Magical Orb

Six months behind on rent. Half a million in debt. One desperate proposal to the billionaire who hates her ex-husband as much as she does. Emily’s arranged marriage to Ian Hunter was a transaction—his family’s money for her father’s freedom. For three years, she endured his coldness, his cruelty, his mistress. The day his grandmother died, Ian filed for divorce and walked away with everything. Emily’s business collapsed. Ian’s empire grew. Now, she’s desperate enough to make a deal with the devil’s half-brother. Scott Hunter needs a wife to claim his billion-dollar inheritance. Emily needs capital to rebuild—and revenge on the man who destroyed her. It’s a simple contract: one year of marriage, no feelings, no complications. Except Scott can’t stop touching her. And Emily realizes she’s stopped pretending. What happens when family secrets surface? What happens when rivals clash? Will this marriage based on revenge, jealousy and rivalry survive? Or will their lies cost them the only truth that matters?

After a steamy night with her irresistible new CEO, Kayla Moore thought she could bury the secret and move on. But secrets have a cruel way of surfacing—especially when the man who rocked her world is also the man about to marry her mother. Lucas Tate is a dominant billionaire with a dangerous weakness for temptation... and Kayla has become his greatest sin. In a city of bright lights and darker desires, betrayal lurks in every shadow. As old lovers return, deadly obsessions rise, and forbidden passions burn, Kayla must decide: surrender to the fire, or walk away before it consumes them all. Love was never part of the plan. But some temptations are just too delicious to resist...

For two passionate years, Bella Black's marriage was everything she dreamed of, a connection built on love, trust, and an undeniable chemistry that kept their flame burning bright. But in one devastating moment, a tragic accident steals away the intimacy that once defined their relationship, leaving her husband broken and their marriage hanging by a thread. When her husband's three closest friends move in to help during his recovery, Bella finds herself sharing a home with three dangerously attractive men who remind her of everything she's lost. As days turn into weeks, the tension becomes unbearable. Their lingering glances, their easy charm, their proximity, it all awakens desires she's been desperately trying to suppress. Caught between her vows to the man she loves and the magnetic pull of forbidden temptation, Bella must navigate an impossible choice. Will she honor her marriage through the darkness, or will the heat of forbidden desire consume everything she holds sacred? In a house where loyalty, lust, and love collide, Bella Black is about to discover just how far temptation can push a faithful heart.

Their marriage has been written in the stars. Three generations have waited for the union of the two families. But now it is time. Everyone is giddy with excitement, well, all except one. The groom. Feeling abandoned by his reluctant attitude towards their proposed wedding his future bride seeks comfort in the arms of his nephew. A tug of war ensues for Chloe's heart. To do her duty or chase a brand new love? All Chloe Black wants is a lover to call her own, what she steps foot in is a world that can claim her life instead.

Heat blooms between my legs, sudden and dizzying. It's as if he's run a thick finger between my pussy lips, circled my clit, slipped inside my slick channel. I can feel him stroking me, gently, then faster until I fall apart under his hands, under his stare, under his body. **** Iris Caldwell marries Edward Ashcroft for money and security – and becomes a widow before the day is over. The marriage contract leaves her with nothing but dependency, silence, and a place in the house of Edward’s father, Thomas: decades older, controlled, and dangerously attentive. From the first charged look, their attraction is immediate and illicit. What begins as protection hardens into command, what begins as fear turns into surrender. Under Thomas’s rule, Iris finds safety in obedience and heat in restraint. Every boundary sharpens the desire neither of them should feel... and cannot stop. A Daddy Dom and his little girl sub; a forbidden age-gap romance; a power exchange born of grief. A love that knows it’s wrong... and wants it anyway.

He was the guy I slapped earlier. Maybe that's why my skin burned with an electric heat as I stood on my toes, my hands slipping to the back of his neck. Leaning in, I smirked with a confidence I had never felt before.... Damning the consequences, I kissed him... Hard... **** Betrayed by her best friend, rejected by her mate and disgraced, Vine is disowned by her father and she vowed to make her despicable ex regret it. Out of the blues, she kisses the next available man to get back at her ex mate and ex best friend. Yet this mysterious player turned out to be none other than the man she slapped earlier, and why exactly does he feel familiar to her? Horrified to find out he is her late twin sister's mate, she discreetly asks him to be her fake boyfriend. But when pasts collide and his hate turns into a lethal obsession, will their love survive the heat?

WARNING: mature content ahead. If you are below 18years, please abstain from reading this story. If you find the content unsuitaitable for you, don't continue reading. DARK DESIRES: Forbidden romance stories is a collection of short steamy stories. Let's explore those toe-curling sensations together. Forbidden things tend to be more fun, right? if you agree with me, join me in this journey. NB: This work is not a sole creation but a partnership between two authors. Author Winnie Wamae and Redbutterfly

They say betrayal cuts deepest when it comes from the one you love. Larissa learned that the hard way. One slip of the tongue. Four deadly words. “It was an accident.” In a moment of blind trust, Larissa took the fall for a crime she didn’t commit—believing her fiancé would fix it. Instead, he turned his back on her and watched her get locked away. Now out on parole and drowning in shame, Larissa’s last chance at justice comes from the last man she should trust—his brother. Cold. Calculated. Dangerous. Everything about him screams don’t play his game. But he wants revenge just as much as she does. And he has a plan that starts with one forbidden rule: Marry me, and we ruin him together. Trusting a Patterson destroyed her once. Trusting another might cost her more than just her freedom. But this time, Larissa isn’t playing to survive—she’s playing to win. Because love is messy. Loyalty is dead. And revenge? That’s the most forbidden game of all.

13 Iron Rules That Must Never Be Broken… Even If No One Knows Why. When Kawin and eleven others receive a mysterious black invitation, they are brought to a place called “The Forbidden Aquarium”—a facility that appears on no map. The doors are sealed. The rules are announced. And every violation… is paid with death. But the more they obey, the more they begin to lose themselves. And when the final rule declares: “Do not challenge the rules,” some begin to wonder— If we never defy them… how will we ever survive?

Tahimik na buhay. Ipinagbabawal na pag-ibig. Isang lihim na maaaring sumira sa lahat. Para kay Elicia Torrez, nagsimula ang lahat sa isang pagkakamali—ang umibig sa dating asawa ng kanyang ina, si Demon Villamor. Ngunit ang pagkakamaling iyon ay nag-iwan ng isang lihim: siya’y buntis, at si Demon ang ama. Ayaw niyang sabihin ang katotohanan. Ex-husband ng ina niya si Demon, at anak ni Demon ang lalaking ngayo’y papasok sa kanyang buhay—si Daniel Valdez. Ngunit si Daniel ay may puso, at handang maging ama ng bata, kahit hindi niya ini-expect na ang pagmamahal na ibibigay niya ay magdadala rin ng panganib at sakit. Dahil si Daniel… anak din ni Demon. Sa pagbabalik ng ina, at sa pagbubunyag ng mga lihim, pipili si Elicia sa dalawang lalaking magdudulot ng kapahamakan sa kanya: Ang lalaking bawal na ama ng kanyang anak… o ang lalaking tapat na magmamahal sa kanya, kahit dala niya ang sugat ng nakaraan?