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Allizander Jenesis Samson lives behind a carefully crafted alias, hiding secrets that could cost her everything. One night, she finds an unconscious and badly hurt man in an alley. She helps him without knowing he’s Giovanni Lawrence Vitale, a powerful and dangerous mafia boss. Her good deed pulls her into a world she never wanted to be part of. Giovanni’s men kidnap her and force her to become his personal nurse. Living under the same roof, Alli sees a different side of him, someone kind, quiet, and hurting. But there’s one problem, Giovanni has a deep hatred for women, and he doesn’t know that Alli is one. As days pass, Alli starts to fall for him. She knows she’s risking everything by staying close, especially while hiding such a big secret. Can she confess her true identity and feelings to Giovanni? Or will her lies destroy them both before the truth comes out?

Scarred and discarded, Ava was betrayed by the people she loved most–her mother, her sister, and her fated mate. In her death, she begged the Moon Goddess for vengeance, and she was granted a rebirth. Reborn as a Princess in another pack, she is now tied to a dark fate, she is still scared, ugly, and worse, bound to a powerful demon Alpha king with his own tragic past and a haunting secret: he had loved her once before... and killed her. Will Ava's thirst for vengeance consume her? Or will she find peace in the arms of the very man fate cursed to fall for her again?

Meet Usha Mehta, sitting there calmly on the wedding stage looking as beautiful as ever in that red sari. But observe clearly her face in all the chaos of the few people running here and there in a hurry to conduct a perfect wedding. Is she smiling happily looking at the wonderful arrangements? No way! Nevertheless, she is taking deep breaths so that she will not strangle the man sitting beside her. So talking about man, let’s see what he is doing. Well, he is also looking handsome but doing the same thing, and that is taking deep breaths not to strangle the girl sitting beside him. They both are looking with wide eyes, imagining the guests saying loudly “You both can’t escape this marriage.” Poor them! Or is it really? Well, we just have only one option and that is to look at their journey from starting.

Diamond never wanted that life. She danced in the dark just to keep her sick father alive, never knowing that the people she called family were already planning his death. One night at the club, a stranger chose her. One night of passion changed everything. By morning, her world collapsed.....her father was murdered, her best friend was dead, and Diamond was framed for crimes she didn't commit. Branded a killer, she lost her freedom... until a deadly escape and a terrible accident gave her a new face and a new name. Mistaken for another woman, Diamond wakes up as Debra-the fiancée of Don Nicholas, a cold, powerful billionaire forced into a contract marriage. He doesn't love her. He barely tolerates her. And he has no idea she's the same woman who once haunted his dreams from a single night he could never forget. Trapped in a marriage built on lies, surrounded by greed, betrayal, and people who want her dead, Diamond must survive a world where one mistake could expose her secret...or cost her life. But when love begins to grow, the truth threatens to destroy everything. When the past returns and enemies close in, will Diamond's biggest secret save her... or ruin the man she loves?

Three years after being brought back into the family, my fake heiress sister took my hand warmly and offered her congratulations. "Abby, I'm so happy for you!" she said. "Mom and Dad are going to announce tonight that they're transferring all their company shares to you—as compensation for missing out on your upbringing all these years." I pretended to be deeply moved, hugging her tearfully like I was overwhelmed with emotion. Then came the highlight of the banquet. My parents took the fake heiress by the hand and announced that they were transferring every single share to her. They even publicly declared that they were cutting ties with me. The fake sister wiped away her crocodile tears and said, "Abby, I know we were switched at birth, but you just can't force Mom and Dad to love you. Please don't blame them…" My biological mother even jabbed a finger at my nose and snarled, "You ungrateful little brat. Let's make this perfectly clear starting today: stay away from our family!" The onlookers gave me sympathetic looks, but I nearly burst out laughing. I couldn't have cared less. After all, I wasn't the original girl who'd spent years craving family affection. I was a gold-tier task agent from the Quick Transmigration Bureau. And my mission? To bring this company down. Now that they'd concentrated all the shares in the hands of an idiot, driving it into the ground would be easier than ever.

After being rejected and banished from her pack because of the alleged sins of her parents, Denara Shawn was filled with the thoughts of revenge but she was sold to the ruthless, faceless alpha Rockan Rhino. Will she be able to survive a night with him?

"Rain, I am sorry but we can't get married, I mean, you don't expect me to marry a woman without a womb or do you?" Rain Arnold was dumbstruck, after loosing three pregnancies all for this man, he dared to call her barren "Miss Arnold, you do know abortion is very risky, everything is at stake when you choose abortion". Rain felt suffocated at this point, she was living a nightmare that seemed like it was never going to end. She lost her pregnancies not because of abortion but because of miscarriages yet this doctor dared to tell her a different story? what was happening? Rain was confused at this point. The man she loved had just abandoned her and now, the whole world seemed like it was crushing right before her. A few days later, Rain found herself with a golden opportunity that would change her life forever. A five year contract marriage that stated that she would get married to the most influential young bachelor in the city and after five years, she ought to divorce him and leave. In any case of her, getting pregnant, after the divorce, she would leave her child behind and forget she ever had a child or husband. Rain thought about it and smiled, it's not like she had any hope of having a child. As long as she could be granted her wish each year, she was sure to get her revenge without any difficulties. A few months after her marriage, Rain was shocked by what the doctor told her, "Mrs Johnson, you are pregnant" Rain couldn't utter a word... but how? how could this be?" this is how Rains life began to take a new turn, all of the sudden. will he take this child away from me?

They threw her into the rain—pregnant, bleeding, powerless. Her husband watched. Her best friend smiled. His family laughed. They called her worthless, barren and useless. They were wrong. Serena lost everything that night: her baby, her dignity, her life as she knew it. But from the ashes of that betrayal, she rose as someone they never saw coming, the secret heiress to a billionaire empire, now the most powerful woman in the country. Marcus begged for the contract that would save his failing company. He got it along with a new boss. His ex-wife. Now she owns everything he has. His business. His assets. His future. Marcus is begging for mercy. His mother is ruined. His sister is in prison. Sarah is forgotten. And Serena? She's just getting started. With Ethan Ashford, the most dangerous billionaire who caught her when she fell and refuses to let her go—at her side, Serena is untouchable. The Wellingtons destroyed the wrong woman. Now she'll take everything they love, piece by piece.

Seven years after my death, an engagement invitation from my ex-girlfriend arrives at my house. Back then, I had broken up with her in my lowest, most desperate days and married someone else. Now, she has reinvented herself as a rising powerhouse worth hundreds of billions, driven by revenge and eager to see me regret everything and beg for mercy. Unfortunately for her, I am not the one who shows up. She looks around in open contempt, convinced my absence means guilt, shame, and fear. When I finally appear, all she sees is an urn.

Tyler died tragically in her first life. A worthless human wife horribly abused by her human husband no matter how hard she tried for him. She hoped her days to get better, only to meet the worst fate a married woman could ever imagine. Her life was lost, but she was given a second chance. She was back as a seventeen-year-old Tyler, before she had done the bad choices that had sent her to a life so miserable. Then she met him...