Romans & histoires Paid Payback

Harvey has never experienced love before so when he was paid to be Jordan’s boyfriend for the weekend, he was up for it. Never would he imagine that he would fall madly in love with his employer.

Framed by her stepmom and stepsister, Jean Mitchell, a rising star in the show business, lost everything—her career, family, friends, and maiden tag.She became embroiled in a deep conspiracy that made her an instant object of hatred and put the lives of those she loved in danger.But she refused to buckle. Instead, she pulled herself out of the jaws of death and launched her vengeance.She would wrest back the right of inheritance from her evil stepmom and marry the powerful man her stepsister desires.She would trample those who set her up and those who humiliated and harmed her underfoot.It's payback time.But she didn’t know that the unsmiling man who controlled the country’s economy was a super pamperer.“They all say I am a bad woman.” Jean wrapped her hands around the man, feeling wronged.“I will feed them to the dog,” the man said with a gentle, loving voice.

I bought an apartment during a market slump, $30,000 below what others had paid for the same layout. I had just finished moving in when Linda Carver, the neighbor across the hall, stormed over. "Same unit, same building, yet you paid $30,000 less than we did. You need to make up the difference!" I froze for a second. She took it as fear and raised her voice, "If you had the guts to snap it up cheap, you’d better be ready to compensate the rest of us. Otherwise, don’t expect to live here in peace." I looked at her, so self-righteous it was almost absurd, and I laughed. I had just been discharged from a psychiatric hospital. Threaten me? If anyone wasn’t going to live in peace, it was her.

After marrying Jarred, Celene changed from a dominant woman to a people pleaser. She helped his business grow and supported him in everything. She was contented with her life until her husband unexpectedly brought his first love home as a supposed "payback" for saving his life. Blinded by love, Celene believed Jarred's constant reassurance and trusted him, but when she discovered his infidelity, it was the last straw for her. She wasted no time in filing for divorce, which Jarred agreed to without hesitation. From that point on, he began to publicly shame her and eventually fired her from his company. Once Celene was kicked out of the house, Noah De Laruente, the man she was supposed to marry years ago, came to her aid and said, "It's time to stop pretending to be an orphan. Marry me and reclaim your rightful position as the heiress of one of the biggest company empires in the country."

"Killing you would be a mercy. And mercy is not what this family gives." Sold to pay her father's debt. Married to the youngest son of the deadliest mafia family in Spain. Widowed before the wedding night was over. Now Alondra Reyes-Salamanca belongs to the older brother, the man who watched her try to run and pulled her back into the dark. Dante Vidal-Montenegro has sworn to make her pay for a murder she did not commit. But someone in this house is hiding the truth. Someone wanted Iker dead. And the more Dante hurts her, the more he begins to suspect that the woman trembling in his bed every night may be the only innocent thing left in his entire bloodline. Enemies to lovers. Mafia kings to confessions in the dark. A debt paid in blood, a bride paid in pain, and a love story written in everything they were never supposed to feel.

She was paid to make him fall in love with her, marry her and then disappear. Just when she thought things would go well and she would be over and done with her six months deal, Ria Gabriel found herself deep rooted and unable to untangle herself from the love web.

"When will Amber leave this house? If you don't give me an answer, I won't be intimate with you anymore. If you truly value me over her, then do what needs to be done," Gwen said as she distanced herself from Dave while they were naked in bed. *********************** Amber’s world falls apart as betrayal and heartbreak push her to the edge. Her husband, whom she helped get out of a huge debt, abandons her for her best friend, leaving her with nothing. In her pain, she makes a solemn vow to never love again. Now, she faces a risky choice between love and revenge in a dangerous game of deceit. Her grandmother’s life is at risk, and Amber must make a crucial decision. Will she break her promise and embark on a dangerous mission that could land her in jail if she fails? Will she give in to her desire for payback or find a way to rediscover love? This captivating romance novel is filled with suspense, surprises, and a woman’s journey to reclaim her worth in a world where nothing is what it seems.

For the seven years after our marriage, I spend whole nights in the prayer room before he will even touch me. Eric Compton says it is to atone for what I owe Monica Lynch. When his mother, Barbara Lane, pushes me to fulfill my wifely duties again, I overhear Eric's friends laughing. "Let me think. How many rounds of IVF has Avery done this year? She's trying very hard to get pregnant." "She probably doesn't know there's no way she's ever getting pregnant with Eric's kid." Eric scoffs. "Every time we're done, I give her a glass of milk. After all these years of birth control, it'd be a miracle if she got pregnant." He adds, "Everything she's suffered through is just payback for driving Monica away." I smile bitterly and send the recording to Richard Compton. "I'm not the lucky one meant to carry on the Compton name. Can I go now?"

Sarah Martin, lost her parents when she was of fragile age, grew up with her best friend, is living her stable life with perfectly paid livelihood and a caring, extremely loving boyfriend. Nothing seems to matter anymore….until the night she finds herself unexpectedly ending up in someone else's arm

For three years, wolfless Wren Ashford endured a toxic dynamic with Alpha Silas Deveraux, who glorified her brokenness while keeping her on a leash of shame and possessive pleasure. But when Silas loses a devastating hockey game after five consecutive years of winning, his debt is paid in bodies—and Wren is the prime currency.