betrayal

Elizabeth Stone was once a free-spirited, optimistic girl until an explosion stole her parents and her twin sister in a single night. Raised by her aunt and supported by her best friend’s influential family, she believed she had finally rebuilt her world. Until the day she walked into her boyfriend’s apartment wine in hand, heart full only to find him in bed with her best friend, Penelope Garcia. Betrayal struck like a blade, slicing through five years of love and a lifetime of friendship. And in that moment, Elizabeth made herself a quiet promise: Never again. But grief has a way of leading people into danger. One reckless night… one desperate need to feel something pulls her into the arms of Kaius Blackwood, Snow City’s most powerful and dangerously captivating CEO. Then a hit-and-run changes everything. Elizabeth wakes with retrograde amnesia. Her past is fractured. Her memories are missing. And the people closest to her aren’t who they seem. Because as pieces of her memory slip back into place and buried lies unfold, one terrifying truth becomes clear Almost everything she has ever known… was a lie.

Warning! 18+ Explicit and dark romance. Lyvana Montclair’s wedding to Mark Vaughn was supposed to be a fairytale. Instead, it was a death sentence. On their wedding night, the man she loved showed his true face — and then someone shoots her dead. ​But death didn't stick. ​Lyvana wakes up two years in the past, on the eve of the engagement that ruined her. To claim the inheritance her father left behind, Lyvana’s grandmother demands one unbearable price: marriage to Mark as it was her father’s final wish. Refusing to die again, Lyvana plots her escape and her revenge. Her best friend offers a dangerous solution — one that could ruin everything... or not. The plan is dangerous: find a man so spectacular and so "perfect" that her grandmother will forget Mark ever existed. A man who can win a seat at the Montclair table and dismantle Mark’s influence from the inside. But after a series of strange coincidences and near-misses, Ava begins to suspect that history may be repeating itself... Someone still wants her dead. Then enter Julian Blackwood. Dark, enigmatic, and powerful. Julian is the last man who should ever notice someone like Ava. Their arrangement was supposed to be a temporary business deal. But Julian doesn't play by anyone's rules. As he begins to hunt the man who hurt her, Ava realizes that while she hired him to be a shield, Julian is playing for keeps. ​The deal was temporary... His obsession is not...

“Pleasing Rancor” is a dark romance thriller about Ariel Smith, a gentle Californian bookshop owner haunted by the childhood car crash that killed her parents and left her drowning in survivor’s guilt. Her quiet life fractures when her best friend Berry vanishes just before her wedding, and a magnetic stranger, Arlo Johnson, steps into her days as both rescuer and solace, drawing her into an intense, fragile love that feels like healing.​ What Ariel doesn’t know is that Arlo is the ruthless head of a criminal empire called Obsidian Halo, the very underworld that once employed Berry and her fiance Harry and that their disappearance is tied to Harry’s failed coup and Berry’s secret betrayal. When Arlo forces Ariel to witness Berry’s brutal, staged death, the man who once felt like safety becomes the face of pure villainy in her eyes, turning love into consuming hatred.​ Trapped between her longing for the version of Arlo who held her through nightmares and the monster who weaponized her deepest wounds, Ariel must decide whether to let grief turn her cruel, or to carve out her own power without becoming what destroyed her. “Pleasing Rancor” explores how love can be both sanctuary and snare, and how sometimes the hardest battle is choosing who to become after the person you trusted most becomes the author of your ruin.​

Evie, a human resources professional who loves gossip, dies while trying to resolve a club fight and is transported to the body of a palace maid. However, the body is of a woman with a secret identity, trying to protect the ones she loves at all costs, even if that means that she has to get too close to the sun.

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

On my third wedding anniversary, my husband poisoned me. As I lay dying on the cold restaurant floor, I watched him smile beside my step-sister his mistress since before our wedding day. My marriage was a lie. My love was a tool. And my death was carefully planned. I thought dying would finally set me free. Instead, I woke up three years in the past one week before I married the man who killed me. This time, I won’t be the obedient wife who walks blindly into her own grave. I’ll cancel the wedding. Expose their betrayal. And marry the one man my ex-fiancé fears the most. Adrian Blackwood. The Devil CEO. A ruthless billionaire with no mercy for his enemies. I walked into his office with a deal: “Marry me. Help me destroy Ethan Cole and I’ll give you everything you need to take him down.” I expected a cold contract marriage. What I didn’t expect… was the way he looked at me like I already belonged to him. “You’re under my protection now, Sophia,” he said calmly. “And I never let go of what’s mine.” Revenge was supposed to be simple. Love was never part of the plan. But falling for the Devil may be far more dangerous than the man who murdered me. Because Adrian Blackwood doesn’t play games. And once he chooses something he keeps it. Forever. In my first life, I died for love. In this life, I’ll make them all pay.

“Stop crying. I’ll marry you. Calm down.” Cold. Emotionless. That is Duke Morvex, the monster duke whose half-blood lineage comes from the terrifying wolf demons. And I, Valerie Austin, wake up in the same bed as him, the ruthless duke who should never have touched me. But the biggest problem isn’t that forbidden night… It’s the truth everyone in the empire already knows: Duke Morvex is engaged and soon to be married.

Ten years — that’s all Akero Nanami has before destiny calls his name. When a mysterious emissary named Vorath appears, Akero learns that in a decade, an ancient force known only as The Unknown will return to consume everything. Given a second chance and the power to bend time itself, he must prepare for the inevitable — training, fighting, and uncovering secrets that were never meant to be known. But destiny is never kind. Each decision shapes his path toward greatness… or destruction. A journey through time, fate, and the will to change what was never meant to be changed.

Shadows of a forgotten past will begin to surface, unraveling secrets that were meant to stay buried. The Dance of swords:shadowed past

Billionaire boxing champion Kairo Blackwell has survived poverty, betrayal, and violence by trusting no one but his fists. When a calculated assassination attempt forces him into hiding, he hires Naya Cross,a disciplined private bodyguard with a classified military past and scars she hides behind precision and control. What begins as a professional arrangement turns into a dangerous emotional entanglement. As enemies from Naya’s past resurface and threats close in, desire and trust become liabilities neither of them can afford. Both carry deep wounds from betrayal, and when fear drives them to make opposite choices, the consequences are devastating. Separated by anger, regret, and violence, Kairo is kidnapped during a public appearance, forcing Naya to confront the ghosts she tried to outrun—and the truth that loving someone may be the greatest risk of all. In a world where survival demands distance, The Billionaire’s Guard is a gripping romantic suspense about trust, sacrifice, and choosing love when everything says run.

The Hidden Assassin: Undercover Heart "Where loyalty is a shadow, and love is a death trap." In the frozen wilderness of Moscow, a high-stakes mission goes cold when Ricky, a top-tier DGFI agent, is brutally executed in front of his partner and lover, Sophia. Trapped between grief and duty, Sophia cannot afford to cry. As a ghost agent of the elite unit, her only option is to vanish—and then strike back. Haunted by the memory of Ricky’s final kiss and driven by a thirst for vengeance, Sophia transforms herself. She sheds her military skin to become a lethal temptress. Clad in a provocative red sheer dress, she infiltrates the inner circle of the Kremlin’s most dangerous shadow: Dmitri. Dmitri is a Russian mafia kingpin with cold blue eyes and sun-kissed hair—a man who rules with iron and blood. He is captivated by Sophia’s mysterious golden eyes, unaware that she is the Hidden Assassin sent to dismantle his empire from within. As Sophia weaves a web of deception, she finds herself caught in a dangerous psychological game. In the den of the enemy, the lines between her mission and her emotions begin to blur. Her Undercover Heart starts to beat for the very man she is sworn to kill. Will Sophia avenge her fallen lover, or will she succumb to the forbidden allure of the Russian Boss? In a world of secrets and silver bullets, the deadliest weapon isn't a gun—it's a heartbeat.

Some loves don’t heal—they destroy. Two hearts shattered, two souls desperate, two bodies craving and cursing each other. Obsession is no longer one-sided—pain, possession, and desire blur the line between salvation and ruin. They broke each other once. Now, they’re breaking themselves. Some love isn’t tender—it’s a war. Every heartbeat is possession. Every breath is risk. They thought separation could heal them. It didn’t. Now, every secret, every longing, every lie drags them deeper into each other—and into ruin. Love turned violent. Desire turned cruel. Nothing is gentle anymore—except how perfectly they destroy each other. This is not redemption. It’s devastation. To understand why they can’t breathe near each other now… you need to witness the madness that started it all. The First part of Novel "She Ruled Until She Became Mine" https://www.webnovel.com/book/34583507808506505/catalog

Betrayed and left for dead in a blood-soaked dungeon by the woman he loved and the party he led, tactical genius Elias barely clings to life. As his girlfriend Vespera mocks him with one final act of cruel intimacy, a burning hatred ignites within him—enough to drag him from the brink and forge him anew. Now reborn as the masked adventurer Riven, cloaked in black and hiding behind an ominous voidstone skull, he enters a distant guild with a single, ironclad purpose: rise to unparalleled heights as the world's greatest adventurer, eclipsing the fame Vespera’s party still steals from his forgotten brilliance. Only when they stand at the pinnacle—desperate, exposed, and begging—will he strike, making them suffer before ending her life with his own hands. Yet shadows draw their own kind. A gothic sorceress with secrets as dark as her velvet gowns, a clumsy yet brilliant scholarly mage, and a fierce swordswoman craving guidance begin to orbit his cold aura, their inexperience and hidden desires slowly cracking the walls he swore never to lower again. In a world of monsters, magic, and treacherous alliances, Riven's path of vengeance becomes entangled with unexpected bonds—testing whether a heart forged in betrayal can truly remain unbreakable.

Wei Yingluo reborn for vengeance, she is a ghost in her own skin, navigating the treacherous court with a chilling smile as she dismantles the lives of those who betrayed her. But in the palace's forgotten corners, she meets another outcast the "crippled" Crown Prince, a man who sees the storm behind her eyes and recognizes it as his own. A forbidden connection, whispered under the moon's cold eye, begins to bloom. This new love is a dangerous warmth, a beautiful and terrifying prison that threatens to melt the icy hatred that fuels her, forcing her to question what she truly wants: retribution for the dead, or a future with the living.

They called her the daughter of death, a deadly assassin whose name alone struck terror into the hearts of the powerful. When her own story ended in blood, she opened her eyes as Shen Yelan, the disgrace of the Shen family. Called a jinx and a bad omen, she was despised and scorned by the very people who should have protected her. But after a kidnapping incident, the weak Shen Yelan is gone. In her place is the cold, lethal soul of the legendary assassin. After a lifetime of killing, she craves only a peaceful, ordinary life. But first, she has one final mission: revenge. Every debt will be repaid. Every enemy will kneel. Those who plotted her death will beg for death. Those who once trampled on the original Shen Yelan will soon learn what true fear means. There’s just one problem. For some reason, a certain second young master won’t leave her alone. Everyone in the city knows about Huo Ziyan. Cold as winter frost, handsome as sin, and absolutely untouchable. He's built a business empire before the age of twenty and crushed anyone foolish enough to cross him. Rumor has it he doesn't have a heart. So why does he keep showing up wherever she goes? . . . “Baby, you said this was your last mission.” “It is.” “Then after it's over, marry me, okay?” “……Get lost.”

Love is weird, isn't it?, It encourages you to see the beauty in most despising thing. while when shattered left you to hate with all the peices of your broken heart. Love has different kind, ranging wide from between parent, to children, to siblings. each love has its own sets of boundaries but what if it's indescribable? what if its becomes the specific reason for breaking of a beautiful bond. Garam, a 12 years old, who has always loved his sister, more like a soul-less without her. Would have given his life in a heartbeat, but came across a truth he never had ever comprehend or anticipated, which pushed him to shut his affection. However, What if you were to live a life,that wasn't yours? what if your identity was nothing, and the love you received belonged to someone else. Gyu always ends up thinking does he even exist? if he does,then where is his share of love? But then again the love he gets in his deception, he clinge to cherished it. He tried hard to fit in, but suddenly getting caught he was pushed to something more brazen, only to be stumbling upon a different truth.

There is a moment of tenuous peace in Terra Solara, so named after the god Solarius, the Radiant King. It is said that it was he who transmitted the warmth of life to the first humans, his first and most loyal followers, who were the founders of his religion, the Cult of the Eternal Sun. These, however, did everything they could to extinguish the warmth of life in other people for their own gain, political ascension, religion or even their own pleasure, so that seven petty kingdoms emerged from a single continent. Any notion of peace is quickly forgotten when there is constant political and religious intrigue in every kingdom. Even if one tries to avoid participating in confrontations, confrontations have a tendency to bring people together.

I'm Julie Michael, I'm 18 I went with my father to a luxurious restaurant in New York… and I never left with him. On a lower floor of a world that doesn’t exist on any map, I discovered the truth: I wasn’t abandoned by accident… I was sold. A secret VIP club that rents girls to the most powerful men in the city: politicians, celebrities, mafia leaders. And at the top of this world stands one man… Robert Cross. A billionaire who doesn’t just buy bodies he breaks wills. I refused to be a commodity. I rebelled. I fought back. I stood against a man no one dares to defy. But wars never remain between two sides for long. When Carlos Mendoza enters the game a Mexican cartel leader and Robert’s partner the conflict turns into obsession, and survival becomes an impossible choice. In a world where souls are bought, the question is no longer: How do I escape? but: What will I sacrifice to remain human?

In a world where life is ranked by color, The Spectrum Order decides who matters. Riven is born into Ash Spectrum, the lowest and expendable class. Surviving trials meant to erase him, he begins climbing a system built on suffering—where power is earned through loss. But the Spectrum is not broken by accident. And changing it may cost Riven everything that makes him human. A dark fantasy–science fiction story about survival, control, and the price of defying a world that measures worth in light.

A hundred years after humanity awakened to superpowers, the world no longer resembles what came before. Order has given way to dominance. Morality has been replaced by force. Power now answers only to will—and to those strong enough to impose it. In this hyper-evolved society, Elijah stands apart: a young man who has devoted everything to reshaping a broken world. But the cost of change is steep. Each step forward demands something taken from him—principles, mercy, restraint. As the line between saviour and tyrant begins to blur, Elijah must confront a terrifying question: if the world is finally changed at all, will there be anything left of the man who pays the price?