Novel & Cerita Tessa Dare The Bride Bet

"You'll be dead within a year," her uncle said, signing her life away with a stroke of his pen. "But at least you'll finally be useful." Ivy Rowan had always been invisible. Starved, beaten, and silenced by the family that stole her inheritance. When her uncle's debts catch up to him, she becomes the payment. He sold her to Dorian Vale, the billionaire mafia lord cursed to bury every woman he marries. Twelve brides. Twelve graves. All within a year. Dorian doesn't expect his thirteenth bride to last any longer. She's fragile, flinches at every sound. Her weakness annoys him. She never fights back and barely speaks. But then he notices something strange. She doesn't fear him. And that wakes something in him he thought was long dead. It turns out the curse isn't supernatural. It's murder. Someone is killing the brides. And the killer has already chosen their next victim. Dorian has never saved anyone. Ivy has never been worth saving. Will Dorian's cold heart thaw in time to save her? Or will Ivy become the final victim of his curse?

Ethan Calloway has thirty days to save his future. After the death of his powerful grandfather, the billionaire CEO discovers a shocking clause hidden in the family inheritance. To claim control of the Calloway hotel empire and a one-hundred-billion-dollar fortune, he must marry within thirty days and produce an heir within a year. Failure is not an option. Determined to keep his wealth, his company, and the luxurious lifestyle he refuses to give up, Ethan devises a practical solution: find a woman willing to sign a contract and become his temporary wife. But fate has other plans. Charlotte Bennett is hardworking, intelligent, and completely off-limits. As Ethan's administrative assistant, she knows exactly what kind of man he is—a reckless billionaire who treats relationships like business transactions. When an anonymous blind-date experiment unexpectedly brings them together, neither realizes they are falling for the one person capable of turning their carefully planned arrangement into a disaster. Now, with a ticking deadline, a marriage contract, and emotions neither of them expected, Ethan must decide what matters more: the inheritance he has spent his entire life chasing... or the woman he never saw coming. A sizzling billionaire romance filled with forced proximity, workplace tension, marriage of convenience, and a love worth risking everything for.

On what was supposed to be the happiest day of her sister’s life, Aria Monroe is forced into a nightmare she never saw coming. The bride is gone. The guests are waiting. And her family gives her only one choice— take her sister’s place… or destroy them all. Left with no escape, Aria walks down the aisle and marries Adrian Blackwood, a dangerously powerful billionaire known for his cold heart and ruthless reputation. But secrets don’t stay hidden forever. When Adrian discovers he’s been deceived, Aria expects anger… divorce… punishment. Instead, he gives her something far worse. > “You wanted to be my wife so badly? Then stay. And suffer the consequences.” Trapped in a marriage built on lies, Aria refuses to break under his control. But the more she resists, the more Adrian becomes obsessed with the woman who was never meant to be his bride. Just when their dangerous connection begins to blur the lines between hatred and desire… the real bride returns. And she wants her place back. But Aria is no longer the weak substitute. And this time— she’s not leaving without a fight.

One of them wants her dead; the other wants her alive. Whichever it is, the end is pretty certain to the woman who dies a pauper and is reborn as a powerful bride. Damnation. In flames of passion. ~~~ Quinn Parker meets an unfortunate end when she crosses paths with the terror of her city, mafia kingpin, hybrid charmer, Luciano Draven, and dangerous sparks fly between them. But after a deadly deal with his twice as charming twin, Adrien Draven, in the supernatural realm between life and death, a second chance is given to her. At a lethal, deadly cost that could upend her life again. What happens when she's caught in a web of lust, intense, crippling passion and betrayals between two brothers sworn to enmity and hatred? Does she take the path of life or death? Ready yourselves, hell is comin’.

“I can’t believe you just said that!” I burst out, staring at Ethan like he’d sprouted twenty extra heads. “You want me to... to pretend to be your girlfriend? What, like, fake holding hands? Fake kissing? Fake everything?” He didn’t blink as his nonchalant gaze met mine, a hint of a smirk playing on those lips. “Yes, Riley. That’s usually how fake dating works.” All Harper Adams wanted was to get through one evening pretending to be her best friend on a blind date. But when her date turned out to be Ethan Reynolds—her infuriatingly handsome CEO—things quickly spiraled out of control. Now, she’s caught in a whirlwind of fake romance to help him dodge his family’s relentless matchmaking schemes. Between awkward office run-ins and public displays of “affection” at high-society galas, Harper is discovering that fake dating might be a lot harder than she thought—especially when her feelings for Ethan start to feel all too real. With secrets piling up and hilariously disastrous moments at every turn, Harper’s left wondering: can she survive this charade, or will her fake love life blow up in her face?

Synopsis of The CEO's Reluctant Bride Elena Carter never imagined that a single contract would turn her life upside down. When her father’s failing business leaves her drowning in debt, she is forced into a marriage with Damien Sterling—the cold, ruthless CEO of Sterling Enterprises. To him, love is nothing but a weakness, and their marriage is just another business deal. Determined to regain her freedom, Elena swears to resist him at every turn. But the more she fights, the more she finds herself entangled in his world. Beneath Damien’s icy exterior lies a man scarred by the past, and as sparks fly, lines blur between duty and desire. Will Elena break through Damien’s walls and discover the man behind the mask, or will their contract-bound marriage end before love has a chance to bloom?

Sophia never expected her investigative work to lead to the altar. When her stepsister vanishes under suspicious circumstances, Sophia is thrust into an arranged marriage with Ricci Russo—a billionaire, as ruthless as he is mysterious. Ironically, he also happens to be the subject of her next exposé. Ricci, a cold and calculating investor, demands Gerald Williams's daughter as collateral for a high-stakes deal. But when the intended bride disappears, he is given Sophia instead. What he doesn't know is that she's not just an unwilling bride—she's also a journalist determined to uncover his secrets. Trapped in a marriage built on deception and ulterior motives, Sophia and Ricci are drawn into a dangerous game of power, secrets, and unexpected desires. As tension brews and the lines between truth and lies blur, one question remains: Will their forced union spark a love undying or will the weight of their secrets be their own destruction?

“Look at me.” I didn’t. A finger slid beneath my chin and forced my head up. “I said look at me.” His voice wasn’t loud. It didn’t need to be. The room felt smaller with him in it. Harder to breathe. Harder to think. “You don’t speak?” he asked softly. I shook my head. A slow smile touched his lips. “Good.” After betrayal stole her voice and the hospital stole her hope, she woke up in the back of a moving container… about to be sold. Dragged into Podolskaya territory… a city ruled by mafia bloodlines and silent brutality, she becomes property inside a fortress where fear is currency and mercy doesn’t exist. And at the center of it all stands Rai Mikalov. Cold, untouchable and dangerously observant He doesn’t shout. He doesn’t threaten. He simply decides. Unable to speak, and trapped in a world where weakness is hunted, she quickly learns one thing, silence can be a weapon. Or a death sentence. But Rai didn’t choose her by accident. And the reason why might be far more dangerous than being sold. In a world where fear feeds power and love is a liability… What happens when the most dangerous man in the room becomes obsessed with the one girl who cannot beg?

Finding a mate is a blessing that one gets when the Moon Goddess blesses them with a soulmate. It is said that finding a mate has become a myth now because only a handful of wolves have found their mate. Hence, a new custom was made where Alpha males purchased a bride for themselves and that includes the King, however, a King could only purchase an Alpha female as his bride. Violet is the daughter of the Alpha of the Dark Moon Pack, being a part of one of the strongest pack's she has always trained to be a warrior. Although she has to deal with the over-protectiveness of her father and brother because they are always worried she would land in trouble. She lost her mother at the age of 5 and her fierce attitude does nothing to ease the worry of her father and brother. She lives her life like a free bird who doesn't want to get trapped by anyone, she wanted to live her life peacefully and find her true mate. Vincent is a strong Alpha King who rules his people in peace, he had taken over the responsibilities of a King at the age of 13. He is tall, strong, and handsome, his aura carries an air of dominance and strength that would make anyone bow to him. He needs to find himself a bride. No, he has to purchase his bride, an Alpha female to be precise because he is already 21 and hasn't found his mate. Will Violet be able to fight against the unwanted custom and find her happily everafter? Follow their journey to find out.

When Zara’s sister, Aaliyah, ran away from home because she wasn’t ready to get married to the man her father has chosen for her. But to save his reputation Zara’s father then told Zara that she would have to get married to the famous hotelier Jason King. She made a deal with Jason King that their marriage will be on paper only and they won’t have anything to do with each other, she even went as far as telling him that he can go ahead and have extra marital affair and they would go their separate ways after one year. But what happens when Jason starts developing feelings for her? And what happens when he promises to do everything in his power to make her fall in love with him and never leave him?