The German Wife

Lily Bashwood's only crime is looking exactly like the recently dead daughter of Don Grander. She is only a poor server at a wine shop. When she is kidnapped, and forced to impersonate their dead daughter just to be Christopher's wife, billionaire heir to the Bridger Empire for one year, she is left without a choice, especially when the life of her only brother is threatened. Lily is thrown into a world of wealth, lies, deceit and foul play, the survival against the enemies being the wife of Christopher have accumulated, and navigating the complex personality of the dead girl she is impersonating; wild, adventurous, and luxurious, a sharp contrast from the life Lily is accustomed to. The marriage contract is to last a year, and Lily is to play by the rules of Don Grander and his extravagant wife for their personal gain. As Lily plays her role, she realizes there is more than meets the eye with everyone in the world of the rich. Will she be able to keep herself from falling for the handsome billionaire? Will Lily survive a year without being caught, or will she be swallowed up by the woes surrounding her? Only time will tell for Lily Bashwood.

After the death of her father, Layla Torres lost all she had and was forced to work multiple jobs to feed and keep her dying mother alive. A one-night stand with Alexander King, the renowned and youngest billionaire in Las Vegas changes her story. For the first time in her life, she allowed a man to touch her. A stranger! Alexander King, the strikingly gorgeous multi-billionaire, felt attracted to a woman for the first time after so many years of nursing heartbreak from his first love. After much pressure from his grandmother and threats from his father to marry him off to the spoilt granddaughter of the Rogers against his will, he then looked for Layla and made a contract marriage proposal to her. Layla had no choice but to accept because of the huge benefits attached to it. But will she be able to keep to the terms of the contract? What will Alex do when he realizes he has fallen in love with his fake bride? Find out for yourself!

Second Chance Series Book One. ***** To some, marriage is a word. To others, a sentence. ***** Excerpt He unlocked his safe and pulled out some papers. He threw them on my face and gestured me to pick them up. I glared at him, refusing to listen. "Come on, pick them up" he ordered like he was talking to a pet dog. When I didn't listen he crouched down to my level and picked them up himself. "Do you know what it is? It's our marriage contract, read it!" He threw them on my face again. "I said fucking read it!" He yelled loudly. "Don't make me do something, you'll regret afterward, read it, I'll beat you if I have to" he threatened. I picked them up with trembling hands and blurry vision. I saw my signature at the bottom of the page, my breath seized as I stared at it. "Read it!" He ordered, standing tall before me. 1. I will not work. 2. I will respect my in-laws. 3. I will do whatever my husband tells me to. 4. I will take care of my husband as an obedient wife whether I am treated like a wife or not. 5. I will bear children for my husband, I won't have any parental rights over them. My husband will have their sole custody. 6. Finally, I will be ready to go to bed with my husband at his wish whether I like it or not. A single tear fell on the page followed by many others. He snatched the contract back from me. "Now you understand your place?" He asked menacingly.

" He is sweet and warm but Unfortunately, He isn't mine. But I wish him the best of luck. I will keep loving him even though when I am far away from him " When she was forced to marry her sister's Fiancé for a limited time, she knew she had to face the worst heartbreak. Although she accepted her fate, she never knew she would have to face the tragedy of her life.

After Talisa discovered the evil plot of her husband and his so called Cousin, who apparently was his mistress, she laid a curse on him and promised to hunt him to death even as a spirit. She died in the hands of the cheating couple, and unexpectedly found herself reborn back to the next morning after her wedding day with the bástard who had killed her. Deciding this was her opportunity to take back all she had lost, she was definitely not going to allow herself be used and dumped. Avenging on her husband and his mistress apparently wasn't her only problem as she realized she was being helped by her ultimate enemy who never see eye to eye with her. Why was Regan helping her? She even remembered seeing him before she died, it was like he knew she was going to be in danger that day. How did he know to come find her?

"Don't you know how to fake a smile anymore? Those irritating little smiles of yours that screamed nothing but desperation? We're making an appearance in front of several high calibre people for goodness sake. You must carry this facade on without any slip, Rosalie.” He said.  My chest pinched, and I looked away, pretending to adjust my bracelet to hide the pain. “I know."  ~                                    ~ “Rosaline...” Ezra murmured. “Why help me to ruin a man you once loved?”   "Why?" I repeated. "Because they took everything from me—the one thing I loved more than life itself. They destroyed my life, my reputation, my happiness, all to serve their own selfish agendas. Him and his mistress. I've been maltreated and betrayed severally, countlessly! But no more. It's my turn to take what I deserve: their pain, their humiliation, their downfall." I paused, my face hardening into an expression of pure, vengeful rage. "And I will make them suffer for it.” *                  *.             * Rosalie’s journey had been a tumultuous one– betrayal and pain. The transactional marriage that she had entered into, hoping one day it would turn around to be a marriage for love, had instead left her heartbroken and betrayed. Her ex- husband’s infidelity, coupled with an unimaginable cruelty that he had subjected her to, had shattered her beyond repair.  Now, fueled by a desire for vengeance, Rosalie had returned to seek revenge on those who had wronged her. Joining forces with her ex-husband's rival, a ruthless business tycoon who harbored his own grudges against her ex-husband, she plotted a scheme that would bring them both justice...and ruin.

Miles Armani’s life is thrown upside down when he loses his mate in a rogue attack, but what pushes him over the edge is when his mother arranges a marriage for him only two weeks after he had lost the love of his life.

Amelia was a secret from birth because she was illegal; she was not included in the family book and was home-schooled all her life. When it was time to get married, her father wanted her to remain a secret from the world. She had promised herself that she was going to take charge of one thing in her life – her marriage. Regardless of how her life had been controlled so far by her father and stepmother, they won’t pick her husband for her. So, when her father had arranged a marriage for her with her friend’s son – one they have never seen, he lived abroad all his life. Again, they wanted a secret marriage. Amelia swore to run away before the marriage. Would she succeed? Mike cared nothing about marriage. But, when it was time to inherit his family business, his father made marriage to his friend’s daughter compulsory. He was ready to obey, so he could disobey later. He would get married to her, inherit his legal property, and divorce the wife – finally gaining his freedom back. But when he saw Amelia, all his plans changed.

Vanessa Saxon was once married to Luca Kensington, the cold and distant CEO of K Group. But when she was seven months pregnant, her adopted sister, Beatriz Langley, falsely accused her of having an affair with her best friend, Daxton Radcliffe, and carrying his child. The worst part? Luca believed Beatriz. In a fit of rage, Luca demanded their baby be removed prematurely, leading to a tragic event where Vanessa nearly died from the ordeal. Saved by Daxton, Vanessa disappeared. Now, five years later, she returns—stronger and determined—alongside her daughter, Isla Saxon, to exact her revenge on those who wronged her.

Four years ago, Greer Williams fled a life she never wanted, leaving behind a gilded cage and a man whose love felt more like a prison. She shed her identity, becoming a successful model in a world where no one knew her past, her real name, or the man she desperately wanted to escape: Gideon Valois. But fate, it seems, has a cruel sense of humor. On a cold April day, the world Greer built around herself crumbles. She finds herself face-to-face with Gideon, the man she thought she'd left behind forever. The heat of their past ignites a fire that threatens to consume them both. Can she run again, or will the flames of their forbidden desire burn away her carefully constructed walls?