Substitute Bride

Crystal Santiago was a woman of dual identities. By day, she was a waitress, known for her kind heart and sweet smile. By night, she became Jae, a stripper renowned for her looks and skill. Wherever she went, men would flock to her, completely under her spell. Her long, black hair cascaded over her bare shoulders, framing her seductive red lips and piercing blue eyes. She had the allure of a siren, and it was all too easy for her to trap men in her gaze. But beneath the surface, she was a sweet, down-to-earth girl. Crystal's life was going smoothly until the day she met him. He was powerful, ruthless, and dangerous. He ruled the city with an iron fist, and no one dared to cross them. He approached Crystal one night after her performance, his eyes filled with greed and lust. "You're mine now," he said, his voices dripping with malice. "You belong to me”.

Amelia Bennet never wanted to steal her sister Kathrine’s mate, but when Alpha Logan mistakenly marked her, Kathrine left the pack in fury, and Amelia was forced to step in as the perfect “Luna Kathrine.” Pregnant and hiding the truth from Logan, Amelia’s life spiraled further when her mother died. Kathrine returned for the funeral, determined to reclaim everything she had lost, leaving Amelia rejected and betrayed. Seeking refuge with Logan’s rival pack, Amelia resolved to embrace a new life—but Logan refused to let her go…

Dave Mitaka takes the Defiant family's prettiest daughter for a bribe in place of a debt owed by the family. Lita, the bride elopes a night before her wedding, leaving her elder sister, the not so pretty Reed, to suffer the consequences. "You'll pay for this Reed. Mark my words, you'll suffer the consequences!"

The Draghi Brothers Feared, Revered. Monsters. Those were the words papa had always used to describe them. Worthless, useless, good for nothing-those had been reserved for me. After my little stunt at 16, my papa had made sure I was under lock and key. He knew how to manipulate me, spin his lies and I had no say in whatever he did. When he informed me about my marriage to the second son of the Donovan Family, I knew I had no choice. After all, he was my father. Most girls in our family including my sisters had already been married. I stood at the aisle, looking into the eyes of my husband to be, my mind detached. Just before I could say I do, brain matter splattered on my face, his empty eyes staring at me. The culprits— The brothers I had heard so much about. The brothers that marked me when I was 16. In the heat of the struggle, I found myself tied and captured by them—a price for my family's survival. I knew my father would come save me. Yet, I couldn't help but surrender to the sin they showed me daily. I have a choice to make. A captured bride or a willing slave.

"...คุณมันเเห็นแก่ตัวที่จะเอาให้ได้ทุกอย่างในชีวิตนี้ ผู้หญิงบริสุทธิ์ก็จะเอา แม่ของลูกก็จะเอา เมียที่คอยปรนเปรอบนเตียงก็จะเอา!!!" -- "อุ้มรักสัญญาเถื่อน" โดย ลิขิตา นิยายแนวดราม่า ครอบครัว ปมความลับทับกันไปมา ไม่ต้องกลัวเครียด 🥰🥰 - ไม่เคยเผยแพร่ที่ไหน อ่านได้ที่เดียวที่ Goodnovel เท่านั้น #goodnovel #อุ้มรักสัญญาเถื่อน 🔞 คำเตือนสำหรับผู้อ่าน 🔞 เรื่องนี้แต่งขึ้นเพื่อความบันเทิงเท่านั้น บริบทต่าง ๆ ล้วนสมมติขึ้น ไม่เกี่ยวข้องกับบุคคลหรือเหตุการณ์จริงใด ๆ ทั้งสิ้น โปรดใช้วิจารณญาณในการอ่าน

"I stood at the edge of my heart and watched him choose her. In the end, I was not the one he needed. I was simply the one he settled for." - Noelle ~~~~~~~ I thought I was the one he loved. But a few days before our wedding, I saw him in a way I never had before. His eyes softened as he spoke to her. His first love, and the very woman who had left him in pieces. Heartbreak was something I knew too well. And as I watched the love he still held for her in his eyes, I realized what I had to do. I couldn't marry a man who wasn't truly mine. With no means to cancel the wedding and lacking the courage to confront him, I made a desperate choice to leave. I painfully gave his first love my treasured engagement ring thinking it was for the best and the only way to free myself. But when he saw that ring on her finger, the fragile world I had tried to escape began to shatter. His obsession to find me and bring me back ignited a dangerous game of cat and mouse.

I replaced my sister. Stepping into Claire’s wedding gown, I vowed myself to Tobin Voss, the most feared mafia lord in the city. It was the perfect deception, my way of punishing her for a lifetime of betrayal. With every smile I gave him, every lie I told, I slipped deeper into her life, hiding my true name beneath the mask of a devoted bride. I thought I could control the game. Pretend. Lie. Survive. But Tobin is not a man easily deceived, and his world is built on blood, power, and loyalty. One slip and I’m dead. Then Claire returned. Broken but ruthless, and hungrier than ever to claim what I stole. Her husband, her throne, her place at his side. Now I am trapped between his dangerous desire, her merciless vengeance, and the secrets that could burn me alive. He thinks I am his bride. She thinks I am her enemy. And I don’t know which one will destroy me first.

When the heroic werewolf Ramos is trapped in the twilight realm, his Shadowmen comrades are unable to rescue him. Only a passionate woman with a spirit as wild as his own can set him free…. Oil heiress Angela Valdes fled the jungles of Belize to avoid becoming a pawn in her vicious uncle’s wicked schemes. Though she has found temporary sanctuary in little Twilight, Tennessee, only in her dreams does she taste freedom. At night, her spirit intertwines with a magnificent black wolf, and they run together under the glow of a forest moon. When a wounded stranger is brought to the camp where she is hiding, she glimpses in his eyes the mysterious being who has been the partner of her visions. But before she can explore her strange reaction to this man, they are kidnapped and imprisoned once again. Ramos is a shapeshifting Shadowman, captured by the evil Milan vampire who hopes to control Angela. Injured and blind, he struggles to regain his warrior’s strength as they fight for their freedom — and their lives. Together, their spirits form a powerful link matched only by the passion they discover in each other’s arms. But can a mortal woman attain true love with a man who is half wolf? And will their enemies give them time to find an answer?

"You should be scared," I whispered, brushing my fingertips along her spine, slow and teasing, then down over the swell of her ass. My palm lingered, gripping one cheek possessively. "Because you've just given yourself to the devil." I leaned down, my lips brushing her ear. “And the devil? He doesn’t believe in mercy." .... I should have known better than to sign his contract. My new husband was never meant to be real. He was supposed to be a name on paper, a shield against the vultures circling my late husband's empire. An arrangement with an expiration date. But Killian Cross doesn't let go. He's ruthless, obsessive, and dangerously possessive. The kind of man who doesn't just own his empire. He owns everything in his grasp. And now, that includes me. I thought I could play his game and walk away unscathed. I was wrong. Because my contract husband has made one thing clear. I belong to him now. But what happens when the shadows surrounding him become my prison? What if love isn’t enough for the hell awaiting us? Will I be able to save him when he needs me? Or will we both drown in the raging tempest?

Bukod sa isang drag racer, maraming kwestyon sa pagkakakilanlan at pagkatao ni Kane Talens. Kabilang ang mga tanong patungkol sakaniyang pinanggalingan. Ngunit tadhana na ang gumuhit at nakilala niya ang gangster na si Gabriel at sa hindi inaasahan, ito ang nagsilbing tulay upang magkaroon ng sagot ang kaniyang mga katanungan sa sarili, at kung sino ang nasa likod ng pagkakait ng mga bagay na ito sakaniya noong sanggol pa lamang siya. Sa kanila rin namang pagtatagpo ni Gabriel ay kaniya ring natagpuan ang una niyang pag-ibig, ang pag-ibig na magpaparanas sakaniya kung ano ang pakiramdam ng pagiging kumpleto. Ngunit may sorpresa pa pala ang tadhana, hindi lang para sakaniya kung hindi para sakanila ni Gabriel. Ito ay ang pagdating ni Shian na nagsilbing unang pag-ibig naman noon ni Gabriel, at ang balitang ikagigimbal nilang dalawa. Sa pagdating ni Shian kasama ang balitang iyon ay pag-usbong naman ng mga bagay na kailangang i-sakripisyo ng dalawa. Maaari nga bang magmahal ang taong hindi pa tapos magmahal ng iba? at sa pagbabalik ng nakaraan alin ang kaya nilang talikuran at alin, ang kaya nilang ipaglaban? Sa pagpunta sa punto ng pilian, marami 'mang pagsubok at pagdaanan, mananaig ang mas matimbang at iyon ay ang pag-ibig na kanilang nasimulan.