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The Auctioned Bride | 18+ (?) by slowburnlovers
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𝘛𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘮. 𝘛𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘧𝘺 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦. When Maeve Valentine steps onto the stage of the most secretive auction in the world, she tells herself it's just a year. One year of belonging to a stranger in exchange for saving her family from drowning in debt. For paying her little sister's medical bills. For surviving. But the man who buys her isn't a stranger. He's the boy whose life shattered the day she testified in court. The boy who lost everything. The man who made sure she'd forget him. Damian Ashwood is no longer the quiet shadow from her past. Now, he's powerful. Ruthless. Rich beyond measure. And he's been waiting years to make her pay. Legally bound to stay by his side for twelve long months, Maeve must marry him within the first thirty days, obey the rules, and never breathe a word of the truth. When she begs to see her family again, they go-together. As a couple. In love. It's a lie. It's survival. Until the lines between hatred and desire begin to blur. Because Damian doesn't just want revenge. He wants to own her. And he's willing to burn the world to keep her. #1 seductive 25.07.25 #1 twistedlove 25.07.25 #1 billionaire 25.07.26 #2 steamy 25.07.25 #5 enemiestolovers 07.09.25 #14 slowburn 07.09.25 #69 love 07.08.25
Costantino | A Mafia Romance (Complete) by byzahra_xo
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Forced into a marriage neither of them wanted, a fierce Greek mafia princess and a ruthless Sicilian underboss must navigate a storm of power, passion, and betrayal-only to discover that their greatest battle might be against their own hearts. *** They hated each other from the moment they met, but little did they know, they were destined to be together. Millicent Rhea Darmos: Princess of the Greek Mafia. At 25 years old, she's established herself as a self proclaimed boss bitch, running her own publishing company. But now it's time she fulfils her duty to her family's organisation. It's time she gets married. Costantino Salvatore Accardi: Underboss and Heir to the Sicilian Mafia. At 28 years old, he has no interest in settling down-he already has it all. He believes in family above all, so why bring in an outsider? Yet, after a strange string of events, the two of them find themselves thrust into married life. It's full of chaos, drama and all kinds of tension. The question is, how do they survive their marriage and the storm that follows? *** "I've never kissed anyone." My voice trembled with a tinge of vulnerability - something I hated. But Costa didn't seem to mind that I was nervous or anxious. "Good. You're mine." He spoke so seriously, without a flicker of doubt as he took my hand in his. "So you want it be special, principessa?" "Every girl's first kiss is special." I whispered, watching as he brought my hand up to his lips. "I only care about yours."
His to Love. (COMPLETED) by thegirlnextdoor7781
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Mythili Kapoor, in her eyes,is a nobody. Her parents were always in want of a son and were granted that wish post twelve years of her birth and since then her brother Rajveer has been the apple of her parents eyes. Oh yes, she is remembered when they have to make public appearances and play the perfect family but other than that, no one cares if she sometimes cry herself to sleep or just sits by the window of her room for hours with a book, unnoticed or if she misses her meals and honestly, she has stopped minding anything now. She has stopped feeling anything. In her twenty one years of existence, people have rarely bothered about her but she wants one thing for herself, to be independent and thankfully, her parents don't mind her going to college. Shivaay Singh Rathore is a man of a few, but harsh words. Multi-Billionaire at twenty-eight, life hadn't spared him the kindness to have a childhood everyone deserves. He is bitter, but honest and his past is something no one truly can speak about. He is unrelenting, unforgiving and unsympathetic. He carries a roguish charm to his demigod looks. Unwanted and uncared for are two different feelings but at the end of the tunnel, both find their base in loneliness. These two will too. Well, destiny and its mysterious ways.