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Maria never imagined she would marry a billionaire, especially not under a contract. After her mother’s death, Maria becomes the sole provider for her struggling family. With a crippled sister to care for and a sick father whose treatment costs more than she can afford, her life is filled with endless work, humiliation, and sacrifice. Just when it seems like everything is about to collapse, an unexpected offer changes her life forever. Walton James, the cold and powerful new CEO of his father’s billion-dollar empire, has no interest in love. After several painful relationships, he refuses to open his heart again. But when his terminally ill father gives him an ultimatum—marry within a year or lose the company—Walton decides to solve the problem in the simplest way possible: a contract marriage. When he meets Maria and discovers the desperate situation surrounding her family, he offers her a deal she cannot refuse. One year as his wife in exchange for enough money to save her father and secure her family’s future. No love. No emotions. Just a business arrangement. But as months pass, the distance between them slowly fades, and Maria begins to see a side of Walton that no one else ever has. Then everything falls apart. A powerful businessman is found dead, and Walton James becomes the prime suspect. Within days, his reputation is destroyed, his company is dragged through scandal, and he is arrested for a crime he insists he didn’t commit. As the world calls her husband a murderer, Maria refuses to walk away. Determined to uncover the truth, she stands beside him even when everyone else turns their backs. But the closer she gets to the truth, the more dangerous everything becomes.

Getting pregnant was supposed to be the most beautiful thing to happen to a woman. Vivian Colbert just got the good news and wanted to gingerly share it with her husband, only to meet him in bed with another woman. As if that wasn't enough pain, she was injected with cocaine by the side chick. Two years later, Vivian is the best skilled assassin and got a mission to murder the well known billionaire-her ex husband.

He is the Eagle, the unknown face but the known name in the underworld mafia. She is sweet and normal girl who was just betrayed by her fiance. She was searching for the life for herself. But what happens when these two who are completely unknown of their future clash together? What happens when the most powerful underworld mafia asks her to be his son's nanny and she falls for him hard? Will he fall for her despite the fact that he was once betrayed? Will he be able to replace her? Warning:∆The following contents may contain scenes which aren't tolerable and appropriate for some readers.Please, read at your own risk.Contains mature contents of violence, murder, blood shedding and sexual intimacies.∆

Aria lost everything in one night, her parents to murder, her sister to captivity, and her peace to the ruthless Alpha who ordered it all. She storms into the Black Glow pack seeking revenge… only to come face-to-face with Dexter, the dangerous, dominant man she once trusted, the man fate cruelly chose as her mate. To save her sister, Aria makes a reckless deal: freedom for her sister in exchange for her own. Now she belongs to the Alpha she hates. The man who broke her world. The mate her heart refuses to deny. Their bond burns with anger, longing, and undeniable desire. Every glance feels like a challenge. Every touch feels like a sin. And the closer she gets, the harder it becomes to tell where hatred ends, and temptation begins. But loving her enemy could cost her everything… including her heart.

Kian Park, a college student in a prestigious SN University, gets hired as a tutor of a bubbly and cute high school girl named Mina. Cold, smart, quiet and handsome, Mina falls for him every day. As she tries to befriend him, Kian Park keeps distance from her, trying to hide his real identity. Mina lives with his rich grandfather who resents her family for pursuing their love for music. Her dad, a band's vocalist; her mom, a music coach; her brother, a band member, all of them have left her, making Mina never want to play her guitar and sing again.She conceals scars from her past. But, Kian Park can see and feel Mina's unheard pain. For her, Kian's eyes have become her home where she no longer needs to hide her wounds and tears. Though Kian slowly becomes Mina's comfort, he always tries not to get close to her. Kian Park's identity, Mina's questions surrounding her tutor, those sudden events that involve both of them, Kian who always appears to help her, Mina's curiosity never stops.What lies behind Kian's beautiful eyes? What if behind his handsome face hides true evil?

In my past life, I was a rare treasure: the only she-wolf capable of bearing a pureblood werewolf heir. That singular gift made me a prize, claimed by Leon, the Alpha of the formidable Silvermoon Pack in North America. Leon's ambition burned with the desire for a child. A pureblood heir, he believed, would secure his ascension to President Alpha—the supreme leader of all North American Lycan packs. But fate, as it often does, twisted his expectations. After ten long months, I birthed a pup with gray fur and gray eyes which was different to the golden-marked purebloods. By all standards, a low-ranking wolf. Simultaneously, my sister Eve, wedded to the rival Seurin Pack, delivered a golden-furred, golden-eyed pureblood. Leon's dream of becoming President Alpha shattered in an instant. From that moment, he harbored a strong hatred for me and my pup. He forced wolfsbane down our throats and ended our lives with a silver blade in a cold merciless way. Only in my dying breath did the horrifying truth reveal itself: my own sister had stolen my gift—the ability to bear purebloods—using dark magic, claiming it as her own. Now, I am reborn. I find myself reliving the day Leon and Seurin arrived to propose marriage. Just as before, Leon chose my sister Eve without hesitation. I saw it in his eyes—he remembers everything. He, too, has been reborn. But this time, I possess the knowledge. Without me, he will never father a pup—not pureblood, not even half-blood. Not even a mutt.

"I want you to be my fake boyfriend." "What do I get in return?" "I can give you money." "Money is not what I am after." He looked into my eyes and smirked, "I want you." Kylie Wade's happy life hit rock bottom when she found her boyfriend cheating on her with her own sister. To add oil to the misery, her adopted mother wanted to get her married off to a rich old man. Desperate to escape her fate and get back at her ex, she ends up hooking up with the captain of the football team- Elijah Crawford. What supposed to be was a one time thing changed into a dedicated courtship when Elijah took a liking on her. Was she ever going to be with that playboy? NEVER! Little did she know that Elijah had a secret- he was not an ordinary human but a werewolf.

“I’ve told you a hundred times, I’m married. I can’t do this with you, so leave me alone,” I whispered, even as my body betrayed me. He smirked, “Strange, I’ve never seen you wear a wedding ring before, and after a little digging, I found out you live alone and also strip at one of my clubs.” His body pressed against mine, pinning me to the shelves. Loretta came to New York with one goal, work hard and pay off her father’s debt. She never expected to catch the attention of Asher, a dangerously alluring billionaire. The chemistry between them is undeniable, but there’s one problem, Loretta is married to a man she has never even met. Now, she’s caught between duty to a stranger and an attraction to a man she can’t resist.

Synopsis Alice Clarkson's life took an unexpected turn after a fateful night at her friend's birthday party at a club. She had a night stand with a stranger which left her pregnant, but memories of the evening were not clear. All she recalled was waking up in a luxurious presidential suite. The consequences were severe for her as Alice's mother disowned her, forcing her to face the challenges alone. Months later, she gave birth to adorable triplets. Unknown to Alice, the father of her children was Bianchi Mario, a ruthless trillionaire. As the triplets grew, their curiosity about their father's identity became much. One day, they bombarded Alice with questions. "Mom, who's our daddy?" they asked in unison. "Is it Mr. Blue Eyes?" one of them asked with hopeful eyes. "Mom, could Mr. Blue be our dad?" another triplet chimed in. "Mom, can I matchmake you and Mr. Blue Eyes?" one triplet asks. "He looks just like us!" Then, Mr. Blue himself Eyes presents Alice with a shocking proposal: "Alice, will you be my contract wife for five years? I'll provide for the children as if they were my own, until their biological father is found. In return, you'll be my partner in every sense." Alice must decide either to accept the offer and secure her children's future or risk everything for a chance at true love and finding out the truth about their biological father. Warning: This book contains violence and detailed mature scenes.

“You should go into hiding, Janice... because you are about to become a character in my own book. PS: It's Horror with a slice of sex" Those were the words he said to her, and soon she became a slave in her own house to a fictional character she never thought would become alive and hunt her for a book she wrote.