Academic Rivals Novels & Stories

Maria, a girl from Eastwood city in New Orleans with a crescent moon shaped mark on her forehead carries the burden of being Luna to a pack that hates, rejects and seeks to annihilate her. It all begins during the time when packs from other states moves into Eastwood to dominate the metropolis. Maria draws the strategy that her pack would use to fight against their rivals and it leads to the great massacre of her mate, who is the pack's alpha along with several others. Now, she is on the run because the pack blames her for his death which happened when he tried to save her. They do not honor her because she is a Luna whose family line has been cursed and it is believed to fall upon those who protect her. What happens when a new Alpha, Dane decides to spare her life? What does he want from a rejected Luna? Wouldn’t it be considered a sinful thing if this new alpha is her ex-mate’s brother?

Five years ago, Suri ruptured her uterus pushing Bruce out of the path of a car. The injury left her unable to have kids. But Bruce didn't care—he still pushed for the wedding. After they got married, he poured nearly everything into her. Or so she thought. Then came the scandal. One of his business rivals leaked it, and just like that, the truth exploded online—Bruce had another woman. She was already over three months pregnant. That night, he dropped to his knees. "Suri, please. I'll fix it. I won't let her keep the baby..." And Suri? She forgave him. But on their fifth anniversary, she rushed to the hotel Bruce had reserved—only to find something else entirely. In the next room, Bruce sat beaming, surrounded by friends and family, celebrating that mistress's birthday. The smile on his face—pure joy. A smile she'd never once seen from him. That was the moment she knew. It was over. Time to go.

“You are no longer a person, Willow. You are a necessity.” On her eighteenth birthday, wolfless orphan Willow North expects to find her mate but is sold to settle her uncle’s debt. Her escape lands her in the path of Lucas Salvatore, the cold heir of the Abuja Moon Pack and in the middle of a deadly truth. Willow bears the Moon-Fire Mark, binding her as the fated mate to the Alpha bloodline itself. Now trapped in a palace of luxury and secrets, she’s caught between Lucas, the future King who fights the bond, and Logan, his charming twin who offers her warmth while hiding his own pain. But desire isn’t the greatest danger any male who marks Willow first becomes the True Alpha, turning her into a prize in a lethal power game. As rivals close in and her dormant white wolf awakens, Willow must survive the pack’s hunger and choose between the one who burns her soul and the one who heals it.

Lila Bennett has always been invisible. The quiet, bookish girl who prefers the library to parties, she spends her days studying and her nights dreaming about someone she could never have Ethan Ryder, the charismatic captain of the university hockey team. Confident, talented, and adored by everyone, Ethan already has the perfect girlfriend: Vanessa Hart, the beautiful and popular queen of campus. For two years, Lila has secretly admired Ethan from afar, writing about him in her private notebook while keeping her feelings hidden. But when Ethan’s academic performance falters, putting his spot on the hockey team at risk, he is assigned a tutor and that tutor is Lila. Suddenly, the invisible girl and the campus king are forced together. Late night tutoring sessions turn into shared secrets, stolen glances, and undeniable chemistry. Ethan begins to see Lila in a new light intelligent, kind, and unlike anyone he’s ever known. But love on campus is never simple. Vanessa notices Ethan’s growing interest in Lila and will stop at nothing to maintain her status and control. And when another hockey player, Lucas Hale, begins developing feelings for Lila, she finds herself caught in a complicated love triangle. Jealousy, rumors, and hidden truths surface, forcing Lila to confront her feelings, assert her confidence, and decide what and who she truly wants. In a world of rivalry, heartbreak, and high stakes, the quiet girl who was once invisible may finally become the one everyone is fighting for.

He rejected me. The moon bound my soul to his, but James Cantu, Alpha of the Blackthorn Pack, looked straight in the eyes and said to me “I am not worthy”. I am weak. Too pitiful. Too broken. And when he turned his back on me, I carried a secret he never knew, his child. Later on, time passed, but fate is wicked. He returned. He wants me back, not as the pitied and miserable girl he once rejected, but as the woman I’ve become. And now I already have a lover but when his eyes meet a child with my smile and his wolf’s scent, everything unfolds. Now, the Alpha who shattered me wants me. He will stop at damn all to have me back. But between jealous rivals, evil enemies, and a fight that threatens Moonveil itself, I don’t know if I can endure giving my heart to him again. Because love is a menace when it belongs to a wolf.

Mara thought her life was finally beginning—until her father’s bankruptcy shattered everything. Overnight, she loses her freedom, her career, and her dreams. To save her family from ruin, she is forced into an arranged marriage with Elias Devereux, the cold and ruthless billionaire CEO who holds their debts in his iron grip. Elias is powerful, intimidating, and dangerously magnetic. He claims Mara as his wife, not out of love, but out of control. Yet behind his arrogance lies secrets that could destroy them both. Trapped in his penthouse and his world of wealth and deception, Mara vows to fight back. But every attempt to escape only pulls her deeper into Elias orbit—where passion collides with betrayal, and hate blurs into desire. As rivals, scandals, and hidden enemies threaten to tear them apart, Mara must decide: is Elias her savior or her destroyer? And when love finally ignites between them, will it be strong enough to survive the empire built on lies?

Synopsis After the arrest of Astor Giovanni, the Giovanni twins are thrown into a state of turmoil. Sapphire and Sophia have to make a desperate choice to get their father released from prison or see their family legacy go down the drain. Sophia, the ever loyal daughter, makes a pact with Alessandro King; a ruthless mafia boss who is hell bent on avenging his parents death. The deal is to get Astor out in exchange for the freedom of Sapphire. Thrusted into Alessandro’s world as a maid and later on his unwilling fiancée. Sapphire is meant to embrace the dangers of leaving with Alessandro while hoping for Sophia to come get her. But as her stay with Alessandro gets prolonged, she discovers that she is not actually the legitimate child of Astor and that she is indeed the rightful heir to the Giovanni empire. When Sophia’s betrayal deepens and Sapphire gets kidnapped by one of Alessandro’s rivals, Alessandro and Sapphire are left with options to end their union but not before the final fight. In the chaos of revenge and shattered trusts, Alessandro and Sapphire finds something unexpected which is the longing to be together but will the chaos deepen their bond or will it cause some form of conflict between them?

Certainly, I can remove the sentence "Dive into a tale of forbidden desire, hidden legacies, and a love forged in the crucible of betrayal." Here’s the revised description with that line omitted, maintaining the novel's captivating style to hook readers and editors, followed by the Chinese translation. In the shadowed corridors of wealth and deception, Sophia Lane wove a web of lies so intricate it could ensnare a king. A single, reckless night with Ethan Blackwood—the ruthless billionaire heir whose icy gaze could shatter steel—left her with a secret pulsing beneath her silk-clad curves: a child he’d scorned and threatened to destroy. Presumed dead in a fiery plane crash, Ethan returns, his memory a blank canvas, offering Sophia the golden chance to claim his empire as his "devoted fiancée." But as passion reignites and rivals like the gentle Anna—who saved his life—threaten to unravel her façade, Sophia dances on the edge of ruin. Will her bold gambit crown her the queen of his heart, or will the truth ignite a scandal that burns her dreams to ash?

WARNING: ADULT CONTENT 18+ Loretta Wayne, a 28-year-old self-made, self-sufficient young, and stunning woman, despite her self-imposed virginity, is caught in a love triangle. No, she wasn’t a no-sex-at-all saint, but she hadn’t been in the game a long time. Tired of the unrelenting prying from friends and family to find herself a worthy relationship and settle down, she tries everything she can to love and be loved by just one man, but she eventually finds herself admiring not one, but two young and dominant gentlemen. When multinational business tycoon and CEO Kendrick Robert, and self-made Dollar-millionaire Roy Albert eventually meet Loretta Wayne through different circumstances, both men fall madly in love with her and go to great lengths, even becoming unforgiving rivals, to have her exclusively. Will her ultimate decision on whom to be with, turn out to be her undoing, or will it place her on a voyage of happily-ever-after? ‘The Billionaire's Heartbeat' is a spellbinding tale of genuine love, passionate romance, and money-play that will keep you up all night and make you want to tell everyone you know about it.

Sharon has always been condemned from a very young age for looking odd in her family. Apparently, she didn’t inherit her mother’s stunning and beautiful genes unlike her immediate younger sister, neither did she inherit her father’s intelligence unlike her older brother, to the world, she’s very opposite from her sister Sheila who is a popular diva. Sharon eventually is forced to marry the billionaire without legs. The news claims he can’t walk with his legs again. But how is he able to get up every night and torment her on the bed? Why is he hiding the truth from the whole world? What happens when their marriage of inconvenience turns into something else and many love rivals arises? Why can’t she stop herself from falling deeply in love with Jasper even if he is the most arrogant, rude, self-centred man she has ever met? Will Jasper be able to hide the truth of him being able to walk from the whole world forever?