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She thought she’d escaped him. Until fate forced her back into his world. Keira Dalton never asked for a new family—much less a stepbrother who makes her pulse race and her temper burn. Drake Ashford is everything she despises: arrogant, untouchable, and dangerously magnetic. But when hatred starts to blur into something else, Keira realizes she’s fighting a war she can’t win— because sometimes, the heart craves what it shouldn’t. A forbidden love. A battle of pride. A secret that could ruin them both. Now, Keira must face a truth she can’t escape: The man she’s forbidden to love may be the only one she can’t live without.

No one knew Lucy was the only daughter of one of the richest families in town, not even the man who once promised her forever. Greg, her ex-fiancé, dumped her without warning to chase a life-changing business contract. He thought she was just an ordinary girl, unworthy of his ambition. But fate had its own twist. When Austin, the powerful heir of the mayor’s empire, needs a fake wife to clean up his public image, he picks Lucy. She agrees, not for love, but to escape her pain... and maybe, just maybe, to get even. Now, she’s draped in designer gowns, standing beside one of the most powerful men in the city, while Greg watches from the sidelines, stunned and spiraling. But Lucy didn’t come back for applause. She came back for revenge. And nobody, not her ex, his new girl, or even Austin himself , is ready for the truth she’s hiding.

He needed a wife. She needed money. Love was never part of the deal. When ruthless billionaire CEO Adrian Cole offers struggling wedding planner Elena Brooks a six-month marriage contract, she knows better than to say yes… but desperation has a way of rewriting rules. The conditions are simple: No feelings. No jealousy. No crossing the line. But living under the same roof, sharing the same bed, and pretending to be in love proves more dangerous than either of them expected. Because Adrian is controlling, possessive… and impossible to ignore. And Elena? She’s the only woman who has ever dared to defy him. When past secrets resurface and real rivals threaten their fragile arrangement, the line between fake and real begins to blur. And the biggest mistake of all… might be falling in love with the one person they were never supposed to want.

When Damian Voss lets his wife walk in on him kissing his first love against their kitchen island, he believes he's finally free — done with the quiet woman he married in secret, ready to claim the powerful public life he always wanted. What he doesn't know: the woman he just handed divorce papers to carries his child, his most dangerous competitor's personal vendetta, and a surname worth ten billion dollars that was stolen from her before she could walk. For three years, Lila loved him in secret — no announcements, no red carpets, no credit. She covered for his late nights, ignored the suspicious texts, and carried champagne and silk to a penthouse where she planned to give him everything. That moment arrived on their anniversary. He was already kissing someone else when she walked through the door. She signed. She slid the papers across the marble. She walked out without a single tear — and picked up a phone call that changed the shape of the world. Some men confuse silence for weakness. Some women are only quiet because they haven't yet decided what to burn. And some divorces don't end a story — they start one, with a crown, a rival, and an empire rebuilt on the ashes of everything he thought he owned.

Summary When duty demanded that prince Rafael of Valderra adopt his late brother's son as his before sitting on the throne ,the last woman he expected to stand beside him was Elena Laurent –,his late brother's wife's sister and the only woman who refused to grant him access to meet his nephew . Bound by royal law,they enter a marriage of convenience to save the boy and the crown. But neither expect the burning chemistry that threatens to destroy their careful boundaries . As palace secrets unfold,Elena must decide if she's willing to risk her heart for a love born of obligation ,or walk away from the man she's forbidden to desire.

Lucy Quinn has only loved one man her entire life, Adrian Matthews. Adrian is her childhood sweetheart and they’ve been betrothed since she was sixteen. But in the final year of college, just when they were supposed to get married, Adrian changes and starts treating her coldly. She is devastated and soon falls in love with the new transfer student. Now she is torn between two men, one that loves her and another that can save her father’s dying business. Who will she choose?

Ashley never meant to sell her body to survive. She never meant to strip in a club for dollars that barely paid the bills. By day, she serves lattes with a polite smile but at night, she dances under neon lights to pay off the gambling debts her mother left her drowning in. Then a client offers five thousand dollars for one private dance, too excited she says yes. Only she realizes she shouldn’t have. Because the man behind the money is Kayden Devereaux. Her high school tormentor, the thorn in her flesh. The boy who once made her life a living hell, who bullied her till she almost committed suicide. She is hell bent on fleeing the room but before she can run, he makes her an offer. Dance for him alone for one month and he gives her thirty thousand dollars. Ashley hates him too much to agree. Until she remembers what freedom costs, a life free of physical abuse from her mom and the debt cleared. So she agrees, and signs the deal. Only she is hit by a curve ball when she returns home. Her mother has married the very man they owed and the debt is gone overnight. And Kayden? He’s now her stepbrother. Trapped under the same roof, Ashley has no choice but to continue their dangerous arrangement in secret. She needs the money to escape her mother for good. What begins as a contract turns into obsession and power becomes something far more dangerous. Because Kayden isn’t just the villain from her past, he has been manipulating the present. And when hatred begins to feel like desire, Ashley must decide: Is she fighting the devil… or falling for the one who planned to own her all along?

🔞Explicit content 🔞 “My sweet Camila,” he chuckled darkly. “You’re dripping wet for me—even though I’m standing here injured and drenched in blood. I never took you for a little sadist.” * * * * Camila has always kept her head down, kept to herself. But that was before she discovered her new stepbrother was Ethan—the infuriating, untouchable heartthrob of her school. She's used to staying out of the spotlight, but Ethan’s arrival flips her world upside down. Brooding and untamed, he’s as tempting as he is off-limits. There’s a rumor he’s more than just a pretty face, that there's something wild hidden behind those intense eyes. Something dangerous. The more Camila tries to keep her distance, the more their worlds collide in ways she can't explain. With every stolen glance and forbidden touch, she’s pulled closer to a secret that’s as thrilling as it is terrifying. A secret that blurs the line between human and beast, love and fate. And once Camila learns the truth, she’ll have to choose: keep her distance… or risk everything for a taste of the forbidden.

“Is this not what you wanted by coming in here?” “For me to take you against the window, knowing anyone could be watching?” ** ** ** ** My mom marrying a billionaire is shocking enough, but I certainly didn’t expect that she had managed to get together with the Alpha King. Since when did meeting royalty become so easy? I don’t belong in this palace. Especially because my stepbrother has just offered me a million dollars to make sure my mom doesn’t show up on the altar.

The plan was simple: move in with my mom, play the dutiful daughter, and count down the days until I could escape back to my real life. I didn’t expect my first night out to end in the parking lot being fucked by a silver fox who looked at me like I was his favorite sin. I thought it was a one-night mistake. A filthy, beautiful secret I’d take to my grave. Until the next morning, when I met my mom’s new husband... and he was him. Now, every family breakfast is a slow-motion panic attack. Every glance across the dinner table is a reminder of his hands on my skin. I can’t tell my mom the truth, but the deeper I sink into the Schmidt estate, the darker the truth becomes. Because in this house, there are no rules. There is no "mine" or "yours." There is only ours. I thought I was falling for a man. I didn’t realize I was being claimed by a bloodline. It turns out I don’t have a husband... I have masters. And they aren't finished sharing.