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Fauchée et au bord du désespoir, Malia accepte un poste mystérieux d’assistante personnelle pour un homme qu’elle n’a jamais vu. Elle pensait signer pour un job banal… jusqu’à ce qu’elle découvre son patron : Aydan Deveraux, un milliardaire aussi séduisant qu’arrogant. Froideur, tension, ordres étranges — Malia est prise dans un jeu de pouvoir où chaque regard la consume et chaque mission la trouble. Mais ce contrat cache des clauses qu’elle n’a jamais lues… et des secrets qui pourraient tout détruire. Entre passion, secrets et limites dangereuses, ce contrat pourrait changer sa vie à jamais.

It honestly feels like I've been transported back to the Middle Ages. For the benefit of my pack, I just swore an oath to a man I've never met. The pack where I'm supposed to be the leader. The pack I'm not sure how to lead. I should learn fast, though. Because here he is, out of the blue, almost catching me by surprise. His green eyes, which shine like polished emeralds, make me stop in my tracks. His sharp jaw and short beard give him a dangerous look. His words of superiority, which were as smooth as velvet, hurt me deeply. So, this is my very hot husband who doesn't care about anything. I'm not even close to ready for this marriage. But he just walks into my space, all lean muscle and stalking grace. I have to use everything I have to get myself and the situation under control. What the heck did I sign up for?

In the island nation of Aurelia, where power is inherited and reputation is currency, Lillian Bloom lives quietly as a florist in Florentis Quarter, far removed from the elite who rule the city’s glass towers. Her world changes when she is thrust into a contract marriage with Nathaniel Crosswell, the ruthless young CEO of Aurelia’s most powerful conglomerate. Their union is meant to be nothing more than strategy. Protection. Control. But as Lillian enters high society, her presence unsettles powerful families and draws the attention of a mysterious matriarch who knows more than she should. Fragments of a forgotten past begin to surface—memories of rain, shattered glass, and parents lost in a car crash that was never an accident. Lillian is not an outsider. She is a missing heir to one of Aurelia’s wealthiest families, hidden to protect her life and erased from history. When the truth emerges, her marriage to Nathaniel becomes a battleground, pulling them into a war fought through corporate power, legal intrigue, and public perception. As enemies close in and secrets unravel, a marriage born of obligation transforms into something dangerous to an empire built on fear: love chosen freely. This sweeping billionaire romance blends mystery, legacy, and slow-burn passion in a story about reclaiming identity, redefining power, and choosing love on one’s own terms.

After discovering that a large tumor had invaded her uterus—and that her already slim chance of becoming pregnant had been deliberately destroyed by the cruel conspiracy of her husband and his lover—Maisa was left facing the possibility that she might never be able to have a child. Driven by an overwhelming longing to become a mother, and following a successful surgery, she made the bold decision to undergo artificial insemination on her own in order to conceive. What followed was something she could never have anticipated. She stepped directly into the life of a man she had never imagined crossing paths with—and became pregnant with the child of an Alpha. Her unborn child would inherit Alpha blood. From that moment on, her journey of revenge against her ex-husband and her mission to protect her child truly began. Maisa was determined to repay every ounce of pain she had endured, to return the humiliation and suffering Brian had inflicted upon her to those who had destroyed her life. Along the way stood the father of the child she carried—Airden Kenneth, a powerful and immensely wealthy Alpha. Everything he possessed, every resource at his command, could become a weapon to help Maisa exact her revenge. Thus began a contract marriage between them. Bound together by an unborn child, their connection slowly deepened—but was it only the child that drew them closer, or were there other, unspoken reasons? When the revenge finally comes to an end, will Maisa and Airden be able to remain together, or will fate once again stand in their way?

"You're mine now, Emma Campbell," DeLuca's words whispered, signaling to Emma that she was now in the hands of this mobster. Emma, a determined young woman with ambitious dreams for the future, leads a modest life with her father in a middle-class home, haunted by the loss of her mother when she was still a child. Her world takes a shadowy twist when her father, desperate to settle a debt with an unrelenting mobster, essentially hands over his daughter, seeing no other alternative. As her dreams slip further away, Emma begins to realize that her life might have been destined to intertwine with Andrew DeLuca, the enigmatic Mafia Don. In "My Dear Don: The Contract Marriage," immerse yourself in a world where fate collides with the dangerous allure of the mafia, and follow along as Emma and Andrew navigate a web of intrigue, unexpected passion, and a contract that could either ruin their lives or bind their destinies together forever."

Lily was an orphan and single mother who worked as a bartender by day and a stripper by night to take care of her special needs son. She catches the interest of Mr Williams Carter, a desperate billionaire in search of a partner to bear him an heir. A unique connection is created when they share intimate nights together leading to Lily getting pregnant and William taking the opportunity to offer her marriage contract. She accepts to help her son but her presence in the billionaire family brings only disharmony and disagreements due to her background. Then, to make matters worse, she finds out that William's brother was the man who raped her when she was just 17 years old. A series of problems follow… Scandals, property disagreements, return of a forgotten past, threats, hatred, hired killers, and malice… The billionaire family is divided and likened to a war zone but despite the obstacles and problems, a love story tries to bloom, will it succeed, or was it already doomed before it started?

Nora and Noah's story from contracted: Love in the Shadow. "Hey, Nora..." Noah tried calling her, she ignored him. He bit his lips in anger, as her hand touched the doorknob, he yelled, no, more like roared, "DANYON!" Nora immediately froze in place. She closed her eyes for a second, fighting back tears. that name--- Noah, seeing her wounded expression, took a deep breath, "Look, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to--" "Don't," she snarled, haughtily glaring at him. “Don’t you even think about it.” “Nora—" He began to say, but she turned her back on him and stormed out of his office, ignoring the many eyes that followed her. ** Nora Danyon wasn’t supposed to survive the crash that killed her husband and children. Stripped of everything—her family, her sanity, and her will to live—she’s forced to start over in a world that feels colder than ever. And just when the darkness threatens to swallow her whole, he shows up… Noah Bamford—her late husband’s best friend and the man she once secretly loved. But Noah isn’t the same boy from the past. He’s distant, guarded, and haunted by ghosts of his own. Still, his presence pulls her back to life—until one stolen kiss in an elevator changes everything. Now emotions are spiraling, old wounds are ripping open, and just when Nora starts to believe in love again… Noah betrays her in the most unforgivable way. Now Nora is forced to male a choice ------ In a world where nothing is promised, and love isn’t written in contracts, can two broken souls rewrite the rules—or will their story end in ruins? There is drama, there is hate, and there is love, and above all, do they deserve a second chance? Sit back and enjoy the ride.

Title: Sir Damien’s Contracted Wife. Synopsis: Arya was all Damien wanted in a woman. Neat, smart, passionate and responded to worries like they were hers. The only problem was, her only memory of him was as a boy who stalked her, diagnosed with yandere syndrome that made her life a living hell. He had a chance to her, when the father asked for the girl to be in an arranged marriage with a rich man as a way to gain money to pay her dead mother’s debts. Arya had no choice so collaborated with Sir Damien, a man she assumed was her sister’s boyfriend, to be his arranged wife. Being the CEO of three powerful companies, her father quickly picked him. But Sir Damien lied, he lied to Arya that their marriage was only a formality and she could leave once she found true love. He didn’t mean a word. He’d make sure that he was her end. Her true love. His beautiful plans of having her as his became faulty when Arya’s long time crush, the son of his governor, began reciprocating Arya’s feelings. And his contracted wife might not be the only thing his rival was after.

"I know who you really are. If you want to stay safe in this office, you have to marry me." "Are you crazy?" "One million dollars. I will pay you one million dollars if you marry me." Isabella Swan poses as Irene, her twin sister, to investigate Irene's disappearance. But her cover is blown by the CEO of Irene's office, Felix Kingston. Amidst pressure to get married, Felix takes advantage of the situation. A contract marriage agreement was made between Felix and Isabella. But behind that, there is a big secret that Felix is hiding from Isabella. Can Isabella accept this situation now?

In Royal families, can a Princess fall in love with a mere guard who serves her kingdom? Who would Win Love or Race? Do you think being a royal princess is easy? Living life in a lavish lifestyle is not what a princess does. She lived in her castle with all the luxuries one could have. She was bounded with royal rules and regulations until she met him! What happens when she finds out her crush was a vampire all along. Would she still choose him or would she give up on her heart? Let travel through the journey where you witness a contract marriage between two different species and of different races.