𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞. 𝐇𝐞 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐧. Her ambition runs too thick and her patience stretches too thin. She disappears when the pressure builds, returns polished and untouchable, like she wasn't just clawing for air in the dark. She was only supposed to steal a few files-files she knows too well. Just enough to secure her place at the top. Instead, she captures the attention of a man who built his empire from ruin. A man who doesn't forgive betrayal. He wants control. He wants obsession. He wants to ruin her. And she might just ruin him right back.

𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐨𝐬. 𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥. At Blackwood Academy in Switzerland, legacy is earned long before graduation and perfection is expected long before arrival. She moves like she's untouchable. Popularity, attention, a boyfriend, everything exactly as it should be. But perfection comes with pressure. A life measured in expectations that never ease, only tighten. And some nights, an empty feeling hurts less than a full one. He's the new guy. Quiet. Broody. The kind of presence people feel before they see, and choose not to approach. Control is the only thing that ever made sense. Long before this place. Long before her. Then she starts appearing everywhere. Lecture halls. Corridors. The spaces he used to have to himself. Like chaos has decided to learn his rhythm. And for all his control, there are things he has never learned until her. Now the girl made for chaos might be the one thing capable of undoing everything he's built... or becoming the only thing he can't stop watching.

Single mom Emilia Lombardi, escapes from the clutches of her daughter's abusive father and is staying with her childhood friend until she can get back on her feet. They feel like they are safe but they catch the attention of the Italian Mafia Boss, Mateo De Luca. He is known as a ruthless beast. Mateo had everything he could want. He is the Boss of the Italian Mafia; he has his family and women at his disposal. Until his father comes to him and tells him he has one year to pick a bride of his choice or one will be picked for him. Emilia catches Mateo's attention and he decides she can be the solution to his bride problem. He figures this single mother will be an easy arranged marriage. But Mateo has no idea that this mother and daughter duo are about to flip his world upside down.

Anna Rafferty left New York two years ago to find herself. Not because she was running. Not because she was afraid. But because somewhere between the violence, the secrets, and the trauma that changed her life, she'd lost herself. For two years, she built a life on her own terms. She traveled. She healed. She learned to preserve things most people considered beyond repair, restoring rare books and forgotten stories while trying not to think about her own. Because some trauma isn't dealt with. It's buried. Returning to New York was supposed to be simple. Be closer to her family. Purchase the rare bookstore she'd fallen in love with years ago. Continue building the future she'd fought so hard for. The only complication... Julian Mercer. The powerful, devastatingly handsome and infuriating Don of New York, a man she should stay far away from. A man her sister can't stand. A man she hasn't seen since the night she left the city. Unfortunately for her, Julian Mercer has never forgotten a debt or Anna. What starts as a favor quickly becomes stolen moments, lingering glances, and a connection neither of them seem capable of walking away from. The problem? Julian is a man built from secrets and Anna has spent the last two years burying her own. When a string of brutal murders rocks the city-random, violent, and seemingly unconnected-every road somehow leads back to one person. Anna. As detectives begin circling, asking questions she can't answer and digging for secrets she can't share, Anna finds herself caught between the life she's carefully built and a past determined to drag her back. And the closer the danger gets, the harder it becomes to ignore the man she's spent two years trying to forget. Because Julian Mercer has always been dangerous. The difference is that now Anna has something to lose. Not her safety. Not her freedom. But her heart.

"One unfinished night... now we're forever tethered." When a broke single mother breaks her arrangement with a ruthless finance CEO, she doesn't walk away clean; she walks straight into more debt she can't escape... and a man she can't forget. ... Sadie Hart is a young single mother barely holding her life together. Drowning in responsibility and desperation, she takes on any work she can find to keep her five-year-old daughter fed and safe. She has no time for love, no space for weakness, and certainly no choice but to keep going until her own body gives out. Elias Blackwood is a ruthless and powerful finance CEO famously known for his control, discipline, and emotional detachment. Fresh out of a divorce he refuses to speak about, he has rebuilt his life around one principle: nothing gets to him anymore...until Sadie Hart does. ... What started as a simple arrangement quickly spirals into something neither of them intended to cross, as Elias pulls her into a world she's never known. Will she stay the woman she was... or become someone else entirely?

Aria's breath hitched when the light flickered back "P-professor... Ezekiel," she stammered, her voice breaking. Sweat dampened her palms, sliding down her temple. Gabriel leaned his head back against the chair, eyes gleaming under the dim bulb. GABRIEL's AMORE #Upcoming December 2025

"W-Who... a-am I?" Her voice came out barely a whisper, cracking around the edges. She didn't recognize herself. Michael, who had been standing by the door-arms folded, expression unreadable-finally moved. Slow, steady steps until he stood directly in front of her. Towering. Composed. Cold as always. But his eyes... His eyes held something else. He stared at her for a long moment, as if debating what truth to offer her. And then, his words came low... sure... and final. "You're my fiancée," he said. "Chiara." "What's... a fiancée?" Her voice was soft. For a split second, Michael forgot how to breathe. MICHAEL'S CHIARA #Upcoming December 2025

A villain woke up in an alternative timeline to protect our heroine. On the way to Redempt. On the way to prevent her from misery But would it be easier for him to protect her when the one he is supposed to protect her from are his very own brothers. # Upcoming - Jan 2026 #A Parallel universe book #A standalone book

What is the meaning of this, Vani?" he seethed, his eyes locked onto hers. "Are you so starved for attention that you seek it from other men?" Vani's heart sank as she realized the storm that was brewing in Rudra's eyes. She tried to speak, to explain that it was just a professional conversation, but her words caught in her throat. "I-I was just disc-," Vani stammered, her voice trembling. "There's nothing more to it." Rudra's rage intensified. He clenched his fists, his knuckles turning white. "Don't lie to me, Vani," he growled. "I saw the way you were looking at him, the way he was looking at you. You think I'm blind?" "Stop with your obsession Rudra, you are ruining my life and my career" Vani yelled. It intensified Rudra's rage more. "Am I huh" Rudra laughed and in an instant he yanked her by her elbow towards him. "Don't forget you are and who you belong to" Rudra said increasing his grip on her more making her whimper in pain. "Rudra it hur-" "Correct, Rudra, me, your husband... You, Mrs. Vani Rudra Singh Rathore belong to me"

"Why... why are you doing this to me?" her voice trembled, barely a whisper as she backed into the wall, her hands clutching her chest, holding onto the torn piece of cloth to shield herself from the devil, her dupatta lying forgotten on the cold floor. "What did I even do wrong...?" He stepped closer, his breath calm, almost amused. "Because I want to," he murmured. "Because I can..." he leaned in, eyes burning into her. "And so... I will." If you ever find out the truth, would you leave, or would you stay to break me completely? Just another story with a second chance in love? Perhaps. Or perhaps not. Two strangers tied by fate, one bound by redemption, the other bound by deceit. Will love be their salvation, or will the weight of their pasts pull them apart? Join the journey of Vardhaan & Aaradhya In this gripping tale of deceit and redemption. uncover the twists that will leave you questioning the very fabric of their relationship. Can love truly bloom in the shadows of deception? # Part 2 of THE DECEPTION SERIES