Holden Cross Novels & Stories

Stella loved Charles so much that she convinced his grandfather to help her marry him. She would do everything for him to love her back. She even stole him from the woman he truly loved out of selfishness. After three years of marriage, Stella thought she finally had a place in Charles’ heart. However, all her sacrifices didn’t bear good fruit; instead, she was still a loser in the end. After signing the divorce paper, she left with a combination of sorrow and joy. As time passed, her true identity was exposed. But her soft heart was totally gone. Will she return to her past self as their paths cross again?

VADIM KERZHAKOV, who lives under the disguise name, ENZO GRAYSON, is the heir to a powerful Russian mafia family,who escaped his world and his duty to live as a college lecturer, hiding secrets while seeking vengeance for his mother's death in secret. Nick Walker, a nineteen-year-old student from a poor background, never meant to cross his path. But one tense encounter pulls them together. What begins as misunderstanding turns into undeniable tension between them, and tension into immeasurable desire between them. As danger closes in on Lorenzo’s hidden past, the hardest thing to protect is love. Both men must have to choose between the lives they know and the love neither expected.

I've always lived in the shadow of my husband's ex because he is still in love with her. Things get to a head when he divorces me without warning not long after she comes back into his life and he gets her pregnant. Heartbroken, I decide to put myself first for once in my life, but not long after I make that decision, I find that I'm pregnant with his child as well. Five years later, our paths cross again, and this time around, the tables have turned. Not long after, secrets from five years ago begin to unravel themselves and I find out that things are not what they seemed back then after all.

He was the Alpha Prince. Dangerous. Desired. And completely off-limits. She was just a scholar-except she wasn't even a he. When Pearl disguises herself as a boy to enter the elite Scholar Academy, she never expects to cross paths with the academy's most feared alumnus - the Alpha Prince himself. Sent back under a hidden mission, the prince doesn't know she's a girl... and Pearl has no idea he's an Alpha. But when their worlds collide in secrets, stolen glances, and a dangerously close bond, the disguise becomes harder to keep - and the truth, too dangerous to reveal. What happens when an Alpha's instincts start to rise... and he doesn't know the truth about the one person he's drawn to most?

Ritian got transmigrated inside the unfortunate land of excessive trees and barren sea of Cabato. Having his journey from being a pitiful scratch to a definite catch, he was with Wenren. A martial hero who foolishly lost his sense of sight; and propriety. Together they conquered big bosses. Piercing the armor of death himself and make a narrow escape hand in hand. They promised to dedicate themselves in protecting the other. There's one crucial thing that Ritian wanted to clear about their relationship though. "Wenren, do you want to sleep with me?" "I'm not gay." Indeed, this is a difficult thing. Ritian needed to cross this non-existent barrier between them. Because even if Wenren doesn't want to, he himself kept on dreaming about it.

Vacations are a true description of peace and relaxation. What if this is proven wrong? Imagine getting stranded in a foreign place! Chloe is a simple nerd who prefers books to have a social life. Tired of being bullied by the mean girls on campus, she decides to take place in a school contest to piss them off and ends up winning a trip to Belize. Her vacation turns sour when she is kidnapped by a gang and sold to the cartels. Derek is an undercover agent on the run, trailing the cartels. When these two cross paths, sparks erupt causing certain emotions which might be a threat to his work. A journey of constant battles, guns and action pack where red is both the colour of love and bloodshed. Can the duo best the cartels? Will they live to tell?

All her life, Octavia had endured one form of abuse to another. From a father who hated her guts and blamed her for the death of his wife, to the mob boss who was supposed to be her knight in shining armor. Octavia is ready to cross love off her list when life throws her the mysterious Giovanni heir. A bad boy who would do anything to get in her pants, piss her off and still manage to be charming about it. What happens when love falls into the forbidden mix? When life tosses her into a web of secrets and betrayal, will she be able to hold on to this bad boy or lose him in her quest to hurt those who caused her pain?

In the glittering world of Greenwich, Connecticut, where wealth and secrets collide, Kayla Morgan, a sharp-witted waitress, never expected to catch the eye of elusive billionaire Justin Drake. When a clumsy encounter at The Gilded Spoon drenches her in daiquiris, it sparks an undeniable connection that neither can shake. As the Greenwich Charity Auction looms, their paths cross again, igniting whispers of romance and a TMZ headline that thrusts Kayla into a spotlight she never wanted. Torn between doubt and desire, Kayla must navigate a world of opulence and intrigue to discover if love at first sight is real—or if Justin’s intentions are just another gilded illusion. A tale of passion, trust, and defying the odds, this romantic drama will keep you hooked as two hearts fight to find their place in a town where nothing is as it seems.

I always get on the bad side of love she said…Lexa Cross made a vow never to get involved with any man again after her mate chose to believe others over her. Even taking away the one thing that was supposed to make their bond stronger. She’s different now, pretending to have lost her memory. She wants to forget every hurt and pain her mate caused her, but life takes a new turn when she’s thrown back to face the pain she so long pretended to have forgotten. They both want her, she hates men but it’s not her decision to make Two rivals fight for her locked up heart.

Adult content. Explicit. Provocative. Between pleasure and danger, there are no rules—only limits waiting to be tested. In this second volume of the Taboo series, desire takes on new forms and the body becomes a territory of surrender, domination, and unspeakable secrets. Each story dives into a different universe: low-lit lust, consensual submission, fantasies that burn on the skin, and games that challenge morality, power, and pleasure. Men and women strip away not only their clothes, but their masks. Ropes, blindfolds, whispered orders, and forbidden moans—nothing here is innocent. In “Taboo: Ties & Sins - Fetishes,” fetish is king, and sin is an invitation. Prepare to lose your breath, cross boundaries, and discover the rawest, most irresistible side of human desire. Taboo: Ties and Sins - Fetishes is not just a reading experience. It is a surrender.