Elena Gilbert

When elite homicide detective Elena Vale goes undercover to infiltrate the city’s most powerful crime family, she has one goal: destroy the man responsible for her best friend’s murder. What she doesn’t expect is Matteo De Luca - the ruthless, calculating mafia leader she’s sworn to take down - to be nothing like the monster she’s been chasing. As Elena sinks deeper into the criminal world, the line between justice and vengeance blurs, and the man she’s meant to betray becomes the one person who sees her most clearly.

Elena thought her heartbreak ended with the divorce, until her ex-husband, Jason, handed her over to his debtor, Lucien Black, the country's most dangerous loan shark, as temporary repayment for his debt. Her world crumbled, leaving her with no one but herself to depend on. But survival in Lucien’s world came with a price, one that tested her resolve, her heart, and the thin line between hate and desire. Now trapped in a dangerous game of power and passion, Elena must decide: is she his captive… or has she become something far more dangerous

**Title: Taming the Billionaire’s Heart** **Blurb/Description:** Damien Cross is the quintessential untouchable billionaire—ruthless in business, reckless in affairs, and convinced that love is a weakness. His mantra: never get attached. But everything changes when he meets Elena Hart, an ambitious interior designer who is smart, sassy, and completely unfazed by his charm. Charged with redesigning Damien’s luxury penthouse, Elena finds herself in a heated battle of wills with the billionaire. Their fiery debates lead to unexpected attraction, blurring the lines between hate and desire. For the first time, Damien is drawn to someone who refuses to yield. However, when an ex-girlfriend resurfaces, claiming to be pregnant, doubts arise, testing both trust and love. Elena, cautious after being hurt before, faces a tough decision: fight for Damien or protect her heart. Damien, determined to prove he’s worth the risk, is ready to do whatever it takes to keep her. In a world where every move is scrutinized, he’s prepared to break every rule to win her over.

Although their marriage was not based on love in the beginning, Elena gave her heart to Damian, the man she once believed was her forever. She loved him with a devotion that burned through every storm, but when false whispers and cruel betrayals poisoned his trust, their love began to unravel. Now abandoned in her darkest hour, Elena clings to life as she fights to bring their fragile child into the world alone. Every cry of pain is a reminder of the man who should have been by her side but instead handed her a divorce agreement through a lawyer’s cold words, yet even as her body breaks and her heart bleeds, Elena cannot kill the love she feels for Damian. It lingers, haunting her, making every memory both a comfort and a torment. He was her first love, her only love; and perhaps her greatest mistake, but when tragedy and love collide, sometimes the cruelest ending is not deatth, it’s surviving with a heart that will never be whole again.

"You think you can just walk away?" he rasped. "Last night was a mistake," she shot back. "I don’t need you." He smirked, stepping closer. "That’s where you’re wrong, Squishy. You want revenge? You want Caleb and Isabella to suffer?" Elena’s pulse pounded. "Then let’s make a deal." **** Betrayed. Humiliated. Abandoned. After five years of marriage, Elena’s husband hands her divorce papers—right in front of his ex. Determined to move on, she drowns her sorrows in a bar… only to wake up next to a powerful stranger. Caspian Nightingale isn’t just any man—he’s her ex-husband’s ruthless uncle. And he has an offer: a one-year marriage contract. With his power, Elena can make her enemies pay. But as their deal turns into something dangerously real, she realizes one thing—Caspian always gets what he wants. And this time, he wants her.

After Elena Armstrong’s mother was murdered, revenge became the one thing she lived for. Elena’s purpose is to find her mother’s killer. But as she takes steps closer to finding out the truth, betrayal comes from the people she once trusted and called family. And just when she thought she was alone, Jameson Winter, the extraordinary human brings back the spark in her, though she wonders if falling for a human is the right choice since humans and wolves don’t coexist. Will their love lead them to greatness, or will there be a price to pay in blood?

Elena was trained to be the leader of the pack and take over from her father, things changed when Jonathan, a warewolf from another pack challenges her father and wins. Jonathan takes over the pack but soon realised that he can't be able to rule the pack without Elena. He needs her so he proposed marriage to Elena who doesn't know that she has a hidden power that can only be unlocked when she meets her soulmate. They both soon realised that they need each other and that they will be stronger together than against each other.

Nine years ago, Elena’s fairytale turned into a nightmare. On her eighteenth birthday, her fated mate, the future Alpha Jayden, publicly rejected her and left her for dead. She survived. She built a new life far away, finding love with a protective Alpha named Blake and raising a powerful son, Moses. She buried the past deep—until today. On her birthday, Jayden walks back into her life. He’s holding her son, smiling like he belongs. Old rage and terror surge as Elena slaps the man who destroyed her youth. But Jayden isn't here for a fight. He’s desperate. His mother is dying, and only one healer in the world can save her: Elena. Now, the woman he once tried to kill holds the power to save his family. After Jayden was chased out of the kingdom, Elena realised she made a big mistake, because Moses soon started convulsing and the only source to bring him back was his father Jayden.

Elena Cordova designed revolutionary algorithms for a multi-million-dollar company. The only formula she couldn't solve? Her own marriage. After seven years of being the invisible wife to a cold billionaire, Elena is finally trading in her wedding ring for her worth. Marcus Ashford married her for obligation, hid her from the world, and replaced her with a woman who played the perfect stepmother. But when he finally pushes her too far, he discovers that the brilliant, betrayed woman he dismissed has been running calculations all along. Now, Elena is back in the boardroom, her mind sharp, her fortune growing, and a handsome rival billionaire watching her every move. She wants revenge. She wants vindication. She wants her daughter back. Marcus thought she was a social climber. He thought she was docile. He thought he could replace her. He was wrong. He used her for her brilliance. Now, she'll use her brilliance to take everything back. Divorce is just the beginning of her beautiful, calculated comeback.

Elena is betrothed to Alejandro when she was three years old and Alejandro was five years old.Elena’s father Capello is an Italian businessman who imports cars.Sanchez Alejandro’s father is a drug lord who runs the central Genoa cartel.Capello was unable to pay the debts he owed Sanchez; given the friendship between them Capello offered to bethrot his daughter to Alejandro in exchange for the debt owed. As Elena grew up she saw Alejandro as a mean person and couldn't fall in love with him but rather fell in love with Dino, his step brother. Dino is the son of Alejandro’s mother when she had an affair with Sanchez’s bodyguard two years after giving birth to Alejandro. Dino grew up to be an actor, but only had a brief acting stint and he left it for setting up a security outfit,where they hire bodyguards to influential personalities.As a black belt holder in martial arts he was able to protect Elena from Alejandro’s oppression.Dino’s father was killed by Sanchez for having affair with his wife.