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Five years ago, Gianna Aldo was left at the altar by the man she loved—and lost everything in a single, devastating day. Now a celebrated jewelry designer, she’s built a glittering life from the ruins of her past. But when fate throws her back into Zane Whitman’s world through a cruel twist she never saw coming, the wounds she thought had healed begin to bleed again. Long-buried secrets soon rise to the surface, threatening to unravel everything Gianna believes about their past. Yet she refuses to be shaken. She is no longer the broken bride who once waited in white. Instead, she is the woman who will burn his empire to the ground. This is the second installment in the Dark Revenge Series, though it can be enjoyed as a complete standalone. However, to gain deeper context, check out Book 1: Dark Revenge of an Unwanted Wife.

In his previous life, Levi was hired by governments when they needed someone erased. Now he's waking up as Levi Quinn, the "defective" omega his family threw away, in the bed of Noah Sterling, a Type B Alpha the world calls a monster. The Alpha thinks they're fated mates. Levi is counting exit routes. Noah brings him breakfast every morning. Levi memorizes the security codes. Noah handles his schedule, his life, calls it protection. Levi calls it suffocation. So, Levi builds leverage. A music career Noah's money can't buy. A public image Noah's influence can't control. Proving that the "useless" omega the Quinn family discarded can stand on his own. But there's a problem. His new family is watching his rise. His brother Silas, the golden child, the perfect omega, the one who took everything, is also watching. And every victory Levi claims is a knife twisted in the hearts of the people who threw him away. But... It gets complicated when the man you're planning to leave starts looking less like a captor and more like someone who's just as trapped as you are. Tags: #Smut #FaceSlapping #SlowBurnPowerReversal #Mpreg #Showbiz #TragicWetCatGong #MisunderstoodML #SoftDarkRomance #NonTraditionalABO]

[Warning: MATURE CONTENT! NO RAPE] (I’m too soft for that) After enduring a lifetime of abuse from her family, the last thing Mallory Morrow needs is to be married off to an old man almost thrice her age. So, she came up with a plan. To sleep with someone and get pregnant. She didn’t know that years later, the consequences of that reckless decision would come crashing back into her life. Living as a single mom, completely disowned by her family, raising a son who refuses to speak after some traumatic incident, life was a constant uphill battle. Medical bills kept piling up, and hope was running thin—until her best friend Mara offered her a lifeline. ‘Her cousin needed someone to stop a wedding at all costs. And if she succeeded, she’d be paid 1 million dollars—a sum that could change her life and her son’s forever.’ “STOP THE WEDDING! THAT MAN WAS THE FATHER OF MY CHILD!” But when she bursts into the ceremony, everything goes wrong. She’s crashing her half-sister’s wedding—the same woman who tormented her for years. And the groom who hired her? Venzrich Archeval: the youngest, richest, and most devastatingly handsome billionaire who hates women… and, unbeknownst to Mallory, the father of her child. Haunted by the memory of a mysterious woman he met one night years ago, Venzrich has been searching for her ever since—the only woman who can make him feel pleasure and ignite something he didn’t know existed. And now, fate has thrown her back into his grasp. He’s determined that she’ll never leave his sight again. As Mallory struggles to protect her son from her cruel family, she also has to survive a billionaire who refuses to let her go, whose touch ignites dangerous desires she can’t ignore. “There’s no way I’m letting you go. You’re either mine or mine.” And just like that, they’re caught in a whirlwind of chaos, passion, and a contract as husband and wife—where nothing is safe, nothing is predictable, and everything seems to slip out of her grasp. Can she open her heart again, or will the scars of her past trap her forever? And can she survive the man hiding behind a perfect mask—the devil who wants everything, including her? P.S: If you want an ML who was gentle and actually knows aftercare. Read this. P.S.S: Update will resume on January 21, 2025. Author was on the hospital bcoz of a vehicle accident.

At twenty, Christy Scott has nothing left, no home, no job, no family. Just her job as a stripper and a broken heart. Then billionaire Kendrick Black walks in - cold, powerful, and desperate to silence rumors threatening his position. His offer? Pretend to be his girlfriend for ninety days. It’s supposed to be business. Until lies, jealousy, and a haunting past drag her into his dangerous world. When a scandalous video ruins her, Christy disappears… only to wake up in the arms of Kendrick’s best friend—with a shocking truth. She’s the lost Lancaster heiress. And she’s carrying Kendrick Black’s child. Now she’s no one’s pawn. She’s the storm coming for them all. But when Kendrick returns, begging for her love— will she forgive him… or burn his world to ashes?

SYNOPSIS °-° ZAYN HASHMI is a master at playing two parts. To everyone else, he’s just a guy who’s always in control calm, distant, and impossible to rattle. But that’s just the mask. In reality, he’s built a secret mafia empire with one goal in mind: making the people who killed his parents pay. ​He doesn’t do "feelings" and he definitely doesn't do second chances. If you cross him, your first warning is also your last. He’s spent years training himself to listen to his head, never his heart, and he couldn't care less about anyone outside his immediate family. For Zayn, life isn't about living; it’s about a debt that needs to be settled in blood MEHER KHAN returns from Scotland hoping to start something of her own, dreaming of a life where she can make her own choices. Instead, her father, Asad Khan, forces her to take charge of the family company, tying her down to responsibilities she never asked for. At the same time, Meher is relentlessly searching for her missing sister the only person who holds answers to truths Meher has been running from for years. Asad Khan, driven by his own ambitions, pushes Meher into a marriage with Zayn Hashmi, unaware of the darkness surrounding him. What begins as a forced union slowly turns into a dangerous connection built on secrets, lies, and unspoken pain. When Zayn’s thirst for revenge collides with Meher’s search for the truth, both are forced to choose between the past they cannot escape and the future they might lose........ .................... *_*...................

A one-night mistake changed everything. When Abby Brooks discovers she’s pregnant, the last person she expects to be the father is her cold, powerful boss, Liam Sterling,. A man who values control, reputation, and success above all else. Forced to work under the same roof while hiding a secret that could ruin them both, Abby struggles between protecting her heart and facing the truth. But Liam Sterling isn’t the kind of man who walks away from what’s his especially when he learns he has a child on the way. Love, power, betrayal, and desire collide in this intense office romance where the line between boss and lover disappears. Will their past mistake become their greatest regret… or their forever?

Maya is drowning in a debt she didn't create until her contract is "purchased" by Vivienne Vance, the city’s most feared and beautiful socialite. Forced into a world of cold luxury to work on a secret project, Maya is trapped between Vivienne’s psychological games and the possessive, silent gaze of Sloane—Vivienne’s lethal "Shadow." In this high-stakes 18+ drama, Maya must decide what she’s willing to sell: her skills, her freedom, or her heart.

One crazy night in Vegas. One blurry chapel. One marriage certificate neither of them remembers signing. Elara Kane wakes up married to Damian Voss — the same ruthless CEO who just bought out her company and left her jobless. He wants an annulment yesterday. She wants to strangle him. But two pink lines on a test stick change everything. Now the ice-cold billionaire has a wife he can’t divorce and a baby on the way he never asked for. What starts as a fake marriage to save face turns into something dangerous: Damian can’t keep his hands off her. Every night he claims her, fills her, whispers “mine” like it’s the only word he knows. Elara fights it — she swore she’d never need a man — but every time he’s deep inside her, every time he looks at her belly like it’s his whole world, her heart cracks a little more. Scandal hits hard. The press calls her a gold-digger. The board wants him to choose: empire or family. Old enemies smell blood. And Elara has to decide if the man who ruined her life is worth risking her heart — and her future — all over again. A steamy, addictive ride of accidental vows, surprise pregnancy, and a CEO who’ll burn his world down to keep what’s his.

Lena Hart’s world falls apart when her boyfriend, Caleb Vaughn, walks away from her while she’s pregnant. Left alone and heartbroken, Lena raises her son all by herself and learns how to survive without the man who broke her trust. Five years later, fate brings Caleb back into her life. When he meets a little boy who looks just like him, the truth hits hard, this is the son he once refused to accept as his. Filled with regret, Caleb wants to fix his mistakes and win back the family he lost. But Lena is no longer the woman he left behind. She’s now stronger, very protective of her son, and unwilling to let Caleb hurt them again. With painful memories, public shame, and old wounds standing in the way, Caleb must prove that he truly deserves a second chance. Can love return after trust has been broken, or is the past too painful to overcome?

Linda Gilbert’s fall was well planned and cruel. One moment, she was a top model, adored by brands and envied by many. Next, she was branded a homewrecker, wrongly accused and framed by someone who wanted to destroy her. The scandal spread overnight, tearing her career apart completely. Her father disowned her and left her with nowhere to turn. She wandered the streets under the hot sun, lost and exhausted, only to be hit by a car and land in the hospital. That was when Linda learned the car that almost killed her belonged to the scariest CEO that everyone feared. His assistant believed she had deliberately thrown herself in front of the car, assuming she had fallen too low and had nowhere else to go… just like another desperate woman trying to force her way into his boss’s life. But Linda knew she wasn’t chasing power. What was happening to her wasn’t her fault, and the accident was nothing but a cruel coincidence. As if looking down on her wasn’t enough, she was offered a contract meant for a random woman like her. Under normal circumstances, she would have slapped it back in their faces and spat on it. But she had no choice. She forced herself to sign a harsh contract marriage for one year, with no love or affection, in exchange for the one thing she needed the most, to clear her name… As Linda stepped into a life she never wanted, she set her heart on one goal… revenge. While the world believed she married for power, she remained unbothered, quietly taking control of her life on her own terms. What she never expected…Was that the man who wrote the rules would be the first to break them?

She died trying to escape her mafia husband. On the night she fled his mansion, gunfire shattered the silence and her last memory was his men closing in. She died believing the monster she married had ordered her death. But fate is cruel. She wakes on the day of their forced marriage, memories intact and terror clawing at her chest. This time, she will escape before it’s too late. Yet the longer she stays, the more her certainty begins to crack. In a world of lies, power, and blood, one question haunts her: Was he truly her executioner… or the only man standing between her and the grave?

"Sign it. Three years, no feelings, and I will give you the power to destroy the people who ruined you." Luella Qiao was once the diamond of the capital, until a frame-up by her half-sister and a betrayal by her fiancé left her penniless and branded a criminal. After five years in hiding, she returns—not as the soft girl they broke, but as a woman with a heart of ice. To reclaim the Qiao Empire, she needs a monster on her side. And there is no monster more feared than Xavier Vane, the "Titan of the North." He is ruthless, untouchable, and famously hates women. The deal was simple: A marriage of convenience. He gets a wife to satisfy his grandfather’s will; she gets the Vane family’s bottomless resources for her revenge. But as Luella begins systematically dismantling her enemies, she realizes the "Cold CEO" isn't as indifferent as he seems. In the boardroom, he is a shark. In their bedroom, the walls he built are starting to crumble. When the revenge is over and the contract ends, will Luella walk away, or will she realize that the coldest man in the city is the only one who can keep her heart warm?

When a human enters a contract marriage with a soul, neither expects the union to expose a haunting and tragic truth.

In the Kingdom of Oakhaven, Prince Caelum is more weapon than man. Broken by his father’s cruelty and a shattered "Alpha Seal," he is a feral beast imprisoned in a tower of silver. Only Joy Thomas, a commoner and daughter of the Master-of-Horse, remembers the boy beneath the fur. ​When King Alaric attempts to exile Joy to "purify" the lineage, she rebels. Armed with a runic silver dagger, she infiltrates the Black Citadel. In a heart-pounding confrontation, Joy doesn't use her blade to kill the monster; she uses it to heal the man. By pressing silver to his heart, she resets the Seal, pulling Caelum back from the abyss. Their reunion is a brief, intense sanctuary of passion before Caelum must lead an army to defend his throne against the treacherous Lord Varick. ​However, the battlefield is not the final hurdle. As the coronation nears, Queen Elara reveals a devastating tradition: a "wolfless" human has never sat on the throne, and the magic of the crown may reject a commoner. Realizing she is a political liability, a heartbroken Joy flees, leaving the coronation in ruins. ​To save his Queen, Caelum must defy centuries of law. He rejects his father’s legacy, proving that the Alpha’s true strength isn't in his blood, but in the woman who tamed his soul. Together, they must perform a forbidden ritual to bind their lives, redefining the crown of Oakhaven forever. ​"Taming the Alpha King" is a dark fantasy romance about breaking generational chains and the raw power of empathy in a world built on silver and stone.

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.

Niran Sukrit starts his new job at Love Food, but on his very first day, he falls for his boss, Chak Phanprasit. Chak is a cold, arrogant CEO who demands absolute control over everything. However, as Niran begins living with him, Chak’s icy mask slowly starts to melt. He becomes increasingly protective whenever Niran is in danger, yet both struggle to hide their true emotions. They eventually confess their feelings, but Chak is guarding secrets. Can Niran uncover the truths before it’s too late? And what mysterious bond is Chak's dad hiding? VOLUME2: chapter 107 Chak's mother has arranged a marriage with a mysterious woman, unaware of who her son truly loves. But can the forbidden, hidden love between Niran and Chak withstand the trials ahead? Secrets still linger in the shadows-secrets Chak has kept from Niran.

[Mature Content R18+] [Slow-Burn Dark Romance] Two days before my wedding, my fiancé told me he would marry my twin sister, because it was her dying wish. My family, his family, everyone dear to me, turned me into a villain for being defiant. The decision was final. The bride had changed. They forced me into a golden cage, waiting for my turn to be another substitute. Then he came. The man who should have been my enemy offered his hand. Led us into one wild night. "Be my wife. Six years. Let's have a contract for exactly that long." "You lost your mind. You promised-" "And I'll give you five years. You can be free. Do whatever you want with the Kingston name. I promised that." "Wh... what?" "But you must promise me, you will be back, and let's live like we burn for each other in that last year." "Rafael... what are you planning to?" "Get things back to their right place." I was tired of being anyone's pawn. So, I play my own game. Five years later, I am back. Revenge is an understatement. The price for my suffering is due. My children keep asking for their father. They'll meet him soon, but there's a problem:  I’m not sure who the real father is. "Viona... I never stop loving you. Tell me they are my flesh, right? I want you back. I want us back." My ex-fiancé shamelessly pleaded before me. "They are mine. The four of them are mine." And there he was, my contracted husband declared with a glare that was ready to burn the whole society down. This should be a simple game of power. But love always meddles between the players. ====== Author's Note: This Novel is a character-driven plot with slow-burn smut. Every character has their own motivation and is layered. Every choice has no easy way out. If you enjoy slow burn, this might be to your liking. Please read all the free chapters before you decide to continue or not. Thank you for giving this story a chance.

PS: FL isn’t a pushover In her previous life, Marissa Austen and her sister, Ashlyn Austen were forced to choose between two men―Derek Thompson. The Grand Duke of Denver. He’s the cold, unfeeling older brother and Carlos Thompson. The bastard son of the Thompsons. He’s the charming, magnetic younger brother. Ashlyn chose Derek, convinced it was her path to luxury. But when she found her husband forever absent and unloving, whispers of his infidelity spread and was eventually thrown out of the duchy, envy consumed her. Meanwhile, Marissa’s husband was rising in power, day by day closing the gap with his brother and finally gaining the title of the Grand Duke. Blinded by jealousy, Ashlyn dragged them both to their deaths. When Marissa opened her eyes, she was back on the day their wedding carriages were arriving at the church’s courtyard. This time, Ashlyn insisted she switch carriage with Marissa. Her intention: To take the younger brother. But she never knew the truth: every of his achievements were because of Marissa, and he was not what he seemed. And Marissa was only too glad to claim the older brother as her own. What does fate have in store for the two sisters?

Aanya Lu is an innocent, hardworking girl with a soft heart and big dreams. A devoted lover of Korean and Chinese dramas, she secretly adores K-pop star Jungkook.”and believes that talent and honesty can change fate. What she doesn’t know is that her past is stained with blood. When she joins one of Shenzhen’s most powerful corporations, she catches the attention of Zain Yan— a flawless CEO in the eyes of the world… but in truth, a cold, broken, and dangerously ruthless man. Zain assigns her an important project and gradually pulls her closer. To Aanya, he is a strict but fair boss. To Zain, she is nothing more than a weapon of revenge. Years ago, on a night soaked in blood, Zain lost his mother and younger sister. The man responsible was Lu Kang— Aanya’s beloved uncle. Zain’s plan is simple: use Aanya to completely destroy Lu Kang. But fate has other plans. Aanya’s past is not as pure as it seems. Her ex-boyfriend, Ruan Jian—the man she once trusted as her support— walked away and shattered her heart without looking back. Then her innocence and hidden strength draw the attention of the underworld’s most feared ruler—the Dragon King. But the real question is… Why does the Dragon King want Aanya dead? And how is the secret of her birth connected to him? For the first time, Zain’s perfect plan begins to collapse. The girl he intended to use as a pawn… becomes the one he grows fiercely possessive of. He cannot tolerate anyone looking at his wife— not even the ghosts of her past. Amid bullets, betrayal, and bloodshed— Zain makes a shocking public move: A contract marriage. Now Aanya is trapped in a marriage she never chose, bound to a man full of secrets— a man who is both using her… and protecting her. Is she merely a pawn in his revenge? Or the only weakness of the Heartless Wolf? As buried truths rise, as the Dragon King’s true connection is revealed, and as Aanya finally learns why Zain chose her— It will not be just love or trust that breaks… …but the very cage imprisoning a wounded heart. .Note: I am a new writer, so there may be some small mistakes in my novel. Your love and support are my greatest strength.”.

Amelia Carter’s life was ruined in one night. Humiliated publicly by Adrian Knight, the cold and ruthless billionaire she had secretly loved for years, she disappeared from his world forever. Three years later, she’s back—strong, confident, and hiding a secret that could destroy Adrian’s powerful empire. She’s carrying his child. But Adrian isn’t the man he used to be. He’s ruthless, cunning, and determined to take revenge on the woman who humiliated him. As their lives collide, Amelia must protect her son, navigate the dangerous Knight family, and resist the man who still ignites a forbidden desire inside her. The question isn’t just whether Adrian will forgive her… it’s whether Amelia can survive the twisted game of love, betrayal, and family power that has only just begun.