taboo desire, consequences be damned? Or will the world force them apart before she can beg for more? ️ Warning: This story contains explicit sex scenes, stalking, non-con/dub-con acts, coercion and manipulation. Kindly proceed with caution