The Empire's Ruin

On the day of the wedding, Galen Shaw forces me to crack walnuts with my bare hands for his so-called female buddy. My expression goes cold, and I refuse outright. "My hands are for holding a scalpel, not cracking walnuts for her!" He only chuckles and orders someone to hold me down. Then, he glues the walnuts to my palms himself. One by one, he slams them against the ground. "You cheated while studying medicine. Now that you've married me, forget about ever being a doctor again!" I grit my teeth through the pain. My fingers are aching, but I try to explain. "I went abroad to study medicine for you!" His so-called female buddy sneers in a shrill voice. "All that talk about the Shaw family's hereditary disease is nonsense! Galen has been perfectly healthy for over 20 years. Don't tell me you just want another excuse to cozy up with your precious senior?" The moment those words leave her lips, the faint thought of having someone bandage my hand disappears. A shadow crosses Galen's face. "Looks like you haven't learned your lesson!" He throws me into the basement and locks me there for three days. By the time I crawl out, my hands are completely ruined. Later, when Galen's hereditary disease finally surfaces, the doctor tries to comfort him. "This disease may be terminal, but there is still a way. Dr. Robinson has just returned from overseas. She's the only one in the world who can perform this surgery. "I hear that she's your wife."

When Dante Salvatore walks into an exclusive auction, he expects anything but to see Luca Romano, the man he pushed away five years ago, being sold like property. Dante buys him without hesitation. Luca looks at him with nothing but hatred. Bringing Luca home was supposed to fix everything. Instead, it unleashes a storm of betrayals, hidden agendas, and family secrets that threaten to destroy them both. In a world where love is a weakness and trust can get you killed, they'll have to decide: are they each other's salvation or final destruction?

Kai writes the truth no one wants to hear. Especially not about Jax—the untouchable alpha captain who owns the rink and everyone’s attention. Kai’s articles tear Jax apart, call out the ego, the dirty hits, the way he plays like the world owes him. Jax should hate him. Instead, he watches. Remember. Because four years ago, one drunken night at a party locked them in a room, and Kai walked away pretending it never happened. Jax never forgot. Now the pull is back—violent, quiet, impossible to shake. Jax corners him, crowds him, makes him feel it all over again. But Milo’s there too—the steady defenseman who’s loved Kai silently since freshman year, who knows exactly what happened that night and did nothing. One secret could burn the team down. One choice could burn Kai down. In a world where the ice is thin and loyalty fractures, love isn’t clean—it’s a blade. And someone’s going to bleed.

She was sent to seduce him. She was never meant to fall in love. Marina Nightmare breaks her mate bond and infiltrates enemy territory with one mission: get close to Alpha Sylvan Red horn and discover if he is behind the plague killing werewolf pups across all territories. The plan is simple. Until it is not. Under the blood moon, Marina becomes Sylvain's chosen mate. She bears his twin daughters. Against every instinct of survival, she falls desperately in love with the wolf she was sent to destroy. When her betrayal is exposed, Sylvan cages her above a ravine, his amber eyes burning with heartbreak and rage. "You were my moon. Now you are nothing." But Marina's deception is only one piece of a far deadlier game. As the true enemy rises from the shadows to slaughter all the packs, former lovers must become reluctant allies. The only thing that can stop total annihilation is the Crimson Pact. It is ancient magic requiring absolute trust between those who can no longer bear to look at each other. Betrayal costs more than blood. It costs everything. A dark paranormal romance where love is not enough, trust is shattered, and redemption demands the ultimate sacrifice.

Ten years ago, Elara’s only refuge from Kaelan Vanderbilt’s cruel torment was her sketchbook. Now, she wears his brother’s engagement ring, poised to claim the loving family and safe life she’s always craved. Her past is a locked box, and gentle Liam Vanderbilt is the key to her future. But for Kaelan, the past is a weapon. The moment his brother introduces his fiancée, the quiet, artistic girl he once broke becomes an all-consuming obsession. He sees the fear in her eyes and replaces it with a dangerous, simmering desire. He will sabotage his brother, risk the family empire, and tear her perfect world apart to make her his. Elara is trapped between the man who represents everything she needs and the man who embodies the darkness she’s always feared… and secretly craves. As Kaelan’s campaign of seduction and psychological warfare escalates, he forces her to confront a terrifying truth: was she ever truly hiding from him, or was she waiting for him to find her again? The gala is the pinnacle of her new life, a celebration of her future with Liam. But as Kaelan’s hand settles on the small of her back, his lips brush her ear, and he whispers the same taunt that haunted her high school halls, the line between hatred and obsession shatters. “Run along, little mouse,” he murmurs, his voice a dark promise. “I’ve always loved the chase.”

Seven months pregnant with our heir, I was on the front lines, fighting for my Alpha mate, Ethan. I’d just secured a thirty-million-dollar territory for our pack and rushed home, eager to surprise him with the news. But as I neared the council room, the broken sobs of his adopted sister, Tessa, stopped me cold. "A low-born Silver Wolf like Sophia... she's not worthy of being our pack's Luna." "Ethan, we're the ones who are fated to be together. Mark me... please?" My blood ran cold. I expected Ethan to shove her away, to defend my honor. Instead, he caressed her cheek, his voice a soft, gentle murmur that cut me deeper than any blade. "Just give me a little more time, Tessa. On the next blood moon, I'll sever my bond with Sophia." My world shattered. I fled, only to be cornered and brutally murdered by Tessa. She framed my death as an attack by a rogue wolf before tossing my body from a cliff. It wasn’t until the news of my death reached him that Ethan finally broke. He fell to his knees at the edge of that same cliff, his agonized howl echoing into the night. "Sophia… I was wrong. Please, just come back to me."

For a man who has spent years without any emotional attachment due to the nature of his work and because he saw them as distractions, he fell pretty hard for Nova. Years of restraint down the drain at the mere sight of the gorgeous black woman, that soon became his maddest obsession. Even though I tried to stay away... "She's like the strongest addiction, She's my obsession" He's a stranger "She belongs to me. Her very being, and just like every cell in her body will call out for me soon enough." "He makes me feel things, that I've never felt before" "She's mine to do as I want, She's mine to ruin" "In the end, I was only His To Ruin"

Warning: This book will make you blush, bite your lip, and fall for the man you’re supposed to hate. Steamy, sinful, and utterly addictive. This isn’t just a love story, it’s a collision of sin, lust, and everything you were told to stay away from. It’s spicy with a splash of danger. He was the one man I couldn’t have, and the only one who could ruin me. Promised to one brother. Owned by the other. One night of sin. The beginning of obsession. I was supposed to say “I do”… to his brother. But I moaned his name instead. One night of raw need turned into a dangerous obsession. He’s ruthless. He’s forbidden. His touch ruins me. His kiss brands me. His need destroys every line we should have never crossed. I was promised to one brother… But now, I belong to the one I should fear.

Aria Walker, 25, walks into a society party expecting to face her cheating ex, Ethan Kane, with dignity. Instead, she’s humiliated, betrayed again, and overhears Ethan bragging she was only “practice.” Her heartbreak turns into fury... the kind that demands revenge. That’s when she meets Daniel Kane, Ethan’s father. Daniel is powerful, dangerously controlled, and twenty years older. He’s the kind of man whose presence changes the air, which equally deadly enemies. When he calls Aria “little one,” it’s a warning… and a temptation she doesn’t yet understand. Fuelled by rage, Aria makes the unthinkable decision: She will destroy Ethan by seducing his father. It's a reckless game and a poisonous idea. And the one forbidden sin Aria should never touch. But she can't resist him, and Daniel doesn’t push her away, instead he steps into the game willingly. What begins as spite becomes something darker filled with tests, spiralling obsession, stalking and mysterious messages and warnings following Aria everywhere, and secrets that could ruin them all. Each passing night blurs the line between revenge and desire and each moment with Aria feels like stepping deeper into a world she’s not prepared for. But when Aria finally discovers the locked room in Daniel's mansion, everything shatters. Daniel catches her in the act and refuses to let her go. Aria, torn between fear and longing, must decide: Was Daniel her salvation…or the final betrayal she will never recover from? Their relationship is a ticking time bomb waiting to explode.

The company held a management meeting, and my husband's secretary was standing at the door, checking everyone's identity. Every person who entered the conference room was greeted with a bright smile—until it was my turn. Then came a derisive snort. I frowned and handed over my badge from the Cybersecurity Department, but he didn't even bother to look. "Skye, Mr. Fraser only pitied you enough to make you a manager. Don't tell me you actually think you're something special?" I didn't respond. Instead, I turned around and dialed the CEO's direct line. "Someone just said this position was yours to grant out of pity. Is that true?"