Synonym Surface

Livia Shelby, 19, is forced into marriage with Damian Alexander - a ruthless CEO with a cold heart. Hate simmers beneath the surface, and sometimes it blurs the line between resentment and desire. But what happens when the love that grows between them is bound by a contract... and forbidden to be spoken?

My personal maid assumed my identity and secretly bound herself to Sebastian Vitale, who had been living under our roof. On our wedding night in my previous life, Sebastian discovered I was not the woman he loved. From that moment on, he began a quiet investigation and convinced himself that, driven by jealousy, I had forced the maid to her death. Over the next ten years, he used the power of my Mafia family to rise steadily through the ranks, eventually becoming the new Don. On the surface, he treated me with tenderness and care. Behind my back, he destroyed my entire family. As for me, after years of enduring his calculated cruelty, I met my end beneath the icy surface of a lake on a bitter winter night. When I opened my eyes again, I had returned to the day Sebastian knelt and begged for our marriage alliance.

Forced by unexpected circumstances, Bianca North enters a contract marriage with the cold and calculating Theo Harrington. What begins as a deal—pride for her, obligation for him—quickly turns dangerous as buried secrets surface and emotions blur the rules. Caught between duty and desire, one wrong choice could change their lives forever.

"I'm a mess, trying to fix what I became and for your own good maybe you should walk away." — Zayn Cole Santiago. On the surface Zayn Santiago has everything. A powerful name, a prestigious law degree within reach and a father who runs the country's most influential firm. But beneath the surface is a man held together by anger and adrenaline, spending his nights in underground fighting rings and illegal street races, chasing the only feeling that drowns out the silence his mother left behind when she took her life. By day he's the son of the prospective president. By night he's a completely different kind of dangerous. He bleeds for fun and calls it living. Aliya Martinez is a 21-year-old pre-law student with an ambition to become one of the best lawyers in the world. She’s the calm to his storm, The light to his darkness, The peace he never knew he needed, And the perfection in his ruin. Like fire and gasoline, they were never supposed to cross paths, but one night was all it took to turn everything upside down. When Zayn saves a drunk girl from a club, he thinks that’s the end of it—until a photograph surfaces of him carrying an unconscious girl into his penthouse at 2 a.m. With his father, Eduardo Santiago, running for the presidency, the scandal threatens everything. The solution is simple. An arranged engagement between Zayn and the girl. For two years. What starts as a fake relationship turns into something far more complicated as real feelings surface and buried secrets threaten to destroy everything they’ve built. Some secrets don't stay buried. Some feelings don't stay fake. Some pasts should never collide. But some ruins are far too beautiful to walk away from.

Ciara’s life takes a dramatic turn when she enters a contract marriage with wealthy Samuel Fury. With a dying mother-in-law’s wish hanging over them, Ciara must navigate the cold world of high society while wrestling with her own troubled past. But as secrets and rivalries surface, can she find a genuine connection or will she forever remain a pawn in a high-stakes game?

Traveling to the center of the earth to retrieve her son from Center Land is intense enough without having to deal with Amazon rogue women, prehistoric animals, and... yes... the aliens and zombies that they thought they'd left on the surface are there too! Is there no escape from the horror? They have a plan to end the aliens and zombies once and for all... but... will it work? The answer is in "Center Land", book three of the apocalyptic romance-thriller series, Kendra's Journey.

Broke and desperate, Emma Clarke agrees to a one-year contract marriage with cold billionaire Alexander Cross for two million dollars. It's purely business, until it isn't. As fake kisses become real and walls crumble, Emma falls for the wounded man behind the fortune. But when betrayals surface and enemies close in, she discovers a shocking truth that makes her question everything. Was his love ever real, or was she just another deal to close?

Ava is an ordinary college student living a perfectly normal life—until the mysterious new guy, Roger, shows up on campus. From the moment he arrives, Ava is haunted by vivid nightmares that feel less like dreams and more like memories. And when their paths finally cross, something inside her shifts. Long-buried truths begin to rise to the surface… including the impossible: Ava is remembering what it feels like to be a werewolf.

The kingdom of Agartha, an advance civilization of hybrids, would open its gate-way to spread terror among the inhabitants of the surface earth. An apocalypse was bound to happen soon and one girl had been warned of that possibilities on her dreams where she met the frightening dark lord who claimed her as his bride. She can be humanities' downfall or salvation if she chose the right side to fight in the coming unforeseen war.

Max and Claire have hated each other since childhood, but now, fate has other plans. When Claire starts working at the pack’s center, sparks fly, secrets surface, and an undeniable mate bond forces them to face feelings they’ve spent years ignoring. Can enemies finally put aside their rivalry, or will they fight destiny and risk losing the chance at something extraordinary? Passion, tension, and destiny collide in this slow-burn enemies-to-mates romance.