Novel & Cerita The Hidden Card

Five years ago, Elara Thorne died in a wreckage of twisted metal and flames. Or so the world believed. In reality, she was running from the powerful Vance family who wanted her erased, and running from Julian Vance, the man who had shattered her heart before she could even tell him she was carrying his twins. Now, Elara is a shadow in the city, a mother living on the edge of survival. But the "Ice King" of New York has a long memory and even longer reach. When Julian catches a glimpse of a familiar face at an elite gala, his world of cold calculation turns into a furnace of obsession. He doesn't find a grieving ex-lover. He finds a woman who has become a lioness, and two children who are the perfect, sapphire-eyed images of himself. Julian doesn’t ask for forgiveness. He demands a debt. He drags Elara from the gutters of Brooklyn into the heights of his glass palace, forcing her into a Marriage of Convenience. He wants his heirs. He wants his revenge. And most of all, he wants to possess the woman who dared to make a fool of him. But Julian has forgotten one thing: a woman who has already survived death has nothing left to fear. As Elara steps back into the world of the elite, she isn't there to play the dutiful wife. She is a Trojan horse in a red silk dress, ready to dismantle the Vance empire from within.

“You can't ever carry my husband’s children. I will kill you if you do.” This was the warning my sister gave me before I left our hometown. I didn't leave alone though, I left with three kids in my belly. After she couldn't keep herself for her husband, she used me knowing I was still clean. She didn't know that I had been in love with her husband and wanted to keep a part of him with me. However, Karma hit me hard when all three of the kids looked exactly like Trent Houston. As if that wasn't enough, I began to get back memories of Trent Houston as my lover. Later, I realized that my sister had taken my place, I was the real lover of Trent Houston.

I signed for my sister's dinner. Not for love. Not for glory. Just so she wouldn't go to bed hungry again. Now I'm carrying his heir — and Clause 7 says I'll never see this baby's face. Elara is an omega with nothing left. So when Alpha Kael Blackwood — cold, haunted, called the Ice Alpha — offers her a contract, she doesn't hesitate. One year. One heir. $200,000. Live in his house. Carry his child. Leave when it's over. What the fine print hides: Clause 7. If the baby is a male heir — a True Alpha — Elara's parental rights end at birth. No visits. No goodbyes. Just a check and a locked door. She discovers this at fourteen weeks. After the morning sickness. After the first kick. After she's already named her daughter. Kael Blackwood is not a good man. He buried his entire pack at nineteen. He hasn't smiled since. But Elara sees the cracks. The hallway light he leaves on because she's afraid of the dark. Her sister's crayon drawings taped to his fridge. The way his hand hovers over her stomach — never touching — when he thinks she's asleep. He's not supposed to care. She's not supposed to want him to. When an old enemy discovers Elara's pregnancy carries the prophesied heir, the contract becomes a death warrant. Kael must choose: Follow pack law and lose her forever. Or burn his legacy down — and keep her. The Ice Alpha's Contract is a complete standalone dark werewolf romance. No cheating. No non-con. Pregnancy from Chapter One. Guaranteed HEA. ---

Skylar Rivers is her boss's sex mate, even though she was just a twenty-one year old intern. But her relationship with Conrad Reign soon changes when fate binds them together as mates. Conrad is from a wealthy family, and a plus, he is the future Alpha of the most powerful pack in the country. The downside is he can't sense his mate. Skylar is determined to make him believe she is his mate and get to the bottom of his partial wolf dormancy. Will she be successful? What happens when her past begins to hunt her, secrets begin to unveil and the pressure upon the lone wolf is unlike any other? Will she be determined enough to still want Conrad?

Eleanor spent her entire life as the cursed girl of the RedMoon Pack. Wolfless. Motherless. Unwanted. The only person she ever loved was Alpha Eli, the most powerful king she secretly served as a maid. When one forbidden night leads to a passionate affair, Eleanor believes fate has finally chosen her. But fate can be cruel. Pregnant and betrayed by both her mate and her best friend, Eleanor is forced to flee the only home she has ever known. Left alone in the wilderness, she expects death. Instead, destiny gives her a second chance. Years later, the wolfless girl who was cast aside returns no longer weak and broken. This time, she isn't coming back alone. The Alpha's who betrayed her will soon discover the truth. He didn't just lose his mate. He lost his heir.

Helsey Kaden offered a big amount of money from her billionaire boyfriend's mother to run away from his son, but Brandon Rhey Wilsome, the billionaire boyfriend of Helsey Kaden, fell for his mother's lies that Helsey chosen the money over him. Brandon swore not to forgive Helsey, and two months later he publicity announcing his engagement with the other women. Helsey immediately went back to the province, away from the city, and as she knew she was carrying the child of the billionaire. She hid the twin son as her little revenge. What would helsey do if Brandon find out about his twin sons? Is there any chance Brandon would forgive her or just forget her?

Tiffany decides to go through IVF because she strongly wants to have a child, even though she does not want to get married. She does not know that the sperm donor chosen by the doctor, who perfectly matches all the qualities she wants in a man, is Yzarjadon. Yzarjadon intentionally gets close to Tiffany after discovering that she is the woman he has been searching for during the past eight years. He believes that she is responsible for the death of his fiancée. As they spend more time together, their connection deepens, and real emotions slowly develop between them despite the lies and secrets surrounding their relationship. Meanwhile, Adrianno learns that Tiffany has returned to the Philippines. He tries to make her fall in love with him again so that he can take revenge, but Tiffany does not give him any attention. Afraid that his plan will fail, Adrianno contacts Krizzah. Krizzah, who continues to hide the truth about her sister’s death, agrees to work with him. But what if Yzarjadon’s revenge will not succeed? Because at the same time, he's starting to falling in love with Tiffany.

Aria, daughter of the powerful Alpha of the Blood Moon Kingdom, desired freedom beyond her family's legacy. Somehow, her wanderings led her to Alpha Dante of the Crescent Moon pack, and they quickly married, but she hid her true identity. As tensions rose in their marriage, fueled by another woman, Aria asked for a divorce. Heartbroken, Dante watched her leave, only to discover the shocking truth about who she really was. Now, desperate to win her back, Dante faces relentless challenges. Can he reignite their love, or will his brother's vengeful widow tear them apart? And with Aria carrying Dante’s child, will she ever return, or is it too late for them?

Two years ago, Valeriana Cross vanished after a single, earth-shattering night with the city’s most eligible billionaire, Logan Frost. She didn't want his fortune; she wanted to keep the life growing inside her safe from the cold-blooded Vane family. But when a medical emergency for her son forces her to take a job as a cleaning contractor at Logan’s corporate headquarters, she’s thrust back into his orbit. Logan is determined to punish the woman who "abandoned" him, unaware that she’s hiding a blue-eyed toddler who looks exactly like him. As secrets unravel and the Vane patriarch closes in, Logan must decide: will he follow his grandfather's footsteps, or will he protect his hidden legacy?

Everything changed in Diana’s life when she saved Mr Celebrity’s grandma from the hands of death. Diana Jackson, was an orphan who lost her foster parents in an accident while trying to save her. She had given up on her dreams but things changed when she was arranged to get married to Leonard Smiths, a Celebrity known world wide. Will Diana finally achieve her dreams and also get married to her Prince Charming or will she get divorced instantly after the wedding.