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Valeria Romano was nineteen when her father was murdered. For five years she trained, sacrificed and bled ... building her entire life around one name. Lorenzo De Luca. The mafia king she believed gave the order. When she finally gets her shot at him, he doesn't run. He sits her down and shows her a photograph. The man responsible for her father's death was never Lorenzo. It was her uncle Marco. The man who handed her the wrong name the morning after the murder and watched her chase the wrong target for five years while he rebuilt his empire on her father's grave. Lorenzo proposes a contract marriage ... a strategic alliance that puts them both inside striking distance of Marco before he buries the truth permanently. Valeria agrees. Not because she trusts him. Because Marco Romano just became her real target. What follows is a race against a closing window. Spies inside the estate. A bought witness. A dead man who turns out to be very much alive. Two people who came together as enemies slowly building something neither of them has a name for. And a summit where Valeria must stand before the five ruling families with five years of truth ... and finally make it count. Marco goes to a cell. The war ends. But war leaves marks. The real question driving this story is never whether Valeria can destroy the man who killed her father. It is whether she can survive who she became in the process ... and whether the man she married to win a war is the same man worth staying for when it is over. Some revenge stories end with justice. This one is just getting started.

The night my boyfriend and I celebrate our first anniversary, we get into an accident. My soul travels through time and ends up ten years in the future. Here, I see that my boyfriend and I have married and started a family. It's the future I've dreamed of. However, it seems that I'm out of a job, and I've given up on my dream. I struggle to make it through endless days of my boyfriend's ice-cold treatment. Ultimately, I see myself sitting on the edge of a building's roof after falling deep into postpartum depression. When I open my eyes again, I see my boyfriend's panicked face…

“You probably think it can’t get any worse than hooking up with a random guy after a win and then seeing him the next morning as the newest member of your hockey team.” “However, it can because try watching that same guy walk into your kitchen while your mom beams and says, “This is your new stepbrother.’” That's an exact description of Theodore’s life right now. Captain of his college hockey team, Theodore has spent years building himself into something untouchable. He is focused, disciplined, and most importantly, careful because in a world where masculinity is everything, one truth could destroy it all: He’s gay. And no one can ever find out.

“She danced to stay hidden. He paid to possess her. Neither expected obsession to feel like fate.” ~ She’s spent years building an empire behind a name that isn’t hers, dancing in the dark while running the fashion world in silence. He’s a ruthless billionaire chasing a contract, not realizing the woman he’s drawn to is the key to everything he wants and everything he thought he’d buried. One private dance ignites a craving he can't escape. One hidden identity threatens to unravel it all. In a world of secrets, betrayal, and lust, falling for the wrong woman might be his greatest mistake… or his only salvation.

Damon Draven is one of the hottest Bachelors known in New York. In fact, one of the most sought after men. When a tragedy happens from the top of his company building, and he is tagged the prime suspect in the murder of his lover. Sadly with his business and reputation on the line and having no other option, he employs the services of Sarah Len, a barista, whose only dream is to save her sick nephew. He names her his Fiancée and he is cleared of the charges. Things seem a bit sweet, and peaceful, until someone who believes that Damon should be only hers appears in the picture. Secrets open, true identities are revealed that leave Sarah speechless and threatens their relationship.

Matteo Romano is trapped under the shadow of his ruthless father and his forbidden love for Dominic Cortez—his father’s trusted lawyer. Their love for each other burns with passion, yet every of their secret touches screams danger with threats and betrayal. What would you do if your freedom—and your love—were sold to the most ruthless man in Italy? “You must marry her!” Dante Romano groaned. Dante, his father, insists he must marry the girl he bought in; her presence threatens everything Matteo and Dominic have been building for years. Built in lies, betrayal, and deadly obsession, Matteo and Dominic must fight for their love—or surrender it to the Don’s dark desires.

A company trust building trip turns into a trip home to the company’s CEO Micha Moran. He takes the group back to the ranch he grew up on. While there he finds that Sophia is also a farm girl and she proves to be much more to him then he planned on when a deal between them for two weeks could turn into forever. A true statement was you can take the person off the farm but not the farm out of the person. Sophia proves this to herself and to her boss who doesn't stay her boss for very long. They have everything the other wants in a partner. As they build their life together from the foundations of the farms they grew up on everything else finds its place easily.

Devin, the Alpha's ruthless Beta is everything Ayra despises — arrogant, cold, and dangerously powerful. But there is one problem... She can't ignore the way he makes her feel. Devin has spent years building his reputation as the pack's enforcer, showing no weakness, no hesitation. But Ayra? She's off-limits. A distraction. His stepsister. The attraction between them is undeniable, but giving in would ruin everything. Their forbidden connection turns into a twisted game — one of stolen glances, lingering touches, and unspoken desires. But when Ayra becomes a pawn in the pack's dangerous power struggle, Devin must make a choice: Protect his ambition or the one girl he was never meant to love.

Mark was everything to Alexa, and when he lost his job and mobility, she never left his side. She loved him, fought for him, and kept him from drowning in despair. Then, a powerful conglomerate gave Mark a second chance—paying for his surgery and making him rich. And just like that, he discarded the one person who had stood by him. "I'm saying we should get a divorce. I don't feel the connection anymore." Left with nothing, Alexa refused to break. She rose higher than ever, building an empire of her own. Now, Mark watches in regret, desperate to have her back. But will she ever let him in again?

Seen by few living, Alpha Killian Desmond is whispered about throughout the world, his cruel reputation proven countless times. The ferocity of this man and his pack have been the source of many legends and nightmares. Most who have met him, have died at his hands. Claire Miller has lived a simple life as the daughter of the Beta in her pack. As the Moon Ball approaches, and every pack in the United States gather to meet, the sense of dread building inside of her grows.What will happen when Claire is thrown into the arms of the most ferocious and cruel Alpha known to man? Will she prove to be the exception to his malicious ways? Or will she suffer the same fate as countless others.