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Three years ago, I destroyed us with one article. Ethan Hayes — NHL captain, billionaire, the man I loved — looked at me like I was a stranger. Then he banished me from his world. Now I'm back. Not by choice. A scandal is brewing, and my career demands I get close to him again. But the man I meet isn't the one I left. He's colder. Harder. And engaged to a woman who smiles like she's hiding bodies. "You work for me now," he says. "Break a rule. See what happens." I should hate him. I do hate him. But at midnight, when he thinks I'm asleep, I hear him whisper my name through the wall. Then I find the file. My hospital record. Altered. And a nurse's anonymous message: "Your baby didn't die." Our son is alive. Someone took him. Someone hid him from both of us. Now Ethan and I are forced to become something more dangerous than enemies. Partners. We'll tear down his father's empire. We'll expose the betrayal of his best friend. We'll burn through lies, fake engagements, and a custody battle that makes headlines. But the boy doesn't know us. He calls another woman "Mom." And he flinches when I reach for him. Puck, Passion, and Broken Promises is a 150-episode completed romance. First-person POV. 70% dialogue. Every episode ends on a cliffhanger. If you love enemies to lovers, secret baby, hockey romance, and second chances that make you cry — this is for you.

Big fat Aurora Wright has always been ridiculed and body-shamed by the ones she calls family…not excluding her husband - Ethan Slade, the man she loves so much. She thought marriage was for better for worse and she was ever so willing to go down that lane with him until the very end even though he feels absolutely nothing for her. But, tables turn when the man she loves, calls her a pest and wants her gone. Nothing broke Aurora's heart more than the fact that he didn't bat an eye watching her groan in pain. Anger, pain and hate for the Slade family, Aurora swore to make them pay and beg at her feet. Aurora is reborn into a more sophisticated woman bent on having her revenge after getting married to New York's youngest politician, Orion's Valois.

“You can hide from anyone—but not from the devil who owns you.” There are choices that make us and others that break us. For Alessia Rivera, her worst mistake became her only way out. Alessia Rivera's world came crashing down the night she found her fiancé with her best friend in bed. Trust has been broken, humiliation dumped on her, everything ripped apart. But her family was concerned about power, not her pain. The marriage between her and Damon was politics, not love, and if she refused to play along, they would let her father rot in jail. One desperate night, Alessia sought escape in the arms of a stranger. A mistake. A secret. A fire that should not have happened. But Dante Moretti is not a man you forget. He is danger wrapped in a tailored suit, the kind of man people fear to whisper about. Cold. Commanding. Obsessive. And weeks later, Alessia learns the truth that rip her world apart: she is pregnant…And Dante is the father of her unborn child and he is also the mysterious new partner of her family’s empire. Now she is trapped in a cruel game. Marry the man who betrayed her to protect her father, or confess the truth to the devil who already marked her as his. To Dante, he doesn’t care about vows, rings, or the lies she hides behind. He wants one thing—her. And he will burn her world to ashes to claim what belongs to him. Because to Dante, love is not tender. Love is possession. Love is war. And Alessia is the only one that can quench this fire. The question is, how does one resist the devil who already owns her soul?

📖 Synopsis When Grace Morgan agrees to a contract marriage with powerful CEO Nathaniel Blackwood, the world sees it as a convenient business arrangement. What no one knows is that Grace carries a past tied directly to the man she is now married to. Years ago, a false accusation destroyed her life, erased her identity, and cost her everything. Nathaniel was the one who signed the papers that sealed her fate. He never learned the truth. Now bound by a public marriage built on rules and distance, Grace returns under a new name, not for revenge, but for justice. As hidden truths resurface and old wounds reopen, Nathaniel is forced to confront the consequences of his choices. What begins as a cold agreement slowly turns into a journey of accountability, healing, and forgiveness. But some damage cannot be undone, and love cannot exist without truth. Can a marriage born of convenience survive the weight of the past, or will the truth tear them apart before redemption is possible? Author: Okechukwu Chinedu

One Year to Lose You Maya Bennett has twelve months left to live. At twenty-one, she has everything: bestselling books, wealth, and a man who loves her enough to kneel with a ring in his hand. So she breaks his heart. On the night he proposes, Maya tells Ray she has fallen out of love. That she wants someone else, she walks away before he can see her fall apart because it’s easier to be hated than mourned. Then she meets Jay, a stranger in sportswear who can’t pay his taxi fare, so she thought… but in the real sense, he is the man the city knows as billionaire Jay Naire. She offers him a deal: pretend to be her boyfriend for one year. Make it convincing for Ray to forget her before she’s gone, and Jay agrees. But the more they fake it, the more real it becomes. And before the year runs out, Maya finds herself trapped between two men, the one she tried to save, and the one who refuses to let her go. Will twelve months be enough to lose both of them? Or will she run out of time first?

Selene, the loyal best friend, accidentally has a wild one-night stand with a tall, bearded stranger in a motel during a snowstorm—raw, unforgettable sex she thinks she’ll never repeat. The next day at Gwen’s family dinner, the stranger walks in: it’s CK—Gwen’s lifelong childhood crush and family friend, now their new roommate. Guilt crashes in as Selene realizes she slept with her best friend’s obsession. But the chemistry is too strong to resist. Secret hookups ignite in their shared apartment (kitchen counters, shared bathroom risks, late-night motel dates). They agree to date in hiding—Gwen can never know. Every stolen moment is hotter because it’s wrong. Close calls multiply. CK’s quiet depression cracks around Selene. External pressure builds from ex Megan at his new law firm job. When Gwen starts noticing marks, deleted texts, weird vibes, and the growing distance between her two closest people—the secret begins to crack. The truth explodes at Gwen’s surprise birthday party (puppy reveal, friends, cake). After fallout and healing, Selene and CK reunite months later—no lies, just honest love. Hopeful but scarred ending.

"She died... The Billionaire's Wife" Radiant was happy in the arms of her husband, Dauxfer Monrovia, a billionaire. They also had a newborn daughter named Astrid. Their life was rich and blissful, when suddenly, they were ambushed. Because of the severity of what happened, Radiant could no longer endure it. Despite this, she could only wonder why she was now living in a different world; modest, simple, and filled with people she did not know. She longed to return to her family—to her husband. But Radiant found herself questioning how Dauxfer would love her again if she was in the body of a 23-year-old maiden? Would Radiant be able to prove to everyone that she is the billionaire's wife?

She was framed for the crime she didn't commit. He destroyed her for it. When Alicia Grey is blamed for the death of her billionaire husband's sister, her life is erased overnight. Accused, convicted, and abandoned by everyone she trusted, Alicia loses her career, her freedom, and her name. She escapes. Six years later, Alicia returns with power, secrets, and children the Belmont empire was never meant to know about. As the truth behind the tragedy claws its way into the light, Killian must face the woman he broke and the lie that destroyed them both. However, forgiveness was never part of the contract.

Unmated. Wolfless. Orphan. A shame. That is what they call Elana Lancelot. On the night of her twenty-second birthday, beneath a full moon, she is humiliated and given an ultimatum by the Alpha. Seven days to find her mate. Or be given a fate worse than exile. She'd been rejected five times before,so she believed she didn't have a mate, just like she didn't have a wolf. On the night of the seventh day, her Fate is declared as the breeder of the Lord of Rogues, Cassian Thorne. But her fate changes thaf same night as a stranger walks in, and called her his mate. His name is Arden Atticus. But Arden is not what he seems. He is not from her world. He is from another realm, bound here by a curse. He trespassed in his realm so he was sentenced—He must love her. Not pretend. Not protect. Not guard. Love. And when the curse is fulfilled… he is free. But will she really escape her fate of being Cassian Thorne’s Breeder, especially when Arden killed Cassian's men just to prove a point?

"Sign the papers, Sophia. We both know this was never a real marriage." Five years ago, those words were the last thing Alexander Knight said to her before she walked out of his penthouse — and out of his life. He never knew she was already carrying his son. Sophia Hart rebuilt herself from nothing: a name, a career, and a son who has his father's eyes, his father's stubborn jaw, and absolutely no idea who that father is. She swore she'd never let Alexander Knight back into either of their lives. Fate didn't ask her permission. When Alexander spots a little boy throwing the exact tantrum he used to throw at five years old, the resemblance stops him cold — and the math isn't hard to do. His son. The one thing his money, his name, and his empire never bought him a say in. For the first time in his life, Alexander Knight isn't in control of anything. He wants Sophia back — not the polished, guarded woman standing in front of him now, but the version of her only he ever knew, the one who used to fall asleep mid-sentence on his shoulder during late-night work calls. He's willing to burn down every deal, every rival, every lie his own family has been hiding, just to get her back. But Sophia has spent five years learning how to survive without him. Trust isn't something she's willing to hand over twice. And somewhere in his own boardroom, someone has known about his son for years — and has every reason to make sure father and son never find their way back to each other. This time, if Alexander loses her, he won't just lose the woman he loves. He'll lose his son before he ever really had him.