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Everything was going on well until the night before her wedding, Lin Shuyin’s fairytale life suddenly crumbled from her fiancé's call, dragging her to reality... Her fiancé abandons her for her stepsister, her father and stepmother escape, abandoning her to fend off the reporters and media, and by morning, she’s framed for her grandmother’s murder. Thrown into a cruel underground prison, she dies beaten and broken. But death is only the beginning. An ancient soul awakens within her, a woman who spent a century trapped in a lab, experimented on, and injected with beast blood. When her soul awakens, the weak and naive Shuyin is gone. In her place rises someone colder, sharper… unstoppable. Then comes Lu Yuze, her ex-fiancé’s uncle, a man wrapped in secrets and power. He saves her from the abyss, but not for free. His price? Her blood, and her bone marrow… to save his dying daughter. The only thing Lu Shuyin wanted was revenge, and asked for a contract marriage, and money, these were the most important things to survive out there... In a world where betrayal runs deep, love becomes the most dangerous experiment of all. She’s no longer the victim. She’s the revenge they never saw coming.

To save her family's legacy, a desperate jewelry designer enters a one-year marriage contract with her brother's ruthless rival — only to discover his vengeance hides a broken past, and their fake marriage is becoming dangerously real.

She lost everything in a day. Her home. Her future. Her illusion of safety. Mira Hale thought she had finally outrun her past. A thriving career, a man she trusted, a wedding on the horizon—proof that survival had paid off. But betrayal doesn’t knock. It waits. And when it comes, it takes everything with it. Exposed, humiliated, and left with nowhere to go, Mira walks away from the life she built, carrying nothing but wounds she swore she’d never reopen. And just when she has nothing left to lose… he appears. The man she once saved when he was broken. The man she never meant to remember. The one name her heart learned to fear before it learned to forget. Now he is untouchable—calm, commanding, and wrapped in power. His presence is protection and danger all at once. When Mira’s world collapses, he becomes her shelter… and the temptation she knows she shouldn’t want. His attention is steady. His gaze lingers. And every moment near him feels like standing too close to a flame—warm, intoxicating, and impossible to ignore. As secrets surface and past choices tighten their grip, Mira is forced to confront the truth she buried long ago: love doesn’t disappear—it mutates. What was once innocent is now laced with ambition, dominance, and survival. Desire blurs with protection. Safety begins to feel like possession. And the line between rescue and ruin grows dangerously thin. Bound to the Wolfe Bloodline is a contemporary romance drama steeped in emotional tension, power struggles, and forbidden longing. It is a story of betrayal and rebirth—where love can be a sanctuary… or the most beautiful way to lose yourself.

Not your regular billionaire romance She had a son with the most dangerous man in the city. And he can never find out. Four years ago, Aurielle Duval spent one reckless night with a stranger— a night that left her with a little boy who has his impossible blue eyes. She never learned his name. He disappeared before sunrise. And she rebuilt her life alone… until the day she walks into an interview at the world’s most powerful company. Its CEO is Kieran D’Angelo. Cold. Untouchable. Ruthless. The man she prayed she would never see again. He doesn’t recognize her— but he watches her, tests her, and claims her as his personal assistant. What Kieran doesn’t know is that Aurielle carries more than his past. She is the erased daughter of the D’Angelo empire— a child they tried to destroy before she ever opened her eyes. And the son she hides? He’s the living proof of a truth that could tear the family apart. When Kieran’s dark, charming cousin Dante returns— obsessed with Aurielle and hungry for power— a dangerous game begins. Love, obsession, and blood collide. And in a family built on lies, the woman they tried to erase may be the one who brings the empire to its knees.

[18+ | Mature Content | Dark Romance] After slaving away for years as Ares King's sole overworked secretary, Catherine has finally had enough of his domineering and heartless attitude. She wants to quit and use the severance pay to settle her family's debts, and spend more time with her long-term boyfriend. But soon after she hands her resignation letter, she finds out that her boyfriend cheated on her. He claims she's a wreck with no future, and he's better off without her. Heartbroken and devastated, Catherine is grasping at the last straw when her boss, Ares King, proposes a contract out of the blue. "Become my wife for one year." "Why me, Mr. King?" "Because we work, Ms. Lane.” The last thing she wanted was to make a deal with the devil. But this offer is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Sell your soul to the devil for one year. How hard can that be? ********** Excerpt: "How many?" I froze. Did he expect me to count? "How. Many?" "I-I don't—Ah!" Ares spanked me again, continuously. My eyes stung, and sweet pain overtook me. I should feel sick from deriving pleasure from this, but strangely, I wasn't. "Two?" I teased, purposely getting the numbers wrong. "You shouldn't have done that." Just as I thought, he started again, but this time he drove each hit with more force until my ass was burning. "Fifteen!" I yelled, shaking. "Wrong." My heart momentarily stopped. "I got it right!" "You missed one." He pressed his hand on my searing bottom, and I moaned. I tried to squirm away, but he trapped my hands behind my back, his voice dark with warning. "Move again, and you'll regret it." ~ A/N: This is a work of fiction. All names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or real events is purely coincidental.

TRIGGER WARNING! This story contains graphic depictions of gun violence and murder, mafia-related threats and organized crime elements, sexual content, kidnapping, alcohol use, betrayal and emotional manipulation. Reader discretion is advised. — “Is there no other way?” I asked, totally subdued by the fact that this nightmare marriage was the only solution. “No, there isn’t,” he said coldly. “I can’t afford to lose my son and have you turned into a sex slave by the Romanovs.” “Your son?” I scoffed, the memory of him taking my virginity and vanishing without a trace slicing my heart. “You seem to have forgotten that you never intended on taking things further with me. God, you’re no different from the Romanovs!” He assessed me coolly with those dark eyes and then said with a note of finality, “He’s my son, Niamh, and you’ll have to become my wife.” My father was killed. My uncle sold me to the Russian mafia syndicate. And now, the man I hid my son from for five years—Massimo Valentino—is forcing me to be his wife. My survival and the safety of Matteo depend on this hated forced marriage. But the situation is worse than I thought: I am the key to a hidden vault that the Texas underworld is willing to kill for. With the war raging outside and a major betrayal brewing inside the Italian mafia syndicate, my safety depends entirely on Massimo. I have to forgive and trust the man who ruined me, or lose everything. This is the first installment in The Valentino Princes Series.

She is a mess, burdened by a broken heart from an abusive relationship and haunted by nightmares stemming from her guilt over surviving an accident that took her mother’s life and left her sister in a coma. That is, until she meets him. Andriana finds comfort in his warmth, but Karlye is a mysterious man with secrets and enemies lurking in the shadows. Her feelings for him are complicated by her insecurities and their differences in social status. When he discovers her pregnancy, he vows never to let her go, revealing the darkness within him. Will she hold on for the sake of their baby, or will she choose to leave?

Aanya Lu is a simple, hardworking girl who believes talent and honesty can change fate. She has no idea that her past is soaked in blood—and that her future is walking straight into danger. When she joins one of Shenzhen’s most powerful companies, she catches the attention of Zain Yan—a flawless CEO in the eyes of the world, but a ruthless and broken man behind closed doors. Zain gives Aanya an important project, mentors her, and pulls her closer to him. To Aanya, he is strict but fair. To Zain, she is nothing but a tool. Years ago, Zain lost his mother and younger sister on a blood-soaked night. The man responsible was Lu Kang—Aanya’s beloved uncle, the man she trusted like family. Zain plans to use Aanya to destroy Lu Kang completely. But fate turns cruel. Aanya’s intelligence and hidden strength attract the attention of the underworld’s most feared ruler—the Dragon King. Seeing her as a future threat, he orders her death. For the first time, Zain’s perfect plan collapses. The girl he meant to sacrifice becomes the girl he risks his life to protect. Surrounded by bullets, betrayal, and blood, Zain makes a shocking move— A forced contract marriage. In front of the world—and in front of Lu Kang— Zain declares Aanya as his wife. Now Aanya is trapped in a marriage she never chose, tied to a man full of secrets, and standing at the center of a war she doesn’t understand. Is she merely a pawn in Zain’s revenge? Or the only weakness of the Heartless Wolf? As buried truths rise, as the connection between the Dragon King and Lu Kang is revealed, and as Aanya uncovers why Zain really chose her— It won’t just be love or trust that breaks… but the very cage imprisoning a wounded heart.

Five years after a painful divorce, Catherine Kate Bates has no intention of ever mixing love with her ambition again. Her interior design firm is finally earning respect, and she’s learned the hard way that stability comes from self-reliance. Jonathan Rome is running out of options. As the heir to a powerful empire, his reputation has become a liability. Scandals, headlines, and a well-earned playboy image are costing him clients and credibility. When damage control fails, Jonathan makes a bold proposal to the one woman who knows him better than anyone else. His ex-wife. What begins as a strictly contractual re -marriage designed to benefit them both quickly turns into something far more complicated. As the media spins their reunion into a fairy tale of second chances, old wounds begin to surface behind closed doors. Catherine remembers the marriage she tried to save alone and the betrayal that taught her how to shut down and prioritize. Jonathan is forced to confront the ways he failed her when it mattered most. Between staged affection, public scrutiny, and the dangerous familiarity of being married again, their carefully drawn boundaries begin to blur. Feelings resurface. History threatens to repeat itself. This time, Catherine knows the cost of loving Jonathan Rome. And she’s not sure she’s willing to pay it again.

Being the fat, unwanted ugly duckling with no wolf would've been survivable. But the daily cruelty—from classmates at school and a vicious stepbrother at home—was too much for Anita to carry. One month before her eighteenth birthday, she steps in front of a speeding truck, ready to end it all. With her last breath, she curses the day she was born—relieved that death has finally set her free. Except… death doesn't come. Instead, Anita wakes up in a different time. A different world. A different body. Same nightmare family. Before she can understand what's happening, her stepbrother sells her off to settle his debt—handing her to the Alpha of the Dark Shadow Park, the most ruthless Alpha Mafia King alive. A man feared across realms. A man who owns everything he touches. Including her. Trapped in the hands of a cold, merciless Alpha who plans to use her and never let her go, Anita's new life spirals into violence, desire, and dark power plays. Survival becomes a daily battle. But fate isn't done being cruel. Because the monster who owns her—is also her moon-given mate. Now Anita must choose: Submit to destiny, or rewrite it in blood.

Seraphine Ashford was once the cherished heiress of a wealthy family—until her parents died in a tragic accident and her uncle abandoned her in a remote village. Raised in seclusion by a legendary medical grandmaster, she grew up mastering both traditional and modern medicine, far from the world that betrayed her. At nineteen, Seraphine is dragged back into the city she barely remembers and forced into a political marriage with Fabian Kingsley—the most feared and mysterious tycoon in the business world. Rumored to be old, cruel, crippled, and monstrous, Fabian is said to be a man no woman survives. But rumors are lies meant to protect power. Fabian Kingsley is young, ruthless, breathtakingly handsome—and far more dangerous than anyone imagined. ******* Who said Fabian Kingsley was ugly and pot-bellied? He's the most handsome man alive. Who said he was vicious? He's the only one who pampers and spoils her. When she asked him about the rumors of him being incapable and infertile, Fabian's gaze darkened as he pulled her close. "Wife, how about I prove to you that the rumors are fake?" he whispered in Seraphine's ear, making her blush deeply. "No need... you're strong and very capable," Sera stammered, running away from his embrace.

She has spent her life believing she's cursed - a wolfless embarrassment her father barely tolerates. But when she's forced into a contract marriage with the cold and terrifying Lycan King, she learns the truth is far more deadly. *** He didn't ask for a wife, just a womb for his heir. Emotionless, merciless, and built entirely from brooding muscle and trauma, the Lycan King intends to use her, then send her back where she came from. But when an assassination attempt exposes the lies surrounding her birth, he realises he's married something far more dangerous than a powerless girl.

I didn't get a wedding ring. I got a deadline. On our wedding night, Alpha Nolan didn't touch me. He didn't even look at me. He just slid a contract and gave me a choice: provide him with an male heir within three months, or be his prisoner for life instead. They say he is a monster who murdered his last lover. They say he is cursed by an ancient pact that demands a blood sacrifice. He treats me like a slave, a broken doll to be used and discarded. But I am not just a bride anymore. I am a secret. I am standing in the hall of his manor, watching him walk away, while my fingers curl around the divorce papers he just handed me. He wants me gone. He thinks he is done with me. What he doesn't know is that the heir the Tomb wants, the one he thinks he failed to bring to the world, is already growing inside me.

She needed $2 million to save her dying sister. He needed a wife to inherit his empire. Neither expected 365 days to change everything. --- Emma Hart's life shattered in an instant—her sister diagnosed with leukemia, medical bills piling into the hundreds of thousands, and every door in New York City slamming in her face. Desperate and out of options, she never imagined the Ice King himself would offer her a lifeline. Alexander Kane is Manhattan's most ruthless CEO. Cold. Calculating. Untouchable. But his dying grandfather has one final demand: marry within six months, or lose the billion-dollar empire he built from nothing. The solution? A contract marriage. One year. Two million dollars. No emotions. No complications. Emma agrees—it's just business. She'll play the perfect wife, save her sister, and walk away with her heart intact. But Alexander Kane doesn't play by anyone's rules but his own. What starts as a cold transaction ignites into something dangerous. Stolen glances. Accidental touches. A possessiveness neither can explain. When he pulls her close at galas and whispers "mine" against her skin, Emma tells herself it's all for show. Until it isn't. Now the Ice King is melting, and Emma is falling for the man behind the mask. But their contract has an expiration date, and loving Alexander Kane was never part of the deal. Can a marriage built on lies become something real? Or will the truth destroy them both when the 365 days are up? --- **Tropes:** Contract Marriage • Ice King CEO • Enemies to Lovers • Forced Proximity • Slow Burn • He Falls First • Possessive Hero • Strong Heroine • Fake Relationship Becomes Real Perfect for fans of steamy billionaire romance, emotional slow burns, and heroes who fall HARD for one woman. Updates Daily. HEA Guaranteed.

Tang Yanxi never expected her life to take such a dramatic turn. In a twist of fate, she found herself married to Sheng Jianan, the enigmatic and aloof heir to a powerful business empire. On their wedding night, he presented her with three strict rules, setting the tone for their unconventional union. Initially, Tang Yanxi viewed their marriage as a ridiculous charade, assuming their relationship would be nothing more than two strangers living under the same roof. However, she soon discovered that her mysterious husband had other plans. "Darling, we should contribute to the continuation of humanity," he whispered, his eyes gleaming with mischief. "Sweetheart, regular exercise is essential for a healthy lifestyle," he insisted, his tone playful yet persuasive. Where was the promised distant and cold-hearted man? What happened to the three rules he had so firmly established? Tang Yanxi's frustration reached its peak as she demanded, "Will you please just be quiet?!"

She was framed by her sister and accidentally had a one-night stand with him. Later, he found various unreasonable excuses to force her to live with him. To seek revenge, she reluctantly agreed. "I...I thought you were gay!" She slowly retreated to the corner of the wall. "I thought you already knew the answer to that question that night," he said, emphasizing the word "that night". Later, to get a celebrity's headline news, she secretly sneaked into a grand engagement banquet. However... "Everyone, this is my fiancée." He said to the guests, holding her waist. Upon hearing this, her stepmother and sister were both stunned. With his help and her own efforts, she thought she was going to live a happy life. However, her company suddenly had a new boss... "You! You eat my food, live in my house, sleep with me, and how dare you deduct my salary!" "What about that night you slept with me and only gave me $50?" He said. She thought to herself: How could a billionaire be so petty about just $50! She would definitely divorce! Six years later... "Mommy! This uncle said he'll be our daddy if we pay him just $50! Should we get him?" "Mommy! I agree with that!"

[Love After Marriage] Due to family interests, they got married, but in fact, they do not love each other. He has no interest in marriage, and neither does she. Moreover, she proved to everyone that she is not easy to mess with. By marrying into a rich family, her cunning stepmother and jealous sister will have nothing to do but please her. Hearing that her husband has deeply loved a woman for many years, she didn't care, as she had many ways to make him hate that woman. As for him, a tall and handsome but extremely unromantic guy, she had strong views: having peace, or getting a divorce!

Gu Xia, known as the Red Monster, had always been the quirkiest one among women. She had an extraordinary personality, exceptional job, and magic touch. Loving to play the fool to catch the wise, she had been causing chaos everywhere since her youth. One day, she was suddenly whisked away and married by a man called "Little Fox," thinking she would just swindle some money from this supposedly foolish son of a landlord. Little did she know, this son was not only smart, but he also deeply imprinted her with a 'Little Fox' of his own. This trick turned into a lifetime, leaving her with a heart so consumed and soul so corrupted she had nowhere to escape. The story features strong leads, both male and female, delivers a deadly dose of sweetness, and is a hilariously heartwarming tale of pampering! Also, highly recommended is the completed hit novel by Pigpig, "Youth Begins with Meeting Him."

"Wife! Come here!" "No!" She always thought he was aloof, but after getting the marriage certificate, the aloof military king immediately transformed into a wife-doting maniac. The husband indulges his wife in countless ways, Lily Turner finds it extremely exhausting, her protests go unheard, her pleas are ineffective, she wants to escape, but whenever she tries to climb the wall, it rises higher, leaving her in tears! When asked about the reason for his limitless indulgence, the young master responds astonishingly, "The one who dared to trick me into marriage, it's only her!" The woman beside him rolls her eyes at him: she is the one who got deceived, okay?

Recommended new novel: A heartwarming story set in the '90s, "Back to 1990, She Set the Surgical World on Fire" When Xie Wanying returned to 1996 and said she wanted to become a doctor, many laughed. "A phoenix begets a phoenix, a dog begets a dog. If a truck driver's daughter can become a doctor, then pigs can climb trees." "Not only do I want to be a doctor, but I also want to be a female thoracic surgeon," Xie Wanying declared. When medical relatives sarcastically told her, "There is not a single female leading thoracic surgeon in the country—who do you think you are!" After the college entrance exams, Xie Wanying entered the top surgical class in the country with the highest provincial science score, began as an intern in a top-tier capital hospital, and was fought over by the heads of surgery departments. She performed the world's first minimally invasive heart valve repair, marking the first surgery in the female surgical field! The Overseas Returnee Faction senior brother was a hot bachelor in the capital's circle and changed his QQ profile picture to one with his junior sister Xie. The young boss was a handsome man who came to the hospital every day to bring flowers and offer diamond rings. Not to mention the horde of well-wishers that had practically broken down the door of old Xie's house... —————— "No woman loves a man who's not a little bit bad." When a woman married him, everyone said, "This woman must be a bad woman who would stop at nothing to curry favor with him." Everyone was curious about what kind of person Mrs. Xiao was when they heard that Mr. Xiao had gotten married. "My wife has overshadowed me. Everyone knows she is deaf, so they blatantly speak ill of her in front of her and openly discuss the bad things they plan to do to her," Host: ............