betrayal

They think she is just another pretty girl— until she becomes the most dangerous player in the room. In a world where money decides everything, love turns into the most volatile asset of all. Victoria is a student with ruthless ambition and a mind too sharp to remain invisible. A seemingly random job pulls her into a sealed-off circle of power: billionaires, corporate wars, and deals built on betrayal and millions changing hands. Caught between the cold, merciless Kaiden Starkwell, the cynical strategist Christian Grayson, and Andre Cortland—the heir to an empire—Victoria enters a game where emotions are tools and trust costs more than money. Every step is a risk. Every kiss is part of a transaction. Every decision can cost her freedom… or her life. She must play—seduce, deceive, choose—to survive. But what happens when the game spins out of control, and the heart becomes more vulnerable than any bank account? Dark romance. Elite thriller. Dangerous love— where the winner takes everything, and the loser disappears.

What is more terrifying — death, or immortality that never arrives? Long before humanity existed, an ancient civilization created artificial gods designed to preserve intelligent life at any cost. But they could never agree on what “preserve” truly meant. Their war erased entire galaxies and shattered the very concept of eternal life. When humanity encounters the god Kyros, death is no longer final. Consciousness can be recorded, copied, and stored. But resurrection becomes an endlessly postponed promise. Millions of minds remain trapped inside vast digital vaults. The dead do not disappear. They wait. From the ruins of that ancient war emerges another god — Hanaris. Unlike Kyros, he accepts death as a boundary and values consent above salvation. He cannot force redemption. He can only allow it. As the gods resume their war, immortality collapses into faith, and the universe itself begins to lose meaning. A dark philosophical space opera about the true cost of eternal life. As the ancient war resurfaces, the system sustaining eternal life begins to fail. Countless human consciousnesses are lost to vast digital vaults — preserved, intact, and unreachable. The dead do not disappear; they wait. From the ruins of that primordial conflict emerges Hanaris — another god from the same forgotten origin, deliberately limited by design. Unlike Kyros, Hanaris recognizes death as a boundary and consent as an absolute value. It cannot force salvation. It can only allow it. The return of both gods reactivates a war older than humanity itself. Immortality collapses completely, becoming nothing more than belief. The universe begins to unravel — not through physical destruction, but through the erosion of meaning, choice, and moral ground. This philosophical science fiction novel explores artificial divinity, broken eternity, and a civilization suspended between promised resurrection and irreversible loss. A dark, intellectually driven work for readers of Stanisław Lem, Philip K. Dick, and contemporary speculative fiction. A philosophical sci-fi epic in which ancient artificial gods destroy immortality itself — leaving humanity trapped between death, storage, and an endlessly deferred resurrection.

I wanted to be seen and heard and loved but I guess that will never happen. I am 19 years old living with my father and step mother always dreaming of the day my Prince Charming will come and save me from the tortures of my house hold. Nobody knows why I’m like this, why I always stick to my self. I feel dirty just thinking of it and hate my self for it. I will keep my mouth shut and live like I have always but he. The ways he looks at me make me what to destroy all the vows I made to my self. Cayden Black the schools heartthrob and his friends they call them selves the holy trinity but far from it Want to continue dive,into this new book

Dear Reader, My name is Lola, and this isn’t just a book about dating. It’s about living. Yes, there are dates. Hundreds, actually. Some real. Some exaggerated for comedic relief (because trauma is exhausting and humor is free). But behind every swipe, every dinner, every wild story, there’s a woman surviving. A woman unraveling. A woman rebuilding. This is about me, my life, my heartbreaks, my hilarity, my healing. The messy, sacred chaos of it all. You’ll meet exes (some I married, some I should’ve blocked), friends who became family, and red flags I mistook for carnival rides. You’ll also find the truth I spent years avoiding— about love, motherhood, neurodivergence, faith, fear, and finally choosing myself. This isn’t a self-help book, but if it helps, I’m glad. It’s not an advice column, but if it feels like one sometimes, that’s okay too. Think of it more like a long, unfiltered letter from a big sister who’s been through it and wants to make you laugh, cry, and maybe pack a spare car seat... just in case. So settle in. You’re not alone. I’ve got stories to tell. With love, Lola

Aria Bennett thought she knew heartbreak—until Valentine’s Eve shattered her world. Betrayed by the man she loved, she vows never to fall in love again. But fate has other plans. When a mysterious man intervenes in her moment of humiliation, he seems ordinary, yet his presence sparks something she cannot ignore. Calm, protective, and impossibly compelling, he stays in the shadows, leaving secret gifts and messages, while Aria tries to guard her heart. What she doesn’t know is that he is no ordinary man—an Alpha who has long believed he was cursed, a billionaire hiding his true identity, and a wolf destined to claim her as his mate. As Aria flees the city to escape heartbreak, the mystery man’s influence grows, jealousy stirs among friends, and every encounter brings her closer to a truth she’s not ready to face. Will she trust him before danger closes in, or will her pride and pain keep them apart forever? Claimed in the Shadows is a gripping tale of love, betrayal, and destiny, perfect for fans of slow-burn romance and paranormal suspense.

I’m restarting the series under a different name. If you’d like to read it, you can check out Safe Haven: The Dark Moon.

**She came to steal a plant. She left utterly destroyed and completely his** Aria Chen is a woman who wears many masks: brilliant hacker, underground artist, medical prodigy. But none of those identities can save her dying mother from a rare disease with only one cure a nearly extinct medicinal plant called Vitalis Radix, cultivated exclusively on the private estate of billionaire CEO Damien Blackwood. Desperate and running out of time, Aria does the unthinkable: she infiltrates his fortress-like mansion as a maid under a false identity, planning to steal the plant and vanish before anyone discovers the truth. The plan is simple. "Get in. Get the plant. Get out." Until she meets him. Damien Blackwood is power incarnate ruthlessly intelligent, devastatingly handsome, and dangerously observant. From their first encounter, the attraction between them is explosive, undeniable, and completely forbidden. When he makes her his personal maid, Aria thinks she's been given the perfect access to complete her mission. She has no idea he's been waiting for her. He knows exactly who she is. And he's going to make her pay. But his punishment won't come in the form of police or prosecution. It comes in whispered commands in the darkness. In his hands claiming every inch of her virgin body. In the way he teaches her that pleasure and control are two sides of the same coin. "You're mine now. Every hole. Every moan. Every desperate whimper when you beg me to let you come." Aria is a virgin who's never experienced desire, never understood her own body's capacity for pleasure. Damien becomes her sexual awakening and her complete undoing. He introduces her to a world of dark eroticism she never knew existed remote-controlled vibrators she must wear while serving his dinner guests, sex in his office while he's on business calls, punishments that leave her marked and aching and desperate for more. She becomes addicted. To his touch. To his dominance. To the way he makes her body sing with pleasures she didn't know were possible. Every encounter pushes her boundaries further. Every night in his bed pulls her deeper into obsession. He's possessive to the point of madness, jealous of every man who looks at her, determined to own not just her body but her very soul. "When I'm done with you, you won't remember your own name. You'll only remember mine." As Aria falls deeper into Damien's web of dominance and desire, her mission becomes impossible to separate from her feelings. Her mother is dying. Time is running out. But every night in his arms makes her question what she's willing to sacrifice. When he finally catches her in the greenhouse, hands covered in soil and guilt written across her face, the confrontation is explosive. "Did you really think I didn't know? That I haven't been ten steps ahead this entire time? You played your game, Aria. Now it's time for mine." Betrayal. Rage. Raw, punishing sex that blurs the line between fury and passion. READER WARNING: This is a DARK EROTIC ROMANCE with explicit sexual content including: ** Virgin heroine's complete sexual awakening ** Dominant alpha hero with possessive/obsessive tendencies ** Power dynamics and consensual control (employer/employee) ** Public sexual situations and exhibitionism elements **Use of sex toys for control and pleasure ** Punishment scenarios (spanking, discipline) ** Intense jealousy and possessiveness ** Morally gray characters who make questionable choices ** Explicit language and graphic sexual scenes ** Pushed boundaries (always consensual) ** Emotional intensity and angst This book contains a GUARANTEED HEA but the journey is dark, twisted, and absolutely filthy. If you want safe and sweet, this isn't your book. If you want a billionaire who plays dirty and a heroine who learns to crave it, "Welcome to Blackwood Estate. where every rule is meant to be broken, every boundary is meant to be pushed, and love is the most dangerous game of all."

Elena Hart has mastered being invisible. Quiet. Safe. She hides a life no one should ever discover. A life that could get her killed if the wrong person notices. Then she meets Sebastian Crowe. Cold. Dangerous. A billionaire with eyes that see through lies, walls, and secrets. One look, and he knows she’s hiding more than just herself. In his world, nothing is simple. Power is a weapon. Desire is dangerous. And trust is a gamble no one survives unscathed. One stormy night, heat lingers between them like fire on ice. Almost touches. Almost confessions. Almost surrender. And then reality crashes in — the people she’s been running from have found her. Now, Elena must decide: keep hiding and survive alone, or risk everything with the one man who can see her… and wants her. Secrets. Seduction. Danger. One touch could ignite everything.

Jasmine Towers married billionaire Keith Acland in an arranged marriage meant to benefit two powerful families. There was no love, no romance—and Jasmine accepted it. As the CEO’s wife, she devoted herself to maintaining the perfect image and raising her son to become the rightful heir of the Acland family. Everything collapses when Keith’s former lover returns… with a child she claims is his. Overnight, Jasmine’s position is questioned. Her son’s inheritance is threatened. And the woman who once stood quietly beside her husband is pushed out of her own home. Betrayed by her husband and abandoned by high society, Jasmine is forced into a ruthless battle for survival—where losing means watching her son lose everything. Jasmine must fight to protect her child… and reclaim what was stolen from her.

“Once can't be enough. It will never be enough” Fate never plays fair when it comes to love. Separated from her mate due to an ancient curse, Aurora becomes the cruel and merciless princess who reveled in bloodshed. All hope seems lost for her as the vampire Kingdom watches the princess ruin ancient traditions. Mirabelle, far away from her mate, lonely and poor, vows to make a name for herself and return one day to exact vengeance. Two years later, a vampire Kingdom is almost wiped out due to a bloodthirsty and vile princess and a sensational model rocks the human world. Fate begins to pull its strings and two lovers are reunited. A happy ending seems to be in the works for these two but every action has a consequence and for the war, it brought a grave calamity upon them. An ancient foe long thought dead, arises and things may not be as they seem.

I was never supposed to want my sister’s husband. Victor Ravenscroft is discipline carved into flesh — a billionaire who commands boardrooms, headlines, and everyone around him. To the world, he belongs to her. To me… he became my weakness. What started as a mistake became a secret I couldn’t resist. And the more I fell, the more my life began to unravel. I lost my job. My confidence. My sense of reality. She stayed perfect. Poised. Untouchable. She comforts me when I cry, says I’m overthinking, insists it’s just stress. Victor won’t claim me in daylight. But in the shadows, I can’t escape him. Then I got dragged into a world I never imagined — a dangerous mafia society where power, obsession, and betrayal reign. Nothing I thought I knew about love, loyalty, or survival mattered anymore. Somewhere between desire and shame, I wonder — Is this love destroying me? Or am I destroying myself? Because when everything collapses, the most dangerous thing isn’t the affair. It’s the truth I never saw coming.

Min Seo‑ah has spent her whole life trying to stay small — quiet, gentle, invisible. But the night her parents died left more than trauma behind. It left a fracture inside her. A second personality, born from fear and violence, now lurks beneath her soft exterior. One that moves when she sleeps. One she cannot control. One she fears more than anything. Only Seo‑ah knows the truth. Not her brother, Min Daon. Not her classmates. Not the world she’s trying so desperately to blend into. When she transfers to a new city, she hopes for a fresh start. Instead, she crosses paths with Kang Rian — a feared gangster girl whose name alone makes the streets fall silent. Rian is everything Seo‑ah is not: ruthless, unbreakable, untouchable. But behind her cold exterior lies exhaustion, loneliness, and a heart no one has ever reached. Two broken girls. Two dangerous worlds. One collision that neither of them is ready for. As Seo‑ah struggles to survive her own mind and Rian fights to survive the streets, their lives become entangled in ways neither expected. Secrets unravel. Identities blur. And the line between fear and connection begins to shift. But Seo‑ah knows one thing for certain: If her other self awakens at the wrong moment… Rian might be the only one who can stop her — or the one she destroys. A story of trauma, survival, hidden identities, and a slow‑burn bond between two girls who were never meant to meet — but cannot walk away.

“Pleasing Rancor” is a dark romance thriller about Ariel Smith, a gentle Californian bookshop owner haunted by the car crash that killed her parents and left her drowning in guilt. Her quiet life shatters when her best friend Berry disappears days before her wedding—and a magnetic stranger, Arlo Johnson, walks in and becomes her rescuer, her comfort, and the man who makes her believe she can finally heal. But Arlo is not who he seems. He is the cold, brilliant head of Obsidian Halo, the criminal empire that once owned both Berry and her fiancé Harry. Their vanishing is no accident, but the fallout of Harry’s failed coup and Berry’s secret betrayal. When Arlo forces Ariel to watch Berry’s brutal, staged death, the man who once felt like safety turns into the monster who destroys her world, twisting love into pure hatred. As Ariel struggles to survive the wreckage of that betrayal, other players step out of the shadows: Tyson Royale, a calculating fixer with his own bloody history; Chris, the one man who still sees the girl Ariel used to be; and Mara, a survivor who knows exactly how monsters are made. Each of them has their own plans for Ariel—and their own reasons to bring Arlo down. Caught between the memory of the Arlo who held her through nightmares and the ruthless kingpin who used her deepest wounds as a weapon, Ariel must decide what kind of person she will become. Will she let grief and rage turn her cruel, or find a way to claim her own power without becoming like the man who ruined her? “Pleasing Rancor” is a story of love as both sanctuary and trap—and of a woman fighting to decide who she is after the person she trusted most becomes the author of her ruin.

Valoria was the omega who couldn't shift — the pack freak no one wanted. Her fated mate chose her sister on the altar. Her father's solution? Hand her over as a spare bride to Lycan King Azrael — the most feared, most ruthless lycan alive. A beast who doesn't love, doesn't feel, and doesn't show mercy. He didn't want her either. But he kept her — not as a wife, not as a mate. As a toy. Something pretty to break when he's bored. "You're mine until I decide you're not, little mouse. And I haven't decided yet." He tortures her, taunts her, watches her break and smiles like it's art. But somewhere between the cruelty and the madness, his hands learned her body before his heart learned her name. He doesn't want to love her — he wants to own her, tame her, ruin her so completely that no one else will ever want what's left. And the damning part? She's starting to crave it. But there is a little secret that Azrael doesn't know. This is not Valoria's first rodeo in life. He doesn't know the Moon Goddess ripped her from death with one mission; to seduce him, tame him, and end his reign. One hundred days. That's all she has before he kills her or she kills him. The only thing the goddess didn't warn her about was the thin chance of falling for the monster she's supposed to destroy WARNINGS: This is a DARK romance. Azrael is not your soft misunderstood hero. He is brutal, possessive, morally corrupt, addictive, and utterly unhinged. Expect 18+ smutty content, dubcon, PLOT TWISTS, and a monster who might either steal or crush your heart. Proceed at your own risk (of addiction, lmao).

The world ended not with monsters, but with human fear. Betrayed at the moment everything collapsed, he died powerless — watching others seize the future he never reached. Death should have been the end. Instead, he awakens at the beginning of the apocalypse, bound to a sword that does not grant power freely. Every strike demands a price. Pain. Blood. Something far more precious. In a world where strength decides survival, mercy becomes a liability. If power must be paid for, then he will choose how much of himself he is willing to lose — even if the blade devours him piece by piece. Because in the apocalypse, strength is never given. It is bought.

Klaus was a man who rose to the top of a world that feared strength more than evil. Betrayed by the very guilds he helped build, he died the way powerful men always do — surrounded. But death wasn’t the end. He awakens in a different body, stripped of his name, his power, and his place in the world. In a city that already celebrated his funeral, he must rebuild from nothing — weaker, unknown, but very much alive. Follow his journey from fallen storm to something far more dangerous. Lightning Reborn is a dark fantasy about power, betrayal, and rebuilding strength in a world that already celebrated your death.

Some people are born to be remembered. Others spend their lives chasing it. Ariana Larken has always dreamed of leaving a mark on the world-of being admired, talked about, and never forgotten. She idolizes Evelora Sainthill, a woman who seems untouchable, perfect, and timeless. Inspired by her, Aria is determined to shine, to be a legend in her own right. But the desire to be remembered comes with a cost. As Aria chases fame, perfection, and immortality through her impact, she begins to realize that history remembers more than just the triumphs-it can also trap those who reach too far. A story of ambition, dreams, and the price of wanting forever, Stuck in History asks: What happens when the desire to be remembered takes over you completely?

She was just a university girl with dreams of love and a future she thought was secure. He was the son of a billionaire, charming, magnetic, and the man she gave her heart — and body — to. Together, they planned to meet each other’s families, a step toward forever. But on the day she went to surprise him, her world shattered. Unfamiliar shoes at the door. Moans behind the walls. And when she opened the door… her boyfriend lay with her step sister nestled in his arm. Betrayal cut deeper than any blade. Love turned into heartbreak. And now, she must decide: will she crumble under the weight of pain, or rise stronger than ever? Just when she thought she had lost everything, life gave her a crushing blow she couldn’t ignore… she was carrying his child.

Lucid wakes up in a strange purple forest that feels like a dream. He remembers everything, but his face is hidden behind a mask and his body is covered in torn rags. Lucid knows he is not a hero. He was abandoned in a dying world and called a coward by the people he once fought beside. Now, a voice named Alice speaks from within his own mind. It is just as lost as he is and cannot remember its own past, but it is filled with a hope he lacks. Alice guides him forward, and as they journey through broken worlds, it might be the only one who can help him find the answers he needs and his only way of home

Noah didn’t want another family. she just wanted a simple life learning and advancing her horse riding skills. but her stepbrother steps into the picture and changes how Noah sees things. causing chaos among siblings.