Dared

In every love story, there's always a vengeful and venomous ex who was engaged to the wealthy and handsome CEO that fell for the poor, but gentle and innocent female lead. In the CEO's greed for the new female lead's affection, he broke her heart and drove her to the brink of insanity, all in the name of love and consideration for his new partner. No one ever cared about how the ex felt. Ariana Montmorency, a British Heiress, was prepped her entire life to marry one man, but suddenly, his heart was captured by another and everything went wrong. She was scorned, destroyed and disowned by everyone she knew after all the sacrifices she made for the man she loved. It took 365 days and a harsh awakening for her to finally understand her past mistakes and now it was time for her to be the female lead of her own story. ••••••• Elliot Navarro and Ariana Montmorency. The King of the Business Empire and the Fallen Heiress. Incredibly wealthy and powerful, yet ruthlessly cold and unforgiving, not a single soul dared to offend Elliot Navarro. Many have tried, but none had succeeded in gaining his attention. That is, until his path unexpectedly collides with the British Heiress. He turned her world upside down from painful to painless and she changes his world from unstable to stable. While they seem like a match made in heaven, what is a love story without disturbance? Challenges will arise, chaos will commence, and drama will ensue and it's a test of whether two halves can make a whole and remain whole.

Rogue Chavez is an assassin who works under an anonymous organization whom his father managed, he gets paid off billions for doing his job. All he has to do is bring the target's head. He began to love his work and that he became committed to it, his performances say it all, he is one of the best assassins that his father has trained. However, his life turned upside down when he was assigned to do a mission. A task that he is struggling to deal with, to take over the CEO position, he has to marry Keilah Olivarez, one of the daughters of an affluent family who managed the highest rate Hospital—Meadowview Medical. She happens to have an arranged marriage with one of the shareholders, Torrent Perez but she is wise enough to notice the strings behind the offer and has to say no. Rogue has to work as a doctor in disguise to cover up his real identity. He is stern in his decisions and doesn't want to disappoint his father, he lets his impulsive mind take over and accepts the task. Upon knowing that Keilah Olivarez is targeted by her own family because she dared to execute them for power. Her life is in danger and she needs protection. Keilah knows that she needs to take a risk, will trusting a man she never met before will keep her life? Will her life become better if she chose to file a marriage contract with Rogue Chavez?

Evangeline Rutherford once loved a man with all her heart-and he destroyed her without hesitation. Three years of cold, hurtful marriage ended in cruel humiliation. She was kicked out for nothing, unilaterally divorced, and abandoned as if she'd never mattered. But Eva didn't choose to be destroyed. She buried her past and rose as Pearl Oceanna, a respected fashion icon. The world now knows her as an untouchable woman-perfect on the outside, but building a high wall around her heart. Only one man has ever dared to breach her defenses: Maximilian Von Ziegler. Max was the only one who believed in Eva when the world belittled her. He saw her broken heart, reached out, and rebuilt her confidence. But even though Max loved her with all his heart, Eva never really let him in. The wounds of the past are too deep, and she's afraid that loving means giving herself a chance to be hurt again. However, things go awry when Roderick Langley, the man who once destroyed her, returns to her life. With a face full of regret, Rick tries to win her back. At the same time, Max extends his hand-not to ask, but to remind Eva that she deserves to be loved sincerely. Eva knows she has to choose. But this time, it is not a man who will decide her destiny - but herself.

when Ava Brown finds out that her groom was exchanged on her wedding day and she ended up marrying the wrong person, she vowed to deal with the two men who deceived her. Ava Brown, the twenty four year old daughter of Mr Steven Brown owner of world's largest automobile company was someone who no one dared mess with. Haven grown up with power and fame, she had a bad and snotty attitude making a lot of people her enemies but that doesn't stop her from being ruthless to anyone who crosses her part especially to her fake groom. But things take a different turn when she realized that the man she got married to was the world famous fashion designer who kept a low profile and no one actually knew him but he always positioned himself to be someone who causes trouble and of no use. The story takes a major twist when Bryan Whyte is back to take his bride but a seed of romance has already been sowed in the two of them. While Bryan tries so hard to tear them apart, the two keeps getting drawn to each other and the longing in their eyes could not go unnoticed. Romance blooms between the ruthless Ava Brown and the no name Zeke with the villain Bryan whyte who will not allow them to be together. A romance action filled novel that will keep you hooked up.

*I signed a contract with the devil the night my world burned down.* When I walked into that Vegas hotel suite expecting my dream wedding eve, I found my fiancé Garrett tangled with Priya, my childhood best friend, the girl I called sister. They laughed. Called me boring. Said they'd been together for *years*. I ran to the hotel bar and drowned my shattered heart in whiskey. That's where he found me. Dominic Marcello. Billionaire. The Devil in a Dior suit. The kind of man mothers warn their daughters about. I dared him to ruin me. He offered me something better: Revenge. A contract. His ring. His bed. His brutal protection. In exchange? Total obedience. Complete surrender. I become his possession, in every way possible. I signed with trembling hands and hatred in my heart. But Dominic has a secret: he's never felt a human touch. Not pleasure. Not pain. Not warmth. *Until me.* When I touch him, every dead nerve awakens. He calls me his "little dove." Fragile, breakable. His. Now the devil himself is obsessed. Possessive. Dangerously protective. And I'm starting to crave the darkness he offers. *Revenge was the plan. Falling for the monster wasn't.* Content Warning: 21+ only. Explicit scenes, dark romance and BDSM/sensation play elements, possessive behavior, power dynamics, and emotionally intense content throughout.

I am a pureblood succubus. Every seven days, desire consumes me. Stuart Newlin always complained that I clung to him too much, that I distracted him from his grand ambitions. Then, at the peak of my heat, when I needed him most, he blew me off. He chose to go to his female friend's prenatal appointment instead. The thing is, a succubus can't survive without being fed. Without that energy, that devotion… I wither. Unfortunate as it was to fall into the hands of a neglectful master, I had no choice but to seek another. My new keeper bore the bloodline of the Black Serpent. He had double the virility. Night and day, he poured himself into me. He worked tirelessly; I was more than satisfied. So when Stuart showed up with a massive bouquet of red roses, hoping to coax me back, what greeted him was the sight of me, flushed and glowing, curled up in another man's arms. His eyes burned with rage as he went mad, smashing everything in the house, raging that I was unfaithful, that I dared take another man to my bed. Smiling, I leaned into my new master's embrace and introduced them. "Let me make the introductions. You two have more in common than you think. After all, I've slept with both of you."

Five years ago, Elara Thorne died in a wreckage of twisted metal and flames. Or so the world believed. In reality, she was running from the powerful Vance family who wanted her erased, and running from Julian Vance, the man who had shattered her heart before she could even tell him she was carrying his twins. Now, Elara is a shadow in the city, a mother living on the edge of survival. But the "Ice King" of New York has a long memory and even longer reach. When Julian catches a glimpse of a familiar face at an elite gala, his world of cold calculation turns into a furnace of obsession. He doesn't find a grieving ex-lover. He finds a woman who has become a lioness, and two children who are the perfect, sapphire-eyed images of himself. Julian doesn’t ask for forgiveness. He demands a debt. He drags Elara from the gutters of Brooklyn into the heights of his glass palace, forcing her into a Marriage of Convenience. He wants his heirs. He wants his revenge. And most of all, he wants to possess the woman who dared to make a fool of him. But Julian has forgotten one thing: a woman who has already survived death has nothing left to fear. As Elara steps back into the world of the elite, she isn't there to play the dutiful wife. She is a Trojan horse in a red silk dress, ready to dismantle the Vance empire from within.

I had just won the Hawthorne Scientific Laureate on the international stage when my father called me back home. "Bring the betrothal gifts to the Hayes family. That childhood engagement should finally be fulfilled." Afraid of getting stuck in traffic, I took my modified motorcycle, carried the national heritage porcelain obtained through generations of the Keane family's military merits, and headed toward their house. Just as I arrived at the community gate, a Porsche suddenly cut across the lane, nearly knocking me over. A heavily made-up woman, Zoey Mercer, stepped out of the car, raised one sharp high heel, and kicked the top box off my motorcycle. "You rode this junk motorcycle yet dared block my way? If you dent my car, your whole family won't be able to afford the compensation!" My heart sank. I quickly opened the case, only to see the entire box of celadon porcelain shattered. "So you’re just some delivery guy. Think this pile of trash is worth even one of my shoes? "You even know whose neighborhood this is? It belongs to Kingshore's Hayes family! My best friend’s family developed this place! Believe it or not, I can have you thrown out right now!" Right then, my fiancee, Lauren Hayes, called me. "Where are you? My friend just messaged me saying there’s a delivery guy causing trouble at the entrance."

There is only so much a woman can take and Amelia Solace had reached her breaking point. All she ever wanted was a mate but fate cursed her by giving her one who's heart beat for another. He loathed her existence and he never failed to remind her of that. Her only sunshine was the son she was carrying, her mates baby whom he planned to take away and raise him together with the love of his life, breaking her already shattered heart. She was getting tired of fighting to stay afloat. fighting to be seen and to be loved and with the bond decaying inside her and old enemies out to get her, she has no other choice but to take the only option that has always been in front of her but she never dared to accept. When her former pack is attacked and the son she left behind is threatened. She's willing to fight side by side her ex mate and former pack. That doesn't mean she has forgotten the hell they put her through though. Nor has she forgiven them. The new Amelia is cold and closed off, Gone is the girl they knew. When her ex mate wants her back, will he be able to sway her cold and unreachable heart? Or has he already lost her to someone else? someone who saw her value in ways he never did.

In a modern city governed by ancient bloodlines, an uneasy peace holds between vampires and nekos—two species bound by centuries of rivalry, betrayal, and war. Though the violence has quieted, resentment festers beneath the surface, and whispers of rebellion begin to circulate among the vampire clans who believe their power was unjustly stripped away. Maverick Delacroix, the disciplined heir to one of the most influential vampire families, has been raised to value control above all else. Loyalty to his lineage is not a choice but a duty etched into his very existence. Across the divide stands Odessa Kingsleigh, a sharp-witted neko diplomat trained to protect her people at any cost. Burdened by history and responsibility, she knows that trusting a vampire—especially a Delacroix—could unravel everything she has worked to preserve. When rising tensions force secret negotiations between the two factions, Maverick and Odessa are drawn into reluctant cooperation. What begins as a strategic alliance quickly deepens into something far more dangerous. As they navigate political intrigue, veiled threats, and the weight of ancestral hatred, their connection grows—challenging everything they have been taught to believe about enemies, loyalty, and destiny. But love in a divided city is never private. As extremist forces on both sides push for war and long-buried prophecies resurface, Maverick and Odessa find themselves at the center of a conflict that could destroy the fragile balance holding their world together. Choosing each other means defying their families, their cultures, and the expectations carved into their blood. With rebellion looming and trust in short supply, they must decide whether history will repeat itself in bloodshed—or whether their forbidden bond can forge a future neither species dared to imagine.