Paper Promise: The Substitute Bride

Can you ever understand the feeling of having sex with your husband as he keeps calling out another woman's name? Yes, that was my life as the wife of the ruthless, stoic CEO. With my sister, his childhood sweetheart on the run with her boyfriend and his need for a Mrs Levine and an heir, I was picked in the stead of my sister to temporarily fill up the space. “ You're not pregnant yet?!” He banged his hand against the bedside table in anger. “; I guess we just have to keep trying then,” he smirked. I was always afraid of that statement, he indirectly meant sleeping with me every single day but no one dared to say otherwise even if I would fall sick after. What's weird about the heart is how it falls in love with the weirdest persons. I loved Asphalt even though he didn't love me and I believed I could make him love me but that dream came crashing down when Janet returned. As I pushed my babies into the world, I wondered if  Asphalt would love me once he sees our kids but with his plans of taking my kids and reuniting with my sister, I wasn't going to wait until I was kicked out. Taking my babies in my arms, I ran away from the hospital as the rain went pit-pat concealing the tears and I for the first time resented Asphalt.

She thought her life was over when the man she loved betrayed her and stole her career. Her family forced her into an arranged marriage with a cold, mysterious billionaire; rumored to be old and impotent. Everyone pitied her, calling her the substitute bride. But they were wrong. When Amelia Quinn married Alexander Sterling, she didn’t expect love. She expected silence, distance, and a cage. Yet behind the billionaire’s mask lay secrets of his own, and behind Amelia’s pain burned a fire no one saw coming. When fate reunites her with her betrayers and an unexpected ally offers her a chance to rise again, Amelia takes it. She sheds her name, hides her scars, and returns to the world as someone else; smarter, bolder, and ready for revenge. But Alexander is watching. And the more she hides, the more he wants to know who his substitute bride truly is. In a game of love, lies, and redemption, Only one truth remains: The woman they thought was replaceable will become unstoppable.

Mia and Maya Moonstone are twin sisters and daughters of the Alpha of the Skye pack, one of the weakest pack in America. With their pack on the brink of collapse, their father makes a desperate bid to save it by agreeing to marry Maya to the ruthless Alpha Logan. But fate intervenes when Maya falls into a coma after a tragic accident, just one day before the wedding. With their pack’s future in danger, Mia is forced to take Maya’s place and marry the ruthless Alpha Logan, agreeing to a 91 day marriage until her sister awakens. But what happens when Maya wakes up and discovers her sister is now married to the man who was meant for her? Will Mia be forced to surrender the alpha who has capture her heart or will she be willing to risk everything to be with him?

"Tak ku sangka, aku akan mendapatkan kabar perselingkuhanmu dihari ulang tahun pernikahan kita." Dihari pesta ulang tahun pernikahannya dengan Dhexsel Marghero, Aera Wattzh harus menelan bulat-bulat kenyataan pahit kabar perselingkuhan sang suami dengan sahabat karibnya sendiri. Perceraianpun menjadi satu-satunya pilihan Aera saat itu. Setelah menyandang status janda, Aerapun memulai kehidupan barunya sambil menyembunyikan fakta kehamilannya dari sang mantan suami, Dhexsel. Dhexsel yang masih sangat mencintai Aerapun mulai mencari keberadaan mantan istrinya itu hingga suatu ketika dia dibuat terkejut saat berhasil menemukan keberadaan Aera ternyata mantan istrinya itu telah menjadi istri dari rekan bisnisnya yang bernama Arzhel De Leon. Mampuka Aera menyembunyikan fakta bahwa dia dan Dhexsel mempunyai anak? Seperti apa kisah Aera yang tiba-tiba dibuat bingung akan kehadiran Dhexsel yang mengharapkan cintanya kembali.

Sophia never expected her investigative work to lead to the altar. When her stepsister vanishes under suspicious circumstances, Sophia is thrust into an arranged marriage with Ricci Russo—a billionaire, as ruthless as he is mysterious. Ironically, he also happens to be the subject of her next exposé. Ricci, a cold and calculating investor, demands Gerald Williams's daughter as collateral for a high-stakes deal. But when the intended bride disappears, he is given Sophia instead. What he doesn't know is that she's not just an unwilling bride—she's also a journalist determined to uncover his secrets. Trapped in a marriage built on deception and ulterior motives, Sophia and Ricci are drawn into a dangerous game of power, secrets, and unexpected desires. As tension brews and the lines between truth and lies blur, one question remains: Will their forced union spark a love undying or will the weight of their secrets be their own destruction?

Si Raheel Del Fuego, ang tagapagmana ng Del Fuego Industries, ay handang magsimula ng bagong buhay kasama ang kaniyang bride—ngunit biglang nawala ito. Habang abala sa paghahanap, isang babaeng hindi inaasahan ang magpapabago sa kaniyang kapalaran. Si Anabelle Enriquez, isang simpleng cashier, ay nagsusumikap para sa buhay ng kaniyang may sakit na ina. Nang iligtas niya ang Lolo ni Raheel mula sa mga armadong kalaban, hindi niya alam na ang kaniyang kabutihan ay magbubukas ng pintuan sa isang kasunduan na magbabago ng lahat. Upang makapagbayad ng utang-loob, inalok siya ng matanda ng kasal kay Raheel, isang hakbang na makaliligtas sa buhay ng kaniyang ina. Pumayag si Anabelle, ngunit hindi niya inaasahan ang bagong mundong puno ng yaman, lihim, at mga pagsubok. At nang magbalik ang dating fiancé ng kaniyang asawa, muling magbabalik ang mga sugat ng nakaraan. Pagtitiwalaan ba ni Anabelle ang kasal na puno ng sakripisyo, o maghahanap siya ng kaligayahan sa labas ng kasunduan? Book 1: Completed Book 2: Completed Book 3: Completed

The space between them disappeared. She arched into him, tilting her head as his lips traced a slow path down her jaw, then lower. Goodness, she wanted more. *** Valentina De Luca was never meant to be a Caruso bride. That was her sister's role—until Alecia ran off with her fiancé, leaving behind a family drowning in debt and a deal that couldn’t be undone. Now, Valentina is the one offered up as collateral, forced into marriage with Naples’ most dangerous man. Luca Caruso has no use for a woman who wasn’t part of the original bargain. To him, Valentina is nothing more than a replacement, a means to reclaim what was promised to him. But she isn’t as fragile as she seems. And the more their lives tangle, the harder she is to ignore. Everything begins to go well for her, well, until her sister returns. And with her, the kind of trouble that could ruin them all.

After years of being together, Joan was cheated on by boyfriend with her step sister because she's the love of your parents and the inheritor of family business. Worse, she forced to marry a bankrupt billionaire's son, in her stepsister's place. In desperate need of a big sum of money to pay her medical bills for a sickness which no one knew about, she agreed. But nobody knows that the ruthless billionaire's son whom everyone despises has his own business and his own empire. Her now ex-boyfriend regrets it and wants her back? Never. Her family all beg for her forgiveness so the family business can be saved? She is ready to show the how RUTHLESS she can be.

Fate stripped everything from me and forced me to face my worst nightmare. As the adopted and weakest member of my pack, I’ve always been an outcast and mistreated, especially since I've never been able to shift into my animal form. Every time I try to find a way to escape my personal hell, my pack leader stops me, vowing that I'll never be free from him. Then the worst happens. A group of my pack members attack me. Alone, outnumbered, and stuck in my human form, I'll fight for my life even though there’s no hope for survival. Until a group of unfamiliar wolves come to my aid. The sexiest and strongest of them, Bodey, is adamant to protect me. And something inside me tugs toward him almost unnaturally. But it turns out things aren't what they seem. There might be something more to my past than I knew . . . and Bodey might be the very person I need protecting from. Get this steamy and suspenseful forced proximity, touch her and unalive, broody male, fated mates, royal wolf shifter romance today!

I stepped out of the shower with just a towel wrapping my body and was startled. It was my first wedding night, and instead of my husband, the ruthless Alpha, Silas, I found a handsome man sitting on the bed shirtless, smirking at me! “Who are you?” “I am your husband!” A few hours ago, I heard that cold voice at the altar. I had expected my husband to be unattractive, but he turned out to be incredibly handsome. So, why did he wear that dreadful mask during our wedding? What shocked me more was when he got up from the bed and walked over to me! Wait, he’s not crippled?! “You couldn’t even recognize your husband! He growled. Seeing him growing ferocious, I walked backward frantically. Just as the towel threatened to slide down, leaving me exposed and naked, he swiftly pulled me into his strong, muscular arms, his hands quickly catching my towel! His face was reigning with lust as he gaped down at me. “Someone is desperate to have her first night!” He inclined his lips to my ear and whispered, “Beware, lady, it wouldn’t be pleasure but pain!” He dropped the towel, and there I stood naked in his arms. He looked at me with lust as if I were his prey. “I will be so hard on you that you won’t forget your husband for eternity!” My heart thumped! I have heard that he is the most ruthless and ferocious Alpha history has ever had! What will he do to me on our first wedding night? ------- I am Bruna Walters, an illegitimate daughter who married my sister’s fiance to save my grandmother. I was scared. What if Silas, my ruthless husband, discovered that I am not Regina but a substitute?