Marriage First, Love Second

“Why can’t I hit you?” Thomas yells, smacking the belt close to her feet. “Why,” he smacks it on the door above her head. “Why, why” to the right and left sides of her body. Melina trembles against the door with her eyes closed and head tucked between her knees. She jumps, sniffing Thomas’ cologne, and tries to hide more. He’s probably bending down. “I want to hurt you, Melina, but I can’t. Tell me why I can’t. Tell me why,” she bites her lips to muffle her sobs as she fears they will exacerbate her situation. “ look at me when I am talking to you,” Thomas says, grabbing her hair and pulling her head up. “I am- so-r-r-r-y,” she says as she turns to face him with her tear-stained face and bloodshot eyes. ******** Melina Davis was born with the face and body of a goddess. Her heart was as beautiful as her, but it never did her any good. Melina was the most unlucky woman in this world when it came to love. Her first love was an abusive con artist who made sure to exploit Melina's kindness. The second one who Melina felt was genuinely worthy of owing her heart was far more dangerous than her first. His name is Thomas Costanzo. He is the second in command of the Costanzo mafia. He was highly feared in the mafia world. Some even feared him more than the don of the Costanzo mafia. Melina didn't know she shouldn't cross him, and she did. She broke the heart of one of the most feared men on this earth, and now, he is out searching for her. Once he finds her, Melina will wish she never crossed paths with him.

If Rhoda was thinking she would have a 'happily-ever-after' story, she had better think again because fate has another plan in store for her. After being abandoned abroad for eight years, her parents call her back into the country just to use her to save their dying business by marrying her off to a billionaire equals a jerk. Jeffrey suggested an open marriage since the two of them were in love with someone else. What will be their fate when the ones they were in love with break up with them after signing the open marriage contract? Will they try to make things work between them or just keep the marriage open? Will she be able to watch her husband with other women without doing anything? Or will she try to win him over to herself since divorce isn't an option? Will things become more complicated after realizing that her father's business might not be liquidating after all and she has an identical twin who has been committing atrocities and making people believe it's her?

"Ash please it's a only way, you have to marry him" Ash took a long breath and look towards his mother. "Why"? He ask again. "Beacuse it's only a way".

An arranged marriage between the White and Green family landed Lucy into a very long nightmare she had never expect Being the wife of a very rich young CEO, she thought her life had finally taken the good turn. Least did she know her torturous life had just began The Green family married her as a tool for revenge on the White family. And when she finally discovers this, Lucy takes the hardest step of her life ever Turning the revenge into her biggest priority, Lucy makes up her mind not to spare any of the Green family, including her newly married husband

Their love was born in the midst of revenge… Melek Erdoğan is sure that all her dreams of love will come true after marrying Habbab Argent. She could never have been more wrong. After two years of being in love with the perfect man, Melek married him, but the next morning Habbab abandoned her in a shack, completely disgraced and with the big task of confronting her abusive family. The girl's suffering has just begun. Habbab never imagined falling in love with his enemy's daughter, he carried out his revenge by hurting her deep in his heart and now that he is trying to win her back, she refuses to forgive him. Will they be able to leave hatred and quarrels behind so that their love can prevail, or the paths they have chosen will keep them apart forever?

In the bustling city of New York, a young and ambitious lawyer named Emily has just landed her dream job at a prestigious law firm. She's always been dedicated to her work and her career, and has never really had time for anything else. However, her parents are pressuring her to get married and settle down, which is something she's not interested in. One day, Emily's boss assigns her to a new case. It's a high-profile divorce case between a billionaire businessman named Ethan and his estranged wife, Victoria. The catch is that Ethan's prenuptial agreement states that if he doesn't have a child within five years of the marriage, he'll lose half of his fortune to Victoria. Desperate to keep his money, Ethan proposes to Emily that they enter into a contract marriage for five years, with the sole purpose of having a child together. In return, he'll pay her a handsome sum of money. Emily is taken aback by the proposal, but ultimately agrees to it. After all, it's just a business arrangement, and it could help her pay off her student loans and finally gain financial independence. Would Emily truly get free off the contract deed? Will she gain her financial independence? Would Emily loose her career Pursuit? What is Victoria's fate?

Rose was betrothed to the Alpha of a very powerful pack from birth. She became his Luna when she turned 18, but a cursed fate befell Rose. She couldn't give the Alpha an heir to his great throne. The elders of the pack murmured against her and when the advice of a friend backfired, Rose's fate was sealed with treason. The choice of another life became her only shot at survival, but what Rose didn't expect was to be enslaved by rogues.

Turning eighteen wasn't as pleasant for Esmy as it was for other teenagers. Her body was changing, and worse-her foster father was found dead in the woods close by to her house and on his body was her hairband. With only flashes of her memory from the night before, Esmy had no idea what was happening to her, until she met a man who seemed to know about her kind-she felt drawn to him like a magnetic pull, never understanding what a mate bond was. But instead of helping her, Esmy is abandoned and rejected by her mate. Whilst searching for answers, Esmy encountered another man-Killian Rollins, a man whom she also felt an unexplainable bond with but he turns out to be her mate's brother. What happens when Esmy is mated to two half brothers? How will Esmy figure out about her bloodline? Will she be able to overcome the mate bond?

When Aurora and Andrea Bentley are born their parents Jake and Laura sign a contract with their business partners Alex and Anne Walter. A contract that states that when Aurora and Andrea come of age they will be married to Alex and Anne's two sons Nate who was four at the time and Ryan who was two in order to keep the BW group of hotels in the family.But the only problem is that Aurora and Nate don't want to get married at least not to each other.

"I despise you with all my heart and I wish I could just snap your head off" He glared at her with murder in his eyes. "You have no heart" Ava whispered to Connor Donnacha, the Vampire Coven King and the last pure blood Vampire. The handsome, cold and ruthless Connor, is the CEO of Donnacha Companies and Fate happens to mate him with a Wolf without a wolf. A stain in history. Ava Donovan, Descendant of the Moon Goddess and unknown seer of her clan, Enslaved to Black Canyon Vampires, and Mate to the most Powerful Vampire King in the continent, the first of her kind to marry a Vampire. Being his mate was nature's punishment but marrying her was his punishment! Quiet and gentle Ava has felt guilty and tolerated her husband's treatment of her for a long time but now she craves revenge and what's more fun than getting the hateful vampire king to fall head over heels with her once again and stab him where it hurts the most? Ruining him and everything he stands for!