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Written in Flames by Shabdaura
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Book 1 of "The Ruthless ties series". Love and hate have always been a battle between them, a war neither Sairaj nor Amber ever learned to surrender. From the moment they met, they crashed, burned, and kept coming back-pulled by a fire too fierce to control. A story of hate of passion of revenge and love Bound by fate and family honor, Amber Agnihotriand Sairaj Suryavanshi find themselves thrust together in a forced marriage that neither ever imagined. Amber, a fiercely independent spirit scarred by past betrayals, is determined to forge her own path. Sairaj, known for his relentless ambition and a heart hardened by deceit, sees this union as nothing more than a calculated alliance. From the moment they meet, the air is charged with animosity. Every word exchanged is a duel, every glance a challenge. Their arranged lives become a battleground where old wounds and deep-seated resentments collide. Yet, amid the relentless clash of wills, a hidden spark begins to kindle-an unexpected and dangerous attraction that forces them to confront the bitter truths of their pasts. In a world rife with manipulation and shadowy alliances, every betrayal fuels a quest for revenge. As they navigate treacherous schemes and uncover secrets that threaten to destroy them both, Amber and Sairaj are forced to question the very nature of their enmity. What begins as a union born of duty and disdain slowly transforms into a volatile dance of passion and retribution. "Written in Flames" is a story of forced destiny turned on its head-a tale where enemies must reconcile their hate to discover a love forged in the crucible of betrayal. Can two wounded souls, bound by circumstance and scarred by treachery, find redemption in each other's arms? Or will the embers of revenge consume them both?
Khwaab~ The Rawal's Forbidden Bride  by destinywriterr
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I never intended to become entangled in their politics- let alone in the bed of their prince. I crossed deserts and seas, driven by a single hope; to save my brother, the only family I have, from a foreign land. He was captured and chained by the King of Hind during our war of conquest. But to free him, I became bound to the man who snatched everything from me. The Prince whose very name fills me with rage: Rawal Ekagraj. A single night with him shattered my honor and binded me to a fate, I never chose for myself. As the crowned Empress of Arabia, I could never betray my people. Yet, he makes me falter. Why? His eyes-deep, dangerous, and impenetrable red eyes that pulled me closer to a destiny I could never escape. Now, I am his bride. A forbidden bride trapped by vows I never wanted and held captive in a kingdom that sees me as the enemy. I lived with the fear of dying any moment there. He was never meant to be mine, just as I was never meant to be his. If we ever fall in love, which was always impossible, it would be as forbidden as it is undeniable. Because it would set against my lucious world steeped in Magic, Betrayal and War. But Rawal was not the only danger I had to face. Something was there which I didn't know. Something which nobody knew. Something dark and destructible. And when it came- we all fell on our knees. It destroyed and shed rivers of blood. But someone was there who was still not satisfied. My past haunted me, my brother's life was slipping away, and the Prince- my captor, my enemy- became the only solace I knew. He seeks peace in me, and in his arms I feel a dangerous flicker of love. This is a tale of love, betrayal, and the ultimate battle between magic, loyalty, and destiny. How can two souls bloom when faith divides them? And when the moment comes to choose, will we sacrifice our hearts to honor the lands we came from? Or will we defy fate itself to survive its wrath?
𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐒𝐈𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐃𝐄 | COMPLETED  by divizwrites
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#Top 1 in india (14/19/10/25) #Top 2 in india (13/10/25) #𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝟏 ╰┈➤ 𝑼𝒏𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝐇𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞. 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞. Abhimann Singhania never wanted to marry - especially not a girl like Drishti Sinha, who doesn't speak. For him, this marriage is a cold transaction, a responsibility he's ready to ignore. But Drishti, with her quiet defiance and steady resilience, is far from weak. Bound by a marriage neither of them chose, their world collides in moments they don't expect: a shared cup of tea, a gaze that lingers too long, a touch that says too much. In the middle of silent nights and simmering storms, Abhimann begins to hear the words Drishti never says. But love isn't enough when secrets hang between them like unsaid promises. Can two people who didn't choose each other find a reason to stay? A story of stolen glances, unspoken feelings, and a love that grows where no one thought it would. Tropes - -Arranged Marriage -Silent/Non-verbal Female Lead -Emotionally Guarded Male Lead -Forced Proximity -Slow Burn -Simmering Tension -Hidden Past -Misunderstandings |✯ STARTED ON : 9 MARCH 2025 |✯ENDED ON : 27 SEPTEMBER 2025
The Mafia's Mercy by Laisha_Gardner
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The darkness in his eyes, the dangerous smell of alcohol in his breath, and his deathly grip keeping me bound to him made my heart pound in my chest and my body quiver beneath him. Shamefully, it wasn't anything that I wasn't used to, because...the things I let him do to me? When he was frustrated, annoyed, and angry at the world, I was here to be his pound of flesh. In return, he masked the void of my loneliness because for months, that was the transaction of our relationship. He'd pin me to the wall, bend me over the counter, pull my hair, slap me, choke me, and I enjoyed every second of it because in that moment, it finally felt good to be powerless. Irony is a funny thing. I enjoyed being in pain because it made me forget how much I was hurting. *** "I warned you, doll." His voice strikes a string of chills down the base of my spine, a reminder that all of the time in the world could pass, and he's still not letting go. This is where the good girl in me dies. "You're mine now," he whispers. *** My name is Mercy-Mercy Carter. I went to college. Got myself a useless Bachelor of Science in Mathematics degree. His name is Marcel-Marcello Saldívar. However, at the time, I didn't know that he, the heir to the Saldívar Mafia empire, was the man that I had blindly offered myself to. As smart as I am, I was stupid all the times when it actually mattered. After all, he did warn me that he was dangerous. I just didn't think he could be much worse than my thug of a brother. I was vulnerable-naive. My name is Mercy, and I belong to him. My name is Mercy, and I am The Mafia's Mercy. ⚠️ Content Advisory: This is a DARK Romance novel, in every sense of the word. It DOES contains DARK themes that may be triggering. Reader discretion is STRONGLY advised.
Drake's Kitten (completed)  by Yellow1017
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He once told me no one knows the real him.I didn't think he meant it, and not in a good way. He is a straight A student, and everyone knows it, not to mention he is on the swim team. All that though isn't the real him, the real him hides deep within himself. ---------- "Can you please tell me what that was?" I nearly shout at him. All I get is silence. He keeps his back to me. "Please, I need some explanation." I beg. I stay still as he stops dead in his tracks. His body is tense and it's scarring me. He turns around slowly to face me with his hands at his sides. His eyes meet mine, but there is no spark of any emotion in them. They are cold and dark making me look away not being able to hold his deadly stare. I feel uneasy under his gaze, and i feel his eyes burning a hole in the side of my face. "No, I won't explain because it's not important." He says in a low, almost, growl. I flinch and look back into his eyes. I feel hurt by his words and I don't know why, but I know he sees it in my eyes. His faces flashes with regret but it's quickly covered up with his faces going back to it's hard cold look. I feel my heart stop and my face go pale. His look terrified me making me hold my breath. "Breath." He orders. I start to breathe again and just blink at him. "Now go." He orders me again. I flinch involuntarily at his tone and jump back slightly. "Please don't let me walk home alone." I beg in a quiet voice, looking down at my feet. The next thing I see are his black combat boots right in front of my shoes. I look up into his eyes and he looks down into mine confusion written all over his face. "How come you aren't running yet?" He questions searching my eyes. "I just can't walk home alone, please I'm scared." I hear him chuckle. "You aren't afraid of me? What can possibly be scarier than me?" He asks. "Well, I know you will keep me safe." "Why is that?" He questions raising an eyebrow at me. "You haven't hurt me." "Yet." He mutters, but I roll my eyes.
A night with Dracula by kissmybff
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"I wanna kill you.." He whispered huskily. "I dare you" I said. Seventeen year old Sonee rave win's a contest to go stay at Dracula's castle for two week's and everything is fine at first.. before two people have gone missing or at least that's what their telling us... but soon after sonee goes looking around in a secret passage way and stumble's into a secret room? and meet's a sexy pale guy with a cute Romanian accent and he demand's that she come's to see her every night at the stroke of midnight or he'll kill her and her missing friend's will they fall in love or will this be a murder that no mortal can solve? Werewolves in Paris (Side story) Johnny is absolutely miserable after his girlfriend of two years dumps him and ends up attacking a guard at a vampires castle, so he’s thrown into prison for murder and that’s when he meets the mystifying Bliss Morgale. White hair that flows softly down to her lower back, White eyes that glow like the moon, White snake tattoos, and don’t forget her flawless pale skin that’s as white as her… well everything! She and Johnny escape the prison together and run off to Paris where Bliss show’s Johnny where she loves to be herself, And Johnny soon feels himself falling in love in the most romantic place in the world.
Mehram - The perfect arrangement | Book 1 by authorKaal
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The first book in The Whispers of Ibaadat Series She marries him for peace. He marries her for protection. Neither expects love. Illiyeen enters Umair's world through an arranged marriage meant to shield her from family politics and silence old wounds. But what begins as a quiet compromise soon unravels into something deeper-intimacy, trust, and the slow, aching unraveling of two guarded hearts. Set against the backdrop of generational trauma, village legacy, and the quiet rebellion of love, Mehram follows Illiyeen and Umair as they navigate family reckonings, emotional repair, and the kind of closeness that makes them question everything they thought they knew about marriage. This is not a love story. It's a story about becoming each other's safe place.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐲𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞  by qtbilli
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𝐀𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐚 𝐱 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐬 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐦 " 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐦 " Anshita rathore , a dumb commerce student , always clumsy simple and decent obsessed with Wattpad wala romance not knowing it will soon be her turn. Silas romano , The obsessed pyschopath. Her predator He will haunt her .He could break any boundries to be with Her she is not his need she is his obsession. He is the villain in her story he will destroy her ruin her and claim to her as his. She belongs with him or maybe to him. "𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐛l𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝."
The Mafia's Pure Desire by _authormanpreet
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❛You all must have heard that a ray of light is definitely visible in the darkness which takes us towards light. But what if instead of light the devil is seen in the darkness?❜ ✧ AVAYAN SINGH RATHORE, A twenty eight years old handsome, but arrogant and short tempered man. Apart from anger he has no other emotion. For everyone he is the chair person of 'Rathore Group of Construction', but in actuall he is a Mafia King, The Mad Wolf, whose name is enough to make the world tremble but no one knows the face behind this dangerous name. He never thought that a girl would suddenly come into his life and with her arrival, he would be able to feel the beats of his dead heart, he would be able to feel the emotion of love in his hate-filled dark life. ♡ NITYA SINHA, A twenty two years old beautiful, sweet and innocent girl. She lost her parents and her stepmother has made her life hell. She wanted to sell her for money. She has a lot of love for everyone in her heart but she never got anyone's love. But she never thought that someone would come into her life who would love her the way she always wanted. ✧ The story of two broken souls who healed each other through the feelings they had for each other. BOOK #01 in series 'DEATH GAMER'
𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 | 𝟏𝟖+ by ivaaverse
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#1 𝐢𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 ˚A journey of love that will give you trauma and heartbreak <3   ✦   .  .   ˚ .      . ✦     ˚     . ★⋆. Amrita Kaur, the only daughter of her parents, has been raised within the four walls of her grandparents' house. As much as she is filled with chaos and imperfections, she is also a poet who loves to write about love. Additionally, she is devoted to her duties as a waitress at the VALENTRO Club, one of the biggest clubs in the country. She truly is a sunshine girl, whose world is always filled with sunshine and rainbows. Meanwhile, there's Rajveer Singh Shekhawat, who belongs from a world entirely opposite to Amrita's. He is the second oldest son among others, expected one day to ascend to the throne, yet he is anything but a gentleman. Apart from his family and friends, no one is ready to face him due to his uncontrolable anger issues, which seem to arise almost after every five minutes. It appears there's no one in his life who can deal with it. But destiny often pairs people with those who are their total opposites. Meeting Amrita for the first time in the club, where incidentally he is also present, made him fall head over heels for her. From stalking her to coercing her into something she never wanted, even destiny seemed to agree, leading to serious consequences that made them each other's forever. But the blooded truth, which are the roofs of the Shekhawat family, did something unexpected. Read the entire book to find out. • Sequel to Crimson Vows (TLHS #2) ˚ .