H G Wells

Le mariage supposé idéal d’Isabella Hart avec l’acteur mondialement célèbre Adrian Cole s’effondre lorsque la liaison de son mari avec Vanessa Grey, sa manager, est révélée dans une vidéo intime fuitée. Cette révélation humilie et blesse profondément Isabella, qui cherche alors du réconfort dans une aventure d’un soir avec un inconnu nommé Victor Hale. Elle ne s’attendait pas à ce qu’il devienne son beau-père quelques jours plus tard, lorsque sa mère Eleanor l’épouse. Lorsqu’Isabella découvre qu’elle est enceinte de cette nuit, elle accepte la situation et prétend qu’Adrian est le père. Mais lors d’une fête pour révéler le sexe de l’enfant, Margaret Cole, la mère d’Adrian, annonce publiquement que l’enfant est en réalité celui de Victor, provoquant un scandale qui détruit la famille, laissant Eleanor furieuse, divorçant de Victor et coupant complètement Isabella de sa vie.

When Damian Voss lets his wife walk in on him kissing his first love against their kitchen island, he believes he's finally free — done with the quiet woman he married in secret, ready to claim the powerful public life he always wanted. What he doesn't know: the woman he just handed divorce papers to carries his child, his most dangerous competitor's personal vendetta, and a surname worth ten billion dollars that was stolen from her before she could walk. For three years, Lila loved him in secret — no announcements, no red carpets, no credit. She covered for his late nights, ignored the suspicious texts, and carried champagne and silk to a penthouse where she planned to give him everything. That moment arrived on their anniversary. He was already kissing someone else when she walked through the door. She signed. She slid the papers across the marble. She walked out without a single tear — and picked up a phone call that changed the shape of the world. Some men confuse silence for weakness. Some women are only quiet because they haven't yet decided what to burn. And some divorces don't end a story — they start one, with a crown, a rival, and an empire rebuilt on the ashes of everything he thought he owned.

When Lacy tries to break of her forced engagement things take a treacherous turn for the worst. Things seemed to not be going as planned until a mysterious stranger swoops in to save the day. That stranger soon becomes more to her but how will their relationship work when her fiance proves to be a nuisance? *****Dylan Reed only has one interest: finding the little girl that shared the same foster home as him so that he could protect her from all the vicious wrongs of the world. He gets temporarily side tracked when he meets Lacy Black. She becomes a damsel in distress when she tries to break off her arranged marriage with a man named Brian Larson and Dylan swoops in to save her. After Lacy and Dylan's first encounter, their lives spiral out of control and the only way to get through it is together but will Dylan allow himself to love instead of giving Lacy mixed signals and will Lacy be able to follow her heart, effectively Reading Mr. Reed?Book One (The Mister Trilogy)

What happens when it's time to come together with your long-time crush but something happens pulling you far apart from him? Ellie becoming winner of the Miss Wolf World International pulls the interest of her Alpha to her who had been treating her like scum before despite her crushing on him. He proposes a very expensive marriage to her because he needs a girl to sustain his reign as Alpha of the Southern Crescent Pack. Before he could get to claim her, his twin brother, the Alpha of the Northern Crescent Pack had already did and when Ellie discovered they were mates, she was delighted thinking it was Brian. When the real Brian later returned, her illusion was gone. Now trapped between this twin who wants her more than anything in the world. Will she go for her fated mate or the one she has been dying hard to be with for many years and who finally responded to her call?

Céleste Aymes était destinée à reprendre l’entreprise familiale, jusqu’à ce qu’un mauvais investissement la mène à la faillite. L’acquéreur, Julian Vale, un héritier milliardaire, devient son ennemi désigné. Alors qu’elle tente de se relever, un mystérieux message affirme que cette chute a été orchestrée. Son expéditeur lui propose un marché : infiltrer l’entreprise EverCore Ind., gagner la confiance de Julian et collecter des preuves pour le détruire. Prête à tout pour récupérer son héritage, Céleste accepte. Brillante et stratège, elle se rend vite indispensable. Mais l’homme qu’elle apprend à connaître ne ressemble en rien à celui qu’on lui a décrit. Désormais piégée entre vengeance et doute, Céleste doit choisir : poursuivre sa mission ou écouter son cœur. Entre mensonges et désirs, la vérité pourrait tout bouleverser… et lui coûter bien plus qu’elle ne l’imagine.

Synopsis Yumi a toujours été une chasseuse. Issue d’une lignée légendaire de pourfendeurs de loups-garous, elle n’a jamais remis en question les ordres ni la haine transmise de génération en génération. Jusqu’à cette nuit. Perdue dans les bois, guidée par l’instinct et la peur, Yumi croise la route d’Élizabeth, une créature aussi redoutable que fascinante. Ce qui aurait dû être une traque se transforme en une révélation. Et face à ses supérieurs, alors qu’on s’apprête à faire un choix raisonnable, elle murmure l’impensable : « Mords-moi. » Ce geste pourrait tout changer. Peut-être même mettre fin à une guerre séculaire. Mais à quel prix ? Dans un monde où les monstres ont un nom et où l’amour est un crime, Yumi devra choisir : rester l’héritière d’une haine ancienne… ou devenir l’alliée de ce qu’elle a toujours combattu. Entre passion interdite, trahisons et métamorphoses, le cœur de Yumi devient le champ de bataille ultime.

王女セリーナが連れ去られた。犯人は、貧しい村出身の二人の男。だが、彼らの瞳にあったのは憎しみではなく――痛みだった。 閉ざされた小屋で、セリーナは知る。彼らが抱える“事情”と、王国が見落としてきた現実に。 恐怖、怒り、そして理解。交わるはずのなかった三人の心が、やがて静かに溶け合っていく。 「助けてあげて」。母の残した言葉を胸に、セリーナは自らの“選択”を迫られる。 ――これは、王女として生きる前に、人としての答えを、彼女は見つけにいく。

Seorang lelaki yang trauma karena masa lalu dikhianati oleh kekasihnya, mendapat surat misterius dari masa depan dan bertanya-tanya siapa sipengirim surat karena apa yang ditulis selalu benar dengan apa yang akan atau telah terjadi, dan sipengirim surat tersebut adalah dirinya dimasa depan. Apakah yang terjadi? Kenapa pria tersebut mendapatkan surat dari dirinya dimasa depan?

"Menikahlah denganku, maka hidupmu akan mudah." Enteng sekali Kenzo berucap di hadapan Desti, setelah menikahkan suami Desti dengan adiknya. Akankah Desti menerima lamaran Kenzo? Entah untuk balas dendam atas perselingkuhan suaminya, atau untuk menghangatkan ranjangnya yang hampa setelah menjanda?

Content Warning: This is a collection of dark, steamy age-gap romances centered on marriage, possession, and angst. These are stories where vows are a transaction, love is a battlefield, and the only happy ending is the one they fight for. He is always the other father—the guardian, the protector, the older man forced into a role he never asked for. She is the complication, the temptation, the younger woman who disrupts his carefully controlled world. Their unions are never simple. A marriage contract for protection. A vow sworn in desperation. A wedding to secure a future for a child. But behind every practical arrangement lies a dangerous, simmering tension that vows alone can't contain. This collection delivers standalone stories where passion is a privilege earned only after "I do." Expect charged glances across crowded rooms, kisses that feel like claims, and the slow, angsty burn of a man who believes he doesn't deserve her, fighting the overwhelming need to make her his in every way. For readers who like their romance dark, their heroes possessive, and their happy endings hard-won.