Contemporary

Four trustees want her. Her fake boyfriend is a lie.Four Trustees, Their Grieving Intern (Keep It Quiet)

Four Trustees, Their Grieving Intern (Keep It Quiet)

Ch. 1 free · 21 of 22

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.

He never knew. I kept his three children.My Secret Triplets

My Secret Triplets

Ch. 1 free · 20 of 21

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.

My stepbrothers swear I’m safe. I’m still waiting for punishment.Scarred Stepdaughter

Scarred Stepdaughter

Ch. 1 free · 12 of 24

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?

She has no wolf and no mate. Now an Alpha wants her.Fate Was Wrong

Fate Was Wrong

Ch. 1 free · 12 of 17

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?

He made me his shame. I'll make him my past.I Won't Be Your Shame, Mr. Billionaire

I Won't Be Your Shame, Mr. Billionaire

Ch. 1 free · 12 of 24

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.

He gave her my life. Now I'm taking it back.My Husband Chose Her

My Husband Chose Her

Ch. 1 free · 12 of 17

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.

A new name won't hide you from them.They Know What I Did

They Know What I Did

Ch. 1 free · 13 of 14

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?

He shamed her once. Now he wants her child.I Was His Shame, Now He Begs Me

I Was His Shame, Now He Begs Me

Ch. 1 free · 9 of 10

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?

He blames me for our daughter. His first love is moving in.The Wife They Erased

The Wife They Erased

Ch. 1 free · 12 of 20

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?

My ex laughed at me. His boss called me his wife.His Public Wife

His Public Wife

Ch. 1 free · 12 of 16

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.

He controls the tower. I control his door.The CEO's Hidden Gatekeeper

The CEO's Hidden Gatekeeper

Ch. 1 free · 12 of 23

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.

They stole my songs. I'm taking back my life.I Won't Die for Their Fame

I Won't Die for Their Fame

Ch. 1 free · 9 of 10

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.

They called me a thief. I made them watch.Hidden Heiress: They Lied

Hidden Heiress: They Lied

Ch. 1 free · 9 of 10

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.

They gave her name away. The underworld wants her.Traded at Birth, Wanted by the Underworld

Traded at Birth, Wanted by the Underworld

Ch. 1 free · 9 of 10

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.

He hides her from her ex. His club cannot hide her forever.The Outlaw's Runaway Waitress

The Outlaw's Runaway Waitress

Ch. 1 free · 12 of 17

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.

He owns my brother's debt. Now he wants me.Don't Tell My Brother

Don't Tell My Brother

Ch. 1 free · 13 of 19

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?

He is paid to protect her. He wants to keep her.Her Fear Is Mine

Her Fear Is Mine

Ch. 1 free · 12 of 21

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.

My ex called me broken. A stranger made me pregnant.My Baby Has No Last Name

My Baby Has No Last Name

Ch. 1 free · 12 of 18

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?

He offers safety. She will not call it love.A Marriage With No Heart

A Marriage With No Heart

Ch. 1 free · 10 of 11

“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.

My husband chose her. Her husband made me an offer.The CEO's Public Deal With the Discarded Wife

The CEO's Public Deal With the Discarded Wife

Ch. 1 free · 25 of 26

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?

They hurt her before. Now they say she belongs to them.The Bullies Who Own My Nights

The Bullies Who Own My Nights

Ch. 1 free · 23 of 24

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.

He can buy my body. He can't buy my heart.Don't Buy My Heart

Don't Buy My Heart

Ch. 1 free · 19 of 20

“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?

One wrong photo. One boss who won't let go.That Photo Was Never for You!

That Photo Was Never for You!

Ch. 1 free · 26 of 27

“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?

They raised her to serve. He sees what she is worth.Their Last Heiress, His First Choice

Their Last Heiress, His First Choice

Ch. 1 free · 11 of 12

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.

One wrong door, one dangerous Don, no way out.Claimed Hostage

Claimed Hostage

Ch. 1 free · 16 of 17

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.

My ex's brother can keep me safe. He wants a wife.My Ex's Brother

My Ex's Brother

Ch. 1 free · 22 of 23

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.

I signed to be his fake bride. He wants something real.Fake Bride, Real Claim

Fake Bride, Real Claim

Ch. 1 free · 24 of 25

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?

I don't want him. My body says liar.The Veteran Who Shouldn't Want Me

The Veteran Who Shouldn't Want Me

Ch. 1 free · 20 of 21

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.

He married me as a stand-in. I won’t stay one.The Wife He Paid to Leave

The Wife He Paid to Leave

Ch. 1 free · 18 of 19

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.

He calls her his. He can still break her.The Visitor List

The Visitor List

Ch. 1 free · 23 of 24

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.

Four Trustees, Their Grieving Intern (Keep It Quiet)

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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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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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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?

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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?

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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.

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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.

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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?

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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?

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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?

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Traded at Birth, Wanted by the Underworld

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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.

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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.

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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?

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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.

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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?

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“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.

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The CEO's Public Deal With the Discarded Wife

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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?

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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.

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“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?

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“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?

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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