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Fate Was Wrong

Rejected MateFound FamilyHidden StrengthSlow Burn

Josie Marlow is the girl everyone in her pack calls perfect. She can fix anything with an engine, she makes everyone laugh, and she has never once shifted. She has told herself for years that the person fated to her will be the one who proves she is enough. Then Dane, the Alpha's son, feels their bond and refuses her in front of the whole pack. The elders agree with him. Josie's family starts paying for standing by her, so she leaves. A year later she lives in a harbor town and fixes boat engines, and nobody there knows what she is. It is small and quiet and hers. Then Eli, an Alpha with power over her kind, finds her and offers her a place. She tells herself she takes the work because she can't say no. But his wolves like her before they learn what she lacks, and the strength she gave up on may not be gone. Can Josie ever trust a bond again after hers was thrown away?

Chapter 1 free · 12 published · 5 to come

His Family Says I Killed Their Son

Falsely AccusedFamily BetrayalWithheld TruthGrieving Widow

I loved my husband more than my own life. Simon was kind to me when his family was not. Then he died, and his family said I killed him. They have the money, the lawyers, and the whole town on their side. They took my house and my name. They said I was a cold wife and a worse mother. I kept my mouth shut. They do not know what I am holding back. I have not told the truth yet. When I do, it will burn them all.

Chapter 1 free · 13 published · 1 to come

The Tycoon's Silent Bride

Forced MarriageMute HeroinePossessive HeroAbuse Survivor

“She’s mine. No one touches what I own.” Dorian Vale needs a wife and an heir. He pays for a quiet woman who cannot speak and cannot fight him. Sera has survived worse than a cold husband, and she expects pain. Then Dorian sees the scars she hides. He starts to watch her. He starts to protect her. His hands can be gentle. His need to keep her is not. Someone in his house has seen what should stay private. And the woman from Sera’s past is coming to take her back.

Chapter 1 free · 12 published · 21 to come

I Won't Be Your Shame, Mr. Billionaire

Forced MarriageSecret Successful HeroineDivorce RevengeCheating Husband

My father's debts made me Cade Van Holt's wife. I thought I could survive one cold year in his house. Then at his family's gala, he raised a glass to my sister, Brynn, and called her the woman who makes his life possible. I stood beside him in the dress he paid for and smiled. Cade thinks our marriage is a contract and my dignity is a line item. He thinks I have nothing but his name. He's wrong. I have a company he doesn't know about, a best friend who is my real family, and a rival who sees me as a person. I'm done being his shame. I'll take my freedom, and my desire, on my own terms.

Chapter 1 free · 12 published · 12 to come

Never Sit Next to the Dragon

Dragon ShifterMagical AcademySlow BurnBullied Heroine

I was working at a laundromat and failing my online classes when Sundermoor Academy mailed me a student file. It says my kind is pending. Everyone else here can shift or cast or do something useful. I can make a vending machine hate me. The school gives me one clear rule: avoid the dragon shifter at the back table. Cormac is supposed to be dangerous. He's also the only person here who looks at me like I'm a riddle worth solving instead of a problem. I sit next to him anyway. Now the whole school is watching, and Cormac looks at me like I'm a riddle worth solving. I just hope he likes the answer.

Chapter 1 free · 12 published · 5 to come

Caldera Blood

Hidden IdentityOne Night StandProtective HeroWager

I wore a red wig and a fake name to a card game I had no business being in. I only wanted my mother's sewing machine back from Delphine Marchetti. She wanted me to make a fool of myself in front of the man in the back room. He was supposed to laugh at me. Instead he stood up, took my hand, and ended her game. Rafael Caldera is not a man you play games with. He is quieter than his reputation and more dangerous than the whispers. He has lost someone, and he carries it like a wound that won't close. I saw him break, and he let me hold him. I promised myself I would never see him again. Then my ex came back to humiliate me, and the only place I wanted to run was straight to Rafael. Now he knows my real name, and he is not letting me go after one night.

Chapter 1 free · 11 published · 1 to come

I Rejected the Alpha and Kept His Twins

Rejected MateSecret PregnancyEnemies To LoversTwins

Rhea Thorne was raised to guard Greyfen Dam and lead her pack. When her father gives that place to her cousin, she walks out of the pack ceremony and straight into the path of Kael Rourke, the enemy Alpha. Fate says Kael is her mate. Rhea says fate is wrong. She will not belong to any man, least of all him. Kael does not accept her refusal. He uses her private shame to ruin her in front of both packs, and her father lets it happen. Rhea is beaten, stripped of her title, and thrown off her own land. She leaves with nothing but her pride and a secret she has not told anyone: she is carrying Kael's twins. A kind friend offers her a safe place to hide. But his kindness starts to feel like a cage, and Kael is still hunting her.

Chapter 1 free · 12 published · 9 to come

My Husband Chose Her

Cheating HusbandFake DatingRevenge BoyfriendOpen Marriage

My husband introduced his mistress as his new brand director at our own hotel dinner. Then he asked me to sign papers that made our open marriage official. I said yes, but only because I had nothing left to lose. A stranger in the back of the room saw it all. Kellan Cross. He offered me a fake romance and a way to make Grant jealous. I told Grant I had a boyfriend. I didn't expect Kellan to be his new business partner. Now every dinner is a fight, every photo is a weapon, and Grant is watching. Kellan says if we're pretending, he'll make it feel real. I don't know if he's my ally or another man playing a game. But I'm done being owned.

Chapter 1 free · 12 published · 5 to come

They Know What I Did

Hidden IdentityFound FamilySlow BurnBully Romance

Marnie has a new name and a bag with holes in it. In Dunmore, nobody knows she is the girl who left Ellis Ward bleeding on the sea wall. Nobody knows her aunt took his family's side. Nobody knows the three people from Pellon still want her back. Then Juno Hart finds her at a bus stop with blood on her sleeve. Juno gives her a couch, a job at the roller rink, and the name Sadie. Juno also keeps three dangerous men close: her brother Ronan, his friend Toby, and Cassian, who watches Marnie like he already knows every lie she has told. Marnie is not safe. Her old life is still looking. Her new friend is hiding a violent secret of her own. And Cassian is the one person who does not look away. Will he keep her secret when the truth comes for her? Or will he be the one who hands her back?

Chapter 1 free · 13 published · 1 to come

No Wolf, Still Alpha

Rejected MateSecret IdentityFemale AlphaPublic Revenge

Dax Teller, the man I called my mate, rejected me in front of the whole pack. He called me his old mistake and said a wolf-less woman could never lead. I spent two years believing him. I do not believe him now. I came home under a false name to run his river and win my father's contest. I will take back my name. I will take the Alpha seat. I will make Dax answer for every lie. He thinks the rogue watching me makes me weak. He should be afraid of what I can do alone.

Chapter 1 free · 13 published · 1 to come

Crowned Wolf's Captive Human

Fated MatesPossessive AlphaRunaway MateHuman Heroine

Maeve has spent her whole life as the human stain on a werewolf pack. Her father's mistake. Her siblings' embarrassment. She has a bus ticket and a plan to disappear. Then the Alpha King's clerk puts her name on a list, and Maeve's plan starts to unravel. She is pulled into a world where the most powerful wolf in the country can decide if she lives. Corbin is next in line to the throne, and he looks at Maeve like she is the only person in the room. When the mate bond hits, he kills to keep her. He takes the crown and locks her life around his. He says she belongs to him now, and no one in the pack dares say otherwise. Maeve runs. She tries to build a life where no wolf can own her. But Corbin is still hunting her, and he doesn't lose. "You can run. You're still mine."

Chapter 1 free · 12 published · 16 to come

Ember Crown

Rejected MateAbusive SiblingPower AwakeningSecond Chance Mate

Liora Quill has spent her whole life making herself small so her twin sister Sabine will not punish the people she loves. Everyone in Cinderhollow Pack thinks Sabine is the golden daughter and Liora is the spare who causes trouble. No one knows Liora is the best fighter in the pack. No one knows the future Alpha is her mate. When Sabine almost kills her, the Alpha King Orrick Mael carries Liora out of the dark. He sees the old power in her blood. He sees the goddess sleeping under her scars. Liora must choose between the mate who failed her and the king who will burn the pack down to keep her safe. Orrick will protect her. Sabine will answer for every mark she left.

Chapter 1 free · 12 published · 15 to come

The Scarred Alpha's Bargain

Rejected MateArranged MarriageSecret IdentityScarred Alpha

Tamsin's fated mate rejects her at the market and chooses her sister instead. Her father barely blinks. That night, he tells her she will marry Alpha Bastian Vey, a scarred wolf everyone fears, to save her sick brother. Tamsin expects a monster. Bastian's hall is cold, his family is cruel, and his Beta watches her like a spy. Then Bastian asks what she wants. No one has ever asked her that. When Bastian learns their mothers died in the same raid, he gives Tamsin a place beside him. At the pack assembly, he names her his partner before everyone and says her grief is his.

Chapter 1 free · 12 published · 7 to come

I Was His Shame, Now He Begs Me

Public HumiliationSecret ChildSecond ChanceDivorced Couple

At the Bellamy winter show, Roman Bellamy calls his wife Calla a thief and ends their marriage in front of the room. He names model Sylvie Draper as the woman he trusts. “You are nothing without me,” he says. Calla walks out with her head high and does not beg. Five years later, Calla runs Winslow Studio, one of the most wanted names in fashion. She raises her son, Jamie, alone and keeps kind lawyer Emmett at a safe distance. She has built a life that does not need Roman Bellamy. Then Roman walks into a meeting with her. He sees Jamie’s photo and asks, “Is he mine?” Calla tells him no. Roman admits he was wrong about the past and says he wants to make amends. Calla tells him there is nothing to fix. Can the man who shamed her in public ever win back the woman who built a life without him?

Chapter 1 free · 9 published · 1 to come

The Wife They Erased

Rejected WifeCold BillionaireFirst Love MistressForbidden Brother In Law

Elodie’s husband blames her for the night their daughter died. He controls the money, the penthouse, and every door she can open. When his first love, Marisol, returns to Saye Hotels, Everett moves her into Elodie’s life and tells Elodie to smile. Elodie still loves him. But she will not beg. At a company dinner, Marisol calls herself Everett’s partner, and Elodie answers with a cool smile that makes the room go quiet. Then Marisol says she was with Everett the night Willa died. Everett’s brother Desmond watches Elodie with a hunger that is not safe. His family wants her gone. Can Elodie keep her dignity when the man she loves keeps choosing someone else?

Chapter 1 free · 12 published · 8 to come

His Public Wife

Public BetrayalMarriage Of ConvenienceProtective BillionaireJilted Bride

Lacey Quinn trusted her fiancé with her recipes and her future. At his company's Founders' Table dinner, Gavin raises a glass and says, "You were just my practice wife, Lacey. Smile for the real one." Then he announces his engagement to the chairman's daughter. The room laughs. Lacey wants to disappear. Then Barrett Vaughn, the billionaire who owns the company, stands up and calls Lacey his wife. He offers her a deal: one year of marriage in public, a safe place to live, and the money to start her own business. She gets protection. He gets the wife his family trust demands. No feelings. No messy questions. But Barrett's care feels more dangerous than Gavin's cruelty ever did. He notices what she needs before she asks. He watches her across every room. Lacey starts to wonder if safety is just another word for control. The more Barrett protects her, the more she needs to prove she can stand alone—and the more she needs him to let her. Because a safe marriage might cost her more than a cruel one ever did.

Chapter 1 free · 12 published · 4 to come

The CEO's Hidden Gatekeeper

Boss And SubordinateProtection As PossessionSlow Burn ObsessionWrong Side Of Power

I run the night desk at Marsh Tower. I decide who reaches the top floor and who waits below. Nobody looks at me. That is how I stay safe. My brother is missing. My mother forgets my name a little more each week. I take extra shifts, pay the care home, and keep my mouth shut. Then Coren Marsh sees me. Not my badge. Me. He watches me handle a blackout and does not look away. I make one bad call and expect to be fired. He keeps me. He moves me closer. He builds walls around me and calls it work. Every wall makes me safer. Every wall makes him harder to leave. He says he protects what is his. I need to know if he is building me a way out or a cage—before I stop wanting the door.

Chapter 1 free · 12 published · 11 to come

I Won't Die for Their Fame

Reborn HeroineStolen CreditLive Stream RevengeDoormat To Defiant

Daphne Wray spent years writing hit songs for her adopted sister, Cleo, while her family called it gratitude. Her ex-fiancé, Julian, called it peace. Then Daphne gets a second chance, and a countdown on her wrist says she has days left to take her name back. The family wants her to smile while Cleo takes the credit on a live-streamed comeback show. Daphne wants proof, public truth, and no more apologies. Soren Thane, the show's cold owner, watches Cleo's tears and Daphne's calm. His attention could be protection. It could be another cage. Daphne is not their secret anymore.

Chapter 1 free · 9 published · 1 to come

Hidden Heiress: They Lied

Hidden HeiressFalse AccusationFound FamilySecret Genius

The Crays raised me, then made sure I knew I was lucky to hold their coats. When Suki accused me of stealing her prize, the whole room believed her. I didn't beg. I showed them the mistake in her winning paper. The one I wrote first. They think I have nothing. They are wrong. I have a gift for finding what doctors miss, and one old woman who loves me without a price. When Hattie's heart fails, the people who threw me away want me to stay quiet to keep her safe. Then my real family comes for me, with an uncle who acts like a wall. The people who called me trash want to buy me now. They called me a thief. Now they can call me the heir.

Chapter 1 free · 9 published · 1 to come

Traded at Birth, Wanted by the Underworld

Swapped At BirthRejected HeroineMafia RomanceFalse Sister

Renata Sartori was swapped at birth and raised in the shadow of the girl who took her name. Her family knows the truth. They still chose Fiorella. They gave Renata’s childhood engagement to Fiorella, then told Renata to serve drinks at the party. When a man drops bleeding at the family dock, Renata saves him with skill she was told to hide. Saverio Vescari sees it. He is a mafia boss with blood on his hands and a need only Renata can fill. He offers her a bargain: his protection for her work. Renata says yes on her own terms. She will not be owned. Inside Saverio’s world, she learns her hidden skills are worth more than her family’s name. Her old world starts to panic. They thought they could throw her away. Now they need her. Saverio watches her like she is rare. Her family wants her silence. Renata wants them all to learn what happens when the rejected daughter stops begging.

Chapter 1 free · 9 published · 1 to come

The Sinner Who Claimed the Saint

Arranged MarriagePossessive HeroMafia RomanceInnocent Bride

Nicolette Vanni spends her days mending vestments in her aunt's religious goods shop and her nights praying for a quiet life. Her aunt and uncle spend money they do not have, then promise her to a crime lord to cover the debt. Dario Malvagi is older, dangerous, and used to taking what he wants. He does not want the shop. He wants Nicolette. He says he has watched her long enough to know she belongs to him, and he offers her guardians a wedding contract in exchange for their lives. Nicolette is devout, afraid, and not meek. She will not give Dario her faith, but her body reacts when he stands too close. Dario will not admit he needs more than her obedience, but he cannot let her go. Can a woman who belongs to no one survive being owned by the most feared man in the city?

Chapter 1 free · 12 published · 9 to come

The Crime Boss Wed the Wrong Twin

Fake BrideTwin SubstitutionForced MarriageSecret Identity

I am wearing my twin sister's dress, her name, and her ring. My family sold me to a crime boss to save themselves. Dante Rizzo is not fooled for one second. He tests me at his table, in his car, on my knees. He calls me Bettina while his eyes say Lola. I want to run. I want him to see me. I want to survive the night he stops pretending. He already knows my real name. He has known since the first night. And he is not done with me.

Chapter 1 free · 12 published · 13 to come

The Outlaw's Runaway Waitress

Runaway HeroineFake IdentityFound FamilyAbusive Ex

Dahlia Brooks ran from a man who taught her that trust is a trap. She blames herself for the sister she lost, so she keeps her head down, works cash-only, and answers to a fake name. At Opal's Roadhouse, she is just Dana, a waitress with no past. Then Riggs Calloway walks in. He is president of the Crow Creek motorcycle club, and he owns the roadhouse, the lot, and every favor in town. He sees the fake ID. He sees her flinch when a man raises his voice. He asks questions she cannot answer. Dahlia refuses to be owned again, even by a man whose attention feels like shelter. Riggs can shield her from the ex who is hunting her, but his club is at war with the Jackals, and his suspicion may expose her first.

Chapter 1 free · 12 published · 5 to come

Don't Tell My Brother

Brothers Best FriendForbidden LoveMafia RomanceForced Proximity

I knew my brother's best friend was dangerous, but my body stopped caring about danger. Veda Sarno keeps her head down and fixes other people's furniture. Then Don Aurelio Varga takes over her brother Hugo's debt and pulls her into his world of private rooms, quiet threats and long looks. He says Hugo is the one line he will not cross. He still watches Veda like he already owns her. Veda has a past that could ruin her. Aurelio has a hold that could swallow her whole. Can she want him without letting him own her?

Chapter 1 free · 13 published · 6 to come

Her Fear Is Mine

Bodyguard RomanceForced ProximityWitness In DangerOpposites Attract

Faye Danner sees a woman pulled into a van outside her studio. The police find nothing. Then someone breaks into her workroom and leaves a note with her name. Her family locks down her life. Faye refuses to give up her friends, her art classes, or the small home she built. Her mother hires Gideon Slate, a cold, tattooed bodyguard who sees her as a rich girl with a problem. Gideon was paid to stand between Faye and danger. He was not paid to watch her laugh with her friends, notice her softness, or want the one thing his rules forbid. Now the threat is close, and the line between protecting her and wanting her is gone.

Chapter 1 free · 12 published · 9 to come

Scarred Stepdaughter

Abused HeroineStepbrother RomanceReverse HaremFound Family

I know how to hide a scar. I learned that before I learned to read. My father put most of them on me. My mother looked away, then signed me into county care and called it mercy. Now she has a new husband, Warrick Creed, a man with a smile for cameras and a cold house for me. He wants a stepdaughter for his campaign. Delia wants me quiet and covered. Warrick’s sons are not quiet. My new stepbrothers see my scars and do not flinch. They ask before they touch. They stop when I say stop. Stellan and Ames watch me like I am something they have been waiting to protect. Then Warrick’s old friend Corvin Leith steps in, and his real power makes Warrick’s cameras look like toys. These men make me feel precious. They also make me feel wanted. But I have never been safe without a price. Can I keep this home, or will needing them be another thing I pay for?

Chapter 1 free · 12 published · 12 to come

My Baby Has No Last Name

Secret PregnancyOne Night StandRevenge DivorceTwins

At my husband's campaign breakfast, Dean thanked his girlfriend for giving him a family and told the whole room I was the problem. I changed the locks before the coffee went cold. Then a man at the hotel bar made me laugh until I forgot my own name. He gave me one night and only a first name. I told myself that was enough. Six weeks later, I am pregnant. The doctors always said this could not happen, so I cry in my shop bathroom and thank no one but the ceiling. Now Dean is trying to drag me back under his thumb. My kind new doctor treats me like glass, and his wedding ring makes me feel things I should not. The stranger's voice is still in my head, but I do not know where he is. How do I protect this baby and keep my pride? And how do I choose between the gentle man who is already taken and the stranger my body remembers?

Chapter 1 free · 12 published · 6 to come

My Demon Boss

Forced ProximityGrumpy SunshineSlow BurnHidden World

I run lost property at Bellwether Station. Keys, umbrellas, one suitcase that hums. My life is small and I like it that way. Then a man with no ticket and too many teeth wants that suitcase. He chases me through the luggage tunnels. A demon named Ambrose steps out of a staff door, saves me, and takes me under the station to his bar, The Hush. Here is the rule: I can't talk about monsters, and I can't leave until his council clears me. So I make tea, smile at things that bite, and fix the bar's terrible paperwork. My new boss glares at the coffee machine like it insulted his mother. He saved my life, so I should stop noticing his hands. Right?

Chapter 1 free · 12 published · 10 to come

The False Dragon Bride

Royal Bride SelectionRevenge InfiltrationEnemies To LoversImpostor Heroine

Every year, the dragon court chooses a bride for Prince Lucan. The queen says the choice keeps the border safe. The chosen woman gets a crown, a bonded dragon, and no way out. Tansy Dorset has no title and no family left worth naming. She enters the selection under a false house name, carrying her dead brother's rider pin and a plan to get close to the crown that burned him. Prince Lucan is the living face of that crown. His mother owns every rule, and the court forgives nothing. If anyone learns why Tansy came, she will not just lose her place. She will pay with her life.

Chapter 1 free · 12 published · 5 to come

His Hidden Blade

Secret StalkerObsessive LoveTouch Her And DieHidden Identity

Odile Ferrante kills from the dark. She has one rule: never let Ettore Malandri see her. He runs a crime family, and she has watched him for years. She clears his enemies before they get close. He never knows she is there. Then Ettore finds a body at his aquarium meeting and a cleaner's badge in the blood. He does not run. He starts looking for the woman who saves him. When he catches her, he gives her a key instead of a bullet. Now Odile is in his world. His men fear her. His enemies want her. Ettore claims her in front of everyone and tends her wounds himself. Odile has always been a weapon. With him, she almost believes she can be a woman who stays. Danger never leaves her. If anyone touches Ettore, Odile will kill them. She just has to survive long enough to let him hold her.

Chapter 1 free · 12 published · 7 to come

The Alpha's Shamed Mate

Rejected MateFalse FriendHidden OriginFated Mates

“I would rather be alone than mated to you,” Torren says, and the pack laughs. Linnea has spent her life as Frostmere’s shame. She cannot shift. Her family calls her a burden. When the Alpha’s son is named her mate, he rejects her in front of the whole pack and chooses Verity, the rival who wants her gone. Linnea stays. She will not vanish. But the Alpha house is cold, the pack turns on her, and the one friend she trusts may not be safe. A hidden mark on her wrist hints the pack has lied about who she is. Can Linnea survive their judgment and make the Alpha feel what he threw away?

Chapter 1 free · 21 published · 1 to come

His Debt Wife's Crown

Rejected MateDebt MarriagePossessive AlphaReturned First Love

Avery has been Caelan's debt wife for two years. She keeps his salt ledgers, hides that he rejected her as his mate, and tells herself the Alpha will someday see her. Then Caelan's first love, Rosalind, comes back to Mistwatch with a small son. He gives her his seat, his time, and the care he never gave Avery. The pack sees it. Avery finally sees it too. She asks Caelan to let her go. He refuses. A binding vow ties her to him, and he will not lose what belongs to him. A rival Alpha wants her for his pack. Caelan's brother wants her trust. Caelan wants her obedience. He says she will never leave him. Avery is done begging.

Chapter 1 free · 22 published · 1 to come

A Marriage With No Heart

Contract MarriageNo Love ClauseEmotional Slow BurnArranged Marriage

“No love,” he says. “No lies,” I answer. Thea Bennett needs to keep her mother’s care running. Warren Shaw needs a wife before a family vote. His offer is exact: a private marriage, a no-love clause, and enough money to make her safe. Thea signs with her eyes open. She keeps her job, her room, and her rules. Warren keeps the power. The marriage is real in law and empty in private. Thea tells herself safety is enough. She does not ask for love. She is less sure she can live without it.

Chapter 1 free · 10 published · 1 to come

The CEO's Public Deal With the Discarded Wife

Betrayed WifeSecond ChoiceRevenge AffairBillionaire Ceo

I spent five years being the sensible wife. I ran Graham's home. I saved his hotel opening. I kept my mouth shut when he thanked Lila for it. Lila is my best friend. She is also the woman Graham loved first. At the Sutter House opening, I heard him say it. She was always his first choice. I was the wife who stayed. Elias Kessler saw my face. Lila's husband. The cold billionaire who notices everything. He did not offer me pity. He offered me a deal. Stand with him in public. Tell each other the truth in private. Make everyone who called me second choice watch. I should have said no. But he looked at me like I was capable, not broken. So I said yes. Now I have a seat at his table and revenge in my smile. But is Elias using me to hurt his wife, or is he the only one who ever chose me?

Chapter 1 free · 25 published · 1 to come

The Bullies Who Own My Nights

Brothers Best FriendsSingle MotherBlackmail BargainProtective Bullies

Dara Moxley has spent years making excuses for Arlen. He loves her. He is hard on her because he wants them to be a family. Then he locks her son in a storage unit and dares her to call it discipline. Her brother’s best friends are the last men she wants to need. Kade, Rhys, and Bode run the Rustline motorcycle club. They used to laugh when she was scared. Now they are the only ones who see what Arlen is doing. Their club can hide her and Cal. Their protection comes with a price Kade sets himself. Kade says Dara is his. Rhys waits for scraps and calls it loyalty. Bode says nothing and watches her like he already knows how this ends. Dara is safe behind their doors, but every door has a lock, and Kade keeps the key. Arlen is still out there. Her family may never believe her. And once Dara belongs to the Rustline men, there is no clean way to leave.

Chapter 1 free · 23 published · 1 to come

Bought by the Dragon's Fire

Debt BondagePossessive ProtectorSecret PowerForced Proximity

My father died owing a debt I could not pay. At the debt court, Lysa Mern read my name aloud and made sure everyone knew I was a beggar. I did not beg. I offered my own bond instead of my brother's. The dragon lord Vareth bought my debt before the ink dried. Now I live in his keep, bound to stand near his fire each night. He says he does not want my money. He wants me close. He will not take my answer while I am still trapped, which is the worst kind of honest. I do not know why he chose me. That scares me more than the debt. Some part of me already knows what I will say when the month ends. He says I am his to keep. I have not decided if that is a promise or a cage.

Chapter 1 free · 16 published · 1 to come

Don't Buy My Heart

Transactional RelationshipPower ImbalanceFamily SacrificeForced Proximity

“Sign it,” he says. “You can hate me after.” Caleb Dune works nights at Sorrel Tower and keeps his sister Elsie alive with every extra shift. He has no time for Lucien Sorrel, the cold CEO who treats every problem like a line item. But when Elsie’s transplant fund is denied, Lucien makes an offer Caleb cannot afford to refuse: money for the surgery in exchange for Caleb moving into his penthouse and his bed. Lucien is trapped by boardroom duty and a family that wants him controlled. He tells himself the arrangement is simple. Then Caleb’s pride gets under his skin, and the shame after every touch makes the want sharper. Caleb can survive being bought. He cannot survive Lucien starting to care. What happens when the man with all the money is the one hiding his heart?

Chapter 1 free · 19 published · 1 to come

That Photo Was Never for You!

Mistaken SextBoss AssistantPublic HumiliationBest Friend Betrayal

“You sent that picture to me on purpose,” Dominic says. “Did you think I wouldn’t look?” I sent my boss a photo meant for someone else. By morning, the whole company had seen it. My best friend stood beside my ex and called me a liar. Dominic Castellan kept me near, but he looked at me like I was playing a game. He made it clear he was in charge. His mother and the woman he should marry called me trash. He said I was his, then refused to say why. I told myself I hated him, and my body kept proving me wrong. One cold night, I stopped pretending. That should have been the end. Instead, he wanted more, and I wanted to be chosen, not owned. Can I clear my name without losing the only man who ever made me feel wanted?

Chapter 1 free · 26 published · 1 to come

The Don's Silent Princess

Hidden Mafia PrincessMute HeroineFound FamilyProtective Brothers

Aveline has not spoken since she was a child. Her stepfather works her in an ice house and calls her broken. When his debt comes due, he offers her as payment. A dangerous family takes her in instead. Mattia Saracen stops the deal and brings her home. His mother Alba gives Aveline a warm room and a new coat. For the first time, Aveline starts to think she might be safe. Then the Falco family finds her. Aveline is the lost daughter of Massimo Falco. Her father has looked for her for years. Her new brothers are not all glad to meet her. Leo calls her sister. Paolo calls her a fake. Cesare says she stays. Aveline must learn who to trust while two families want her. Mattia says he will not leave her side. Her father says she belongs with blood. Paolo starts to see her pain, but he has already hurt her. Aveline needs more than a claim. She needs to be believed. And she needs the brothers who call her sister to keep choosing her.

Chapter 1 free · 24 published · 1 to come

Their Last Heiress, His First Choice

Secret HeiressFound FamilyHidden GeniusCruel Adoptive Family

Rosamund has spent her life as the Ashgroves' charity case. They gave her a cot, a uniform, and a name that was never hers. She never begged them for more. Then a silver locket at their auction is traced to the Ravell family. Tiernan Ravell calls Rosamund his sister and shows the Ashgroves the trust they hid. The family that threw her away has been lying for years. Thaddeus March is the most powerful man in the city. He sees Rosamund wake a dead machine and decides he wants her. She tells him she is not for sale. He will have to earn every step, and he will not stop until she knows she is the one he will always choose.

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The Four Alphas' Lost Goddess

Fated MatesReverse HaremFound FamilyHidden Goddess

Kestra grows up unwanted in a half-drowned mining town. She keeps the flood pumps running and trusts only her small salvage crew. She has no wolf, no pack, and no patience for pity. Then four alphas walk into Hollowmere and name her their fated mate. They are powerful, feared, and famous for leaving messes behind. To Kestra, their claim feels like a public joke. She refuses them. They still find ways to pull her close, one careful choice at a time. But when a flood traps one of her mates, Kestra discovers the truth buried in her blood. She is the lost heir of the underworld, equal to the Moon itself. Now four alphas must prove they love the woman before the power. And Kestra must decide if she can keep her freedom while claiming the family she was always denied. A steamy reverse harem romance of fated mates, found family, and a goddess who refuses to be owned.

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Luna's Fire

Rejected MateHidden RoyaltyFound FamilyAbusive Family

I’ve spent my whole life in the Wickford Pack being told I’m the wolfless one. My mother makes me drink bitter tea, my sister Selba makes me serve her friends, and the pack looks through me like I’m furniture. I mend their oldest laws by day and train in secret at night. I know I’m not empty. There is old royal blood in my veins, and my wolf is done being buried. When my fire finally breaks loose, every person who called me shame will have to watch. The Alpha’s heir is watching too, and his family wants me safe. But my old family wants me back under their roof, and the mate bond I was promised is one more thing that could save me or break me. I won’t hide again. Not for them. Not for anyone.

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The Bellandi Claim

Arranged MarriageRunaway BridePossessive HeroHidden Identity

“You ran from me.” “I ran from a contract.” Zara Moreau has spent six months hiding under a false name, opening locks and planning a life no one can sign away. Renzo Bellandi, heir to a crime family, finds her opening his safe and locks her in his penthouse. He says the marriage contract still stands, and he wants the truth she stole. He watches her like she is his. His hands turn gentle when he thinks she is asleep. She wants freedom. He wants revenge. His need for her will start a war.

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Claimed Hostage

Accidental HostageFake EngagementPossessive HeroForced Proximity

Winnie Brask only wanted to drop off a rescue dog. One wrong door puts her in the middle of a mob meeting and in the arms of Don Renzo DiCarlo. Renzo is cold, controlled, and too dangerous to touch. Winnie is broke, mouthy, and holding proof that could bury him. He should make her disappear. Instead, he tells the whole city she is his fiancée. Now she lives in his house, wears his ring, and sleeps one wall away from a man who watches her like he already owns her. His enemies smile at her. His family tests her. Renzo says the engagement is only for protection. The way he looks at her says otherwise. When his people try to send her away, Winnie refuses to go. She is not done with Renzo. And Renzo DiCarlo does not let go of what is his.

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Fate's Spare Luna

Rejected MateWolf Less HeroinePublic RejectionBreeder Arrangement

“You have no wolf. You are not my Luna.” Evander Lowe said it in front of the whole pack. He was my mate. He had called our bond a mistake in private. At the pack meeting, he named another woman Luna and let everyone hear why I was not enough. Then he and his father offered me a breeder's place in his bed, hidden under his real Luna. They thought I would be grateful. I refused. I left with my radio tools and the pride I had left. At Coldwater Station, my wolf-less hands keep the weather radios alive, and no one calls me lesser. Corin Tarn is a rival Alpha's son with grief in his eyes and a family trying to sell him like a treaty. He sees me without pity. He makes me want things I swore off. The old bond still pulls. The pack still wants me back where they can use me. I will not be anyone's spare. Not even for love.

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My Ex's Brother

Arranged MarriageForbidden AttractionFamily ObligationCaregiving

My future husband, Alistair, shows me off like a prize. He smiles at another woman. Then he tells me to smile too. I tell myself it is fine. It is not. His brother, Rory, is the only one who sees me. He does not grab my arm. He just stays. When my aunt needs help, Rory makes an offer. Marry him for six months. It will save her. It may save me. I tell myself it is just a deal. His calm care feels safe. It also feels like a trap. I will not be a wife on paper. Not even for him.

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His Bond Was a Cage

Rejected MateSecond ChanceWidowed Single FatherAbusive Mate

I will not call his cage a bond anymore. Maddox Hurn rejected me in front of our pack, then kept me close to own my Alpha blood. He taught me to hide every scar and call it duty. I stayed because I thought a bond he broke could still be saved. Then I met Bryce Culver. He is a widowed Alpha and county sheriff raising twin girls and carrying grief he never lets show. He looks at me like I am not ruined. My family begs me to run. Maddox says I will never leave. I can still feel his hold on my wolf. Pack law still says I belong to him. To be free, I may have to break the last living part of me and survive what is left. Can I trust a second-chance fated mate when the first one almost erased me? And will the people who used my bond as a leash let me live long enough to try?

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Fake Bride, Real Claim

Arranged BrideFake PregnancyPublic ClaimJealous Rival

Darcy Kerr restores rare books and keeps her family’s failing bindery alive. Her mother pays the debt by selling Darcy as a bride to a collector. Darcy refuses in front of everyone, even when it costs her home. Lachlan Crowe is a billionaire with a family-chosen fiancée and a one-night history he cannot forget. When Darcy appears at his engagement gala, he publicly claims her as his. Now Darcy is playing Lachlan’s fake bride in his penthouse. The pregnancy is a lie. The ring is a deal. His protection feels too much like ownership. His fiancée Seraphine is smiling, and she knows exactly where to hurt them. Can Darcy stay free when the whole world thinks she belongs to him?

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The Veteran Who Shouldn't Want Me

Boyfriends BrotherForbidden AttractionHurt ComfortEnemies To Lovers

I have a plan. Keep the boatyard running. Keep my hands steady. Keep Drew looking at me like I'm the best thing in his life. His family treats me like I belong, and I need that more than I say. Drew is warm. He forgets things. He says sorry with a kiss, then leaves me alone when his friends laugh. I tell myself his family's kindness is enough. Then his older brother comes home from the Navy. Callum is cold, quiet, and hard to look at. He acts like I'm a stain on the family dock. I want to hate him. I don't trust her. I don't want to notice her. But I do. He watches me when Drew doesn't. When I'm at my lowest, his contempt cracks, and I see something that scares me. I think he wants me too. I can't want him back.

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The Alpha Kept Me Hidden

Rejected MateHidden BloodlinePossessive AlphaFated Mates

I work the night window at a mountain impound lot. I count towed cars and keep my head down. My ex Vernon says I owe him. My mother says I owe her. They both know I have nowhere else to go. Then Alpha Axton Slade walks in with a cold stare and a ruined truck. He looks at me like I’m a problem. When Vernon grabs my wrist, Axton steps between us and tells him to let go. For one breath, I feel safe. But Axton knows why my pulse jumps when he is near. He calls the pull between us a mistake. He says the pack can never know. My ex is watching. My family is lying. And the night I see something impossible in the tow yard, I learn my fear is not crazy. Axton protects me. He hides me. He names me under his protection, then refuses to call me his mate. I want to believe him when he touches me. I want to stop being afraid. But what am I to him—a secret he protects, or a shame he hides? If my family shaped my whole life with a power I never knew, I need the truth. What am I really?

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He Called My Love a Line Item

Contract MarriageMarriage In CrisisGilded CageSecret Child

Rue Halloway can bring a cracked portrait back to life, but she cannot make her husband love her. Quincy Wainwright married her in a contract that saved her father's care and made her the polished wife his foundation needed. Then his first love, Diana Hoyt, returns to Manhattan with a secret child, Felix, and Rue sees where Quincy's warmth has always lived. His gifts become instructions; his concern becomes a schedule; her body flinches before her mind can explain. When the old-money Wainwright family closes ranks, Rue keeps her face still and her tools close. Her mother offers the family's last heirloom for a lawyer, and Rue begins the slow, costly work of buying back her own name. Quincy calls it sabotage and reaches for the one lever he has left: her father's care. What he cannot admit is that his public calm depends on the wife he keeps at arm's length—her work, her silence, her name. Rue will leave with her tools and her work. But some damage cannot be restored—and some should not be.

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The Alpha's Vow Was a Lie

Rejected MateSecret BondArranged MarriageJealous Sister

At the Gloamridge Claiming Board, Eden Harker waits for Joss Carey to name her. Instead he names her half-sister Odessa, and the pack laughs while Odessa spills ink on Eden’s dress. Eden hides in the old bell tower and finds a wounded stranger in the storm. Mating heat takes over. By dawn he is gone, and a secret bite burns on her shoulder. The feared Alpha Varek Lorne needs a bride for the council. He chooses Eden. His bargain is cold: she will stand at his side, her sick mother will be cared for, and he will never love her. His aunt and brother give her a warm room. Varek gives her rules. He is still searching for the lost woman he calls his mate. Eden hides the bite that could prove she is more than a contract. If Varek learns the truth, his cold vow may be the least dangerous thing between them.

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The Wife He Paid to Leave

Contract MarriageDiscarded WifeRegret GrovelFirst Love Returns

I married Declan Pryce to save my watch shop. He married me to keep his family shares. I told myself the contract was enough. 'It was only a marriage on paper,' he says. Then his first love comes home, and he ends it with papers and a check. I take the papers. I leave the check. He sees my work in his own auction house. He hears Vivienne call me a copy of her. I don't beg. I don't break. Now he wants to know what was real. I need him to prove he can love the woman he paid to leave.

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The Visitor List

Forced ProximityPossessive ProtectorBad Boy CriminalEnemies To Lovers

Romy Brannock has no money, no home, and a bruise she hides under her sleeve. When her best friend signs them up for Redgate's companion program, six months on prison grounds looks like a way out. Then Romy meets the man she is matched with. Jett Corso is a maximum-security inmate with a hearing in six months and a reputation that makes the whole block go quiet. Romy is the clean, quiet companion his file needs. The program says she cannot refuse. He says he will keep her safe. But what does his safety cost? And what happens when the only man who can protect her from everyone else decides she belongs to him? He will protect her. He will own her. And he will not let her go.

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The Hounds' Witness

Psychic HeroineHidden HeirProtective CaptorFalse Murder Accusation

Corrie Fain can see the last moments of the dead. It has made her a freak in every town she runs to. Now she works nights at a broken motor court and keeps her head down, with only a gray wolf named Nix for company. Then a Gravel Hounds motorcycle club member is found murdered in room nine. The club drags Corrie to its clubhouse and calls her a killer. Their enforcer, Garrick Mays, is the only one who looks at her like a woman, not a weapon. She feels pulled to him in a way she cannot explain. He keeps her close. He also keeps her locked in. The Hounds' president, Kemp Dray, turns out to be the father who left Corrie behind. Now he wants her visions to save his club from a cartel war. Corrie wants to run. But Garrick's protection feels like the first real home she has had, even as the club makes it clear she is still not one of them. The real killer is still close, and the family that claims Corrie may not survive the truth.

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Four Trustees, Their Grieving Intern (Keep It Quiet)

Reverse HaremForbidden RomanceMentor StudentAge Gap

Kira Merton is twenty-one, grieving her mother, and still a virgin. The only thing she has left is the Merrivale Lido, an old public pool with a cracked tile mosaic her mother designed. Malcolm, her stepfather, controls the trust that pays Kira. His three closest friends control everything else. 1. Her professor, Abel, corrects her work until she craves his praise. 2. The family lawyer, Cyrus, knows what her apprenticeship really costs. 3. The contractor, Baxter, watches her like he already owns her. 4. Her stepfather, Malcolm, calls her family when he means mine. Her public boyfriend Trey is the safe face she hides behind. But the four trustees share more than power. They share one rule: no one touches Kira. Every one of them is breaking it. She can keep her pride or keep their attention. She will not keep both.

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Tallowridge Pack: Wanting Me Is a Crime

Fated MatesRejected MatePossessive AlphaForced Proximity

He tells me I’m nothing to him. My pulse doesn’t believe a word. I came to Tallowridge with a bag, a fake name, and a man’s promise to find me. The pack lets me clean the wolf pens for cash. Their alpha, Rhett, looks at me like I’m a stain and a meal at the same time. Then he says the one thing that could ruin me: not his mate. Not ever. But he keeps me under his roof. He growls when another man smiles at me. When he touches me, his hands shake. I want him to choose me without shame. I’m scared he’ll call it a mistake again. There’s a rule in this pack. No mates. No softness. No claims. Rhett says he’ll send me away before he breaks it. But someone from my old life is at the gate, and Rhett is not the man I thought he was. He calls me his mate. I don’t know if that means rescue or one more cage.

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My Dragon Prince Is Awake

Substitute BrideFated MatesDragon ShifterForced Marriage

My uncle gave me a choice: marry the sleeping dragon prince in my cousin’s place, or watch my little brother die. I took the deal. I let them call me Ilyana and walked into Duskhold with my head high. The prince was not sleeping. Vaelor woke in the dark and told me he had been hiding from a poisoner. Now I am keeping his secret, and his enemies have made me a target. When they dragged me away, he came for me in fire and blood. Then he kissed me before his court and called me his wife. My name is Calista Hargrove, and I will make this marriage real even if it kills me.

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He Kissed Me Then Called Me Family

Brothers Best FriendRejected MateBiker AlphaSecret Pining

I came back to Mossgate with a scar on my neck and a pup buried under my heart. I thought I was done with mates. Then Ryland Kane found me in the dark. He is my brother's best friend. He is also the biker Alpha of Mossgate now. He kissed me like he wanted me. Then he pulled away and called me family. My wolf calls him mate. He calls me a duty. He gives me a room, a job, and a rule: stay where he can see me. I tell myself his care is not love. But I remember his hands. And when a wounded woman needs him, he goes to her without a second thought. I want to be chosen like that. Not managed. Not protected as a sister. I already told my old mate Drystan no. He still thinks my body belongs to him. Ryland says I am safe under his protection. But safety is not the same as being wanted. If he calls me family again, I might show him what his duty made.

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He Chose Her, So I Claimed My Name

Rejected LunaHidden HeiressPublic DissolutionGroveling Ex

“You can keep the stores,” Darragh tells me when he brings her home. He thinks that is mercy. I am Fiona Cairn. For three years I have been his wife, his Luna, and the pair of hands that kept Greywater fed. Our bond was never completed. He never wanted me enough to finish it. Then he seats Ilona at my table. Pregnant. He calls her his Luna and tells me to move my things. He thinks I have no family, no name, no way out. He is wrong. My mother's seal is old. The Alpha King answers old seals. Darragh says I am still his. The Alpha King says I am not his to keep. At the Sun Court, I will sign my name. If Darragh tries to stop me, he will learn what a king's word costs.

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My Secret Triplets

Secret TripletsRevenge ComebackFamily BetrayalHidden Children

My father turned me into the invisible hand behind Dessin Perfume House. My stepsister Roselle took credit for my formulas and smiled for the cameras. At the launch that should have been mine, my father called me his hired help. One storm trapped me with Evren Sarre, the corporate heir whose signature was on our biggest deal. I gave him one night I thought I could bury. I left with three children he never knew about. Six years later, I return as Brenna Wynn, the perfumer every luxury house wants. My triplets are my whole world. Evren wants me under Sarre's roof and under his rules. He still shields Roselle, the stepsister who lets everyone believe she is his woman. My family stole my mother's name and my formulas. I will take back both. He can offer me his power and his protection. He cannot buy my silence or my children. This time, the world will know who made the scent. And Evren will learn what he never knew.

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He Erased the Wrong Luna

Rejected MateHidden HeirFated MatesOne Night Stand

Nola Teague fixes broken machines for people who never ask her name. That suits her. She is a rogue wolf in a human town, and she keeps her head down and her heat buried. Alpha Merrick Stane is promised to a beautiful, cruel woman from a powerful family. Then he walks into Nola's shop. One fevered night in a ranger cabin, he takes her. She tries to claim him back. He stops her. By morning he is already planning to pay her off and erase her. But Merrick's wolf will not forget. He dreams of her. He needs her. And Nola is not the nobody his pack threw away. He can call her nothing. He can make her his secret. But her blood is waking up, and it wants payback.

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The Cruel Alpha's Flood Mate

Fated MateEnemies To LoversPossessive AlphaForced Proximity

I’m Aria Flint. I run a salvage shed on Tern Quay and hide my adopted brother, Oren, from pack law. Alpha Galen Mire opened the sea gates two years ago and drowned my parents. I have hated him every day since. Then a wreck throws us together on the same rocks. One touch, and the mate bond hits like a second flood. He says I belong to him. My wolf says yes. My heart says never. Galen controls the island’s medicine, food, and the only safe place Oren can sleep. He can make me stand beside him before the pack. He can call it a claim. He cannot make me call it love. This is a dark, steamy werewolf romance. The bond wants my body. I want my freedom. Every time he touches me, hate and want breathe the same air.

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He Said No, Fate Said Yes

Rejected MatePossessive AlphaDominance And SubmissionProtective Hero

Elspeth Bray has spent her life fixing boats in her family's yard and trying not to want more. Then the pack's moon ceremony binds her to Wade Corley, the beta she has quietly wanted for years. Wade laughs and calls her a dock girl who mistook kindness for fate. Elspeth refuses to beg. Her brother stands beside her, and a stranger with an Alpha's scent watches from the dark. The stranger is Aren Mallory, Alpha of Stonewake. The next morning he claims Elspeth as his mate in front of everyone and puts his power between her and Wade's regret. He offers her protection, desire, and a choice. But being chosen by an Alpha does not make the old bond disappear. Wade's pride turns dangerous, and Elspeth must decide whether Aren's command can be safety instead of another cage. He said no. Fate said yes.

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Nothing to the Alpha, Everything to His Wolf

Rejected MateFated MatesAbused HeroineSingle Father

The whole pack is watching when Alpha Kester Wold looks at me and says, “Not her.” Fenna Hollins has spent twenty years being called worthless by the aunt who owns her bed and her pay. Her best friend Pella is the only person who treats her like she matters. Then one touch from Kester wakes the mate bond, and for one breath Fenna thinks she might be saved. Kester is thirty-six, widowed, and raising his son alone. He is also the Alpha, and he refuses the bond in front of everyone. He tells himself he is protecting her from a fear he will not name. Fenna tells herself she will stop hoping. When her aunt’s debt lands in Kester’s hands, Fenna has to live under his roof. He starts to want her in ways he cannot hide, and her old bruises and his old grief finally come out. But Kester is still hiding something that could turn every kind word into a trap. Can the man who threw her away become the one who keeps her safe? And what is he still afraid to tell her?

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Marielle's Husband Is a Billionaire

Hidden IdentitySecret BillionaireProtective MarriageCruel In Laws

At the Dunley Conservatory, everyone treats Benedict Roe like the help. Alfred sneers at him. Veronica says he is a stain. Only Marielle defends her husband and chooses him again and again. Benedict never corrects them. He carries trays and fixes lights and hides his real name. He is the only heir to Ashford Capital, and one word from him could buy the Dunleys ten times over. When the family pushes Marielle too far, Benedict steps out of the shadows. The Dunleys will bow to Marielle, and they will fear the quiet husband they mocked. But Marielle still does not know who he really is.

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