Hold Me Close Novels & Stories

It was summer break and after the craziest semester of her life, Lilly had decided to spend it with her mom and her new family in Malibu. When she arrives in Malibu, her mother and her mother’s new husband have to leave for a medical retreat, and Lily is left in the care of her hot and sophisticated older stepbrother, Mason Coleman. It had all started as responsibility but when desire creeps in and responsibility turns into possessiveness Lily is left to fight the tormenting desires. But what if Mason doesn’t want that?

Years ago, they were inseparable–two boys bound by a love they were never allowed to name. But when family expectations tore them apart, one was forced to leave, chasing a future that came at the cost of everything they once shared. Now, fate brings them together again. He returns as a famous actor–wealthy, distant, and untouchable. The other, burdened by hardship, takes a job as a house assistant in a luxurious home, desperate for money and stability. He never expected his new employer to be the man he once loved. And he never expected to find a wedding ring on his finger. Forced to stay under the same roof, old memories begin to resurface–soft glances, lingering touches, and emotions that refuse to stay buried. While one struggles to hide a love that never faded, the other finds himself drawn to a stranger who feels strangely familiar. But some feelings are dangerous. Some love is forbidden. And some pasts refuse to stay hidden. As desire grows stronger and boundaries begin to blur, they must face the truth. Do you think a love once broken will ever be reclaimed? Or will it destroy them both all over again?

“I agreed to treat him before I knew I was meant to kill him.” Dr. Cecilia Vale is a therapist, who has spent years learning how to fix broken minds, not destroy them. But when a powerful socialite offers her a job that could rebuild her ruined career and drag her out of a life she can barely survive. She accepts without asking too many questions. Her newest patient is Jude Martinez. A man feared by many, understood by none. Cold, and dangerously perceptive, Jude is not the kind of man who trusts easily. Yet, within the quiet walls of their therapy sessions, he begins to reveal fragments of himself that no one else has ever seen. And Cecilia finds herself drawn in, despite every instinct warning her to stay away. Because behind the smiles, deep conversations, and chemistry-filled banter, they exchange, there is a truth she cannot escape. Jude’s wife did not hire her to help him. She hired her to kill him. With a poison that leaves no trace and a contract she cannot break, Cecilia is forced to choose between her survival and her conscience. But as the lines between duty and desire begin to blur, the man she was meant to destroy becomes the one person she cannot bear to lose. And in a world built on power, betrayal, and blood, love is not just dangerous. It is fatal.

Isabelle couldn’t stop drinking as the music pounded through the club. She was trying to drown out the image of her best friend, Aurora, who was pregnant with her fiancé’s child, on what should have been Isabelle’s engagement night. But fate had other plans. When an employee calls in sick, Isabelle volunteers to fill in, unaware she is about to walk straight into the arms of Don Miller—the club’s most powerful and dangerous client. He was ruthless, commanding, and known for treating women as playthings. Don doesn’t believe in love… until Isabelle. One glance, one reckless touch, and something shifts. She stirs a hunger in him he thought he’d buried forever. And when he learns what broke her, Don makes Isabelle an indecent offer: He promises to mend her shattered heart and destroy everyone who betrayed her—if she surrenders to him completely. Two broken souls. One dark deal. Isabelle is about to learn that submission might just be the sweetest form of revenge. What begins as a dangerous bargain soon spirals into something deeper, darker, and far more intoxicating than either expected. Maybe love isn’t always gentle. Sometimes it’s an obsession. Sometimes it’s surrender. And sometimes… it’s the most exquisite kind of ruin.

My husband, Jacob Morris, wrongly believed that I had pushed the woman he loved down the stairs. So, he locked me in the basement to make me reflect on my actions. He hired people to punish me, trying to break my spirit. I suffered inhumane torture. My tendons were cut, and my face was disfigured. Four years later, he finally remembered me and let me out. But by then, I was too broken to love him anymore.

Aeloria Aurora never saw it coming. Born to an enslaved healer in the Blood Moon Pack, she spent four years loving Valthor Ashveil through his silence, his affairs, and his indifference, clinging to the hope that their bond would eventually reach him. Instead, on the day he becomes Alpha King, Valthor publicly rejects her and announces his engagement to Calista Crimson of the Iron Fang Pack. Heartbroken, Aeloria plans to vanish, but one last diplomatic gathering changes everything. A second, undeniable mate bond ignites between her and Kaelen Ashveil, Valthor's father and the legendary retired Alpha King, who claims her before the entire hall, throwing pack law and Valthor's new reign into chaos. At Kaelen's territory, Aeloria begins to heal and discovers Moonfire, a rare power tied to House Duskmoon, a bloodline believed extinct. As accusations of witchcraft and sabotage close in, stirred by Calista and Council Elder Thane Voss, she must survive an ancestral trial and assassination attempts, uncovering Voss's role in Duskmoon's fall and the murder of Kaelen's first Luna, Seraphine, to whom Aeloria is secretly blood-tied. As Voss's conspiracy erupts into war, kidnapping her sister and nearly killing Kaelen, Valthor is humbled into an unlikely ally, choosing redemption over rivalry. In a final battle beneath a blood moon, Aeloria turns Voss's stolen power against him, ending generations of pain. What remains isn't a love triangle resolved by romance, but a woman who reclaims her worth, and a King who finally gives her a place beside him, freely chosen.

Beverly Sinclair and Evan Gray have loved each other for ten years, and they've been married for six. To everyone else, Evan seems madly in love with Beverly. He's devoted, gentle, and basically the perfect husband. But it's only when his mistress shows up at her door that Beverly realizes it was all a cruel joke. He's been cheating for five years, and he even has an illegitimate child. He keeps the other woman right under Beverly's nose, all while wearing the mask of a loving husband. He says he loves her—even more than life itself. But how is this love? Evan hides behind layers of fake affection, dragging everyone around him into the charade, all so he can build the illusion of a perfect marriage. Even Beverly's son has been lying to her. It's a double betrayal from father and son, especially when they act like the mistress is the one who completes the family. Utterly devastated, Beverly decides she's done with this. She returns to her classified team and leaves behind the absurd, hollow life that never truly belonged to her. When the one-month notice period ends, she disappears completely, vanishing from the world without a trace. From that moment on, Evan never sees Beverly again. ... Evan loves Beverly to his core. He was just too afraid to lose her, yet that fear turned their marriage into a tragedy. He thought he hid it well. He thought their marriage was still blissful and that the woman he loved so deeply would never discover the truth. But it's only after Beverly vanishes from his world that he realizes just how wrong he was. Evan breaks down, losing his sanity. He gives up everything. He jumps through hoops and kneels before every god he can find, begging for just one more glance from her. With red eyes and shaking hands, he pleads, "Can you please... love me once more?" However, the truth is that a late apology is worth less than nothing. Beverly already has someone new in her life. There's no place left for Evan or their son.

He slid the divorce papers across the table like I was nothing. Three years of marriage, three years of me thinking he loved me, gone because his first love was back. I walked away pregnant, alone, disappearing from his life without a trace. Years later, I raised my son, I've built my life from scratch, away from him, Until my estranged father dies. Sudden, I'm the heiress to a multi- billion-dollar empire. He learns about it, and now he's sorry, wants me back, and our son, realizing too late what he lost. But I didn't owe him. Not my heart. Not my son. Not my life. Then Maxwell Kingston appears with a deal I can't refuse: a contract to protect my son, secure my empire, and put a claim on me in ways I've never expected. Every look, every word, every touch sets me on fire. Now I'm stuck between the man begging for redemption and the one who already owns me. So who do I choose before everything I've fought so hard for burns to ashes?

Isabella Cortez, an interior designer and an extremely spoiled heir Of CF Inc, who always got whatever she wanted, finally got married to the city's most eligible bachelor and Billionaire who also didn't hesitate to spoil her. Even though it didn't start as a love marriage, Life was great between the couple.But when her husband was involved in a plane crash and lost four years of his memories, Isabella's perfect world was turned upside down. Unfortunately for her, the only memory Kristen remembers was with Iris, his ex-girlfriend he broke up with four years ago while the memory he shared with Isabella has completely disappeared. Can she help her husband remember who he is and what they had together? Or is she going to lose him forever?

“I’ll do anything you want, I’ll give you everything. I’m begging you to bring her smile back.” ****** Nathalie Davis was shattered after her husband and best friend betrayed her, divorcing her on their fourth wedding anniversary and driven out to the house. Worst of all, they used up all her money, including the money for surgery for her mother. After her world collapse in overnight, Nathalie’s complicated life changed when she ended up in the care of Zander Calix Watson, known for being a ruthless multi-billionaire, and the CEO of the company her ex-husband works for. Calix offered Nathalie to take care of his only child. Nathalie agrees, especially since she owes a lot to Calix. With Nathalie taking care of Calix’s child, can she also be able to heal Calix’s heart, that has been closed for love for a long time? But what if the secrets will unite their pasts are revealed? Will this be the path to love or will it cause their destruction?