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In the cutthroat world of Meridian Heights, you are either a ruler or you serve. Davina Hughes is desperate to escape the notorious reputation of her family—a name synonymous with schemes, scandal, and ruin. Working as a waitress at the exclusive Velvet Crown, she is saving every penny to leave her tainted past behind and start a new life. Her carefully laid plans are shattered when Irvin Jenkin, the city's most powerful and untouchable heir, approaches her with a shocking and insulting proposition: he offers to pay her to be his date for a month. Despite knowing he is the kind of beautiful monster who destroys girls like her, Davina is forced to confront a temptation that could either be her ultimate downfall or her only chance at freedom.

DO NOT READ. “So where is she now? Dome?” Baphomet questioned. He had to reserve a lot of his abilities lest he fractured a part of this reality with his current abilities. He could only have complete control once in his original body. So his range of perspective was limited, and Erm would then be aware that he was here. He smirked at the surprise she would have upon figuring out he was in the same realm as she was. Erm by now already knew May wasn’t working alone, and she would most likely come to the conclusion that there was another deity involved. May shook her head, her beaded braids clinking. “She is in Ion.” His eyes subtly widened and then narrowed as his smirk increased. Was she also waiting for the Broken lands to open? Niya was heading there too. “It is decided.” He stood, staring down at May with a pleased grin. “We will head there. You will hide in my shadow.” He looked forward to seeing the interaction between the two relatives. Niya was certainly not going to be pleased and it could only get fun from there. “There is one thing. It is not good news either,” May pressed forward, her face forlorn. “Which is why I ask for punishment.” This was the first time she had failed after all the tasks she had done for him. “She has managed to unlock her core.”

In a decaying empire, Elara survives as a criminal forger until she is captured by Kaelen, the Spymaster's ruthless agent. Forced into a lethal partnership, their hatred evolves into a desperate alliance as they uncover a world-shattering truth. their master is the traitor. Hunted and armed only with Elara’s rediscovered magic a power that rewrites truth by consuming her own memories they must burn their pasts to forge a new future. A tale of incendiary romance, political intrigue, and the staggering cost of redemption, where the most dangerous weapon is the truth you choose to write.

Adrianna, an ordinary girl got pregnant after a one night stand with a mysterious man in a luxury resort. After the incident, Her life turned upside down when she discovered her pregnancy with twins. Left with no option, she was forced to work as a secretary to a supernatural creature who presented a deal to her, for his desires. A bargain was made to survive the war between Vampires, when Adrianna unveiled the secrets of her past and find her card of fate as a breed of a revolution. Will she able to tame the beast with the power of Bargain?

In a union of benefit,Ronald Hoffman weds Emily Adair to secure his family's inheritance but under the guise of their arranged marriage , Ronald and Emily harboured secrects His hidden past and she, an unyielding taste for power. As they tackle the treacherous terrain of family opposition and their own desires, they must face the darkness of their own motivation . Will their marriage of benefit become alove match?

"Don't touch me." She tried to push his hand away from her torn shirt. "You're bleeding. Stop being proud." "I'm not proud. I'm just… tired of being handled." He didn't argue. Just pressed his palm harder to the wound. "You're not dying. Not on my watch." ****** Carmilla Westwood never imagined her life would be sold with a signature. Forced into a marriage with Evans Reeds—the darkly seductive and merciless heir to the most feared werewolf pack, she is thrown into a savage world where power reigns and weakness is hunted. To the pack, she's an outsider. Unworthy. Breakable. But Carmilla isn't as fragile as she looks. As she battles the brutal hierarchy and Evans' infuriating dominance, a twisted attraction begins to burn between them—wild, wicked, and dangerously consuming. Then she uncovers a chilling truth, the powerful family she now calls hers might be the ones who destroyed her past. She was forced to be his Luna... but she might just become his downfall.

Sadie Greer just turned nineteen when her father arranged her marriage to a Crypto developer Cenric Wollf over a business deal. As soon as she finished college, she finally met him, marrying the evil wrapped in a pretty thousand-dollar suit the same day. Unknown to Sadie, her husband has his own motives. Cenric Wollf has been sleeping with his enemy for years just to help take down the man behind his brothers’ death, even if it means sacrificing his own freedom. He married the daughter of his enemy. Sadie is only a part of his plan, his subject, the weak link. He’s supposed to charm her, seduce her in his bed, and use her as his pawn. When he gets to know her, she’s nothing like her father. Cenric starts to feel something afraid he’s losing control over. He falls deeper. Contrary to what Sadie’s brother has fed her over the years, she doesn’t sense danger in the air. Cenric likes to take control to keep her safe, but nothing dark and deadly, just thrills and crazy chemistry. When she starts to get to know him, something else resurfaces. They both fall into their own trap. Cenric’s true intentions and her family secrets prevail. But nothing Cenric wouldn’t do to prove that there’s more to it than their arranged marriage, even if it means befriending the man who hurts his wife.

Benarkah keberuntungan selalu berbanding lurus dengan kebahagiaan?.. Dan apakah nasib buruk adalah sinonim mutlak bagi kesengsaraan?.." Pertanyaan-pertanyaan itu terdengar sederhana, namun memiliki hal besar, yang cukup untuk membuat manusia memalingkan wajah dalam penyangkalan. Secara Naluri, kita telah terbiasa untuk memuja hal-hal baik sebagai satu-satunya sumber kepuasan. Sebaliknya, saat nasib buruk mengetuk pintu, manusia cenderung memalingkannya.. bahkan dengan keras memastikan diri, bahwa itu adalah hal yang tidak seharusnya ada.

“What did you say?” Félix asked. She repeated, “Name your price.” “What is that supposed to mean?” His voice had tapered off with an unreadable emotion that got her weak in her knees, but she held out her chin. “Didn't you once offer to pay me off? Now, make me an offer I cannot refuse. Otherwise, I will go in there"—she gestured toward the Ball—"and make everyone think you dragged me out here to take advantage of me. I know exactly what that would do to your reputation.” “Say. That. Again,” Félix said through gritted teeth as he inched closer to her. ====================== She hadn’t meant to upset him or, worse, blackmail him. She didn’t even know who he was; she only knew he looked important because of how regally he stood in the moonlit dark. Estella was the baron of Cleverdale’s youngest, born into a hard life and always kept on her toes. Her stepsisters hated her. The baroness loathed her. And her father, the only one she called family, shattered her heart when he sold her to Viscount Alistair Ravensdale to cover up his misdeeds. The night of Lady Agatha’s ball, she seized her chance and ran straight into … Duke Félix of Chateaûbriant. In the dark, he mistook her for Princess Coralie, his fiancée, and kissed her. When the moon revealed her face, something about her stuck with him. He couldn’t shake the image of her running wildly or how she smelled like white lotus with hardcore roots. But when she threatened his reputation, he refused to play along. She returned to her world of cruel sisters and an unwanted engagement. What she hadn’t prepared for was the Duke arriving at her doorstep, making two outrageous claims. One. He was the Duke of Chateaûbriant. And two. She had stolen something valuable from him that night. What had she stolen without knowing it? Or worse, what could he possibly demand as repayment? ✯Like it? Add to Library!

""Good girl," he murmurs, there was a flicker of something softer in his eyes—something wounded, ancient, that made my chest hurt. His hand presses over the mark, cool and firm, and the pain melts into a flood of pleasure so intense I cry out, my head falling back. His fingers splay across the mark, tracing its glowing lines, each touch sending electric sparks through my body, making my breasts ache and my cunt pulse with desperate, wet heat." She bled for his power… now she burns for his touch. When Evelyn dares a forbidden ritual to save her dying sister, she summons Adrial—an exiled, fallen angel with power as intoxicating as it is lethal. Bound to him in blood and branded by his mark, Evelyn discovers the cost of her desperate bargain is far greater than she imagined. Adrial promises her sister’s life, but he demands something far more dangerous in return: her soul, her body, her submission. Now, every moment Evelyn spends tethered to him pulls her deeper into a world of shadows, desire, and ruin. Torn between fear and the burning hunger he awakens within her, she must decide if saving her sister is worth surrendering herself to the dark temptation of the Fallen. Because once you sign with blood… there is no escape.