Manipulation In A Sentence

Vows of Silver and Sin “In the city of Oakhaven, you don’t pray to God. You pray to the Syndicate.” Elara Vance is a mafia princess with a lethal secret: she can "read" the memories of any object she touches. But in a world where magic is a death sentence, her gift is a gilded cage. When her father’s gambling debts finally come due, she isn’t sold for gold. She’s sold to Dante Vane the cold-blooded "Shadow-Walker" Don who rules the supernatural underworld. Dante is a man of iron and whispers, cursed with a touch that brings only agony. He doesn’t want a wife; he wants a key. He believes Elara’s bloodline is the only thing that can break the ancient curse tethering his soul to the shadows. The deal is simple: Break the curse, and she wins her freedom. But as the wedding bells toll and a magical war brews on the horizon, Elara discovers that the man she was taught to fear might be the only one capable of saving her. In a den of monsters, falling in love is the most dangerous sin of all. Will she break his curse, or will the shadows consume them both?

He forgot their vows. She remembers every lie. After a brutal accident leaves Callum Thorne with no memory of his wife, Iris is forced to fight for a love that only she remembers. Trapped in the Thorne family estate, surrounded by people who want her gone, Iris is determined to win back the man she married—even if he’s no longer the man he was. But when fragments of the past start to resurface, Callum begins to suspect his accident wasn’t so accidental. The more he uncovers, the more he questions everything—especially the woman he’s drawn to but can’t trust. In a world of wealth, control, and buried secrets, love isn’t safe. And the truth might cost them both more than their marriage. Vows He Doesn’t Remember is a dark, gripping romance about memory, manipulation, and the fight to reclaim what’s real—before it's too late.

BLURB: Between duty and desire, Gina Washington chooses duty, sacrificing her dreams to save her family's crumbling legacy. Married off to a stranger, she is trapped in a gilded cage of manipulation and control, her heart slowly suffocating under the weight of expectation. But when her husband's cruelty pushes her to the brink, Gina seizes freedom, escaping with a secret that could change everything - a month-old pregnancy. On her way to escape, she falls into a car and loses consciousness. She wakes up to find herself in the hospital. She asks for help, and the man who brought her offers her help. She later finds out that the man is the brother of the man she left behind. His kindness and compassion cradle her shattered soul, and for the first time, Gina dares to dream of love. Yet, as past and present collide, an explosive rivalry between brothers threatens to destroy the fragile haven she's found - and the heart she's beginning to trust.

Zara, the late Alpha's daughter from the Edwood pack, was never loved by her stepbrother because of her mixed race. She was treated as an omega. Accepting her sad reality, she longed to find her mate, hoping her circumstances would change for the better. However, as fate would have it, her world came crashing down when she discovered her mate was Vulvan, the Alpah of the Regan pack and sworn enemies to the Edwood pack, but this new discovery brought a twist to her life because her stepbrother would seize this opportunity to conquer the Regans. Vulvan, on the other hand, had his own evil intentions for Zara. Despite this dilemma, Zara fell in love with Vulvan, determined to end the animosity between the two packs. This is a world full of manipulation, deceit, lies, vengeance, and hatred. Will Zara be able to end their animosity?Will Vulvan accept her love?What will happen when she discovers she's pregnant for vulvan?.

She took her twin’s place to survive. But falling in love with the man meant to ruin her was never part of the plan. When Layla Ross steps into the shoes of her missing twin, she’s thrust into a marriage with Dominic Foster the dangerously powerful man who married her sister for revenge. But nothing is as it seems. Unknowingly poisoned by Layla herself under her father’s manipulation, Dominic’s life ticks on a secret clock. Layla, a woman with fifteen elite identities and a heart she swore to keep frozen, must find the cure she couldn’t create herself. Love wasn’t supposed to bloom. Secrets weren’t supposed to unravel. But in a city of lies, identity swaps, and deadly desires, one truth could shatter everything. How do you love the man you were sent to destroy… and who might destroy you first?

When fiery Gianna sets out to avenge her father’s death, her path is clear: infiltrate the Black Claw Pack and kill Alpha Rapha. The ruthless wolf said to be behind it all. But the man she meets is nothing like the monster she expected. Honourable, magnetic, and fiercely loyal to his pack, Rapha challenges everything she’s believed. The deeper she digs, the murkier the truth becomes and the harder it is to ignore the dangerous pull between them. As a powerful enemy weaves a web of manipulation, Gianna is forced to ally with the very pack she once vowed to destroy. Loyalties blur, hearts are tested and with betrayal waiting at every turn, Gianna and Rapha must fight not only for their lives, but for a love that defies fate, vengeance, and blood ties. Because someone in the shadows is still playing god, and he wants to burn everything they hold dear, starting with Gianna’s last remaining family.

Meet Mike cheerful, ambitious, and ready to romanticize his new job in a new city. New beginnings, right? Wrong. Instead, he walks straight into a toxic workplace, fake smiles, manipulative plastics, a power-tripping boss, and the one person he never expected to see again  Catherine, his first love. But was it ever love… or just control? As Mike slowly realizes the relationship is draining him of everything — peace, confidence, self-worth — he meets Mary, someone who actually sees him. Someone who listens. Someone who heals. But letting go isn’t easy. And Catherine? She’s not the kind to lose quietly. 💔 Love or obsession? 🔥 Healing or heartbreak? 🩸 Escape or emotional destruction? This story dives deep into toxic relationships, betrayal, manipulation, rage, and survival  with twists that hit when you least expect them. One question remains — Will Mike finally choose himself?

Anya feels trapped in a world she doesn’t understand. Kidnapped by a mysterious man known only as The Watcher, she is pulled into a dark reality where her mind is twisted, and her identity begins to unravel. As he manipulates her thoughts, blurring the lines between fear and desire, Anya finds herself caught in a dangerous game of submission. The Watcher believes he is saving her, but his love is a sick obsession, filled with psychological torment. As Anya fights against his control, she realizes that the true horror lies not just in her captivity but in the way he haunts her mind, pushing her deeper into madness. Can she escape his grasp before she loses herself completely, or will she surrender to the darkness that calls to her? In this chilling tale of manipulation and madness, nothing is what it seems, and the line between love and control is terrifyingly thin.

Isabella Romano has spent two years trapped in a house where every glance and whispered word reminds her she is nothing more than a pawn. Her husband, Adriano De Luca, keeps her at arm’s length, while his mother, Caterina, views her with disdain. When a figure from the past returns to Chicago, the delicate balance of power shatters. Alliances shift, dangerous desires ignite, and a web of deception threatens to consume everyone in its path. In a city ruled by mafia families, trust is rare and betrayal lurks behind every smile. Caught in a deadly game of manipulation, forbidden passion, and ambition, Isabella must decide: remain a pawn in her husband’s secret agenda, or rise, reclaim her power, and fight for the life she was meant to live — before everything she holds dear burns around her.

On the night meant to mark her awakening, Lysera loses everything. Ignored all her life, the quiet twin watches as her sister Isyra is celebrated as Luna-to-be, until a single scream turns the pack against her. Accused of attacking her “pregnant” sister, Lysera is beaten, humiliated, and condemned. Even the bond meant to save her betrays her, because the Alpha she is mated to chooses Isyra. Then the truth surfaces at the worst possible moment. As punishment shatters her body, a secret is revealed: Lysera is pregnant. In a pack where harming a pregnant woman invites calamity, her sentence is suspended—but mercy is replaced with something far crueler. The pack demands she give her baby to Isyra, to replace the child Isyra claims to have lost. Trapped among those who see her only as a vessel, betrayed by her own blood, and bound by ancient laws she cannot escape, Lysera must survive long enough to give birth… knowing the child she carries may never be hers. Because Isyra’s crown was built on lies. And because the Alpha who condemned her may one day realize the truth—when it is already too late.