Desperation

Marriage is a Sacred and Safe Haven. But in Business Traditions, it is a merge deal between two families wanted their wealth to become secure. Both parties agreed upon merge marriage, except those people who will be involved and will be continually granted each family's will. Carly, a 24 year-old aspiring Geographer doesn't really get and agree upon the idea of arranged marriage. Even as a nerd, she wanted a social life outside of the box that she never had when she was studying. A geek by appearance, an adventuress at heart. And Calvin, a 28 year-old full time and successful Business man. But the company he worked so hard in his whole life time will never be on him unless he will agree upon this deal. A hard worker and doesn't have time to socialize and doesn't know how to take a break. These two people meet and agreed that they both don't agree at this marriage. They both wanted to escape this situation but how? By mere pressure and desperation, it came up an opportunity. It wasn't really planned nor an idea but they unexpectedly had an Accidental Escapes.

Kai has spent his whole life trying to survive an abusive uncle, cruel classmates, and a world that never wanted him. He’s invisible. Until the day he walks into an empty classroom… and meets Mr. James Ashford who has a cold look. James sees everything Kai tries to hide—his fear, his hunger, his desperation—and he wants it. What starts as “private tutoring” quickly becomes a contract, new rules, a new home, and a new version of Kai shaped by the hands of a man who should never want him. But when threatening messages appear, describing what they’ll do to Kai just to break James, the teacher becomes something far more dangerous than a protector. James is willing to destroy anyone or anything to keep Kai safe. Or keep him his. Kai knows he should run. He knows he should be terrified. But the most dangerous cages aren’t locked… They’re whispered, touched, and promised by a man who says: “I’ll burn the world before I let it take you.”

In the Kingdom of Nuvia, omegas are feared and hunted, destined for the brutal Gallows unless claimed by an Alpha. Meredith, hidden by her Alpha father, dodges capture and is married off to another Alpha's son for protection. Yet, her new life crumbles overnight when she awakens to her husband's murder. Now standing accused, two fates await her; death or the Gallows. With no one to turn to, Meredith's desperation leads her into the arms of the Lycan Triad Kings: Roman, Caelen, and Saul. Known for their ruthlessness and power, these three are her last, mostly desperate, resort. She concocts a risky plan, disguising as a mere human to gain their protection, and offering herself up for their deepest, darkest pleasures. However, the last thing she expected in her escape was to crash into the heart of one of the Lycan Kings, Roman, who is none other than her fated mate. With this dangerous truth between them, would he claim her? Make her rightfully his in every sense of the word? Or is Meredith destined to be owned, consumed, and caught in the crossfire between these three beastly Kings?

In the two years since we got married, my husband, Kieran Zucker, has pampered me like a princess every day. However, I want to escape from him because he's an extreme control freak. I've been forced to behave exactly like a living doll, and I can't leave his sight for a single second lest he deprive me of dinner. I've run away from him 16 times, but he's accurately predicted my location and dragged me back every time. I've eventually been driven to desperation and slit my wrists in search of liberation. When I next open my eyes, I find that I've actually been reborn back on the day Kieran proposes to me. This time, I resolutely turn him down and decide to escape far from him with his arch-enemy, Scott Quinlan. I assume that I'm finally free of Kieran, but then I discover Scott having a friendly conversation with him…

"You're not my Alpha" She yelled and in a flash, the grey wolf with fierce amber eyes had her pinned underneath him. "What did you say?" He growled forcing his paws on her neck. He would kill her if she didn't do something. So in desperation, she did the only thing she could think of. "I, Valentine Fernado, hereby reject you as mate". Werewolves, vampires and Lycans were just myths. If anyone had told her they existed few months ago, she would have had a good laugh. Not until one flower lured her into the hands of Eric Dark, the mad Alpha. A man who had lost his touch with reality. A man who had no control of his emotions. One who couldn't tell right from wrong. One who was broken to the last bit. Then she thought she could tame him.... Until she realised, he'd gotten so used to the dark that he no longer needed light.

Meet Zarina Da Cerna, a living princess and aspiring actress like her deceased mother. Unfortunately her father gone broke to casino and indebted with billions to Rayne Madrigal. With that option, desperation overtook him and left him no choice, He sold her one and only daughter to Madrigal. Rayne was pleased upon seeing the girl with innocent face and capabilities. He took her to his place and become his personal maid and a secretary. He was a businessman and cold hearted man who use money and power to get what he wanted. She hated him to the bone and even curse him while he was asleep. She wanted to run and escape from the controlling hands of Rayne but she can't because even she hates him, she was attracted to him at the same time. Finding herself falling and even getting married to him. He wants only the validations of his father but his heart remained untouched. Then married life take toll on them and get divorce after but if they got another chance will they choose to be in arms of each other? or either way.

A single rose can bind two fates forever. When her family’s fortunes crumble, Catherine never imagines her father’s desperation will lead him to barter her freedom. Promised as payment to the reclusive Lord Kieran—master of a castle steeped in legend and whispered curses—she is thrust into a world of shadows, secrets, and a predator’s gaze that both terrifies and captivates her. Kieran is more than a man; he is a wolf bound by an ancient curse, his life ruled by the prophecy: The rose will bring her. Catherine’s arrival is no accident—it is destiny. But claiming her means awakening a dangerous magic neither of them fully understands, one that threatens to unravel the fragile truce between man and beast. As moonlight sharpens the edge between desire and danger, Catherine must navigate the perilous game of a lord who guards both his heart and his curse with deadly resolve. In a place where every shadow hides a secret, every glance is a test, and love itself may be the deadliest bargain of all—one question remains: Will the rose bind them together… or doom them both? Perfect for fans of dark fairy-tale retellings, shifter romance, and gothic intrigue.

Rosa is the adopted daughter of Gaia The Wolf Goddess Of Hell. Rosa shared half the soul of the first oracle with her best friend. A siren boy called Charlie. He is in fact her fated mate. But not all is as it seems. Charlie in his arrogance wants the other half of the oracle soul for himself, so he turns against Rosa and their bond and mates and marks another female. But Rosa didn’t know until it was too late. On that day the oracle was reborn but in her anger declared who she truly was. Jadara the Vengeful. She was sent by the gods to kill those who tainted their mate bonds and so in her rage pulled the other half of her soul from Charlie and joined with Cece Rosa’s wolf. In Rosa’s desperation she fled away from civilisation to keep everyone safe. She was broken, rejected and alone living in solitude for five years until the oracle and her wolf took over. Will Rosa be able to stop Jadara from her mission? Will she embrace her? Or will they encounter the one who broke them? Nothing is as it seems. Only by joining forces will they truly understand who they really are.

Heart has no other option but to seek help from her manager. Her father needs a heart operation worth five hundred thousand pesos. As the eldest child, the weight of this responsibility falls on her shoulders. She needs to find a way, even if it means making a difficult decision. For several weeks, she'll be at the mistress of an unknown man, for two hundred fifty thousand pesos, because she's a virgin. That was the offer from an unknown, unscrupulous man. Take it or leave it. She'll let herself be used while she's asleep, so she doesn't have a chance to get to know the man she's selling herself to. Due to extreme desperation, she agreed immediately to save her father, who is on the brink of death. She no longer has the opportunity to learn about the man who will be intimate with her and own her. She has to save her dying father, no matter who takes her. But the man she briefly saw is not ugly. He's incredibly handsome and her boss, the billionaire Deluxe Montesalvo, who has been married for three years!

Eleanor Whitestone was bred for perfection, polished, poised, and promised to the man her father handpicked to secure their empire. But on her wedding day, everything shatters when she catches her fiancé in bed with her own sister. Humiliated and discarded, Eleanor’s world collapses in a single, brutal moment. Drowning in champagne and desperation, she makes a reckless choice: one night in the arms of Damian Laird, the city’s most ruthless billionaire CEO and her ex-fiancé’s sworn rival. She never expects the morning after to come with a proposition as shocking as her betrayal: marry him, carry his heir, and together they’ll destroy the people who broke her. Damian is cold, calculating, and devastatingly magnetic. He doesn’t believe in love but he does believe in revenge. And Eleanor is the perfect weapon…if she can survive the war they’re about to wage. But in a high stakes game of power and seduction, lines blur, and desire ignites into something neither of them saw coming. This time, Eleanor won’t be a pawn. She’ll be the queen and she’ll burn down anyone who tries to cage her again.