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"Shadows of Desire"

●In a world where power and betrayal are the currency of survival, Isolde Blackwood is a woman on the edge. Desperate to escape her crumbling life, she takes a job at an exclusive event-unaware it will thrust her into the orbit of Lucas Varenne, the enigmatic heir to a dangerous empire. Sparks fly, but their attraction is as volatile as the secrets they keep.

"She walked into my world like she belonged there-head held high, eyes daring, completely unaware she was playing with fire. And for the first time, I didn't care if I got burned."

●As Isolde and Lucas navigate a treacherous web of lies, loyalty, and forbidden passion, their worlds begin to collide in ways neither of them could have anticipated. But with danger lurking in every shadow, can their fragile connection survive the ultimate betrayal?Creative Commons (CC) Attribution

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Beneath the shadows by KatherineLvd

For Isobel, love was supposed to be safe, steady, and secure-until it wasn't. What began as a perfect marriage with Ben unraveled into betrayal, manipulation, and danger when a mysterious stranger named Caleb entered their lives. Caleb is ruthless, powerful, and everything Ben isn't. Drawn into his dangerous world, Isobel discovers not only the lengths she's willing to go to protect herself, but the parts of herself she never knew existed. As passion and peril collide, Isobel is forced to confront a chilling truth: the man who once vowed to protect her is now her greatest threat. But Caleb isn't what he seems either. Beneath his cold, calculated exterior lies a man who has spent his life building walls no one could tear down-until Isobel. Their connection is as fierce as it is forbidden, and together, they navigate a web of lies, vengeance, and love that could either destroy them or set them free. When the stakes rise and the shadows close in, Isobel must decide: can she trust a man who thrives in the dark, or will his world consume her completely? Full of gripping twists, raw emotion, and sizzling tension, "Beneath the Shadows" is a story of love born from chaos and two people daring to fight for each other in a world determined to tear them apart.

Unholy Obsession by Egwuji

Hannah Tsegaye is recovering from a horrible breakup and starting a new tiring job with a boss she has never met. In a desperate attempt to push it all down, she finds herself striking a sex contract with him but what she doesn't know is that he's no stranger to spilling blood for the people he's obsessed with. Vincent Black has his eyes set on his new secetary. Control, manipulation and illicit desires are his favorite tools, but when he has himself ensnared in her hold, the lines between casual sex and love begin to blur. Will he succumb to this forbidden feeling or let his darkness consume him?

Deal With The Devil by dayyyyydreamerrr

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Forever Tied to you by beyourself1994

Mason Hughes is a successful business owner and CEO of a prestigious security firm who prefers the life of solitude. All he wants is to do his part in the world and ignore everything else. It's something he has always managed well, until he strikes a deal with a non compliant customer to forgive a debt owed to him. Sophie Lanning is an independent woman finishing up her final year of college for legal studies. She never had time to date or worry about men, her only focus on achieving the best. Her dream is to make the world safer, one case at a time but first she needs to find a way to fund law school. When she returns home after graduation her parents drop a bombshell, one that will alter her future forever, she is to get married, to someone she doesn't know in exchange for her parents safety. As the couple enters the binds on matrimony, they have to learn to co exist with each other while still strangers. But when issues from their past come back to haunt them both, they find that they need each other more than they would like to admit. But can these strangers really make something great? Or will they just be forever tied in a marriage founded on nothing but secrets? **** trigger warning : chapters 40&41 reference sexual assault. This book also includes stalking.

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Beneath the shadows

For Isobel, love was supposed to be safe, steady, and secure-until it wasn't. What began as a perfect marriage with Ben unraveled into betrayal, manipulation, and danger when a mysterious stranger named Caleb entered their lives. Caleb is ruthless, powerful, and everything Ben isn't. Drawn into his dangerous world, Isobel discovers not only the lengths she's willing to go to protect herself, but the parts of herself she never knew existed. As passion and peril collide, Isobel is forced to confront a chilling truth: the man who once vowed to protect her is now her greatest threat. But Caleb isn't what he seems either. Beneath his cold, calculated exterior lies a man who has spent his life building walls no one could tear down-until Isobel. Their connection is as fierce as it is forbidden, and together, they navigate a web of lies, vengeance, and love that could either destroy them or set them free. When the stakes rise and the shadows close in, Isobel must decide: can she trust a man who thrives in the dark, or will his world consume her completely? Full of gripping twists, raw emotion, and sizzling tension, "Beneath the Shadows" is a story of love born from chaos and two people daring to fight for each other in a world determined to tear them apart.