Vance Maximus Novels & Stories

Elara Vance thought she’d found her happily ever after when her boyfriend proposed. Instead, she found him in the arms of her best friend, right after he’d forged her signature, emptied her bank accounts, and sold her father’s company to the highest bidder. Left with nothing but crushing debt and a target on her back from ruthless loan sharks, Elara is ready to give up. That is, until Silas Vane steps out of the shadows. Silas is 6’5” of cold, calculated power, but he’s facing a war of his own. To secure his billion dollar heirloom from his backstabbing stepmother, the cold ceo needs a wife. He’s willing to buy Elara’s freedom, pay her debts, and reclaim her company, if she agrees to a year and a half of domestic pretense. The rules are simple: No catching feelings. No real intimacy. Just business. But as old betrayals resurface and a dangerous kidnapping forces them to choose between their pride and their lives, Elara and Silas realize that the only thing more dangerous than their enemies is the fire burning behind closed doors. The contract was meant to save them but The passion might just destroy them.

“To escape a monster, she ran straight into the arms of a devil.” Lila Vance was a debt payment. Wrapped in fifty thousand dollars of French lace, she was minutes away from marrying Marcus Thorne—a man who whispered that she was nothing more than his "property." But Lila refused to be broken. With a ripped dress and a heart full of terror, she bolts from the altar and into the private elevator of the Grand Imperial Hotel. When the doors open, she finds herself in the lion’s den: the penthouse of Adrian Sterling, her fiancé’s most lethal rival. Adrian is a man carved from shadows and sin, a billionaire "Shark" who destroys legacies for sport. When Marcus comes to claim his prize, Adrian offers Lila a choice: go back to the man who will break you, or sign a one-year marriage contract with the man who will own you. As the line between their fake vows and real desire begins to blur, Lila must face a terrifying truth: Adrian Sterling didn't save her out of mercy. He saved her because she is the final piece in a game of revenge he’s been playing for years. In a game of power, who will be the first to break?

When Naomi Monro gets her dream job at the best New York tech firm, she never imagines and expects to fall for her boyfriend’s boss—let alone discover a tangled web of hidden identities, betrayal and a legacy that ties them all together. As the relationship between she and her possessive boyfriend unwinds, Naomi finds herself drawn to the very cold, mysterious CEO, Henry Vance—a man with secrets which reach deep into her past. Naomi, caught between love, loyalty, ambition and truth, must confront everything which she thought she knew to claim her future, and the love she truly deserves. Would she choose her boyfriend or would she spend the rest of her life with the mysterious CEO? Promotional line: She thought she had gotten her dream job—until she fell for her boyfriend's boss who could either ruin everything… or save her. What makes the story unique and attractive: This story is a heated mix of forbidden love and buried secrets, it turns simple office romance into an exciting emotional rollercoaster. With unexpected and shocking twists, powerful themes, and a heroine who rises from betrayal to power, the story a romance that cuts deeper than most.

Charlotte Hawkins had everything—a powerful family legacy, a loving husband, and a best friend she trusted with her life. But on her birthday, her world collapses. After years of mysterious illness, Charlotte finally discovers the horrifying truth. The man she married, Vance Vardern, has been poisoning her slowly, waiting for the moment he secures control of her family’s company. And he isn’t alone. Standing beside him is the person Charlotte trusted most—her best friend. Betrayed by the two people she loved most, Charlotte dies knowing everything she built was stolen from her. But fate gives her a second chance. Charlotte wakes up three years in the past, before the poison destroyed her body and before she handed her future to the people who would kill her. This time she remembers everything. The lies. The manipulation. The betrayal. And this time, Charlotte refuses to be the naive woman they once deceived. Armed with knowledge of the future, she begins to rewrite her fate—protecting her family’s empire while carefully setting traps for those who betrayed her. They believe she is still weak. Still blind. But they are about to learn the truth. Charlotte Hawkins has been reborn. And this time, she will make them pay.

“It was supposed to be fake… until it wasn’t.” Elena Ramirez was never supposed to catch Adrian Harrington’s attention — billionaire CEO, untouchable, and dangerously charming. One moment, she’s a struggling intern juggling bills and caring for her younger sister, Maya… the next, she’s signing a contract that turns her entire world upside down. The deal is simple: pretend to be his girlfriend. No feelings. No complications. No lines crossed. But Adrian Harrington doesn’t do simple. One gala. One stolen glance. One soft touch that lingers too long… and suddenly, the line between pretend and real begins to blur. The media calls her a gold digger. Socialites like Clara Vance want her gone. Paparazzi stalk her every move, and Elena finds herself drowning in a world of secrets, lies, and scandals she never asked for. And then — the contract leaks. Every signature. Every clause. Every proof that her “relationship” with Adrian is nothing more than a carefully staged performance. Now the entire city is watching, waiting for her to break. But Elena refuses to be their victim. Because somewhere between the chaos and the cameras, Adrian’s cold walls are cracking… and the one thing more dangerous than pretending to love him is realizing she actually might. Fake dating. Real feelings. Endless betrayal. Some lies build empires. Others break hearts.

“I spent years loving you in the shadows… You repaid me by letting me burn.” Evelyn Vance was the invisible wife, married, ignored, and easy to sacrifice. For three years, she waited for Damian Blackwood to choose her. He never did. Then the fire came. On the night she went into labor, flames consumed the hospital. Trapped and screaming, Evelyn called the only man she trusted. He didn’t come. While his wife burned, Damian was with another woman. The world believes Evelyn died that night. She didn’t. Rescued by Damian’s most dangerous rival, Victor, the woman he abandoned disappeared… …and someone far more dangerous took her place. Five years later, Evelyn returns richer, colder, and untouchable. At her side is her son, Silas… the child Damian never knew existed. But Silas isn’t just a secret. He’s a target. When the truth surfaces that the boy carries Damains’s Rh-null rare blood powerful enough to change everything, Evelyn is forced back into the world she escaped. Back to the man who let her burn. But this time, she isn’t begging for love. She’s here to take his empire with his enemy by her side.

They sold me to the Dungeon to save themselves. My own family — my brother Caleb, my mother Anya — fed me to the system like I was nothing. A sacrifice. A liability. The last thing I remembered before the darkness swallowed me whole was the relief on their faces. But I didn't die. I came back. And I came back wrong. Welcome to the ARG — where pocket dimensions bleed into the real world, and only the strong survive. Every player gets a starting ability, gear, a guild, a fighting chance. Every player except me. No ability. No gear. No guild. Just Kiera Vance, standing in a room full of veteran wolves who think I'm dead weight — and one sharp-eyed Alpha named Liam Reed who isn't quite sure what I am. Smart man. They'll call me weak. They'll call me a Luna with no bite. They'll call me crazy. They're only right about the last one. I clawed my way to the top once. I'll do it again — but this time, I won't stop until I've burned the whole system down. My name is Kiera Vance. I was the most feared player in the game. And my Alpha? He's a lunatic. Almost as bad as me.

“Alexander, this isn’t right,” Valentina whispered, her voice shaky as his hand traced the line of her jaw. He tilted her chin up, forcing her to meet his gaze. “It doesn’t matter what’s right,” he said, his voice low and commanding. “It matters what’s mine.” Her breath caught as his fingers slid to the back of her neck. “And you think I’m yours?” “I don’t think, Valentina,” he murmured, a dark smile curving his lips. “I know.” --- Valentina never expected her life to take such a dangerous turn. After her husband demands a divorce to marry his mistress, she finds herself entangled with Alexander—a powerful mafia Don whose reputation is as lethal as the man himself. Alexander doesn’t just want Valentina; he needs her. When he discovers she’s the daughter of Nico Vance, the man responsible for the tragedy that destroyed his family, his rage burns hotter. But instead of killing her, Alexander makes a chilling decision: Valentina will become his late wife, down to the last detail. Caught between desire and danger, Valentina must decide if she’ll run from Alexander’s dark world—or step willingly into it. Because once she does, there’s no turning back.

In the high-stakes world of Thorne Global, Julian Thorne is a man who calculates every move, valuing cold efficiency over the unpredictability of human emotion. But one night at a high-society masquerade ball, his world is upended by a magnetic encounter with a woman in a silver mask. Elena Vance, posing as her twin sister Layla to settle a family debt, never intended for their anonymous connection to become anything more than a single, electric memory. The illusion shatters two months later when Elena discovers she is pregnant. Before she can find a way to tell the mystery man from the ball, Julian finds her. He believes she is Layla—the social climber he once despised—and is stunned by the "new," grounded woman standing before him. When the truth of the pregnancy comes to light, Julian demands a contractual cohabitation to protect his legacy, unaware that the woman he is falling for is living under a stolen identity. As the pregnancy progresses, the ice around Julian’s heart begins to melt, but the web of lies Elena has spun grows increasingly fragile. Between a blackmailing debt collector, a vengeful twin sister, and corporate rivals looking for any sign of weakness, the stakes have never been higher. When Elena finally confesses her true identity, the fallout is catastrophic, forcing them both to decide if their connection was built on a lie or something far more enduring.

“Isn't it obvious? I love your sister more, Evan! We're done. It's over now. I don't want you anymore.” These are the painful words I ever heard from my Alpha husband, the one I vowed in front of his people, the one I thought I would die for. Until someone came into my life. Someone who truly loves me deeply. But, he's also the person who broke my heart into pieces five years ago and now he's back. “I never wanted anyone else my whole life, Evan. You owned this heart, and now I came back to claim you, to fix what your f*cking husband did to you because I still love you. I always have.” **** Evangeline Scott left by her husband, Alpha Drake, for her sister. She was devastated, leaving her to decide to leave the pack for good. She moved to where her beloved uncle lived, to start over, while planning how she can get back to those who hurt her. But as she thought she would have her peace in her new place, her ex-mate, Alpha Maximus, reappears. And when they saw each other again, the Alpha claimed her back. He started winning her heart again, fixing her heart into pieces, and trying his best to get back the love that Evangeline had for him five years ago. But unexpectedly, her ex-husband started showing up as well with a goal of claiming her back. Now, caught between two powerful Alphas, the first man to ever love her and the one who once destroyed her. But Evangeline must decide. Will she forgive the past and reclaim the love she lost, or protect her heart from being shattered all over again?