Inheritance Paolini Novels & Stories

Piper, feeling like the black sheep of her family, is given an ultimatum by her parents: marry by Valentine's Day or secure her inheritance by having a child within the year. Desperate, she travels to a secluded island—originally meant for an anniversary getaway with her ex—to find someone willing to pretend to be her husband. There, she meets Elijah, a mysterious and captivating stranger who calls her "mate." Unbeknownst to Piper, Elijah is an Alpha wolf shifter, and she’s his fated mate, the key to breaking a curse on his pack. While Piper sees their arrangement as temporary, Elijah is determined to make her his forever, not just for two years. He wants to claim her heart and have her bear not one, but all twelve pups destined to secure their future. As the Alpha of his cursed pack, Elijah can grant his pack members’ wishes, but his only focus now is breaking the curse, which requires Piper. Piper, who thought she was chasing freedom, finds herself caught in a bond far more powerful and dangerous than she imagined. Will she trust Elijah, a wolf who promises loyalty and never to cheat on her like her ex? The silver lining? This Alpha might just be able to grant her every wish.

I had been married for eight years when I inherited a fortune worth hundreds of millions that my grandfather left to me and my mafia boss husband. However, just as the lawyer was finalizing the transfer, we discovered my marriage certificate was fake. That meant the entire inheritance could only go to me. “Ms. Rivers, according to the system, you were divorced a year ago. Your husband, Zayn Levine, is legally married to… Whitney Sanders. According to the papers, you're single. In other words, Mr. Levine has no right to claim the inheritance.” Whitney, the woman Zayn had once loved before she went abroad, the one he never forgot. I stared at the lawyer’s message, unable to accept it. All of Zayn’s affection and tenderness over the years had been nothing but a lie. I had planned to tell him on our anniversary that after eight long years of marriage, I was pregnant. It was the miracle we had both been waiting for. Yet it seemed like he had never really been looking forward to it at all. As I gently rested my hand on my belly, I told myself that even if my twins grew up without a father, they would be just fine. In this place built on nothing but lies, the only thing left for me to do was run away.

My love story with my Don husband was once the model relationship for couples all across Edale. But after his sudden death, the notary informed me that I was not the first in line to inherit his estate. I froze. Christian Fuzio was an only child. His parents had long passed away. We had no children. If I wasn't the first in line, then who was? That was when the boy walked in. His face was a perfect copy of Zoe Sgotti, Christian's assistant. The boy crossed his arms and sneered. "Mrs. Fuzio, the person my father loved most in his life was my mother. Of course, most of the inheritance belongs to us." Rae… Ray… Only then did I realize that the name he had whispered on his deathbed was never mine. I lunged forward to question Ray, but he shoved me into the traffic. The moment my head slammed against the ground, darkness swallowed everything. When I opened my eyes once more… I stared at my young, strong hands. Feeling the life that I had once lost growing inside me, I finally understood that I had been given another chance. Christian, this time, I no longer wanted your fake love. I would grant the three of you all the happiness that you wanted.

I was out wandering the streets with my brother, Ethan Stone, when a streamer suddenly rushed over with her camera crew and shoved the lens right in his face. "Congrats, handsome! You just got picked as today's lucky passerby. You'll get 100 bucks if you work as my servant for three days!" Before my brother could even respond, she barked orders at her team. They forced an apron and rubber gloves onto him and shoved a bucket full of rags into his hands. "First task: clean my shoes!" I had never seen Ethan look this pathetic before. I was already cracking up when I noticed the veins at his temple start to bulge. Oh, boy. The devil of Avensville was pissed. The streamer's assistant caught it, too. She crept over nervously, tugging at our sleeves as she whispered, "We're live right now. That's the heiress of Stone Corporation, the only daughter of the richest man in the city. If you offend her, you won't survive in Avensville." Wait a second. She was the Stones' only daughter? Then what were Ethan and I supposed to be? I pulled out my phone and called my father, Arnold Stone. "Dad, did you disown Ethan or something? Have you finally decided to leave the whole inheritance to me?"

Adriana Ferrer was living a carefree and luxurious life in Spain when a phone call changed everything. Her father was dead. Forced to return to the Philippines, Adriana finds herself inheriting the vast Ferrer Empire—a multi-billion-dollar conglomerate built by the man she barely had the chance to say goodbye to. But along with the inheritance comes a dangerous responsibility: uncovering the truth behind her father's death. As the new president of Ferrer Holdings, Adriana quickly learns that not everyone is happy with her father's final decision. Someone believes the empire should have been theirs. Someone who has spent years waiting to claim everything the Ferrer name represents. Hidden beneath a mask of loyalty lies a man willing to manipulate, betray, and even kill to take what he believes belongs to him. With enemies closing in from every direction, Adriana's only ally is Enzo Reyes—the man her father trusted most and the bodyguard assigned to protect her. But the deeper Adriana digs into the secrets surrounding her father's murder, the more dangerous the truth becomes. And as her feelings for Enzo grow, so does the risk of losing everything she has fought to protect. Will Adriana uncover the truth and bring her father's killer to justice? Or will the man beneath whose protection she hides become the very reason she loses her heart?

Janelle Sterling is the hidden CEO of the world's biggest fashion empire. After ten years abroad, she returns home to claim her inheritance, only to receive one condition from her father: marry within two years or lose everything. Tired of men chasing her fortune and mocking her size, Janelle hides her identity and starts over under a fake name, determined to find someone who will love her for who she is. She falls for Kennedy Jones, the charming owner of a rising fashion house, believing she's finally found true love. Until his first love returns. Kennedy becomes cold, abusive, and humiliates Janelle at every turn. On the day she's supposed to present her husband to her family, he publicly divorces her and proposes to another woman instead. Heartbroken, Janelle prepares to return to the empire she abandoned. Then fate intervenes. Kennedy's younger brother returns after ten years away. The youngest billionaire in New York, devastatingly handsome and everything Kennedy isn't, he falls for Janelle at first sight. Now Kennedy must watch the woman he threw away reclaim her throne as the hidden queen of the fashion world... while his own brother fights to make her his.

Synopsis I am Ava Johnson, the Queen of fashion and the rightful Heiress to the Johnson Corp. Once I gave up everything for love, my inheritance, Pride and my dreams for my husband Desmond Parker. He was different from every other man I had met and he loved me, at least that's what I thought but things began to take a new turn when I lost my Father Nelly Johnson. I believed my husband, Desmond Parker, would one day love me the way I loved him. But to him, I was nothing. His heart always belonged to Grace Adams, his first love. On the night of our anniversary, my marriage ended… and and so did my life. Betrayed, divorced, and burned alive, I died believing that was the end of my story. But fate gave me another chance. When I opened my eyes again, I was alive and the man who pulled me from the flames, Lucas Cohen, carries secrets darker than the fire that nearly killed me. This time, I won’t be the naive woman who loved blindly. I will take back my dreams,reclaim what belongs to me and those who destroyed me in my previous life will pay. But when love begins to bloom again, will I choose revenge or him

All Dahlia longed for was to be loved by her mate, Derrick Wolfsborne. She sacrificed everything—her dreams, her Pack, her home. All to be his Luna he would dearly cherish, to be the mother of his children, and build a happy life together. But the Alpha wanted the opposite. Forced to marry Dahlia after pressure from his father, he has nothing but iciness to give Dahlia. He only had eyes for another woman, and when his chance came, “Let’s get a divorce.” The emptiness in his voice shattered Dahlia’s heart into pieces beyond repair. “Just for one more month, let me be your wife.” Dahlia begged teary-eyed. He thought it was because she still loved him, clinging to hope that she could still win his heart. He was wrong. All Dahlia wanted now was his seed. To carry his heir in secret, claim her inheritance, and disappear from his life forever. But just that one month alone shifted something in him. Five years later, the Alpha who divorced her without a thought, comes back looking for her. Except this time, Dahlia is no longer the same broken woman he threw away, and she’ll do anything to keep her secret child away from him at all costs. Whatever it takes!

Ava Lancaster gave up her identity as a billionaire heiress to marry for love, choosing anonymity over inheritance and devotion over power. But her husband, Liam Hayes, repays her sacrifice with betrayal—repeated affairs, emotional neglect, and the quiet erosion of her worth. When Ava finally walks away, she does so with nothing but her name, refusing alimony and erasing herself from the life she helped build. What Liam never knows is that Ava secretly returns to the empire she once abandoned, reclaiming her family legacy and rising as the unseen CEO of a global conglomerate. Years later, when Liam’s failing company seeks a partnership to survive, fate brings them face-to-face again—this time with Ava holding all the power and Liam unaware that the woman he discarded now controls his future. As business turns into a battlefield, Ava orchestrates her revenge not with cruelty, but with dominance, strategy, and restraint. Torn between the ghosts of her past and the possibility of new love with a steadfast rival CEO, Ava must confront the cost of power, the weight of forgiveness, and the question of whether love can exist without surrender. Empire of Her Own is a long-burn, emotionally rich modern romance about betrayal, reinvention, and a woman choosing herself—fully, unapologetically, and on her own terms.

Celine Yates is a 25-year-old heiress who was forced to work in a corporate world because her mother has been withholding her inheritance. It has been seven years since her father's death and she felt that her life and dreams have been put on-hold because she could not get the funding she needed on her life projects. To make matters worse, her step-father is accusing her of fraud for presenting a fake marriage certificate to get her inheritance. His reason: Daniel Grant aka husband does not exist in any record. Everyone knows Daniel the geek back in college. He is her friend. How could he not exist? That's her way out every time her mother would arrange a blind date for her. One day, her mother gave her a hard deadline: bring Daniel Grant or get married to Mr. Johnson, one of her step-father's buddy who is twice her age. Out of desperation, she asked her CEO boss Daniel Stevenson to accompany her to meet her mother and step-father in exchange of one month overtime without pay. Will the boss agree? Will she get her inheritance? What would she do if she finds out they have more connection than what she knows?