Novels To Read At Christmas

Caution ❌❌❌🔞 Dark Erotic Romance, Billionaire, +18 Mature, contains mature content, explicit sexual scenes, emotional trauma, manipulation, dominance, and dark themes, obsession, submission, power imbalance, forbidden desire, sexual awakening, class conflict, psychological dominance Sold to a brothel on her Nineteenth birthday, she was nothing more than a commodity—until he walked in. A ruthless billionaire, cold as ice and as dangerous as the dark corners of his mansion. He didn’t want her for just sex. He wanted control, obedience, and to claim her body as his. But he didn’t expect her to burn with desire, to challenge him, to crave the power he wielded over her. Bound by his rules, she becomes his maid, his plaything, but also his obsession. As passion ignites between them, it’s a dangerous dance of dominance, submission, and forbidden pleasure. Their world is a game of control and surrender, but when desire blurs the lines, both their dark pasts threaten to tear them apart. With rivals, jealousies, and a love neither of them was ready for, will she remain his submissive forever—or break free from his chains? In this world of lust and power, no one can stay in control forever. Especially when she starts to take the reins in the most erotic, dangerous ways.

"I, Scarlett Monica Hathaway, promise to be nothing but everything to you, and if it is a loving wife you ask for, then a loving wife, I shall be..." Scarlett's life felt like a dream on a random frigid Friday night. It was intended to be a night she spent under her covers, in her warm bed, after getting ditched by her friends at a club she had utterly invited them to. But one minute Scarlett is fleeing a pervert at the clubhouse, and the next minute she's learning about a confusingly cryptic secret, and the next minute she's making a promise that was being dangerously sealed.

Louis Edward, the CEO of Phoenix Ed Corporation, learned that his wedded wife had been kidnapped by an unknown person. He rapidly recognized that the kidnapper was the same person who had previously murdered the girl he adored. Royal Edward, the mafia leader, was also informed of the disappearance of his sister-in-law, Phoebe Edward. He hurried to France right away to find a way to save his sister-in-law. Two brothers with disparate fortunes are shocked by a woman and decide to work together once more. Will Phoebe be released, or will she perish tragically, like her husband's ex-girlfriend... A tragic love story involving three people in which no one is really happy. All three appear to be imprisoned in the circle of love that be theirs. The three of them are drawn closer together by Phoebe's kidnapping, the harm from the past is progressively undone, and the three have the option of freeing each other?

On my wedding day, my boyfriend, Theodore Gunther, suddenly stops the wedding ceremony—all because Gwen Lithgow has updated her social media to say she's back. Theodore throws away the wedding ring he designed. He leaves me at the altar without another look back. I'm dumbfounded as I stand there in my wedding dress. My brother, Alvin Chilton, who's supporting me, lets go. "You've always been strong, Joycelyn. I know you can handle this alone. Gwen needs me more now." With that, he also leaves. He and Theodore have both left me for the same woman. They abandon me alone. That night, after dealing with the fallout of the failed wedding, Gwen sends me a photo. In it, Theodore and Alvin are standing by her bedside. She wears the necklace Theodore made himself and the wedding dress Alvin designed. Those were supposed to be mine. The image makes me lose hope in them. Tears stream down my face as I make a call. "Mom, Dad, I've changed my mind. I want to go home."

A Dark, Erotic Thriller Filled with Lust, Betrayal, and Revenge Seraphina Carter has been trapped in a luxurious hell for six years—married to Ethan, a man who thrives on breaking her spirit. Verbal abuse, emotional torture, and public humiliation are his weapons, and worst of all, she can’t leave. Their ironclad prenup states that whoever files for divorce first will lose half of their wealth, and Ethan is determined to keep Sera as his beautifully broken trophy wife while he openly indulges in affairs. One drunken night changes everything. Sera stumbles into Crimson Veil, an underground nightclub, and meets Raven Blackwood, a darkly seductive woman with a sinful smile and eyes that promise danger. One touch ignites a fire inside Sera she never knew existed, and by morning, she’s lost in a world of forbidden desire and uncontrollable addiction. But as passion turns into obsession, Raven whispers a dangerous proposal: Why not kill Ethan? What starts as a twisted love affair soon becomes a high-stakes psychological game of manipulation, seduction, and deception. Ethan is not as blind as he seems, and as the walls close in, Sera realizes she's caught between two devils—one she married and one she desires. In a world where love is a weapon and trust is a lie, who is the real predator, and who is just prey? ---

My husband, James Lincoln, disappeared in an accident, and my in-laws wasted no time filing to have him legally declared deceased. At the funeral, a woman, Xena Xander, suddenly showed up with a young boy, both crying hysterically. The boy, Charlie Lincoln, screamed at the top of his lungs, calling my husband “Daddy.” My ten-year-old daughter, Mia Lincoln, charged at him, shouting, “Shut up! That’s my dad!” Pretending to break it up, my in-laws instead shoved Mia to the ground. She collapsed and passed out on the spot. “If you’re looking for someone to blame, blame yourself for not giving us a grandson! This family can’t die out without an heir!” Xena smirked at me with blatant provocation. Behind her, Charlie spat in my direction and sneered, “You’re just a worthless tramp nobody cares about.” I didn’t lose my temper. Instead, I laughed. “If you want the status and the inheritance so badly, you can have them. But don’t come crying to me when you regret it.” Two weeks later, Xena showed up at my doorstep, covered in blood, banging on the door and screaming. And then, I got a phone call that felt like a nightmare come to life. But I couldn’t have cared less. By then, I was already enjoying a peaceful vacation overseas.

Amanda's life came crashing when she caught her husband cheating on her, worse was her family was in full support of her husbands actions and even arranged her step sister to him. Amanda was enraged, she didn't know how to get back at them for their betrayal and to stabilize her mother's company until she met Lucas who was willing to help her with whatever she needed. The only catch was, she has to marry him. Amanda goes all in with her exhusbands rival, but as times goes on feelings start to get attached. Would they stick together after all that has been said and done? Would the secret Lucas has kept so dearly destroy his newly found relationship?

“Fuck it!” He thought, arching closer to the guy, throwing his arms around his neck, “I'm getting engaged tomorrow and will be closeted for the rest of my life, living under pretense. Why don't I just experience sex with a hot dude for one night? Just one night… just one night…” *** Lincoln Smith had no regret that night he made the impulsive decision to have sex with the hot, mesmerizing man across the bar. He was sure it was the best night of his life… one he would never get to experience again. But then on the day of his engagement party, he was to receive a shocking blow. The man he had shared an intimate, passionate night with, the man he was sure he had a connection with, was his fiance’s big brother! Right there and then, he knew he was universally and colossally fucked! WARNING: This Books Contains Some Explicit Scenes Between Characters That May Not Be Suitable To Some Readers. Viewers Discretion Is Advised.

As she drowns in sinful pleasure in the arms of Matthew the man he chose to serve as the unsuspecting Baby Daddy, Lola keeps convincing herself that she doesn’t need a man to complete her, she is doing this just for one thing, to get pregnant, and then she will never see him again. So she thought! To her surprise, the man she's been seeing apparently is her best friend Katie's, childhood sweetheart and has come back to town for good. Matthew want's to pursue her but Katie is going all out to win him back, Trouble is brewing in the horizon, her baby plan looks like it is coming to a halt, And biggest trouble is,She is falling in love!! Love, Friendship and future dreams all at steak. If she doesn’t move her pieces right it is gonna be a check mate for her and lose it all! She will definitely grow old, sad and alone!!!

Ashley Smichtt fled from home because she couldn't stand to be married to a stranger. She loved being the princess and did all her duties, but love was her biggest fantasy and she wasn't letting that crash it. On the night she fled from home, she ran into a sign board that presented an opportunity to change her life. Ashley took this opportunity, completely changing her identity to fit into the crowd. Her goal had changed from being loved, to proving that she was just as good for the position of Alpha. As she struggles to find her path as a new person, she counters Vance Louis, who is both her destiny and her doom. Ashley has to decide which he becomes, bearing in mind that he is her mate, who had never really met her for who she is. Placed in the position of power by the one she loves, Ashley has to decide if some points are worthy of proving.