Provocation

Anya Sawyer and I have been married for eight years. In that time, she brought 99 men back home. One day, I found myself looking at the 100th young man she had brought home ever since we got married. He shot me a taunting look before turning to Anya. "Ms. Sawyer, is this your useless husband?" Anya leaned into her seat and replied with a lazy yes. The young man patted my cheek with a grin. "Tonight, I'll show you what a proper man is capable of." … That evening, I was forced to sit in the living room and listen to their moans all night long. The next morning, Anya ordered me to prepare breakfast for her as usual. I refused. She seemed to have forgotten our marriage was by contract. That day just so happened to be the third-to-last day of our contract.

Two mafia heirs. One dangerous obsession. Sasha Mikhailov was sent to watch Nico Vescari—and kill him when the time came. Nico was sent to negotiate peace… or set the world on fire. What begins as a game of power and provocation spirals into something neither man can control. Violence becomes foreplay. Secrets become chains. And between blood and betrayal, they find the one thing more dangerous than war—each other. Dark. Addictive. Devastating. This is the story of two broken men who will burn the world before they let go.

Shortly after Sophia and Elijah's marriage, Sophia suffers a miscarriage and the treatment of Sophia by Elijah and his family deteriorates. Sophia meets Elijah at his office and his ex-girlfriend Serena, with whom he has an intimate relationship. The neglect of her husband, the abuse of her husband’s mom, the provocation of her rival, and the marriage born out of children rather than love all make Sophia feel suffocated and repressed. She couldn't stand it anymore. She was going to divorce him. After the divorce, Sophia goes abroad to study art, and on the way, she discovers that she is pregnant. Daniel, the senior she is studying with, takes good care of her, but at that moment she discovers that Elijah has followed her abroad.

On my birthday, my husband of five years accompanied his childhood sweetheart to celebrate her dog's birthday. Avery Simpson published a loving post: [The happiest baby in the world. Mom and Dad will be with you. I hope you're always happy.] Seeing the words "Mom and Dad", I commented a question mark with confusion. The next moment, I found myself blocked. Charles Logan called me and lashed out at me. "Why do you always have to mess things up at the worse possible time? You're worse than a dog. How despicable!" Shortly after, Avery changed her profile picture to one of her and Charles, hands intertwined. When I saw the obvious provocation, I didn't get angry like before. That's because I had already made up my mind to get a divorce.

Everyone is jealous of Scarlett Meyer's perfect marriage because her husband is so in love with her that it's literally carved into his bones. However, it isn't until the day she finds out she's pregnant that she realizes her husband, Joachim Davidson, has been cheating on her for the past two years. And the person he's cheating on her with? Katrina Greene, Scarlett's college bully. Katrina even has a pair of twins with Joachim. Katrina won't stop provoking Scarlett, and Joachim also continues lying to her face to be with Katrina. To get back at her cheating husband, Scarlett decides to abort her baby and fake her own death. But just before she leaves for good, she puts the abortion report and proof of Katrina's provocation in an envelope and gifts it to Joachim, telling him that he can only open it a few days later.

"Are you sure you want to deregister everything that has to do with you, Ms. Shaw? Once it's all settled, you will essentially cease to exist. No one will be able to trace you." Nancy Shaw looks at the clock pointing to midnight before saying firmly, "Yes, I'm sure." Hansen Holland's lover has won the wager. He spends his and Nancy's first wedding anniversary with his lover. That's why Nancy doesn't want him anymore. … Hansen thinks Nancy will never leave him, no matter how out of line he acts. He sinks deeper into his lover's tenderness and turns a blind eye to her provocation of Nancy… until Nancy disappears. That's when he panics and descends into terror. When he finally finds Nancy, he sees her in the arms of a man who only has eyes for her. Hansen falls to his knees before her, looking humbled. "I'm sorry, Nance. I know I did you wrong. Let's go back to how things used to be." Nancy links arms with the man beside her and smiles winningly. "It's too late for that. You're out, Mr. Holland."

Elian Lanchester doesn’t need a bodyguard, he needs the world to stay out of his way. Cold, calculated, and impossible to touch, the tech billionaire has built an empire with his brain and burned bridges with his bite. But when a stalker’s threats become dangerously real, his board forces him to get a bodyguard. Unfortunately, they send Dax Reyes, a man Elian hates genuinely. Back in military university, Elian was the guy everyone idolised because of his riches while Dax was a scholarship student who swore to be a ruthless dedicated soldier. Dax is rugged, discreet and unshakably disciplined. The ex-military bodyguard is everything Elian despises and everything he can’t stop watching. Dax isn’t intimidated by Elian’s wealth or his venom. He’s unbothered in the face of provocation, even when the tension burning between them threatens to set the house on fire. But Dax has secrets of his own. He has a family, a past and a line he swore never to cross. When one kiss turns into something that can no longer be denied, Elian and Dax find themselves on the edge of something real and terrifying. Then a bullet changes everything. Desire turns to devastation. Lies twist into betrayal and just when Elian thinks he’s been used and discarded, he discovers the truth was never what it seemed. Now, it's a race against the silence they've both used as an armor. And this time, loving each other might be the most dangerous thing of all.

Titre : Altitude Interdite À trente mille pieds d’altitude, les lois du désir échappent à la gravité. Mila, hôtesse de l’air élégante et insoumise, connaît parfaitement les règles du ciel… et comment les contourner. Habituée aux jeux de regards et aux plaisirs furtifs, elle pensait pouvoir maîtriser toutes les turbulences. Jusqu’à ce qu’elle soit affectée à une nouvelle rotation long-courrier sous les ordres du commandant Nolan Elven . charismatique, froid, terriblement attirant. Entre eux, la tension est immédiate. Un mélange de provocation, de défi, et d’attirance brûlante. Mais à bord, il y a aussi Zoé, une autre hôtesse au charme félin, ancienne amante de Nolan , et qui n’a pas dit son dernier mot. À mesure que les escales s’enchaînent, les limites s’effacent. Dans les hôtels d’escale, les uniformes tombent et les jeux interdits commencent. Mila se retrouve prise dans un triangle électrique, entre le commandant qu’elle veut dompter… et la femme qu’elle ne peut ignorer. Jeux de pouvoir, jalousies, corps emmêlés dans des nuits où tout se consume jusqu’à ce qu’un choix s’impose. Mais à trop voler près du feu, Mila risque de s’y brûler.

Caitlin, jeune diplômée en quête d’indépendance, quitte le cocon protecteur de son oncle pour commencer une nouvelle vie. Mais dès son arrivée dans une ville inconnue, son chemin croise celui de Ronnie, un milliardaire arrogant et mystérieux. Leur rencontre explosive, faite de confrontations et de rancunes, tourne bientôt au piège : une montre brisée, une dette colossale et un contrat forcé font de Caitlin bien plus qu’une simple employée. Ronnie lui impose une condition insensée : devenir à la fois sa secrétaire… et son esclave personnelle. Prisonnière d’un jeu de pouvoir où chaque regard est une provocation et chaque geste un défi, Caitlin doit choisir entre sa liberté et le seul souvenir qui lui reste de ses parents disparus. Mais derrière l’arrogance glaciale de Ronnie se cache un secret, et derrière la rébellion de Caitlin, une force qu’elle ignore encore. Leur haine brûlante pourrait-elle se transformer en quelque chose d’encore plus dangereux ? Ou bien ce jeu cruel les mènera-t-il à leur perte ?

Dans les bras de l’ennemi Elena Moretti, fille d’une puissante famille mafieuse sicilienne, est envoyée à Rome comme monnaie d’échange dans une négociation de paix fragile entre les familles rivales Moretti et Esposito. Plongée dans un monde luxueux mais oppressant, elle devient captive dans la somptueuse villa d’Adriano Esposito, héritier mystérieux et dangereux d’une autre lignée mafieuse. Entre eux, le jeu du pouvoir est intense, chargé d’une tension électrique et charnelle. Elena refuse d’être une simple pionne, défiant Adriano avec fierté et audace, même si leur attirance mutuelle rend le combat plus complexe et dangereux. Sous la surveillance constante de la famille ennemie, Elena navigue entre défiance et désir, déterminée à ne pas perdre son indépendance dans cette guerre froide où chaque regard, chaque silence pèse lourd. La nuit, loin du regard des autres, leur duel silencieux s’intensifie, mêlant provocation, menace et une faim inavouée. Dans ce pacte de sang, la paix promise se mêle à un chaos intérieur brûlant, où la frontière entre ennemis et amants devient terriblement floue.