Collide Into Ruin Novel Novels & Stories

What happens when the man you married isn't the man who truly sees you? Cassie Everly thought she had everything she ever wanted. A powerful husband. A prestigious family name. A future most women could only dream of. The reality is far less perfect. For five years, David Jeffson has put business before marriage, leaving Cassie alone in a mansion that feels more like a prison than a home. Every promise is postponed. Every anniversary forgotten. Every attempt to save their relationship met with another excuse. Then Mark Jeffson comes home. David's twin brother. The black sheep of the family. The man who built his own empire while the Jeffsons handed everything to David. The man who looks at Cassie as though she's the only person in the room. Mark was never supposed to be part of her story. But the more her marriage falls apart, the harder it becomes to ignore the one man who always seems to be there when she needs him. The one man who remembers every detail her husband forgets. The one man who makes her question whether she chose the wrong brother all those years ago. As family secrets unravel and a bitter battle for the Jeffson empire begins, Cassie finds herself trapped between loyalty and desire, duty and happiness. Because loving her husband's twin could destroy everything. But walking away from him might destroy her even more.

Indigo Derrin finally lands her dream job in the world of professional sports—fast-paced, competitive, and everything she’s ever wanted. The only problem? Her new boss is Dario Cross: arrogant, brilliant, devastatingly attractive… and engaged to her cousin. Keeping things professional should be easy. Until late-night debates turn into lingering glances, and one reckless kiss changes everything. Now, staying away from him might cost her the career she loves…but giving in could cost her everything else…and he’s willing to risk it all. Dario built his empire on control, discipline, and never mixing business with pleasure. Indigo Derrin was always part of his plan. She challenges him, matches him, and tempts him in ways no one ever has. He knows she’s off-limits. He knows what’s at stake. He knows one wrong move could destroy them both. Still… he can’t seem to let her go. Because some lines aren’t meant to be respected—they’re meant to be crossed.

What should have been the beginning of happily ever after between Hazel and Dylan became the start of a dangerous intoxicating affair built on stolen glances, lingering tension and a temptation neither Sophie, the sister of Hazel or Dylan, the man she was about to get married to was strong enough to resist. A forbidden attraction that grows darker with each passing day since the very first day they both set their eyes on each other. Torn between loyalty and desire, Sophie fights the guilt of betraying the sister she loves and has shared her whole life with and the man she can't stay away from. For Dylan, Sophie is a temptation he cannot seem to resist.

It started with a stolen wallet and turned into something neither of them could’ve imagined. What began as a game of cat and mouse has turned into something more. They're no longer just trying to outsmart each other; they’re going deeper, and it’s setting off sparks in all the wrong places. As they get closer, the truths they’ve kept hidden start to unwind, tearing through the lives they’ve built. The illusion of control slips away, and now, everything’s on the line — their lives, their secrets, and their hold on each other. The question is, can they survive it all — or will they destroy each other in the process?

(18+ Explicit Content) Buy me.” My voice rings clear through the room. "Buy me and I will serve you until my purpose is through. Buy me and save me from death.” Dante merely laughs at me, "Why should I save you? I'm no hero, girl. You've stepped into a 's den and you're committing yourself to me.” I don't budge, fighting through the urge to cower before him. “I'll give you one chance to walk away, Atwood girl. If you don't, you will be mine and no one can save you from me.” But that’s exactly what I need. Not a hero, but a monster who could tear the world down and bring my sister back to me. I would sacrifice anything for her, including my freedom. Jean Atwood was at the top of the world. A perfect life for the perfect daughter of the esteemed and powerful Atwood family. But one mistake turned her life upside down and brought her family's name to the ground. Drowned in debt after her parents' deaths, Jean must find a way to free herself and her beloved younger sister from slavery.

“You don't belong here". That was the first thing Xavier Rodriguez — my father's estranged billionaire best friend said to me the very moment I stepped into his estate. I was wearing the same dress I had buried my father in. I squared my shoulders and stared at him eyeball to eyeball. “ I'll break you”. Cold, cruel and rich beyond reason. My new legal guardian wants to ruin me. He wants to own me; my mind, my soul and my body. Every look, every scorching touch and every whispered threat was an emotional blackmail I hadn't prepared for. Neither was he.

Selena died on the day, She had walked in on her husband cheating with her best friend and instead of apologies, she was silenced forever. When Selena opened her eyes again, she had returned to one year earlier. The day she once gifted her husband half of her company out of love. This time, she smiled just as gently… and set a trap beneath every signature. Divorce came first. The downfall followed. Her ex-husband believed Selena was still the obedient wife who loved him blindly. Her best friend thought she had already won. They didn’t realize the woman they betrayed had come back colder, smarter and determined to take back everything they stole. As Selena dismantles her ex-husband’s empire piece by piece, Chris her childhood friend and a powerful CEO re-enters her life. He was the only one who warned her in her past life… and the only one who never betrayed her. Reborn with hatred in her heart and clarity in her mind, will Selena destroy everyone who wronged her or allow herself a second chance at love? Read to find out.

Also Known As: Ruined Before I Walked The Aisle. [ This book contains 3IN1 of the RUINED SERIES] Warning: Contain explicit content. One night and one mistake I can't fix. I was reckless, drunk, and anonymous when I gave myself to a masked stranger in the hotel lounge. Until I walked into my fiancé's family estate and met him again, Roth Dimitri, the forbidden and untouchable billionaire who happens to be my fiancé's father. My name is Elena Caldwell, and I am drowning in sin. To everyone else, I am the blushing bride-to-be. Adrian Dimitri's fiancée. The girl wearing his ring, smiling on his arm, and pretending she belongs to him. But the truth? My body and every forbidden thought I have belong to someone else. To the only man I can never admit to wanting. I should've said no that night. I should've walked away before one reckless mistake became an obsession I couldn't escape. But the way his father looks at me, like I've always been his, makes it impossible, let alone resist. He's older, obsessed, and dangerous for me. I'm engaged, aching wet, and trapped by him. He wants my total submission in secret, I want to be the perfect wife for his son in public. But perfection is nothing whenever my fiancée father kisses me until I lose my breath, when he makes me submissive to his demands, when he draws those filthy words out of me as I scream his name in pleasure, and when he splits me apart again and again in his bed until I forget I'm engaged to his son.

Professor Zira Voss has spent years building a reputation for control. At Hawthorne College she is known for her sharp intellect, strict standards, and the cool authority that keeps students firmly in their place. But Zira has a secret. Late at night, behind a locked door and the glow of her laptop screen, she becomes Obsidian Queen—the anonymous patron of a mysterious livestream performer known only as Shadowed Knight. What began as a private escape from pressure and loneliness was never meant to follow her into the real world. Until the day a new transfer student walks into her lecture hall. Tristan Vale is confident, observant, and far too perceptive for comfort. When Zira notices the sleek black card that links him to the identity she knows online, a dangerous realization takes hold. The secret they share could destroy them both. Zira risks her hard-earned career and reputation. Tristan risks the scholarship that brought him to Hawthorne. What begins as a tense battle for control soon spirals into a rivalry neither of them can easily escape. And just when Zira thinks the situation cannot become more complicated, Damian—the man from her past who refuses to let her go—returns, determined to reclaim his place in her life. With secrets closing in and tensions rising, the lines between control, obsession, and vulnerability begin to blur.

As the wife of the Colombian cartel heir, Krystal Serrano is a symbol of diplomacy and control. Dressed in silk, wrapped in silence, and displayed like a crown jewel at the center of power. But behind the flawless smile lies a woman raised not just to survive, but to rule. When her husband's betrayal ignites a war with the Italian mafia, Krystal is taken. Kidnapped and hidden away by Zachary Romano, the young, ruthless Don who solves problems with bullets and buries questions with bodies. He thought he had captured a soft, obedient mafia wife. What he brought home was a storm in heels. Krystal doesn't beg. She doesn't break. Her silence provokes, her lips taunt, and her gaze slices deeper than any blade. Inside the stone walls of his private villa, control begins to slip. Hatred turns into tension. Tension burns into obsession. And in their world, love always comes with blood on its hands. The ring on her finger still binds her to a man who believes she belongs to him. But what happens when a woman like Krystal meets someone dark enough to understand her, broken enough to match her, and reckless enough to want her? Because there's a difference between loving a woman like Krystal… And trying to own her. And Zach Romano is about to learn—only one man can stand beside her. The rest will be buried.