Edward Pawn

I'm hospitalized after a car accident that nearly costs me my leg. Meanwhile, my fiancé is too busy in the room next door taking care of his first love. She's only faking a sprained ankle. From that same room, I hear Johan Rivera's mocking voice. "Raelyn? She's just a pawn the old man picked for a political marriage. She's not even good enough to be your stand-in." In that moment, something in me finally breaks. I watch the news coverage of a rising business star who's surrounded by reporters and flashing cameras. He's also my childhood friend who has pursued me for ten years. I calmly send him a message. "Christian, does your offer for a contract marriage still stand?"

As a pawn in her father’s game of loyalty and blood, Rosalia Capello was never meant to be remembered. At seventeen, she only wanted one night of rebellion to feel something real in a world where everything was orchestrated. But what started as a secret meeting with Dominic De Laurentiis, ended in blood and shattered innocence. Now haunted by what was stolen from her and the guilt of falling for the wrong brother, Rosalia is trapped in a web of power, death, and vengeance. Her body may belong to one man, but her soul has always bled for another. When love becomes a curse, loyalty becomes a lie, and the man meant to protect her might be the one who breaks her, what happens when the truth threatens everything? Go ahead and flip those pages to find out> Rated 18+

"I want you to pose as my date to my brother's engagement ceremony" "What?" "You heard me" Raya's life had been going pretty well until she met Maxwell Sterling, her grumpy, nonchalant but hot boss who had the country celebrities and models wrapped around his fingers. What more, his dad is the owner of the biggest conglomerate around the world, with him being next in line, if he managed to beat his brother in the succession. What she never expected though, was to be caught as a pawn in Maxwell's revenge scheme. With all the unwanted sparks flying, Raya's past coming back to haunt her and his family standing vehemently against their relationship, would they be able to overcome all the obstacles and fall in love with each other?

Anthony Mavens, a lawyer,politician, and most importantly, a mafia Lord, has set out teach everyone who has hurt him a lesson. Sandra Martinson, a fashion designer, first daughter, ruthless, and fearless has found herself somehow crossing paths with the infamous mafia Lord. She is the solution to his problems, and the key to his revenge. No strings attached, no love connection, just two years of marriage is the term of their contract. He has vowed to tame her. What happens when the contract goes south? Anthony has found himself falling for the woman he once discarded, and Sandra knowing she is a pawn in a game has vowed to never be with him. What happens when he is faced with the option of choosing between his long-term planned revenge and his newly found love? Will love or hatred conquer it all?

Penelope thought she was her husband’s one and only love. Until she caught him in bed with her twin sister. Penelope Verdant has lived her life as a pawn and slave to her family desiring freedom. The only happiness in her life was her marriage of four years. She believed her husband loved her, he treated her well and never gave her a reason to doubt his love. But when she finds out he’s been sleeping with her sister longer than she’s been married to him, she becomes disillusioned with her marriage. She wants revenge for her wasted years. She files for divorce, only for her husband to reject it. Backed into a corner, she seeks help from a man she should never have sought out. The man known as The Devil of Deals, an elusive billionaire who wants nothing more than to possess her completely. His price is costly, one she isn't sure she can afford. But marriage is an even worse fate than selling her soul. Will she get her revenge, shatter the chains of her old life, and rise as the queen? Or will she sink into the depths of hell? The path from pawn to queen isn’t an easy one…and the Devil is not patient. (Content Warning: this is a dark billionaire romance containing mature themes including but not limited to: explicit sexual content, unhealthy obsession, toxic love, forbidden love, pain and blood kink, physical and sexual abuse (not between main characters), taboo family dynamics, a lot of swearing, and violence. Morality is but a friendly suggestion to the characters of this story. Proceed with caution.) THE THALORIAN PANTHEON SAGA LINEUP: BOOK 1.0: FALLING INTO THE DEVIL’S BED. BOOK 2.0: INFERNAL LILY (coming soon). BOOK 0.5: HIS HEAVENLY CURSE (coming soon).

[Konten Dewasa] Hal terakhir yang dibutuhkan “William” Edward Harold Windsor, Earl of Clifton dan akan segera menjadi Duke of Ashbourne, adalah berpapasan dengan Katherine Bennet, mantan pacarnya yang telah menghancurkan hatinya sepuluh tahun yang lalu. Namun, takdir berkehendak lain ketika pria itu secara tidak sengaja menyelinap ke tempat tidur Katherine dan tertangkap basah. Didorong oleh balas dendamnya, dia berhasil membujuk Katherine untuk menikah dengannya dan berencana menggunakan gadis itu untuk agenda pribadinya. Ia bahkan berencana membuat Katherine jatuh cinta padanya lalu menghancurkan hati gadis itu sebagai upaya balas dendam. Saty hal yang William tidak pernah bayangkan adalah bahwa bukannya Katherine yang jatuh cinta melainkan dia sendiri yang kemudian jatuh cinta pada gadis itu untuk yang kedua kalinya. Berhati-hatilah, William, karena satu ciuman untuk mengenang masa lalu dapat menyebabkan bencana yang beruntutan. [Disclaimer: Berisi adegan seksual dan penggunaan kata-kata kotor]

Maria Gemma Mendoza is an exceptional student and the student's head at Amarillo University. However, due to an allegation that his father may have embezzled cash from a large corporation. Amarillo pupils tarnished gemma's reputation. Until she ran across the King in an unforeseen circumstance, she later discovered her father, Edward, was the King's closest friend. The King pledged to help Gemma cleanse her father's name and return all they had lost.  In exchange for becoming the personal maid of the selected future King, Prince Augustus Cynfael Clemente, the unknown prince. The King admitted Gemma to the same school as the prince. Borstal International School, an exclusive school for boys, where Gemma was the sole female student. Many people were taken aback by her arrival, but Gemma's existence in Prince Augustus' life infuriated him. Prince believed harming and torturing Gemma would be the best way to get rid of her. That will ultimately lead to him falling for Gemma. Tormenting to caring, from caring to love ... Will you breach the King's sacred rule? Can you say I do if he wasn't meant to be with you?

Is that Professor Derrin’s substitute? He is cute! A thought that would send Lily Martin’s world ablaze after encountering a steamy session featuring the new professor, Dr. Edward Wolfe, and student body president Alice Winters, something that left her body cold. She can't stop thinking about Dr. Wolfe after that night with bitchy Alice, who won't stop picking on her. But now Alice Winters is missing! Her toe was found in a fish’s belly. So many questions hovering around. What happened that night? Where is Alice Winters? But most especially, why can't she concentrate in class anymore? When did she fall in love with Dr. Wolfe? No one knows that three years ago, Ruthless Mafia Butcher Luca Moretti switched his entire personality to Dr. Wolfe and moved to town for a reason: to find his wife by proxy, the missing heiress Valentina Sorano. But with how he has picked up hints, he may be on to Lily! What happens when he finds out Lily knows his dark secrets? Read on to find out…….

He wants revenge, but he found a reason to protect. She was supposed to be his pawn… but she became his weakness, his obsession, his everything. Akiko Eloise has known nothing but pain. Abandoned by her parents, scarred by violence, and secretly battling leukemia, she has long accepted that her life is a slow countdown with no happy ending. But when she’s taken prisoner by Glen Xander McKenzie—a ruthless Mafia boss out for revenge on her family—her fate takes a sharp, terrifying turn. Glen is cold, calculated, and dangerous… but something about that girl began to stir something in him. Something dangerously close to feeling. And the more he learns about Akiko—her strength, her scars, her fading time—the harder it becomes to let her go. Will it change him—or destroy them both?

Damian abandons wealth, status, and the Caldara name for his manipulative lover, Caleb. But Caleb, aided by his ruthless partner Luca, seduces and deceives him, orchestrating a staged kidnapping and a calculated betrayal that strips Damian of his fortune and pride. Left with nothing, Damian returns to a decaying Caldara empire and begins his ascent. With the quiet backing of family ally Gabriel, he digs into the mystery of his father’s disappearance, determined to save him and reclaim the family legacy from ruin. When Jerald, a calculating crime heir, takes notice of Damian’s resurgence, he turns Caleb into a pawn against him. Now, with the aid of Mark and a new, passionate love in Jamal, Damian must outwit Jerald, confront his past, and fight to restore the Caldara name while he navigates his messy love life.