True Story Behind Vows Of Deception

On our wedding anniversary, my CEO husband, Michael Grant, invited me to watch the ocean with him. Tragically, a typhoon hit. I stood there in the raging wind and rain for over two hours, and he never showed up. In the end, all I got was a text that he was suddenly going on a business trip and couldn’t make it. Right after that, his intern, Nora Blake, posted a video on her social feed. It showed my usually pampered husband barefoot while helping fishermen haul crates of seafood. Her caption read: "Our hardworking CEO loves to get his hands dirty!" I laughed and commented: "Diligent and enduring—a true role model for us all." The company Slack channel instantly exploded. Everyone was betting on whether I’d finally blow up this time. Michael called me, his voice tight with fury, "Lauren West! What the heck did you mean by posting that comment? Are you trying to humiliate Nora in public? "It was a typhoon. I helped her family move some fish. What’s the big deal? You’re such a pampered little princess who has no idea how hard life really is. Delete that comment now. I’ll take you to the coast another day." Disgust churned in me. I replied, "Let a man who’s already rolled in the mud take me to the ocean? Forget it." Yes. Michael was now tainted, and I didn’t want him anymore.

Having the same faces, Laura and Olivia made a decision to exchange places wherein Olivia becomes Laura who is an ordinary girl, and Laura becomes Olivia, the sole heir of the Reign Industries. As Olivia pursues the life she dreams as a common girl, Laura also pursues the fairytale-like life she had always wanted - or so she thought. At the Reign household, she encounters inconceivable events which will surely change her life forever. And in the middle of those events, she meets and falls in love with the cold-hearted Duke who is the real Olivia's fiancé.

Yesterday she was nobody, but today she had the chance to be the queen of the town.  Yesterday she was just a normal twenty-five-year-old with a lot of responsibility and debt that was greater than the hours she worked, but today the opportunity was right in front of her that would alleviate all of her financial worries. The only thing she needed to do was to say "Yes" to her boss and the world would be on her feet. This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that held the power to change her miserable fate. This was her second and last chance to say yes to happiness, life, and love. The only problem was she needed to marry her ruthless, cold, heartless billionaire CEO, whom she loathed more than the one-bedroom trash apartment she was sharing with her sister. Now the decision depends on the next word she was going to say. The next morning, either she would have another world in her palm, or she would continue to have this pathetic life. Only time will tell.

She loved him with everything she had. He hated her for reasons she could never understand. Veda and Adyant were bound by vows of marriage. While Veda’s heart beat only for him, Adyant's heart remained chained to a past he refused to let go of. Blinded by misunderstandings and haunted by his lost love, he pushed her away, until she finally walked away. Now, Adyant must fight to reclaim the woman he never knew he needed... before it's too late. In a story of shattered vows and broken hearts, will love find a way to heal?

They're Off Limits. They know they shouldn't. They're going to anyway. Forced proximity. Messy boundaries. Some marriages are built on love. Theirs was built on obligation — and neither of them is happy about it. But between the power plays, the locked jaws, and the electricity neither of them asked for... something dangerous is starting to grow. Seraphina Rhea Darmos doesn't do soft. She's 25, she built Olympus Rhea Publishing from the ground up, and she's spent her entire life earning her place in a world that only makes room for the ruthless. As a daughter of the Greek Mafia, she knows what's expected of her — she just never thought they'd actually make her go through with it. A husband. An alliance. A cage dressed up as a wedding ring. Knox has never wanted for anything. At 28, he's the underboss and heir to the Sicilian Mafia — feared, untouchable, and completely uninterested in settling down. He believes in blood, loyalty, and keeping outsiders exactly where they belong: out. Marriage was never part of his plan. Until it was. Now they're living under the same roof, bound by a vow neither of them made willingly — and every single day is a battle. A war of silence and sharp words. Of stolen glances that last a second too long. Of two people who are too proud to admit that maybe, just maybe, this isn't as unbearable as they swore it would be. They hate each other. They have to. Because the alternative is so much more terrifying. If you've been looking for your next obsession — this is it. Chaos, chemistry, and two people desperately trying not to fall. They're Off Limits will keep you up past midnight and have you reading every last page with your heart in your throat.

Alessia de Luca Ramanov spent the last three years attempting to find justice for the death of her late sister, convinced that her sister's husband, Nikolai volcov, was responsible. When she loses the case, she left with nothing but her anger, a falling company and an irresponsible father threatening to hand her mother over to her enemy as a human collateral. Forsed into a marriage she does not want with the man she despises, Alessia unknowingly sings over her company to Nikolai. Upon finding out she has been tricked, she decided to get revenge and digs deep into her sister's death but this time, she finds her self face to face with a shocking discovery- the murder of her sister was done by their father, Arturo de Luca, to hide a terrible secret of her late sister and Alessia's ex-boyfriend with betrayal vengeance growing and unexpected emotions overpowering them, Alessia and Nikolai became entangled in a twist of destiny that neither one expected.

While delivering food, Victoria Kingsley accidentally saved a man. Little did she know, he was the richest man in New Orleans Leo Carter. He was a business tycoon, popular for his ruthlessness and cutthroat ways, a man who valued money over family. When Victoria saved him, he promised her a million dollars as reward. But when the condition for the reward arrived she understood that she had to marry him. “ I don't want to marry you, I only want what was promised, not you!” “You risked your life to save me, and I, Leo Carter, can only repay your kindness by giving my life back to you.” “You are forcing me, not proposing!” “Then will you marry me?”

She was supposed to be collateral. Anastasia Volkov, daughter of a bankrupt oligarch, is handed to the city’s most feared pakhan to settle a debt she never agreed to pay. Nikolai Morozov does not take prisoners; he takes everything. One look at the trembling girl in his private box at the opera, and he decides her fear tastes like sin. But Anastasia is not the fragile offering she appears. Beneath silk and submission burns a woman who learns to weaponize desire, who carves her name into his skin with the same blade he presses to her throat. In a world of blood oaths and midnight executions, love is the deadliest betrayal. When the past comes to collect its dues, Anastasia must choose: kneel forever… or cut the king down and wear his crown.

When powerful mafia boss Nico Ricci's sheltered younger sister Aleta suffers a mysterious hit-and-run that leaves her with complete amnesia, fate places her in the hands of her brother's greatest rival—Elio Castellano. Elio, thirteen years her senior and harboring deep resentment toward the Ricci family, recognizes her immediately. Instead of returning her to her brother, he seizes this opportunity for revenge by convincing the vulnerable Aleta that they're secretly married. What begins as a cold deception grows complicated as their chemistry ignites into passion. As Aleta gradually recovers fragments of her memory, she discovers they have a forbidden history: a summer romance in Italy years ago that her brother ruthlessly ended with lies and manipulation. But Aleta's accident wasn't random. As Nico tears the city apart searching for his sister, dark secrets emerge about his criminal empire that even Aleta wasn't meant to discover. The hit-and-run that stole her memory may have been ordered by someone much closer than either Elio or Aleta could have imagined. Caught between family loyalty and consuming love, Aleta must decide whom to trust when her full memory returns. Meanwhile, Elio faces an impossible choice between his thirst for vengeance and the woman who has unexpectedly captured his heart. In a world where passion and danger collide, Aleta and Elio are on a treacherous path toward truth and redemption. Their journey exposes the thin line between love and revenge, proving that some vows, even forgotten ones, are destined to be remembered—and some secrets are meant to be revealed.

I licked her earlobe and whispered, "You're a good girl, Amelia. Let me corrupt you." She began moaning and said, "Please, please," over and over under her breath. I wanted her so badly, but I wanted to enjoy this moment even more. "I'm going to make you come, baby. I'm going to make you come so hard that you lose control of your body. When I'm done with you, you'll be a villain, too," I whispered in her ear. Adrian Chase was the King of DC and the most feared lawyer in the country. Laws bent for him, as simple as that. Amelia Hartley's quest for justice made her the target of one of the largest and most corrupt pharmaceutical companies. Their paths collide, and a dangerous attraction draws them into a web of desire and deception. They both seek justice, but Adrian is willing to break hell for it. Will Amelia burn it with him, or will she become one more pawn in Adrian's quest for revenge? Empire of Deception is created by Amelie Bergen, an eGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.