Holds Synonym

My husband is known as a ruthless CEO, but somehow, he is tender and warm with me. I'm passionate about art restoration, especially antique paintings, so he transforms his private collection room into a professional-grade studio just for me. He even brings in top experts to mentor me. Once, I spent three sleepless nights restoring a rare 12th-century painting. He ends up buying the entire museum that the painting belongs to, just so I can study it without restrictions. To marry me, he goes head-to-head with his powerful family, even stages a hunger strike, until they finally give in. At our engagement party, he gets down on one knee in front of everyone and says, "Ash, you deserve nothing but the best in this world." The ring he designs himself has an engraving on the inside that says, "Art brought us together, love holds us forever." Everyone says Vincent Hawthorn loves me like a maniac, and I believe it—until I restore one of his late mother's paintings…

Sebastian Cruz has three rules: 1. Protect your team. 2. Never show weakness. 3. Hate your stepbrother. Julian Frost has one secret: He's been in love with Sebastian since before they were family and Sebastian doesn't even remember. Now they're trapped. Two weeks. One cabin. One bed. A blizzard that won't stop. A father who wants to destroy them both. An injury that could end everything. And a memory that's finally starting to return. By the time the ice thaws, Sebastian will have to choose: His career. His family. His future. Or the man he was never supposed to love...But was always destined to keep. What if the person you're supposed to hate is the only one who's ever really seen you? What if the summer you forgot holds the key to everything you've been searching for? What if the man who could destroy your career is the same man who would die to protect you? What if loving him means losing everything? And what if losing him means losing yourself?

While I'm poisoned with wolfsbane, a female Omega named Rita Thorne has accused me of being a traitor of the pack. But my husband, Fenrir Grimm, refuses to listen to my explanation. As he holds Rita in his arms, he tells me icily, "Cynthia Huntley, you're no longer worthy of being my Luna. From today onward, Rita shall replace you as the Luna. You, on the other hand, shall be exiled from the pack." Not only does Rita brand a mark of humiliation on my face, but she also secretly swaps out the antidote for the wolfsbane with something else. She wants me to die as a disfigured she-wolf. I don't want to, nor am I willing to accept this fate. The moment before Death embraces me fully, I pray to the Moon Goddess desperately. When moonlight illuminates the land, I hear the Moon Goddess's loving voice. "Cynthia, you're given 48 more hours to live."

Framed for her father’s murder and betrayed by the people she loved, Nina Davies loses everything: her family, her freedom, and her identity. Left for dead in a fiery explosion, she survives but is mistaken for another woman, Lauren Hilton, a wealthy lawyer with a distant husband, Drew, and a neglected child. Given a chance to reclaim her life, Nina assumes Lauren’s identity, determined to uncover the truth and take back what was stolen.   But Drew is watching her closely. His wife was once cold and indifferent, so why is she suddenly passionate, fierce, and unlike the woman he married? As their marriage rekindles with unexpected desire, Nina finds herself torn between revenge and the man whose love she was never meant to have.   With her past threatening to expose her, Nina must play the most dangerous game of all: fooling the man who now holds her heart while uncovering the truth that could set her free, or destroy her for good.  Which would she choose? Read and find out.

She thought she was marrying for love. He married her for an heir. Seraphina Vale entered Damian Blackwell’s world with reckless hope and a heart too soft for his mafia empire. The notorious heir promised her protection, power, and forever. What he gave her instead was humiliation, cold possession, and a marriage built on lies. She learned the truth too late. She was never his wife, only a vessel meant to carry his legacy. Pregnant, betrayed, and hunted, Seraphina disappeared. Years later, she returns as Dr. Sera Voss, a world-renowned surgeon with a son she will protect at all costs. Calm. Untouchable. Dangerous in her own way. When fate places Damian, wounded, desperate, and regret-ridden, back in her path, the balance of power finally shifts. This time, she holds his life, his future, and his heart in her hands. And she must decide whether to destroy him… or make him beg for the family he once threw away.

My wife has an emotional breakdown after being violated. She insists I'm the one who orchestrated it, but both our parents know her true love is the actual culprit. Still, they don't object to her insane retaliation. They even have me locked up in a prison abroad. As I'm tormented, she sells my company to help her true love get away scot-free. Ultimately, he's set free, but I die without even having a final resting place. When a judge informs her to collect my body, she sneers and says, "I've had enough of this nonsense. Does he think he can get away with a fake corpse? I won't even bat an eye if his body is flushed down the drain! He's nothing but a disgusting criminal!" Later, she realizes that I've truly died. She's delighted, but her laughter soon turns to tears as she holds my corpse.

When Alpha Kael is told his destined Luna is Selene, the perfect, powerful wolf chosen by the elders, he accepts out of duty. But when he meets Aria, a stubborn human girl who constantly challenges him, he feels an impossible pull toward her. Aria and Kael discover a terrifying truth: their hearts are *literally linked*. Whenever they’re more than 10 feet apart, their lungs burn, their hearts ache, and they’re left gasping for air. They fight against the bond—she thinks he’s arrogant, he thinks she’s reckless—but soon realize they *need each other* to survive. As Selene schemes to eliminate Aria, strange truths surface: Aria’s bloodline holds the mark of the true Luna. Long ago, her wolf was bound, and she was cursed to live as human to keep her hidden. The “Luna” everyone believed in is nothing more than an impostor, hiding dark secrets of her own. Now Kael and Aria must unravel the deception before the pack is torn apart. But claiming their bond will mean going against fate

When Elena Romano receives a late-night call from her father, she expects another demand—not a betrayal that will change her life forever. Moments later, she’s dragged from the rain-soaked streets and awakens in the mansion of Alessandro De Luca, Italy’s most feared mafia Don. Alessandro claims her father has broken a sacred promise—costing him men, money, and honor. His revenge? To take the one thing Salvatore Romano values most: his daughter. Trapped in a world of power, blood, and vengeance, Elena swears to resist him. But Alessandro is unlike any man she’s ever known—cold, ruthless, and devastatingly magnetic. Bound by a blood vow she never chose, Elena finds herself torn between hatred and the dark pull of desire. Each encounter blurs the line between captivity and obsession, punishment and passion. And as secrets unravel, she begins to wonder—who truly holds the power now, the captor or the captive? In a world ruled by loyalty and sin, love might be the most dangerous crime of all.

My husband doesn't love me or our daughter. It's been six years since she was born, but he's never held her. The doctors say he has an emotional disorder, and that he doesn't know how to express the way he feels. But when his true love returns, he smiles at us for the first time. He even brings our daughter a gift. I think it's because he's finally seen sense… until she and I see the photo he uses as his phone's wallpaper. In it, his eyes are crinkled as he smiles. He has one arm around a little girl whose front tooth is missing, and he holds his true love's hand with the other. My daughter tugs on my hand, and her eyes redden. "Mommy, do you think we should leave? Should we give Daddy three final chances? Let's leave him if he still doesn't want us after that."

Betrayed by those she trusted the most, Amelia’s life shatters when her betrothed publicly humiliates and rejects her and chooses her stepsister instead. But fate had it worse for Amelia when a secret that led to her mother's mysterious death and the massacre of an entire pack of hybrids must stay hidden. Left for dead after a brutal attack, Amelia is saved by the powerful Alpha Kaiden of the Silvermoon pack. As she recovers, she discovers she's inherited her mother's extraordinary powers—abilities that make her both feared and desired in the werewolf world. When a deadly illness strikes the very Alpha that had destroyed her life, Amelia finds herself back in her pack. Out for revenge and to uncover the truth, Amelia must decide to save the Alpha. With Alpha Kaiden by her side and her enemies lurking in every shadow, Amelia uncovers the web of lies that threatens to destroy everything she holds dear. When love, trust, and family bonds are broken, can Amelia be able to stand the challenges that fate throws her way? Find out in the gripping twist ahead!!