Tau Empire

In the shadows of Italy's underworld, one rule reigns: 'Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.' Alessandro Morano, a Mafia Godfather, walks a thin line between loyalty and deception. When Amelia Cooper enters his life, Alessandro must choose: Protect his empire or risk everything for love.

Nora Hale seemed like the perfect housewife: quiet, obedient, and invisible in her suburban Texas home. She cooked, cleaned, and supported her husband, Caleb, while enduring his insults and her spoiled daughter Tara’s constant disrespect. No one knew that beneath her modest life, Nora was Nora Hamilton, the reclusive billionaire CEO of Hamilton Global. She gave up her empire for love… but love betrayed her. Everything changes the night Caleb publicly humiliates her, calling her worthless and replaceable. That’s when Nora snaps. She takes her youngest daughter, Mia, packs a single suitcase, and vanishes, leaving Caleb desperate, groveling, and shocked. Within days, the world discovers the truth: the quiet housewife is a billionaire powerhouse, and she’s back. Now, Nora is unstoppable, reclaiming her empire, exposing betrayal, and showing Caleb and Tara that the woman they thought they knew is gone. This time, she’s in control, and no one will ever make her feel small again.

She has spent her life mastering control over her emotions, her empire, and the contract marriage that keeps Vance Industries in her name. Publicly, Sloane Vance is untouchable. Privately, she sleeps alone while her husband’s ambition bleeds into whispers of betrayal with the one person Sloane trusted without question. One signature at the end of her marriage term could legally strip her of the company her parents died to protect, and Sloane knows the clock is no longer on her side. Then Damon Cross steps into her life—sharp-tongued, unyielding, and completely unimpressed by her power. He challenges her silence, sees her fear, and refuses to look away when the cracks show. Desire ignites where resentment once lived, forcing Sloane to choose between the armor that has kept her safe and the vulnerability that could destroy her. Because if she risks her heart and chooses wrong, she will lose more than an empire but if she chooses right, redemption may finally be within reach.

SHE WAS PUSHED TO HER DEATH BY THE MAN SHE LOVED. NOW, SHE’S BACK—AND SHE’S MARRYING HIS BIGGEST ENEMY. Vespera Thorne spent five years building her husband’s empire, only to be betrayed and murdered by him for her stepsister. But fate gives her a second chance. Reborn on the morning of her engagement, Vespera makes a ruthless choice: she walks away from her golden-boy fiancé—and proposes a contract marriage to Cyprian Hale, the city’s most feared and filthy-rich outcast. Cyprian is ruthless, possessive, and dangerously obsessed with her. He agrees to her deal, but he wants more than just revenge. He wants her. Together, they embark on a war of ruin—destroying her ex’s empire piece by piece, slapping every face that ever looked down on her, and uncovering a royal secret that changes everything. But as lines blur and passions ignite, Vespera must choose: Is she still the vengeful ghost of her past? Or has she finally found a love worth living for?

Amber built an empire she was never allowed to claim. Brilliant, strategic, and fiercely loyal, Amber was the mind behind a billion-dollar real estate empire—the woman who identified undervalued properties, structured acquisitions, and designed expansion projects that reshaped skylines. But when betrayal strikes, she’s fired, humiliated, and discarded by the man she helped rise to the top. She walks away with nothing but her intelligence, her dignity… and the projects that were always hers. What her ex-fiancé never expects is his powerful half-brother. A billionaire real estate magnate in his own right, controlled, private, and raising two adopted children on his own, he offers Amber something unexpected: a contractual marriage. No romance. No lies. Just mutual benefit. A public wife to stabilize his corporate image—and a strategic partner who understands the business better than anyone. Amber accepts. She takes her real estate projects with her—developments she sourced, designed, and negotiated from the ground up—and brings them into her new husband’s company. Entire portfolios shift overnight. Investments follow her. For the first time, her name is on the contracts, her voice dominates boardrooms, and her success is undeniable. As Amber rises, the real estate empire she once built in silence begins to crumble. Deals collapse without her leadership. Bad investments surface. And the company her ex-fiancé claimed as his own crashes spectacularly—while Amber thrives, wealthier and more powerful than ever. But what begins as a business arrangement slowly becomes something far more dangerous. Because power is intoxicating. Trust is fragile. And love was never part of the contract.

Alexander Guerriero: Being in the mafia promises a certain type of lifestyle, certain expectations. Along with the respect, the money, the women, also comes the darker side with the danger, the violence, the blood. But above all else, there are the Rules. As the Boss, I need to ensure my empire in the crime underworld remains in order. If not, it shows weakness, tempting the vultures circle and take my empire from me. Because there is no mercy. Ever. So, when I discover one of my soldiers has done me dirty, stealing my goods, I need to make an example of him. No one breaks my Rules! Yet, what happens when it is me who begins to break the Rules? As the Boss, am I above them? Or will my empire come crumbling down because she walked into my life. Rain Coleman: As a romance writer, going to Italy should have been fun. It should have been inspiring for my next best seller! I wish I could say it is why I went to Italy. My brother had basically ghosted me, worried me, for the last five years. So, when I discovered he was there, I packed my bags and went out to find him. Yet, when I do, I discover he’s a member of the mafia, and I’m suddenly dragged into that dark world. Especially, when the Boss has sent for my brother. The Boss, whose molten, dark eyes stir something deep inside me that I can’t deny. And with his confusing demand to keep me around in exchange for my brother’s life, I find myself breaking my promise that I made three years ago to protect my heart.

Seorang laki-laki berkumis tipis yang masuk ke sebuah sekolah perguruan tinggi dengan alasan ingin mencari sahabat kecilnya. Tapi bukannya menemukan sahabat kecilnya yang ia cari, laki-laki itu malah menemukan seorang gadis berambut sebahu yang awalnya ia pikir gadis itu agak aneh. Secuek apapun Rasen, gadis itu tetap mendekatinya hingga pada akhirnya ia menyerah dan mencoba untuk membiarkan gadis itu dekat dengannya. Sampai mereka akhirnya bersahabat dan tak pernah terpisahkan. Hingga suatu saat ada sesosok hantu perempuan yang mengakui bahwa ia adalah sahabat kecil Rasen yang dari waktu ke waktu merubah sikap Rasen pada Eleena. Apakah Eleena bisa membuat Rasen kembali seperti biasanya? Atau malah sosok hantu yang selalu membuntuti Rasen yang akan menang membawa Rasen lebih jauh dari Eleena? Satu pertanyaan Rasen yang ingin ia cari tau jawabannya, apakah sosok hantu perempuan tersebut benar-benar sahabat masa kecilnya yang ia cari?

Dalam keadaan mabuk, Langit yang menganggap Cahaya sebagai kekasihnya, menariknya paksa masuk ke dalam kamar. Hingga hampir saja pria tersebut melecehkannya. Namun, sebelum itu terjadi, untung saja kedua orang tua Langit memergokinya dan bisa mencegahnya. Jelas kedua orang tuanya pun merasa sangat malu dan marah besar kepada Langit. Hingga memaksanya untuk segera menikahi Cahaya saat itu juga. "Papah gak mau tau, pokoknya kamu harus bertanggungjawab, nikahi Cahaya sekarang juga!" tandas Bagus ayah dari Langit, tak terbantahkan. Akankah pernikahan Langit dan Cahaya bertahan lama, terlepas dari keduanya yang tak saling cinta? Dan bahkan, Langit sangat membenci dan memandang redah Cahaya yang notabenenya hanyalah seorang pelayan di rumahnya. Lalu, ketika sang kekasih yang masih sangat ia cintai telah kembali, apakah Langit lebih memilih untuk tetap bersama Cahaya, atau malah sebaliknya? Yuk, ikuti saja kisah selanjutnya hanya ada di sini!

Warning!!! 21+ Bacaan dewasa Harap bijak dalam memilih bacaan. Terima kasih. Napas Alex tersenggal setelah menghabiskan malam bersama dengan Tira. Badannya lemas, bahkan untuk mengenakan kembali pakaiannya, Ia tak mampu. "Apa kamu puas?" tanya Tira yang masih ada di sampingnya. Alex tersenyum kecil dan langsung mencium sekilas bibir Tira. Alex kembali melihat ke bagian itu, namun Tira menutupi wajah Alex dengan pakainnya. "Sudah sana! Harusnya kita tak usah bertemu dulu. Lusa kan hari pernikahan kita," lirih Tira yang kini bangkit dan menutupi semua badannya dengan selimut setelah Alex mengenakan boxer miliknya. "Ah, sayang. Aku puas karena apa yang aku mau sudah aku dapatkan!" Alex pergi ke kamar mandi dan Tira mengekornya dari belakang masuk ke kamar mandi bersamanya .... *** Alex dan Tira tak tau kalau itu adalah pertemuan terakhirnya sebelum Tira menghilang tepat di hari pernikahannya. Bagaimana kelanjutan kisah mereka?

A bought marriage. An uncontrollable desire. An empire at stake. Lorenzo Moretti doesn’t seduce. He dominates. A billionaire CEO feared across Europe, Lorenzo rules Milan like a modern king: cold, ruthless, untouchable. Until his grandfather’s will traps him with a single humiliating condition, to keep the empire, he must take a wife. No love. No romance. Just strategy. Sofia Duarte is broken. Her family’s studio is drowning in debt, her father is destroyed, and the legacy she swore to protect is about to be erased. When Lorenzo offers an obscene deal, marriage in exchange for salvation, she hates every word… and accepts. A contract. Twelve months. One house. One bed. A perfect image. What Lorenzo buys is a wife. What he gets is a woman who refuses to bow. Between explosive arguments, forced proximity, and power games that turn into seduction, hatred starts to burn. The looks last too long. The touches cross forbidden lines. Breathing changes. And when the tension finally breaks, it isn’t gentle. It’s fire. Because Lorenzo doesn’t know how to love, he knows how to possess. And Sofia doesn’t know how to obey, she challenges, provokes, and ignites him. While enemies close in on the empire and the media hunts for cracks in their perfect lie, the contract becomes a golden cage where desire turns into weapon, weakness, and addiction. He bought her to save his throne. She married him to save her family. Neither of them was ready for what happens when Milan’s most dangerous CEO loses control… in bed, in power, and in his heart. Luxury. Domination. Forced proximity. Contract marriage. Obsessive CEO. Strong heroine. Sexual tension that turns into wildfire. She was an agreement.