Lucious Lyon In Empire Novels & Stories

Marry a stranger in thirty days. Stay married for one year. Inherit three billion dollars. Refuse, and lose everything. Elena Castellano is a broke art teacher in a dying Vermont mill town when a letter arrives that changes everything: she's the secret granddaughter of hotel empire matriarch Victoria Ashford. The grandmother she never knew has left her a fortune—with one impossible condition. She must marry Victoria's ruthless CEO grandson, Dominic Ashford, within thirty days. Dominic has spent fifteen years proving he deserves the Ashford legacy. He's built the empire into something even greater, sacrificed everything for the family name, and he's not about to lose it all to some small-town teacher who appeared out of nowhere. But Victoria's will is clear: marry Elena or lose everything. He'll do whatever it takes to secure his inheritance. Even if it means threatening everything Elena loves. Forced into a devil's bargain, Elena and Dominic enter a marriage that's pure warfare. She won't be bought. He won't be beaten. But as they're pulled deeper into the Ashford family's web of secrets and betrayals, the lines between enemy and ally begin to blur. Because Victoria's will wasn't just about money. It was a test. And someone in the family will do anything—including murder—to make sure they both fail. A forced marriage. A billion-dollar inheritance. And one year to survive each other.

Ten years of devotion. Five years of marriage. One night to destroy it all. Evelyn Vance thought her husband, Julian, was her soulmate—until she discovered she was nothing more than a bargaining chip. To save his failing empire, Julian commits the ultimate sin: he "gifts" his wife to his most hated rival, the cold and ruthless billionaire Killian Blackwood, for a single night of negotiation. Julian told her it was just a dinner. He lied. Killian Blackwood has spent a decade building an empire out of spite, driven by a singular, dark obsession: the woman his enemy stole from him. When Julian hands Evelyn over on a silver platter, Killian doesn't just plan to take his revenge—he plans to claim what was always meant to be his. One night of calculated passion leaves Evelyn shattered and Julian triumphant. But the victory is short-lived. The betrayal has a heartbeat. When Evelyn discovers she’s pregnant with Killian’s child, the power dynamic shifts. Julian is desperate to hide the scandal, willing to go to lethal lengths to keep his "perfect" reputation. But Killian is no longer watching from the shadows. He is coming for his heir, and he’s coming for the woman he never stopped wanting. As Julian’s regret turns to madness and Killian’s obsession turns to protection, Evelyn must decide: Does she run from the man who sold her, or find sanctuary in the arms of the monster who bought her?

Ethan Banks never planned to fail. Fresh out of New York University with a degree in Computer Science, he expected to land the kind of career that would prove to his family back in Bay City, Texas, that he could stand on his own two feet. Instead, New York City chewed him up and spit him out, interview after interview leaving him rejected and exhausted. He refused to run home and let his parents—or worse, his older brother—fix everything for him. He needed to make it here. On his own. When he finally secures a position at Warner Industries the largest tech empire in the city Ethan thinks his luck has turned. Until he meets the man behind the empire. Aaron Warner. His brother’s childhood best friend. His secret ex-boyfriend. The boy who once set his heart on fire, then vanished without a word. But the Aaron he knew is gone. In his place is a billionaire CEO with a reputation as ruthless as the empire he built. Cold. Calculating. Untouchable. And when Ethan demands answers about their past, Aaron offers only one shocking ultimatum: marry me—or walk away. Caught between the success he’s dreamed of and the love that once destroyed him, Ethan must decide if he’s willing to risk everything for the one man he swore he’d never forgive.

They searched the world for their long-lost little sister. When they did, she was a shadow of herself, an “invisible wife” to a man who broke her spirit. They took her, gave her everything she needed and vowed to make the man's life miserable. When her ex-husband found out she is one of the ANDERSON'S he came begging. But it's too late because now, she's no longer the fragile woman he once controlled and with her brothers by her side, she’s ready to make his life miserable and burn his empire to the ground.

In a city where Mafia dynasties rule with velvet fists and iron bullets, Laxiel lives in the shadows—an orphan driven by a hunger for revenge. When he crosses paths with Dorian Gates, the golden boy of a bloodstained empire, forbidden attraction sparks into a dangerous inferno. But secrets rot beneath silk and steel. As old enemies resurface, betrayals carve deep wounds, and a dark legacy threatens to consume them both, Laxiel and Dorian must decide: will they cling to the hatred they were born into—or choose each other and set fire to the past? Love is rebellion. Survival is vengeance. And together, they will change everything.

It was supposed to be a routine test tube baby situation, but suddenly everything went wrong. The problem was Master Luke Crawford, the heir to the Crawford empire, mature and composed, cold and domineering. Once he put his mind to it, there was nothing in the world he could not do!She had thought that they would go their completely separate ways after she delivered the children. Five years later, however, the man dragged two adorable babies along and waited for her in front of her dorms, despite everyone watching!Mr. Crawford was cold and emotionless in front of everyone else, but in front of her...

After suffering humiliation on her wedding day, discovering her fiancee cheated with his office secretary. Angel a poor orphan heartbroken, and suicidal escapes into the arms of a mysterious stranger, Alpha Salvatore Vinci-Souza who offers a shocking deal: a fake marriage for a year, with a multi-million dollar reward. As time goes on Angel begins to realize her growing feelings as their love begins to ignite despite their pretend marriage. Salvatore seems to be a man with plenty secrets, a ruthless empire to run, a vengeful ex, and hidden enemies threatening to destroy their bond. What becomes of this accidental but fated love?

Real love stories are not as beautiful as fairy tales. But that doesn't mean it will go wrong. It all depends on how people choose to live with it. Like Anna, an ordinary woman living an everyday life amidst the glittering life of Los Angeles was forced to bury her fairy tale wedding dream as the marriage order came. Moreover, she married the most desirable, handsome, young CEO, the successor to the Byrne business empire, David Byrne. A small mistake that totally changed their life. Could they live with that? Especially when one problem after another shook their loveless marriage.

Charisse thinks she has the most perfect boyfriend. But the possessive Beta has been isolating her from the world, controlling every aspect of her life, down to the shoes she wears, using love as an excuse. When Charisse discovers that he's marrying another, she accepts the help of Alpha Dorian Vellum, CEO of the most powerful Crimson Crest Empire, and build a new life to have her revenge. But is Dorian another possessive man or is he simply obsessed with her? Will she marry the mysterious and manipulative Alpha or forgive her possessive ex’s betrayal and start afresh?

Elena Rivers thought she had lost everything when Daniel Hart betrayed her just days before their wedding. But revenge has a way of taking unexpected turns. Landing a job under Jonathan Hart, the cold and calculating CEO, who happened to be Daniel’s father, Elena hatches a daring plan. She would infiltrate the Hart empire, seduce his father, and turn the tables on the family that shattered her heart. But in a world of power, secrets, and dangerous ambitions, getting close to the family that humiliated her could be the risk of a lifetime. How far would she go to win?