He was never the villain they feared. He was the punishment their kingdom earned. For years, the people of Elysium whispered that their terrifying emperor had finally been leashed by a gentle queen. Ophelia softened the monster beneath the crown with warm hands, soft smiles, and a love powerful enough to make a tyrant kneel willingly at her feet. She became the mercy in a kingdom built on bloodshed. The shield standing between the empire and the beast wearing the throne. And then someone poisoned her. Now the queen lies unconscious. Their unborn child hangs between life and death. And the empire is beginning to understand a horrifying truth: Achille was never protecting Ophelia from them. Ophelia was protecting them from Achille. Because the moment blood spilled from the empress's lips, something ancient and merciless woke inside the emperor. The leash snapped. The restraint vanished. And the man who conquered kingdoms with fire and brutality remembers exactly why the world once feared him. The court is no longer a place of politics. It is a hunting ground. Every smile hides betrayal. Every ally looks guilty. Every servant, noble, and friend becomes a suspect beneath the emperor's cold gaze. Heads begin to roll. Bodies pile beneath the throne. And somewhere inside the castle, a traitor realizes too late that they did not poison a queen- They wounded the only thing keeping the empire alive. Now the kingdom prays for Ophelia to wake before another river of blood floods the palace halls. Because if she dies... The emperor will not stop until every nation burns with her.

Enemies at the Boardroom Dark Royal Romance | Multi-Couple | 18+ | Hindi-English "Married by convenience. Bound by secrets. Destroyed by desire." Started on: 1 SEPTEMBER 2024 Ended on: 30 JUN 2026 A royal wedding on paper. Two signatures. Zero submission. One CEO king still haunted by a woman he lost. One lawyer too dangerous to be tamed. She walks into his empire thinking he's the storm to survive. Turns out, he is the silence before it. He knows more than he says. She is more than she seems. And when the real game begins- neither of them is ready for the cost. There are no love confessions here. Only power. Obsession. Control. And chemistry you can't fake. - Character Aesthetics ◉ Atharva Rajput - The man whose silence screams. Obsessive. Strategic. Dangerous. ◉ Avantika Singh Rajput - Fire in a red saree. Sharp, cold, unbending. Her dialogues cut deeper than his silence. ✎ "Aapne hamare profession ka mazaak bana rakha hai." ✎ "Biwi dushman thodi acchi lagengi." ♤Tropes♤ › Marriage of Convenience › Enemies to Obsession › Power Couple › Slow Burn › Hidden Identity - ⚠️ Warning: If you're expecting a soft, healing romance you've opened the wrong damn book. This one drips in control, fire, and secrets you won't see coming. ✨️CONTAINS CHEATING INSTANCES This is the fiction dripping with reality🔥

𝐈𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐲 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟. ✞ ✞ ✞ He wanted to use her. She was the mastermind who planned for that all along. ✞ ✞ ✞ Power. Power built them. Power is what will destroy them. From sworn enemies to reluctant allies, there is nothing 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐚 𝐈𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐯 wouldn't do, nobody she wouldn't use to reach what her mind has been fixated on for years. Revenge. She's inhumane. Emotionless. Messed up in the head-a diagnosed ASPD mind turned into something precise, something dangerous. A machine. The underworld doesn't call her by name. They call her the flame behind the ghost don. The living requiem. Nyx. And when something like her sets her sights on a target? She takes. Uses. Burns everything necessary to get what she wants. And 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐳𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐨 became exactly that. There's nothing the Camorra king hates more than her-the ghost, the flame, the thorn in his side he's been chasing for years. The assassin behind the Russian don he wants nothing more than to take down. The one thing standing between him and full control over New York City. Blaze is forced to do the one thing he would rather die than do: Ally with the enemy. It was supposed to be simple. Temporary. Strategic. But temptation has always been a dangerous game, and Vera has never been the kind to walk away from a game. Especially one she knows she'll win. Because she's always ten steps ahead. And this time, she chose to play.

"𝐈 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐡𝐢𝐦. 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐦𝐞.". - an enemies to lovers, marriage of convenience, mafia romance - ~~~~~~~~ "Because I can't look at you without wanting to rip your clothes off and fuck you so hard you scream my name, so that everyone can hear that you're my fucking wife. It physically fucking hurts not being able to touch you." My eyes widen at his confession, stealing my breath away. I gulp and with my head held high, "Then touch me." ~~~~~~~~ Nova Ferrara. The ruthless, badass heir to the American Mafia. Axel Romano. The morally grey, careless heir to the Italian Mafia. Being enemy Mafias and ordered by her father, Nova must kill Axel as a plot for power. But when a rat makes that impossible, she's forced to marry him instead. If that isn't bad enough, she has to live with him, share a bed with him, and work with him to defeat the Don of the Russian Mafia. Secrets and lies get revealed, fury is acted upon. Will they break each other like they intend to? Or will something between them make them fix each other instead? A BOOK IN THE RUIN ME SERIES [CAN BE READ AS A STANDALONE] BEST RANKINGS: #1 in enemies #1 in one-bed #1 in enemieswithbenefits #1 in badboybadgirl #1 in italianmafia #1 in billionaire

𝑆𝐴𝐼𝑁𝑇 𝑉𝑂𝐿𝐾𝑂𝑉 After inheriting the role of head of the Bratva following his father's death, Saint grows to realise that a trail of destruction has been left behind. Collapsed deals, loose ends and past allies full of vengeance, there is a lot of work to do. During the chaos, a deal is struck up between Saint and the daughter of a potential ally. An arranged marriage contract. A marriage he does not want. 𝐼𝑆𝐴𝐷𝑂𝑅𝐴 𝑆𝐼𝐿𝑉𝐸𝐼𝑅𝐴 Isadora hates her life. She hates her family, especially her father. He's the powerful leader of a cartel with many enemies. After being abused by her family, mentally and physically, she decides to accept her fate. Neglect and rebellion is all she'll ever know, that is until a new deal arises. An arranged marriage where she's right in the centre of it. A marriage she does not want. What happens when a Man incapable of giving love and a Woman unable to receive it are bound together by a contract?. Will they grow to accept what they've always craved deep down? Or will they sink deeper into the underground world around them, pushing away their last chance at a change? Book 3 in the bloodline series.

"Our love was a case we both lost." When a brilliant lawyer and her ruthless prosecutor husband turn their marriage into the most brutal case they've ever fought, love becomes the one verdict neither of them can win-or walk away from. *** Naomi Carter is a fiercely intelligent lawyer with a near-perfect winning streak of 97% cases won. The only times she ever loses is to her husband. She's sharp, controlled, and commanding in the courtroom, but behind closed doors, she hides a woman who's never truly learned how to love. Nathaniel Carter is a ruthless prosecutor, relentless in his pursuit of justice, and impossible to read. Driven by a fierce need for control, he struggles to keep his own life from unraveling. He's the one man who knows his wife's weaknesses and exploits them with a quiet intensity, stirring both her frustration and desire. Their marriage is a constant battleground, scarred by a shared tragedy neither can overcome. Join these two broken souls as they fight to protect themselves while craving the one thing they fear most: each other. *** #1 in bwwm #1 in eroticromance #1 in blackwoman #1 in enemies #1 in grief #1 in childloss #1 in pregnancy #1 in brokenmarriage #1 in loverstoenemies #1 in darkromance #2 in mentalhealth #2 in enemiestolovers #1 in romance #1 in secondchanceromance

The curls that framed the sides of her face, her laugh, her smart tongue... it all made my dick immensely hard. The same woman was a heaping mess just underneath me as I slid her laced panties to the side, teasing her clit. "Enzo... please" She moaned out with her eyes closed. I smirked before using my other hand to force her to look at me, wanting to see those green orbs I adore so much. "Fuck me already" She whined with need, her hand now clinging onto my wrist as I inserted another finger inside of her. I brushed over her bottom lip with my thumb before speaking, "Be patient, angel" "I want to taste you on my fingers" **** Samira had a good life going for her. She was married to Noah Whitlock who was known for his success. He just so happened to own the best company within their state. At first she dreaded the thought of being married to a man like him, her parents forcing her into an arranged marriage. But as the years went on, she found herself falling in love with him. He even offered her a position to be his assistant at the company. Just as Samira made it home, she caught her husband cheating on her with with her best friend... on their anniversary at that. Embarrassed, she filed for a divorce and left without a second thought. It's wasn't until a few years later when she went out with her friend, only to find herself allured by a mysterious man, Lorenzo Barchi, who just so happens to work at the club they went to. The two find themselves attracted to one another, but her past begins to catch up to her when her ex husband catches wind of where she works. How will things play out in the end? Will Samira give into her feelings towards Enzo? Will she give her ex husband another chance? Or will she simply run away from it all? Check out this story to learn more!! #1 - divorce #5 - matureaudience #5 - exwife #6 - cheating #7 - cheater

She didn't know that her father was cruel enough to sell her out to the most fearful man in all of England. Let all alone force her to marry the man who could kill anyone without a blink of an eye or a single regret because his heart was ice-cold since (at a young age) the woman he loved broke his heart for another man's money. Many years later, Valentino was the richest and not to mention the most dangerous man in England. If the rumours don't scare you enough, his torso and arms covered in tattoos would tell you. Or maybe the two guns he carries around wherever he goes no matter the circumstances. And if 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 doesn't convince you, how about the fact that he married a woman for the sake of his company, and then got her pregnant (which by the way he was never there for her while she was pregnant until the day his child was born). The birth of his child was an awakening to life. The day his baby was born he felt love and warmth in his once stone heart. He realized - while holding his child - that he must protect it at all cost. Even if that means defeating all his enemies one by one. But in doing so, he needs to keep his wife closest to him, so she doesn't get hurt. After all, she is the mother of the thing he loves the most. ⚑ mature content ⚑ strong language

WARNING-all disclaimers will be at the top of the chapters unless the chapters are fine. But normally includes suggestive content. Forced into a marriage neither of them wanted, fiery heiress Amelia Sinclair and cold-hearted billionaire mafia king Dominic Moretti, or as some people know him Lucian Rossi, are bound by a deal that benefits everyone but them. She's sunshine with sharp edges, and he's a grumpy, unyielding storm. With enemies lurking in the shadows, a vindictive family pulling strings, and secrets threatening to shatter everything, their arranged marriage becomes a dangerous game of power, passion, and betray As hate blurs into desire, can love survive in a world built on lies? All made by Nushi Wang 💝💝💝

After ten years of marriage, Mihlava Khoza walks away from a cheating, emotionally abusive husband , Left to rebuild her life at 33, she steps into a new job with nothing but a heavy heart and quiet determination to start her life over . Enter Bongani Maluleke - her boss, yes... but also the kind of man who sees beyond the past. Kind. Confident. And dangerously attentive. What begins as a professional slowly unravels into something neither of them expected. But as the fire between them burns hotter, Mihlava is forced to confront the shame her ex left behind - and ask herself if she can love again, without apology. This is a story of heartbreak, healing, and second-chance love that waits when a woman chooses herself.